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Publish date: May 15, 2006
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British Centrica is looking for new perspective gas suppliers, as its main gas field to be depleted in the nearest future. Gazprom can become such a supplier, RusEnergy reported.
Nowadays Gazprom supplies Britain with 2% of gas via continental gas pipelines, but the company intends to increase its supplies by 20%. The goal can be achieved if Gasprom sells gas to Great Britain on basic of long term contracts. Another way to achieve this goal for Gasprom is to buy a gas distribution company in the UK.
“We are in the process of preliminary negotiations with various companies, including Gasprom, as we are oriented to the level of needs we will have in a couple of years”, a representative of Centrica said.
An accident aboard numerous Volgoneft oil tankers in the Kerch in mid December clearly show what can happen to aged ships when they are operated in bad weather—and when economic and military objectives are prioritized over the lives of crews and environmental safety.
In this news digest, we monitor events that impact the environment in the Russian Arctic. Our focus lies in identifying the factors that contribute to pollution and climate change.
A survey of events in the field of nuclear and radiation safety relating to Russia and Ukraine.
A visit last week by Vladimir Putin and a Kremlin entourage to Astana, Kazakhstan sought in part to put Rosatom, Russia’s state nuclear corporation, on good footing with local officials.