MOSCOW, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- The board of directors at Russian energy giant Gazprom Monday said they would meet European gas demands despite a row with transit country Ukraine.
NEW DELHI, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- A deal for the acquisition of British oil exploration firm Imperial Energy by Videsh Ltd. is 90 percent approved by shareholders as a deadline nears.
BAKU, Azerbaijan, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- Crude oil exports from Azerbaijan topped 9 million barrels in November, bringing some $627 million in profits, state reporting agencies said Monday.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 26 (UPI) -- Since 2005 Kiev and Moscow have squabbled over Ukraine’s natural gas arrears to Russia. In one of Europe’s most enduring energy sagas, according to Russian natural gas state monopoly Gazprom spokesman Sergei Kupriyanov, Ukraine has announced that it will pay Moscow $800 million of its outstanding natural gas debt, leaving the remainder for sometime in 2009. Western Europe is nervously watching the dispute, as Russia now provides 44 percent of the European Union's natural gas imports.
MOSCOW, Dec. 26 (UPI) -- A market regulator in Russia slapped fines on state-owned oil major Rosneft and crude producer LUKoil for violating antitrust measures.
MOSCOW, Dec. 26 (UPI) -- A committee for a gas cartel indoctrinated in Moscow says it is unlikely pricing mechanisms for natural gas will decouple from crude oil prices.
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Dec. 26 (UPI) -- Pakistani officials will travel to Iran Monday to persuade officials there Islamabad should acquire the New Delhi share in the Iran-Pakistan-India pipeline.
ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan, Dec. 26 (UPI) -- Russian energy monopoly Gazprom agreed to a deal with Turkmenistan for greater control over a Central Asian gas pipeline, a statement said.
MOSCOW, Dec. 26 (UPI) -- Iran and Russia held a ministerial-level meeting in Moscow on bilateral ties in the energy sector that involved energy giant Gazprom.
ANKARA, Turkey, Dec. 24 (UPI) -- Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki arrived in Turkey Wednesday to discuss bilateral relations and the fight against the separatist Kurdistan Workers' Party.
MOSUL, Iraq, Dec. 24 (UPI) -- Reports in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul suggest many government functions are in a state of disarray and security forces are largely chaotic.
BELGRADE, Serbia, Dec. 24 (UPI) -- Gazprom signed a contract Wednesday to acquire a 51-percent stake in the Petroleum Industry of Serbia for $558 million and $764 million in investment pledges.
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia, Dec. 24 (UPI) -- The 2009 budget for Saudi Arabia is up over last year despite pressure from a shrinking global economy and declining oil prices, an analysis said.
MOSCOW, Dec. 24 (UPI) -- Russian threats to cut gas supplies to Ukraine and the creation of a global gas cartel are little concern to Western markets amid declining energy prices.
A soldier with the Army's 3d U.S. Infantry Regiment, The Old Guard, places a flag at a gravesite in Arlington National Cemetery as part of the Flags-In Memorial Day ceremony on May 24, 2012 in Arlington, Virginia. American flags were placed at each of the more than 220,000 grave markers in honor of those who served and Memorial Day. UPI/Kevin Dietshc
