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n operational agreement on the Tapi gas pipeline was signed by Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan and India. Federal Minister for Petroleum Shahid Khaqan Abbasi and Inter-State Gas Systems

Canada’s National Energy Board (NEB) announced today that it is stopping the clock on the review of Kinder Morgan

India’s finance minister said the country needs to double its existing natural gas pipeline infrastructure to diversify the national energy sector. Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said the government aims to add another 9,300 miles to the existing network of about 9,300 miles of pipeline crisscrossing the country. « This will help increase the usage of gas, domestic as well as imported, which in the long-term will be beneficial in reducing dependence on any one energy source, » he said Thursday. ...

Ukraine’s Parliament adopted on first reading a bill under which up to 49% of the country’s gas pipeline network could be sold to foreign investors. This could pave the way for US or EU companies, which have eyed Ukrainian gas transportation system over the last months. Russian daily Vedomosti quotes Ukraine’s Energy Minister Yuriy Prodan as saying the new legislation would contribute to a long-standing reform at the utility Naftogaz Ukraine (also among EU requirements to which billions-worth ...

South Stream d.o.o. entered into a contract with Centrgaz, which won the bidding for the South Stream gas pipeline construction in the Republic of Serbia. Centrgaz, part of Gazprom Group, will focus on design, procurement, construction and installation activities, personnel training and commissioning of South Stream in Serbia. The contract stipulates involving Serbian subcontractors in carrying out certain operations. Taking part in the bidding procedure which started in March 2014 were four bidders, comprised of Russian and Serbian ...

A consortium formed by Brazilian builder Odebrecht and Spanish gas grid operator Enagas won a concession for building and operating a $4 billion natural gas pipeline in Peru, the government said on Monday. The pipeline is key to President Ollanta Humala’s delayed plans to increase domestic natural gas production to feed a future petrochemical hub and meet fast-growing demand as large mining projects come online. The consortium will invest between $3.6 billion and $4 billion to build the 1,000-kilometer-long ...

Spectra Energy plans to ship inexpensive U.S. shale gas into Maine, Maritimes. The company that owns the Maritimes and Northeast Pipeline has announced plans to expand its capacity to ship inexpensive U.S. shale gas into Maine and the Maritimes. Houston-based Spectra Energy is responding to a call from New England governors for access to a reliable supply of lower cost energy to generate electricity. But Spectra Energy says it may also bring lower natural gas prices to ...

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