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On 22 November, the head of the Russian company Gazprom. Aleksei Miller, paid a visit to Belarus. He opened the upgraded Zapadnaya gas distribution station in Minsk and met members of the Belarusian government. In his talks with President Alyaksandr Lukashenka, Miller presented a comprehensive programme...
Gas as a more widespread fuel for transport in Belarus was discussed at a meeting between the country's prime minister and Gazprom chairman Alexei Miller. The two parties signed a comprehensive gas supply agreement last November, running till the end of 2014. Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko...
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has said that Belarus could be interested in privatising its oil refineries in exchange for access to Russian oil and gas fields. Speaking at a press conference today, President Lukashenko said that his country was more than willing to sell its oil...
Gazprom may increase supply to Europe through Belarus, CEO of Gazprom Alexey Miller said yesterday. Speaking at a meeting to the press in Belarus, Mr. Miller said that Gazprom saw a number of increases in the supply of gas to Belarus taking place, including transit to other countries and increases in...
Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov has said that he intends to enter into negotiations with CIS countries to gain access to those countries' pipelines following the enforcement of a Free Trade Agreement (FTA). The FTA, which will open up a free trade zone between the member countries of the CIS...
Gas transit disputes like the ones in 2006 and 2009 between Russia and Ukraine are not likely to happen again anytime soon. So says Katja Yafimava, a Research Fellow at the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies (OIES), Natural Gas Research Program, who recently authored a book entitled The Transit Dimension...
Russia`s Gazprom plans to pump up to 60 billion cubic meters of natural gas via Belarus to customers elsewhere in Europe in 2013, which would be 25 percent more than projected for this year, says the draft agenda of the Russian gas monopoly’s forthcoming general meeting that was released on Saturday.
Gazprom has said that it is taking steps to improve the operational efficiency of Belarusian infrastructure and distribution company Beltransgaz, with efforts taken to increase cooperation on trade, investment and transport between the company and the government of the Republic of Belarus. The announcement...
Russian gas company Gazprom has said it will increase gas transmission via the Republic of Belarus, following a telephone conversation between CEO of Gazprom, Alexey Miller and Energy Minister of the Republic of Belarus, Alexander Ozerets. The company said in a statement that it would increase...
The sale of Belarusian gas transport company Beltransgaz to Russian gas company Gazprom has been very profitable for the Republic of Belarus, its president has said. President Alexander Lukashenko told a news conference today that the deal, which he put at a $5 billion value, had been financially advantageous...
