Ukraine will cut the volume of natural gas purchase from Russia in the second half of this year, Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov has said.

• May 14, 2011

Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (Bhel) signed a provisional Rs.1,500 crore deal with the government of Iraq earlier this month, the latest of several efforts by state-owned companies to engage with oil and gas-rich countries in West Asia that have well over half of the world’s proven reserves of crude oil and a little over a third of global gas reserves.

• May 13, 2011

Things couldn't have been better for Russia's energy giant Gazprom even before news came in over the weekend that curtains could be coming down on one of the keenest battles of the Caspian great game, and Moscow is on a winning streak.

• May 12, 2011

On 10 May at the meeting with General Stephane Abrial, NATO's Supreme Allied Commander for Transformation, who is paying a visit to Lithuania, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Asta Skaisgiryte Liauskiene noted that Lithuania supported NATO activities to develop new missile and cyber defense capabilities, and to define the Alliance's role in the field of energy security, reports BC the press service of the Foreign Affairs Ministry.

• May 12, 2011

The second consignment of fuel for Iran's nuclear power plant was delivered from Russia to the southern Iranian city of Bushehr, the local satellite Press TV reported on Wednesday.

• May 12, 2011

Russia has successfully completed a vital pre-launch test at the Bushehr nuclear power plant in Iran, the country's nuclear export agency said on Tuesday.

• May 11, 2011

Prime Minister Naoto Kan said Tuesday that Japan would abandon plans to build more nuclear reactors, saying his country needed to "start from scratch" in creating a new energy policy

• May 11, 2011

Russia is a vast country that is exceptionally rich in mineral resources. Therefore, a fairly commonly held view is that prospecting for minerals outside Russia, for example, in Africa, is not a sensible proposition. Does this viewpoint reflect the way things really stand?

• May 10, 2011