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Azerbaijan halts oil exports to Europe via Russian
pipeline
MOSCOW, Jan. 8 (Xinhua) -- Azerbaijani oil supplies
via Russia to Europe have been halted for more than a week in an energy price
row with Russia, Azerbaijan's state-owned oil company SOCAR said on Monday.
The dispute flared up after Russian state gas firm
Gazprom increased the cost of its gas exports to Azerbaijan to 235 U.S. dollars
per 1,000 cubic meters from last year's price of 110 dollars.
Russian oil supply to Slovakia, Czech
halted
PRAGUE, Jan. 8 (Xinhua) -- The oil supply delivered from
Russia through the Friendship pipeline via Belarus to Slovakia and the Czech
Republic stopped on Monday evening due to a price dispute between Russia and
Belarus.
The stoppage occurred at around 08:00 p.m. (1800
GMT), Slovakia's transpetrol company Stefan Czucz said.
Russian oil supplies to Poland
disrupted
WARSAW, Jan. 8 (Xinhua) -- A dispute between Russia and
Belarus over transit fees is causing disruption to oil deliveries from Russia to
Poland, the Economics Ministry said Monday.
Russian oil supplies are delivered to Poland through
the Przyjazn pipeline that crosses Belarus.
Energy supplies should not be used to threaten
Belarus
MOSCOW, Jan. 7 (Xinhua) -- Belarussian President Alexander
Lukashenko said on Sunday that energy supplies should not be used as a means to
threaten his country, reports from Minsk said.
Although Belarus does not produce petroleum and
natural gas, other countries should not use energy supplies to threaten the
Belarussian people, Lukashenko told a religious gathering in the capital. Full Story>>
EU says "no immediate risk" for oil supplies despite
Belarus-Russia row
BRUSSELS, Jan. 8 (Xinhua) -- The European Union (EU)
said on Monday that the disruption of oil supplies from Russia to the EU through
Belarus posed "no immediate risk" to energy supplies in the bloc.
EU Energy Commissioner Andris Piebalgs was in close
contact with Polish, German, Slovak and other European authorities to evaluate
the impact following an interruption of oil supplies from a pipeline running
through Belarus to Poland and Western Europe, Piebalgs' spokesman Ferran
Tarradellas Espuny said. Full Story>>
Germany
confirmed oil pipeline closed
BERLIN, Jan. 8 (Xinhua) -- Germany confirmed here on
Monday that the transit of Russian oil to Poland, Germany and Ukraine through
Belarus had come to a halt.
An Economics Ministry spokesman said, "We have no
information on the cause." Full Story>>
Germany concerned over Druzhba pipeline closure
BERLIN, Jan 8 (Xinhua) -- Germany expressed its concern on
Monday over the closure of the Druzhba Pipeline earlier in the day, hoping
supplies through the pipeline will resume as soon as possible.
"I view the closure of the important Druzhba Pipeline with
concern. I expect supplies through the pipeline to be fully resumed as quickly
as possible," German Economics Minister Michael Glos said in a statement. Full Story>>
Poland
to seek compensation if oil supplies stop
WARSAW, Jan. 8 (Xinhua) -- Poland's deputy economy
minister in charge of energy Piotr Naimski told journalists Monday that Poland
would seek compensation if the stoppage of oil supplies via the Friendship
pipeline in Belarus to Poland persisted.
According to Naimski, the stoppage resulted from a
conflict between Russia and Belarus concerning customs duties and transit fees.
Full Story>>
Hungary to release oil reserves if deliveries not
resumed
BUDAPEST, Jan. 8 (Xinhua) -- Hungarian Economics Minister
JanosKoka said on Monday he would order the release of Hungary's strategic oil
reserves if deliveries from Russia through the Druzhba pipeline, halted on
Monday, are not restarted within 24 hours.
Koka and Zsolt Hernadi, the chairman of Hungarian oil
company Mol, both said the domestic supply of oil, oil products and gas would
not be jeopardized by the disruption. Full Story>>
EU
citizens favor renewable energy
BRUSSELS, Jan. 8 (Xinhua) -- European Union (EU)
citizens are very positive about renewable energies and many expect fossil fuels
to be replaced by renewable energy in the future, according to a EU survey
published on Monday.
The Eurobarometer study, published two days ahead of
the launch of the European Commission's major EU energy plan, shows that 80
percent of EU citizens support solar energy while 71 percent are in favor of
wind energy. Full
Story>>
