Monday 6th February, 2012

• Turkmenistan reduces gas exports to Iran

  News.Az

  The Turkmen Gas Company has reduced to half its natural gas exports to Iran through Dowlatabad-Sarakhs gas pipeline without prior notice. An unnamed gas industry official was quoted by Mehr News ...

• Gazprom races for EU loophole

  Asia Times

  Gazprom races for EU loophole By Vladimir Socor Moscow has confirmed that Turkey will allow Gazprom's South Stream pipeline to be built through Turkey's Black Sea exclusive economic ...

• Inner Mongolia braces for cold front

  Global Times

  A cold wave will continue to sweep China nationwide from today to Tuesday, bringing gale force winds and plunging temperatures in most parts of the country, meteorological authorities warned ...

• Gazprom to speed up drilling of Tajikistan’s deepest well

  Neftegaz

  The Gazprom headquarters hosted today a working meeting between Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Management Committee and Sherali Gul, Minister of Energy and Industry, Republic of ...

• 'Blow-fly zone' takes hold over Syria

  Asia Times

  By John Helmer MOSCOW - Calliforida, the common blow-fly, has an exceptional talent - it has the ability to smell a corpse at a distance of up to 16 kilometers. Forensic investigators use the ...

• Southern gas corridor grows more complex

  Asia Times

  Robert M Cutler MONTREAL - Just as smaller gas projects in the European Union were welcoming a decision by Azerbaijan and Turkey to build a Trans-Anatolian Gas Pipeline (TAGP), statements now ...

• Playing chess in Eurasia

  Asia Times

  Playing chess in Eurasia By Pepe Escobar Bets are off on which is the great story of 2011. Is it the Arab Spring(s)? Is it the Arab counter-revolution, unleashed by the House of Saud? Is it ...

• Azerbaijan - the cruciblefor Eurasia's energy brew

  Asia Times

  By Robert M Cutler MONTREAL - The geo-economics of Central Eurasian energy have continued along analytical lines previously outlined in this space. ...

• Turkmenistan to boostgas exports to China

  Asia Times

  By Robert M Cutler MONTREAL - Turkmenistan has agreed to increase future natural gas exports to China from the already planned 40 billion cubic meters per year (bcm/y) to 65 bcm/y, or more ...

• Turkmenistan stands by Caspian pipeline

  Asia Times

  By Robert M Cutler MONTREAL - Turkmenistan's foreign ministry issued a definitive rebuke last week to political forces trying to use diplomatic and legal stratagems to block conclusion ...

• Putin enters the dragon's den

  Asia Times

  By M K Bhadrakumar Within a fortnight of his announcement to stand in the Russian presidential election in early 2012, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin will be heading for Beijing. The Kremlin ...

• BP slips in Shah Deniz bid

  Asia Times

  By Robert M Cutler MONTREAL - The door closed at the beginning of this month on the submission of final project proposals by pipeline consortia seeking to transport natural gas from Phase Two ...

• Turkey seeks gas price cut

  Asia Times

  By Vladimir Socor Turkey has joined the growing ranks of claimants to revision of their contracts with Russian gas supplier Gazprom. On September 29, Turkish Energy Minister Taner Yildiz, ...

• China expands energy ties in Central Asia

  Asia Times

  By Robert M Cutler MONTREAL - China has been implementing deeper and deeper energy cooperation with Central Asia, for over a decade, beginning with Beijing's acquisition of energy ...

• Russia's Kudrin still in play

  Asia Times

  By RFE/RL MOSCOW - Russian Finance Minister Aleksei Kudrin has resigned from his post just hours after a heated public exchange with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, who ordered him to do ...

• Russian heads for slowdown

  Asia Times

  investment. The privatization plan announced with great fanfare in 2010 was expanded this year, but the full plan has still not been authorized and may undergo further modification before ...

• EU takes plunge into Caspian pipeline talks

  Asia Times

  By Robert M Cutler MONTREAL - The European Commission (EC) last week took the unprecedented step of requesting and receiving authority from the European Council to assist in negotiations ...

• Obama prepares to punish Pakistan

  Asia Times

  By M K Bhadrakumar The Barack Obama administration is making an extraordinary bid with the United States Congress to get the seven-year old embargo on military aid to Uzbekistan lifted ...

• Ukraine in gas talks deadlock

  Asia Times

  By Pavel Korduban As winter approaches, the Ukraine-Russia gas price talks have been deadlocked, increasing the likelihood of a repetition of the "gas wars" of 2006 and 2009. ...

• Total find bulks up Baku's local standing

  Asia Times

  By Robert M Cutler MONTREAL - The discovery by French energy major Total of yet another major natural gas source in the Caspian Sea offshore from Azerbaijan, announced at the weekend, further ...

• Turkey's economy may falter

  Asia Times

  By Robert M Cutler MONTREAL - The Turkish economy, which has been forecast to expand by almost 9% this year, may in fact face a slowing growth rate if the latest central bank releases are any ...

• Putin's European goalno longer a pipe dream

  Asia Times

  By M K Bhadrakumar For Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, September 6 will remain as one of the memorable days of his checkered public life. The Nord Stream pipeline carrying Russian ...

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