The 10th anniversary meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) came and went in Astana, Kazakhstan this month with, once more, much talk during the run-up about the organization engendering some sort of "energy club" and without any specific steps towards indicating what such an indefinite

• Date: 29.06.2011  |  Published on EGF: 29.06.2011  |  Energy  |  from allvoices.com/

China issued its first shale gas exploration tender with an offer of four blocks to a group of Chinese energy companies, state media reported, as the country kicks off its search for potentially vast reserves of the unconventional resource.

• Date: 28.06.2011  |  Published on EGF: 28.06.2011  |  Energy  |  from in.reuters.com/

Pakistan’s nuclear capability was purely for peaceful purposes, Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani has said while declaring that the country would build more power plants to meet its growing energy needs.

• Date: 28.06.2011  |  Published on EGF: 28.06.2011  |  Energy  |  from asianage.com

A 46-nation export control group has acted to bar states that shun a global anti-nuclear weapons pact from obtaining technology which can be used to make atomic bombs, diplomats and experts say.

• Date: 28.06.2011  |  Published on EGF: 28.06.2011  |  Energy  |  from in.reuters.com/

Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani Monday categorically stated that country’s nuclear capability was purely for peaceful purposes and it would build more power plants to meet its growing energy needs.

• Date: 27.06.2011  |  Published on EGF: 27.06.2011  |  Energy  |  from nation.com.pk

Russia and Ukraine are among seven nations that will join an EU nuclear stress test program to examine whether nuclear power plants can withstand accidents and disasters.

• Date: 27.06.2011  |  Published on EGF: 27.06.2011  |  Energy  |  from www.expatica.ru

Kazakh investors are showing great interest in a series of hydropower plants. Kyrgyz Energy Minister Askarbek Shadiyev noted that the Kyrgyz side is ready for further negotiations. Kazakhstan is ready to build the “Datka-Kemin” power line in Kyrgyzstan based on a concession agreement.

• Date: 27.06.2011  |  Published on EGF: 27.06.2011  |  Energy  |  from caspionet.kz

India and Pakistan concluded their two days of peace talks in Islamabad on Friday and pledged to work towards peace and decrease any prospect of conflict.

• Date: 25.06.2011  |  Published on EGF: 25.06.2011  |  External Relations  |  from channelnewsasia.com