China is reportedly to begin extending loans in yuan to BRICS countries in another step towards internationalizing the national currency and diversifying from the US dollar.

• Date: 08.03.2012  |  Published on EGF: 07.03.2012  |  Energy  |  from rt.com

Keen on expanding oil and gas explorations in Vietnam's East Sea, energy-hungry India today said it will be a "win-win" situation for both the economies.

• Date: 07.03.2012  |  Published on EGF: 07.03.2012  |  Energy  |  from economictimes.indiatimes.com/

On Tuesday March 6, Minister of Energy and Industries Gul Sherali, met here with Mr. Dag Malmer Halvorsen, Norway’s Ambassador to Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan, the press center of the Ministry of energy and Industries (MoEI) reports.

• Date: 07.03.2012  |  Published on EGF: 07.03.2012  |  Energy  |  from news.tj

Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi starts a three-day official visit to Tajikistan on March 7 with a focus on possible investment in that Central Asian country.

• Date: 07.03.2012  |  Published on EGF: 07.03.2012  |  Energy  |  from rferl.org

The United States and other countries agreed Tuesday to resume negotiations with Iran over its nuclear program.

• Date: 06.03.2012  |  Published on EGF: 06.03.2012  |  Energy  |  from edition.cnn.com

Russia, the world's top crude producer, rejected a Chinese request for more Siberian pipeline oil, saying the link is already pumping at full capacity and additional volumes are not available, two Russian state industry sources told Reuters.

• Date: 05.03.2012  |  Published on EGF: 05.03.2012  |  Energy  |  from reuters.com

Kyrgyzstan is ready to discuss the oil and gas development project with Azerbaijan, head of the State Agency for Geology and Mineral Resources of the Kyrgyz Government Uchkunbek Tashbaev said during a meeting with SOCAR VP David Mammadov.

• Date: 05.03.2012  |  Published on EGF: 05.03.2012  |  Energy  |  from pda.trend.az

Russia and China do not want armed intervention in Syria? Good deal! There was never any question, west side, repeat the Libyan episode in 2011. Causing blockage of Russia and China to the UN, it is not only the fear of a regime change in Damascus by international armed intervention that nobody wants. It is the fear of a regime change under external pressure whatsoever, whether diplomatic pressure, threats of financial penalties or energy.

• Date: 02.03.2012  |  Published on EGF: 02.03.2012  |  Energy  |  from allvoices.com