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David Sheppard runs the FT’s energy and environmental coverage reporting on companies as they navigate the energy transition, oil and gas markets, Opec, and the powerful trading houses that move the world’s natural resources.

He was previously energy markets editor at the FT in London and a senior reporter at Reuters, working in London, New York and Iraq.

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  • Tuesday, 5 July, 2022
    EU energy
    Europe power prices hit new high in wake of Russian gas supply cuts

    Prices quadruple in a year exacerbated by maintenance problems at French nuclear plants

  • Thursday, 30 June, 2022
    UK energy
    Bulb boss to leave collapsed UK energy supplier

    Hayden Wood had stayed on with a £250,000 salary after company was propped up with taxpayer bailout

  • Thursday, 30 June, 2022
    Energy sector
    Seized Gazprom division to keep paying bonuses after €10bn German bailout

    New boss says rebranded company is ‘back in town, ready to resume our business’

  • Wednesday, 29 June, 2022
    War in Ukraine
    UK plans to cut pipelines to EU if Russia gas crisis intensifies

    Europe warns that shutting two-way interconnectors to Belgium and the Netherlands could backfire

  • Sunday, 26 June, 2022
    UK energy
    RWE warns UK tax on electricity generators would risk £15bn investment in renewables

    Power producer sounds alarm over government’s ambition to impose windfall tax

  • Sunday, 26 June, 2022
    War in Ukraine
    G7 aims to hurt Russia with price cap on oil exports

    Talks on curbing Moscow’s energy profits to continue on Monday as India and others join Bavaria summit

  • Sunday, 26 June, 2022
    ExplainerMarket Questions
    Did the Fed’s preferred measure of inflation cool in May?

    Market Questions is the FT’s guide to the week ahead

  • Friday, 24 June, 2022
    Energy crisis
    Russian gas crisis will test EU solidarity, warns German utility RWE

    Power provider says rules governing priority supplies must be standardised between countries in case of rationing

  • Thursday, 23 June, 2022
    UK business & economy
    UK oil and gas producers warn Sunak over windfall tax

    ‘Candid’ meeting with N Sea groups hears levy could force cancellation of projects and deter investors

  • Wednesday, 22 June, 2022
    War in Ukraine
    IEA chief warns Europe to prepare for total shutdown of Russian gas exports

    Fatih Birol says governments should keep ageing nuclear plants open and take other contingency measures

  • Monday, 20 June, 2022
    EU energy
    EU warns against fossil fuel ‘backsliding’ as coal replaces Russian gas

    Ursula von der Leyen says focus should remain on investment in renewables as countries try to avert energy crisis

  • Sunday, 19 June, 2022
    EU energy
    Germany fires up coal plants to avert gas shortage as Russia cuts supply

    Emergency move is ‘bitter but essential’ to ease threat of energy shortage, economic minister Robert Habeck says

  • Friday, 17 June, 2022
    News in-depthWar in Ukraine
    EU fears of being held to ransom by Russia over gas become a reality

    Moscow’s decision to cut supplies to key buyers has shattered illusion that it would not turn on its biggest customers

  • Thursday, 16 June, 2022
    Energy crisis
    Germans told to conserve energy as Russia cuts gas flows to Europe

    Deputy chancellor warns of ‘serious’ situation as Italy, Austria and Slovakia report more supply reductions

  • Thursday, 16 June, 2022
    War in Ukraine
    US fears ban on insuring Russian tankers will drive up oil prices

    Washington is working on ways to stabilise the market once EU and UK sanctions take effect

  • Wednesday, 15 June, 2022
    EU energy
    Russia reduces gas exports to Germany and Italy in ‘political’ move

    Gazprom’s move raises fears Moscow is starting wider squeeze on European supplies in response to sanctions

  • Tuesday, 14 June, 2022
    EU energy
    Double blow to Europe’s gas supplies sparks price surge

    Disruption from damage to US export terminal and missing key part on the Nord Stream 1 pipeline

  • Monday, 13 June, 2022
    Oil & Gas industry
    BP sells stake in Canadian oil sands to push into offshore projects

    Energy major strikes $1bn deal with Cenovus as it seeks to balance fossil fuel investments with emissions cuts

  • Friday, 10 June, 2022
    Commodities
    Trafigura posts record half-year profit as commodities volatility intensifies

    One of the world’s biggest traders says fallout from Ukraine war has also created strains

  • Friday, 10 June, 2022
    On Wall StreetOil
    The world must brace itself for a further surge in oil prices

    Outlook for production is bleak with Russian shortfalls hard to replace

  • Thursday, 9 June, 2022
    Natural gas
    European gas prices surge after fire at Texas LNG plant

    Freeport terminal closed for at least three weeks as Europe seeks to cut dependency on Russia

  • Tuesday, 7 June, 2022
    Oil & Gas industry
    Trafigura warns oil prices could reach ‘parabolic state’ in threat to economy

    Commodity trader’s chief says energy situation ‘critical’ as Russia sanctions squeeze supplies

  • Thursday, 2 June, 2022
    Oil
    Opec agrees to accelerate oil production following US pressure

    Deal comes amid easing of tensions between White House and Saudi leadership

  • Thursday, 2 June, 2022
    Oil
    Saudi Arabia ready to pump more oil if Russian output sinks under ban

    Riyadh aware it must not ‘lose control’ of oil prices as energy sanctions hit Moscow

  • Tuesday, 31 May, 2022
    ExplainerEU energy
    How the EU’s ban on Russian oil will rock global markets

    Refiners will face fierce competition to secure supplies as Brussels imposes sanctions on seaborne exports

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