Energy dialogue 

US fashioning a ‘war coalition’ again

The Persian Gulf increasingly resembles a boiling pot. Whereas Washington keeps plying the fire with fresh fuel. You be the judge: the United States has opted for another attempt to push for peace in …

	Oil prices heat up over Strait of Hormuz tension
	Washington’s bully tactics have failed to persuade Tehran to negotiate a new nuclear deal
	Oil prices rise in response to the U.S.-Iran tensions in the Gulf

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  18.05.2007 13:35

  Geopolitical View through Gas Pipeline

  The consumer is interested in diversification of energy sources and transit. So is the supplier, especially the monopolist…

• 10.04.2007 09:20

  Top-Level Pricing Commission in Place of Gas Cartel

  Creation of a coordination group for gas pricing is a completely new format of “energy dialog,” says chief of the Russian gas monopoly Gazprom Alexei Miller…

• 09.04.2007 11:10

  “Gas OPEC” Project Put Off for Indefinite Time

  The gas exporting nations have no plans of signing an agreement to form a natural gas cartel at their current Forum in Doha, Qatar; the non-existent cartel is already referred to as the “gas OPEC”…

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  04.04.2007 15:23

  U.S. Accused Russia of “Energy Racketeering”

  Washington sees the projected “gas OPEC” as “a global organization for extortion and racketeering”…

• 12.02.2007 14:48

  Russian-Saudi Cooperation: Energy, Transport, Finance

  Saudi Arabia should be viewed as partners rather than competitors, said Russian President Vladimir Putin who met with Russian and Saudi business executives…

• 30.01.2007 17:19

  Norway Wants Long-Term Cooperation with Russia

  Norwegian oil and gas minister noted that the story of Norway’s cooperation with Russia didn’t end with Gazprom’s decision to “go alone” in developing the Shtokman field…

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  11.01.2007 15:25

  “Gas Conflict with Belarus Settled.” Or not Quite?

  Boris Podoprigora, a well-known St. Petersburg analyst comments on the almost settled gas conflict between Russia and Belarus for Inforos News Agency…

• 11.01.2007 11:50

  Europe’s Dependence on Russian Gas

  The U.S. Congressional Research Service (CRS) has published a report on the European nations’ dependence upon Russian gas supplies…

• 10.01.2007 18:17

  Belarus Cancels Russian Oil Transit Tax

  Belarus is canceling the transit tax on Russian oil shipments, according to its Prime Minister Sergei Sidorsky…

• 10.01.2007 15:38

  Lukashenko Called Putin

  The presidents of Russia and Belarus have talked on the phone today upon the Belarusian initiative…