STAPLES, Minn. - A pipeline has spilled at least 210,000 gallons of crude oil in central Minnesota, state officials say. Officials from state and federal pipeline safety agencies were working to contain the spill near Staples, which was discovered a
MILAN - Italian energy group ENI and Russian partner Gazprom signed an agreement on Thursday authorising French firm EDF to join the South Stream gas pipeline project, ENI said. But the conditions of EDF's participation in the project will be defin
NEW YORK (Reuters) - BP discovered an oil and gas spill Sunday on one of the dozens of pipelines serving Alaska's Prudhoe Bay oil fields, according to a company spokesman and an official situation report. The spill occurred on an 18-inch common line
French energy giant EDF has signed a deal with Russia's Gazprom to join the consortium building the South Stream gas pipeline, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said Friday. An accord has just been signed between EDF and Gazprom on the entry of
NOVO-OGAREVO, Russia - Slovenia signed an agreement on Saturday for the massive South Stream gas pipeline from Russia to Europe to pass through the country. Prime Minister Borut Pahor and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin witnessed the accord
NOVO-OGARYOVO, Russia - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin won Slovenia's approval on Saturday for the South Stream pipeline, undermining European Union efforts to reduce dependency on Russian gas supplies. The seal of approval is the latest vic
STOCKHOLM - After years of procrastination, Sweden and Finland agreed on Thursday to allow the Russian-led Nord Stream pipeline to pass through their waters in the Baltic Sea, a crucial step for the project destined to supply Europe with Russian ga
STOCKHOLM - Sweden and Finland on Thursday approved a Baltic Sea pipeline project that would ship Russian natural gas to Germany, clearing two key obstacles for construction to begin next year. Sweden said the $15 billion Nord Stream project met its
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