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 [...]
Gas producers jittery over drop in demand
Gulf Daily News, Wednesday, July 01, 2009
DOHA: The club of major gas producers fretted over sagging demand and prices at talks yesterday.
Ministers from the Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF), whose members control more than three quarters of the world’s gas reserves, failed to agree on a leader, one of the [...]
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 [...]
No LNG competition with Russia: Attiyah
Gulf Times, By Pratap John/Chief Business Reporter, Tuesday 30/6/2009June, 2009, 12:27 AM Doha Time
Qatar is not in competition with anyone to find markets for LNG exports, HE the Deputy Premier Abdullah bin Hamad al-Attiyah has said.
Al-Attiyah was speaking after Qatargas and Polish state-owned energy company PGNiG signed a sales and purchase agreement (SPA) yesterday [...]
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 [...]
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