Poland lacks muscle to diversify gas supplies
Reuters, Wednesday July 1 2009
* Poland must invest to break gas dependence on Russia
* Chemical sector vulnerable to disruption
* LNG diversification a key issue
By Patryk Wasilewski
WARSAW, July 1 (Reuters) - Poland lacks the muscle to break its dependence on Russian gas supplies and will need to invest in new [...]
Cedigaz: Global recession to offset gas supply gains
Oil & Gas Journal, Doris Leblond , OGJ Correspondent
PARIS, July 1 – The 4% increase in global natural gas supplies in 2008 to 3.06 trillion cu m will “practically be wiped out” in 2009 because of the economic recession, according to the latest production trends report by Cedigaz, the Paris-based international gas [...]
Gazprom is losing Europe
19:31 30 June 2009
MOSCOW. (RIA Novosti economic commentator Oleg Mityayev) - European gas consumers are frantically looking for an alternative to Russian natural gas. At the same time, Russian energy giant Gazprom is doing its best to control all gas supplies from the Commonwealth of Independent States.
Towards this end, Gazprom signed an [...]
Poland signs $550 million gas deal with Qatargas
MARTA KUCHARSKA, Associated Press Writer, 9:27 AM PDT, June 29, 2009
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland signed a $550 million contract with Qatargas on Monday to receive 1.5 billion cubic meters of natural gas per year over 20 years, officials said.
“It is the first long-term contract since 1993 which increases [...]
New interest in Alaska LNG project
Friday, June 26, 2009, By Tim Bradner, Alaska Journal of Commerce
There may be more interest in a major Alaska liquefied natural gas project than has been thought.
TransCanada Corp. told Alaska legislators June 23 it is getting serious interest in an LNG alternative to its all-land Alaska gas pipeline project as [...]
Tuesday, July 7, 2009
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