LNG
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Romania launch LNG project in the Black Sea
April 16, 2010By Vladimir Socor Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Romania are jointly launching a liquefied natural gas (LNG) project, designated as the Azerbaijan-Georgia-Romania Interconnector (AGRI). The three governments regard their project as an element in the EU-planned...
Russian energy expansion hits a slowdown
March 03, 2010BySergei Blagov Against the background of difficult international energy market conditions Russian companies have become less interested in finding new oil and gas fields and developing existing deposits. Notably, the country’s gas monopoly Gazprom...
11 countries in Central, Southeastern Europe hold energy summit
March 03, 2010By Vladimir Socor Hungary hosts region-wide summit on energy security The prime ministers of eleven countries in Central and Southeastern Europe met on February 24 in Budapest, for the first Energy Security Summit in this region. Hungary initiated...
EU Warns Member States of New Russian-Ukrainian Gas War
July 08, 2009By Roman Kupchinsky Following a recent telephone conversation between the head of the European Commission Jose Manuel Barroso, and the Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, the commission urged all E.U. member states to immediately begin filling gas...
Gazprom and Western Companies Compete in Iran
June 03, 2009By Vladimir Socor On May 24 in Tehran, Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and his counterpart in Pakistan Asif Ali Zardari signed an intergovernmental framework declaration on gas pipeline construction and gas deliveries from Iran to Pakistan. The...