Russia Halts Pipeline, Citing River Damage
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Citing damage to salmon rivers, Russia on Monday withdrew environmental approval for the Royal Dutch Shell-operated Sakhalin-2 liquefied natural gas project.
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An explosion that ripped through the main gas pipeline in the southern Russian region of Dagestan was caused by sabotage, and prosecutors are investigating it as terrorism, the regional Interior Ministry said Thursday.
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Russia brushed aside an American court&#39;s attempt to halt the auction of the oil giant Yukos&#39; biggest production unit, but a consortium of international banks withdrew
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Insurgent attacks on pipelines have reportedly brought oil exports from southern Iraq to a complete halt, a senior oil official said Monday, part of a rebel campaign to undermine the nation's post-war reconstruction efforts.
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Oil exports from southern Iraq have been brought to a complete halt, a senior oil official said Monday, following a spate of pipeline attacks launched by insurgents trying to undermine the nation's interim government.
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Russia's environmental regulator said Tuesday it had filed suit seeking to revoke approval for a $20 billion international oil project led by Royal Dutch Shell on the Pacific island of Sakhalin.
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A pipeline broke and spilled an estimated 63,000 gallons of crude oil into the Kentucky River early Wednesday, creating a 12-mile-long slick that crews were racing to contain to keep it from contaminating drinking water.
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Russia warned it could be driven to suspend its part in a major arms control accord after talks with NATO states ended on Friday without headway in revising a pact seen as vital for stability in Europe.
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Russia on Thursday suspended for two months 12 water-use licenses held by a subcontractor for Royal Dutch Shell's $22 billion Sakhalin- 2 oil and natural gas venture, increasing pressure on the foreign investors to cede some control of the project.
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A strike halted production on Wednesday at U.S. car maker Ford's  plant near St Petersburg, one of the biggest in Russia owned by a foreign auto maker, after a months-long dispute over pay and conditions.
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The board of Russia&#39;s embattled oil giant Yukos will halt crude supplies to Baltic refinery Mazeikiu Nafta until the end of the year, the Interfax agency reported Monday - just hours after Yukos confirmed a similar move involving a Chinese company.
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Russia won the right on Friday to route  a major gas supply route to Europe through its ally Serbia, a  move analysts described as marking a Kremlin victory in a  "pipeline war" with the European Union.
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"The U.S. side warned about the political influence Moscow would gain by controlling energy resources in Serbia and the region, and expressed a negative assessment about the economic justification of South Stream"  By Oleg ShchedrovMOSCOW  - Russia won the right on Friday to route a major gas supply route to Europe through its ally Serbia, a move analysts described as marking a Kremlin victory in a "pipeline war" with the European Union.The gas agreement, signed in the Kremlin before President Vladimir Putin and visiting Serbian leaders, alarmed the United States because it increased Moscow's control over energy supplies to Europe and could undermine a rival EU project.Strong Russian opposition to independence for the Serbian province of Kosovo was a key bargaining chip in the agreement for Serbia to join the South Stream gas pipeline. Belgrade also agreed to sell a majority stake in Serbia's oil monopoly NIS to Russian gas giant Gazprom at a favorable price. Read more
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A top river oil transport company threatened to halt Yukos shipments by September 1 over payment worries, in a move that would hit 12 percent of the production by Russia's largest oil company.
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Russia suspended participation in a European arms control treaty that governs deployment of troops on the continent, the Kremlin said today.
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska  - A U.S. federal appeals court has ordered Royal Dutch Shell Plc  to suspend oil exploration operations in the Beaufort Sea off the north coast of Alaska pending a legal challenge being brought by environmental activists and Alaska native groups.
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PetroKazakhstan Inc. said oil production at Turgai Petroleum, a 50-50 joint venture with OAO Lukoil, Russia&#39;s biggest oil producer, has been curtailed because of a dispute over the marketing of the supplies.