The US Congress has recently approved the annual Defence Authorisation Bill, which among other things included a fresh bunch of sanctions targeting the joint pipeline project by Russia’s Gazprom and several European energy giants, after previous measures failed to thwart its construction. The Nord Stream 2 pipeline “will never carry …
Read More »Russia Restarts Nord Stream 2 Pipeline Construction despite U.S. Sanctions
Russia has resumed construction of the politically-charged Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline to Germany, laying pipes after a one-year hiatus prompted by U.S. sanctions, the pipeline operator said on Friday. The pipeline, which Washington says compromises European energy security, has become a flashpoint in relations between Russia and the West …
Read More »Greece Becomes most Important Hub for Alternative Gas in Southeast Europe
As the Trans-Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) became operational last month, a Greek official stated that his country had become the most important hub for gas from sources other than Russia in Southeastern Europe, also thanks to its LNG terminals. Kostis Hatzidakis, Greece’s minister of environment and energy, hailed the start of …
Read More »Russia Accuses US of Aggression over Nord Stream 2 Comments
Russia has accused the United States of illegal and aggressive behaviour regarding comments made about the controversial Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipeline, which will link Russia to Germany. Comments calling for a halt to the pipeline by a US diplomat were a “political aggression and illegal resistance” against the …
Read More »US Seeks ‘Moratorium’ on Nord Stream 2 Gas Pipeline
US has continued to put pressure on Germany and the EU to halt construction of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline linking Russia to Europe, which Washington sees as a “political tool” of the Kremlin, a top envoy said. “Now is the time for Germany and the EU to impose …
Read More »Germany Hopes to Reach Deal with Biden on Russian Nord Stream 2 Pipeline Project
German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas expects the longstanding issue of the Russian gas pipeline project, Nord Stream 2, to be settled after Joe Biden takes office as US president. “The European Union sees the sanctions introduced against the project as an illegal step and takes a different view of the …
Read More »Dana Gas Announces Record Gas Deliveries for Khor Mor
UAE-based Dana Gas has announced that the production of sales gas from Pearl Petroleum’s Khor Mor Gas Plant in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI) reached a record level of 418MMscf/d on 18 November 2020. Dana Gas, which owns a 35% stake in Pearl Petroleum, registered a 6% year on …
Read More »Gazprom to Resume Nord Stream 2 Pipe-Laying before Year-End
Gas giant Gazprom has decided to resume pipe-laying work before the end of 2020 on a 2.6-km part of the stalled Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline from Russia to Germany. According to a Reuters article, Nord Stream 2 AG, a subsidiary of Russia’s Gazprom and operator of the Nord Stream …
Read More »Russia’s Nord Stream 2 to Resume Pipe-Laying Work This Year
Russia’s Nord Stream 2 said on Saturday it planned to resume pipe-laying work on a 2.6 kilometre (1.62 mile) stretch of the stalled Moscow-backed gas pipeline to Europe in Germany’s Exclusive Economic Zone. The 1,230 km pipeline under the Baltic Sea, which Moscow hopes will boost the amount of gas …
Read More »Iran Resumes Gas Excavation from Phase 16 of South Pars Field
The offshore platform of Phase 16 of southern Iranian South Pars Field has come back to production, according to an official with Pars Oil and Gas Field. The platform stopped gas excavation a year ago due to damages to parts of its pipelines stretching 110 kilometers on the seabed. Alireza …
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