Energy

Nine activists have been detained in a protest staged by Greenpeace Mediterranean against the Nuclear Plants Summit in Istanbul on May 30.

The activists had hung a 28 square-meter poster carrying the words “Nuclear disaster starts here” on the outside wall of the hotel in Şişli where the summit was held, and greeted attendees with the same poster at the building’s entrance.

Greek officials said Thursday the country was interested in having the South Stream gas pipeline on its territory.

Albania’s inter-institutional commission for cooperation with the TAP pipeline on Monday said Albpetrol had launched a bid in the first booking phase for the pipeline on May 14.

The TAP AG, the consortium that controls implementation of Trans-Adriatic Pipeline project, is expected to review the application.

The Trans-Anatolian gas pipeline (TANAP) that will carry Azeri gas to Turkey will be shielded and monitored with high-technology lasers, sensors and cameras against potential threats he Trans Anatolian Natural Gas Pipeline (TANAP), a $12 billion investment that is projected to carry Azerbaijani gas to western Turkey, will be constantly monitored and protected via high-tech methods, accor

By Chryssa Liaggou

Major firms, including Qatar Petroleum and Gazprom, appear to be interested in creating the infrastructure to supply liquefied natural gas to ships in Piraeus. Meanwhile, the global natural gas industry is saying that natural gas as a fuel for transport could be made available at a price of just 50 percent of that paid for gasoline and 70 percent that for diesel.

Works on South Stream expected to start in July

BELGRADE -- The construction of the South Stream gas pipeline section through Serbia could begin in July, it was said on Thursday in Belgrade.

The announcement came from Gazprom's international projects department head Aleksandr Siromyatin.

Greece's gas transmission network operator DESFA has guaranteed its readiness to reverse gas flow through the reverse-flow gas grid interconnection Kulata/Sidirokastro.

As a result, Bulgaria will be able to receive gas supplies from Greece, in the case of a gas crisis.

BELGRADE - The construction of the South Stream pipeline will be crucial for energy security and economic stability of the host countries, president of the Serbian Chamber of Commerce (PKS) Zeljko Sertic said on Thursday.

BELGRADE - The construction of the South Stream gas pipeline section through Serbia could begin in July, head of the Gazprom international projects department Alexander Siromyatin said on Thursday.

Greece's dominant electricity producer PPC reported on Thursday a higher-than-expected 65 percent profit rise for the first quarter, helped by lower prices for natural gas supplied by Russia's Gazprom.