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The Greek Parliament has ratified the Host Government Agreement (HGA) it signed with the Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) last year. The HGA sets out the framework by which the project will be realized and operated on Greek territory. This includes processes related to land easement and acquisition, the implementation of technical, safety, environmental and social standards and permitting. During construction, TAP is anticipated to create some 2,000 direct, and up to 10,000 indirect, new jobs across several industries ...

« We have been given a mandate by the member states to negotiate in their name with the Russian partners, » Oettinger said at a meeting of EU energy ministers in Brussels. The countries he is to negotiate on behalf of are Bulgaria, Croatia, Hungary, Slovenia, Austria, Greece and non-EU member Serbia, which applies EU laws in its energy sector, Oettinger said. The 2,380-kilometre gas pipeline is to stretch from southern Russia to southern Italy and will also supply gas ...

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The US, Israel, the UN and African leaders have suspended their attempts to mediate the feud between President Salva Kiir and his ousted deputy Riek Machar in South Sudan. Monday, Machar

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Kyrgyzstan and China have signed an agreement on construction of a gas pipeline crossing from Turkmenistan via Kyrgyzstan to China, the regional media reported on Dec.18 citing a statement by President of the Kyrgyz Republic Almazbek Atambayev. « An agreement was signed with China on the gas pipeline construction worth two billion dollars, » CA-NEWS Agency reported citing the Kyrgyz head of state. In September 2013 it was reported that President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov and Chinese President Xi Jinping, ...

BP has signed a deal with a group of oil companies to pump gas via a pipeline from a field in Azerbaijan to Italy, giving the European Union an alternative to Russia as a source of pipeline oil. This comes after arguments about gas pricing between Russia and Ukraine made European leaders worry about disrupting shipments of oil, as several major pipelines run through those two countries. The Shah Deniz field in Azerbaijan will be expanded to increase production ...