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The procedure of delivery of Russian gas through the territory of Ukraine became worse after the change of political power in the country. The member of directorate of E.ON Ruhrgas Jochen Weise declared about it on the meeting with Russian journalists in Essen. He did not directly accused Ukraine of unsanctioned gas selection, but gave to understand that conditions of delivery of gas through Ukraine became worse after the president Victor Yushchenko had come to power.

As growing concerns about dwindling global reserves help maintain oil prices close to the $50 a barrel mark, a major supply route linking newly developed oil and gas fields in the Caspian Sea with western markets is due to be opened. The pipeline is expected to spark an economic boom in Baku Within the next few weeks, oil from the Caspian will start flowing into a 1,762 kilometres long pipeline. The pipeline will run from Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, via near Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia, and across eastern Turkey to the port of Ceyhan, on Turkey's Mediterranean coast....

Energy officials from 12 Black Sea and Caucasus countries have pledged with the EU to development major energy networks, including new pipelines to Caspian Sea oil fields. Evripidis Stylianidis, Greece's overseas trade minister at the end of four days of meetings said on Saturday that the deal is a winner for everyone. "Pipelines are good for the economy, for the environment, and for international development - and that helps peace and stability in the region," he said. Oil companies and regional governments are keen to find alternatives to shipping Caspian oil through Turkey's busy Bosporus Strait, already used to transport more than...

Greece, Russia and Bulgaria to sign pact

PHOENIX (AP) -- Operators of two pipelines that bring gasoline from California refineries to neighboring Western states have shut down the lines as a safety precaution because of record rainfall in California. Houston-based pipeline operator Kinder Morgan Energy Partners shut the line down Sunday. In a fax sent Monday, the company cited "pipeline washouts and other related difficulties." The pipelines -- including one that supplies Arizona with about 70 percent of its gasoline, diesel and jet fuel -- transports gasoline to Arizona and Nevada as well as military bases and airports. Kinder Morgan said there were no immediate supply issues...

MOSCOW (AFP) - Russia said it had ordered the construction of an oil pipeline from its huge Siberian oilfields to the Pacific Ocean opposite Japan, in a move to boost export opportunities throughout East Asia and to the United States. AFP/File Photo A "system of pipelines" with an annual capacity of 80 million tonnes would be built from Taishet in Siberia to Perevoznaya near Vladivostok and the eastern port of Nakhodka, the government said in a statement. Energy-thirsty Asian rivals Japan and China have been furiously competing for several years for access to supplies from the world's second biggest oil...

Somebody does not want Iraq's crude oil flowing normally, nor a stable Iraqi economy. The list below the map only represents acts of sabotage directed against Iraq's petroleum infrastructure from November 1st through November 17th. I firmly believe the constant disruptions effecting Iraq's crude oil flow to foreign customers is the devious work of Tehran's terrorist exporting, mullah contolled regimé. A nuclear Iran is now even more dangerous to Iraq and the world.

Canada, Russia sign gas deal Paul Martin calls plans to bring liquefied natural gas to North America 'huge.' CP 2004-10-13 03:13:05 MOSCOW -- Plans for a major deal to bring liquefied natural gas to North America from Russia were announced yesterday as Prime Minister Paul Martin met with top business leaders here. "It's huge," Martin said of the proposal, put forward by Petro-Canada, the former Canadian Crown energy corporation, and Russia's biggest gas producer. Petro-Canada president and chief executive Ron Brenneman outlined a memorandum of understanding that would see the gas shipped to North American markets by 2009. "North American...

Original Title: Pipeline construction begins in the Karaganda district Last week they began work on an oil pipeline to China. The pipe starts near the village of Atasu in the Zhanarkinskiy region and will end in the PRC at Alashan'kou station, a few kilometers past the border. A month ago 'Noviy Vestnik' wrote about a joint project of these governments, but back then the discussion only dealt with intentions. Now the first kilometer sign of the future main is up - there are another 961 to go - and the first joint has been welded. The pipeline is being built...

KIRKUK, Iraq - Saboteurs blew up a junction where multiple oil pipelines cross the Tigris River in northern Iraq on Tuesday, setting off a chain reaction in power generation systems that left the entire country without power, officials said. Firefighters struggled to put out the blaze after the attack near Beiji, 155 miles north of Baghdad. Crude oil cascaded down the hillside into the river. Fire burned atop the water, fueled by the gushing oil. Beiji is the point where several oil pipelines converge, said Lt. Col. Lee Morrison of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. One of them apparently...

Iraq's Oil Ministry has denied media reports that attacks on its pipelines over the past few days have closed down all oil exports from the south of the country. The reports that oil had stopped flowing created alarm amongst oil traders. Oil prices are only just on their way down after record prices were sparked by threats from followers of rebel Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr to attack the pipelines. The threats were part of a three-week uprising in the holy city of Najaf. But a spokesman for the Southern Oil Company says exports are stable at around 1.5 million barrels...

Translation from Hebrew to English by me: The Islamic Jihad organization has called upon the loyal followers of the Shiite radical leader, Muqata Al Sadr, to continue and hit oil pipelines in Iraq. "Al-Sadr has to continue his resistance and call upon his men to continue to hit the oil sources which provide revenue for the occupies," the words of the organization went. Yesterday Al-Sadr's men struck a oil pipeline using an explosive device in the south of the country.

U.S. self-sufficient in gas if drilling, pipelines expanded Washington |Reuters | 06-04-2001 The United States has enough natural gas to generate electricity and keep computers and businesses humming for six decades, but only if Congress opens more federal lands to drilling and more pipelines are built to deliver it, an industry report says. The new report issued by the American Gas Association comes at a time when environmental groups are trying to block a Senate Republican plan to give oil, gas and mining groups access to more federal lands. The United States had natural gas resources totalling 1,258 trillion cubic...

GAZPROM wants exports via Bulgaria expanded 17:12 2004-06-11 Russia's gas company Gazprom projects to increase annual exports through Bulgaria. We plan to build new pipelines in Bulgaria, leading to Greece and Serbia, with annual exports set at 6 billion and 1,5 billion cubic meters respectively, Alexey Borisovich Miller, Chairman of OAO Gazprom Management Committee, explained in the Black Sea city of Varna. Opportunities for improving the cooperation between Bulgaria and Russia in the gas sector were discussed by Miller and President Parvanov. Miller pays a visit to the Black Sea city of Varna in his capacity of President of the...

IRAQ’S oil industry was left crippled yesterday by attacks on pipelines in the north and south of the country, in a warning to the incoming Iraqi government of how fragile its economy will be. Early yesterday, saboteurs blasted two pipelines on the Faw peninsula of southern Iraq, forcing authorities to cut exports through the Gulf by more than half. Later in the day, an explosion ripped through a pipeline linking northern Iraqi oilfields, a North Oil company official said, adding: "It was probably sabotage." Witnesses said fire was still raging last night in the pipeline running from Disi to a...

(Tucson-AP) _ There have been at least 29 acts of sabotage of natural gas pipelines and other gas facilities in Pima and Pinal counties over the past three years. The Arizona Daily Star says according to a search warrant, the acts have endangered the lives of thousands of residents. There have been no injuries, however. One of the acts, could have caused an explosion in SaddleBrooke _ a retirement community north of Tucson. No one has been charged in that act, which the F-B-I considers an act of terrorism. However, the F- 1/8B-I has searched the home of a former...

<p>CARLSBAD — A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed on behalf of 26 firefighters and emergency medical personnel seeking damages from El Paso Natural Gas Co. for emotional pain and suffering they say they suffered after an August 2000 pipeline explosion.</p>

The FBI has warned energy companies about unconfirmed allegiations that Islamic militants, as of Mid-April were targeting U.S. petroleum terminals, pipelines, refineries and ships.The warning says there are indications that extremists are actively seeking detailed information on the operations of U.S. oil companies and considering the impact that disruptions could have on the nations economy. 2253 GMT

LONDON (AP) - Iraq plans to invite executives from as many as 60 foreign oil companies to a Baghdad conference to discuss ways of developing the country's vast oil resources, the first event of its kind since the ouster of Saddam Hussein. The meeting, scheduled for December, would be "a brainstorming session" for companies hungry for investment opportunities and for Iraqi oil officials eager to acquaint themselves with key players and technologies long denied them under U.N. sanctions, the event's organizer, Paul Bristol, said Thursday. The Iraqi Oil Ministry has hired Bristol, an independent, London-based oil consultant, to arrange the...

Records Motherload: EOTT dig southwest of of Hobbs yields 190 sacks of documents RICHARD TROUT NEWS-SUN While energy companies have come across an unexpected find in the oilfields from time to time, no one could dreamed of the scope of the untold treasure as the last of 190 moldy burlap sacks containing hundreds of thousands of documents was removed late Friday afternoon from the huge cache secretly buried southwest of Hobbs. After digging for nearly 30 straight hours, about 20 contract workers and an excavator operator recovered the last of what had first been rumored to be only 40-50...