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May 18, 2012

Energy/All

Bangladesh signs up for nuclear power

Bangladesh has signed up Russia's Rosatom to build the South Asian country's first nuclear power plant. That will do little to ease immediate and pressing power needs for industry, say critics.

- Syed Tashfin Chowdhury (Mar 15, '11)

Azerbaijan doubles up

Azerbaijan has doubled its gas production estimates for this decade, after increasing its forecast just last year. That adds further complexity to the question of just who will be the customers for all that energy.

- Robert M Cutler (Mar 11, '11)

KazMunaiGaz leads share sale

Local citizens are to be the only permissible buyers when Kazakhstan starts a series of state-company share sales this year. The move should boost the local stock exchange's liquidity, although the choice of KazMunaiGaz to kick-off the project comes with value-deductible controversy.

- Birgit Brauer (Mar 10, '11)

Gazprom buys BP's Kovykta gas venture

Russia's Gazprom has bought the license to develop the Kovykta gas field in eastern Siberia, previously held by TNK-BP, BP's troubled joint venture in Russia. The US$773 million purchase at auction may clear the way for the first giant gas field to be developed in Russia since the Soviet era.

- Vladimir Socor (Mar 09, '11)

Total blazes Russia trail

France’s Total stretches reality in its claims its recent pacts with Novatek indicate Russia's relative safety, but they do suggest a new partnership model for Western energy companies - and rising power for Gennady Timchenko.

- Vladimir Socor (Mar 08, '11)

Russia muscles EU resolve

Russia appears to believe that troubles in North Africa and the Middle East have swung the balance its way in energy negotiations with the European Union, and that EU officials have already blinked.

- Vladimir Socor (Mar 02, '11)

Gilani risks fuel price rise

The debt-laden Pakistan government has raised petroleum product prices rather than spend even more on subsidies. Given Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani's history of u-turns on the issue, this may not be enough to impress visiting International Monetary Fund officials.

- Syed Fazl-e-Haider (Mar 01, '11)

Putin battles EU curbs on Gazprom monopoly power

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin used his recent visit to Brussels to object to legislation that would curb Gazprom's monopoly powers in Europe - further emphasizing the political purpose of its South Stream pipeline project.

- Vladimir Socor (Mar 01, '11)

Nabucco faces cost surge

A possible near doubling of the cost of the Nabucco pipeline intended to carry gas from the Caspian to Europe is a key factor, rather than rival offers, in prompting the project consortium to delay until next year its final investment decision.

- Vladimir Socor (Feb 25, '11)

South Stream feints again

The final investment decision for the European Union-backed Nabucco pipeline to import gas from the Caspian Sea basin is fast approaching, adding urgency to the less-advanced Russian-sponsored South Stream project to step up efforts to promote itself as a better option.

- Robert M Cutler (Feb 24, '11)

Iran gas pipeline to Pakistan on hold

Pakistan's dream of obtaining gas by pipeline from Iran appears as remote as ever, with the project officially suspended. Iran indicates that the halt is temporary, yet the practical problems yet to be addressed suggest that is wishful thinking.

- Robert M Cutler (Feb 18, '11)

Moscow eyes power control

Proposals to send gas and electricity from Central to South Asia indicate the opportunities for nations in the region both energy rich and poor. Much, however, will depend on the role played by Moscow, still ambitious but no longer able to dominate the geopolitical dynamics in Central Asia alone.

- Roman Muzalevsky (Feb 17, '11)

Gazprom, Shell seek tie-up

Russia's drive to expand its energy output is leading to an increasing number of tie-ups with foreign companies. After Rosneft's recent deals with ExxonMobil and BP, gas monopoly Gazprom and Royal Dutch Shell are moving to further natural gas developments in far east Sakhalin Island.

- Robert M Cutler (Feb 10, '11)

Reagan for president ... of China

Ronald Reagan unleashed an energy that had been held back in the United States for a decade. Now China's need to balance its economy means it must encourage the entrepreneurial spirit that Reagan tapped in the US. Absent the late president, Xi Jinping might just be the man for the job.

- Axel Merk (Feb 07, '11)

Caspian gas closer to Europe

Agreement this month between European Union president Jose Manuel Barroso and energy commissioner colleague Guenther Oettinger with Azerbaijan on gas supply does not preclude deals involving pipelines other than Nabucco. It does, however, make life easier for Turkmenistan, also part of the European bureaucrats' tour.

- Robert M Cutler (Jan 19, '11)

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Bangladesh signs up for nuclear power

Azerbaijan doubles up

KazMunaiGaz leads share sale

Gazprom buys BP's Kovykta gas venture

Total blazes Russia trail

Russia muscles EU resolve

Gilani risks fuel price rise

Putin battles EU curbs on Gazprom monopoly power

Nabucco faces cost surge

South Stream feints again

Iran gas pipeline to Pakistan on hold

Moscow eyes power control

Gazprom, Shell seek tie-up

Reagan for president ... of China

Caspian gas closer to Europe

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