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

China would welcome assurance about the security of its financial assets in the United States, a senior diplomat said ahead of President Hu Jintao's visit next week, while playing down rifts between the two powers.

• Date: 12.01.2011  |  Published on EGF: 12.01.2011  |  External Relations  |  from businessspectator.com.au

Organizers of a petition drive in Kazakhstan calling for the president to remain in power for at least another decade say they have gathered signatures from at least half the Central Asian nation's eligible voters.

• Date: 11.01.2011  |  Published on EGF: 11.01.2011  |  Markets  |  from washingtonpost.com

Chinese investors are keen on taking part in developing energy projects in Bulgaria, Bulgaria's Government said on January 10 2011.

• Date: 11.01.2011  |  Published on EGF: 11.01.2011  |  External Relations  |  from sofiaecho.com

A giant monument to friendship between historic enemies Turkey and Armenia has become a symbol of controvery rather than healing.

• Date: 10.01.2011  |  Published on EGF: 10.01.2011  |  External Relations  |  from washingtonpost.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