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Washington. U. S. President Barack Obama on Tuesday banned new oil and gas drilling in federal waters in the Atlantic and Arctic Oceans, in a push to leave his stamp on the environment before Republican Donald Trump takes office next month. Obama used a 1950s-era law called the Outer ...

Moscow. Gazprom sees some risks for gas transit through Ukraine to Europe, and in case of unsanctioned gas tapping by Ukraine it may cut off supplies to the EU, CEO of Gazprom Alexei Miller told reporters. "Indeed there are risks for gas transit to Europe (via Ukraine). In the ...

Moscow. The second line of the Turkish Stream natural gas pipeline has good potential, Russia’s Permanent Representative to the European Union Vladimir Chizhov said. "I think that the potential is quite good, " he said, adding that "the first line will meet ...

Moscow. November 14, 2016 in the Yetkulsky district of Chelyabinsk Oblast in close proximity to the oil trunk pipelines Ust-Balyk–Kurgan–Ufa–Almetyevsk (UBKUA) and the Nizhnevartovsk-Kurgan-Kuybyshev (NKK) ground fracturing activity took place endangering the integrity of the ...

Belgrade. The European Commission (EC) insists on keeping the gas transit via Ukraine by all means after 2019, Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said following the talks with Serbian First Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic on Monday. According to Lavrov, ...

Moscow. Within his working visit to Cairo Rosneft Chief executive officer Igor Sechin was hosted by the President of Egypt Abdel Fattah el-Sisi. Igor Sechin passed along to the Egyptian leader the message from the President of the Russia Vladimir Putin. Sechin and el-Sisi discussed the ...

Brussels. Ukraine has about $700 mln offered as international aid, which can be used to purchase Russian gas in winter period, a source at trilateral Russia-EU-Ukraine gas talks told TASS on Friday. "Ukraine has sufficient funds to purchase Russian gas in winter period, if the need ...

Tyumen. XXVII Governor’s readings took place in Tyumen. This time they were on the topic “Where will the wind from the East blow? Russia in the new strategic reality”. “Tyumen is the furthest Siberian city in Europe, and its background has always been connected ...

Moscow. The issue of an additional 6. 35% increase of tariffs on oil transportation over Transneft’s oil trunk pipelines system can be settled in the nearest time, informed Nikolay Tokarev, President of the Company. He clarified that another increase of the said tariffs is being ...

Bismarck. The Obama administration said Sunday that it had denied a permit needed to complete the last leg of an oil pipeline across the Midwest. It is prompting cheers from opponents but warnings that the move could be short-lived since President-elect Donald Trumpsupports the project. The ...

New York. The governor of North Dakota is struggling to find a resolution to the monthslong standoff over the Dakota Access Pipeline, as harsh winter weather conditions set in and costs for public-safety continue to rise. Gov. Jack Dalrymple, a Republican, said in an interview Thursday that ...

Moscow. Russian President Vladimir Putin adressed in his annual state of the nation address. This thirteenth address of President in the Kremlin. On international cooperation "We don't want confrontation with anyone, we don't need it. We are not seeking and have never ...

Kazan. JSC "TANECO" won another prestigious award. According to Resolution №1190 dated November 15, 2016, signed by Dmitry Medvedev, Prime Minister of the Russian Federation, the Company was awarded the Quality Prize of the Russian Federation Government by the operation ...

Moscow. Russian oil giant Rosneft sees no risks that the deal on the purchase of a controlling stake in Bashneft could be reviewed after the detention of Economic Development Minister Alexey Ulyukayev on suspicion of taking a $2 mln bribe. This was stated the company’s spokesman Mikhail ...

Washington. Earthquakes are rippling through Oklahoma with an intensity so persistent they are almost considered normal. Already 46 quakes large and small, have struck the region since the start of the month. But now the swarms are becoming harder to ignore. Even more crushing: scientists ...

Washington. Republican Donald Trump stunned the world by defeating heavily favored Hillary Clinton in Tuesday's presidential election, ending eight years of Democratic rule and sending the United States on a new, uncertain path. A wealthy real-estate developer and former reality TV host, ...