Samuel Bodman

Astana, Baku Set Up Oil Shipping Links

Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan agreed Friday to set up an oil transport system across the Caspian Sea that will help get Central Asia's massive energy reserves to Western markets and circumvent Russian territory.

EU and US back Caspian call

By Isabel Gorst in Moscow Europe and the US are renewing efforts to loosen Russia’s stranglehold over Caspian oil and gas exports, in spite of lingering fears about the security of pipelines in the region in the wake of the war...

Gas Forum Gains Momentum

Russia's Energy Ministry said on Friday the Forum of Gas Exporting Countries will convene in Moscow on Dec. 23 and will agree on a draft charter on Nov. 26. The meeting was originally planned for mid-November but was delayed...

Caspian energy powers split at anti-Russian summit

By Lada Yevgrashina BAKU, Nov 15 (Reuters) - The harshest critics of Moscow's energy policies called for greater diversification of oil and gas supply routes to Europe at an annual summit on Friday involving former Soviet...

Azerbaijan Withdraws From Iraq

AZERBAIJAN WITHDRAWS FROM IRAQ By John C. K. Daly Eurasia Daily Monitor Nov 14 2008 DC Five years after a U.S.-led coalition entered Iraq as peacekeepers after the overthrow of President Saddam Hussein, Azerbaijan has withdrawn...

Turkey joins eastern European nations to push energy routes (AFP)

by Michael Mainville Michael Mainville – 14 mins ago AFP/File – President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev (R) meets with President of Turkey Abdullah Gul on November 13, … BAKU (AFP) – Turkish President Abdullah Gul on Friday joined...

President meets US Secretary of Energy

In Baku President Victor Yushchenko met with the United States Secretary of Energy Samuel Bodman, according to the President`s press-office. Sides have discussed energy cooperation between Ukraine and the USA. President...

US criticized Russia energy projects

Senior U.S. energy officials have criticized Russian natural gas projects during a visit to energy-rich Azerbaijan. A U.S. special envoy for Eurasian energy issues said Thursday that Russia's planned South Stream pipeline to...

US Secretary of Energy sceptical towards "gas OPEC"

Visiting Baku to attend the energy summit to be held on Friday, the U.S. Secretary of Enegry Samuel Bodman held a press conference today. Visiting Baku to attend the energy summit to be held on Friday, the U.S. Secretary of...

How U.S. nuclear energy priorities change with an Obama administration

Roundtable Topic: Managing the global growth of nuclear energy Last week's presidential election opens the door to new thinking when it comes to U.S. policies for managing the global growth of nuclear energy.

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