
Slovak importer says drop in deliveries continues
PRAGUE, Sept 11 (Reuters) — Slovak gas importer SPP experienced an approximately 10 percent drop in gas supplies from Russia for the second day running on Thursday, the company said. SPP said the drop...

Trilateral Ukraine-EU-Russia Gas Negotiations Preliminarily Scheduled For September 16
Trilateral gas negotiations with the participation of European Commissioner for Energy Gunther Oettinger, Minister of Energy and Coal Industry Yurii Prodan and Energy Minister of Russia Alexandr Novak have preliminarily been scheduled for...

Latest developments in Ukraine intensified EU efforts towards energy security
The conflict between Ukraine and Russia has intensified the efforts of the EU towards energy security of its supplies, European Energy Commissioner Gunther Oettinger said at the 4th informal dialogue meeting of Eastern...

Shell Announces Utica Gas Discovery in Pennsylvania
Shell today announced new discovery wells (Neal and Gee) within the Utica formation in Tioga County, Pennsylvania, USA. These wells were drilled to a total measured depth of approximately 4,420 and 4,724 metres...

Ukraine may require gas importers to buy from Europe — Naftogaz chief
Ukraine may legally require that natural gas importers purchase a certain amount from Europe, Naftogaz Ukrainy chief Andriy Kobolev said. «We are preparing to make changes to the law on the gas trade...

The defeat of the «Nabucco» urges Washington to new activities in the Caspian Sea
Senate of the United States seriously engaged in the construction of new routes of energy resources from the Caspian Sea region to the EU market. According to the sources of global exploration Geostrategy,...

(UA) Росія майже у 6 разів завищила «газовий штраф» для України
Эксперты подсчитали, сколько «Газпром» должен требовать с Украины. Согласно подсчетам международного рейтингового агентства Standard & poor's, потенциальные санкции «Газпрома» к «Нафтогазу» за недобор газа в 2012 году должны были бы составлять $ 1,2...

Volodymyr Omelchenko: Do not expect from FTA a free transit through the territory of the Russian Federation
The Free Trade Agreement with CIS will come into force in mid-September, but it will not have a radical impact on Ukraine's energy foreign policy, said a director of energy programs of the...

Azerbaijan: knock, knock, knocking on Europe's door
While policymakers and pundits debate which pipeline consortium will bring Azeri gas to European markets through the Southern Corridor, they rarely stop to think about what Azerbaijan might want out of the deal...
Ukrainian Gas Transporting System Is Europe's Most Imortant – Günther Oettinger
“Your [Ukrainian] Gas Transporting System (GTS) is the most important in Europe, however, its maintenance and renovation requires considerable investments,” stated European Commissioner for Energy Günther Oettinger in his interview with kommersant.ua. Ukraine...