At a meeting with the European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso in Ashgabat, Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov described the construction of a pipeline under the Caspian Sea as the "most attractive" way to deliver Turkmen gas to Europe.

• Date: 15.01.2011  |  Published on EGF: 15.01.2011  |  Energy  |  from trend.az

European Commission’s president Jose Manuel Barroso continues his visit Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan to complete tomorrow.

• Date: 14.01.2011  |  Published on EGF: 14.01.2011  |  Energy  |  from abc.az

Iran’s proposal for a diplomatic tour of its nuclear sites floundered on Thursday after China effectively rejected the invitation and Russia said such a trip could never replace United Nations inspections or negotiations with world powers.

• Date: 14.01.2011  |  Published on EGF: 14.01.2011  |  Energy  |  from nytimes.com

Azerbaijan agreed to export at least 1 billion cubic meters of natural gas a year to Iran, its southern neighbor, the day before meetings with the European Union on a new fuel transit corridor.

• Date: 13.01.2011  |  Published on EGF: 13.01.2011  |  Energy  |  from bloomberg.com

A Serbian oil company controlled by Russia's Gazprom Neft announced that it secured a multimillion-dollar contract to drill for oil in Turkmenistan.

• Date: 13.01.2011  |  Published on EGF: 13.01.2011  |  Energy  |  from upi.com

U.S. laws limit the burning of coal here, and Washington state has a strong green influence. Passenger rail in Seattle and beyond would suffer consequences from shipments to Bellingham. But the financial firepower lined up in favor of shipping coal from Washington ports to China is gigantic.

• Date: 08.01.2011  |  Published on EGF: 08.01.2011  |  Energy  |  from crosscut.com

The European Union has turned down an offer from Iran to tour its nuclear facilities, EU foreign affairs chief Catherine Ashton said on Friday, but remains optimistic about talks with Tehran later this month. Iran has sent letters to a number of ambassadors to the International Atomic Energy Agency in Vienna, inviting them to visit two sites - the Natanz uranium enrichment plant and the Arak heavy water complex - in the coming weeks.

• Date: 08.01.2011  |  Published on EGF: 08.01.2011  |  Energy  |  from brecorder.com

At the risk of angering its close ally the US but while safeguarding its own national interests, Turkey has been developing its ties with neighboring Iran while making intense efforts to end a lengthy stalemate between the international community and Tehran over its nuclear ambitions.

• Date: 06.01.2011  |  Published on EGF: 06.01.2011  |  Energy  |  from todayszaman.com