Russian regulator uncovers new v...   Aug 24, 2007 06:08:53

YUZHNO-SAKHALINSK, August 24 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's environmental regulator said Friday it had found new legal violations committed by Gazprom-controlled Sakhalin Energy, which operates the Sakhalin II oil and gas project off the country's Pacific Coast. Read More

Gazprom seeks BP's help to break...   Aug 23, 2007 23:48:28

Russia's Gazprom is trying to muscle its way into the American energy market by encouraging BP to share a stake in its liquefied natural gas operation in Trinidad, which supplies the US. Read More

New Aftershocks Registered in Sa...   Aug 23, 2007 23:18:55

Yesterday three new earthquakes shook the Sakhalin Region. Although they didn’t cause any damage and victims, nobody can surely say they were the last aftershocks and all is over.http://www.russia-ic.com/news/show/4602/ Read More

Kazakhstan Applies Sakhalin-2 Me...   Aug 23, 2007 23:18:00

Kazakh government vows to halt work at one of the biggest fields of the country developed under PSA – the Kashagan field. The bureaucrats blame violation of environmental laws on investors, including Italian Eni. The analysts speculate that Kazakhstan has become particularly pressurizing in time when it attempts to review the terms of PSA, having actually adopted the tactics successfully ... Read More

Hundreds of Ethnic Koreans from ...   Aug 23, 2007 11:08:26

More than 600 elderly ethnic Koreans who have been residing on an island in the Russian Far East since World War II will permanently return home this fall, Korea's Red Cross said Wednesday (Aug. 22). Read More