Russia-China - Russian gas giant Gazprom is "completely ready" to start the construction of a natural gas pipeline to China, CEO Alexei Miller said after an annual shareholders' meeting on Thursday. Miller said that another round of talks will be held soon. "In regard to the price, it's not about the difference between absolute prices, it is the equal profitability with Europe which is of principal importance to us," Miller said.
China and Russia held a meeting on labor service cooperation here Tuesday, signaling the launch of the bilateral labor cooperation mechanism. Chen Jian, visiting Chinese Vice Minister of Commerce, and the Russian Federal Migration Service deputy chief Yegorova Yekaterina, exchanged views on promoting and regulating the labor cooperation between the two countries. The two sides agreed on three principals for enhancing cooperation in this field - to crackdown on illegal migrant workers, to educate migrant labors to comply with local laws, and to protect the labors' rights and interests.
Russia-Kazakhstan - Kazakhstani and Russian forces are staging various ground and air exercises in Kazakhstan, Novosti-Kazakhstan reported June 27. The June 20-29 “Shygys-2011” drills in eastern Kazakhstan involve more than 3,000 troops from the two countries, more than 500 ground vehicles and more than 30 aircraft, the Kazakhstani Defence Ministry said.
Kazakhstan has cut gas flaring associated with oil production by a third in just five years, according to satellite estimates, thereby reducing CO2 emissions by almost six million tons. The country's remarkable achievement is closely matched by its neighbor, Russia, which has also seen significant reductions in gas flaring. Together, the two countries lead the list of countries which in 2010 worked to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by cutting gas flaring. This Kazakhstan result has been achieved by projects like the one undertaken by Tengizchevroil (TCO). In 2010 the company completed a four-year $258 million Gas Utilization Project which has eliminated routine gas flaring in the giant Tengiz oil field.
Russia-Turkmenistan - During the Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdimuhammadov’s meeting with Russia 's Union of Oil & Gas Producers, cooperation was discussed in processing of raw hydrocarbon material, Chairman Yuri Shafranik told Turkmen media outlets on Wednesday. According to media reports, Shafranik "informed the President on work done recently and the concrete steps taken to achieve these goals." He voiced his willingness to provide the best experience and the latest technological developments. In addition, he "expressed interest in Russian business circles in expanding its presence in the promising Turkmen market, where preferential treatment has been established for foreign businesses."
Central Asia-China Gas Pipeline - The China-Central Asia Natural Gas Pipeline, the major line of China's second west-east natural gas transmission pipeline, was officially put into operation on June 30. The pipeline, which has been watched closely at home and abroad, transfers natural gas from the shore of Turkmenistan's Amu Darya River directly to the Pearl River Delta after passing through China's 15 province-level regions. Composed of eight sub-lines and one major line, the second west-east pipeline project starts from Khorgos, Xinjiang in the west and reaches Shanghai in the east and Guangzhou and Hong Kong in the south. It runs across China's eastern and western ends and passes through 15 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities. It has the capacity to annually transmit 30 billion cubic meters of natural gas with a minimum service life of more than 30 years.
Chongqing-Xinjiang-Europe Railway - A cargo train filled with laptops and LCD screens has left Chongqing, a mega-city in China's less-developed western regions, starting its 13-day trip to Duisburg, Germany, which marks the official launch of the new transcontinental rail freight route. The cargo train is set to travel 11,179 kilometers across the far western Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Kazakhstan, Russia, Belarus, Poland, before finally reaching Germany. Last year, China signed a strategic agreement with Russia and Kazakhstan to open the new freight route, as the country is trying to build the inland labor-rich municipality into an international high-tech hub, especially for laptops.
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"Гурбангулы Бердымухаммедов и Юрий Шафраник обсудили вопросы сотрудничества России и Туркменистана в нефтегазовой сфере" (Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov and Yuri Shafranik discussed cooperation between Russia and Turkmenistan in oil and gas sector)
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