Gas

ExxonMobil and partner Qatar Petroleum are also scheduled to drill southwest of Cyprus in the second half of this year.

The Nord Stream-2 system consists of two parallel branches of the pipeline.

China expects to raise its own natural gas production to a record-high this year.

The pipeline would ship Russian gas to Germany. avoiding transit through Ukraine.

China'.s integrated circuit manufacturing industry was heavily dependent on imports abroad.

The most recent round of talks aimed at reunifying the island. divided since a Turkish invasion in 1974. collapsed in June last year.

Shah Deniz 2 is one of the world’s largest gas fields and is developed by a BP-led consortium.

Iran could receive transit fee from the passage of this pipeline from Turkmenistan towards the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

The growing Chinese appetite for natural gas could justify new LNG export facilities investment in the United States.

The European Parliament believes that Russia'.s refusal to deliver gas to Ukraine is an element of political pressure.