Cheniere Energy Inc. began production at what will become the first terminal to export natural gas from America
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The U.S. Congress voted last week to repeal the 40-year-old ban on exporting U.S. crude oil in an energy policy shift sought by Republicans as part of a bipartisan deal that also provided unprecedented tax incentives for wind and solar power. The Senate, on a 65-33 vote, passed a $1.1 trillion government spending bill that included the measure to lift the export ban and provide five-year extensions of tax breaks to boost development of renewable energy. Earlier in the ...
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The president of Turkmenistan says the completion of a new gas pipeline will boost cooperation with European partners. Kurbanguly Berdymukhamedov was speaking at a launch ceremony on December 23 in the small town of Belek near the shores of the Caspian Sea. The East-West pipeline connects Turkmenistan
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Construction of a much-anticipated $10-billion pipeline transporting natural gas from Turkmenistan to Afghanistan, Pakistan and India began this month, 25 years after the inception of the project. The so-called Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) project aims to export up to 33 billion cubic meters (bcm) of natural gas per year through the approximately 1,800-kilometer pipeline. Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and the Indian vice president, Hamid Ansari, together with Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedoy attended the groundbreaking ceremony ...
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According to Reuters, the United States appears on the brink of ending a four-decade ban on most exports of crude oil, which would end a years-long fight brought about by a boom in domestic shale output that contributed to a supply glut and depressed prices. The measure is part of a sprawling deal wrapped up by congressional leaders late on Tuesday to keep the U.S. government open through September. The $1.15 trillion spending bill, negotiated in secret talks over ...
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The fallout from the Turkish downing of a Russian jet last month is growing ever more dangerous, with even the seemingly untouchable energy sector now apparently the latest casualty of increasingly chilly ties between Ankara and Moscow. On Wednesday, Reuters reported that construction work had been halted at the $20 billion Russian-led Akkuyu nuclear power plant in Turkey, which was meant to be the culmination of Ankara
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Statoil, on behalf of the Johan Sverdrup partners, has awarded contracts for the line pipe, coating and pipe installation of the Johan Sverdrup oil field export pipelines. The total contract value is estimated at slightly less than NOK 2.5 billion (US$0.29 billion). The three contracts cover both the oil and gas export pipelines for Johan Sverdrup, located in the North Sea, approximately 140 km west of Stavanger, Norway. Line pipe fabrication : The line pipe fabrication contract for ...
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Negotiations are underway to build an undersea gas pipeline as part of efforts to export natural gas to India, according to Indian Newspapers. Iran, the world
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