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Pro-Russian militants and firemen run away as they leave the Regional State building they seized during a shoot-out with Ukrainian border guards defending the Federal Border Headquarters building in the eastern Ukrainian city of Luhansk on June 2, 2014. (AFPPHOTO/ ALEX INOY)
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An aerial view shows the third gas refinery of South Pars gas field in Assalouyeh, Iran, on the northern coast of the Persian Gulf, January 27, 2011. On Monday sources at Qatar Petroleum said the state-run oil and gas producer had offered to help Iran develop its share of the South Pars field, the world’s largest. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
Rouhani vows ‘economic epic’ in South Pars gas field
London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Iranian President Hassan Rouhani vowed on Saturday to speed up development of the giant South Pars gas field off the coast of southern Iran, amid expectations of the easing of sanctions following November’s interim agreement on Iran’s...Caption:
File picture dated June 28, 2013 of Russian gas giant Gazprom CEO, Alexey Miller attends the annual shareholders meeting in Moscow, Russia. Gazprom demanded Ukraine pay an overdue gas bill on October 29, 2013. (EPA/YURI KOCHETKOV)
Ukraine halts Russian gas imports; transit to Europe intact
Moscow/Kiev, Reuters—Ukraine halted Russian gas imports last Friday in a dispute over pricing, sources in Russia’s gas industry and state export monopoly Gazprom told Reuters on Monday, but the flow to Europe via Ukraine is so far unaffected. The gas imports to...Caption:
Omani Oil Minister Mohamed bin Hamad Al Rumhi (far right) poses for a group photo with colleagues at a meeting of Gulf Arab oil ministers in Riyadh September 24, 2013
Oman oil minister slams Gulf culture of energy subsidies
Aby Dhabi, Reuters—Subsidized petrol and electricity programs are causing a huge waste of energy across the Gulf and threatening economies, Oman’s oil and gas minister said on Sunday, in a rare official warning over surging demand in the region. Energy prices...Caption:
A general view of the Nile River and the Cairo skyline is seen from the Cairo Tower in Cairo Tower in the Zamalek district on Tuesday, August 27, 2013. (AP Photo/Manu Brabo)