The Board of Directors approved Gazprom’s efficiency improvement efforts in the CIS gas market. The Management Committee was tasked to continue optimizing volume and price parameters of the Central Asian natural gas import and safeguarding Gazprom’s interests in the context of the emerging Customs U
World energy growth over the next twenty years is expected to be dominated by emerging economies such as China, India, Russia and Brazil while improvements in energy efficiency measures are set to accelerate, according to BP’s latest projection of energy trends, the BP Energy Outlook 2030. BP’s ‘bas
Repsol has been awarded the Ability Award for the “Best Private Company” in recognition of its overall contribution and significant participation in the development and recruitment of people with disabilities. The aim of the Ability Awards is to publicly recognize Spanish companies and institutions
The Gulf emirate of Qatar is planning to import water by ship from Belgium. The water will return in the tankers delivering liquid natural g… (mediargus) [mappress] Source: mediargus, January 18, 2010;
Fluxys and Statoil will examine the options for Statoil to book long-term storage capacity at Fluxys’ underground storage site in Loenhout. The two companies have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to that effect during the current Belgian trade mission in Norway. The Belgian and Norwegian governm
Gas infrastructure company Gasunie has brought its underground gas storage facility at Zuidwending near Veendam into operation. This natural gas buffer holds flexible gas stocks in salt caverns deep underground, catering for short-term differences between supply and demand. Gasunie Zuidwending has h
Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Gazprom’s Management Committee and Tetsuhiro Hosono, Director General of the Agency for Natural Resources and Energy under the Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry signed an Agreement of Cooperation. The Agreement envisages preparation of a joint feasibilit
Today, Monday 17 January, Statoil kicks off a marketing campaign arguing for natural gas to be part of Europe’s energy mix for the long term. It also marks that Statoil has been a reliable gas supplier to Europe for over 30 years based on its production from the Norwegian Continental Shelf. “We are
On January 14, SOCAR President Mr. Rovnag Abdullayev received the delegation led by Mr. Rune Bjørnson, Executive Vice President of Statoil on natural gas. Saluting the guests, Mr. Abdullayev congratulated them on occasion of the Christmas and New Year, and expressed his best wishes. SOCAR President
BP and Rosneft announced that they have agreed a groundbreaking strategic global alliance. Rosneft and BP have agreed to explore and develop three license blocks – EPNZ 1,2,3 – on the Russian Arctic continental shelf. These licences were awarded to Rosneft in 2010 and cover approximately 125,000 squ
Saipem has been awarded new onshore contracts worth approximately US$1 billion. In Australia, Gladstone LNG Operations Pty Ltd awarded Saipem the EPC contract for the engineering, procurement and construction of a gas pipeline, 42 inches in diameter and 435 kilometres-long, which will connect the ga
Gas Transmission Operator GAZ-SYSTEM S.A. and Eustream, a.s. (the Slovak transmission operator) have signed a letter of intent for cooperation on the development of a gas pipeline between Poland and Slovakia. ”Cooperation with the Slovak transmission operator is an element of the GAZ-SYSTEM S.A. str
The President of the European Commission José Manuel Barroso and the President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev have signed a Joint Declaration on gas delivery for Europe in Baku. Azerbaijan commits to supplying substantial volumes of gas over the long term to the European Union, while Europe provides acc
Ukraine, a net importer of natural gas, increased gas imports from Russia to 36.47 billion cubic metres (bcm) in 2010 from 26.8 bcm in 2009… (kyivpost) [mappress] Source: kyivpost, January 14, 2011;
