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		<title>Gazprom and Nigeria Agree to Form Oil Joint Venture</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 01:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ali Shakhtur</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Russia&#8217;s Gazprom and Nigeria&#8217;s state-run oil company NNPC on Wednesday agreed to invest at least $2.5 billion in a new joint venture to explore and develop Africa&#8217;s biggest oil and gas sector. The new company Nigaz, a 50/50 joint venture between the two energy companies, aims to build refineries, pipelines and gas power stations throughout [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: justify;">Russia&#8217;s Gazprom and Nigeria&#8217;s state-run oil company NNPC on Wednesday agreed to invest at least $2.5 billion in a new joint venture to explore and develop Africa&#8217;s biggest oil and gas sector.<span id="more-257"></span><br />
The new company Nigaz, a 50/50 joint venture between the two energy companies, aims to build refineries, pipelines and gas power stations throughout Nigeria.<br />
&#8220;We have a chance to become major energy partners,&#8221; Russian President Dmitry Medvedev told reporters after meeting with Nigerian President Umaru Yar&#8217;Adua in the capital Abuja.<br />
&#8220;If we carry out all our plans, Russian investment in Nigeria can reach billions of dollars.&#8221;<br />
Nigeria has the world&#8217;s seventh-largest proven gas reserves. The Gazprom deal could strengthen Russia&#8217;s position as a supplier of natural gas to North America and Europe.<br />
Some industry experts in Europe see Russia&#8217;s keen interest in the West African country as an attempt to get a stranglehold on Europe&#8217;s natural gas supplies.<br />
Despite Nigeria&#8217;s vast gas reserves it has been unable to develop its gas industry anywhere near full potential because of a lack of funds and regulation.<br />
DOMESTIC FIRST<br />
Nigeria says foreign oil companies, like Gazprom, must first help build the OPEC member&#8217;s gas infrastructure before it can begin to make plans to export the natural resource.<br />
&#8220;We will take part in building the first segment of gas pipeline from southwestern Nigeria northwards,&#8221; said Boris Ivanov, head of Gazprom International AO. &#8220;If Trans Saharan pipeline is realised, it will be its first segment.&#8221;<br />
The Trans Saharan project, with capital costs estimated at $10 billion for the pipeline and $3 billion for gathering centres, would send up to 30 billion cubic metres a year of gas to Europe via a 4,128 km (2,580 mile) pipeline from Nigeria via Niger and Algeria.<br />
The European Union, which relies on Russia for about 40 percent of its gas and a third of its oil, has viewed the project as a way of diversifying its energy supplies.<br />
Ivanov said Nigaz also planned to bid for two of three biggest Nigerian gas exploration projects, which could amount to more than 2.3 trillion cubic metres.<br />
FUNDING CONCERNS<br />
Analysts raised concerns about how NNPC will be able to fund its share of the $2.5 billion joint venture, considering its poor track record with other foreign oil companies.<br />
U.S. oil company Exxon Mobil, Royal Dutch Shell and French energy group Total have all had to provide billions of dollars in bridge financing to NNPC to plug funding gaps in their respective joint venture companies.<br />
&#8220;We have seen in the last few years on specific field developments, the Nigerian side has had difficulty in making its own contributions,&#8221; said Manouchehr Takin, an analyst at the Centre for Global Energy Studies in London.<br />
&#8220;The question I have is: &#8216;Is the NNPC financially strong enough to do a joint venture?&#8217;&#8221; he added.<br />
President Yar&#8217;Adua sent parliament an energy reform bill last August that restructures NNPC into a profit-driven company, which supporters believe will resolve the funding problems. It was unclear whether the legislation had enough political support to pass parliament. (Additional reporting by Michael Kahn in London; Writing by Randy Fabi; Editing by David Gregorio)</p>
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		<title>Crisis de Gas en Europa</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jan 2009 14:03:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ali Shakhtur</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Y no termina la disputa entre Moscú y Kiev por el paso de gas natural hacia Europa, después de logrrse un principio de acuerdo Rusia señala que Ucrania no permite la entrada de observadores a fin de constatar que no se está robando gas.  Así lo informa Europapress, señalando que el vicepresidente de la empresa [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://alishakhtur.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/gas-llave.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-128" title="gazprom" src="http://alishakhtur.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/gas-llave-150x150.jpg" alt="" width="150" height="108" /></a>Y no termina la disputa entre <a href="http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultura_de_Mosc%C3%BA" target="_blank">Moscú</a> y <a href="http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiev" target="_blank">Kiev</a> por el paso de gas natural hacia Europa, después de logrrse un principio de acuerdo Rusia señala que Ucrania no permite la entrada de observadores a fin de constatar que no se está robando gas.</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;"> Así lo informa <a href="http://www.europapress.es" target="_blank">Europapress</a>, señalando que el vicepresidente de la empresa gasística rusa <a href="http://www.gazprom.com">Gazprom</a>, Alexander Medvedev, afirmó hoy que su compañía ha informado a la Comisión Europea de que no le &#8220;es posible enviar gas a Europa a través del territorio ucraniano&#8221;, sin precisar el motivo, a pesar de que la empresa dijo hace unas horas en un comunicado que el bombeo de gas se había reanudado.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Además, Medvedev aseguró en rueda de prensa que Ucrania no ha dejado entrar a los observadores rusos a los depósitos subterráneos ni al mando centralizado de la red de gas ucraniana, según informó la agencia de noticias rusa RIA Novosti. Pero la Comisión Europea ha denunciado que ni Moscú ni Kiev permiten el acceso de los observadores europeos a los centros de distribución de gas para verificar el volumen de gas.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">También ha dicho que el suministro de gas procedente de Rusia a Europa vía Ucrania todavía no se ha reanudado plenamente. Estos dos hechos suponen un incumplimiento del acuerdo alcanzado entre las tres partes para resolver la crisis del gas, subrayó Bruselas.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Por su parte, la compañía gasista ucraniana <a href="http://www.naftogaz.com" target="_blank">Naftogaz </a>aseveró este martes a través de su portavoz Valentin Zemlianski que Ucrania ha comenzado a recibir el gas ruso destinado a los países europeos. Asimismo, Naftogaz exigió en un comunicado a Gazprom una concertación del volumen y el itinerario del gas ruso que se dirige a Europa.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Según la empresa ucraniana, su filial Ukrtransgaz recibió anoche un fax de Gazprom en el que confirmaba la reanudación del suministro de gas y el bombeo de 76,6 millones de metros cúbicos de gas hacia los Balcanes, Turquía y Moldavia a través de la estación de Soudja.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Pero Naftogaz señaló que estos volúmenes no se han concertado a tiempo entre ambas empresas, lo cual contradice las normas de utilización de los gasoductos de tránsito. La compañía ucraniana también considera necesario actualizar los documentos que establecen el funcionamiento técnico de la red de gasoductos y del trabajo conjunto de los servicios de regulación de ambos países con el fin de garantizar la estabilidad del tránsito del gas.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">&#8220;Esto permitirá la recepción del gas ruso en la frontera ruso ucraniana, además de asegurar el tránsito y el restablecimiento del flujo hacia los consumidores europeos&#8221;, dice el comunicado de Naftogaz.</p>
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