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Название: Короткие сообщения на англ. языке Главные Пункты: * На конференции "Проблемы правового регулирования российского топливно-энергетического комплекса" будут обсуждаться вопросы экологического и энергетического законодательства, регулирования транспортировки нефти. * Министр транспорта РФ С.Франк заявил, что, несмотря на положительные результаты пробных танкерных перевозок нефти КТК и учений по ликвидации последствий аварий на нефтепроводе, необходимо регулярно проводить такие учения для минимизации рисков при эксплуатации нефтепровода. * Более 2/3 морских нефтяных месторождений находятся в зоне повышенной биопродуктивности, поэтому Госкомрыболовство РФ считает необходимым усилить защиту водных биоресурсов в районах разработок нефти, усовершенствовать правовую базу и экологический контроль за деятельностью нефтяных компаний. * В.Алекперов заявил, что ЛУКОЙЛ примет участие в проекте нефтепровода Баку-Джейхан в том случае, если убедится в экономической выгодности проекта и получит одобрение правительства РФ. * и др. сообщения. (21.11.2001) Полный Текст Короткие сообщения на англ. языке Короткие сообщения на англ. языке *** Where Business, Economics, Politics, and Foreign Policy Intersect in Russia and the Former Soviet Union OIL & GAS BOUYGUES OFFSHORE WINS CPC CONTRACTS (6 November) Bouygues Offshore has been awarded project maintenance contracts in Russia and Kazakhstan by the Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC), Business Wire reported. For a total amount of $60 million, the contracts include the maintenance and the emergency response services for a five-year period. The contract will cover the CPC terminal on the Black Sea, and the 1,500-kilometer pipeline connecting the Tengiz field (Kazakhstan) on the Caspian Sea side to the CPC terminal. In April 1999, Bouygues Offshore was awarded the contract for the construction of the 750-kilometer pipeline in Russia. Commenting on the project, Bouygues Offshore Chairman Herve Le Bouc said, "This new success follows on from turnkey contracts won in 1999 to build the CPC terminal and 750-kilometer pipeline. It reflects Bouygues Offshore's strategy of offering customers solutions across the value chain, from engineering to maintenance. These new contracts, in the promising areas of [the] Caspian Sea and Russia, are helping to drive the worldwide expansion of Bouygues Offshore's maintenance business." (TSK) RADIO FREE EUROPE/RADIO LIBERTY, PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC RFE/RL Business Watch Vol. 1, No. 19, 13 November 2001 *** /14:29 09.11.2001/ SOCAR is behind of drilling schedule Baku, November 09, 2001. (CNA). 89.417 meters was drilled on the SOCAR oil fields in January-October 2001, that is 32,5% less of scheduled drifting and 16,2% more, than the analogous data of the same period of 2000. According to SOCAR press office, the share of production drilling reached 80.054 meters, while exploration drilling - 9.363 meters. 62.200 meters was drilled on the onshore oil fields of SOCAR for the mentioned period, while 27.217 meters - on the onshore fields. It is noteworthy, that exploration drilling on the onshore fields has not been carried out since August, 2001. In October SOCAR units have drilled 4.347 meters, which is 29,1% of the schedule. Offshore drilling of oil and gas fields reached 3.587 meters (54% of the schedule), while onshore - 760 meters (9% of the schedule) only. EE CNA/www.caspian.ru *** /11:17 09.11.2001/ Conference on legal regulation of Russian fuel and energy complex to take place in Moscow November 14-15 Moscow, November 9, 2001. (CNA). The 1st International scientific-practical conference - Problems of legal regulation of Russian fuel and energy complex, will take place in Moscow in November 14-15, Oil, Gas and Law journal - organizers of the conference informed CNA. The concept of further development of Russian natural resources, ecological and energy legislation will be worked out at the conference. The conference will view the foreign and native experience in using natural resources, signing production sharing agreements, hydrocarbons transportation, investment oil and gas projects, taxation, antimonopoly regulation, environmental protection, labor relations and other. The Russian Lawyers’ Union, Russian Ministries of Energy, Natural Resources, Economic Development and Trade, the Russian Federal Assembly, Gazprom, LUKOIL, YUKOS and other organizations will support the activity. -OK- CNA/www.caspian.ru *** /17:15 10.11.2001/ CPC to provide security of navigation in sea areas of oil pipeline, Russian Transport Minister said Moscow, November 10, 2001. (CNA). The Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC) should provide security of navigation in sea areas of the oil pipeline and work out a plan of activities in possible emergency situations, the Russian Transport Minister Sergey Frank said during the press conference in Moscow. Having emphasized that the company cannot compromise the marine environment, the minister noted positive results of three experimental tanker oil shipments and exercises imitating emergency situations, which were carried out by the Consortium the other day. Sergey Frank proposed the company to work out a strict schedule of such trainings for minimizing the risk in the process of oil pipeline exploitation. While commenting the legal side of oil pipeline construction, the Russian Minister said that the CPC shareholders had dragged out the process of Transport agreement adopting, which is necessary for pipeline’s putting into operation. At the same time he noted the positive legislative experience of the company. -EE- CNA/www.caspian.ru *** /16:52 12.11.2001/ Kazakh Prime Minister held negotiations with vice-president of Phillips Petroleum company Astana, November 12, 2001. (CNA). The Kazakh Prime Minister Kasymjomart Tokayev held negotiations with the first vice-president of Phillips Petroleum company, which forms the international consortium prospecting the Kazakh shelf of the Caspian Sea, Dodd DeKamp today, November 12, the governmental sources informed CNA. During the discussion of cooperation within the frames of North-Caspian project, DeKamp stressed his company-s interest in the process of prospecting the Kazakh oil resources, and proceeding long-term investments. He assured that Phillips Petroleum intends to attract up-to-date technologies and experience, strengthening cooperation with national companies of Kazakhstan. vOK- CNA/www.caspian.ru *** /14:29 12.11.2001/ Moscow interested in proceeding transit of Azeri oil via Russian territory, Victor Khristenko said Moscow, November 12, 2001. (CNA). Moscow is interested in proceeding transit of Azeri oil via Russian territory and considers necessary to prolong the appropriate treaty, the Russian vice-Prime Minister, the co-Chairman of Intergovernmental Russian-Azeri commission for economic cooperation, Victor Khristenko said in his exclusive interview to the Caspian News Agency and GazetaSNG.Ru. He said that Russian-Azeri cooperation for Azeri oil transportation is being carried out in accordance with the intergovernmental agreement on Azeri oil transit via Russian territory from 1996. According to decision of the intergovernmental commission, in 2001 Azerbaijan will have to pump 2.5 million tons of oil to Novorossiysk. For 10 months of this year 2.3 million tons of oil have been already pumped over. "Till the end of the year the pre-arranged volume of oil will be pumped over, and in 2002 it will increase up to 5 million tons," the vice-Prime Minister said. Taking into account the life-term of the agreement concludes in 2002, "consider it necessary to prolong the treaty or conclude a new one," Khristenko added. -OK- CNA/www.caspian.ru *** /13:16 12.11.2001/ Container traffic service to be established in Olya port on Caspian Sea Moscow, November 12, 2001. (CNA). The container traffic service will be established in Olya Caspian port in Astrakhan region of Russia, the Russian Transport Minister Sergey Frank informed CNA. He said that system of container traffic would let increase the volume and speed up the cargo delivery, and also provide their security. Besides, this system will ease the convey managing and increase the effectiveness of using container park of the railways. The minister mentioned that container traffic is the cheapest mean of cargo delivery. Establishing the container traffic service in Olya port will help to adjust closer ties in the transport sphere between the littoral states, Sergey Frank considers. -OK- CNA/www.caspian.ru *** /12:51 12.11.2001/ Victor Khristenko: Russia doubts in economic expediency of Baku-Ceyhan oil pipeline construction Moscow, November 12, 2001. (CNA). Russia stands on position of multichoice transportation of Caspian energy resources, the Russian vice-Prime Minister, the Chairman of Russian side of the Intergovernmental commission for economic cooperation between Russia and Azerbaijan, Victor Khristenko said. In the exclusive interview to the Caspian News Agency and GazetaSNG.Ru Khristenko mentioned that Moscow "doubts" in economic expediency of Baku-Ceyhan oil pipeline construction. He added that the Russian side "does not see economic interest in this project, since the alternative variants of transportation - Baku-Novorossiysk and CPC - have already existed." Any project has the right to exist in case it is economically profitable, the vice-Prime Minister said. -OK- CNA/www.caspian.ru *** /20:09 20.11.2001/ Russia’s State Fishery Committee discusses protection of bio-resources on Russian shelf Moscow, November 20, 2001. (CNA). Today, the Caspian News Agency received press release of the Russian State Fishery Committee. The statement says: "A new stage started in development of oil and gas resources of the Russian shelf. The predicted resources are more than 100 billion tons. 12 fields, including huge gas and gas-condensate fields are opened in Barents and Karsk seas. 8 oil and gas fields are opened in Okhotsk sea. More than 20 million tons of oil annually expected to be developed on Sakhalin shelf in the future." Oil extraction on the Russian shelf of Baltic Sea is also expected. Exploration drilling in reserved zone of the Northern Caspian has already started. As a result of all these projects thousands tons of oil can pollute the territorial sea and the economic zone of Russia in particular. Fishery may suffer damages for 2/3 of oil fields are located in the zone of high bio-productivity. However, imperfectness of legal bases gives the oil companies opportunity to avoid spending sums for secure environmental protection. In this light the Russian State Fishery Committee considers necessary to strengthen protection of water bio-resources in the regions of oil and gas explorations, improvement of legal bases and environmental control over the activity of investors of the project at sea territories. CNA/www.caspian.ru *** /16:56 21.11.2001/ Prospects for development of Russian oil field will be discussed at international conference in Moscow Moscow, November 21. 2001. (CNA). The international conference "Prospects for development of the Russian oil field in light of Energy strategy" will be held on December 5-6, in Moscow. Scientists, specialists and experts of the Russian and foreign extracting, technological and service companies, representatives of enterprises-producers of oil equipment, geo-physical, geological and auditing companies, investment institutes will take part in the conference. The press office of the Energy Ministry of the Russian Federation, which along with the Russian National Committee for World oil congress is the organizer of the meeting, informed that during the conference the participants will discuss the state of the Russian oil industry and prospects of its development, will analyze the ways for tackling the industry problems. Some of speeches will cover new technologies guaranteeing environmental protection during drilling, oil extraction and transportation. Balance between domestic demand and export oil supply, price formation, development of small and medium businesses in oil industry will be touched upon during the conference. Officials from the Foreign Ministry, Economic Development Ministrty and Natural Resources Ministry, the State Duma’s Committee for energy, transport and communication, Russian Savings Bank and Foreign Trade Bank, World Oil Congress, as well as largest Russian oil companies - Gazprom, Transneft, TNK (Tumen Oil Company), Yukos, LUKOIL, Rosneft, Surgutneft, Tatneft, Zarubejneft - will participate the works of the conference. CNA/www.caspian.ru *** /20:42 22.11.2001/ LUKOIL will take part in Baku-Ceyhan project in case of receiving approval of Russian government Moscow, November 22, 2001. (CNA). LUKOIL Russian Oil Company will take part in the construction of Baku-Ceyhan oil-pipeline in case if it is made certain of profitability of this project and receives government-s approval, Vagit Alekperov, the president of LUKOIL, stated at the press conference organized within the frames of Oil of Russia v Present and Future International forum, started today in Moscow. According to Alekperov, on November 23 the representatives of LUKOIL and TransOil will get acquainted with new surveys of the experts of Azerbaijani International Operation Company (AIOC) on Baku-Ceyhan project. Thus, LUKOIL can soon make clear for itself the issue about its participation in the project, however, the final decision by the heads of the company will be coordinated with the Russian government. CNA/www.caspian.ru |