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Pipeline systems are an extremely safe method of transporting hydrocarbons. However, like any engineering structure, failure remains a possibility, which could result in serious consequences for the surrounding population and [...]

Israel is facing a quandary these days, one that nearly every country in the world wishes it had. After many years of dreaming of having control of its own natural [...]

Russia is the second-largest producer of dry natural gas and the third-largest liquid fuels producer in the world, and these products are inextricably intertwined with its government. State-controlled company Rosneft [...]

NJ WatsonPRAGUEGAZPROMâS 86% fall in 2014 profits was put down to the rubleâs plunge at the end of last year. But the companyâs problems run much deeper than the weakness [...]

Helen Robertson, LONDON: Gazprom and OMV have agreed to build a section of the South Stream pipeline through Austria.Alexei Miller, chairman of Gazpromâs management committee, and Gerhard Roiss, OMVâs chief [...]

NJ WatsonPRAGUE NOVATEK is entering a new phase in its evolution from oil-and-gas upstart to one capable of challenging the dominance of the Russian state gas firm Gazprom. Sanctions against [...]

Justin JacobsBEIJING WITH the ink still drying on a landmark gas trade contract, Russia is already pushing a second deal with China that would revive a proposal to build a [...]

Helen RobertsonLONDONBULGARIA has halted construction of its section of the South Stream pipeline following a request from the European Commission.  Plamen Oresharski, Bulgaria's prime minister, said on 8 June: 'I [...]

Can Europeâs gas consumers and Russiaâs producers cope without each other?   ESCALATING tensions between Russia and Ukraine have once again prompted calls for Europe to reduce its reliance on [...]

Domestic liberalisation is a boon to the countryâs large independent suppliers and is busting open Gazpromâs monopoly on exports, writes Danila Bochkarev   LAST December Russian President Vladimir Putin signed [...]

Russiaâs largest independent gas producer still has bold plans for expansion NOVATEK, the most active independent Russian energy company, is confident Ukraine-related US sanctions on key shareholder Gennady Timchenko will [...]

Despite the sanctions and friction, Western investors arenât ready to turn their back on Russiaâs upstream THE Ukraine crisis has complicated an already uncertain outlook for western energy firms weighing [...]

Russia has long craved the Chinese market and China needs gas. The $400 billion deal opens a new trade FIFTEEN years after starting negotiations, Russia and China signed a 30-year [...]

The next few years will see the countryâs gas exporters join the race for markets in Asia   IF THE Kremlin can get its act together, then Russiaâs fledgling liquefied [...]

Byline: Eugene Khartukov Russia’s upstream sector strives for dominance in an increasingly complex, global E&P industry Vol. 235 No.6 REGIONAL REPORTRussiaRussiaas upstream sector strives for dominance in an increasingly complex, [...]

Russiaâs $400 billion gas deal with China will have ramifications across the world     IN THE end, China was wise to wait. Almost two decades in the making, the [...]

KazakhstanEnergy minister Uzakbai Karabalin has confirmed that the major Kashagan development will not come into production this year, adding that while output could start next year, any ramp-up would be [...]

Byline: Damon Evans Damon Evans, SINGAPORE: The Westâs strategy to isolate Russia is providing the impetus for a huge gas supply deal to be nailed down with China in May. [...]

Azerbaijan Azerbaijan extracted 10.56 million tonnes of oil in the first quarter of 2014, 255,000 tonnes more than in the same period in 2013. The country produced 7.68 billion cm [...]

Ignore the pundits and their answer to the Putin problem - the solution to the EU's energy security worries lie in Europe, not the US, argues Derek Brower FROM London [...]

Western threats against Russian energy give China the perfect chance to seal a long-term gas supply deal on good terms, writes Justin Jacobs nbsp; nbsp; AS MOSCOW and the West [...]

Azerbaijan A source at Azeri state energy firm Socar told Reuters that the partners of the BP-led consortium developing Shah Deniz are drawing up plans for the third development stage [...]

Azerbaijan BP said production at its Azeri-Chirag-Guneshli (ACG) oilfields fell 2.2% to 32.2 million tonnes in 2013, despite BP and its partner state energy firm Socar having insisted to the [...]

Byline: Justin Jacobs IS 2014 the last chance for a Russia-China gas deal? After a decade of high-stakes negotiations over a major natural gas supply deal that would link Russiaâs [...]

Helen Robertson, Vienna: Gazprom's grip over European gas markets is loosening because of weak demand and its shrinking share of Russia's domestic energy market, industry leaders said. Vladimir Drebentsov, head [...]

Armenia Armenia has sold its 20% stake in monopoly gas operator ArmRosgasprom to Gazprom following approval of the deal at a meeting on 16 January. The sale gives the Russian [...]

With the worldÇÖs largest reserves of conventional gas, the country can afford to leave shale gas in the ground AS RussiaÇÖs conventional reservoirs mature, shale will be critical to the [...]