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22.06.2010, 15:40
Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko has ordered a halt to the transit of Russian gas through his country until Gazprom pays of its transit debt.
22.06.2010, 12:03
Belarus says it will pay it's outstanding debt to Russia for its gas supplies in two weeks. The details of the offer are still unclear and the taps remain partially closed.
21.06.2010, 11:14
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A shutdown of gas supplies to Belarus has been ordered after talks on the nation’s unpaid gas debts with Gazprom have failed to reach agreement.
25.06.2010, 14:49
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Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko has called for a cut-off of Russian transit gas via the country’s territory despite payments made on Thursday, and is now threatening to cut off oil transit as well.
09.04.2010, 11:15
The construction of the Nord Stream pipeline has officially begun after a five-year wait. The 1200-kilometer pipeline will be the longest in the world, and directly supply Russian gas to mainland Europe.
20.05.2010, 08:34
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Step by step across the Baltic seabed, a multi-national crew is working to secure the European energy grid with Russian resources. The Nord Stream pipeline will bring Russian gas directly to Germany, bypassing Ukraine.
23.06.2010, 10:24
Gazprom has decreased its gas supply to Belarus to 40% of the norm as a result of the ongoing financial conflict.
02.07.2010, 07:33
Belarus has repaid Azerbaijan the money it borrowed to pay its gas debt to Russia.This comes at the end of a gas clash between Minsk and Moscow that saw President Lukashenko order the gas pipeline to Europe shut down.
26.03.2010, 13:00
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Russia seems unlikely to significantly lower the price Ukraine has to pay for gas as the Ukrainian Prime Minister held talks with Gazprom and Vladimir Putin in Moscow.
23.12.2008, 14:46
Tuesday saw the creation of a new global energy organisation – Gas Exporting Countries Forum. Some were quick to dub it a “Gas OPEC”, however, those involved insist it will differ from the petroleum exporters' union.
Published: 23 June, 2010, 10:56
Edited: 24 June, 2010, 20:34
Gazprom has again turned down the volume of Russian gas flowing to Belarus, cutting deliveries by 60%, and is planning to re-direct gas supplies to Europe.
Gazprom has had a particularly bad year as its reputation for reliability plummeted after the Ukrainian shutdown ( now Belarus). EU has no shale gas production as yet, the success of shale gas in North America has prompted geologists in a number of European countries to examine the productive possibilities of their own organic-rich shales. The shale gas in EU ( Poland, Germany, Hungary ...) is easy to reach and any natural gas produced can go into the European Union market. The first shale well in Europe will be drilled in June 2010 in Poland. Germany in Schwerin, Poland in Swinoujscie, Belgium, Finland are building LNG terminals ( gas import from Africa, Asia). Gazprom is losing marker -the facts speak for themselves.