Posts Tagged ‘Kiev’

Gas deliveries still stalled in Europe

January 14th, 2009

MOSCOW, Jan. 14 (UPI) — Russia and Ukraine Wednesday bickered over gas deliveries to Europe, in spite of international efforts to broker an accord.
More than a week into the dispute, with international monitors in place to observe gas flows, Russia’s state-run energy concern Gazprom accused Ukraine’s Naftogaz of blocking deliveries intended for Europe, Deutsche Welle [...]

Poland aiming at own nuclear power by 2020

January 13th, 2009

WARSAW, Poland – Poland’s prime minister says the ongoing natural gas dispute between Russia and Ukraine is pushing his government to speed up plans to build nuclear power plants.
Donald Tusk said his Cabinet decided Tuesday to step up construction of its first-ever nuclear power plants, and that he expects them to produce power by 2020.
Tusk [...]

Oil prices shed $2 on economic downturn fears

January 12th, 2009

LONDON (AFP) — Oil prices dropped some two dollars on Monday on concerns that a deepening global economic downturn could spark a slump in demand for energy, analysts said.
The market was also weighed down by news of a possible resolution to the ongoing Russia-Ukraine gas supply crisis, they added.
Traders also tracked developments in the Middle [...]

Russia accuses Ukraine of stealing gas

January 2nd, 2009

Reuters
Russia accused Ukraine of stealing gas destined for the rest of Europe today, a day after cutting supplies to its neighbour in a contract dispute.
The volumes Russian export monopoly Gazprom (GAZP.MM) said Ukraine was siphoning off were small, but the accusation suggested Moscow was in no mood for compromise in a re-run of a 2006 [...]

Russia’s Gazprom warns Europe of possible gas cuts

December 27th, 2008

MOSCOW – Russia’s state natural gas monopoly OAO Gazprom warned Saturday that a pricing dispute with Ukraine could disrupt gas supplies to Europe.
Ukraine could use its pipeline to divert Russian natural gas intended for European customers even if it fails to pay its multibillion debt to Gazprom by Jan. 1, said company spokesman Sergei Kupriyanov.
If [...]