Maintaining safe gas transit through Ukraine, expansion of cooperation with gas suppliers that are alternative to Russia are priorities for Germany, Minister of State for Europe at the German Federal Foreign Office Michael Rothousand has stated. “Russia will continue to play an important role as a gas supplier. It is expected that Germany in the…
The Malaysian government will study the possibility of its companies’ participation in the construction of the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) gas pipeline, Prime Minister of Malaysia Najib Razak said. Razak made the remarks following the negotiations with the President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, who recently went to Kuala Lumpur on an official visit, according to the message.…
A modern technology called horizontal directional drilling (HDD) has been used for ensuring the crossing of the Trans-Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) through Albania’s Seman river, which is another first for the country, said the message on TAP’s website. In November TAP began complex work for crossing an approximately 1.1 km stretch in the Albanian region of…
Public joint-stock company Ukrgazvydobuvannia seeks to invest $3 billion to purchase and modernize drilling rigs by 2020, as well as to attract external contractors to carry out the works at the company’s fields, Ukrgazvydobuvannia Head Oleh Prokhorenko has said. “We assess drilling at $3 billion by 2020. This includes modernization of equipment and works”, he…
Ukraine in January-October 2016 imported coal and anthracite valued at $1.17 billion, in particular $129.084 million in October. According to the State Fiscal Service, Russia supplied $742.938 million worth of coal, the United States – $168.547 million, Australia – $73.348 million, other countries – $184.879 million. The total volume of coal delivered to the country…
Ukraine in January-October exported electricity valued at $123.288 million, in particular $9.003 million in October. According to the State Fiscal Service, electricity delivered to Hungary amounted to $93.734 million, to Poland to $29.199 million, Moldova to $347,000, other countries to $7,000. In addition, in January-October Ukraine imported $3.006 million worth of power from Russia, and…
The energy intensity of Belarus’ gross domestic product was halved in the last 13 years. The information was released by Vitaly Kretsky, Head of the Department for Organizational and Legal Work and Interaction with Mass Media in the State Standardization Committee of Belarus. The official said: “The energy intensity of Belarus’ GDP has been halved…