Turkmenistan produces liquefied natural gas for export
Around 135,000 tons of liquefied gas has been extracted and supplied to consumers in Turkmenistan since early 2012. The main volume is intended for export, the Turkmen Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources said on Thursday.
Turkey engaged further with Caucasus, Central Asia in 2012
The construction of the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railroad, also known as the Iron Silk Road, is expected to be completed in 2013. The railway, which is planned to have an initial yearly carrying capacity of 1.5 million passengers and 3 million tons of cargo, will pave the way for Turkey, Azerbaijan and Georgia to achieve better economic integration.
Naftogaz Ukrainy signs agreement to get Chinese credits for gas-to-coal projects
Ukraine's national oil and gas stock company Naftogaz Ukrainy has signed an agreement with China Development Bank Corporation for $3.656 billion under state guarantee for projects involving the replacement of gas with coal, Deputy Prime Minister Yuriy Boiko's press service announced Tuesday evening.
Russia, China Launch Stage Two in Joint Nuclear Plant Project
Russia and China are starting construction work on the second stage of the Tianwan nuclear power plant, Russian officials said on Thursday.
Russia's Gazprom to buy Kyrgyz state gas company
Kyrgyzstan's state-owned natural gas company says it is to be sold to Russia's energy monopoly Gazprom, raising hopes of an end to debilitating energy shortages in the impoverished Central Asian nation.
Gazprom wants special case for its pipelines from EU energy package
Gazprom wants its two major projects – South Stream and Nord Stream – to be granted exceptions from the EU third energy package, seeking to retain control over their transportation capacity. A new version of an agreement on transnational energy transportation projects will be handed over to the European Commission on Friday during a Russia-EU summit on energy issues, Russia’s Energy Minister Aleksandr Novak said on Monday. The agreement should regulate South Stream and Nord Stream projects instead of the third energy package which is criticized in Russia.
Russia plays along with Sakhalin pipeline project
Russian gas monopoly Gazprom has apparently ruled out building a subsea Sakhalin-Japan natural gas pipeline. That is not preventing continued talks on the ambitious project, which remains a bargaining tool in Russia's gas-price negotiations with China.
Georgia’s negations with Russian Inter RAO on electricity tariffs nearing completion
Negotiations on tariffs for electricity with the Russian company Inter RAO are underway and a statement will be made in the coming days, Georgian Energy Minister Kakha Kaladze said on Tuesday.
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