The America's Intelligence Wire articles from April 2009

The America's Intelligence Wire archives from April 2009

Ukraine's Tymoshenko Seeks New Gas Deal in Moscow
April 29, 2009... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: GEORGE JAHN Russia and Ukraine appeared close to a deal Wednesday on reducing gas imports to Ukraine, averting the prospect of a heated new standoff between the two uneasy neighbors. Ukrainian Prime...

Gazprom's 4Q Net Profit Slides 84%
April 29, 2009... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: AOIFE WHITE Russia's state-owned natural gas company Gazprom said Wednesday that its full-year net profit rose by 13 percent to 743 billion rubles ($22.2 billion) in a year that saw gas and oil prices soar,...

Gazprom's 4Q Net Profit Slides 84 Percent
April 29, 2009... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: CATRINA STEWART Russia's state-owned natural gas company Gazprom said Wednesday that its full-year net profit rose by 13 percent to 743 billion rubles ($22.2 billion) in a year that saw gas and oil prices...

Gazprom's 4Q Net Profit Slides 84 Percent
April 29, 2009... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: CATRINA STEWART these include the massive shtokman field in the arctic and the nord stream pipeline, which will pipe russian gas to germany and eventually to britain. MOSCOW (AP) _ Russia's state-owned natural...

Medvedev to Host Stanishev in Energy Talks
April 28, 2009... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: LINDA A. JOHNSON Russian President Dmitry Medvedev was to discuss Bulgaria's role in the Kremlin-lobbied South Stream gas project with Prime Minister Sergei Stanishev late Tuesday as tensions escalate over the...

US Urges Central Asia to Boost Gas Export Routes
April 24, 2009... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: ALEXANDER VERSHININ A recent crippling gas pipeline blast in Turkmenistan, which the government blamed on Russia's gas monopoly Gazprom, is proof that energy-rich Central Asian nations need to diversify their...

Summit Seeks Secure Gas Deliveries for Europe
April 24, 2009... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: VESELIN TOSHKOV Energy projects that aim to guarantee secure gas deliveries for Europe will be discussed at a two-day summit of energy producing and consuming countries, starting in Sofia Friday. But the...

Summit Debates Secure Gas Deliveries for Europe
April 24, 2009... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: VESELIN TOSHKOV Backers of a pipeline meant to reduce Europe's dependence on Russian gas clashed Friday at a high-level energy meeting with supporters of a rival project which would strengthen Moscow's...

Russian, Azeri Leaders Seek Broader Gas Ties
April 17, 2009... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: MADLEN READ Talks between Russia and Azerbaijan on Friday paved the way for a crucial gas supply agreement that could undermine Western efforts to reduce their energy dependence upon Russia. "We have a very...

Russia, Azerbaijan Seek Broader Gas Ties
April 17, 2009... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: CATRINA STEWART Talks between Russia and Azerbaijan on Friday paved the way for a gas supply agreement that may undermine Western Europe's efforts to reduce their energy dependence on Russia. "We have a...

Turkmenistan, RWE Sign Long-Term Energy Deal
April 16, 2009... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: ALEXANDER VERSHININ German energy company RWE AG signed a tentative deal Thursday with Turkmenistan that could see it exporting natural gas from the Central Asian nation to Europe. The memorandum of...

Turkmenistan, RWE Sign Long-Term Energy Deal
April 16, 2009... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: ALEXANDER VERSHININ German energy company RWE AG signed a tentative deal Thursday with Turkmenistan that could see it exporting natural gas from the Central Asian nation to Europe. The memorandum of...

Putin Says Energy Investment Should Continue
April 15, 2009... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: TOMOKO A. HOSAKA Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Wednesday pushed energy companies to carry out in full their investments to overhaul the country's strained power system, Russian agencies reported. The...

Putin Says Energy Investment Should Continue
April 15, 2009... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: NATALIYA VASILYEVA Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin pushed energy companies Wednesday to commit to their investments in the country's strained power system amid warnings that the nation may face power...

Turkmen Leader: Russia Must Pay for Pipeline Blast
April 13, 2009... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: ALEXANDER VERSHININ Turkmenistan's president blamed Russia's state gas monopoly for a pipeline blast that shut off the Central Asian country's exports, escalating the war of words that may help EU efforts to...

GDF Suez in Talks with Gazprom on Nordstream Stake
April 10, 2009... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: VANESSA GERA and ARIEL DAVID GDF Suez has begun talks with Russian natural gas giant Gazprom that could lead to the French utility taking a stake in a proposed gas pipeline under the Baltic sea, GDF Suez's...

Turkmens Blame Gazprom for Pipeline Blast
April 10, 2009... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: ALEXANDER VERSHININ Turkmenistan on Friday blamed Russia's state natural gas monopoly for a pipeline blast that shut off shipments to Russia _ an unusual show of tension that could bolster Western efforts to...

Three Firms Progress in Auto X-Prize
April 10, 2009... (From McClatchy-Tribune Regional News - Connecticut Post - Bridgeport, Connecticut) Byline: Rob Varnon With $10 million on the line, three Fairfield County-based businesses have moved into the next round of an international competition to...

Gazprom: Pipeline Blast Halts Turkmen Gas
April 9, 2009... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: VERONIKA OLEKSYN Russia's natural gas monopoly Gazprom said Thursday a blast on a Central Asian pipeline halted the supply of natural gas from Turkmenistan to Russia. The blast late Wednesday in...

Gazprom, Eni Agree $4.2 B Oil Arm Stake Deal
April 7, 2009... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: NATALIYA VASILYEVA Russia's state controlled gas monopoly Gazprom said Tuesday it would buy a 20 percent stake in its oil arm Gazprom Neft from Italian energy company Eni SpA. The shares, which Gazprom said...

BRIEF: On NASDAQ It's TOBC
April 3, 2009... (From McClatchy-Tribune Regional News - The Patriot-News - Harrisburg, Pennsylvania) Byline: Dan Miller Harrisburg-based Tower Bancorp Inc., the new public company formed by the merger of Graystone Bank and First National Bank of...