Editor's Letter

Who Else but OGE Can Play 'Spin the Bottle' in Novy Urengoi?

Pat Davis Szymczak

Happy New Year! We at Oil&Gas Eurasia hope your celebration was a good one and that the champagne flowed all night. Speaking of champagne, I'd like to draw your attention to the lead story in January 2007, our first issue of the New Year. Just before Christmas began in the West, OGE's Elena Zhuk...

Russia and Japan to strengthen partnership in energy sector

Japanese authorities expressed their interest in buying pipeline gas from Sakhalin-1 energy project on Monday during Russian Government’s delegation’s official visit to Tokyo as a part of the ongoing discussion on a broad range of energy issues. Foreign minister Taro Aso told Russian Industry and Energy Minister Viktor Khristenko Japan would also look into the possibility of acquiring LNG from Sakhalin-1 project, reports Reuters. The agency stated the project is under pressure to switch to LNG, natural gas chilled to liquid state for transportation, as Asian end users often lack facilities to accept natural gas.

KCA DEUTAG Drills Down Deep into Permafrost

If you want to understand how hydrocarbons are distributed at one of the world's largest gas-condensate fields, visit Urengoigazprom's Labor Hall of Fame in Novy Urengoi.