Moscow and Beijing will sign an agreement on the pipeline shipping gas from Western Siberia to China by the end of the year, Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Monday, adding that his government will intensify trade ties with Russia in the coming months.

New natural gas pipeline project from Russia to Turkey, the Turkish Stream, is the only option on the table at present for Russia, say experts.

Ultra-deepwater pipeline flows first gas in Gulf of Mexico

Turkey's energy minister and Russia’s Gazprom chief took a helicopter ride over the Black Sea to survey a possible route of the “Turkish Stream” pipeline Saturday.

Energy Transfer Partners LP (ETP) and Regency Energy Partners have agreed to merge in a unit-for-unit transaction, plus a one-time cash payment to Regency unit holders, valued at $18 billion, including the assumption of net debt and other liabilities of $6.8 billion.

The Russia-led South Stream undersea gas pipeline is still going ahead, Energy Minister Alexander Novak was quoted as saying on Saturday, following concerns the European Union might be losing enthusiasm for the project.

MEPs Calls EU Authorities to Cancel South Stream Agreements with Russia

Russia, Bulgaria Want to Remove South Stream from 3d Energy Package

Baltic States’ Contributions to Gazprom-Alternative Pipeline Redistributed

South Stream in Bulgaria On Hold (Again)