2019-04-10 10:45:00
RUSSIA'S GAS FOR FRANCE +58%
GAZPROM - April 9, 2019, A working meeting between Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee, and Sylvie Bermann, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of France to the Russian Federation, took place at the Arctic: Territory of Dialogue 5th International Arctic Forum in St. Petersburg.
The parties discussed issues related to cooperation in the gas sector, including gas supplies. It was noted that France ranks among Gazprom's key markets in Europe. The Company's gas exports to the country grew by 58 per cent in five years, reaching 12.9 billion cubic meters in 2018.
Particular attention at the meeting was paid to the progress of the Nord Stream 2 project. It was highlighted that 978 kilometers of pipes – 40 per cent of the gas pipeline's total length – have been laid in the Baltic Sea by now.
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Background
In 2018, Gazprom supplied to France 12.9 billion cubic meters of gas, an increase of 5.4 per cent against 2017 (12.3 billion cubic meters).
Nord Stream 2 is the construction project for a gas pipeline with the annual capacity of 55 billion cubic meters from Russia to Germany across the Baltic Sea.
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Earlier:
2019, April, 8, 11:55:00
RUSSIA'S ARCTIC ENERGY UP
No project better symbolizes Russia ambitions in the Arctic than Yamal LNG. The project cost $27 billion to construct, excluding the adjacent infrastructure paid for by the Russian Federation.
2019, April, 5, 10:35:00
NORD STREAM 2 RULES
The EU section of Russia's planned 55 Bcm/year Nord Stream 2 gas link to Germany could face tariff regulation from March at the latest after the European Parliament signed off changes to the EU's gas directive on Thursday.
2019, April, 3, 11:25:00
АРКТИЧЕСКИЕ ПРОЕКТЫ РОССИИ
"Арктические проекты в целом - это огромный потенциал для развития энергетики страны. На севере Ямала уже построили новый завод по производству СПГ, это мощный импульс для развития Сибири" - сказал Александр Новак.
2019, March, 29, 11:40:00
THE THIRD NORD STREAM 2
The Danish Energy Agency has asked the Gazprom-owned developer of the planned 55 Bcm/year Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline from Russia to Germany to consider a third route option, a spokesman for the agency said
2019, March, 22, 10:40:00
START OF KHARASAVEYSKOE FIELD
Full-scale development of Kharasaveyskoye field starts in Yamal Peninsula
