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EU to look in detail at pros and cons of fracking The European Union is to look more closely at hydraulic fracturing – or fracking – and the environmental concerns surrounding the practice, according to the… 20/05/2013
Anti-biochemical terrorism exerciseA man using his phone walks past South Korean soldiers wearing protective gears during an anti-biochemical terrorism exercise at a subway station in Seoul… 07/05/2013
Romanian anger at Chevron shale gas plans Thousands of Romanians across the country have protested against Chevron’s plans to explore for shale gas. The U.S. oil and gas giant wants to begin… 05/04/2013
Dutch search for sarin nerve gas In the Netherlands, four people are appearing in court in connection with alleged attempts to trade in the deadly nerve gas sarin. Specialist teams have… 02/04/2013
Japan joins the dash for Gas but at what price for the atmosphere? Very good news for Japan, which has no natural energy resources of its own, with the first-ever extraction of fuel from submarine methane hydrate deposits. It… 12/03/2013
Pakistan-Iran gas pipeline inaugurated defying US opposition A gas pipeline between Iran and neighbours Pakistan has been inaugurated – defying opposition from Washington. Dignitaries headed by the presidents of the… 11/03/2013
Gazprom to cut prices for Europe Russia’s Gazprom is planning 3.5 billion euros worth of price cuts for its European customers this year The world’s top gas producer is responding to… 08/02/2013
Ukraine and Russia’s gas wrangle reignites Ukraine’s state gas company Naftogaz says it cannot pay a $7 billion (5.2 billion euro) bill it has received from Russian gas giant Gazprom. The matter is now… 28/01/2013
Algeria: gas supplies not seen at major risk Algeria is the third largest supplier of natural gas to Europe after Russia and Norway, so the attack on the In Amenas gas plant has sparked some uncertainty… 18/01/2013
South Stream ahead in pipeline push South Stream is one of several competing pipeline projects launched in recent years intended to deliver gas from Russia, the Caspian Sea and beyond to… 07/12/2012
Bulgaria and Russia seal SouthStream deal Russia and Bulgaria have signed a deal to build the Bulgarian section of the SouthStream pipeline project, bringing Russian gas to Europe under the Black… 15/11/2012
Fracking in Europe Wojciech Swieton has travelled all over the world as a drilling engineer. He started his search for natural gas in his native Poland, then moved to… 02/11/2012
Bonus interview: Piotr Grzegorz Wozniak, junior minister for shale gas at the Environment Ministry of Poland Complete interview in English with junior minister for shale gas at the Environment Ministry of Poland, Piotr Grzegorz Wozniak. 02/11/2012
Bonus interview: Jakub Gogolewski, coordinator for CEE Bankwatch Network Poland Complete interview in English with coordinator for CEE Bankwatch Network Poland, Jakub Gogolewski. 02/11/2012
Bonus interview: Pawel Poprawa, Energy Studies Institute Pawel Poprawa works for the Warsaw-based Energy Studies Institute and lobbies in favour of shale gas exploration in Poland 02/11/2012
Nord Stream switches on second gas route The second branch of the Nord Stream gas pipeline linking Germany with Russia has been put into service. The 1,200 kilometre pipe under the Baltic Sea will… 08/10/2012
Europe Weekly: Super Mario rides to the rescue The summer holidays may be over but Europe’s leaders appeared to return with fresh vigour this week to deal with the bloc’s woes. The European Central Bank… 07/09/2012
Russian gas giant denies breaking competition rules Russian energy giant Gazprom has refuted allegations it broke European competition law, after the EU launched an investigation into the firms behaviour in… 05/09/2012
Bulgaria hopes for energy independence A consortium of energy companies has signed a deal to start exploring for gas and oil off Bulgaria’s Black Sea coast. French oil major Total, Austria’s … 29/08/2012
Russia ‘to cut gas exports’ Russia’s Economy Ministry is reportedly cutting its gas export forecast for this year due to sluggish demand from recession-mired Europe. The forecast is… 29/08/2012
BP profits plunge on massive writedown British energy giant BP faces further troubles as lower oil and gas prices, as well as a decline in production due to maintenance work has a negative effect… 31/07/2012
Gas price still sticking point between Ukraine and IMF Although the International Monetary Fund has praised Ukraine’s economic reforms, it is also warning more needs to be done otherwise there is a risk of a… 16/07/2012
Gazprom sees exports at record high in 2012 Russia’s gas exports will hit a record high this year, the state-controlled monopoly Gazprom is predicting. The company expects its sales of gas to Europe… 20/06/2012
Spanish Repsol anger threatens trade There are potentially major financial ramifications to both Spain and Argentina from the decision by the South American country to re-nationalise Repsol… 18/04/2012
GDF-Suez to take over International Power. The French utility company GDF-Suez raised its initial offer by 7% for the 30% of the British electricity provider it did not already own. International Power… 16/04/2012
Having a gas: Uzbekistan enjoys booming economy According to the International Monetary Fund Uzbekistan has coped well with the financial crisis, maintaining a budget surplus and low public debt. Even… 07/04/2012
Shell signs shale gas deal in China Royal Dutch Shell is pioneering shale gas development in China. In the first deal of its kind, the oil major has signed a production sharing contract with… 22/03/2012
Bulgaria and Turkey sign gas pipeline deal Energy security was a main topic as the prime ministers of Bulgaria and Turkey met in the Turkish capital Ankara. Boyko Borisov and Recep Tayyip Erdogan… 20/03/2012
Gas grumbles heat up in bitter cold The European Commission has confirmed several European countries are experiencing reduced flows of Russian natural gas. Brussels says the countries involved… 04/02/2012
EDF set to boost stake in Italian power giant EDF the French state controlled power company has boosted its stake in Edison, Italy’s number two utility company. It has agreed to pay 700 million euros in… 27/12/2011
Gassing up Europe The controversial Nord Stream pipeline which started operations on Tuesday takes an undersea rather than an overland route. That means gas going from… 08/11/2011
Turkish Cypriot leader: EU not sincere or impartial over Cyprus In response to gas and oil drilling carried out by the Greek Cypriot government in the Mediterranean, Turkish Cypriots have started to conduct their own… 04/10/2011
Leap in demand for LPG debated in Doha Where there is gas there is growth – that could be the motto of the liquefied petroleum gas industry, whose leading lights are in Doha in the Gulf for their… 28/09/2011
Cyprus blasts Turkey over gas EU member Cyprus has a major natural gas find on its hands, which is complicating even further dealings with EU-candidate country Turkey. Unification talks on… 28/09/2011
Financial crisis, Schengen zone and relations between Europe and Ukraine in Europe Weekly In this week’s Europe Weekly we look at why there is no let up from financial crisis and how it affects the Europe’s poorest people. We look at why two … 24/09/2011
Ukraine at the crossroads This is a crucial year for Ukraine and especially for its international relations with both Russia and Europe. That was the backdrop to this year’s… 22/09/2011
Europe Weekly: Gas, Greece and a Kosovo compromise In this week’s Europe Weekly we take a look at the EU’s new energy strategy, a customs deal in Kosovo and the eurozone debt crisis. We also chat to the Vice… 09/09/2011
Shell’s profits soar but output lower Royal Dutch Shell has reported big profit increases – as did Norway’s Statoil and Spain’s Repsol. But that was due to high oil prices and masked the impact… 28/07/2011
Gazprom looks east Gazprom says it will keep deliveries to Europe steady even as Asian customers start taking significant amounts of gas. Alexei Miller, the chief executive of… 30/06/2011
Eni’s TAG pipeline stake sold The Italian oil and gas group Eni has sold its stake in the TAG gas pipeline as it was ordered to do in a European competition ruling. Eni’s 89 percent… 10/06/2011
Nabucco pipeline moves closer to realityFour EU countries and Turkey have signed additional deals for the construction of the long-delayed Nabucco gas pipeline. The ambitious and costly project… 08/06/2011
Ukraine’s Yanukovich talks flexibility on gas and political foeUkraine’s President Yanukovich has hinted that Kiev might be ready to compromise in its long-running dispute with Moscow over gas imports. It claims the… 01/03/2013
Ukraine and Russia in another heated gas rowUkraine and Russia are embroiled in a new gas dispute after Moscow sent Kiev a huge bill for gas it commissioned but did not use. News media reported over… 31/01/2013
Shell for shale: Ukraine signs major dealUkraine has signed a major gas exploitation deal worth a potential 7.5 billion euros with the Dutch energy giant Shell in a move away from dependence on… 25/01/2013
Le stink spreads across the channelA chemical factory in north-western France has caused a real stink across the channel. A gas leak has affected thousands from Paris to London. It has prompted… 22/01/2013
Algeria crisis triggers security reviewThe hostage crisis in Algeria has highlighted once again the vulnerability of oil and gas installations across the Middle East and North Africa. Neighbour… 19/01/2013
Κύπρος: Τελικές διαπραγματεύσεις με Total για το φυσικό αέριοΣυνάντηση με αξιωματούχους της γαλλικής Total είχε σήμερα ο κύπριος υπουργός Εμπορίου Νεοκλής Συλικιώτης, με στόχο την ολοκλήρωση των διαπραγματεύσεων και την… 17/12/2012
Russian President Putin launches construction of Gazprom’s mammoth pipelineRussian President Vladimir Putin was on hand to mark the start of construction of the South Stream gas pipeline, linking Russia with Europe. Gazprom, the… 07/12/2012
Ukraine rues deal that never wasRed faces all round in the Ukrainian government with the news the contract signed on Monday with Spain’s Gas Natural Fenosa to build a huge LNG plant on the… 30/11/2012
Ukraine needs new energy policy: IEAA new report says Ukrainian government subsidies make gas so cheap in the country that it is an invitation to waste energy. The International Energy Agency… 19/10/2012
Putin signs decree hindering EU’s Gazprom probeRussian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree to protect the interests of strategic Russian companies operating abroad. The decree has come within… 11/09/2012
Gunmen attack Egyptian pipelineAn explosion on Sunday rocked the Egyptian pipeline built to carry natural gas to Israel and Jordan. It’s believed gunmen placed explosives under the… 22/07/2012
No discount gas for Ukraine after Russia talks failRussia and Ukraine’s leaders have failed to strike a deal that would see Kiev paying a lower price for gas from its former soviet overlord. The issue was… 12/07/2012
Ukraine grants gas rights to Shell and ChevronThe Ukrainian government has confirmed that two Western energy companies have been awarded the right to develop two large shale gas fields. The anglo-Dutch… 11/05/2012
Egypt cuts gas supply to Israel after pipeline attacksEgypt’s announcement that it has stopped supplying gas to Israel has been hailed by many Egyptians and the country’s media. Cairo has blamed unpaid bills… 23/04/2012
Total says no blast risk in North Sea gas leak dramaThe French oil giant, Total, has dismissed the risk of a blast at its Elgin North Sea platform despite efforts continuing to stem leaking natural gas. The… 29/03/2012
North sea gas leak could take months to plugFrench oil giant Total says it could take months to stop the gas leak on its Elgin platform in the North Sea. Engineers are looking at two options, either… 28/03/2012
Stopping North Sea gas leak ‘may take six months’The oil giant Total says it may take six months to stop a gas leak on the abandoned Elgin rig in the North Sea off Scotland. Engineers are looking at two… 27/03/2012
North Sea gas leak operation could take monthsThere are fears a gas leak at a North Sea drilling platform could take months to bring under control. Some 240 workers at Total’s Elgin Franklin platform… 26/03/2012
Europe’s frozen February may last until month’s endEurope’s big freeze may last until the end of February. That is the chilling warning from leading meteorologists. Italy is already mourning some 40 victims… 08/02/2012
Big chill boosts European energy pricesEuropean energy prices have shot up on a combination of bitterly cold weather across the region and Iran’s talk of banning oil exports to some European… 07/02/2012
Turkey-Azerbaijan pipeline deal will bring gas to EuropeTurkey and Azerbaijan have signed a deal to build a pipeline to transport Azeri gas to Turkey and Europe. Energy ministers from the two nations signed the… 26/12/2011
Polska a gaz łupkowyPolska posiada jedne z najwiekszych zlóż gazu łupkowego w Europie. Dlatego też Warszawa naciskała na Unię w celu wypracowania wspólnego stanowiska dla… 19/12/2011
Russia agress cut-price gas deal with BelarusRussia has agreed to sell discount gas to Belarus for a price 60 per cent below what European countries pay. Minsk will pay 164 dollars per cubic metre… 26/11/2011
Tourists injured in gas leak on Canary IslandsSix people have been injured in a gas explosion at a holiday resort on the Canary islands. The blast occurred as a lorry made a delivery to a local hotel… 24/11/2011
Cyprus, Turkey and Israel wrestle over gasCyprus went drilling for gas in September, partnered up with the US firm Noble Energy, from Texas. Nicosia has high hopes for its exclusive economic zone… 23/11/2011
Energy giant Shell signs Turkish oil and gas dealEnergy giant Royal Dutch Shell agreed an oil and gas exploration deal with Turkish state petroleum firm TPAO on Wednesday. Shell will search for oil and gas… 23/11/2011
World’s leading gas producers meet in DohaStabilising the natural gas market has been the focus of a summit in the Qatari capital Doha. Members of the Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF)… 15/11/2011
EU leaders celebrate Nord Stream gas switch onLeaders from across the EU were in Lubmin on Germany’s Baltic coast on Tuesday to celebrate the switch-on of a new gas supply route from Russia to… 08/11/2011
Ukraine’s Tymoshenko faces new corruption claimsNew criminal charges have been filed against jailed former Ukrainian prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko. Security officials are alleging she was involved in a… 14/10/2011
Wide condemnation of Tymoshenko verdictThere has been a stunned reaction in Ukraine and elsewhere to the seven year jail sentence handed down to former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko. She was… 12/10/2011
Drilling row gets deeper as Turkey starts explorationTurkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has confirmed Turkey has begun drilling in the eastern Mediterranean, even though an exclusive economic zone has… 28/09/2011
Gas tensions rise between Turkey & CyprusTurkey has begun exploring for gas off the Cyprus coast in a move that is sharpening a dispute over resources and may threaten Turkey’s desire to join the … 27/09/2011
Egyptian gas pipeline to Israel attackedThere has been another attack on a pipeline carrying natural gas from Egypt to Israel. This is the sixth time the pipeline has been targeted since February… 27/09/2011
Ukraine says Russia agrees to review gas dealRussia has agreed to revise its gas contract with Ukraine, according to the Ukrainian prime minister Mykola Azarov. “We have finally managed to reach and… 26/09/2011
Row between Cyprus and Turkey over offshore drilling escalatesIn Cyprus the start of exploratory offshore drilling for gas by the internationally recognised Greek Cypriot government has escalated a row with Ankara. It… 19/09/2011
Yanukovitch wants South Stream through UkraineUkraine’s President Yanukovitch wants the proposed South Stream gas pipeline to pass through his country instead of the Black Sea. He said it would make the… 16/09/2011
EU unveils new energy strategy to end gas cutsThe EU has unveiled a new energy strategy it says will help it avoid possible shortages arising from gas disputes between Russia and Ukraine. Europe imports… 08/09/2011
Putin and Schroeder get Nord Stream pumpingA controversial pipeline to pump Russian gas to Europe has been officially inaugurated. The 8.8-billion-euro Nord Stream project was agreed in 2005 by then… 06/09/2011
Controversial Russian pipeline takes gas to EuropeRussia will begin pumping gas to European countries through the Nord Stream pipeline on Tuesday. The first of the project’s lines is complete, and long term… 06/09/2011
Gas talks fail between Russia and UkraineTalks between Russia and Ukraine on gas prices have broken up in Moscow without agreement between the bickering pair. Energy has been a thorn in the side of… 05/09/2011
Ukraine fires another salvo in gas battle with RussiaKiev’s state gas company has signed a deal with Royal Dutch Shell to extract gas from shale deposits in the former Soviet republic. It comes after Kiev has… 01/09/2011
Russia-Ukraine gas row hots upThe temperature is rising in the latest gas row between Ukraine and Russia. Ukraine wants a discount on the price it pays its neighbour for gas. But Russian… 01/09/2011
Medvedev, Yanukovich meet in SochiThe presidents of Russia and Ukriane have met in Sochi on the Black Sea to discuss a wide range of economic and political issues, chief among them the price… 11/08/2011
Chlorine gas leak strikes Iraq’s Sadr CityHundreds of Iraqis living in Sadr City near Baghdad were taken to hospital when poisonous chlorine gas escaped from a water-treatment plant. Officials said… 13/07/2011
Israeli gas finds lead to border rowsA three-nation dispute is escalating over massive natural gas discoveries in the Mediterranean sea. Israel has made two large finds in the last 18 months… 10/07/2011
Russia and China hopeful over gas dealThe Chinese and Russian presidents are not averse to signing economic agreements of mutual benefit, as they did on Thursday at an investment forum in St… 17/06/2011
Gas leak kills five in IsraelA gas leak is being suggested as the possible cause of a huge explosion that ripped through the first floor of a four-storey building in Netanya, Israel… 17/06/2011
Egypt’s gas pipeline to Israel and Jordan attackedIn Egypt’s north Sinai desert there has been an explosion on the country’s gas pipeline. Security forces say it was an act of sabotage by an armed gang. The… 27/04/2011
Blast reported at Egypt gas pipelineThere has been a major explosion on or near a gas supply pipeline in northern Sinai. Egyptian state TV described the blast as a “terrorist attack” which was… 05/02/2011
EU signs Azeri gas deal, reducing reliance on RussiaThe EU has signed a major gas deal with Azerbaijan. Hailed as a breakthrough by European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso, the move helps curb the… 14/01/2011
Qatar marks LNG output boostBosses of the world’s top energy companies gathered in Qatar this week to mark it reaching annual production of 77 million tons of liquefied natural… 14/12/2010
E.ON Ruhrgas to sell stake in Gazprom?Russia’s state-owned bank VEB is reportedly in talks to buy 3.5 percent of E.ON Ruhrgas’s share in Gazprom. The German utility could make nearly 3.4 billion… 24/11/2010
Iraq auctions major gas fieldsIraq has auctioned off three major natural gas fields to international companies. Baghdad wants to become a top energy producer by tapping its vast oil and… 20/10/2010
Death toll rises in California infernoRescuers fear the death toll could rise after a gas pipeline explosion tore through a neighbourhood in San Francisco. Four people are now confirmed dead… 10/09/2010
Gas explosion sets San Francisco suburb ablazeA gas pipeline explosion has ripped through a San Francisco suburb, killing at least four people and destroying fifty three homes. The explosion in San… 10/09/2010
Gas explosion sparks massive fire in San FranciscoA gas pipeline explosion has ripped through a suburb of San Francisco, killing at least one person and destroying 53 homes. The explosion in San Bruno… 10/09/2010
