Moscow - Russian gas export monopoly Gazprom said Friday that its dispute with Ukraine over payments could cause disruptions in deliveries to Western Europe, a news agency reported.
Gazprom spokesman Sergei Kupriyanov said that Gazprom head Alexei Miller had notified Europe's largest clients that it could not rule out the possibility of a cut off, according to Itar-Tass.
At issue is the lack of progress in reaching agreement with Ukraine's Naftogaz over 2 billion dollars in non-payments for imports by Kiev, with a New Year's deadline looming with threatened cut-offs by Gazprom.
Gazprom supplies about one-quarter of the European Union's gas needs, 80 per cent of which is shipped through Ukraine.
A subsidiary of Mukesh Ambani owned Reliance group, Reliance Petroleum Ltd has commissioned an export specific refinery near the existing unit in Jamnagar, Gujarat. Both units have the capacity to refine 1.24 million barrels of crude per day. US Company, Chevron has a 5% stake in the refinery and it would produce high quality Euro-IV and Euro-V grade fuels.
The Director General of Hydrocarbons (DGH) has declared certification for a gas discovery by the Gujarat State Petroleum Corporation (GSPC) in the Krishna-Godavari basin. The decision would help to make Gujarat, the gas hub of the country. Experts believe that the commercial value of approved Krishna-Godavari basin offshore block KG-OSN-2001/3 would be around $6 billion as per the prevailing market prices.
The Union Government announced to issue the oil bonds worth Rs 22,000 cr to three oil marketing companies of the country. Indian Oil Corporation, Hindustan Petroleum, and Bharat Petroleum would get Rs 11,975.51 crore, Rs 4,693.73 crore and Rs 5,330.76 crore respectively.
Moscow - Serbian President Boris Tadic flew to Moscow on Wednesday to ink a multimillion-dollar energy deal with his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev.
Under the deal, Serbia will sell a controlling stake in its oil monopoly NIS to Russian state giant Gazprom in exchange for a share in a strategic Russian pipeline through Serbia.
Serbian media reported the 51-per-cent stake was sold for 400 million euros (560 million dollars).
The Union Government would start auctioning over 100 prospective areas for oil and gas exploration fields through an international bidding. The new fields would be allotted as per the eighth round of New Exploration Licensing Policy (Nelp-VIII) by the end of March 2009.
A subsidiary of Mukesh Ambani owned Reliance group, Reliance Petroleum Ltd has commissioned an export specific refinery near the existing unit in Jamnagar, Gujarat. Both units have the capacity to refine 1.24 million barrels of crude per day. US Company, Chevron has a 5% stake in the refinery and it would produce high quality Euro-IV and Euro-V grade fuels.
The Director General of Hydrocarbons (DGH) has declared certification for a gas discovery by the Gujarat State Petroleum Corporation (GSPC) in the Krishna-Godavari basin. The decision would help to make Gujarat, the gas hub of the country. Experts believe that the commercial value of approved Krishna-Godavari basin offshore block KG-OSN-2001/3 would be around $6 billion as per the prevailing market prices. 
The Union Government announced to issue the oil bonds worth Rs 22,000 cr to three oil marketing companies of the country. Indian Oil Corporation, Hindustan Petroleum, and Bharat Petroleum would get Rs 11,975.51 crore, Rs 4,693.73 crore and Rs 5,330.76 crore respectively.
Moscow - Serbian President Boris Tadic flew to Moscow on Wednesday to ink a multimillion-dollar energy deal with his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev.
The Union Government would start auctioning over 100 prospective areas for oil and gas exploration fields through an international bidding. The new fields would be allotted as per the eighth round of New Exploration Licensing Policy (Nelp-VIII) by the end of March 2009. 
