Russia’s Ministry of Energy and Crimea’s government have agreed on fuel supplies to the republic until October 2014, the ministry reports referring to Minister Alexander Novak, Itar-Tass reported on March 20.
Gazprom has requested permission from the Crimean authorities to develop oil and gas fields, Crimea's first Deputy Prime Minister Rustam Temirgaliev said on March 18, rt.com has reported.
The Crimean parliament has said the assets of the Ukrainian companies Ukrtransgaz, Chernomorneftegaz and the Feodosia petroleum products terminal would belong to Crimea.
Fitch said that while European countries might cut Russian gas purchases because of the crisis, Gazprom would have to cut its gas exports in the worst-case scenario. Fitch estimated that Gazprom accounted for some 30% of EU gas imports last year.
Tensions mounted on the eve of a secession referendum in Crimea as helicopter-borne Russian forces made a provocative incursion just beyond the peninsula’s regional border to seize a natural gas terminal while US and European officials prepared sanctions to impose on Mos
Following the nationalization of natural resources on the territory of the Crimean Peninsula, the local production of natural gas will fully meet the region’s own demand for that type of fuel, Sergey Aksyonov, the prime minister of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea said
Russian gas giant Gazprom is negotiating discounts with European clients in exchange for support ahead of pending E.U.
The authorities of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, whose parliament has voted to break away from Ukraine, have taken under control local oil and gas deposits, and want Russia’s Gazprom to develop them, the Supreme Council’s Speaker Vladimir Konstantinov said, RIA Novo
A delegation of 11 representatives from Gazprom has arrived in Crimea, headed by Gazprom deputy chairman Vitaly Markelov, Espreso.TV has reported, citing a source from the Crimean government.
The situation in Crimea has no impact on the talks between European Commission and Russian experts on the South Stream project, said Sabine Berger, spokeswoman to European Commissioner for Energy Gunther Oettinger, Itar-Tass reported on March 12.