Latest Russia–Ukraine gas disputes Stories
KYIV, Ukraine, April 26, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Ukraine-EU collaboration within the framework of the European energy strategy will allow both parties to successfully diversify sources of energy supplies. Such statement was made by the Deputy Director of the Energy Community Dirk Buschle during the third session of the strategic discussion club, reported Ukrinform. Being a part of the Energy Community is not just about safety, it also means to be a part of the integrated...
KYIV, Ukraine, April 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Ukrainian government has developed an action plan to intensify cooperation with the EU in the energy sector in 2013. The plan is based on the 7th joint Ukraine-EU report on the implementation of the 2005 energy cooperation memorandum of understanding during 2012. Ukraine intends to comply with the recommendations of the joint report, which envisions further ensuring that Chornobyl nuclear power station is safe,...
KYIV, Ukraine, April 4, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Ukraine has increased its gas import from Europe through Poland to five million cubic meters per day starting April 1, 2013, reports Ukrtransgas, the Ukrainian gas transit state monopoly. This is 2.5 times the previous average amount of two million cubic meters per day. The gas supply increase has been stipulated in the contract between the German electric utilities company RWE and the national oil and gas company of Ukraine NJSC...
KYIV, Ukraine, January 25, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- BBC, Financial Times, The Globe and Mail, The New York Times, Reuters, The Wall Street Journal and a number of other global media representatives draw public attention to the signing of the production sharing agreement between Ukrainian government and the Royal Dutch Shell. According to the agreement, Shell and Ukrainian state company Nadra Yuzivska have equal shares in the enterprise - 50 percent. "A new project has been...
KYIV, Ukraine, January 16, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Ukraine and China considerably deepened their cooperation throughout the past two years, noted the President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych at the meeting with China's Minister of Defense Liang Guanglie in Kyiv. In particular, Ukraine - China cooperation involved agricultural sector, energy production, and bilateral trade. In 2011, trade volume between China and Ukraine grew by nearly 35 percent, exceeding USD 10 billion. In...
KYIV, Ukraine, November 27, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- It is profitable to explore and produce gas in Ukraine now, John Dizard says in his article for Financial Times. He explains that gas is cheaper in America and, to get sizeable returns, companies search for more cost-effective deals elsewhere. "The Ukrainian gas prices are high enough to pay for the costs of shale and coal-bed gas, which are much higher than conventional gas," he writes. While gas in the U.S. is priced at...
PARIS, November 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The recent parliamentary elections in Ukraine were "not perfect but represented huge progress for a country that has only enjoyed independence for the past 20 years," and should not be judged in terms of black and white. This was the conclusion of leading European statesmen, including the former President of Poland Aleksander Kwasniewski, speaking at a post-election conference in Paris on Monday. Going forward, the signing of an...
KYIV, Ukraine, October 25, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The EU is set to contribute to the modernization of the Ukrainian gas transporting system as soon as Ukraine finalizes terms of the project, said the Head of the Delegation of the EU to Ukraine Jan Tombinski. Ukraine will come up with the project terms after receiving the results of the GTS assets valuation. At the moment, Baker Tilly Ukraine is valuing the pipelines and storage facilities of Naftogaz. The...
KYIV, Ukraine, October 23, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The International Energy Agency presented an in-depth review of Ukrainian energy policies Ukraine 2012 Energy Policy Review. IEA Executive Director Maria van der Hoeven emphasized that the IEA experts considered Ukraine a huge energy market as well as a large producer of coal, oil, gas, and nuclear power. Moreover, the experts reckoned the geographical position of Ukraine to be strategic for gas transit, reports BBC Ukraine....
KYIV, Ukraine, May 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- It is important to separate politics from sport, and a boycott of Euro 2012 in Ukraine would be counter-productive and mistaken. This was the consensus among delegates from politics, business and civil society at a conference in Berlin held on Wednesday, discussing Ukraine's path towards EU integration. "We should not mix sports and politics," said Dmytro Spivak, of the opposition Ukrainian Social Democratic Party Ukrainia...
