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Gazprom gets major deal to supply gas to US
AP ^ | April 9, 2009

Posted on 04/09/2009 2:26:23 PM PDT by Tailgunner Joe

The world's largest natural gas company, Russia's Gazprom, has after years of attempts finally gotten a foothold in the U.S., the world's biggest gas market.

A supply agreement, part of a multipart contract reached with Royal Dutch Shell, was announced late Wednesday.

The contract, signed in Moscow by Gazprom CEO Alexei Miller and his Shell counterpart Jeroen Van der Veer, guarantees the two companies will deliver 1 million tons of Russian liquefied natural gas annually until 2028.

Under the arrangement, Gazprom gets access to a Shell terminal in Baja California, Mexico, that will turn Russian liquefied gas into gas that can be sent through pipelines to the United States. The LNG will be shipped from Sakhalin Island in the Pacific.

In return, Shell gets an equivalent amount of regular pipeline gas for distribution in Europe, a statement by the companies said.

Analysts noted that the U.S. market isn't as lucrative as Europe, since U.S. natural gas prices are lower and there's more competition.

But the deal is still significant because Gazprom has tried for years to get a slice of the U.S. market; until now, most of Gazprom's gas supplies to the United States have been swap deals with other companies.

Gazprom has developed Sakhalin's huge, difficult-to-access gas fields with an eye toward Japan and Western markets. Officials recently celebrated the opening of Russia's first LNG plant on Sakhalin -- a major leap forward for Russia's efforts to be a player in the growing world market for LNG.

(Excerpt) Read more at forbes.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bajacalifornia; gasputin; gazprom; liquefiedgas; lng; mexico; naturalgas; pacific; russia; sakhalinisland; shell

1 posted on 04/09/2009 2:26:23 PM PDT by Tailgunner Joe
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To: Tailgunner Joe

Wouldn’t it be cool if we could drill and extract our own fossil fuels without interference from Washington, draconian taxes and nonstop enviro-nazi red tape.

That would be a hoot.


2 posted on 04/09/2009 2:33:33 PM PDT by Kandy Atz ("Were we directed from Washington when to sow and when to reap, we should soon want for bread.")
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To: Tailgunner Joe

Now we’re going to be dependent on Russia. Do I even have to say it?

Six months ago, perhaps a little more, Russia cut off the gas supply to it’s neighbors. And now we want to get that kind of service for our nation.

Honestly, is there not one adult on duty in W., D.C.?


3 posted on 04/09/2009 2:34:42 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (Pres__ent Obama's own grandmother says he was born in Kenya. She was there.)
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To: Tailgunner Joe
Thanks to our elected servants we are not drilling or building new refineries for the future.

Buying Natural Gas from Russia is a great way to freeze to death in winter.

4 posted on 04/09/2009 2:35:55 PM PDT by TYVets
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To: Tailgunner Joe

Gazprom, huh? Buying gas from them is about as reliable as getting your fresh produce from Zimbabwe.


5 posted on 04/09/2009 2:51:07 PM PDT by BfloGuy (It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker, that we can expect . . .)
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To: Tailgunner Joe

Ruh Roh!


6 posted on 04/09/2009 2:51:42 PM PDT by Uncle Miltie (If Liberals' GOAL was the Destruction of Western Civilization, would their behavior differ?)
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To: Tailgunner Joe

Here’s how it works.

Russian hydrocarbons are no threat to the environment. OPEC hydrocarbons are no threat to the environment either.

Only American hydrocarbons are a threat to the environment.

Repeat after me.


7 posted on 04/09/2009 2:54:39 PM PDT by marron
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To: Tailgunner Joe

We are giving more money to countries that want to kill us. What a great idea.


8 posted on 04/10/2009 9:55:24 AM PDT by Thunder90
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