Belarus, Russia to cooperate in building nuclear power plant
Belarus and Russia have agreed to cooperate in the construction of a Belarusian nuclear power plant, the head of Russia's nuclear agency, Rosatom, said
EU: Azerbaijani and Turkmen gases are sufficient for pumping of Nabucco pipeline
The European Union is set to receive gas from the Caspian region within ’two to three years’ after a recent visit to Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan produced significant supply pledges, the bloc’s top energy official said Tuesday, Monsters and Critics reported.
U.S. Pact Could Turn Russia Into World’s Nuclear Dump
What should countries do with their nuclear waste? This question has been tormenting scientists and politicians since the early days of nuclear energy. Proposals have ranged from storing radioactive material in polar ice sheets, burying it in the ocean floor, or even blasting it into space.
Kiev, Minsk sign oil delivery agreement
Belarus on 17 January concluded an agreement with Ukraine that will give it access to crude oil from the Black Sea while bypassing Russian pipelines. Ukrtransnafta and the Belarusian Oil Company signed the two-year contract for the guaranteed annual transit of four million tons of oil through Ukraine’s oil transport system using the Odesa-Brody oil pipeline to the Belarusian oil refinery in Mozyr.
International talks over Iran’s nuclear program collapse
Negotiations in Istanbul over Iran’s nuclear program broke up on Saturday with no agreement between Tehran and the UN Security Council permanent members—the US, China, Russia, Britain and France—plus Germany (P5+1). Such was the gulf between the parties that no further meeting was scheduled
Russia to back TAPI gas pipeline project in Central Asia
Russia will cooperate in a range of energy projects including the construction of the Trans-Afghanistan (TAPI) pipeline, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and his Afghan counterpart Hamid Karzai said
Talks over Iran nuclear drive resume in Turkey
Six world powers began fresh talks with Iran today in a bid to resolve tensions over its controversial nuclear drive, but the United States warned against building up hopes of a breakthrough.
Grybauskaite: Lithuania is on path of energy independence
Rejoicing over the progress in the path towards ensuring energy independence, President Dalia Grybauskaite highlights the importance of liquefied gas terminal, renewable energy sources and modern waste incineration, informed BC presidential press service.
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