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Russia has signed deals to build nuclear power plants in India and supply it with oil during a visit by President Vladimir Putin, who is…
The European Commission's new energy chief says that Russia could revive the South Stream natural-gas pipeline project if it follows EU rules. In an interview…
2014 was good. 2015, not so much. Vladimir Putin has been on quite a roll for about a year now. But December 1, 2014, just…
A worker welds pipes during the symbolic start of the construction of the Bulgarian section of the South Stream pipeline near the village of…
A specially designed ship with a helicopter pad prepares to take supplies from Stavanger harbor to an offshore oil platform. OSLO, Norway -- Kristian Midtoy…
"In the nuclear issue, arrogants have made their best to bring Iran to its knees, but they were not able and will not be…
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry (right) and Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in Vienna before talks on November 24, 2014. Iran and six…
Russia has promised Ukraine $15 billion in loans and cheaper natural gas amid ongoing protests in Kyiv calling for closer ties with the European Union…
Sometimes it seems there is no gasoline to be had in energy-rich Uzbekistan. Now is just such a time. For weeks, motorists have been scouring…
Intense negotiations are under way in nuclear talks between world powers and Iran, as top diplomats have begun arriving to Geneva to help reach a…
A shiny new liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal is set to open in the Polish port of Swinoujscie next year. Three-thousand kilometers to the east,…
Countries don't usually charge protesters with piracy for trying to board an oil rig. But Russia has done so in a drama that constantly surprises.…
Ten years ago, hopes were high there would be a major pipeline connecting Europe directly to the gas fields of the Caspian Basin and the…
Russia's biggest company turned 20 this year. But at Gazprom, there appears to be little cause for celebration. The state-controlled natural gas monopoly, which was…
If Cold War battles are still being fought in Europe, one major battlefield today is the Czech Republic’s Temelin nuclear power station. Consortiums backed by…
Western diplomats say Iran intends to greatly increase the speed of its uranium-enrichment program. Diplomats told the Associated Press and Reuters on January 31 that…
For the past five years, progress in extracting gas and oil from shale deposits has been revolutionizing the energy industry in the United States. Now,…
Kazakhstan’s oil and gas industry said the country will have to wait until alternative sources of energy become competitive economically before the energy industry seriously…
July 1 figures to be a bad day for Iran -- that's when hard-hitting EU sanctions on Iran's oil exports take full effect. The sanctions…
Soaring fuel prices; electricity rationing; early snow -- it's enough to send people scurrying for alternative ways to heat their homes and cook their meals.…