LUKOIL becomes a pawn in a game the U.S.?

Oil Resursy25-12-2007 LUKOIL becomes a pawn in a game the U.S.? In Lukoil now has only one hope to somehow take part in the development of Iraqi fields, which is a new local government took away the Russian company. Only cooperation with the U.S. ConocoPhillips could give the green light for entry into the Iraq West Qurna. But the United States, the rights of the winner of Iraq, can easily use LUKOIL to solve their tactical tasks. LUKoil not lose hope for inclusion in the development of the field, "West Qurna-2. Despite the fact that the Iraqi government unilaterally broke off the agreement, representatives of Lukoil is still fighting for their rights to the project. Who will not let Russia into Iraq? Will the Russian oil company to defend its interests? Vice-president of LUKOIL Leonid Fedun convinced that his company has all the necessary legal rights to develop deposits of the Western Qurna-2. He said this in an interview with U.S. magazine Newsweek. According to him, the main problem is the absence in Iraq, "national legislation" in the oil sector.

During the "gas riots" Ukraine is committed to answer

Oil Resursy18-01-2008 for a "gas riots" Ukraine will answer a long relationship between Russia and Ukraine re-heated. The question of supply and transit of natural gas remains a bone of contention. A conflict threw fruit mass Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko. The main point of its election program was the promise of the revision of the gas agreement with Russia, which she tries to do, not wanting to lose his face. Tymoshenko's visit to our country supposedly on January 23. During her visit, she intends to discuss with Viktor Zubkov, Russian Prime Minister, the provisions of gas sales without intermediaries and to raise the tariff for transit of Russian gas through its territory. In the meantime, as a review in Russia hotel's new director of national joint-stock company "Naftogaz Ukraine" Oleg Dubina. He headed Naftogaz in late December last year, when Tymoshenko for the second time won the prime minister. Today Mace met with Chairman of Gazprom Alexei Miller. Results of the meeting were not disclosed.

Features of the national debt, or Turn off - the mother of learning

Oil Resursy11-02-2008 Features of the national debt, or Turn off - the mother of learning to sit in the gas debts "has become a tradition for Ukraine. Indeed, why do not owe their neighbors, if a country is a transit country for their gas? It is always possible to exert pressure, to threaten Europe. However, Gazprom intends to punish the country deviators, which also has affected his daughter »Rosukrenergo. Recently in the Russian capital, the Ukrainian delegation has arrived in the person of the company's management "Naftogaz Ukraine". Today at a meeting with Gazprom on the agenda will be a question of gas debt fraternal state, for which repayment of Ukraine had only one day. Recall that the natural gas monopoly, strongly insists on the off gas to Ukraine if it does not pay the debt of about $ 500 million for already "settled" the country's Russian gas in the volume of 1.5 billion cubic meters. m. The total debt of the country amounts to 1.5 billion dollars. How the debt of half a billion dollars? The fact that in 2007 Ukraine will get Central Asian, in particular the Turkmen gas, which costs this year increased to 179.5 dollars per thousand cubic meters. m. However, since January, its supply has decreased due to severe cold in the region, and Rosukrenergo (50% stake in Gazprom) has to ship to Ukraine and Russian gas, which costs almost twice the price of Central Asian - 314.7 USD per thousand cubic. pm