Energy Resources

SHANGHAI, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- Work began near Shanghai on one of two new nuclear generating units.

NEWTON, Kan., Dec. 29 (UPI) -- A new U.S. wind turbine company fills a niche by specializing in mid-size wind turbines.

China plans to build its reserves; Ecuador cuts oil production; CNOOC announced a deal with CPC

IPI dead in the wake of Mumbai attacks; Chinese West-East pipeline expands; Iran brings South Pars pipeline online

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.

TOKYO, Dec. 26 (UPI) -- Japan's government has rekindled its efforts to expand solar power.

NEW DELHI, Dec. 26 (UPI) -- India's government approved a new integrated energy policy Friday.

PARIS, Dec. 26 (UPI) -- French nuclear firm Areva announced it has agreed to continue working with Brazil's Eletronuclear.

Myanmar will export to China; PTTEP will buy Coogee; Gazprom wants Iranian petroleum

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.