EU Delays Methane Rules, Opens Refinery Talks as Fuel Prices Hit Records

The European Union will give energy exporters an extra year to prepare for the EU’s methane regulation as the bloc looks to avoid adding costs to energy supply in the second crisis in four years, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen told the European Parliament on Tuesday. “We will give flexibility to exporters for one more year on methane. This saves additional costs at a moment of crisis,” von der Leyen said in a speech to European lawmakers on how the EU plans to curb soaring energy costs that could surge…