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Austria: personal gas aspirations aided to keep Russian pipeline safe
Gazprom's South Stream pipeline project has been saved by Austria last month in order to bring its own gas from the Black Sea, according to a source. This would be the first time the Russian gas exporter has consented to a rival’s gas access to its pipelines.
read more... 15/05/2014
Rosneft defies Gazprom monopoly to get right to export Russian gas via pipeline
The major oil producer in Russia, Rosneft, plans to break domination of another energy important company, Gazprom, to export gas through pipelines, leading to an explosion between the major clans, according to some sources on Friday.
read more... 10/03/2014
Croatia, Hungary and Ukraine to create their own gas corridor
Ukraine, Croatia and Hungary aim to build their own corridor expanding gas pipelines networks. The construction of this corridor will start next year. This gas corridor is planned to be linked to the Trans-Adriatic Pipeline, which is likely to carry Shah Deniz gas to Europe through Turkey. The parts have already reached an agreement on passing of natural gas through all three countries.
read more... 25/10/2013
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
Ukraine to import German gas from January 1
Energy and Coal Industry Minister of Ukraine, Yuriy Boyko announced on Friday that Ukraine will start to import natural gas from Germany from January 1, 2013. Germany's RWE would sell Ukraine gas and it would be shipped via pipelines through Hungary.
read more... 19/11/2012