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Russian state owned natural gas firm Gazprom in the presence of Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has opened a multi-billion dollar undersea natural gas pipeline…
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In the wake of the 11 March nuclear disaster at Tokyo Electric Power Co.’s Fukushima nuclear power complex, the government of German Chancellor Angela Merkel…
As South Africa has very limited natural gas reserves, the country’s Department of Energy is awaiting the outcome of an assessment of the nation’s shale…
Due to the Nigerian government’s ongoing delay in passing the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB), Russian state-owned natural gas company Gazprom may suspend its investment in…
The European Union intends to introduce an imminent embargo on the importation of Syrian oil in the next several days, a move that the Russian…
Russia and Ukraine have sparred for years over transit issues of Russian natural gas using Ukraine’s pipeline network to supply is European customers. Last week…
India’s extraordinary economic growth includes a contentious civilian nuclear program, as New Delhi has not signed the NPT. India’s indigenous nuclear energy program is nevertheless proceeding. Indian…
Russia's state monopoly Gazprom is nervously contemplating change is in its transit agreements with Ukraine for delivering its natural gas to Eastern European customers. Ukrainian…