Ukraine has signed a shale-gas deal with Royal Dutch Shell worth at least $10 billion -- potentially the largest foreign investment ever in the country.

• Date: 25.01.2013  |  Published on EGF: 25.01.2013  |  Energy  |  from rferl.org

The proposed price for the construction of two 1000 MW units of what was supposed to become Bulgaria's second nuclear power plant, Belene, was EUR 6.3 B, not EUR 10 B, as Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov claims, Russian state company Rosatom stated on Tuesday.

• Date: 23.01.2013  |  Published on EGF: 23.01.2013  |  Energy  |  from novinite.com

Ukraine continues to import European natural gas via Poland as it seeks to break the stranglehold of Russian supplies, Kiev's energy minister says

• Date: 21.01.2013  |  Published on EGF: 21.01.2013  |  Energy  |  from upi.com

Worried about dependence on pricier gas from Iran and Russia, Turkey is turning to its own coal. The country signed a deal with a United Arab Emirates company that will boost its coal-fired power capacity 67 percent.

• Date: 14.01.2013  |  Published on EGF: 14.01.2013  |  Energy  |  from themoscowtimes.com

The National Assembly (NA) of Viet Nam pays great attention to the co-operation the country shares with Russia in the energy sector and is constantly working to create favourable conditions for Russian enterprises to increase their investment in Viet Nam , according to NA Vice Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan.

• Date: 08.01.2013  |  Published on EGF: 08.01.2013  |  Energy  |  from talkvietnam.com

Russia has concluded a challenging 2012 in India with three deals involving additional fighter aircraft and helicopters.

• Date: 31.12.2012  |  Published on EGF: 31.12.2012  |  Energy  |  from flightglobal.com

India's pet project to link south with central Asia got support from Russian president Vladimir Putin. During their talks in New Delhi last week, Singh and Putin agreed to unfreeze the north-south corridor through Iran within the next year. India has taken the lead role in pushing for the completion of this project.

• Date: 31.12.2012  |  Published on EGF: 31.12.2012  |  Energy  |  from pakistanaffairs.pk

Pakistani hardline party Jamaat-e-Islami's (JI) chief Azad Kashmir Abdur Rasheed Turrabi has said the discussions between Pakistan and India would not be proved fruitful until the latter took serious steps towards resolution of Kashmir issue.

• Date: 31.12.2012  |  Published on EGF: 31.12.2012  |  Energy  |  from yahoo.com