Green Lantern
May 12th, 2007, 8:10:49 AM
All that effort, all those people dead, and the Russians snake the contract out from under us.
I thought Bush saw into this guy's soul?
Russia Strikes Natural Gas Pipeline Deal
By ALEXANDER VERSHININ
Associated Press Writer
TURKMENBASHI, Turkmenistan (AP) -- The leaders of Russia, Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan reached a landmark pipeline deal on Saturday that will strengthen Moscow's control over Central Asia's energy export routes.
The deal to build a pipeline along the Caspian Sea coast to ship Turkmen natural gas to Western markets via Kazakhstan and Russia is a blow to U.S. and European efforts to secure alternatives to Middle East oil and gas that would be independent from Russian influence.
"We are opening the Caspian route at the request of Turkmenistan," Russian President Vladimir Putin said after the announcement of the deal in the Turkmen city of Turkmenbashi on the Caspian shore...
The deal comes amid increased competition for Turkmenistan's vast gas reserves since the death last year of President Saparmurat Niyazov, who had signed deals to build export pipelines to power-hungry China.
Turkmenistan is the second-biggest gas producer in the former Soviet Union after Russia, and its gas resources are playing an increasingly important role in the geopolitics of the region. Russia controls the only export routes for Turkmenistan's gas and the main pipeline for Kazakh oil exports.
The United States and the European Union have lobbied hard for a route under the Caspian Sea to Azerbaijan and Turkey, bypassing Russia...
The new pipeline announced Saturday could further boost Russia's role as a major supplier of oil and gas to Europe and strengthen Western fears that Moscow could use its energy clout for political purposes....
The two deals are likely to reduce Kazakhstan's interest in routes connecting with the U.S.-backed Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline that carries Caspian oil to Turkey on a route that bypasses Russia....
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/C/CENTRAL_ASIA_RUSSIA?SITE=1010WINS&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT
I thought Bush saw into this guy's soul?
Russia Strikes Natural Gas Pipeline Deal
By ALEXANDER VERSHININ
Associated Press Writer
TURKMENBASHI, Turkmenistan (AP) -- The leaders of Russia, Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan reached a landmark pipeline deal on Saturday that will strengthen Moscow's control over Central Asia's energy export routes.
The deal to build a pipeline along the Caspian Sea coast to ship Turkmen natural gas to Western markets via Kazakhstan and Russia is a blow to U.S. and European efforts to secure alternatives to Middle East oil and gas that would be independent from Russian influence.
"We are opening the Caspian route at the request of Turkmenistan," Russian President Vladimir Putin said after the announcement of the deal in the Turkmen city of Turkmenbashi on the Caspian shore...
The deal comes amid increased competition for Turkmenistan's vast gas reserves since the death last year of President Saparmurat Niyazov, who had signed deals to build export pipelines to power-hungry China.
Turkmenistan is the second-biggest gas producer in the former Soviet Union after Russia, and its gas resources are playing an increasingly important role in the geopolitics of the region. Russia controls the only export routes for Turkmenistan's gas and the main pipeline for Kazakh oil exports.
The United States and the European Union have lobbied hard for a route under the Caspian Sea to Azerbaijan and Turkey, bypassing Russia...
The new pipeline announced Saturday could further boost Russia's role as a major supplier of oil and gas to Europe and strengthen Western fears that Moscow could use its energy clout for political purposes....
The two deals are likely to reduce Kazakhstan's interest in routes connecting with the U.S.-backed Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline that carries Caspian oil to Turkey on a route that bypasses Russia....
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/C/CENTRAL_ASIA_RUSSIA?SITE=1010WINS&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT