The future importance of natural gas in the country's energy mix should be prioritized, and policies should be introduced to boost its development, according to the president of China National Petroleum Corp, the nation's biggest energy company.

• Date: 16.03.2013  |  Published on EGF: 16.03.2013  |  Energy  |  from cri.cn

A nuclear winter persists across the uranium industry more than two years after the Fukushima disaster, but look closer and there are signs of life from the developed and developing worlds.

• Date: 15.03.2013  |  Published on EGF: 15.03.2013  |  Energy  |  from businessday.com.au

The Ministry of Energy & Coal Industry of Ukraine informs that Stavitsky was received by First Deputy Prime Minister of Azerbaijan Yagub Eyubov, met with Industry & Energy Minister Natig Aliev, participated in a meeting with involvement of representatives of the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (SOCAR) and Azerenerji OJSC.

• Date: 13.03.2013  |  Published on EGF: 13.03.2013  |  Energy  |  from abc.az

The lease of the Ukrainian gas transportation system (GTS) to Russia’s gas monopoly Gazprom jeopardizes national interests of Ukraine, independent energy expert Volodymyr Saprykin said on air of Channel 5.

• Date: 12.03.2013  |  Published on EGF: 12.03.2013  |  Energy  |  from interfax.co.uk

Kazakhstan does not exclude the possibility of transporting its oil through the new Kazakhstan-Turkmenistan-Iran railway to the Persian Gulf, the general director of KazTransOil JSC Kairgeldy Kabyldin told Trend.

• Date: 12.03.2013  |  Published on EGF: 12.03.2013  |  Energy  |  from ilna.ir

Controversial energy projects between Turkey and the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) are necessary for the continued “normalization” of Iraq, according to Turkish Energy Minister Taner Yıldız.

• Date: 11.03.2013  |  Published on EGF: 11.03.2013  |  Energy  |  from turkishweekly.net

When on 11 March 2011 a tsunami destroyed TEPCO’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant complex, many believed that the catastrophe, if not ending nuclear power generation worldwide, would at least induce an element of caution into governments seeking to advance nuclear power projects.

• Date: 11.03.2013  |  Published on EGF: 11.03.2013  |  Energy  |  from oilprice.com

Russian Ambassador to the UN Vitaly Churkin has expressed hope about the success of the next round of negotiations between Iran and the six major world powers in Almaty.

• Date: 11.03.2013  |  Published on EGF: 11.03.2013  |  Energy  |  from news.az