A wide strip of mainland and continental shelf territory starting from the Rus- sian sector of the Arctic up to the Arabian Peninsula can be labelled an Arctic - Arabian hydrocarbon belt (CH-belt) of Eurasia. It is the strip where the major mainland oil and gas fields are located on the territory of Russia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Iran, and the Gulf and Arabian Peninsula countries. As the production of hydrocarbons has been developing, transport routes to the markets of their consumption, the major of which is the European Union, started to branch off this diagonal CH-belt of Eurasia in the latitudinal direction. Practically, these transport routes connect the area of production (upstream) with the consumption market (downstream).

• June 28, 2011

Kazakh investors are showing great interest in a series of hydropower plants. Kyrgyz Energy Minister Askarbek Shadiyev noted that the Kyrgyz side is ready for further negotiations. Kazakhstan is ready to build the “Datka-Kemin” power line in Kyrgyzstan based on a concession agreement.

• June 27, 2011

Russia and Ukraine are among seven nations that will join an EU nuclear stress test program to examine whether nuclear power plants can withstand accidents and disasters.

• June 27, 2011

Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani Monday categorically stated that country’s nuclear capability was purely for peaceful purposes and it would build more power plants to meet its growing energy needs.

• June 27, 2011

In May the British energy consulting firm Gaffney, Cline and Associates made an announcement that generated a lot of attention in the oil and gas business – and beyond.

• June 25, 2011

On 29 and 30 June in Astana, Mr Çavusoglu will take part in the 38th Session of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Organisation of the Islamic Unity, as well as bilateral meetings with the Kazakh authorities. On 1 and 2 July, he will make a visit to a Kazakh region.

• June 25, 2011

The nuclear safety plan drafted by the National Nuclear Safety Administration is expected to be finished in August and submitted to the State Council, China's Cabinet, for approval, the China Securities Journal reported Friday, citing a relevant insider.

• June 24, 2011

Much to the surprise of the government in Sofia, Russia has announced it has not been informed of Bulgaria's decision to freeze Belene nuclear project for another three months as of July.

• June 24, 2011