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Publish date: March 29, 2006
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Fradkov will participate in Statoil and Norsk Hydro’s presentations of projects of oil fields development and natural gas reprocessing.
A source in the Russian Government reported that in the frames of this visit the Norwegian part can pay attention to participation of these companies in Shtokman project. The Norwegian companies have high chances to become partners of International Consortium on Shtokman field development, Oilcapital reported. “The Norwegian companies have high chances, but we can’t predict the results in advance”, noticed the source.
“The companies want to win the competition, but “Gazprom” is to make the final decision, according to commercial criteria”, the resource told. “Gazprom” in interested in a partner with good experience in development of similar fields and access to other markets and resources. “Shtokman field is not a matter of negotiations between Russian and Norwegian Governments”, the source in the Russian Government reported.
Recent attacks on Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant "mark the beginning of a new and gravely dangerous front of the war," the UN atomic agency's director general said last week.
After years of inaction, Germany is working on its Carbon Management Strategy to resolve how CCS can play a role in climate action in industry. At the end of February, the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action published first key points and a proposal to amend the law Kohlenstoffdioxid Speicherungsgesetz (KSpG). Bellona Deutschland, who was actively involved in the previous stakeholder dialogue submitted a statement in the association hearing.
In the midst of a global discussion on whether natural gas should be used as a transitional fuel and whether emissions from its extraction, production, transport and use are significantly less than those from other fossil fuels, Russia has developed ambitious plans to increase its own production of liquified natural gas (LNG) in the Arctic – a region with 75% of proven gas reserves in Russia – to raise its share in the international gas trade.
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