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Montevideo, August 18th 2026 - 12:03 UTC

Tag: Gazprom

  • Thursday, May 22nd 2014 - 00:46 UTC

    Russia's Weakened Hand Could Pay Off For Beijing In Major Gas Deal

    Presidents Putin and Xi Jinping in Beijing when the final agreement was announced

    A major gas deal between Russia and China was finally sealed this week when Russian President Vladimir Putin was on a two day visit to China on May 20-21 and met with President Xi Jinping. In the lead up to Putin's arrival, the two sides have been working on putting the finishing touches on a 30-year contract for a gas deal a decade in the making, and Russian officials have suggested that the deal will be completed by Putin's arrival.

  • Tuesday, May 6th 2014 - 22:52 UTC

    Why hasn't the U.S. gone after Gazprom?

    Russia supplies one third of the gas consumed by the European Union

    By John C.K. Daly - Amidst the deepening war of words over Moscow's annexation of Crimea, U.S. President Barack Obama on April 28 added more Russian individuals and companies to a sanctions list that already included influential members of Russian President Vladimir Putin's inner circle and Bank Rossiya, which has close ties to the Russian leadership.

  • Monday, April 28th 2014 - 07:39 UTC

    Putin is losing Eastern European energy gamble

    “Can they stop buying Russian gas?” “In my opinion it is impossible”, said the Russian president

    Russian President Vladimir Putin said he doesn't think the European community can do without the natural gas it gets from energy monopoly Gazprom. With a Russian economy starting to decline, however, it may be Gazprom that's too strongly interconnected to the European market to break free.

  • Wednesday, February 19th 2014 - 22:16 UTC

    YPF signs agreement with Petronas for shale development in Vaca Muerta

    YPF CEO Galuccio has the job of making Argentina again self sufficient

    Argentina's state oil company YPF announced this week that it had signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with a subsidiary of Malaysia's national oil company Petronas for unconventional oil and gas resources development in Argentine Patagonia.

  • Thursday, December 26th 2013 - 07:31 UTC

    Gazprom confirms in has started production at Prirazlomnoye field on the Arctic shelf

    First oil shipment from Prirazlomnoye is expected in the first quarter of 2014, and is planned to produce no less than 300.000 tons of oil throughout the year

    Gazprom has started producing oil from the Prirazlomnoye field, which is the first Russian project for developing the Arctic shelf and the commencement of their large-scale activities aimed at creating a large hydrocarbon production center in the region, according to the company.

  • Monday, April 8th 2013 - 04:47 UTC

    Russia’s Gazprom after Bolivian natural gas; takes 20% stake in Total fields

    Gazprom’s headquarters in Moscow, one of the world’s leading gas production companies

    Russia’s Gazprom will buy a 20% stake in Total SA’s gas fields in Bolivia. Total will retain 60% ownership in the fields, while a unit of Argentina’s Techint Group holds 20”, announced Bolivia’s Energy minister Juan Jose Sosa.

  • Friday, March 1st 2013 - 06:39 UTC

    Be careful: Russia is back to stay in the Middle East

    Following the blunders of Russian diplomacy in Libya, President Vladimir Putin wants to ensure control of an Aliwite state carved out of the original Syria

    Russia is back. President Vladimir Putin wants the world to acknowledge that Russia remains a global power. He is making his stand in Syria. The Soviet Union acquired the Tartus Naval Port in Syria in 1971 without any real purpose for it. With their ships welcomed in Algeria, Cuba or Vietnam, Tartus was too insignificant to be developed. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, Russia lacked the funds to spend on the base and no reason to invest in it.

  • Wednesday, September 12th 2012 - 01:54 UTC

    EU bites the hand that feeds it: Russia’s Gazprom will bite back

    The Russian giant Gazprom holds a tight rein on former Soviet satellites as main supplier of gas

    Gazprom has Europe's natural gas market in a stranglehold and Europe is attempting to fight back, first with a raid last year on the Russian giant's offices and then with a probe launched earlier this week against its allegedly illicit efforts to control the EU natural gas supplies.

  • Tuesday, September 4th 2012 - 23:42 UTC

    Russia’s Gazprom ready to help YPF develop gas and non-conventional resources

    CEO Galuccio and his Russian counterpart Alexey Miller during talks in Moscow

    Argentine nationalized oil company YPF moved forward in the signing of an agreement with Russian state oil company Gazprom to develop conventional and non-conventional gas in Argentina and the eventual supply of liquefied gas.

  • Tuesday, August 28th 2012 - 04:58 UTC

    Rapidly eroding ice cap and thickness makes the Arctic even more vulnerable

    Arctic summer could become ice-free as soon as 2015/2016

    Arctic has lost more sea ice this year than at any time since satellite records began in 1979, Nasa says. Scientists involved in the calculations say it is part of a fundamental change. What is more, sea ice normally reaches its low point in September so it is thought likely that this year's melt will continue to grow.