Russia is in talks to build a gas pipeline to China which should be partially completed in the next five to six years and is interested in investing further in the country’s energy sector, Russia’s energy minister said on Thursday.
Popularity: 3% [?]
June 1, 2007BP plc will likely lose its license for the giant Kovykta gas field on Friday, although the Russian government may postpone the recall until after the G8 Summit in St. Petersburg on June 10.
Popularity: 3% [?]
Russia has offered India a one percent equity stake worth $1 billion in state-controlled oil firm Rosneft, the Financial Express said in an unsourced report on Tuesday.
Popularity: 3% [?]
May 8, 2007An explosion in Ukraine on Monday knocked out of service one of the main pipelines exporting Russian natural gas to the European Union, but was not expected to affect supplies, officials said.
Popularity: 5% [?]
Russia wants to update Slovakia’s nuclear infrastructure as Moscow looks to increase its involvement in European energy projects beyond oil and gas, DPA news agency reported on Saturday, May 4.
Popularity: 4% [?]
May 4, 2007Official from the Russian Economy Ministry told reporters on Wednesday, April 18, that Russia plans to build the world’s longest tunnel, a transport and pipeline link under the Bering Strait to Alaska, as part of a $65 billion project to supply the U.S. with oil, natural gas and electricity from Siberia.
Popularity: 8% [?]
April 19, 2007Mysterious company Monte-Valle, founded by unnamed U.S. citizen has won the fourth auction for sale of property of bankrupt Yukos Oil Company.
Popularity: 3% [?]
April 17, 2007Russia’s natural gas monopoly Gazprom plans to build a gas-fueled power station in Germany, expanding further into the European electricity market.
Popularity: 3% [?]
April 16, 2007Russian Industry and Energy Ministry wants to build the second leg of a new oil pipeline to Europe bypassing Belarus and Poland in order to reduce Russia’s dependence on transit countries, the ministry’s press service said on Thursday, April 12.
Popularity: 3% [?]
April 13, 2007Russia’s mineral resources watchdog Rosprirodnadzor said on Tuesday, April 10, that it will resume the probes into development of oil fields in East Siberia in May-June 2007 and will revoke licenses from operators who fail to comply with license agreements.
Popularity: 3% [?]
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