Russia Gas
the End of the South Stream Gas Pipeline - RT News: LINK ¤ RT NEWS
_________________________________________
- "the South Stream gas pipeline was a project - that would had transported gas to Europe !"
_________________________________________
- "but the project ran into difficulties - as it violated European Union regulations !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
_________________________________________
- "which state that the same company - cannot both own the pipeline !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
_________________________________________
- "and the gas - which is transported through it !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
_________________________________________
- "and the Ukraine was against it - for political reasons !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
______________________________________________________________________________
the End of the South Stream Gas Pipeline - the Guardian: LINK ¤ the GUARDIAN
_________________________________________
- "the South Stream gas pipeline ends - from the beginning this was a political project !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
_________________________________________
- "it was never economical - to spend so much on a pipeline !"
_________________________________________
- "the South Stream pipeline would have taken - gas across the Black Sea - to southern Europe !"
_________________________________________
- "but the European Commission puts pressure - on Bulgaria !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
_________________________________________
- "not to back the project - in its current form !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
______________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________
- "in a meeting with the US ambassador - Gazprom CEO Alexey Miller said !"
_________________________________________
- "a tender would be held for foreign firms - to bid as contractors on the field - Shtokman !"
_________________________________________
- "and Miller produced a letter - from the firm Chevron !"
_________________________________________
- "there the company was offering - to work with Gazprom !"
_________________________________________
- "in the auctions - for some of Yukos' assets !"
Shell - US cable - 2006: LINK ¤ 06MOSCOW12930
_________________________________________
- "the US ambassador met with - Shell Russia president Chris Finlayson !"
_________________________________________
- "who spoke about the negotiations - with Gazprom - about the Sakhalin-2 project !"
_________________________________________
- "Shell was the operator of the project - the outstanding issue was the value of that stake !"
_________________________________________
- "Sakhalin Energy and Gazprom - were an amount apart - that was bridgeable !"
_________________________________________
- "at a meeting Alexander Medvedev - Gazprom's vice chairman - and negotiator on the Sakhalin-2 project !"
_________________________________________
- "informed that Gazprom's chairman Alexey Miller - had examined the file - on environmental accusations !"
_________________________________________
- "Miller concluded that the environment - US$ 10 billion worth - should be factored into the negotiations !"
_________________________________________
- "as a result Medvedev said that - Gazprom was willing to offer - only US$ 2.6 billion - for the 50 percent stake !"
_________________________________________
- "chairman Miller was not happy - with this decision !"
_________________________________________
- "but had been ordered - "from above" !"
Transneft - US cable - 2009: LINK ¤ 09MOSCOW199
_________________________________________
- "Transneft president Nikolai Tokarev - told the US ambassador - about the Baltic pipeline system 2 - BPS2 !"
_________________________________________
- "the Baltic pipeline project was designed - to bypass transit states !"
_________________________________________
- "Tokarev said - because the government had so - "directed" !"
Central Asia - US cable - 2009: LINK ¤ 09MOSCOW220
_________________________________________
- "the press in the run up to the visit - of Kyrgyz President Bakiyev - reported extensively !"
_________________________________________
- "of a Russian offer - of a US$ 2.5 billion - assistance package to Kyrgyzstan !"
_________________________________________
- "in exchange for Bishkek's closure - of the US Manas air base !"
_________________________________________
- "the Kyrgyz government wasted no time - in seizing the opportunity !"
_________________________________________
- "to seek more payment - from the USA !"
_________________________________________
- "in Central Asia - US - RU - and CN - conflicted !"
RUSSIA GAS - Wikipedia EN: LINK ¤ RUSSIA GAS