$10B deal signed for pipeline that would ship gas from Africa to Europe

September 6th, 2009 TEHRAN -) India has exited from a gas pipeline deal it earlier planned with Iran and Pakistan, Mehr news agency reported citing a Pakistani diplomat. India definitely quitted the IPI (India-Pakistan-Iran) gas pipeline deal, the report said citing Pakistani ambassador to Iran, Muhammad Bux Abbasi, as saying here Sunday.

August 6th, 2009 Turkey, Russia sign gas pipeline dealANKARA, Turkey — Russia on Thursday secured Turkish support for a pipeline project that challenges European efforts to reduce energy dependence on Moscow, but predicted that Europe would ultimately benefit from the deal. Russia's South Stream pipeline rivals a pipeline project known as Nabucco that has the backing of the European Union and the United States and would provide a supply of gas not subject to Russian control.

July 31st, 2009 SEOUL - South Korea will import Russian gas as part of a $100-billion pact signed by the two countries in September last year, WAM news agency reported Friday. South Korean Economy Minister Lee Yoon-ho will visit Russia in August to discuss the matter in detail, the report said.

July 21st, 2009 Ukraine tells Biden it wants US investment for gasKIEV, Ukraine — Ukraine wants American investment to help modernize its creaky but strategic natural gas pipeline system, the country's president told U.S. Vice President Joe Biden on Tuesday.

July 17th, 2009 Turkmens, RWE sign energy exploration dealASHGABAT, Turkmenistan — German energy giant RWE AG has signed a deal with Turkmenistan to develop oil and gas fields off the energy-rich country's Caspian shore, state-run media said Friday. The agreement is another breakthrough in European efforts to tap Turkmenistan's lucrative energy resources and could help efforts to diversify European gas deliveries away from Russia.

July 13th, 2009 Nabucco gas pipeline at a glanceHere are basic facts about the Nabucco gas pipeline agreed Monday among Turkey, Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary, and Austria. —WHERE: Across the five signatory countries — from Ankara, Turkey, to Baumgarten, Austria — carrying gas from Central Asia to Western Europe.

July 13th, 2009 Turkey, EU countries sign gas pipeline dealANKARA, Turkey — European countries on Monday sealed an important agreement aimed at diversifying the continent's energy sources — but their pipeline project to bring natural gas from Central Asia and the Middle East to Europe can't entirely break Russia's dominance. The Nabucco pipeline is still seeking gas supplies — in particular, from Azerbaijan — despite promising words by Iraq, Turkmenistan, Egypt and Syria.

July 3rd, 2009 $10B plan would ship gas from Africa to EuropeABUJA, Nigeria — Nigeria, Algeria and Niger have signed an agreement to create a $10 billion pipeline that would ship gas across the Saharan desert to Europe, Nigeria's state oil company said Friday. The plan comes as Europe seeks new sources of gas imports as it currently depends on Russia for much of its needs.

June 24th, 2009 BRUSSELS - Senegal's President Abdoulaye Wade Wednesday criticised European Union (EU) policies towards Africa and said the continent was looking towards India and China for its economic needs, EuAsiaNews reported. Addressing a press conference in Brussels Wednesday, the Senegalese president accused the EU of isolating Africa and raising barriers against "black Africa".

June 8th, 2009 Finland wants more details of Baltic gas pipelineHELSINKI — Finland says it needs more details of the environmental effects of a Baltic Sea gas pipeline planned between Russia and Germany before it can approve its construction. The Environment Ministry says it wants information about how the pipeline would affect fishing, toxic chemicals and unexploded ammunition on the seabed and nature reserves in Finnish territory.

May 29th, 2009 NICOSIA - Iran and Pakistan on Thursday signed in Tehran a deal for the supply of eight billion cubic meters of natural gas annually under an agreed price formula which has not been disclosed. Representatives of the two countries also signed an initial agreement for the construction of the Iran-Pakistan-India (IPI) gas pipeline, which is expected to cost more than 7.5 billion dollars and has been dubbed "The Peace Pipeline." It is expected that gas deliveries will start in three to four years.

May 26th, 2009 TEHRAN - India can still join the Iran-Pakistan-India (IPI) gas pipeline project, the Iranian foreign ministry said, a day after Islamabad and Tehran signed a pact on the export of Iranian gas. "Up to now, no Indian official has stated his countrys withdrawal from the project and we hope they make their decision soon, Hojjatollah Ghanimifard, the representative of Iranian oil minister to the IPI talks, said Monday.

May 25th, 2009 TEHRAN - Tehran and Islamabad have signed a deal for supplying Iranian gas to Pakistan, IRNA reported. As part of the plan a pipeline will be laid between the two countries through which Iran would supply natural gas to Pakistan.

April 6th, 2009 MOSCOW - Attempts to exclude Russia from global energy decision making would be counterproductive, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said Monday in an address to the lower house of parliament. The European Union (EU) signed an agreement with Ukraine in late March on modernizing the country's Soviet-era pipelines, triggering an angry reaction from Russia, which exports most of its Europe-bound gas via Ukraine.

February 17th, 2009 MOSCOW - Russia and China signed a $25-billion energy deal in Beijing Tuesday under which Russia will pump oil to its energy-hungry neighbour for the next 20 years in return for loans, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Igor Sechin said. Sechin, who overseas energy, secured the deal in a meeting with Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao in the Chinese capital.