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Russia, Norway to Begin Licensing Barents Sea Gray Zone in 2013

Russia, Norway to Begin Licensing Barents Sea Gray Zone in 2013

Jun 23, 2011 at 19:11 | Charles Kennedy

Russia’s Natural Resources Ministry reported that Russia and Norway will start issuing licenses to oil and gas fields in the so-called former Barents Sea “gray zone” in 2013-2014.The area…

Russia Still Committed to Nuclear Power

Russia Still Committed to Nuclear Power

Jun 22, 2011 at 21:34 | Charles Kennedy

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin is paying a working visit to France, where scheduled talks in Paris include discussions with Prime Minister Francois Fillon. Putin met members of the Franco-Russian…

EPA Ups 2012 Biofuel Mandate to 15.2 Billion Gallons

EPA Ups 2012 Biofuel Mandate to 15.2 Billion Gallons

Jun 22, 2011 at 21:32 | Charles Kennedy

On Wednesday the Environmental Protection Agency proposed mandating the blending of 15.2 billion gallons of renewable fuel into the U.S. fuel supply, upping the proposed mandate for advanced biofuels by…

Sudan’s President Threatens to Shut Pipelines

Sudan’s President Threatens to Shut Pipelines

Jun 22, 2011 at 20:03 | Charles Kennedy

Sudanese president Omer Hassan al-Bashir has threatened to shut down the pipelines from the landlocked Southern Sudan to Port Sudan on the Red Sea unless a revenue sharing deal is…

A Chinese Specialist on Russia-China Energy Cooperation

A Chinese Specialist on Russia-China Energy Cooperation

Jun 22, 2011 at 19:42 | Joao Peixe

Over the past few years Russia-China energy cooperation has expanded greatly.East China Pedagogical University Russia Studies Center director Feng Shaolei enthusiastically noted, "Cooperation on pipelines with Russia Is a…

Australian Mining Software Company Expanding Into Kazakhstan

Australian Mining Software Company Expanding Into Kazakhstan

Jun 22, 2011 at 19:13 | Joao Peixe

Australia’s Gemcom Software International Inc., which provides mining software, is opening an office in Kazakhstan’s Almaty. Gemcom AustralAsia senior vice president Andrew Pyne said, "Gemcom has long been involved in…

Nigerian Government Grapples With Endemic Energy Shortages

Nigerian Government Grapples With Endemic Energy Shortages

Jun 21, 2011 at 22:07 | Charles Kennedy

Nigeria’s ongoing energy shortages have attracted promises from the federal government to address the issue. Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan directly addressed the issue during the 27th convocation ceremony of the…

Russia Tests Aerial Spent Nuclear Fuel Transport Containers

Russia Tests Aerial Spent Nuclear Fuel Transport Containers

Jun 21, 2011 at 19:38 | Charles Kennedy

The Russian Federal Nuclear Center in Sarov has completed successful tests of the world's first aerial transport container for spent nuclear fuel from research reactors. The Russian Federal Nuclear Center…

Lebanon Protests Israeli-Cypriot Energy Agreement

Lebanon Protests Israeli-Cypriot Energy Agreement

Jun 21, 2011 at 18:31 | Charles Kennedy

Lebanon’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Adnan Mansour has sent an official letter of protest to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon expressing Lebanon's objection to a bilateral Israeli-Cypriot agreement delineating an…

International Energy Companies Move Into Mozambique

International Energy Companies Move Into Mozambique

Jun 21, 2011 at 16:10 | Joao Peixe

A joint consortium between Italian oil company Ente Nazionale Idrocarburi (ENI) and Portugal’s Galp-Energia expects to start exploring for oil and natural gas in Mocambique offshore Rovuma Basin off Cabo…

Russia Considers Importing Australian Uranium for Processing

Russia Considers Importing Australian Uranium for Processing

Jun 21, 2011 at 15:29 | Joao Peixe

Russia’s Rosatom atomic state corporation director-general Sergei Kirienko told reporters that he and Australian Safeguards and Non-Proliferation Office head Robert Floyd have exchanged letters that effectively constitute a memorandum of…

Analysts Worry Korean Energy Policies Might Backfire

Analysts Worry Korean Energy Policies Might Backfire

Jun 20, 2011 at 21:31 | Joao Peixe

Analysts warn that South Korea might face a diplomatic backlash from placing its top foreign policy focus on securing energy resources from developing nations. So far this year South Korea’s…

Russia Unlikely to Join the International Energy Agency Soon

Russia Unlikely to Join the International Energy Agency Soon

Jun 20, 2011 at 21:19 | Charles Kennedy

Gazprom head Aleksei Miller has said that its unlikely that Russia will join the International Energy Agency anytime soon. Speaking on the sidelines of the St Petersburg economic forum Miller…

Colombia's Insurgents Target Energy Infrastructure

Colombia's Insurgents Target Energy Infrastructure

Jun 20, 2011 at 21:16 | Charles Kennedy

Colombia’s Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia – Ejército del Pueblo, more commonly known by the acronym FARC, is the western hemisphere’s longest running guerrilla insurgency, dating from 1964. In its…

Pakistan's Fuel Scarcity and Unpaid Bills Shutter 12 Power Plants

Pakistan's Fuel Scarcity and Unpaid Bills Shutter 12 Power Plants

Jun 20, 2011 at 20:10 | Joao Peixe

Pakistan’s endemic power crisis has reached a new level, with ongoing fuel scarcities and unpaid bills leading to the temporary closure of 12 of the country’s power plants. During the…

Australia's Desalinization Plant Workers in Industrial Dispute

Australia's Desalinization Plant Workers in Industrial Dispute

Jun 20, 2011 at 20:09 | Charles Kennedy

Victoria state’s troubled Wonthaggi desalination project in Melbourne has undergone its most bitter industrial dispute yet, with a proposal for forced lay-offs sparking an unlawful sudden strike this past weekend…

Chinese Energy Workers in Somalia Threatened

Chinese Energy Workers in Somalia Threatened

Jun 19, 2011 at 18:20 | Charles Kennedy

The Ogaden National Liberation Front has warned Chinese energy exploration companies against operating in the Ogaden ethnic Somali regions currently under Ethiopian control. In an interview with Shabelle Media Network,…

Argentina Now Receiving 40 Percent of Chinese Regional Investments

Argentina Now Receiving 40 Percent of Chinese Regional Investments

Jun 19, 2011 at 09:28 | Joao Peixe

In Argentina Mandarin Chinese is now the main language in use in local petroleum companies, which are dominated by Chinese buyers. During the period June 2010 through May 2011 Argentina…

Chinese Dam and Pipeline Projects Raise Burmese Tensions

Chinese Dam and Pipeline Projects Raise Burmese Tensions

Jun 18, 2011 at 17:44 | Joao Peixe

Lucrative China-backed hydropower projects are raising tensions along Burma’s northern border with China. Environmental groups claim that the Burmese government's against armed ethnic groups along its northern frontier is intended…

Russia Remains Committed to Burgas-Alexandroupolis Oil Pipeline

Russia Remains Committed to Burgas-Alexandroupolis Oil Pipeline

Jun 18, 2011 at 09:36 | Charles Kennedy

Russian Deputy Energy Minister Anatoli Ianovskii told journalists during an Energy Ministry conference at the St. Petersburg Economic Forum that Russia remains committed to the Burgas-Alexandroupolis oil pipeline. Speaking at…

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