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EU Energy Mins To Meet Mon On Russia

Παρ, 9 Ιανουαρίου 2009 - 14:34

European Union energy ministers will hold an extraordinary meeting Monday on the Russia-Ukraine gas dispute, the spokesman for E.U. Energy Commissioner Andris Piebalgs told BBC radio Friday.

EU Says Observers On Gas Transit Are Already On Way To Kiev

Παρ, 9 Ιανουαρίου 2009 - 14:33

The first international observers to oversee gas transit to Europe from Russia through Ukraine are on their way to Kiev, the European Commission said Friday.

GDF Suez CEO: Russia Gas Supply Via Ukraine Still Halted

Παρ, 9 Ιανουαρίου 2009 - 14:30

Russian gas supplies to France via the Ukraine are still halted, the chief executive of one of Europe's largest gas utilities said Friday.

EU Presidency Makes Deal With Russia On EU Gas Monitors

Παρ, 9 Ιανουαρίου 2009 - 14:28

The newly appointed Czech Presidency of the European Union reached a late night agreement Thursday with Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin for deployment of E.U. monitors in Ukraine in a move to restore natural gas deliveries to Europe, an E.U. statement said.

Russia Cools To EU's Proposed Gas Deal

Παρ, 9 Ιανουαρίου 2009 - 14:26

The European Union's efforts to restore natural-gas supplies from Russia stumbled on Thursday, as Moscow said it won't turn on the taps until its experts were included in an international mission to monitor Ukraine's gas-transit system.

Czech Deputy PM: EU To Push For New Gas Supply Routes

Παρ, 9 Ιανουαρίου 2009 - 14:25

Czech Deputy Prime Minister Alexandr Vondra Thursday said the European Union should push for diversifying its energy supplies to mitigate any future stalled Russian natural gas shipments through Ukraine.

Bulgaria Struggles To Adapt As Gas Cut Runs Into Third Day

Παρ, 9 Ιανουαρίου 2009 - 14:23

Bulgaria struggled to adapt to the gas shortage Thursday as a total cut in Russian deliveries, on which it is entirely dependent for its natural gas needs, ran into a third day.

Ukraine Signs Deal With EU On Gas Monitors

Πεμ, 8 Ιανουαρίου 2009 - 18:15

Ukraine has signed an agreement with the European Commission inviting independent monitors to verify Russian gas shipments to Europe, an official with Kiev's delegation to the E.U. said Thursday.

Russia, Ukraine Restart Talks over Natural Gas Prices Dispute

Πεμ, 8 Ιανουαρίου 2009 - 15:52

The Presidents of Russia and the Ukraine conducted a telephone conversation late Wednesday night at Ukraine's initiative. Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev has pointed out that it was not Moscow who terminated the negotiations, and that Russia was ready to resume them any time, according to the statement of the Kremlin press service as quoted by ITAR-TASS.

Balkan countries hit hard by Russian cessation of natural gas supplies

Πεμ, 8 Ιανουαρίου 2009 - 15:48

Thousands of Bulgarians spent a freezing night without central heating, and some companies and schools did not operate yesterday after Russian gas supplies were halted to Southeastern Europe. About 12,000 households in Bulgaria's third-largest city of Varna, on the Black Sea, and 3,800 in the northeastern town of Razgrad have been left in the cold because utilities need time to switch to alternative fuels, municipal officials said.

Household Gas Supplies not at Risk from Dispute

Πεμ, 8 Ιανουαρίου 2009 - 15:45

Greek households face no immediate problems in receiving gas supplies after a halt in Russian pipeline deliveries, gas company DEPA said yesterday. Russian gas supplies to Bulgaria, Turkey, Greece and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia were cut at the Ukrainian-Romanian border late on Monday following a price dispute between Russia and Ukraine.

EU Looks To Alternative Sources Of Natural Gas

Πεμ, 8 Ιανουαρίου 2009 - 13:55

As Europe counts the cost of Russia's latest gas shut-off, there are signs it could give a boost to alternative sources of gas that currently play a minor role in the Continent's energy balance.

Iraq's 2008 Crude Oil Exports Up 13.5% On 2007

Πεμ, 8 Ιανουαρίου 2009 - 13:48

Iraq's crude oil exports averaged 1.85 million barrels a day in 2008, some 13.5% more than in 2007, the head of the country's State Oil Marketing Organization, or SOMO, said Wednesday.