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Gazprom could face a 15 billion dollars fine from EU regulators
After a year-long investigation the EU regulators are preparing to charge Russian gas export monopoly Gazprom over suspected infringement of EU competition rules in member states including Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland and Slovakia, risking a fine of up to 15 billion dollars. Currently Gazprom supplies a quarter of Europe's gas consumption needs.
read more... 04/10/2013
China to become third largest producer of natural gas by 2035
According to Torstein Indreb, the secretary general of the International Gas Union, China is expected to become the world's third largest natural gas producer in 2035. For China, boosting domestic natural gas production would mean reduced dependency on costly imports in the form of liquefied natural gas or pipelines from Russia and central Asia.
read more... 02/10/2013
Turkey started operations for shale gas extraction
Turkey has started hydraulic fracturing operations to extract shale gas in the Thracian and southeastern Anatolian regions. Turkey is aiming to expand the employ of horizontal drilling to exploit the estimated 163 trillion cubic feet of reserves that have been detected in the country.
read more... 26/09/2013
Ukrainian diversification of natural gas supplies
Since 2011 Ukraine is trying to raise natural gas production levels in the Black Sea from 1 bcm in 2011 to 3 billion cubic meters in 2015.In 2012 the Black Sea production reached 1.2 bcm and is predicted to rise to 1.65 bcm in 2013.Its total gas reserves have been estimated at 5.4 trillion cubic meters.
read more... 25/09/2013
French Total to quit Shtokman gas project
French oil giant Total is envisaging selling its 25 percent stake in the Shtokman Development AG to Russian energy major Gazprom, becoming the last partner to exit from the gas project in the Barents Sea.
read more... 24/09/2013