Ukraine and Romania have signed an agreement to link their gas transmission systems in order to ship gas from Ukraine through Romania to Bulgaria and in the reverse direction, Ukrtransgaz said in a statement. The agreement covers the gas pipeline route used to transport gas from Ukraine through Romania to Bulgaria via the Negru Voda…
BJ Services Company Middle East Ltd., a UK oil field servicing company, announced the liquidation of its office in Azerbaijan, the Azerbaijani Taxes Ministry reported. Lenders may submit their claims within two months at: 3, Salyan highway, 15th kilometer, Lokbatan settlement, Garadagh district, Baku, Azerbaijan. BJ Services Company Middle East Ltd. provides on-site services and…
The national Tajik currency, the somoni, has lost 10.5% of its value against the dollar since the beginning of this year, according to the National Bank of Tajikistan (NBT). In January, the somoni reportedly lost 15.4% of its value against the dollar. In February, the situation improved to a certain extent and the somoni exchange…
In January-June the port of Primorsk handled 32,503,200 tons of cargo (up by 9% YoY). According to the port authority, crude oil transshipment climbed by 11% to 24,953,100 tons. Transshipment of oil products increased by 2% YoY, to 7,550,100 tons. Port Primorsk is Russia’s largest oil port in the Baltic Sea. It is the final…
Russian companies that have concluded agreements with Tajik agrarians on purchasing potatoes and onions have failed to fulfill their obligations on those agreements, Tajik Minister of Agriculture Sattor Izatullo said. According to him, Russian companies concluded agreements with Tajik onion and potato producers at the beginning of the year but later changed their mind. “I…
The issue of privatization of United Grain Company in 2016 is not active, the Minister of Agriculture of the Russian Federation Alexander Tkachev declared. According to him, it is a strategic state-owned company with a controlling block of shares by the government, so to date the issue is not under consideration, and it is untimely.…
Russian Grain Union appealed to the government of Russia to cancel the current export duties on wheat. The reporting proposal appears in the letter of the Union, addressed to the Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev. According to Russian Grain Union, in 2016 grain harvest in Russia will reach 112 million tons, including…