Deputy Energy

U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Jeffrey Pyatt, who is in Athens, attended and spoke at an energy workshop today, discussing Greece’s leading role in clean energy development and the potential for exports.

The Federation Council of Russia has approved the law for the ratification of the agreement between the governments of Russia and Turkey on the Turkish Stream pipeline.

Oil prices rose on April 19 as an oil workers' strike in Kuwait nearly halved crude production from the OPEC member, overshadowing bearish sentiment following the failure by oil producers to agree to freeze output levels on April 17. 

Bulgaria has not set for itself the goal of becoming a key hub for gas produced by Russian energy giant Gazprom, according to a Russian daily.

Izvestiya quotes Bulgaria's Deputy Energy Minister Anton Pavlov as saying that Sofia would demand an extension to the so-called Turkish Stream gas pipeline which is to replace South Stream.

The construction of the Bulgaria-Serbia gas grid interconnector will boost the energy security of both countries and of the region as a whole, according to Bulgaria's Deputy Energy Minister Nikolay Nikolov.

Nikolov met with Miryana Filipovic, Mirjana Filipovi?, State Secretary of Ministry of Mining and Energy in Belgrade.

BUDAPEST - Hungary, Serbia and Bulgaria, and the chambers of commerce of these countries support the construction of the South Stream gas pipeline, arguing that it will help the economic development of these countries and they therefore expect that the EU and Russia will come to an agreement concerning the project.