Why BP Will Stay In Russia
After considerable speculation as to who was divorcing who in the on-going TNK-BP saga, BP appears first to be stilted. The British oil major has received ‘unsolicited indications’ for its 50% holding in TNK-BP. The Anglo-Russian entity was valued at $60bn last year, with formative price tags predictably coming in at $30bn to ease BP’s divorce from its acrimonious AAR wife.
China, Russia to Broaden Energy Cooperation
China and Russia agreed on Friday to strengthen energy cooperation, a decision preceding a visit of President Vladimir Putin aiming at strengthening bilateral relations.
Azerbaijan plans to process Russian and Kazakh oil
Azerbaijan selects sources of oil to process in oil-gas and oil-chemistry processing complex. Production capacity of the plant will be 10 mln tons.
Iran plays down UN nuclear report
Iran has played down a United Nations report that said Iranian nuclear scientists had enriched uranium to a higher-than-expected level, state media reported on Saturday.
Fresh Iran nuclear talks set for Moscow
Iran and world powers will meet in Moscow next month for more talks to try solve a longstanding dispute about Iran's nuclear energy programme, Catherine Ashton, the European Union foreign-policy chief, has said.
Azerbaijani company interested in Kyrgyz oil and nonferrous metal fields
Azerbaijani company is interested in the development of Kyrgyz oil and nonferrous metal fields, 24.kg reported.
Turkmenistan agrees to sell gas to India and Pakistan
The deal means construction can start on one of the longest and most ambitious pipelines ever planned, stretching more than 1,000 miles from Turkmenistan in former Soviet Central Asia across Afghanistan to Pakistan and India.
World powers, Iran discuss details of possible nuclear deal in Baghdad
World powers and Iran held unusually detailed talks on Wednesday about how it could show its nuclear work is not a disguised quest for atom bombs, in a Baghdad meeting aimed at halting a slide toward a new Middle East war.
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