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Russia prepares to open oil pipeline to China
Russia and China broke the ice in their long-cool energy relationship on Monday as they prepared to open a pipeline that will bring Siberian crude oil to China, but a similar agreement on gas proved a bridge too far.
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EU preparing to renew Belarus sanctions as election looms
Belarus' hardy autocratic ruler, Aleksander Lukashenko, is set to suffer a small blow to his image ahead of upcoming elections when the EU renews its travel ban on the President and 35 of his officials next month.
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Estonian company intends to invest hundreds of millions in Baltic heat and power plants
One of the biggest producers of wood granules in Estonia – Graanul Invest – is planning to invest hundreds of millions of kroons in Estonia and in the other Baltic states in coming years in order to establish a total of five combined heat and power plants, LETA/Eesti Paevaleht writes.
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Can Russia be China's gas supplier?
Russia has massive stores of natural gas and its economy needs a cash infusion from sales to get it through the economic downturn that has crimped oil sales.
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Energy deals strengthen China-Russia 'blood' ties
China and Russia celebrated the expansion of their economic and political ties with more energy deals on Monday, one day after Russian President Medvedev said the two nations had forged an "indestructible" friendship that was "sealed by blood" in their wartime alliance.
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Regulations issued for new energy projects
China last Tuesday stepped up its efforts to boost energy conservation across the country, enforcing new rules that demand energy-saving assessments be carried out on new fixed-asset investment projects.
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Belarus in Talks With Latvian Ports for Venezuelan Supplies
Belarus' oil company said Friday that it was negotiating Venezuela crude imports via Latvia's ports of Ventspils and Riga.
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Commission welcomes Ukraine in Energy Community
The European Commission has today welcomed Ukraine joining the European Energy Community. The Community extends the EU internal energy market to South East Europe and enhances the overall security of supply. The Protocol on the Accession of Ukraine to the Energy Community was signed today at the Energy Community Ministerial Council in Skopije (Macedonia).
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