South Stream
European commission urges corrections to Bulgarian-Russian south stream agreement
November 19, 2010By Vladimir Socor The European Commission is calling for changes to the Bulgarian-Russian inter-governmental agreement on the South Stream gas project. The project agreements, just signed for the Bulgarian section of this Gazprom-led project (EDM,...
EU supports Nabucco against South Stream
August 05, 2010By Vladimir Socor On July 30 in Berlin, Gazprom’s Vice-President, Aleksandr Medvedev, deprecated the EU-backed Nabucco project and claimed that Russia would imminently proceed with the rival South Stream. “There is complete certainty about...
Gazprom play map games in the Balkans with South Stream
June 22, 2010by Vladimir Socor Romania’s economy ministry announced on June 16 that it had persuaded Gazprom to include Romania, instead of Bulgaria, in South Stream and other gas projects on Romanian territory. The Romanian ministry sounded self-congratulatory...
Silvio Berlusconi and Vladimir Putin discuss energy deals
April 27, 2010By Sabina Castelfranco Italian and Russian leaders discuss energy deals. Gazprom and Italy's Eni cooperating in South Stream natural gas pipeline project, due to come online in 2015 Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and Russian Prime Minister...
Italy’s ENI seeks Nabucco life-belt for Gazprom’s sinking South Stream
March 17, 2010By Vladimir Socor Italy’s ENI chief executive, Paolo Scaroni, has proposed unifying the Gazprom-led South Stream with the European Union-backed Nabucco pipeline project. The Italian state-controlled energy conglomerate ENI is the key technological...
Gazprom discusses Romanian participation in South Stream
February 21, 2010By Vladimir Socor Gazprom playing with poor options on South Stream in the Black Sea On February 17 in Bucharest, Gazprom Vice-President Aleksandr Medvedev conferred with Romanian officials on a range of bilateral projects. Medvedev hinted at possible...
Gazprom, Turkey Revive and Reconfigure Blue Stream Two
August 11, 2009By Vladimir Socor Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin wooed Turkey's AKP government with grandiose vistas of a bilateral partnership on energy during his visit to Ankara (EDM, August 7, 10). Along with his proposal to build Gazprom's South Stream...
Putin, Gazprom Bluffing to Hungarians on South Stream
March 16, 2009by Vladimir Socor On March 10 in Moscow, Gazprom and Hungary's Development Bank signed the initial documents for a joint venture to implement Gazprom's South Stream pipeline project on Hungarian territory. The respective chairmen, Alexei Miller and Janos...