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SECSTATE SECTOR SECURITY SEMAAN GABY EID SEN SENC SENG SENS SENU SENV SENVQGR SENVSPL SENVSXE SEP SERBIA SERZH SETTLEMENTS SEVN SEXP SF SFNV SG SGNV SGWI SH SHANNON SHI SHUM SI SILVASANDE SIMS SIPDI SIPDIS SIPR SIPRNET SIPRS SIUK SK SKCA SKEP SKI SKSAF SL SLM SLOVAK SM SMAR SMI SMIG SMIL SMIT SMITH SMRT SN SNA SNAP SNAR SNUC SO SOC SOCI SOCIA SOCIETY SOCIO SOCIS SOCISZX SOCR SOCY SOE SOFA SOI SOIC SOLI SOLIC SOM SOMALIA SOPN SORT SOSI SOVIET SOWGC SP SPAS SPC SPCE SPCVIS SPECI SPECIALIST SPILL SPP SPSTATE SR SREF SRIT SRS SRYI SSA SSH ST STAG START STATE STC STEINBERG STEPHEN HADLEY STET STP STR STUDENT SU SUCCESSION SUFFRAGE SULLIVAN SUMMIT SUR SUSAN SV SW SWHO SWMN SX SXG SY SYAI SYMBOL SYR SYRIA SYSI SYTH SZ TA TAGS TALAL TAUSCHER TAX TB TBI TBID TBIO TBIOZK TBKIO TBO TC TCOR TCSENV TD TDA TE TECH TECHNOLOGY TER TERAA TERFIN TERR TERROR TERRORISM TF TFIN TG TGRY TH THANH THE THERESE THIRDTERM THKSJA THOMAS THOMAS THOMMA THPY TI TIA TIBO TIFA TINT TIO TIP TITI TIUZ TJ TK TL TM TN 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KUIR KUM KUNA KUNC KUNH KUNP KUNR KUS KUWAIT KV KVBL KVIP KVIR KVIS KVPR KVRC KVRP KW KWAC KWAK KWAWC KWBC KWBG KWBW KWCI KWCR KWGB KWHG KWIC KWIM KWIR KWKN KWM KWMJN KWMM KWMN KWN KWNM KWNN KWOMN KWPA KWPB KWPG KWPR KWRC KWRF KWRG KWUN KWWT KWWW KX KY KZ LA LAB LABOR LANSANA LANTERN LARREA LARS LAS LAURA LAVIN LAW LB LBAR LBY LE LEAGUE LEB LEBIK LEGAT LEGATT LEIS LEON LEVINE LEW LG LGAT LH LI LIB LICC LIMA LINE LK LMS LN LO LOG LOPEZ LORAN LOTT LOVE LR LS LT LTG LTTE LU LV LVPR LY LZ MA MAAR MACEDONIA MACP MANUEL MANUEL SERGIO GONZALEZ MAP MAPP MAPS MAR MARAD MARANTIS MARIA MARIE MARINO MARITIME MARK MARQUEZ MARR MARS MARTIN MARV MAS MASC MASS MATT MAYA MB MBM MC MCA MCAP MCAPARR MCAPN MCAPP MCAPS MCAT MCC MCCAIN MCCONNELL MCCP MCGRAW MCRM MCTRE MD MDA MDC MDO ME MEA MED MEDIA MEETINGS MENDIETA MEP MEPI MEPN MEPP MERCOSUR MESUR MEX MF MFA MFO MG MGL MGMT MGOV MGT MGTA MH MHUC MI MIAH MIC MICHAEL MICHEL MIGUEL FELIPE CANAHUATI YACAMAN MIGUEL VARGAS MALDONADO MIK MIKE MIL MILI MILITANTS MILITARY MILLENNIUM MINURSO MINUSTAH MITCHELL MJ MK ML MLS MMAR MMED MN MNLF MNNC MNNUC MNU MNUC MNUCH MNUCWA MNUM MNUN MNUR MNUS MNVC MO MOHAMAD MOHAMED HESHAM ELDIN YOUSSEF MOHAMMAD MOLINA MONTENEGRO MONUC MONY MOOPS MOP MOPP MOPPS MOPS MORALES MORG MOROCCO MORS MOS MOTO MOTT MP MPOL MPOS MPP MPS MQADHAFI MR MRCRE MRRR MRS MRSEC MS MSG MSIG MT MTAA MTAG MTCAE MTCR MTCRA MTCRE MTRCE MTRE MTRRE MTS MU MUC MUCN MUKASEY MULLEN MUNC MURAD MURRAY MV MW MX MY MZ NA NAC NACB NADIA NAFTA NAM NAMSA NANCY NAR NARC NARCOTICS NARR NAS NASA NAT NATEU NATGAS NATIONAL NATO NATOAFGHAN NATOBALKANS NATOIRAQ NATOOPS NATOPOLICY NATSIOS NAVO NB NBTS NBU NC NCCC NCD NCT NCTC NDI NDP NE NEA NEC NEGROPONTE NEI NELSON NEPAD NERG NET NEW NFATC NFMS NFSO NG NGO NGUYEN NH NI NICHOLAS NICOLE NIH NIPP NK NKWG NL NLD NLIAEA NLO NMFS NMNUC NMUC NNPT NO NOAA NOI NOK NON NONE NORAD NOTAG NOVO NP NPA NPG NPT NR NRC NRG NRR NRRC NS NSC NSF NSFO NSG NSSP NT NTDB NTSB NTTC NU NUC NUIN NV NW NZ NZUS OA OAO OARC OAS OASC 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09ASMARA376 | GSE MISMANAGEMENT OF POWER SUPPLY [...] (C) Vital lubricants for Eritrea's main generators are at least five days away from machinery that needed them a month ago (Ref A),according to Mohammed Gbepo (protect),Total's managing director in Eritrea. In a typical last minute deal, the Eritrean government (GSE) scraped together more th [...] | 2009-10-27 12:19:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG PREL PGOV KU ER |
09ASMARA65 | ERITREA'S ENERGY POLICY: JUST IN TIME DELIVERY [...] (C) As of February 20, Eritrea was close to running out of both gasoline and diesel, though 3 million gallons total were due to arrive from Sudan on February 24 or 25, according to the Total Oil country manager. He said he had gasoline, but believed there were only 42,000 gallons in the countr [...] | 2009-02-23 12:31:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG PGOV ER |
09ASTANA1006 | KAZAKHSTAN: KEY MAJILIS LEADER NAMED AMBASSADOR TO IRAN, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Majilis International Relations, Defense, and Security Committee Chairman Nurbakh Rustemov told the Ambassador on June 11 he has been appointed ambassador to Iran and is awaiting agrement. He described the draft Internet law as "not right, but necessary," admitted that it was par [...] | 2009-06-12 09:56:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM ENRG ETRD KDEM RU IR KZ |
09ASTANA1018 | KAZAKHSTAN: CUSTOMS UNION WITH RUSSIA TRUMPING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Recent evidence suggests the Russia-Belarus-Kazakhstan (RBK) Customs Union that Russian Prime Minister Putin announced in Moscow on June 9 was already becoming concrete a reality in May, if not earlier. Even before that, we had ample warning that Kazakhstan was weighing the adva [...] | 2009-06-15 11:15:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON ETRD EAGR ENRG WTRO EU RS BO |
09ASTANA1033 | KAZAKHSTAN: BUSINESS AS USUAL IN THE URANIUM MINING [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 10-11, Energy Officer met with senior managers from Kazakhstan's national nuclear energy company Kazatomprom (KAP) and KAP's foreign partners in Almaty to discuss the impact of the Prosecutor General's ong [...] | 2009-06-17 09:25:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR EMIN ENRG EINV ELAB KNNP KZ |
09ASTANA1034 | KAZAKHSTAN: ECONOMIC AND ENERGY UPDATE, MAY 24-JUNE 6 [...] SUMMARY: This information is drawn primarily from the Kazakhstani local press and has not been verified for accuracy. -- Reorganization in Response to Five-Year Plan -- Banking Sector News -- Samruk-Kazyna Establishes New Direct Investment Fund -- May Inflation -- Critic Suggests Revising [...] | 2009-06-17 10:01:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECON EPET ENRG EINV EFIN ELAB CH KZ |
09ASTANA1088 | KAZAKHSTAN: ECONOMIC AND ENERGY UPDATE, JUNE 7-20 [...] SUMMARY: This information is drawn primarily from the Kazakhstani local press and has not been verified for accuracy. -- Kazakhstan Welcomes IMF Technical Assistance -- National Bank Reduces 2009 Inflation Forecast -- Kazatomprom News -- Agip KCO News -- Energy Statistics KAZAKHSTAN W [...] | 2009-06-28 08:34:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECON EPET ENRG EINV EFIN KZ |
09ASTANA1172 | KAZAKHSTAN: PRESIDENT SIGNS RENEWABLE ENERGY LAW [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On July 7, President Nazarbayev signed the law "In Support of Renewable Energy Sources" that will promote environmentally friendly power generation, including the use of renewable energy sources. This legislation [...] | 2009-07-13 09:21:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON ENRG EINV SENV KZ |
09ASTANA1205 | KAZAKHSTAN: ECONOMIC AND ENERGY UPDATE, JULY 5-18 [...] SUMMARY: This information is drawn primarily from the Kazakhstani local press and has not been verified for accuracy. -- State Will Fund Shymkent Oil Refinery Modernization -- KazMunaiGas To Acquire Pavlodar Oil Refinery -- Kazakhstan Seeks To Reduce Kashagan Project Costs -- Karachaganak [...] | 2009-07-21 07:16:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECON EPET ENRG EINV EFIN ELAB KZ |
09ASTANA1222 | KAZAKHSTAN: AMBASSADOR VISITS BN-350 NUCLEAR REACTOR, [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On July 16, the Ambassador toured the Mangistau Atomic Energy Complex (MAEC),including the decommissioned BN-350 fast-breeder nuclear reactor, the sodium processing facility (SPF),and a desalinization plant. Th [...] | 2009-07-23 07:29:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EMIN ENRG EINV KNNP KZ |
09ASTANA1302 | KAZAKHSTAN: BTA BANK OFFERS TO RESTRUCTURE ITS DEBT [...] SUMMARY: On July 24, BTA Bank, one of Kazakhstan's largest commercial banks, declared a moratorium on interest payments. This follows the bank's decision in April to cease debt principal payments. BTA's external debts are valued at $13 billion, of which the bank said it will repay $3 billio [...] | 2009-08-03 09:41:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON EPET ENRG EINV EFIN ELAB KZ |
09ASTANA1355 | KAZAKHSTAN: ECONOMIC AND ENERGY UPDATE, JULY 19-AUGUST 1 [...] SUMMARY: This information is drawn primarily from the Kazakhstani local press and has not been verified for accuracy. -- Refinancing Rate is Reduced Again -- Amendments to Currency Control and Currency Regulation Law Approved -- National Bank's Comments on New Currency Law -- Banking Sector [...] | 2009-08-06 07:25:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECON EPET ENRG EINV EFIN ELAB KZ |
09ASTANA1373 | POWERING AFGHANISTAN: CONSIDERING THE CONTRIBUTION OF [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Reliable, affordable electricity is vitally important to Afghanistan's economic growth, prosperity, and stability. Donors are investing substantial resources in Afghanistan to build a power transmission and distr [...] | 2009-08-11 06:07:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG PGOV ECON EAID EINV KZ AF ZK |
09ASTANA1432 | KAZAKHSTAN: AES FILES FOR ARBITRATION, BUT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On August 10, U.S. power company AES notified the government that it will go to international arbitration to appeal more than $200 million in fines assessed for allegedly monopolistic behavior. This action would be the final step in a long, public, legal battle between the co [...] | 2009-08-26 00:15:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON ENRG EINV SOCI KZ |
09ASTANA147 | KAZAKHSTAN: ENTREPRENEUR NURLAN KAPPAROV DESCRIBES [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. SUMMARY: During a January 22 meeting with the Ambassador, Kazakhstani entrepreneur Nurlan Kapparov stressed the need for further banking-sector reforms and signaled his approval of the recent appointment of Grigoriy Marchenko to hea [...] | 2009-01-26 10:45:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON EINV EFIN EAGR EPET ENRG KZ |
09ASTANA1495 | EAST KAZAKHSTAN: AT THE CROSSROADS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On August 20, the Ambassador visited Oskemen (Ust-Kamenogorsk),East Kazakhstan, an industrial region well-endowed with natural resources and populated by blue-collar miners, shady businessmen, political patrons, a [...] | 2009-09-09 07:19:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON ENRG EINV KZ |
09ASTANA1517 | KAZAKHSTAN: DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER SAYS FUNDING APPROVED [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On September 10, Deputy Prime Minister Yerbol Orenbayev told the Ambassador that the Cabinet approved VAT exemption for all goods and services procured with Cooperative Threat Reduction funds on September 7, and th [...] | 2009-09-11 10:30:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON ENRG EINV KNNP KPAO KZ |
09ASTANA1620 | KAZAKHSTAN: NEW POWER LINE INCREASES ENERGY INDEPENDENCE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: On September 17, Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev attended a ceremony in the northern Kazakhstan city of Ekibastuz to mark the completion of the country's second north-south power transmission line. The [...] | 2009-09-25 06:09:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON ENRG EINV KZ |
09ASTANA1627 | KAZAKHSTAN: SCENESETTER FOR DOE DEPUTY SECRETARY PONEMAN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Astana warmly welcomes your October 5-8 visit to Kazakhstan, which comes at a particularly opportune time. With its upcoming 2010 chairmanship of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OS [...] | 2009-09-28 01:55:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON ENRG EPET EINV KZ |
09ASTANA169 | KAZAKHSTAN: SOUTH KOREANS SEEKING INVESTMENTS, BUT GLOBAL [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Poloff met several times in January with South Korean Embassy First Secretary Lee Jooil and Second Secretary Lee Moon-bae to discuss economic relations between Kazakhstan and Korea. They explained that overall bi [...] | 2009-01-28 11:15:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EINV ENRG EPET KS CH KZ |
09ASTANA170 | KAZAKHSTAN ECONOMIC AND ENERGY UPDATE, JANUARY 4 - JANUARY [...] Summary: This information is drawn primarily from the Kazakhstani local press and has not been verified for accuracy. -- New Refinancing Rate -- Update from Samruk-Kazyna -- Humanitarian Aid for Tajikistan -- Arcelor Mittal To Modernize Coal Mines -- China To Build A Gas-Fired Power Plant [...] | 2009-01-28 11:15:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECON EFIN EIND ENRG EPET KTDB TI CH IN KZ |
09ASTANA1813 | KAZAKHSTAN: U.S.-KAZAKHSTAN JOINT ENERGY PARTNERSHIP [...] (U) On October 7-8, the United States and Kazakhstan held the sixth meeting of the U.S.-Kazakhstan Energy Partnership. Four working groups -- nuclear security and nuclear power, oil and gas, renewable energy and energy efficiency, and electric power -- took place. After chairing a plenary se [...] | 2009-10-09 10:36:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ECON ENRG EPET MNUC KNNP KPAO KZ |
09ASTANA1814 | KAZAKHSTAN: U.S.-KAZAKHSTAN ENERGY PARTNERSHIP MEETING [...] (U) On October 7-8, the United States and Kazakhstan held the sixth meeting of the U.S.-Kazakhstan Energy Partnership. Four working groups -- nuclear security and nuclear power, oil and gas, renewable energy and energy efficiency, and electric power -- took place. After chairing a plenary se [...] | 2009-10-09 10:37:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ECON ENRG EPET MNUC KNNP KZ |
09ASTANA1891 | KAZAKHSTAN: WORLD BANK OFFICIAL DISCUSSES REGIONAL [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 7, the DCM met Motoo Konishi, the World Bank's Regional Representative for Central Asia, who described his surprisingly positive views on each Central Asian country's economic situation, the potential i [...] | 2009-10-20 05:18:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON ENRG EAGR ECIN EINV KZ |
09ASTANA1900 | KAZAKHSTAN: DEPUTY SECRETARY OF ENERGY PONEMAN'S MEETING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During a meeting between Deputy Secretary of Energy Daniel Poneman and Prime Minister Karim Masimov in Astana on October 8: -- Poneman urged rapid forward movement on the final steps for the full decommissioning of the BN-350 fast-breeder nuclear reactor at Aktau, as well as [...] | 2009-10-21 09:16:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG KNNP FR IR KZ |
09ASTANA1901 | KAZAKHSTAN: DEPUTY SECRETARY OF ENERGY PONEMAN'S MEETING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: During an unusually warm and cordial meeting between Deputy Secretary of Energy Daniel Poneman and State Secretary-Foreign Minister Kanat Saudabayev in Astana on October 7: -- Poneman pressed Kazakhstan to commit the required funding to finish fully the final step [...] | 2009-10-21 09:17:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON ENRG EPET KNNP IAEA IR KZ |
09ASTANA1944 | KAZAKHSTAN: DEMARCHE RESPONSE ON GLOBAL NUCLEAR ENERGY [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) We delivered reftel points to the MFA via diplomatic note on October 20. On October 29, the MFA informed us that our non-paper was forwarded to the Ministry of Energy and Minerals for consideration and did not yet have a res [...] | 2009-10-30 07:17:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG KNNP IAEA KZ |
09ASTANA1945 | KAZAKHSTAN: NUCLEAR SUMMIT SHERPA AND SOUS-SHERPA [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) Per reftel, on October 28, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs informed Post that Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Kairat Umarov will represent Kazakhstan as Sherpa at the Nuclear Security Summit Sherpa meeting in Tokyo on De [...] | 2009-10-30 09:57:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PTER ENRG KNNP TRGY IAEA KZ |
09ASTANA1951 | KAZAKHSTAN: SCA DAS KROL DISCUSSES BILATERAL RELATIONSHIP [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During an October 29 meeting, Deputy Foreign Minister Kairat Umarov, SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary George Krol, and NSC's Director for Central Asia Kurt Donnelly discussed the upcoming Global Nuclear Security Su [...] | 2009-11-03 02:48:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM ENRG KNNP OSCE KZ |
09ASTANA200 | KAZAKHSTAN: NEW OIL AND URANIUM DEALS WITH INDIA [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On January 23-26, at the invitation of Indian President Pratibha Patil, President Nazarbayev, accompanied by more than 100 state and private business representatives, paid an official visit to India, seven years a [...] | 2009-02-03 10:38:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECON EPET ENRG EINV EMIN KNNP IN KZ |
09ASTANA2073 | KAZAKHSTAN AGREES TO PROVIDE ASSURANCES REQUIRED FOR [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) On November 17, Post received Diplomatic Note 10-2/4116 from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan. It assures the U.S. government that the technology proposed for transfer by Westinghouse Electric Com [...] | 2009-11-23 06:54:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PGOV PREL ENRG KNNP TRGY KZ |
09ASTANA209 | KAZAKHSTAN'S URANIUM MARKET: KEY PLAYERS, PLANS, AND [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On January 15-16, Energy Officer met with top managers of Kazakhstan's state nuclear company Kazatomprom (KAP) and its foreign partners in Almaty, Kazakhstan's commercial hub. They discussed the role of internati [...] | 2009-02-04 10:22:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EMIN ENRG EINV ELAB KNNP KZ |
09ASTANA2197 | KAZAKHSTAN: RUSSIAN HAND IN KAZATOMPROM DRAMA? [...] (C) SUMMARY: The case against Mukhtar Dzhakishev, former head of the state-owned nuclear company Kazatomprom (KAP),finally is heading to court, as rumors intensify about the reasons behind his arrest. In videos posted on YouTube on November 4, Dzhakishev asserts that his arrest is linked to a [...] | 2009-12-22 10:50:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON ENRG EMIN ETRD TRGY RS KZ |
09ASTANA223 | KAZAKHSTAN'S PRIMARY POINTS OF CONTACT FOR THE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-06 08:58:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP AORC ENRG MNUC PARM PGOV PREL IAEA |
09ASTANA251 | KAZAKHSTAN: REGIONAL ELECTRICITY MARKET MUST OVERCOME [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 5, Energy Officer accompanied USAID Senior Energy Policy Specialist Michael Trainor to meetings with major players in Kazakhstan's power sector to solicit feedback on USAID's new Regional Energy Market [...] | 2009-02-12 02:38:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON EAID ENRG EINV KZ |
09ASTANA295 | KAZAKHSTAN ECONOMIC AND ENERGY UPDATE, FEBRUARY 1 - [...] SUMMARY: This information is drawn primarily from the Kazakhstani local press and has not been verified for accuracy. -- Kazakhstan to Allow Islamic Banking -- Salary Ceiling for Top Managers of State Companies -- Ruling Party to Monitor National Fund -- Economic Statistics -- Environment [...] | 2009-02-19 09:51:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECON EFIN EIND ENRG EPET SENV KZ |
09ASTANA416 | KAZAKHSTAN: ECONOMIC AND ENERGY UPDATE, FEBRUARY 15-28 [...] SUMMARY: This information is drawn primarily from the Kazakhstani local press and has not been verified for accuracy. -- Minister Concerned About Manufacturing and Mining -- Inspection Moratorium for Small- and Medium-Sized Enterprises -- Population Census -- Economic Statistics -- Kazakh [...] | 2009-03-06 09:20:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECON EFIN EIND ENRG EPET KTDB KZ |
09ASTANA419 | KAZAKHSTAN WITHDRAWS FROM REGIONAL POWER GRID [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 26, for the second time in ten years, Kazakhstan withdrew from the Central Asian Power Grid (CAPG) by disconnecting all high-voltage lines to Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan. The last time Kazakhstan took s [...] | 2009-03-06 09:33:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON EAID ENRG EINV ZK |
09ASTANA421 | KAZAKHSTAN: UN PREVENTIVE DIPLOMACY CENTER HEAD [...] (C) SUMMARY: Miroslav Jenca, Director of the UN Regional Center for Preventive Diplomacy in Central Asia (UNRCCA),met with the Ambassador on March 2 to discuss regional water and energy cooperation and a conference on those issues that will be held in Almaty April 19-21. Jenca said that Kaz [...] | 2009-03-06 09:44:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAID ENRG SENV UN ZK |
09ASTANA555 | KAZAKHSTAN: AES AGREES TO EARLY BUY-OUT OF EKIBASTUZ [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On March 20, Kazakhstan's largest private mining company, Kazakhmys, terminated after just 15 months a three-year management agreement for U.S. power company AES to run the Ekibastuz coal-fired power plant. The co [...] | 2009-03-31 10:54:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON ENRG EINV KZ |
09ASTANA607 | KAZAKHSTAN: PRESIDENT NAZARBAYEV DISCUSSES [...] (U) SUMMARY: Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinejad visited Astana April 6-7, where he met with President Nazarbayev, participated in several ceremonial events, and gave a speech at a local university. During a joint press conference following the Nazarbayev-Ahmadinejad meeting, Ahmadinejad d [...] | 2009-04-08 11:32:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EINV ENRG EPET ETTC KNNP IR KZ |
09ASTANA62 | KAZAKHSTAN: WORLD BANK ENVIRONMENTAL PROJECTS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Among the several World Bank environmental projects in Kazakhstan, four stand out as noteworthy. The Drylands Protection Project in the Shetskiy rayon of Karaganda oblast promotes sustainable land use by encouragin [...] | 2009-01-13 08:49:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ENRG SENV KZ |
09ASTANA813 | KAZAKHSTAN: VICE MINISTER OF ENERGY DISCUSSES NUCLEAR [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On May 6, the Charge d'Affaires met with Vice Minister of Energy Asset Magauov to discuss the Kazakhstani government's financial commitments to the safe storage of spent fuel from the decommissioned BN-350 nuclear [...] | 2009-05-07 11:33:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ECON ENRG EPET EINV KNNP KZ |
09ASTANA837 | KAZAKHSTAN: TRIALS, TRIBULATIONS, AND TRIUMPHS OF THE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On May 6, AES Vice President Mike Jonagan (protect throughout) met with Energy Officer and a visiting delegation from the Department of Energy's Office of Russian and Eurasian Affairs to discuss the state of Kazakh [...] | 2009-05-14 09:00:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON ENRG EINV KZ |
09ASTANA852 | KAZAKHSTAN: KOREAN PRESIDENT LEE'S STATE VISIT PROMOTES [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: On May 12, South Korean President Lee Myung-bak arrived in Kazakhstan for a three-day state visit (reftel A). Lee and Kazakhstan's President Nazarbayev signed a series of documents during the visit, including a joi [...] | 2009-05-15 10:55:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON ENRG EPET EINV RS CH KS KZ |
09ASTANA854 | KAZAKHSTAN: MFA CALLS APRIL 28 SUMMIT OF CENTRAL ASIAN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. Kazakhstan's MFA regards the April 28 Summit of the Presidents of the Founding States of the International Fund to Save the Aral Sea as "successful," despite disagreements over water management issues. Kazakhstan h [...] | 2009-05-18 04:31:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ENRG ECON SENV ZK KZ |
09ASTANA855 | KAZAKHSTAN: ECONOMIC AND ENERGY UPDATE, APRIL 16 - MAY 9 [...] SUMMARY: This information is drawn primarily from the Kazakhstani local press and has not been verified for accuracy. -- New Refinancing Rate -- Banking Sector News -- Government Procurement Legislation Signed -- Presidents Discuss Customs Union -- Government to Enhance Control Over Anti- [...] | 2009-05-18 06:36:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECON EPET ENRG EINV EFIN EAGR CH KZ |
09ASTANA871 | KAZAKHSTAN: RENEWABLE ENERGY PLANS AND PROGRAMS [...] SUMMARY: Kazakhstan's Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources has announced its intention to increase the share of renewable sources of energy in Kazakhstan's overall energy mix from 0.02 percent at present to 5.0 percent by 2024. Parliament endorsed the initiative and is now reviewing draf [...] | 2009-05-21 07:19:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECON ENRG EINV KZ |
09ASTANA943 | KAZAKHSTAN: CHANGES AND CHARGES AT KAZATOMPROM [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On May 21, former Minister for Industry and Trade Vladimir Shkolnik replaced Mukhtar Dzhakishev as head of the state-owned nuclear company Kazatomprom (KAP). On May 22, the 45-year old Dzhakishev was arrested on [...] | 2009-06-03 11:22:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR EMIN ENRG EINV ELAB KNNP KZ |
09ASTANA959 | KAZAKHSTAN: KOSTENAI, THE WHEAT AND SLAVIC HEARTLAND OF [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On May 24-26, the Charge d'Affaires visited Kostanai -- a northern city of 250,000 people located in a heavily agricultural area -- to attend a concert by visiting American jazz musicians and to open Kazakhstan's n [...] | 2009-06-08 02:37:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON EAGR ENRG SCUL SOCI KPAO KZ |
09ASUNCION236 | ENERGY AND CLIMATE PARTNERSHIP OF THE AMERICAS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-17 16:28:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ENRG KGHG KSUM PREL SENV PA |
09ASUNCION380 | US COMPANY INVESTMENT DISPUTE WITH PARAGUAY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Texas-based Crescent Global Oil disputes with the Ministry of Public Works and Communications (MOPC) the starting date for an oil exploration contract. While ambiguities in the contract were clarified by MOPC Resolution 583 in Crescent's favor under President Duarte's administrati [...] | 2009-06-17 20:54:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG PREL KGHG KSUM SENV PA |
09ASUNCION497 | US OIL COMPANY SUES PARAGUAY [...] (SBU) Texas-based Crescent Global Oil (Crescent) will likely file a lawsuit against the government of Paraguay August 6 after efforts failed to find a solution to the dispute about the start date of Crescent's exploration contract (reftel). The Ministry of Public Works and Communications (MOPC [...] | 2009-08-05 21:34:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG PREL KGHG KSUM SENV PA |
09ASUNCION537 | UPDATE: US OIL COMPANY LEGAL BATTLE WITH PARAGUAY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Texas based company PetroVictory/Crescent Global Oil (Crescent) is engaged in an escalating legal and public relations battle with the government of Paraguay after efforts to find a solution outside the courts failed, in spite of Embassy advocacy for the U.S. company. Crescent's [...] | 2009-08-28 15:32:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG PREL KGHG KSUM SENV PA |
09ASUNCION54 | ASUNCION PROPOSAL FOR BIOTECHNOLOGY SPEAKER ON [...] Summary: Post wishes to join Montevideo (REFTEL 2) in the organization of a biofuels speaker program to take place in July 2009. Given Paraguay's interest in energy diversification and a pending bilateral renewable energy and biofuels MOU, post believes this funding possibility could spur d [...] | 2009-01-27 19:59:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV TBIO ENRG EAGR ECON PGOV KPAO ETRD UR |
09ASUNCION567 | PETROPAR'S DEBT ALBATROSS WITH PDVSA [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-11 15:43:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ENRG PGOV PREL VE PA |
09ATHENS1081 | GREECE CONCURS WITH UAE IRENA HQ BID, FIELDS CANDIDATE FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-26 08:00:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG KGHG TRGY SENV KSCA IEA GR |
09ATHENS1139 | FM/OSCE Chairman Bakoyannis Heads to Azerbaijan and Armenia [...] (SBU) Foreign Minister Bakoyannis is traveling to Azerbaijan and Armenia to discuss the Nagorno-Karabakh (NK) conflict in her capacity as OSCE Chairman, as well as Greek- Caucasus air communication and energy issues. FM Bakoyannis departed Greece for Azerbaijan on July 1, will continue on [...] | 2009-07-02 10:11:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GR TU AM AJ OSCE ENRG |
09ATHENS118 | RENEWABLES: GREECE AMENDS PHOTOVOLTAIC LAW BUT [...] (SBU) Summary: Ministry of Development and its Renewable Energy Sources (RES) division contacts told EconOff January 20 they were close to wrapping up legislation designed to improve the environment for investing and implementing photo-voltaic (PV) projects. The new law was approved on Januar [...] | 2009-01-30 09:04:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KGHG SENV ENRG TRGY PREL PGOV GR |
09ATHENS138 | NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION TREATY (NPT): GREECE POCS [...] (SBU) Post provides in paragraph 2 contact information for Embassy Athens and the Greek government for issues related to the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT). Post will transmit by septel a substantive response to other reftel requests for information prior to the February 20 deadline. I [...] | 2009-02-02 14:16:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC CDG ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PREL UNGA |
09ATHENS1553 | CLIMATE CHANGE: GREECE LOCK-STEP WITH EU, BUT SYMPATHETIC TO [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-16 11:12:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | SENV KGHG ENRG TRGY GR |
09ATHENS1577 | Greece on Iran: Wants More Information on Additional [...] (C) In the latest in a series of meetings on Iran, PolCouns and PolOff met 10/16 with representatives from the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs A6 Middle East and D1 International Organization directorates to give a readout of the P5+1 October 1 meeting, underscore the need for vigilance in mo [...] | 2009-10-26 13:43:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PARM PREL PGOV ENRG IR GR UNGA IAEA RS PHUM |
09ATHENS168 | IRAQI FM, IRANIAN DFM BOTH SEEK GREATER COOP WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a recent visit to Athens, Iraqi FM Zebari discussed a wide range of topical issues with Greek FM Bakoyannis, thanked Greece for its decision to open a commercial office in northern Iraq, and urged Bakoyannis to make good on her long-standing promise to visit Iraq. Following [...] | 2009-02-06 09:07:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON IZ IR GR EAID ENRG |
09ATHENS1721 | Russia Looks to Court New GoG Officials, Displays Interest [...] (C) In recent weeks Russian officials, including Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, have reached out to Greek officials and the Greek public, in an effort to display reinvigorated Russian-Greek ties and paint a picture of close cooperation with the Greece on economic, political and cultur [...] | 2009-12-22 11:20:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON ENRG OSCE RS BU GR |
09ATHENS230 | GREECE AND NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION TREATY (NPT) [...] (SBU) We discussed ref B points and request for information on Greek views on the current Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) review cycle with the Greek POC on NPT matters, MFA D1 Directorate Second Counselor Loukas Tsokos (contact information in ref A),on February 2 and again on February [...] | 2009-02-20 14:40:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC CDG ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PREL UNGA |
09ATHENS249 | SENATOR DURBIN DISCUSSES CYPRUS, TURKEY, VISA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a cordial and very substantive discussion during his visit to Athens, Senator Richard Durbin told Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyannis about his impressions of the chances for a settlement of the Cyprus issue following his visit to Nicosia and underscored the new administration's [...] | 2009-02-26 11:04:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OVIP PREL CVIS ECON ENRG PTER PGOV TU CY GR |
09ATHENS250 | CODEL DURBIN'S MEETING WITH GREEK OPPOSITION [...] (SBU) In a wide-ranging discussion February 18, Senator Durbin and main opposition PASOK party president George Papandreou shared views on the global economic crisis, Cyprus, Greek-Turkish relations, Afghanistan, and other issues. They agreed that the international goodwill surrounding the ne [...] | 2009-02-26 11:06:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECON OVIP ENRG TU GR |
09ATHENS40 | GREECE ASSURING LNG-BASED GAS SUPPLIES FROM [...] (C) Summary. Greece's natural gas company (DEPA) has contracted LNG deliveries to supply the country through January 20 and is close to finalizing LNG supplies through the end of the month. Observers remain uncertain how Gazprom's gas cut off will affect Greek energy policy. One senior of [...] | 2009-01-13 17:00:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON PREL GR IT AJ RS BU |
09BAGHDAD1074 | Bechtel to Survey First Bid Round Oil Fields [...] (U) Summary: On April 15, EMIN met with Bechtel executives who described their project to survey six oil fields in support of the first bid round at the behest of the Ministry of Oil (MoO). International oil companies (IOCs) that are participating in the bid round could then purchase the surve [...] | 2009-04-21 06:37:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EPET EINV ENRG ETRD PREL IZ |
09BAGHDAD1075 | BUILDING BETTER IRAQI OIL CONTRACTING PERSONNEL [...] (C) Summary: From March 29 to April 2, the Department of Commerce's Commercial Law Development Program (CLDP) held a four day workshop for Ministry of Oil (MoO) personnel on negotiating and contracting with International Oil Companies (IOC). Dr. Sabah Al-Saidi, senior legal advisor to the [...] | 2009-04-21 09:14:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG EINV EAID PREL IZ |
09BAGHDAD1096 | Nasiriyah's Old and New Refineries [...] (SBU) Summary: PRT Dhi Qar Deputy Team Leader and visiting Embassy Baghdad EconOff met with Nasiriyah Refinery manager Abdul Hasan al-Lawi on April 12. The 30,000 barrel per day Nasiriyah Refinery is representative of the small refineries scattered throughout Iraq. Lawi came across as a dedi [...] | 2009-04-23 15:25:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET EINV ENRG IZ |
09BAGHDAD1110 | EMBASSY SCIENCE FELLOWS PROGRAM 2009 (IRAQ) [...] (U) The Embassy Science Fellows Program offers an important opportunity to bring US government experts to Iraq, where they would be assigned to teach one- to three-month courses in the area of their expertise within the field of cultural heritage at the newly established National Training Insti [...] | 2009-04-26 12:37:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OEXC SCUL SENV TSPL TBIO AMGT EAGR ENRG ECON |
09BAGHDAD1134 | Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative - Iraq [...] (SBU) Summary: During an April 23 meeting, Iraq's new national coordinator for the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI),Ministry of Oil Deputy Inspector General Alaa Mohie El-Deen, said that he was in the process of hiring additional staff to implement preparations for Iraq to [...] | 2009-04-29 07:21:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET KCOR PGOV KDEM EINV SENV ENRG IZ |
09BAGHDAD1148 | ASSISTING IRAQ TO DEVELOP ITS PETROLEUM RESOURCES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Budgetary pressures have motivated the GOI to increase crude oil production, but it is having difficulty executing its plans. We have a vague request for additional support for contracts the GOI hopes to complete in the short term, but no details on what is required. The GOI's ur [...] | 2009-04-30 15:32:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG EINV PGOV PREL US IZ |
09BAGHDAD1151 | MINISTRY OF OIL UPDATE ON BID ROUNDS, OIL [...] (C) Summary: Two Ministry of Oil (MoO) Directors General provided details of internal MoO deliberations regarding progress on the two bid rounds and the MoO's crude oil production in separate April 23 meetings with DOE Energy officers, followed up by another meeting between Energy Attache and [...] | 2009-05-01 13:49:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG PGOV EINV PINR IZ |
09BAGHDAD1207 | BARHAM SALIH REQUESTS U.S. ASSISTANCE ON OIL [...] (C) Summary: Iraqi Prime Minister Maliki wants to conclude direct contracts with international oil companies for six oil fields in hopes of accelerating output, Deputy Prime Minister Barham Salih told Ambassador Hill May 5. He said the PM would soon create a group to focus on this new strate [...] | 2009-05-08 12:41:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | EPET ENRG PGOV EINV PINR IZ |
09BAGHDAD1230 | KRG AND GOI AGREE ON OIL EXPORTS [...] (SBU) Summary: On May 9, the Kurdistan Regional Government's (KRG) Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) announced that as of June 1, the Iraqi Ministry of Oil (MoO) will allow KRG crude oil exports from the Tawke and Taq Taq fields. In meetings at the MoO on May 10, Ministry officials told Ec [...] | 2009-05-11 16:34:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG PGOV EINV IZ |
09BAGHDAD1231 | DEPUTY CHAIR OF OIL AND GAS COMMITTEE TALKS OIL [...] (C) Summary: On May 3, Deputy Chair of the Council of Representatives' (COR) Oil and Gas Committee Dr. Abdul-Hadi Al-Hassani told Econoff that the current deals with International Oil Companies (IOC) should be reviewed by the COR, and encouraged the USG to become actively engaged in the Hydro [...] | 2009-05-11 17:54:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG PGOV EINV PINR IZ |
09BAGHDAD1250 | KRG LOOKING TO BUY GOODWILL THROUGH OIL EXPORT [...] (C) Summary: KRG officials report that their move to accept the GOI terms for export of oil from fields in the Kurdistan Region stems from a desire to show goodwill on the long-standing oil dispute. They term their move a unilateral step made without preconditions. In terms of the financial [...] | 2009-05-12 18:12:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG PGOV EINV PINR IZ |
09BAGHDAD1361 | (C) PRT SALAH AD DIN: MOBILE FUEL STATIONS SELL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Northern Refineries Company Director General Ali Obeidi briefed the Salah ad-Din (SaD) Provincial Council May 13 on improvements in fuel refining and distribution at the Bayji Oil Refinery (BOR). Provincial Council members asked Obeidi to hire more workers at the BOR and ensure th [...] | 2009-05-25 12:25:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG EINV ECON KCRIM IZ |
09BAGHDAD1364 | RRT ERBIL: THE OIL IMPASSE: VIEWS OF THE KRG [...] (SBU) Summary: In a discussion before the recent oil export breakthrough (reftels),Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Minister of Natural Resources Hawrami urged the United States to focus on assisting passage of an oil revenue sharing law as the most important priority in establishing a st [...] | 2009-05-25 14:20:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG PGOV IZ |
09BAGHDAD1446 | RRT ERBIL: CONSORTIUM TO DEVELOP GAS FIELD IN [...] (SBU) Summary: UAE's Crescent Petroleum and Dana Gas have entered into a consortium with two European energy companies to develop a natural gas field in the Kurdistan Region (KR) to supply the Nabucco pipeline. Separately, Crescent/Dana's plans to develop Gas City, a massive gas utilization i [...] | 2009-06-02 12:42:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET ENRG EINV PGOV HU GM IR TU IZ |
09BAGHDAD1447 | RRT ERBIL: KRG OIL LINKS TO IRAQI PIPELINE [...] (SBU) Summary: At a June 1 gala event, Presidents Talabani and Barzani officially "turned on" pipelines from Tawke and Taq Taq fields in the Kurdistan Region, which will together add 100,000 barrels a day (bbl/d) through the Iraq-Turkey Pipeline to the Turkish Mediterranean port of Ceyhan. Pre [...] | 2009-06-02 13:57:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET ENRG EINV PREL PGOV CA TU NO IZ |
09BAGHDAD1469 | OIL MINISTRY MOVES ON ADDITIONAL SOUTHERN OIL [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ministry of Oil's South Oil Company continues to make some progress on a project to replace aging underwater pipelines through which three-quarters of Iraq's crude oil is exported. Two surveys, one to identify unexploded ordnance and a second to collect bathymetric data, ar [...] | 2009-06-04 08:00:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG EINV PGOV SENV KCOR KU IZ |
09BAGHDAD1478 | PRT SALAH AD DIN: PC CHAIRMAN EMERGING AS KEY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Provincial Council (PC) Chairman Ahmed Abdullah Abid Khalaf (aka Abu Mazin) is emerging as an influential leader and skillful politician in the SAD provincial government. In his first few weeks as chairman, Abu Mazin has asserted his authority with officials from all levels of go [...] | 2009-06-05 03:04:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PREL PINS PINR ENRG IZ |
09BAGHDAD148 | OIL MINISTER SHAHRISTANI TARGET OF CRITICISM [...] (S) Summary: In a January 15 meeting with Department of Energy (DOE) Embassy representatives, a senior Ministry of Oil (MoO) official said that on January 12 Deputy Prime Minister Barham Saleh's special investigative committee (ref B) presented its initial findings to Saleh and other senior G [...] | 2009-01-20 13:48:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | ENRG EPET PGOV PREL PINR IR IZ |
09BAGHDAD152 | INDUSTRY MINISTER ON FOREIGN INVESTMENT STRATEGY [...] (C) At a January 14 meeting, Minister of Industry and Minerals (MIM) Fawzi Hariri provided Economic Minister Counselor and Coordinator for Economic Transition in Iraq Ambassador Marc Wall and Economic Counselor with an update into MIM's ongoing initiatives to enter into production-sharing join [...] | 2009-01-21 10:56:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON INV ENRG EIND IZ IR |
09BAGHDAD1540 | THIRD MEETING OF ECONOMIC AND ENERGY JOINT [...] (C) The third meeting of the Economic and Energy Joint Coordination Committee (JCC) met under the Strategic Framework Agreement on June 10, chaired by Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) Barham Salih and EMIN Marc Wall, Coordinator for Economic Transition in Iraq, at which working group chairs provide [...] | 2009-06-13 08:33:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV ENRG ETRD EPET PREL CVIS IZ |
09BAGHDAD1610 | THAMIR GHADBAN DISCUSSES HYDROCARBONS LAW AND USG [...] (C) Summary: At a June 15 meeting, Chairman of the Prime Minister's Advisory Commission, Thamir Ghadban, told EMIN that he felt the mood surrounding the hydrocarbons legislation (HCL) had changed for the better after attending the June 14 UNAMI conference on Hydrocarbon Resource Distribution. [...] | 2009-06-19 13:52:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG EINV EAID PREL IZ |
09BAGHDAD1648 | FIRST OIL BID ROUND: THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH. [...] (C) Summary: On June 29 and 30, Iraq's Ministry of Oil (MoO) will award contracts to international oil companies to work eight large oil and gas fields, marking the largest bid round ever conducted, covering approximately 40% of Iraq's total proven reserves. A week before the event, on June 2 [...] | 2009-06-22 18:24:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG PGOV EINV IZ |
09BAGHDAD166 | WILL THE OIL MINISTRY LICENSING ROUND PROCESS [...] (S) Summary: The Iraqi Ministry of Oil has announced the next step in the licensing round process to invite international oil company (IOCs) participation in Iraq's petroleum sector -- a February 12-14 workshop in Istanbul for the 16 companies (out of 41 pre-qualified) who had paid the require [...] | 2009-01-22 16:09:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV ENRG EPET TU IZ |
09BAGHDAD167 | AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH TURKISH SPECIAL ENVOY TO IRAQ [...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 18, Ambassador Crocker met with Turkish Special Envoy to Iraq Murat Ozcelik, and discussed Turkey's relations with the KRG, including the issue of energy contracts. On hydrocarbons, Ozcelik complained that Turkey had waited too long to reach such agreements with the KR [...] | 2009-01-23 03:08:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL ENRG EPET MARR TU IR IZ |
09BAGHDAD1698 | PRT SALAH AD DIN: BA'ATHIST-ORIENTED ARRESTS AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: As the June 30 deadline for implementation of the Security Agreement approaches, several local leaders have told the PRT that SAD residents are increasingly concerned that the Government of Iraq (GOI) intends to take punitive actions against SAD residents and Sunni leaders. As e [...] | 2009-06-25 14:42:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINS IZ PINR ENRG |
09BAGHDAD1764 | IRAQ,S FIRST OIL BID ROUND SPUTTERS [...] (C) Summary: The Ministry of Oil's June 30 bid round (ref B) resulted in a winner for only one of the eight fields on offer. A consortium led by BP and including China's CNPC won the right to begin negotiations with the GOI for a twenty-year contract to work the massive Rumaila oil field in [...] | 2009-06-30 19:48:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG PGOV EINV PINR IZ |
09BAGHDAD1773 | NORWEGIAN FM VISITS BAGHDAD, PLEDGES TO ESTABLISH [...] (C) SUMMARY: During his first visit to Baghdad on June 29, Norwegian Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere announced that Norway will establish an Embassy here and discussed expanding Norwegian cooperation with Iraq after four years of minimal diplomatic contact. He also advocated for Norwegian [...] | 2009-07-01 11:35:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EPET ENRG IZ NO |
09BAGHDAD1805 | IRAQ,S FIRST OIL BID ROUND: TOO HARD A BARGAIN? [...] (C) Summary: The Iraq Ministry of Oil's June 30 bid round (ref A) resulted in a winner for only one of the eight fields on offer, leading international oil companies (IOC) and foreign observers to claim that the GOI had failed to achieve its goals. For the most part, however, senior GOI offic [...] | 2009-07-06 13:21:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG PGOV EINV PINR IZ |
09BAGHDAD194 | WILL THE OIL MINISTRY LICENSING ROUND PROCESS [...] (S) Summary: The Iraqi Ministry of Oil has announced the next step in the licensing round process to invite international oil company (IOCs) participation in Iraq's petroleum sector -- a February 12-14 workshop in Istanbul for the 16 companies (out of 41 pre-qualified) who had paid the require [...] | 2009-01-26 13:49:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | EPET ENRG EINV IZ |
09BAGHDAD1949 | MOVING IRAQ'S HYDROCARBONS LEGISLATION FORWARD [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-19 06:04:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG EINV PGOV IZ |
09BAGHDAD1960 | SHELL'S IRAQ SOUTH GAS DEAL NEARS FINALIZATION [...] (SBU) Econoff met July 9 with Shell Gas and Power Vice President Mounir Bouaziz, Shell Exploration and Production Logistics Manager Ayman al-Shukr, Shell Gas and Power Business Development Economist Christiaan van der Eijk, and Project Finance Manager Andrew Tait. Bouaziz reported that Shell [...] | 2009-07-20 08:42:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG SENV EINV IZ |
09BAGHDAD1961 | IRAQ'S NEW ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 9. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) The Council of Ministers (CoM) signed an order in April 2009 establishing the Iraqi National Atomic Energy Commission, an inter-ministry commission mandated to provide coordination and advice regard [...] | 2009-07-20 10:45:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | TPHY SENV TRGY TSPL PARM ENRG KGIT KNNP KSCA |
09BAGHDAD1972 | MOVING IRAQ'S HYDROCARBONS LEGISLATION FORWARD [...] (C) SUMMARY: While passage of hydrocarbons legislation (HCL) remains important for Iraq's development of its petroleum resources, GOI and KRG interlocutors have preferred to keep the legislation on the back burner pending resolution of other Arab-Kurd issues. The ramp-up of a national electio [...] | 2009-07-21 16:42:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG EINV PGOV IZ |
09BAGHDAD2021 | RRT ERBIL: NEW REFINERY AND CRUDE PRODUCTION COMES [...] (U) Summary: At a July 18 ceremony, attended by KRG Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani and former Ambassador to Iraq and the UN Zalmay Khalilzad, oil from the Khurmala Dome began flowing into the Erbil refinery, the only privately-owned refinery in Iraq. The refinery's initial capacity is 20,000 [...] | 2009-07-28 11:31:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EPET ENRG EINV PGOV IZ |
09BAGHDAD2037 | Iraq: Cabinet Approves Formation of National Oil Company [...] (SBU) The Iraqi Council of Ministers (the Cabinet) on Tuesday, July 28 approved draft legislation to re-establish the Iraq National Oil Company (INOC). That proposal will now be transmitted to the Council of Representatives (COR, the Iraqi Parliament) for consideration. Vice Chairman of the C [...] | 2009-07-30 03:30:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG EINV ECON IZ |
09BAGHDAD2057 | IRAQI OIL: MIXED MESSAGES FROM SOUTH OIL ON THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In recent meetings, stakeholders from the GOI as well as international oil companies (IOC) and service providers (SP) offered divergent insight and opinions on the developments within the oil sector in Iraq. In a meeting on July 20, South Oil Company (SOC) Director General Fayed [...] | 2009-07-31 16:15:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET ENRG PGOV EINV PINR IZ |
09BAGHDAD2078 | IRAQ AND THE NABUCCO PIPELINE [...] (C) Summary: At the Nabucco pipeline summit meeting in Ankara on July 13, Iraqi Prime Minister Maliki made an unexpected pledge to supply roughly half of the pipeline's projected capacity by 2015. The announcement reflects Maliki's ambitions to see Iraq as a significant partner of Turkey and [...] | 2009-08-03 09:44:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG PGOV PREL EINV PINR IZ TU EUN |
09BAGHDAD2204 | IRAQ MINISTER OF OIL OPTIMISTIC ON FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary: In a wide-ranging discussion of petroleum issues in Iraq, Minister of Oil Husayn Al-Shahristani told DCM for Assistance Transition that he - is optimistic about significantly improved oil production; - expects the British Petroleum/CNPC contract to manage Rumaila field to be [...] | 2009-08-14 13:50:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON IZ |
09BAGHDAD2256 | MINISTER OF ELECTRICITY HAS A PLAN, BUT LACKS [...] (C) Summary: In a wide-ranging initial meeting with DCM for Assistance Transition Patricia Haslach, Minister of Electricity Karim Hasan outlined Iraq,s significant infrastructural challenges; discussed his plans for short-term financing of an ongoing multi-billion dollar electricity generation [...] | 2009-08-20 11:31:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET ECON IZ |
09BAGHDAD2299 | (C) IRAQ OIL: MINISTRY OFFICIALS SKEPTICAL AS [...] (C) Summary: In advance of the second oil and gas bid round, international oil companies (IOCs) are increasing their engagement with the Ministry of Oil (MOO). While the Government of Iraq (GOI) has yet to determine how it will deal with oil fields that were not awarded in the first bid roun [...] | 2009-08-26 08:45:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON EINV EAID PREL IZ |
09BAGHDAD2318 | Alternative Energies to be integrated into Iraq's Energy [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Representatives from eleven Iraqi ministries discussed the potential for alternative energy (solar, wind, biomass, hydro) in Iraq at the Iraqi Renewable Energy Steering Committee (IRESC) meeting on August 19. IRESC keynote speaker Dr. Al-Qaraghuli from the U.S. Department of [...] | 2009-08-28 14:00:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ENRG OSCI SENV TNGD TPHY TRGY TSPL BEXP BTIO |
09BAGHDAD2389 | OIL MINISTER FLEXIBLE WITH IOC IN PRIVATE ... BUT [...] (C) Summary: British Petroleum Iraq (BP) said Oil Minister Shahristani is under intense pressure to get the GOI's contract with British Petroleum/China National Petroleum Corporation (BP/CNPC) signed. According to BP, Shahristani has been personally engaged and responsive to BP's concerns, an [...] | 2009-09-04 16:02:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON EINV EAID PREL IZ |
09BAGHDAD2463 | SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN TO [...] (S/NF) Mr. Vice President, your upcoming trip to Iraq comes at an important time in Iraq's political calendar. As the Islamic month of Ramadan draws to a close, Iraqi political leaders are furiously at work negotiating potential alliances in advance of the January 2010 parliamentary elections [...] | 2009-09-12 14:13:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL ENRG KDEM IZ |
09BAGHDAD2469 | Iraq Depends on Others for Water; Low River Flows Have [...] (U) Note: Post intends this message to be the first periodic report on water issues - and their growing prominence - in Iraq. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Tigris and Euphrates river systems supply almost all of Iraq's water needs. Ninety percent of the two rivers' water flows first through Turk [...] | 2009-09-13 13:22:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON SENV ENRG PBTS PREL TPHY TRGY TSPL EAGR EAID |
09BAGHDAD2563 | PRIME MINISTER ON DISPUTED INTERNAL BOUNDARIES AND [...] (S) In a September 22 meeting, Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki told the Ambassador that he felt the Council of Representatives (CoR, the Iraqi Parliament) is no longer effective and cannot be relied upon to pass legislation. The GOI, he said, is effectively at a standstill. The CoR is no [...] | 2009-09-24 08:23:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL ECON ENRG EPET IR IZ SY |
09BAGHDAD2564 | PRIME MINISTER ACCUSES SYRIA OF MILITARY ACTIONS [...] (S) In a September 22 meeting, Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki told the Ambassador that the GOI intelligence services had uncovered a plot to detonate four Vehicle Bourne Improvised Explosive Devices (VBIEDs) during this week's festival of Eid al Fitr. According to Maliki, this is only t [...] | 2009-09-24 08:26:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL ECON ENRG EPET IR IZ SY |
09BAGHDAD2565 | PRIME MINISTER MALIKI: "NO CHANCE" OF HYDROCARBONS [...] (S) In a September 22 meeting, Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki told Ambassador that pending hydrocarbons sector reform legislation "will not see the light of day" during this session of the Council of Representatives (CoR, the Iraqi Parliament). The current CoR, Maliki said, is &dead8 an [...] | 2009-09-24 08:29:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL ECON ENRG EPET IR IZ SY |
09BAGHDAD2569 | PRIME MINISTER ACCUSES IRAN OF TRYING TO [...] (S) In a September 22 meeting, Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki told the Ambassador that Iran is intervening increasingly boldly in the Iraqi political process in a bid to "control the COR" (the Council of Representatives, the Iraqi Parliament). Iran has not discarded use of military means [...] | 2009-09-24 13:51:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL ECON ENRG EPET IR IZ SY |
09BAGHDAD26 | IRAQI REFINERIES PRESENT AND FUTURE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-06 14:17:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV EPET ENRG IZ |
09BAGHDAD2632 | MINISTER OF OIL OPTIMISTIC ABOUT IRAQ'S OIL FUTURE [...] (C) Summary: In a September 17 meeting with Deputy Secretary James Steinberg, GOI Minister of Oil Hussayn Shahristani expressed optimism about the upcoming second oil licensing round, as well as for Iraq's future willingness to sign a gas agreement with Europe. In the wide ranging discussion, [...] | 2009-10-01 09:32:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON PREL IZ |
09BAGHDAD2661 | RECONSIDERING IRAQ'S FIRST OIL BID ROUND AND [...] (C) Summary: While the results of Iraq's June 30 oil and gas bid round may at first seem disappointing, the bid round could be considered a modest success. Although only one oil field was awarded, the planned expansion of that field should increase Iraq's oil production over the next six year [...] | 2009-10-03 13:01:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON EINV EAID PREL IZ |
09BAGHDAD2686 | IRAQ OIL: EXXONMOBIL AGGRESSIVELY PURSUING WEST [...] (C) Deputy Oil Minister for Midstream Shamma told econoffs that ExxonMobil--which unsuccessfully bid on the West Qurna oil field in Iraq's June 30 bid round--has agreed to accept the Oil Ministry's low remuneration fee and enter negotiations for the production service contract for West Qurna. [...] | 2009-10-06 10:31:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON EINV EAID PREL IZ |
09BAGHDAD2718 | EPRT ANBAR 1: FALLUJAH SHEIKS FEAR SECURITY RISKS [...] (U)This is an ePRT Anbar 1 (Fallujah) cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY: On September 24, Fallujah's city council sheikhs complained that reduced U.S. aid and GoI budget austerity are spurring unemployment and creating fertile ground for Al Qaida recruitment. They lobbied for increased U.S. aid proje [...] | 2009-10-10 07:53:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON EAID EAGR ENRG PTER PHUM ASEC KJUS IZ |
09BAGHDAD2788 | SCENESETTER FOR AMBASSADOR RICE'S VISIT TO IRAQ [...] (C) Ambassador Rice, your upcoming trip to Iraq comes at an important time in Iraq's political calendar. Iraqi political leaders are furiously at work negotiating potential alliances in advance of the January 2010 parliamentary elections. The maneuvering will become even more frenetic after [...] | 2009-10-16 13:11:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ENRG PHUM IZ |
09BAGHDAD2831 | IRAQ OIL LEGISLATION, THE ROAD AHEAD: DELAYS AND [...] (C) Summary: In separate meetings with econoffs, both the chair (KDP) and vice-chair (Da'wa) of the Oil and Gas and National Resources Committee of the Council of Representatives (parliament) reaffirmed that progress on hydrocarbons legislation must wait until the new central government is sea [...] | 2009-10-22 06:52:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON EINV EAID PREL IZ |
09BAGHDAD2833 | IRAQ OIL LEGISLATION, THE ROAD AHEAD: DELAYS AND [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-22 08:20:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON EINV EAID PREL IZ |
09BAGHDAD2834 | KRG MAY BE PLOTTING AGAINST IRAQ OIL MINISTER AND [...] (C) Summary: The chair and vice-chair of the Oil and Gas and National Resources Committee of the Council of Representatives (parliament) disagree over whether the Council of Ministers (cabinet) or parliament has final authority to approve the large oil-field development contracts currently bei [...] | 2009-10-22 08:37:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON EINV EAID PREL IZ |
09BAGHDAD2899 | Reduced Turkish and Iranian Water Flows to Iraq's Tigris [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Daily water flows into three major Iraqi dams (the Mosul, Dokan, and Derbendikahn) indicate significant reductions in waters crossing into Iraq from both Turkey and Iran. Iranian river blockages and diversions contribute to low Tigris River and Shatt Al Arab water flows in Iraq [...] | 2009-10-29 15:06:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG PBTS PREL SENV TPHY TRGY TSPL EAGR EAID |
09BAGHDAD2902 | Reduced Turkish and Iranian Water Flows to Iraq's Tigris [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Daily water flows into three major Iraqi dams (the Mosul, Dokan, and Derbendikahn) indicate significant reductions in waters crossing into Iraq from both Turkey and Iran. Iranian river blockages and diversions contribute to low Tigris River and Shatt Al Arab water flows in Iraq [...] | 2009-10-30 13:53:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG PBTS PREL SENV TPHY TRGY TSPL EAGR EAID |
09BAGHDAD2970 | THE LEADER OF IRAQ'S ASPIRING, BUT STILL UNLAWFUL, [...] (C) During an October 24-26 trip to Basra to assess Iraq,s southern oil and gas facilities (septels),emboffs met with the leader of a group aspiring to represent Iraq's oil workers. (Note: At the moment, unions are illegal in Iraq. End note) Hassan Jum,ah Al-Asadi, the apparently self-appo [...] | 2009-11-10 07:00:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON EINV ENRG EPET IZ PREL |
09BAGHDAD2971 | IRAQ'S SOUTHERN IRAQ OIL AND GAS SITUATION [...] (C) Summary: BP plans to sign and implement its contract to increase the production of Rumaila oil field as soon as early December, even though some Government of Iraq (GOI) officials claim parliament must first approve the contract. While a significant production increase will likely not occ [...] | 2009-11-10 07:09:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON EINV ENRG EPET IZ PREL |
09BAGHDAD2973 | SOUTHERN IRAQ OIL AND GAS SITUATIONAL ASSESSMENT, [...] (C) Summary: In the run-up to what promises to be an historic expansion of Iraqi oil and gas production, Econoffs visited Basrah-based Southern Oil, Southern Gas, and Southern Refining companies to assess their preparations and solicit their views. Southern Gas seemed upbeat but ill-prepared f [...] | 2009-11-10 07:21:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON EINV EAID PREL IZ |
09BAGHDAD2975 | SOUTHERN IRAQ OIL AND GAS SITUATIONAL ASSESSMENT, [...] (C) Summary: USG help is still crucial to the security and operations of Iraq,s two offshore oil export terminals, through which 75 percent of Iraq,s oil exports flow. Without USG help, we assess that both terminals, at least in the short term, would experience periodic reduced throughput or [...] | 2009-11-10 08:18:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON EINV EAID PREL IZ |
09BAGHDAD3003 | BIG OIL'S ABOUT-FACE ON IRAQ: THREE WORLD CLASS [...] (U) The first week of November saw significant progress towards realizing the GOI's vision of tripling oil production over the next eight years. On November 1, a consortium led by Italian firm ENI and including U.S. firm Occidental and South Korea's Kogas initialed a contract for the Zubair oi [...] | 2009-11-15 14:50:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON EINV EAID PREL IZ |
09BAGHDAD3186 | IRAQ OIL, MAYSAN PROVINCE: AN ALLOTMENT? REPLACE [...] (U) On December 3, on the margins of a meeting hosted by Deputy Chief of Mission Ford, the Second Deputy Governor of Maysan Province Khalid Abdulwahid Qubian told Econoff the Baghdad federal government was considering allotting the Maysan provincial government -- as a "deprived region" under a [...] | 2009-12-11 10:38:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON EINV EAID PREL IZ |
09BAGHDAD3196 | OIL STAMPEDE: IRAQ,S 2ND BID ROUND RESULTS [...] (U) Summary: In a landmark event for Iraq and the global oil industry, Iraq's 2nd oil bid (licensing) round on December 11-12 showcased the potential of Iraq's oil sector. Overall, the event proceeded with remarkable organization, precision, and transparency. The bidding started as a rush and [...] | 2009-12-14 12:06:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET ENRG ECON EINV EAID PREL IZ |
09BAGHDAD3245 | THE SIGNIFICANCE OF IRAQ'S OIL BID ROUNDS [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOI's June and December oil bid rounds ) history's largest (by reserves) ) have the potential to significantly alter Iraqi economics and politics. While much can easily go astray (on contracts, timetables, onshore construction, or export infrastructure),Iraq could conceiv [...] | 2009-12-16 13:45:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON EINV EAID PREL IZ |
09BAGHDAD3246 | IRAQ'S OIL BID ROUND 2: DOMESTIC POLITICAL [...] (SBU) Summary: The job creation and spin-off benefits of economic development should provide a significant boost to the citizens of Basrah. If developments in other countries offer a guide, however, there remains a chance that Basrah residents, living near the source of much of Iraq's wealth, [...] | 2009-12-16 13:54:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON EINV EAID PREL IZ |
09BAGHDAD3257 | IRAQ'S OIL BID ROUND 2: CAN IRAQ FULFILL THE [...] (SBU) Summary: Iraq's proposal to increase national oil production from 2.5 million barrels per day to perhaps as high as 12 million barrels per day is extremely aggressive and delivering on that promise poses significant challenges. These challenges include: limited project management capabil [...] | 2009-12-17 09:17:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON EINV EAID PREL IZ |
09BAGHDAD3282 | IRAQ'S OIL BID ROUND 2: U.S. FIRMS' PARTICIPATION [...] (SBU) Summary: Only one U.S. firm bid for a contract in Iraq,s second oil bid round, as part of a larger consortium, and that consortium did not win. U.S. companies' decisions on whether or not to participate were driven by myriad complex factors and judgments the companies hold very close t [...] | 2009-12-21 09:46:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON EINV EAID PREL IZ |
09BAGHDAD3287 | IRAQ'S OIL BID ROUND 2: WHAT WILL OPEC SAY? [...] (SBU) Summary: Iraq is currently exempted from Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) oil production quotas. Iraq's future quota would likely be similar to Iran's current quota of approximately 4.1 million barrels per day. We estimate that Iraq could reach levels of four million [...] | 2009-12-21 10:10:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON EINV EAID PREL IZ |
09BAGHDAD3347 | RRT ERBIL: KRG SUCCESS IN ELECTRICITY SECTOR [...] This is an Erbil Regional Reconstruction Team (RRT) cable. 2. (SBU) Summary. The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) is succeeding with its electricity sector strategy, expanding generation capacity in the near future to meet most demand, at least in towns and cities. Out of an estimated [...] | 2009-12-28 10:33:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG EPET ECON PGOV IZ |
09BAGHDAD339 | PM ADVISOR ON STRATEGY TO INCREASE OIL PRODUCTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a February 5 meeting with EMIN, Prime Ministerial Advisor Thamir Ghadban was confident that Deputy Prime Minister Barham Salih's initiative to examine ways to boost oil production would not undercut the Ministry of Oil's licensing round. We heard separately that the Februa [...] | 2009-02-09 16:23:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG EINV IZ |
09BAGHDAD351 | WAITING ON BAGHDAD; KRG SHARES ECONOMIC VISION AND [...] (SBU) Summary: Accompanying a U.S. Chamber of Commerce delegation during a February 3-4 visit to Erbil, EMIN met with Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) officials to discuss private sector development in Iraq and underscore the importance of transparency and the rule of law. KRG PM Nechervan [...] | 2009-02-11 08:24:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR EINV ENRG EPET ETRD IS IZ PGOV PREL |
09BAGHDAD388 | OIL MINISTER'S UPDATE ON PETROLEUM DEVELOPMENTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a February 12 meeting with EMIN, Oil Minister Husayn al-Shahristani reinforced his commitment to the licensing round process and the Shell flared gas deal; dismissed the relevance of the oil production workshop convened by Deputy PM Barham Salih; said relations with KRG and [...] | 2009-02-13 16:31:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG EINV IZ |
09BAGHDAD399 | INITIAL MEETING OF ECONOMIC AND ENERGY JOINT [...] (SBU) The first meeting of the Economic and Energy Joint Coordination Committee (JCC) met under the Strategic Framework Agreement on February 12. Five working groups were launched on the financial sector; oil and gas; trade and investment; electricity (new plants and investment); and industry [...] | 2009-02-16 05:57:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ETRD ECON ENRG PREL IZ |
09BAGHDAD403 | UN REVIEW OF IRAQ SCIENCE AND TECHNOLGY OFF TO A [...] (SBU) Minister of Science and Technology (MoST) Ra'id Fahmi Jahid told a visiting group of Civilian Research and Development Foundation (CRDF) representatives on February 11 that the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development's (UNCTAD) science, technology, and innovation policies (STIP [...] | 2009-02-16 12:49:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | TPHY SENV TRGY TSPL PARM ENRG KGIT KNNP KSCA |
09BAGHDAD412 | PRT SALAH AD DIN: MOBILE GASOLINE STATIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Salah al-Din (SaD) Provincial Investment Commission (PIC) has successfully negotiated a deal that has created over a hundred privately owned, mobile gasoline stations. The stations, which comprise 10,000 liter containerized units equipped with fuel pumps, are already visible [...] | 2009-02-17 07:23:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | ECON EPET ENRG EINV IZ |
09BAGHDAD419 | IRAQ MAKING ENCOURAGING PROGRESS ON NUCLEAR CLEAN-UP [...] (SBU) The Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST) took EconOffs, MNFI, and two visiting Texas Tech University (TTU) Professors on a walking tour of the Tuwaitha Nuclear Research Facility (TNRF) February 9 to assess the progress of MoST's nuclear facility dismantlement and disposal project. T [...] | 2009-02-18 07:40:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | TPHY SEVN TSPL PARM ENRG KGIT KNNP KSCA ENRG |
09BAGHDAD45 | DPM BARHAM SALIH - IRAQ LOOKING FOR A NEW APPROACH [...] (U) This cable is an action request, please see paragraph 10 2. (C) Summary: In a January 7 meeting with EMIN Deputy Prime Minister Barham Salih stated that Iraq's Ministry of Oil has failed at the highest levels of management and that the situation of Iraq's oil sector is a "disaster". T [...] | 2009-01-08 15:27:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG EINV PGOV IZ |
09BAGHDAD47 | IRAQI REFINERIES PRESENT AND FUTURE (CORRECTED COPY) [...] (SBU) Summary: Iraq's refineries are plagued by poor maintenance and antiquated design. Modern refineries produce 80% to 90% of a barrel of oil into light or medium distillates, while Iraq's refineries produce between 50% and 55%. This creates large amounts of heavy fuel oil (HFO),which mus [...] | 2009-01-08 15:38:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV EPET ENRG IZ |
09BAGHDAD530 | IRAQI OIL MINISTRY NEGOTIATING UNITIZATION OF [...] (U) This is a request for guidance. See para 2. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Some modest movement recently has generated publicity regarding the possible signing of agreements between Iraq and Kuwait or Iraq and Iran to develop cross-border oil and gas fields. A committee formed by the Iraq Ministry o [...] | 2009-03-01 16:31:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | EPET ENRG EINV ETTC PREL KU IR IZ |
09BAGHDAD531 | RRT ERBIL: OIL FOUND AT SEVERAL NEW SITES IN KURDISTAN [...] (SBU) Summary: The hydrocarbon potential of the Kurdistan Region was almost completely ignored until only the past few years, when the regional government launched an aggressive program to develop the area's hydrocarbon potential. Exploration, while still in the early phase, is already yieldi [...] | 2009-03-02 03:20:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG PGOV EINV IZ |
09BAGHDAD84 | OIL MINISTER ON BID ROUNDS, KRG RELATIONS, [...] (C) Summary: In a January 4 meeting with EMIN, Oil Minister Shahristani stated that the MoO will add 250,000 barrels of oil production over 2009 through additional capacity and KRG oil exports. He said that the fields offered in the first bid round, opened on October 13, 2008, and the fields [...] | 2009-01-13 13:53:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | EPET ENRG SENV EINV PGOV IZ |
09BAGHDAD856 | OIL MINISTER HANGS IN THERE, BUT REFORMS NEEDED [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Iraqi Cabinet has received recommendations from the "oil policy symposium" called by DPM Barham Salih to reform management of the petroleum sector, but postponed any decision until the week of March 29. In the meantime, the Ministry of Oil (MoO) continues the bid round proce [...] | 2009-03-30 08:20:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | EPET ENRG PGOV IZ |
09BAGHDAD882 | IRAQ LACKS CAPACITY FOR OIL TRUST FUND [...] (SBU) Summary: A common mechanism to manage revenue from natural resources is the establishment of a form of natural resources fund, such as an "oil trust fund." However, Iraq currently does not have the resources or capacity to establish such a stabilization fund. The Government of Iraq's (G [...] | 2009-03-31 10:33:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG PGOV EINV IZ |
09BAGHDAD90 | PROSPECTS FOR IRAQI NATURAL GAS PRODUCTION AND [...] (C) Summary: Iraq sits on top of the world's tenth largest natural gas reserves. The vast majority of the gas is associated gas suspended in oil reservoirs and separates as the oil is produced; while some of this associated gas is captured for use in power generation and domestic production, [...] | 2009-01-13 15:32:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG EINV PGOV IZ |
09BAGHDAD953 | SECOND MEETING OF ECONOMIC AND ENERGY JOINT COORDINATION [...] (SBU) Summary. Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) Barham Salih and EMIN Ambassador Marc Wall co-chaired the second Economic and Energy Joint Coordination Committee (JCC) under the Strategic Framework Agreement (SFA) on March 31. This follows the initial kick-off meeting held on February 12. Th [...] | 2009-04-07 11:15:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EPET EINV ENRG ETRD PREL IZ |
09BAGHDAD987 | OIL MINISTER COMPLACENT ABOUT UPSTREAM PRODUCTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: During an April 7 meeting with EMIN, Oil Minister Husayn al-Shahristani appeared unruffled by the February 27-March 1 Oil Policy Symposium and instead highlighted some of the recommendations likely to benefit the Oil Ministry. He detailed the Ministry's current efforts to expand [...] | 2009-04-09 16:54:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG EINV PREL IR IZ |
09BAKU101 | AZERBAIJAN HAS NO PLANS TO CUT 2009 OIL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite public comments by President Aliyev, the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (SOCAR) has no intention to curtail 2009 oil production in an attempt to stabilize prices, and indeed, all indications are that Azerbaijan will seek to maximize its oil production in 2009. According [...] | 2009-02-06 10:22:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AJ ENRG |
09BAKU144 | AZERBAIJAN: SHAH DENIZ PHASE TWO GAS -- MORE, [...] (C) SUMMARY. According to BP Azerbaijan executives, gas production from the second phase of the giant offshore Shah Deniz gas field will be approximately sixteen billion cubic meters annually, higher than expected. However due to inability to reach agreement with Turkey on a gas transit regi [...] | 2009-02-24 12:35:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AJ ENRG TU |
09BAKU171 | REQUEST TO SOLICIT FUNDS [...] This is an action request - please see paragraph 5. Reply requested NLT Friday March 20. 2. The 2009 Caspian Oil and Gas Show (COGS) will be held June 2-5, 2009, here in Baku. This annual event has thousands of attendees and is the region's largest oil and gas show. COGS 2008 hosted 380 [...] | 2009-03-04 11:35:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT ENRG AJ |
09BAKU179 | IRANIAN SOURCE NAMES "U.K.-REGISTERED" COMPANY AS [...] (S) A well-connected Iranian businessman who owns a Baku-based oil services company told Baku Iran watcher that a company called "INSULTEC," owned by UK citizens of Indian origin, has secretly provided cladding, thermal insulation, and ancillary equipment to the government of Iran in a varie [...] | 2009-03-06 12:32:00 | Embassy Baku | SECRET//NOFORN | ETTC ETRD ENRG UE UK TU AJ IR |
09BAKU181 | EMBASSY SCIENCE FELLOWS PROGRAM 2009 - AZERBAIJAN [...] (U) Subject of proposal and general information: - Topic: Coastal and Marine EcoSystem Management - Relevant Ministries/Agencies: Ministry of Ecology, Ministry of Energy, State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (SOCAR),State Oil Fund of Azerbaija (SOFAZ) - Timeframe: 1-3 months, Spring-Summer [...] | 2009-03-06 12:43:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON SENV TSPL TBIO EAGR ENRG AMGT APER AJ |
09BAKU192 | AZERBAIJAN: NABUCCO PARTNER RWE CAUTIOUSLY [...] (C) SUMMARY: A high-level executive from Nabucco Consortium partner RWE Gas Midstream said the next four to six months were "crucial" for the pipeline project's fate. If the Nabucco transit countries can initial an Intergovernmental Agreement at the May 7 Prague Summit it would "send a strong [...] | 2009-03-11 12:42:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AJ TU ENRG |
09BAKU2 | AZERBAIJAN: TURKMAN AMBASSADOR POSITIVE ON ENERGY [...] (C) SUMMARY. According to the Turkmenistan Ambassador to Azerbaijan, the November 28-29 trilateral Heads of State Summit in Ashgabat with GOAJ President Aliyev and GOT President Gul was a "historic" first step in energy cooperation among the three countries. Turkmenistan is eager to share its [...] | 2009-01-02 08:32:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TX AJ ENRG |
09BAKU201 | AZERBAIJAN-TURKEY: STILL ONE NATION, TWO STATES? [...] (C) Summary: Although Azerbaijan is a former Soviet republic and is still properly considered part of the ex-Soviet space, it is culturally, linguistically and economically much more a satellite of Turkey than Russia. Ties between the two countries are exceptionally strong along the entire spe [...] | 2009-03-13 11:34:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG SOCI ECON ETRD AJ TU |
09BAKU274 | AZERBAIJAN: REQUEST FOR POTUS LETTER, HIGH-LEVEL [...] (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: Embassy Baku strongly recommends that the USG participate in the June 2-5 Caspian Oil and Gas Exhibition and Conference (COGS) COGS at the most senior level possible, in order to demonstrate continuing USG resolve in support of the Southern Corridor project and [...] | 2009-04-07 06:45:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | AJ ENRG OVIP PGOV PREL |
09BAKU30 | AZERBAIJAN: BP DOWNBEAT ON 2009 SHAH DENIZ PHASE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Acording to BP Azerbaijan, inability to reach agrement between Azerbaijan and Turkey on the price of Shah Deniz Phase One gas currently being sold toTurkey and on transit of Shah Deniz Phase Two ga has delayed and will continue to delay the deveopment of the Shah Deniz Phase Two projec [...] | 2009-01-15 11:01:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AJ TU ENRG |
09BAKU300 | AZERBAIJAN: MINENERGY DESCRIBES SOCAR-GAZPROM GAS [...] (C) Summary: Azerbaijan Minister of Energy Natiq Aliyev described to EUR DAS Matt Bryza April 3 a natural gas swap agreement between Azerbaijan,s SOCAR and Russia,s Gazprom that would provide gas to the North Caucasus Republic of Dagestan in exchange for Russian gas for an Azerbaijani-owned pe [...] | 2009-04-14 08:05:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET ECON AJ |
09BAKU31 | AZERBAIJAN: MOTION ON SHAH DENIZ PHASE TWO TURKEY [...] (C) SUMMARY. According to Shah Deniz Consortium members SOCAR, StatoilHydro and BP Azerbaijan, there has been no progress in talks with Turkey on either the price of Shah Deniz Phase One gas currently being delivered to Turkey or on the marketing and transit of Shah Deniz Phase Two gas to and [...] | 2009-01-15 13:45:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AJ TK ENRG |
09BAKU377 | NEXT STEPS ON EURASIAN ENERGY STRATEGY [...] (U) Embassies Ashgabat, Ankara and Astana have provided input for this cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY. The USG needs to intensify its engagement on Eurasian energy issues, and do it quickly. In Azerbaijan, lack of progress on creating a "Southern Corridor" for Caspian gas, due primarily to Turkey [...] | 2009-05-10 08:20:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AJ ENRG TU KZ TX |
09BAKU392 | AZERBAIJAN: ERDOGAN SAYS NK RESOLUTION FIRST, [...] (C) Summary: President Aliyev called Turkish PM Erdogan's May 13-14 visit to Baku "very productive," applauding the PM's strong public messages on Turkey-Armenia reconciliation and resolution of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. Erdogan, addressing Azerbaijan's Parliament and in a joint press c [...] | 2009-05-14 12:28:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ETRD EPET ENRG PHUM KDEM AJ AM TU |
09BAKU401 | AZERBAIJAN: APPARAT, MFA, SOCAR, TURKISH EMBASSY [...] (C) Summary: The Turkish Embassy DCM confirmed May 14th that press reports on PM Erdogan's May 13-14 Baku visit, which characterized meetings as "very productive," were accurate. The PM's private message to Azerbaijan's leadership was the same as the public message -- that Turkey will not fin [...] | 2009-05-15 14:20:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ETRD EPET ENRG PHUM KDEM AJ AM TU |
09BAKU404 | AZERBAIJAN: SOUTHERN CORRIDOR BREAKTHROUGH [...] (C) SUMMARY: After 18 months of stasis, there seems to have been a breakthrough on bilateral negotiations between Azerbaijan and Turkey that could lead to creating a "Southern Corridor" for gas. Azerbaijan's State Oil Company (SOCAR) believes this breakthrough is at least partially due to the [...] | 2009-05-18 12:19:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | AJ TK PGOV PREL ENRG |
09BAKU430 | AZERBAIJANI PRESIDENT REPEATS REQUEST FOR A [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: President Aliyev told EUCOM Commander Craddock on May 21 that Azerbaijan's independent policies in support of NATO, Georgia and especially on energy leave it increasingly exposed to growing Russian and Iranian pressure. Azerbaijan needs "serious political and security guarant [...] | 2009-05-26 10:22:00 | Embassy Baku | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV KDEM ENRG ETRD PREL RS AF TU AJ |
09BAKU433 | AZERBAIJANI DEFENSE MINISTER: SEEKING STRONG [...] (C) SUMMARY: On May 21, the Defense Minister told visiting EUCOM Commander Craddock that Azerbaijan is committed to building strong military relations with the U.S. and NATO. However, the Minister continued, Azerbaijan is under pressure from Iran, Russia and Armenia and requires greater com [...] | 2009-06-01 03:35:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM ENRG ETRD PREL RS IZ TU AJ |
09BAKU457 | AZERBAIJAN: STAFFDEL DISCUSS GEORGIAN PRESIDENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: On May 28 Congressional Staff Delegation Markovsky and Katz met with Georgian Ambassador Nikoloz Natbiladze. Natbiladze gave a detailed account of the 20 May visit of Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili to Baku. The recent visit was characterized as a great success with both [...] | 2009-06-05 12:23:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ETRD EPET ENRG AJ GG |
09BAKU478 | IRAN VIEW FROM BAKU: VIOLENCE IN BALUCHISTAN [...] (C) "Iran view from Baku" is the first in an occasional series from Embassy Baku Iran Watcher that will report on short and/or partially documented items of interest to Iran information consumers, but not necessarily warranting separate cables. This cable includes information on reported increasing [...] | 2009-06-12 12:11:00 | Embassy Baku | SECRET | PREL PTER SNAR ENRG ELTN AJ PK TU TX IR |
09BAKU481 | AZERBAIJAN: PRESIDENT ALIYEV TALKS EURASIAN ENERGY [...] (C) SUMMARY. President Aliyev told Special Envoy Morningstar that lack of transit through Turkey for Azerbaijani gas destined for European markets was the biggest obstacle facing a "Southern Corridor" for Caspian gas westwards. The European Union should recognize that Nabucco, although perha [...] | 2009-06-16 05:04:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AJ TU ENRG |
09BAKU52 | AZERBAIJANI PRESIDENT COMMITS TO NEGOTIATIONS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a January 19 meeting with EUR DAS Bryza, President Aliyev said that he had directed his staff to begin negotiations on the resumption of VoA, BBC and Radio Liberty. He continued that he was surprised by the January 13 letter from President Bush given his good discussion with [...] | 2009-01-23 12:50:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | AJ ENRG ETRD IR KDEM PGOV PREL RS TU |
09BAKU546 | SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY STEINBERG'S VISIT [...] (C) Your visit to Baku comes on the heels of successful visits by U.S. Special Envoy for Eurasian Energy Issues Morningstar, EUCOM General Craddock and Transcom General McNabb, and A/S EUR Gordon. The mood here remains skeptical about the new U.S. administration, fed by perceptions that the [...] | 2009-07-07 15:04:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ENRG KDEM ECON AJ AM TU |
09BAKU58 | AZERBAIJAN: SOCAR CLAIMS TURKEY SEEKS TO BURY, [...] (C) SUMMARY. SOCAR is increasingly convinced Turkey is seeking to stop, not promote, the Southern Corridor project, in a quest to minimize the price it must pay for Azerbaijani gas. Despite making what it feels are convincing political and commercial arguments to Turkey in support of the Sou [...] | 2009-01-26 06:31:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AJ TU ENRG |
09BAKU595 | AZERBAIJANI PRESIDENT TELLS THE DEPUTY SECRETARY [...] (S) SUMMARY: In a wide-ranging set of meetings and dinner on July 10, President Aliyev told Deputy Secretary Steinberg that he believes that there is a good chance for agreement on the Nagorno-Karabakh Basic Principles by the end of the year. He warned that a breakthrough on Nagorno-Karabak [...] | 2009-07-30 04:21:00 | Embassy Baku | SECRET | PGOV KDEM ENRG ETRD PREL AJ RU IR TR |
09BAKU60 | AZERBAIJAN: SOCAR CLAIMS TURKEY SEEKS TO BURY, [...] (C) SUMMARY. SOCAR is increasingly convinced Turkey is seeking to stop, not promote, the Southern Corridor project, in a quest to minimize the price it must pay for Azeri gas. Despite making what it feels are convincing political and commercial arguments to Turkey in support of the Southern [...] | 2009-01-26 10:44:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AJ TU ENRG |
09BAKU605 | AZERBAIJAN'S PERSPECTIVE ON CASPAIN DELIMITATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 30, the Charge met with SOCAR Vice President Elshad Nassirov to discuss the recent public quarrel between Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan over Caspian Sea Delimitation. Nassirov had more questions than answers regarding the "strange and sudden" behavior of the Turkmen Presi [...] | 2009-07-31 12:49:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG PGOV PREL TX AJ |
09BAKU61 | AZERBAIJAN: SOCAR CLAIMS TURKEY SEEKS TO BURY, [...] (C) SUMMARY. SOCAR is increasingly convinced Turkey is seeking to stop, not promote, the Southern Corridor project, in a quest to minimize the price it must pay for Azeri gas. Despite making what it feels are convincing political and commercial arguments to Turkey in support of the Southern [...] | 2009-01-26 11:10:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AJ TU ENRG |
09BAKU625 | SOCAR RESTRUCTURING: BACK IN THE USSR [...] (C) SUMMARY: In July, President Ilham Aliyev issued and signed several decrees affecting the oil and gas industry, primarily expanding the role and power of the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (SOCAR). A July 1 decree placed the state gas company, Azerigaz, under SOCAR's control, with the s [...] | 2009-08-06 11:27:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG PGOV PREL AU AJ |
09BAKU646 | AZERBAIJAN: DAS BRYZA'S ENERGY TALKS AUG 12 [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an August 12 farewell meeting with EUR DAS Matthew Bryza, President Aliyev described the latest round of Turkey gas transit talks as going "bad, almost hostile." He instead focused on the prospects of concluding purchase and sales agreements with Greece and its neighbors, an [...] | 2009-08-17 06:52:00 | Embassy Baku | SECRET | ECON ENRG PREL AJ TU TX GR |
09BAKU655 | AZERBAIJAN'S PERSPECTIVE ON CASPAIN DELIMITATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 30, the Charge met with SOCAR Vice President Elshad Nassirov to discuss the recent public quarrel between Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan over Caspian Sea Delimitation. Nassirov had more questions than answers regarding the "strange and sudden" behavior of the Turkmen Presi [...] | 2009-08-19 07:39:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG PGOV PREL TX AJ |
09BAKU688 | AZERBAIJAN: SPECIAL ENVOY MORNINGSTAR, PRESIDENT [...] (C) Summary: Suggesting that Turkey is putting short-term gas needs for its domestic market ahead of longer-term objectives to transport gas to Europe, PresidentAliyev questioned Turkey's commitment to constructng Nabucco. In a conversation with Special Envo Morningstar on August 27, Aliyev [...] | 2009-09-01 10:36:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET AJ TU TX |
09BAKU693 | AZERBAIJAN: SE MORNINGSTAR, PRESIDENT ALIYEV [...] (C) Summary: President Aliyev and Foreign Minister Mammadyarov separately told Special Envoy for Eurasian Energy Richard Morningstar August 27 that, despite Baku's diplomatic efforts, Turkmenistan largely remains a mystery. The Turkmen President's recent statements on Ashgabat claims to the A [...] | 2009-09-02 07:09:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET AJ KZ TX |
09BAKU739 | THE AQTAU SUMMIT: MUCH TO DO ABOUT NOTHING [...] (C) Azerbaijani Deputy Foreign Minister Khalaf Khalfov told Eurasian Energy Senior Advisor Daniel Stein that the September 11 Caspian Summit (minus Iran) in Aqtau was "short, informal and not exclusively about Caspian delimitation." Khalafov attended the Summit, but was not in the 90-minute i [...] | 2009-09-16 11:16:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | AJ ENRG IR KZ PREL TX RU |
09BAKU745 | IRAN: ALLEGED OPPOSITION STRATEGY: DEMONSTRATIONS, [...] (S) A Baku Iran watcher contact with a wide range of energy sector, government, and Mousavi advisor contacts, briefed Iran watcher on his recent trip to Tehran and Isfahan, where he met with Moussavi advisors, influential notables, and key economic figures. He related that current opposition [...] | 2009-09-18 10:02:00 | Embassy Baku | SECRET | PGOV ECON ENRG PHUM KISL AJ IZ IR |
09BAKU754 | SOCAR ON SOUTHERN CORRIDOR ENERGY TRANSIT OPTIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: SOCAR continues negotiate transit fees and seek additional financial data to make a final decision on whether to throw its weight behind the Nabucco Pipeline or the competing Italy Turkey Greece Interconnector (ITGI). This past week's meetings in Baku gave the Azerbaijani national [...] | 2009-09-23 11:59:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET ECON AJ |
09BAKU756 | RWE AND OMV CONTINUE TO PROMOTE NABUCCO PIPELINE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Senior Advisor to the Eurasian Energy Envoy Dan Stein met with Nabucco promoters RWE and OMV in Baku. Both remain bullish on the prospects for the Nabucco Pipeline, but admit the project must move ahead within the next year or face eclipse by competing projects such as the ITGI ( [...] | 2009-09-23 12:39:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET ECON AJ |
09BAKU763 | IRAN: STEEL SECTOR OUTPUT DECLINES AMIDST PURGES; [...] (S) A Baku Iran watcher contact with a wide range of energy sector and government contacts briefed Iran watcher on his recent trip to Tehran and Isfahan, where he met with energy contacts and key economic figures. In Isfahan he met with the Chairman of Iran's biggest steel company, who told [...] | 2009-09-24 12:01:00 | Embassy Baku | SECRET | PGOV ECON ENRG AJ IZ IR |
09BAKU782 | SUBJECT: SCENESETTER FOR DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Your visit to Baku comes on the heels of successful visits by Department of State Deputy Secretary Steinberg and U.S. Special Envoy for Eurasian Energy Issues Morningstar. The mood here remains skeptical about the new U.S. Administration, fed by perceptions that the U.S. is pro [...] | 2009-09-30 13:16:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG PGOV PREL ARM TU AJ |
09BAKU810 | AZERBAIJAN: PRESIDENT ALIYEV, DOE DEPSEC PONEMAN [...] (C) Summary: President Aliyev, meeting with Deputy Secretary of Energy Daniel Poneman on October 5, expressed support for the Southern Corridor, but blamed Turkey for delays. Azerbaijan is exploring alternatives, but the President acknowledged the inadequacies of each. Azerbaijan has not mad [...] | 2009-10-09 09:08:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET EINT PREL AJ TX TU GG |
09BAKU812 | AZERBAIJAN: DOE DEP SEC PONEMAN, SOCAR DISCUSS GAS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Department of Energy (DOE) Deputy Secretary Poneman met with the head of the Azerbaijani state oil company SOCAR, Rovnag Abdullayev, on 5 October while in Baku. Both concurred on the urgency of resolving issues with Turkey related to gas transit and pricing for Southern Corridor [...] | 2009-10-09 11:14:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ENRG EPET AJ TU TX GG |
09BAKU816 | AZERBAIJAN MFA RESPONSE TO CEIP MOU [...] (SBU) Embassy received the following Diplomatic Note from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in response to the draft Memorandum of Understanding presented to the GOAJ in December 2008 per Reftel instructions: Begin Text. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan presents [...] | 2009-10-14 12:41:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ENRG PREL AJ |
09BAKU825 | CONOCPHILLIPS SEEKS EXPLORATION BLOCK IN AZERBAIJAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: ConoCPhillips (CP) representatives visited Embassy Baku October 15 to discuss interest in renewing their energy exploration in Azerbaijan. CP left its two exploration fields in Azerbaijan about 4 years ago due to differences with SOCAR, the state oil company. It now believes the [...] | 2009-10-16 10:57:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET AJ TX RS |
09BAKU877 | ALBORZ RIG MOVEMENT HIGHLIGHTS NEED TO ACCELERATE [...] (S) This cable contains action requests for S/CT, the inter-agency CEIP working group, and USEUCOM/USNAVEUR (Center for Naval Analysis) in paras 8, 12, and 14. Summary --------- 2. (S) The recent move of the Iranian Alborz rig into potentially disputed waters in the Caspian offers a t [...] | 2009-11-06 10:30:00 | Embassy Baku | SECRET//NOFORN | ENRG EPET ECON PREL TU AJ |
09BAKU881 | SOCAR: NO AGREEMENT TO ALLOW ALBORZ IN AZERBAIJANI [...] This is an action request for EUR/CARC, pls see para 7. 2. (S) SUMMARY: Energy Off and Naval Attache met on 6 November with state energy company SOCAR VP Elshad Nassirov to discuss the recent movements of the Iranian Alborz rig. We informed him that the Azerbaijani Navy had confirmed the [...] | 2009-11-06 16:04:00 | Embassy Baku | SECRET | ENRG EPET ECON PREL AJ |
09BAKU895 | AZERBAIJAN: PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR PREDICTS THAT [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-17 10:58:00 | Embassy Baku | SECRET | PREL ENRG AJ RU TX KZ IR |
09BAKU900 | AZERBAIJAN: PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR PREDICTS THAT [...] (S) SUMMARY: Charge, Naval Attache, and Regional Energy Officer met on 16 November with Ali Asadov, senior energy advisor to President Aliyev, to discuss recent movements of the Iranian Alborz drilling rig into Azerbaijani claimed territorial waters. Asadov told us that President Aliyev was [...] | 2009-11-17 13:23:00 | Embassy Baku | SECRET | PREL ENRG AJ RU TX KZ IR |
09BAKU904 | AZERBAIJAN: EUSR VISIT DISCUSSION OF BLOGGERS, [...] (C) Summary: On November 18, the political advisor to Peter Semneby, EU Special Representative (EUSR) for the South Caucasus, briefed poloff on Semneby's recent trip to Baku and Yerevan that concluded November 16 and included meetings with both Presidents, the Azerbaijani FM and Russian Ambass [...] | 2009-11-19 12:45:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM ENRG RU TX AM TU AJ |
09BAKU916 | AZERBAIJAN: GAS TRANSIT TALKS REMAIN A STRUGGLE [...] (C) In a series of meetings over the last two weeks with Dan Stein, Senior Advisor to the Eurasian Energy Envoy, SOCAR and GOAJ interlocutors reported surprising and hopeful progress on Azerbaijan,s gas negotiations with Turkey. However, much-anticipated November 24 Azerbaijani-Turkish tran [...] | 2009-11-25 09:39:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET ECON PREL TU AJ |
09BAKU919 | AZERBAIJAN: DEVELOPING A PLAN B FOR GAS TRANSIT [...] (C) In the event that Turkey disappoints Azerbaijan once again on the on-going gas transit negotiations, SOCAR and the GOAJ are developing a "plan B" to market Azerbaijani gas, involving small but diversified gas sales to the north (Russia),south (Iran),and west (Bulgaria and Romania). How [...] | 2009-11-25 09:49:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | AJ ECON ENRG EPET IR PREL TU |
09BAKU925 | AZERBAIJAN: FM READOUT ON IRAN'S EVOLVING [...] (S) In a November 19 meeting, Foreign Minister Mammadyarov and Charge D'Affaires Lu discussed the Iran Alborz rig situation (reftels) and Mammadyarov provided additional commentary on Iran's evolving political situation. He noted Supreme Leader Khameini is in weak health, and said that Ayat [...] | 2009-11-25 13:49:00 | Embassy Baku | SECRET | ENRG PREL IR AJ |
09BAKU927 | AZERBAIJAN: FOREIGN MINISTER DISCUSSES POSSIBLE [...] (S) DASD Dr. Celeste Wallander met with Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov in Baku November 23. On Afghanistan, the Minister argued against large troop increases but did not totally close off the possibility of EUCOM assessing Azerbaijani forces for a TEP. He said Azerbaijan had [...] | 2009-12-01 06:48:00 | Embassy Baku | SECRET | PGOV PREL ENRG IR AF AM AJ |
09BAKU940 | AZERBAIJAN: PRESIDENT'S FOREIGN POLICY ADVISOR ON [...] (C) Summary: Presidential Foreign Policy Advisor Novruz Mammadov, meeting December 3 with EUR/CARC Office Director Ethan Goldrich, had kind words of support for President Obama's December 1 speech and the Afghanistan mission. Azerbaijan, based on Turkey's assurances, sees a link between Turke [...] | 2009-12-08 11:30:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ENRG IR AF AM AJ |
09BAKU943 | C-REN-02185: AZERBAIJAN'S CONTRIBUTIONS TO [...] (S) This cable replies to Reftel A. Azerbaijan is a critical node of theBlack Sea leg of NDN. It is the one country on he route that absolutely must be transited if tht leg of NDN is to bypass Russian and Iranian territory en route to theater. As of December 4, 30 percent (1,414 of 4,793) o [...] | 2009-12-08 13:01:00 | Embassy Baku | SECRET | PGOV PREL ENRG MARR MOPS AF AM AJ |
09BAKU958 | GAS TRANSIT NEGOTIATIONS DRAG IN WAKE OF ERDOGAN [...] (C) All eyes in the Azerbaijani energy sector have been on Washington, where President Obama and Prime Minister Erdogan met this week. Azerbaijan and Turkey appear to have engaged in a last minute flurry of negotiations in the hopes of striking a deal before the visit. Success eluded them. [...] | 2009-12-11 11:29:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET ECON PREL TU AJ |
09BAKU969 | SOCAR VP: TOUGH VISIT TO TEHRAN [...] (S) In a 15 December meeting, Elshad Nassirov SOCAR Vice President described his December 14-15 trip to Tehran, accompanying Foreign Minister Mammadyarov. Nassirov told us this was their first trip back to Tehran since this year's disputed election. He described the atmosphere with Iranian [...] | 2009-12-16 13:52:00 | Embassy Baku | SECRET | ENRG EPET ECON PREL TU AJ |
09BAKU976 | AZERBAIJAN: SOCAR INSIGHTS ON BOTAS FINANCIAL [...] (C) In a lengthy December 15 meeting, SOCAR Vice President Elshad Nassirov provided details of his recent visits to Turkey on December 7 and Tehran on December 14-15 (reftel A). Nassirov analyzed the continuing difficulties with the gas negotiations as follows: BOTAS' driving motivation in [...] | 2009-12-18 14:10:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET PREL TU RU AJ |
09BAKU980 | AZERBAIJAN: A MODEST PIPELINE PROPOSAL? [...] (C) In a lengthy December 15 meeting, SOCAR Vice President Elshad Nassirov laid out a new natural gas pipeline proposal, and provided details of his recent visits to Turkey and Iran. (reftels A and B). Nassirov suggested combining Nabucco and White Stream into one energy transit corridor, [...] | 2009-12-22 11:46:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET ECON PREL TU AJ |
09BAKU985 | SOCAR SIGNS MOU TO SELL GAS TO IRAN [...] (C) Following up on a discussion regarding FM Mammadyarov and SOCAR delegation trip to Tehran (reftel),SOCAR Vice President Elshad Nassirov told Energy Off in an 18 December email: "We have signed a memo with Iran on sales of 1 million cubic meters (mcm) (per day) for 100 days. (This is) [...] | 2009-12-23 08:27:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET ECON PREL IR AJ TU TX |
09BAKU986 | AZERBAIJAN: IRAN AND ALBORZ RIG UPDATE FROM THE [...] (S) Charge met with Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister Khalafov on 22 December to obtain a read-out on his and FM Mammadyarov's December 14-15 trip to Tehran. DFM Khalafov indicated that FM Mammadyarov had met with President Ahmadinejad, Speaker of the Parliament Ali Larijani, and other senior [...] | 2009-12-23 09:28:00 | Embassy Baku | SECRET | ENRG EPET ECON PREL IR AJ TX |
09BAKU996 | AZERBAIJAN: THE VIEW FROM BAKU ON THE [...] (C) Summary: The recent launching of the TransAsia gas pipeline from Turkmenistan to China made much press in the Caspian region, particularly here in Baku. Azerbaijan has no role in the project now, but pundits and others are wondering aloud about potential for exporting future gas east to [...] | 2009-12-30 09:29:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET ECON PREL TU AJ |
09BANGKOK1382 | THAI ENERGY PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE U.S. [...] (U) In response to ref A, post has compiled a list of energy partnerships between the Royal Thai Government (RTG) and the USG or entities in the U.S. private sector. USAID partnerships ------------------- 2. (SBU) USAID Regional Development Mission for Asia (USAID RDMA) oversees the Envir [...] | 2009-06-09 07:33:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECIN ECON ENRG APECO TH |
09BANGKOK1407 | THAILAND'S RESPONSE TO INTERNATIONAL NUCLEAR FUEL BANK [...] (SBU) On June 10, Econoff delivered reftel demarche talking points to Mr. Pakawat Srisukwattana of the Peace, Security, and Disarmament Division; Department of International Organizations; Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 2. (SBU) Mr. Pakawat stated that the Royal Thai Government (RTG) is plann [...] | 2009-06-11 00:25:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG TRGY KNNP IAEA TH |
09BANGKOK1474 | THAILAND REVIEWING IRENA [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-18 06:33:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG KGHG SENV TH |
09BANGKOK1685 | Asia Clean Energy Forum 2009 Draws More Than 800 Experts to [...] SUMMARY: To help confront the urgent challenge of scaling up clean energy solutions for Asia while mitigating climate change, the US Agency for International Development's Regional Development Mission for Asia (USAID/RDMA) partnered with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and other donors to orga [...] | 2009-07-14 07:26:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID SENV ENRG ASEAN APECO |
09BANGKOK2035 | THAILAND NPT KEY CONTACTS [...] (U) Post is pleased to provide the following points of contact in Thailand for NPT issues. The Foreign Ministry's Peace, Security and Disarmament Division, which is part of the MFA's Department of International Organizations, has the leading role for NPT issues. Key contacts are: -- Chitry [...] | 2009-08-17 11:24:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP AORC ENRG MNUC PARM PGOV PREL UNGA TH |
09BANGKOK2046 | Progress on Asia Regional Center of Excellence on Climate [...] SUMMARY. After a year of preparation, the USAID Regional Development Mission for Asia (RDMA) is ready to move forward with a feasibility assessment for the Asia Regional Center of Excellence on Climate Change and Development (ARC) in Bangkok. The ARC is intended to serve as a network of lead [...] | 2009-08-18 10:38:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID SENV ENRG ASEAN APECO TH |
09BANGKOK2259 | Why the Asia Regional Center of Excellence on Climate [...] SUMMARY. Ref A details USAID's plans to move forward with development of an Asia-Pacific Regional Center of Excellence on Climate Change and Development (ARC) in Bangkok. With the ARC's purpose to concentrate a network of leading U.S. and Asia institutions to advance the President's climate [...] | 2009-09-04 07:50:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID SENV ENRG ASEAN APECO TH |
09BANGKOK2278 | THAI THOUGHTS ON NPT REVIEW AND HOPES FOR BANGKOK [...] (C) We met September 4 with Cherdkiat Atthakor, Director of the MFA's Peace, Security and Disarmament Division, to discuss reftel questions regarding the NPT review cycle. Cherdkiat welcomed President Obama's prioritization of non-proliferation concerns and of arms control. The approach was a [...] | 2009-09-08 09:31:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC CDG ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PREL UNGA |
09BANGKOK2505 | Thailand Hopes for Nuclear Power by 2020 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Thailand's 2007-2021 Power Development Plan (PDP) calls for nuclear production of electricity by 2020. Newly-revised goals call for 1,000 MW from nuclear power in each of four years beginning in 2020, which would account for about five percent of total electricity use. Author [...] | 2009-10-01 08:47:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | IAEA TRGY ENRG TH |
09BANGKOK3010 | Thai Civilian Nuclear Energy Program: Renewed Focus and [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In spite of anticipated community protests, Thailand appears committed to developing its civilian nuclear energy and research programs. The Royal Thai Government's (RTG) Office of Atoms for Peace (OAP) hosted the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) earlier this month to di [...] | 2009-11-25 10:38:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | IAEA TRGY ENRG TH |
09BANGKOK3034 | ASEAN WORKS TOWARD COMMON CLIMATE CHANGE POSITION IN [...] SUMMARY: As chair of ASEAN Climate Change Working Group, Thailand's Environment minister hosted a ministerial on November 29 that brought ASEAN closer to a common negotiating position for the UNFCC Conference of Parties in Copenhagen. Thailand is circulating an ASEAN position paper with reques [...] | 2009-12-01 11:09:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG KGCC KGHG SENV TH |
09BANGKOK3072 | FIRE IN THE KITCHEN: COOK STOVES, HEALTH AND GLOBAL [...] SUMMARY: The US/ASEAN Next Generation Cook Stove Workshop was held at the Asian Institute of Technology in Bangkok November 16-20. Old cook stoves are a source of considerable indoor pollution and accompanying health problems in the developing world, and the new technologies showcased may offe [...] | 2009-12-04 09:40:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ENRG EAGR KGHG KGCC SENV ASEAN SOCI TH |
09BANGKOK3117 | LOWER MEKONG NATIONS ENGAGE CHINA, TACKLE HYDROPOWER [...] (U) Summary: The Mekong River Commission (MRC) continues to mature as engagement with China expands. Member states Thailand, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam met at the MRC's 16th Council that included a meeting with the MRC Donor Consultative Group in Thailand November 26-28. Donors announced $66 [...] | 2009-12-11 10:02:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON ENRG EAGR TBIO EAID PGOV TH |
09BASRAH27 | BASRAH: SOUTH OIL COMPANY CHAIRMAN OUSTED [...] (SBU) Summary: On May 19, Iraq's South Oil Company (SOC) Chairman Kifah Numan was forced out of his job, and replaced by Fayadh Hassan Nima, most recently Director General (DG) of the Ministry of Oil's (MOO) Studies and Planning Directorate. Numan later told Basrah Provincial Reconstruction Te [...] | 2009-05-25 15:07:00 | REO Basrah | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EPET IZ ENRG PGOV |
09BASRAH31 | CONOCO PHILLIPS SIZING UP OIL OPPORTUNITIES IN BASRAH [...] (SBU) Summary. Senior ConocoPhillips (CP) representatives briefed Basrah PRTOffs on their latest activities in Basrah during a May 31 visit, and indicated that they would likely bid on a number of fields in the first oil licensing round. They gave the Government of Iraq's (GOI) Ministry of Oi [...] | 2009-06-08 10:12:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET EINV ECON EAID PGOV IZ |
09BASRAH36 | BASRAH: SHELL STILL OPTIMISTIC ABOUT FLARED GAS PROJECT [...] (SBU) Summary. During a June 8 meeting with PRT EconOff, visiting Shell Gas and Power Vice President Mounir Bouaziz (Amcit, please protect) expressed optimism that Shell's multi-billion dollar South Gas Utilization Project would be approved within the next three months, although "there is stil [...] | 2009-06-20 14:02:00 | REO Basrah | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ENRG EPET PGOV IZ |
09BASRAH38 | BASRA: LOCAL DISSATISFACTION GROWS IN FINAL RUN-UP TO FIRST [...] (C) Summary. In the run-up to the long-awaited and possibly historic late June-early July first round oil auctions, a growing opposition to the plan has emerged in Basra Province, where three giant oil fields are included in the first round, and state-owned South Oil Company (SOC) holds sway. [...] | 2009-06-29 17:04:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV ENRG EPET PGOV IZ |
09BASRAH50 | BASRA INVESTMENT COMMISSION CHAIRMAN ON INVESTMENT [...] (C) Summary. Basra Investment Commission (BIC) Chairman Haider Ali told PRT EconOffs that many more investment licenses have been granted recently, and others are expected to follow soon. He said that at least for now, most new investors are Iraqi, and this trend could continue until the poli [...] | 2009-09-15 08:02:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV ENRG EPET PGOV IZ IR |
09BASRAH54 | BASRA: A GLUM SHELL WONDERS ABOUT NEXT STEPS ON (DELAYED?) [...] (SBU) Summary. During a recent visit to Basra, Royal Dutch Shell representatives told PRT EconOff that local stakeholders expressed continued strong support for its flared-gas project. However, they also expressed frustration about Shell's apparent inability to finalize the deal with the GOI a [...] | 2009-09-27 12:25:00 | REO Basrah | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ENRG EPET PGOV IZ |
09BASRAH59 | (C) BASRA: SOUTH OIL COMPANY DIRECTOR OPTIMISTIC ABOUT [...] (C) Summary: South Oil Company (SOC) Director General Dheyaa Jaafar told Basra Provincial Reconstruction Team and visiting Embassy Baghdad officers that a "completely different point of view" existed at SOC compared to just a few months ago, and international oil companies (IOCs) are now welcom [...] | 2009-11-05 12:58:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV ENRG EPET ELAB PGOV IZ IR |
09BEIJING1058 | China/Oil Reserves: Active Purchases, But Facilities [...] (SBU) Summary. Beijing is taking advantage of lower oil prices to build up its strategic petroleum reserves (SPR). The four existing SPR facilities - which hold the equivalent of about 25 days of imports - reportedly are now full, challenging China's ability to continue purchasing oil for re [...] | 2009-04-21 06:51:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET ECON SENV CH |
09BEIJING1067 | APRIL 21 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: UN CONFERENCE ON RACISM, [...] Key points at the April 21 MFA press briefing: -- China "regrets to see some countries did not attend" the UN Conference on Racism. -- China is ready to play a constructive role in the Middle East and hopes relevant parties follow UN resolutions and use diplomacy to achieve "the peaceful c [...] | 2009-04-21 22:43:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM ENRG KPAL IAEA SENV CH EG IS JA RS |
09BEIJING1110 | MFA ARMS CONTROL DG ON IRAN AND SOUTH ASIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Iran remained suspicious of U.S. intentions, but the new approach by the United States and the E3-plus-3 was the best way forward on the nuclear issue, MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Director General Cheng Jingye told A/DCM April 24. China had engaged Tehran "at dif [...] | 2009-04-24 10:35:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM ENRG PTER MNUC IR CH PK AF |
09BEIJING1113 | IRANIAN OFFICIAL ADDRESSES BEIJING AUDIENCE ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A visiting Iranian Atomic Energy Agency official told an invited audience of some 30 PRC government officials, Chinese academics, and foreign diplomats (including PolOff) April 23 that Iran considered the attainment of nuclear energy a main policy goal, and argued that sanction [...] | 2009-04-24 11:18:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PARM ENRG PTER MNUC IR CH IS |
09BEIJING1133 | CHINA/RUSSIA: STRANGE BEDFELLOWS OR STRATEGIC [...] SUMMARY: In spite of PRC public support for the Sino-Russian "strategic partnership," Chinese officials privately view Russia as "irrational, aggressive and untrustworthy," according to an opinion page editor at a leading state-owned newspaper. Our contact noted that many readers found a rec [...] | 2009-04-28 08:17:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ENRG EWWT EPET MARR CH RS AF |
09BEIJING1148 | PRC-KAZAKHSTAN: NAZARBAYEV VISIT STRESSES [...] (C) SUMMARY: The energy deal announced during Kazakhstan President Nazarbayev's April 15-19 visit to China was only a deal "in principle," and Sino-Kazakh energy cooperation was proceeding under "market principles," according to an MFA official. Otherwise, the visit emphasized security and la [...] | 2009-04-29 09:18:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ENRG EAID PTER ZK CH |
09BEIJING1230 | CHINA TO SEND DELEGATION TO ISLAMABAD REGIONAL [...] (U) China will send a delegation to the May 13-14 Islamabad Regional Economic Cooperation Conference on Afghanistan according to Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Asian Affairs Department Deputy Director Cao Jing. The delegation will be headed by MFA Asian Affairs Department Director General [...] | 2009-05-08 03:49:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP EAGR EAID ECON ENRG KPWR PREL AF CH |
09BEIJING1261 | CHINA/RUSSIA: FM YANG'S VISIT TO MOSCOW REAFFIRMS [...] (C) SUMMARY: China and Russia share a common interest in a multi-polar world and "democratization of international relations," but the China-Russia strategic partnership is "not an alliance and not directed at a third country," according to an MFA official. The official said China and Russia [...] | 2009-05-11 08:56:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER ENRG EWWT EPET MARR CH RS AF |
09BEIJING1424 | SENATOR KERRY DISCUSSES U.S.-CHINA CLIMATE CHANGE COOPERATION ON COPENHAGEN WITH CHINA'S VICE PREMIER LI KEQIANG [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-29 08:38:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | CH ENRG KHGH SENV |
09BEIJING1429 | CODEL KERRY MEETING WITH NPC VICE CHAIRMAN LU [...] (SBU) China "resolutely opposed" the latest North Korean nuclear test and wanted to work with the international community to push North Korea back to the Six Party Talks said National People's Congress Vice Chairman Lu Yongxiang in a meeting with Senator John Kerry on May 26. On climate chan [...] | 2009-05-29 09:04:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ENRG KGHG CH KN KS |
09BEIJING1432 | CODEL KERRY MEETING WITH PRC NPC FOREIGN AFFAIRS [...] (SBU) Chinese National People's Congress (NPC) Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Li Zhaoxing and Senator John Kerry (D-MA) May 27 both noted multiple avenues for cooperation on climate change at the December 2009 UN Conference on Climate Change in Copenhagen. Twenty-nine pieces of environment [...] | 2009-05-29 09:18:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ENRG KGHG CH KN KS |
09BEIJING1435 | PRC/SUDAN: CHINESE OIL COMPANY VP DISCUSSES SUDAN [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a rare and free-flowing discussion with visiting Special Envoy for Sudan General Scott Gration, the state-owned China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) reported a "wait-and-see" attitude about Sudan's future but hoped to continue oil production regardless of the 2011 refer [...] | 2009-06-01 00:56:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID ENRG EPET SOCI KDEM CH SU |
09BEIJING149 | REPORTED AZADEGAN DEAL NOT OFFICIALLY CONFIRMED [...] (U) Citing Iranian media, official Chinese media outlets are reporting that China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) and the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) signed a USD 1.76 billion agreement allowing CNPC to develop the North Azadegan oil field. According to the reports, development [...] | 2009-01-16 10:54:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG EPET EINV PREL PARM PTER MNUC POL |
09BEIJING1490 | PELOSI DELEGATION'S MEETING WITH CHINA'S NATIONAL PEOPLE'S [...] (U) Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi and Representative Edward Markey (D - MA) on May 27 led a delegation that met with China's National People's Congress (NPC) Environmental Protection and Resources Conservation Committee (EPRC). Please see paragraphs 13 and 14 for a list [...] | 2009-06-04 07:49:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EIND ENRG CH |
09BEIJING1515 | CHINA CONSIDERING INCREASE IN THE INTERNATIONAL [...] PolOff delivered ref A demarche encouraging China to support a significant real increase in the IAEA regular budget and to move costs associated with nuclear security into the regular budget to Arms Control and Disarmament Department Nuclear Division Deputy Director Zhang Shen on June 5. Zhan [...] | 2009-06-05 08:38:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL AORC ENRG KNNP IAEA CH |
09BEIJING1516 | IAEA FUEL BANK ISSUE: CHINA SUPPORTS FULL [...] PolOff delivered reftel demarche encouraging China to support a full and open discussion of fuel bank assurances at the June 15-18 IAEA Board of Governors meeting, including advocating with other countries to do the same, to Arms Control and Disarmament Department Nuclear Division Deputy Direc [...] | 2009-06-05 08:41:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ENRG TRGY KNNP IAEA CH |
09BEIJING152 | CHINA CUTS GASOLINE AND DIESEL PRICES, AGAIN [...] (U) Official media reported on January 14 that China cut its benchmark retail gasoline and diesel prices by 2 percent and 3.2 percent respectively. This is the first cut since China's new pricing mechanism took effect at the beginning of 2009 (see Ref). This move follows the Government's Dece [...] | 2009-01-16 11:48:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EINV ECON EPET EFIN CH |
09BEIJING1589 | SCO: SECRETARIAT STAFF PREDICT NOT MUCH NEW AT [...] (C) Contrary to MFA official comments trumpeting the importance of the upcoming SCO summit in Yekaterinburg June 15-16, officials at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Secretariat in Beijing downplayed expectations for new developments at the summit in a meeting with PolOff June 12. T [...] | 2009-06-12 11:47:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER ETRD ENRG ZK XD CH RS IR |
09BEIJING1602 | China/Economic Plans: Continued Reform Endorsed [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Beijing's 2009 economic planning document, in contrast to last year's version and some of the trends evident in China's recent economic support and stimulus plans, endorses liberalization and economic transformation. Financial reform continues. China's largest state-owned enter [...] | 2009-06-15 23:22:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EINV EIND EFIN EAGR ENRG EDEV SENV CH |
09BEIJING1661 | CHINA/RUSSIA: CHINESE SCHOLAR AND RUSSIAN [...] (C) Despite China and Russia's public statements about the importance of their strategic partnership, neither country viewed its bilateral relationship as its top foreign policy priority, a Chinese expert on Russia told PolOff June 15. The scholar predicted that the Shanghai Cooperation Organi [...] | 2009-06-18 10:48:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EFIN ENRG EWWT EPET MARR CH RS |
09BEIJING1662 | PRC/IRAN: HU-AHMADINEJAD MEETING; ELECTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: An MFA official reported that President Hu Jintao told Iranian President Ahmadinejad on the margins of the SCO Summit that Iran needed to show flexibility, take advantage of the opportunity to engage with the United States, and help the international community oppose nuclear prol [...] | 2009-06-18 14:04:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM ENRG PTER MNUC IR CH |
09BEIJING174 | CHINA: VISA DELAYS SET BACK WESTINGHOUSE PROJECT, THREATEN [...] (SBU) Summary: Westinghouse's execution of a multi-billion dollar contract to build nuclear power units in China -- a source of thousands of U.S. jobs -- continues to be hindered by visa processing delays, specifically the 9 weeks currently required for Visas Mantis Security Advisory Opinion ( [...] | 2009-01-21 09:02:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CMGT CVIS OEXC ECON ENRG EINV TRGY KNNP KSCA CH |
09BEIJING1777 | PRC: MAUNG AYE TOLD TO "ADVANCE DEMOCRATIC DEVELOPMENT;" AUNG SAN SUU KYI NOT DISCUSSED [...] (C) SPDC Vice-Chairman Maung Aye did not discuss Aung San Suu Kyi with senior Chinese leadership during his June 15-20 visit to China, according to an MFA contact, focusing instead on strengthening bilateral ties. The Chinese urged Burma to advance its "domestic democratic development" and inc [...] | 2009-06-29 09:10:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | AGS BM CH ENRG ETRD PHUM PREL |
09BEIJING1803 | PRC/IRAN: SCHOLAR ON ELECTION'S TIANANMEN ECHOES, [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to a senior Chinese academic, Beijing was handling coverage of the contested Iranian elections carefully in light of potential comparisons by ordinary Chinese of the unrest to the leadership split that lead to the June 4 Tiananmen massacre. Our contact said that Beijin [...] | 2009-06-30 11:12:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM ENRG PTER MNUC IR CH |
09BEIJING1817 | CHINA HAS FAVORABLE VIEW OF IRENA BUT [...] (SBU) On June 30, China's National Energy Administration (NEA) responded via faxed letter to points conveyed in REFTEL regarding China's view towards joining the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA). 2. (SBU) BEGIN TEXT OF INFORMAL TRANSLATION: Dear Mr. Brent Christensen ESTH [...] | 2009-07-01 23:10:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG KGHG SENV TSPL CH |
09BEIJING1818 | CHINA HAS FAVORABLE VIEW OF IRENA BUT NOT READY TO JOIN [...] (SBU) On June 30, China's National Energy Administration (NEA) responded via faxed letter to points conveyed in REFTEL regarding China's view towards joining the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA). 2. (SBU) BEGIN TEXT OF INFORMAL TRANSLATION: Dear Mr. Brent Christensen ESTH [...] | 2009-07-01 23:10:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG KGHG SENV TSPL CH |
09BEIJING1819 | CHINA HAS FAVORABLE VIEW OF IRENA BUT NOT READY TO JOIN [...] (SBU) On June 30, China's National Energy Administration (NEA) responded via faxed letter to points conveyed in REFTEL regarding China's view towards joining the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA). 2. (SBU) BEGIN TEXT OF INFORMAL TRANSLATION: Dear Mr. Brent Christensen ESTH [...] | 2009-07-01 23:11:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG KGHG SENV TSPL CH |
09BEIJING1820 | China Has Favorable View of IRENA but not Ready to Join [...] (SBU) On June 30, China's National Energy Administration (NEA) responded via faxed letter to points conveyed in REFTEL regarding China's view towards joining the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA). 2. (SBU) BEGIN TEXT OF INFORMAL TRANSLATION: Dear Mr. Brent Christensen ESTH [...] | 2009-07-01 23:11:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG KGHG SENV TSPL CH |
09BEIJING1844 | SCO SUMMIT: CHINA WEIGHS LEADERSHIP ROLE AS [...] (C) Chinese and other Shanghai Organization (SCO) member countries' diplomats told us that the June 16 SCO summit in Yekaterinburg had served primarily as a forum for SCO members to demonstrate a sense of urgency in responding to the global financial crisis, eclipsing discussion about increasin [...] | 2009-07-05 02:50:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER EAID ETRD ENRG ZK XD CH RS IR |
09BEIJING1850 | CHINA WEIGHS LEADERSHIP ROLE AS ECONOMY TAKES [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-05 03:00:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER EAID ETRD ENRG ZK XD CH RS IR |
09BEIJING1910 | China/UNSCR 1874: Delivery of State 66250 [...] (SBU) Ref A nonpaper and talking points were delivered to the Chinese Government via a telephone call between U.S. Treasury Undersecretary Stuart Levey and People's Bank of China (PBoC) Vice Governor Su Ning (ref B),Ambassador Phillip Goldberg's meeting in Beijing with Chinese government off [...] | 2009-07-08 23:06:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG EINV EPET EFIN CH |
09BEIJING1911 | SCENESETTER FOR DOE SECRETARY CHU VISIT TO CHINA [...] (SBU) Secretary Chu, Chinese leaders are eagerly looking forward to your visit to China and to engaging you on issues of energy, climate change and science, among others, that will help determine the quality of life of the Chinese and American people over the next few decades. Your visit come [...] | 2009-07-08 23:06:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OVIP PREL PGOV ECON PARM MARR SENV ENRG KGHG CH |
09BEIJING1924 | SCENESETTER FOR DOC SECRETARY LOCKE VISIT TO CHINA [...] (SBU) Secretary Locke, I wanted to send you a note that addresses some of the issues you will raise from a China mission perspective. I know that your staff has prepared papers on these matters and hope we are not duplicating some of their observations. 2. (SBU) Clearly, Chinese leaders are [...] | 2009-07-09 09:12:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OVIP PREL PGOV ECON PARM MARR SENV ENRG KGHG CH |
09BEIJING1945 | EMBASSY AIR QUALITY TWEETS SAID TO "CONFUSE" CHINESE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. At the request of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),ESTH Off and MED Off met on July 7 with Mr. WANG Shuai of MFA's Office of U.S. Affairs to respond to MFA's concerns about recent publicity in international and local press surrounding an air quality monitor installed on t [...] | 2009-07-10 07:34:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV CASC KGHG TRGY ENRG PREL CH |
09BEIJING1973 | INDONESIAN FM VISIT TO BEIJING [...] (C) Indonesian Foreign Minister Hassan Wirajuda's July 1-3 trip to Beijing concentrated mainly on positive aspects of Sino-Indonesia ties, including signing of an extradition treaty, and further development of the strategic partnership, according to MFA and Indonesian Embassy contacts. However [...] | 2009-07-13 10:54:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ETRD ENRG EFIN PBTS MARR ID CH |
09BEIJING2053 | CHU AND LOCKE TALK CLEAN ENERGY WITH CHINA'S STATE GRID [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Secretary of Energy Steven Chu and Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke met with State Grid President Liu Zhenya on July 16 to discuss clean energy. State Grid is China's largest transmission and distribution company, serving nearly one billion people. The company has pioneered ul [...] | 2009-07-20 06:57:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG KGHG ECON SENV PGOV CH |
09BEIJING2054 | DOE SECRETARY CHU AND MOHURD MINISTER JIANG DISCUSS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. At their July 14 meeting in Beijing, Secretary of Energy Steven Chu and Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development (MOHURD) Minister Jiang Weixin discussed energy-efficient buildings. MOHURD officials agreed that energy-efficient standards needed to go beyond design to add [...] | 2009-07-20 07:19:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG KGHG ECON SENV PGOV CH |
09BEIJING2064 | Secretary Locke Discusses Bilateral Trade [...] (SBU) Secretary Locke and delegation and D/USTR Demetrios Marantis met July 15 with Minister Chen Deming and senior MOFCOM officials for a 90 minute discussion of bilateral trade and commercial issues including clean energy coooperation, global warming, trade remedies, Buy America/Buy China po [...] | 2009-07-20 10:45:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG ETRD EAGR EIND EINT BEXP CH |
09BEIJING2071 | Secretaries Locke and Chu Discuss Energy and Climate [...] (SBU) Summary: In a meeting with Premier Wen Jiabao on July 16, Commerce Secretary Gary Locke and Energy Secretary Steven Chu highlighted the importance of the United States and China working together on clean energy and climate change. Wen agreed that the U.S.-China relationship is the most [...] | 2009-07-21 06:01:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG KGHG ECON SENV PGOV CH |
09BEIJING2072 | SECRETARY CHU MEETS WITH VICE PREMIER LI KEQIANG [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-21 06:07:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG KGHG ECON SENV PGOV CH |
09BEIJING2073 | Energy Secretary Chu and Commerce Secretary Locke Discuss [...] (SBU) Summary: In a meeting with National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) Chairman Zhang Ping on July 14, Energy Secretary Steven Chu and Commerce Secretary Gary Locke discussed how the United States and China can work together on energy and climate change. Chu pointed out that throu [...] | 2009-07-21 06:29:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG KGHG ECON SENV PGOV CH |
09BEIJING2089 | Energy Secretary Chu Visits China's ENN Energy Company and [...] (SBU) Summary: Secretary of Energy Steven Chu met ENN Chairman Wang Yusuo on July 17 at ENN Headquarters in Langfang City, Hebei Province. Founded in 1989, ENN is an integrated energy company that is investing heavily in clean energy technology. China's largest private energy firm, ENN has act [...] | 2009-07-22 06:43:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG KGHG ECON SENV CH |
09BEIJING2118 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S. RETURN TO ASIA, NORTH KOREA, CHINA'S [...] U.S. RETURN TO ASIA "China should pay a high degree of attention to the United States returning to Asia" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao) (07/24): "It is foreseeable that in the future China will be facing pressure from the United S [...] | 2009-07-24 07:32:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR PREL ECON ENRG CH |
09BEIJING2124 | SECRETARIES CHU AND LOCKE DISCUSS CLEAN ENERGY PRIORITIES [...] (SBU) During his recent visit to China, Energy Secretary Chu met with China's Minister of Science and Technology WAN Gang on July 15 to discuss priorities for the new U.S.-China Clean Energy Research and Development Center, which they publicly announced later the same day at a joint press con [...] | 2009-07-26 23:18:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OVIP PREL PGOV ECON PARM MARR SENV ENRG KGHG CH |
09BEIJING2125 | DOE SECRETARY CHU DISCUSSES CLEAN COAL TECHNOLOGY AND [...] (SBU) On July 16, Secretary Chu met with CAO Peixi the president of Huaneng Group, China's largest power producer. The two met at Huaneng's Gaobeidian showcase cogeneration power plant in Beijing to discuss the energy giant's effort to reduce sulfur and nitrogen oxide (SOx and NOx) and carbo [...] | 2009-07-26 23:18:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OVIP PREL PGOV ECON PARM MARR SENV ENRG KGHG CH |
09BEIJING2126 | Senior Hu Advisor Zheng Bijian Organizing China-U.S. Clean [...] (SBU) Professor ZHENG Bijian, a senior advisor to China's president Hu Jintao, met with the U.S. Energy Secretary Chu and U.S. Commerce Secretary Locke, during their recent trip to China. Zheng's primary aim during the brief lunch meeting was to solicit the attendance of the two Secretaries at [...] | 2009-07-26 23:18:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OVIP PREL PGOV ECON PARM MARR SENV ENRG KGHG CH |
09BEIJING2127 | COMMERCE SECRETARY LOCKE TO MIIT MINISTER LI [...] (C) Summary. In a July 15 discussion with Minister of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) Li Yizhong on the challenges posed by the global financial crisis (GFC),Secretary of Commerce Locke emphasized the importance of investing in clean energy and technology. Secretary Locke noted th [...] | 2009-07-27 00:53:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG KGHG ECON SENV PGOV CH |
09BEIJING2158 | Secretary Chu Discusses Energy and Climate Change [...] (U) Summary: Secretary Chu met with Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) President LU Yongxiang on July 15 to discuss current and upcoming areas of cooperation in the areas of energy efficiency and climate change. Secretary Chu stressed the need for energy-efficient technologies such as efficient [...] | 2009-07-29 05:27:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG KGHG ECON SENV PGOV CH |
09BEIJING2177 | PRC/RUSSIA: MFA, SCHOLARS DOWNPLAY IMPACT OF [...] (C) In response to the closure by Moscow authorities of the Cherkizovsky market, the largest Chinese market in Russia (reftel),China's state-controlled media was uncharacteristically critical of Russia's "heavy handed" actions, and the issue generated commentary among Chinese bloggers complai [...] | 2009-07-30 10:13:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EFIN ENRG EWWT EPET MARR CH RS |
09BEIJING2263 | PRC/UN: UN SYG VISIT FOCUSES ON CLIMATE CHANGE, [...] (C) UN Secretary General (SYG) Ban Ki-moon visited China July 23-26 to seek support from senior Chinese leaders for upcoming UN discussions on climate change. Contacts reported that the Chinese leadership remained non-committal on the SYG's call for China to play a greater global leadership ro [...] | 2009-08-07 10:09:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EAID ENRG SENV CH |
09BEIJING2418 | CHINA/AUSTRALIA: BUSINESS GOES ON DESPITE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite the recent political tensions between Australia and China over Rebiya Kadeer's visit to Australia and the arrest by Chinese security officials of Rio Tinto executive and Australian citizen Stern Hu, Australia remains committed to developing its economic ties with China, a [...] | 2009-08-24 00:54:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EINV ECON AS CH |
09BEIJING2438 | PRC/IRAN: SCHOLAR SUGGESTS U.S. NEGOTIATE SE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The unstable post-election political climate in Iran likely precludes the initiation of formal negotiations with Iran on ceasing its uranium enrichment program, according to a PRC scholar. Though Iran is sincere in wishing to reach out to the United States on broader bilateral i [...] | 2009-08-25 09:41:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM ENRG PTER MNUC IR CH |
09BEIJING2467 | China Considers Restrictions on Strategic [...] (SBU) Begin Summary: ChinaQs Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) has drafted a report recommending more stringent restrictions on the export of rare earth metals and further consolidation in the rare earth mining sector over the next six years, according to Chinese media. S [...] | 2009-08-28 09:36:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD ENRG EMIN EIND SENV CH AS |
09BEIJING2494 | PRC/IRAN: CHINA IN WAIT-AND-SEE MODE BILATERALLY [...] (C) SUMMARY: China is biding its time until the political crisis in Iran reaches a clearer resolution and the Ahmadinejad government consolidates power, and will signal its renewed engagement by sending a high-level delegation to Tehran once the political situation has been resolved, accordin [...] | 2009-09-01 12:18:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM ENRG PTER MNUC IR CH |
09BEIJING2593 | CHINA: NPT REVIEW CONFERENCE REPORTING REQUEST [...] (C) Below, please find Embassy Beijing's responses to reftel questions in preparation for the 2010 Nonproliferation Treaty Review Conference (RevCon). -- What is the host government's general attitude towards CTBT, FMCT, NPT, and U.S.-Russian arms control efforts? What factors influence its [...] | 2009-09-10 09:26:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL AORC CDG ENRG KNNP MNUC PGOV UNGA |
09BEIJING2635 | CHINA/KUWAIT: GUANGDONG REFINERY AND PETROCHEMICAL [...] (C) Summary and Comment: The USD 10 billion deal between Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) and Chinese state-owned refining giant Sinopec to build a petrochemical plant and oil refinery in Guangdong Province could be derailed by a dispute over distribution rights, according to a KPC executive [...] | 2009-09-15 05:04:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV ENRG EPET PREL SENV PGOV CH KU |
09BEIJING2679 | P-3 NPT AND FMCT DRAFT AGENDA DELIVERED TO CHINA [...] (C) PolOff delivered reftel demarche outlining a draft agenda for a discussion of Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) and Fissile Material Cutoff Treaty (FMCT) issues at the upcoming P-3 meeting in Washington on September 18 to Zhang Hongliu of MFA's Arms Control and Disarmament Department General Po [...] | 2009-09-18 03:53:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC CDG ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PREL UNGA |
09BEIJING2770 | CHINA/PAKISTAN: PAKISTANI OFFICIALS PRAISE PRC [...] (C) SUMMARY: China's model of economic assistance benefits Pakistan and generates goodwill for China, according to a Beijing-based Pakistani diplomat. He praised China's focus on "bricks and mortar" development and use of concessionary loans and criticized USAID and other donors' for wasting [...] | 2009-09-25 09:41:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID EINV ENRG ETRD PREL PGOV CH PK |
09BEIJING2793 | PRC/IRAN: SCHOLARS CONTINUE TO PUSH FOR COVERT [...] (C) SUMMARY: While state-run media in China question the motives of Western-led efforts to deal with the Iranian nuclear issue and stress that dialogue is the only way forward, two of China's leading Iran experts are doubtful the P5-plus-1 engagement with Iran will bear fruit. They echoed co [...] | 2009-09-29 13:36:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM ENRG PTER MNUC IR CH |
09BEIJING2813 | AUSPICIOUS JCM: MARKING THIRTY YEARS OF U.S.-CHINA SCIENCE [...] (SBU) Senior Chinese government officials from across China's science and technology (S&T) establishment are eagerly looking forward to engaging their U.S. government counterparts at the upcoming 13th Joint Commission Meeting (JCM) on Science and Technology, set to take place in Washington, DC [...] | 2009-10-03 00:41:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ENRG KGHG TSPA TPHY TBIO CH |
09BEIJING2845 | US-China Energy Policy Dialogue: Room for [...] (SBU) Begin Summary: The fourth U.S.-China Energy Policy Dialogue (EPD) held September 27 in Qingdao agreed on the importance of deepening cooperation on clean energy issues in order to address global climate change and to strengthen energy security, and noted this topic would likely be high [...] | 2009-10-13 09:25:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG SENV CH |
09BEIJING2865 | China/Electric Vehicles: Participants at First US-China [...] (SBU) Summary. During the inaugural meeting of the U.S.-China Electric Vehicle (EV) Forum held in Beijing September 29, key industry, government and academic leaders underscored the need for greater cooperation on the development of electric vehicles, particularly in the area of developing st [...] | 2009-10-14 09:51:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG ELTN EIND SENV CH |
09BEIJING2917 | China/Russia: Putin's Visit Leads to Energy [...] (SBU) Summary: During Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's October 13-15 visit to Beijing, the two sides agreed to a framework for continued negotiations on a natural gas purchase arrangement; formed a joint venture to explore for natural gas in Siberia; and reached agreement on a joint ven [...] | 2009-10-21 08:46:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ENRG ETRD EFIN PREL RS CH |
09BEIJING2918 | PRC/AFGHANISTAN: MCC ON THE AYNAK COPPER MINE [...] (C) Summary: The political vacuum created by Afghan elections and "inefficient" work of the de-mining company has caused delays at the Aynak copper mine project, according to two executives at the China Metallurgical Group Corporation (MCC, the mine contract holder). The MCC officials requested U.S [...] | 2009-10-21 08:54:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID EINV EMIN ENRG PREL AF CH |
09BEIJING2932 | PRC/IRAN: PREMIER WEN PUSHES RAHIMI ON DIALOGUE; [...] (C) SUMMARY: On the margins of Shanghai Cooperation Organization high-level meetings October 15, PRC Premier Wen Jiabao urged Iranian First Vice President Mohammad Reza Rahimi to move forward with direct talks with the United States and offered PRC support to do so, according to an MFA offici [...] | 2009-10-22 12:03:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM ENRG PTER MNUC IR CH |
09BEIJING2933 | PRC/IRAN: SCHOLARS ON TEHRAN'S VIEWS ON NUCLEAR [...] (C) SUMMARY: A senior Middle East specialist at a well-connected think-tank reported that Iranian diplomats in Beijing were seeking ways to push Tehran to negotiate with the P5-plus-1 but want to do so through cutouts, such as scholars. Beijing-based Iranian diplomats hoped that China would [...] | 2009-10-22 12:13:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM ENRG PTER MNUC IR CH |
09BEIJING2995 | PRC/LATIN AMERICA: CHINESE ECONOMIC INTERESTS [...] (C) Summary: Politics, economics, Taiwan and common interests in social development drive China's interest in Latin America, according to a PRC scholar. Notwithstanding China's deepening relationship with Latin America, China will not develop its Latin America connections at the expense of i [...] | 2009-10-29 09:36:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM ECON ETRD ENRG EINV AR XM CH |
09BEIJING3001 | CHINESE SPECIAL ENVOY TALKS IRAN, MIDDLE EAST WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an October 26 meeting with PRC Special Envoy to the Middle East Wu Sike, Senior Director for the Central Region Dennis Ross underscored the high priority that the United States placed on the pursuit of peace in the Middle East and on resolution of the Iran nuclear issue. Both [...] | 2009-10-30 10:01:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM MNUC OVIP ENRG PGOV CH IR IS |
09BEIJING3096 | GNEP BEIJING MINISTERIAL - AGREEMENT TO CONSIDER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: China--led by National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) Vice Chairman and National Energy Administration (NEA) chief ZHANG Guobao--hosted the third Global Nuclear Energy Partnership (GNEP) Executive Committee meeting on October 23 in Beijing. The U.S. delegation was le [...] | 2009-11-13 00:33:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ECON ETTC TRGY KNNP IAEA KTIA CVIS CH |
09BEIJING3110 | THE POTENTIAL FOR SHALE GAS DEVELOPMENT IN CHINA [...] (SBU) Summary: There is significant potential for shale gas development in China. Total resources are estimated to be 100 trillion cubic meters. Shale gas resources have been studied for the last five years and exploration began this year. The Chinese government and state-owned enterprises [...] | 2009-11-13 08:56:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG SENV EPET CH |
09BEIJING3141 | IAEA: CHINA TENTATIVELY SUPPORTS ANGARSK NUCLEAR [...] (SBU) PolOff delivered reftel demarche encouraging China to support an anticipated Russian resolution to create a nuclear fuel reserve at Angarsk, Russia, during the November 26-27 IAEA Board of Governors meeting to Arms Control and Disarmament Department Nuclear Division Director Zhang Shen o [...] | 2009-11-20 00:33:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL AORC TRGY ENRG KNNP IAEA CH |
09BEIJING3147 | CHINA URGED TO SUPPORT CREATION OF THIRD [...] (C) PolOff delivered reftel demarche asking China to support creation of a third subsidiary body dealing with Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) Article X provisions for the May 2010 NPT Review Conference to MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Nuclear Division First Secretary He Zhi [...] | 2009-11-20 05:33:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL PGOV UNGA AORC CDG KNNP ENRG MNUC |
09BEIJING3179 | HAZARDOUS AIR DAYS IN BEIJING [...] (SBU) From November 5 through November 8, the Air Quality Index (AQI),as measured by the Embassy's PM2.5 monitor, registered "Hazardous," whereas the Beijing Environmental Protection Bureau (BEPB),which reports only PM10 readings, registered only "Lightly Polluted" and "Moderately Polluted" [...] | 2009-11-27 08:58:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV CASC KGHG TRGY ENRG PREL CH |
09BEIJING3180 | DOE SECRETARY CHU AND CHINA SCIENCE MINISTER CO-CHAIR FIRST [...] (SBU) On the eve of the U.S. President's first visit to Beijing, Department of Energy Secretary Steven Chu, China's Minister of Science and Technology WAN Gang, and National Energy Administration (NEA) Deputy Administrator LIU Qi (acting for Administrator Zhang Guobao) convened the first stee [...] | 2009-11-27 08:59:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OVIP PREL PGOV ECON PARM MARR SENV ENRG KGHG CH |
09BEIJING3182 | ENERGY AND COMMERCE SECRETARIES CHU AND LOCKE LEAD [...] (U) In an effort to promote clean energy cooperation during the U.S. President's first visit to Beijing, U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu and Commerce Secretary Gary Locke led a senior-level U.S.-China roundtable discussion on clean energy on November 16. The roundtable included distinguished [...] | 2009-11-27 09:54:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OVIP PREL PGOV ECON PARM MARR SENV ENRG KGHG CH |
09BEIJING3186 | BILATERAL WITH VICE PREMIER LI KEQIANG - COOPERATION AND [...] (SBU) Commerce Secretary Locke, Energy Secretary Chu, U.S. Trade Representative Kirk and U.S. Trade Development Administrator Zak met with Vice Premier Li Keqiang on November 18, 2009 at the Great Hall of the People, to discuss a broad range of bilateral issues including energy cooperation and [...] | 2009-11-30 04:44:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OVIP PREL PGOV ECON PARM MARR SENV ENRG KGHG CH |
09BEIJING3188 | SECRETARY OF ENERGY STEVEN CHU MEETS WITH ZHANG GUOBAO, [...] (U) Upon Secretary Chu's arrival in Beijing, he met with Minister ZHANG Guobao, head of China's National Energy Administration (NEA). Zhang informed Secretary Chu that he would be out of the country during the remainder of the Secretary's visit and that the NEA Deputy Administrator LIU Qi wo [...] | 2009-11-30 07:30:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OVIP PREL PGOV ECON PARM MARR SENV ENRG KGHG CH |
09BEIJING3190 | DOE SECRETARY CHU'S LUNCH WITH CHINESE STATE COUNCILOR LIU [...] (U) Following the CERC Signing ceremony, State Councilor LIU Yandong hosted a lunch. During lunch, Madam Liu highlighted the importance of U.S.-China cooperation on electric vehicles (EVs) and said she believes that this collaboration has a promising future. U.S. Secretary of Energy Steven Ch [...] | 2009-11-30 09:27:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OVIP PREL PGOV ECON PARM MARR SENV ENRG KGHG CH |
09BEIJING3221 | PRC/IRAN: ISA Demarche: Chinese Firms [...] (C) In meetings November 30-December 2, Acting Economic Minister Counselor and Econoff delivered ref A points to officials from China National Petroleum Company (CNPC),Sinopec and China National Offshore Oil Company (CNOOC). Officials from all three state-owned oil and gas firms were careful [...] | 2009-12-02 09:29:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EPET EINV ENRG ETTC PREL IR CH |
09BEIJING3252 | PRC SCHOLAR ON IRAN, RUSSIA, CENTRAL ASIA, SCO, [...] (C) Summary: A well-connected scholar of Russian and Central Asian studies argued that China would not alter its basic position on the Iran nuclear issue in response to an apparent Russian shift in approach, because PRC leadership understands that Russia's change is in tone only, Russia's und [...] | 2009-12-04 10:07:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EFIN ENRG EWWT EPET MARR CH AF IR |
09BEIJING3295 | CHINESE FIRM RE-THINKS AFGHAN MINING CONTRACT [...] (C) Summary: China Metallurgical Group Corporation (MCC) President Shen Heting told a visiting U.S. delegation on November 12 that inefficiency and corruption in the Afghan government, security problems, and a lack of skilled Afghan workers had delayed work on the MCC´s Aynak copper mine project [...] | 2009-12-10 10:35:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON EINV EMIN ENRG MASS PREL PGOV PTER |
09BEIJING3326 | PRC: Central Asia-China Pipeline Opens, [...] (C) PRC President Hu Jintao's December 12-14 working level visits to Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan to inaugurate the Central Asia-China pipeline demonstrated China's growing energy cooperation with Central Asia and increasing demand for imported natural gas, according to two researchers at CNPC' [...] | 2009-12-14 22:51:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG EPET EINV PREL KZ TX CH |
09BEIJING439 | CHINA SHARES NPT PREPCOM AND REVCON PRIORITIES [...] (SBU) Summary: PolOff discussed reftel questions regarding China's priorities for the upcoming Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) third Preparatory Committee (PrepCom) and 2010 NPT Review Conference (RevCon) with MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Nuclear Division Deputy Director [...] | 2009-02-20 08:53:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM MNUC AORC DCG ENRG KNNP PREL PGOV UNGA |
09BEIJING518 | HUI SAID XI SAID: CHINESE LEADERS VISIT LATIN [...] (C) Summary: The overlapping visits of two of China's top leaders to Latin America and the Caribbean February 7-22 were marked by numerous investment and aid agreements. While some of the agreements lacked substance or were rehashed from previous visits, our contacts say China has begun to i [...] | 2009-02-27 10:29:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EFIN EAID ETRD ENRG CH XM XL |
09BEIJING529 | China/Forex Energy Fund: Still "Just an Idea" [...] (SBU) Begin Summary. Official Chinese media reported that China's National Energy Administration (NEA) had in early February submitted a proposal to use foreign exchange reserves to help Chinese companies acquire overseas resource assets. NEA's Oil and Gas Division Director, however, said NE [...] | 2009-03-02 09:39:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG EINV EPET EFIN CH |
09BEIJING560 | PRC/IRAN: CHINA SEEKS CLARITY ON U.S. IRAN POLICY, [...] (C) SUMMARY: China is keen to understand the direction of U.S. policy toward the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and is willing to facilitate dialogue between the two sides, according to an MFA official. China remains committed to the P5-plus-1 process but values its bilateral engagement with [...] | 2009-03-04 12:55:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM ENRG PTER MNUC IR CH |
09BEIJING607 | FOREIGN MINISTER YANG JIECHI HOLDS NPC PRESS CONFERENCE [...] Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi outlined China's foreign policy priorities in a March 7 press conference held on the margins of the ongoing National People's Congress (NPC). U.S.-China relations are "off to a good start" under the new Obama administration, Yang said, noting there currently is an [...] | 2009-03-09 12:32:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ECON ETRD EFIN PHUM ENRG CH TW XA RS KN KS |
09BEIJING623 | CHINA/RUSSIA: LOANS-FOR-OIL DEAL STILL IN THE PIPELINE [...] (C) After months of negotiations, China and Russia appear closer to reaching an agreement on the expansion of the East Siberia-Pacific Ocean (ESPO) Pipeline to northeast China. A USD 25 billion oil-for-loans agreement announced in mid-February will, if finalized, provide much-needed liquidity [...] | 2009-03-11 07:19:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG EPET EINV EFIN CH RS |
09BEIJING625 | CHINA/RUSSIA: OIL-FOR-LOANS DEAL STILL IN THE [...] (C) After months of negotiations, China and Russia appear closer to reaching an agreement on the expansion of the East Siberia-Pacific Ocean (ESPO) Pipeline to northeast China. A USD 25 billion oil-for-loans agreement announced in mid-February will, if finalized, provide much-needed liquidity [...] | 2009-03-11 07:35:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG EPET EFIN CH RS |
09BEIJING665 | CHINA ANNOUNCES PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY SUPPORT PLAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: China's State Council announced a petrochemical industry support plan on February 19, the eighth of ten such plans intended to help key industries weather the economic crisis. Similar to the other revitalization plans (reftels),the petrochemical industry support plan seeks to s [...] | 2009-03-13 13:19:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG EPET EIND ETRD CH |
09BEIJING679 | PRC/IRAN: REPORTED SOUTH PARS LNG DEAL NOT [...] (C) Citing Iranian media, international and Chinese media outlets are reporting that a consortium of three unnamed Chinese oil and gas companies have signed a USD 3.2 billion deal with Iran to produce 10.5 million tons of liquefied natural gas (LNG) per year in Iran's South Pars gas field. Det [...] | 2009-03-16 11:48:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EPET EINV ENRG PREL PARM PTER MNUC POL |
09BEIJING686 | Mantis 2008 (1 of 2): More Workload, More Waiting in [...] Summary: This cable summarizes Beijing's 2008 Mantis Security Advisory Opinion (SAO) review. In 2008, overall SAO Mantis volume increased by 10 percent, and wait times quadrupled to 16 weeks for SAO clearance. End Summary. ------------------------------- 2008 in Review: By the Numbers - [...] | 2009-03-17 09:02:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CMGT CVIS ETTC OEXC ECON ENRG EINV TRGY KNNP KSCA |
09BEIJING687 | Mantis 2009 (2 of 2): Unpredictable Delays Harm Business, [...] (SBU) Summary: This cable draws preliminary conclusions on 2009 Mantis Security Advisory Opinion (SAO) processing trends, based on the first 5 months of the fiscal year. Current lengthy SAO processing delays undermine Consular Section public outreach efforts. Expediting 2009 student and scho [...] | 2009-03-17 09:03:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CMGT CVIS ETTC OEXC ECON ENRG EINV TRGY KNNP KSCA |
09BEIJING808 | Response to Request on Green Investments in [...] (SBU) Summary. Since November 2008, China has announced a RMB four trillion (USD 585 billion) fiscal stimulus package as well as ten industrial sector revitalization plans, the latter largely without specific funding. Various parts of the stimulus program and some of the sectoral plans inclu [...] | 2009-03-26 23:30:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ENRG SENV KGHG CH |
09BEIJING817 | SAOs: U.S. Companies Highlight Harm to U.S. Exports; Jobs [...] (SBU) Summary: Presidents and CEOs of U.S. high-tech exporters met with the CDA to express their concern that four-month-long waits for visa issuances are having a serious negative impact on American exports, and to discuss possible solutions. A delegation of former American Chamber of Commerc [...] | 2009-03-27 06:50:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CMGT CVIS ETTC OEXC ECON ENRG EINV TRGY KNNP KSCA |
09BEIJING860 | NDRC Comments on Proposed Structure of the U.S.-China [...] (SBU) On March 30, ESTHcouns met with Ma Xin, Director General of the Department of International Cooperation at the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC),to hear NDRC's assessment of the recent visit to Washington of NDRC Vice Chairman Xie Zhenhua, and also learn of NDRC's views o [...] | 2009-03-31 23:07:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV KGHG ENRG CH |
09BEIJING903 | CHINA/EITI: CHINESE ACADEMIC STRESSES NEED TO BUILD [...] (SBU) Summary. Chinese officials and academics lack a clear understanding of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI),according to Dr. He Wenping, of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS). In He's view, Chinese officials will not support the EITI unless they can be co [...] | 2009-04-03 09:33:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG SENV EPET EMIN KCOR CH |
09BEIJING908 | SINO-BURMESE ECONOMIC RELATIONS - PIPELINES NOT [...] (SBU0 Chinese scholars seemed unconcerned with the political situation in Burma and focused primarily on the economic relationship between the two countries during recent meetings with EmbOffs. The high cost of food and energy in Burma is inflaming the country's volatile political situation a [...] | 2009-04-07 01:23:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG BM CH |
09BEIJING972 | PRC/IRAN: BEIJING URGES TEHRAN TO RESPOND [...] (C) SUMMARY: Chinese officials have urged Iran to respond positively to an invitation to meet with the P5-plus-1 grouping, according to the MFA. The Chinese told the Iranian Ambassador to China April 9 that the United States reiterated Iran's right to peaceful use of nuclear energy and that I [...] | 2009-04-13 10:28:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM ENRG PTER MNUC IR CH |
09BEIRUT1229 | ECONOMIC REFORM PROSPECTS IN LEBANON'S NEW [...] (C) SUMMARY: While some worried that the long and contentious government formation process would result in an ineffectual cabinet, the new ministers include a surprising number of relatively apolitical technocrats. With regard to the USG's key economic reform priorities in Lebanon (ref A),Em [...] | 2009-11-17 07:34:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EIND ECPS ENRG PGOV KCOR LE |
09BEIRUT1277 | LEBANESE REACTION TO ISRAELI SETTLEMENT MORATORIUM [...] (C) SUMMARY: Presidential advisor Naji Abi Assi welcomed details about Israel's recently announced settlement moratorium and the U.S. reaction to it. Abi Assi also told Charge on December 1 that Palestinian Authority President Abu Mazen was scheduled to visit Beirut on December 7. He opined [...] | 2009-12-04 15:46:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAL KWBG UNSC ENRG LE IS |
09BEIRUT1298 | LEBANON LOOKS TO TURN "GREEN," ACTION AWAITS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Coinciding with the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, popular efforts on environmental issues in Lebanon have received significant local media attention and the newly-formed Lebanese government seems to have taken notice of the public push. Prime Minister Saad Hariri wi [...] | 2009-12-10 17:33:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG SENV PGOV PREL LE |
09BEIRUT321 | LEBANON: FINMIN CHATAH ON 1701, PRE-ELECTION ANTICS [...] (C) In a March 17 meeting with the Ambassador, Minister of Finance Mohammad Chatah lamented the fact that Lebanon had not presented its case to the international community better on the illegality of the Israeli occupation of Ghajar village. He said UN reports on UNSCR 1701 had fallen short f [...] | 2009-03-19 14:38:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EFIN PINR ENRG LE |
09BEIRUT665 | LEBANON: IRENA DEMARCHE RESPONSE [...] (SBU) Post delivered reftel demarches June 12 to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Directorate of International Organizations Walid Haidar. Haidar noted that Lebanon will attend the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) preparatory meeting June 28-30 in Egypt. Lebanese representatives have [...] | 2009-06-15 14:27:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG KGHG SENV |
09BEIRUT692 | LEBANON: HOW THE USG CAN PROMOTE ECONOMIC REFORM [...] (SBU) One of our key priorities at U.S. Embassy Beirut is to support Lebanon's state institutions and the extension of the state's authority throughout all of Lebanon's territory. The upcoming formation of a new Lebanese government offers us an opportunity to re-engage on fundamental reform iss [...] | 2009-06-23 13:48:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECPS ENRG PGOV KCOR LE |
09BEIRUT779 | LEBANON: OPIC/CITI EXTEND ADDITIONAL LOAN FACILITY TO [...] (SBU) On July 10, Citi Country Officer for Lebanon Walter Siouffi told us that the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) and Citi signed a $40 million 15-year term loan facility for Byblos Bank (one of Lebanon's top three commercial banks) this week. This amount will be used for lendi [...] | 2009-07-14 04:58:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EIND ENRG PGOV LE |
09BEIRUT837 | LEBANON: TOURISM IS BUSTLING IN BEIRUT, BUT ONLY [...] (U) Beirut's record-setting summer tourism has bolstered business and crowded the capital city, but the benefits have not extended far past the city limits. Lebanese expatriates frequent dining establishments in some peripheral cities, but the historical GOL focus on infrastructure developmen [...] | 2009-07-24 18:10:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EIND ENRG PGOV LE |
09BEIRUT87 | LEBANON: SIGNING ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL AGREEMENT [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel points and text of the USG announcement of the U.S.- IAEA "Additional Protocol" ratification to Oussama Khachab, Head of the Americas Desk at the Lebanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),and Nada Akl, First Secretary in the Department of International Organiza [...] | 2009-01-21 16:21:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC ENRG IAEA KNNP KTIA MNUC NPT PARM PGOV |
09BEIRUT905 | LEBANON: HEALTH MINISTRY CONSIDERS SWINE FLU ITS PRIORITY, [...] (SBU) On August 4, Director General of the Ministry of Public Health (MOPH) Walid Ammar told us he does not consider IPR a major priority for the MOPH. Instead of focusing on stricter rules on IPR for WTO accession to protect the interests of multinational pharmaceutical companies, Ammar asked [...] | 2009-08-13 07:51:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ELTN EINV ENRG ETRD KIPR KFLU PGOV LE |
09BEIRUT906 | LEBANON: HEALTH MINISTRY CONSIDERS SWINE FLU ITS PRIORITY, [...] (SBU) On August 4, Director General of the Ministry of Public Health (MOPH) Walid Ammar told us he does not consider IPR a major priority for the MOPH. Instead of focusing on stricter rules on IPR for WTO accession to protect the interests of multinational pharmaceutical companies, Ammar asked [...] | 2009-08-13 07:51:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ELTN EINV ENRG ETRD KIPR KFLU PGOV LE |
09BELGRADE12 | GAS CRISIS BEGINS TO BITE SERBIA [...] With the cutoff of gas supplies from Serbia's sole gas import pipeline from Hungary on January 6, Serbia is effectively without natural gas until the end of the Russia-Ukraine dispute. Deliveries of gas to Serbia ended on January 6 as an Orthodox Christmas Eve present from Moscow. Most Serbi [...] | 2009-01-08 13:32:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ENRG ETRD SR |
09BELGRADE1258 | SERBIA SURVIVES MEDVEDEV VISIT, BUT MUST DEAL WITH [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-28 10:48:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ENRG ECON SR RS |
09BELGRADE1314 | SERBIA AND ELECTRICITY: KEEPING NORTH OF KOSOVO IN THE DARK [...] (SBU) In response to demarche points on electricity in Kosovo (ref A),Serbia will continue discussing a future energy services company (ESCO) for the north of Kosovo, but is not inclined to permit KEK to provide power to the north while talks are ongoing. Serbia is determined to leverage the [...] | 2009-11-06 11:24:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG PGOV KV SR |
09BELGRADE141 | SERBIA ASKED ABOUT NPT RELATED ISSUES [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-17 09:49:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC CDG ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PREL UNGA IAEA |
09BELGRADE1430 | SERBIA'S FORGOTTEN EAST: DIGGING A DEEPER HOLE [...] (SBU) Bor, located in eastern Serbia's Timok region, is one of the poorest and most polluted cities in Serbia. Its economy is tied to the fortunes of RTB Bor, a bankrupt state-owned copper mining and smelting company. The company (which has expressed interest to purchase newer American equipme [...] | 2009-12-02 14:52:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EIND ENRG EMIN SR |
09BELGRADE1482 | SERBIA: SLOWLY CREATING A RENEWABLE ENERGY MARKET [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-11 14:00:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EIND ENRG SR |
09BELGRADE20 | RECALL 09 BELGRADE 20 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-07 13:36:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG ETRD SR |
09BELGRADE21 | Gas Crisis: EU Countries Come To Serbia's Aid [...] Heat is coming back to Serbia thanks to European assistance. On January 8, Hungary and Germany responded positively to Serbia's request for urgent gas deliveries. On January 9, Austria also agreed to supply Serbia with gas. Gas from Hungary started to flow in the late afternoon of January 8 [...] | 2009-01-12 06:30:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ENRG ETRD SR |
09BELGRADE251 | SERBIA: UNCERTAIN RELATIONSHIP WITH GAZPROM [...] (SBU) Serbia's energy marriage with Gazprom centered on the sale of state oil firm NIS at the beginning of this year had a rocky start and Serbs are increasingly unsure how Gazprom's interests fit with Serbia's. Gazprom's initial actions since taking over NIS raise questions about the company' [...] | 2009-03-24 06:30:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ENRG EFIN SR |
09BELGRADE51 | Serbia: Gas Deliveries from Germany and Hungary Continue [...] Hungary and Germany continue to deliver gas to Serbia as the Ukraine-Russia gas dispute went unresolved. The government took proactive action and decided to allow for more fuel oil imports and an increase of its reserves in the event of a protracted dispute. Serbian officials continued to bla [...] | 2009-01-20 06:24:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ENRG ETRD SR |
09BELGRADE526 | SERBIA: Supports German Bid for IRENA Headquarters [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-17 15:58:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG KGHG SENV PREL SR |
09BELGRADE607 | SERBIA: GAZPROM DRILLING DEEPER INTO ENERGY SECTOR [...] (SBU) Russia's energy giant Gazprom continues to make inroads into Serbia's energy sector, six months after it secured a deal giving it a majority stake in Serbia's state-owned petroleum company NIS. Through Gazprom, Russia is now following through on investments in both oil and gas and is co [...] | 2009-06-30 14:10:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ENRG EFIN SR |
09BELGRADE834 | SERBIA: GAS RESERVE FACILITY NOT YET READY FOR [...] (SBU) For 25 years, Serbia has been working to expand its sole underground gas storage facility, Banatski Dvor, to serve as a precaution against gas supply disruptions. The director of Serbia's state gas firm, Srbijagas, Dusan Bajatovic (of the Socialist Party SPS),publicly insists that the i [...] | 2009-08-11 13:57:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG ETRD SR |
09BELGRADE92 | SERBIA: JOINT VENTURES FOR NEW POWER PLANTS [...] (SBU) On January 20, state-owned Electric Power Industry of Serbia (EPS) announced an international call for firms to submit an expression of interest in joint investments in the construction of two power plants. The tenders are likely to be contested between Russian and Western firms with vi [...] | 2009-02-02 09:15:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG ETRD SR |
09BELMOPAN299 | SUPPLY OF ELECTRICAL POWER IN BELIZE [...] Belize Electricity Limited (BEL),whose major shareholder is Fortis Inc. of Canada, is Belize's primary distributor of electricity. Since the beginning of the year, regulatory conflicts with the Public Utilities Commission continue to dominate BEL's focus. More recently, a shortage of supply [...] | 2009-07-31 21:51:00 | Embassy Belmopan | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG ECON EINV BH |
09BERLIN1004 | GERMANY: UPDATED POINTS OF CONTACT FOR NPT-RELATED [...] Per ref A request, please note that the key points of contact for NPT-related issues in the German MFA remain Arms Control and Disarmament Office Director Nikolai von Schoepff (240-RL@diplo.de) and his deputy Stefan Kordasch (240-0@diplo.de). Both can be reached at tel. 0049-30-5000-4268. E [...] | 2009-08-14 17:13:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC CDG ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PREL UNGA |
09BERLIN1169 | NPT REVCON: GERMANY UNDERSCORES NEED TO REASSURE [...] (C) Summary. Post addressed ref A questions about German positions on non-proliferation in refs B & C. During subsequent meetings, German officials have also emphasized the need to overcome NAM suspicions that non-proliferation efforts are veiled attempts to infringe on NPT Article IV rights. [...] | 2009-09-21 10:42:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC CDG ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PREL IAEA |
09BERLIN1176 | MERKEL VS. STEINMEIER? WHAT DO THE GERMAN [...] (C/NF) This is not a "change" election. The German public does not see the September 27 parliamentary elections as decisive, and on many foreign policy fronts, including Afghanistan, arms control, and Russia, we do not foresee significant or distinct policy differences between the two most fe [...] | 2009-09-22 13:45:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD GM KJUS PGOV PREL |
09BERLIN120 | IRAN: HERMES PROGRAM CUTS MAKE WAVES [...] (C) Summary: Media reports claiming a sudden, dramatic decision to reduce Hermes export guarantees for trade with Iran are overstated, German government officials tell us. Instead, the program has been wound down, with a 94% reduction since 2004, as part of Germany,s ongoing efforts to incre [...] | 2009-01-30 15:52:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON EFIN ENRG ETRD GM IR |
09BERLIN126 | GERMANY: POINTS OF CONTACT FOR NPT-RELATED ISSUES [...] The key points of contact for NPT-related issues in the German MFA are Arms Control and Disarmament Office Director Nikolai von Schoepff and his deputy Stefan Kordasch. According to von Schoepff, Director General for Arms Control and Disarmament Peter Gottwald, is likely to lead the German de [...] | 2009-02-02 16:48:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC CDG ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PREL UNGA |
09BERLIN1276 | GERMANY INVITED TO WASHINGTON EXPERTS AND TOKYO [...] (SBU) Econoff provided reftel information to MFA Desk Officer for Nuclear Energy and Non-proliferation Dr. Bernd Rinnert. Rinnert thanked Econoff for the points and stated that the German Sherpa for the Nuclear Security Summit will be Ambassador Viktor Elbling, Commissioner for Nuclear Energy [...] | 2009-10-13 16:14:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC ENRG PREL PTER TRGY IAEA |
09BERLIN1494 | GERMANY SUPPORTS THIRD SUBSIDIARY BODY AT 2010 NPT [...] (C) Summary. Germany supports the USG effort to include a third subsidiary body at the NPT RevCon to address Article X (treaty withdrawal) issues. However, it believes the road ahead could be difficult due to NAM opposition. End Summary. 2. (C) Post delivered reftel points on November 20 t [...] | 2009-11-24 08:18:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC CDG ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PREL UNGA |
09BERLIN1501 | ANGARSK NUCLEAR FUEL BANK: GERMANY CONCERNED ABOUT [...] (C) Germany is supportive the ref A Angarsk nuclear fuel reserve proposal, but would prefer text changes that address concerns about "conditions of supply" and "market neutrality" before pledging co-sponsorship. Econoff met with MFA Desk Officer for Nuclear Energy and Non-Proliferation, Dr. [...] | 2009-11-24 16:55:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY RS PK IN IS JP KS |
09BERLIN158 | HEDGING YOUR BETS: GERMANY LEANS TOWARDS NABUCCO, [...] (C) Summary: Germany demonstrated its growing support for the Nabucco gas pipeline by sending Economics Ministry heavyweight State Secretary Bernd Pfaffenbach to last week's Nabucco Summit in Budapest. During and after the conference the German government expressed guarded optimism regarding N [...] | 2009-02-06 15:43:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET ETRD PREL UP EU RU TU GM |
09BERLIN1621 | German COP-15 Reactions [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Germans have expressed disappointment with the results of the COP-15 Summit in Copenhagen. Government officials have defended the outcome, but are also pointing fingers. Opposition leaders saw the summit as a clear failure and predictably took leaders to task. German media head [...] | 2009-12-24 09:11:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV KGHG ENRG PREL EIND GM |
09BERLIN187 | GERMANY: 2010 NPT REVIEW CONFERENCE MUST SUCCEED [...] (C) SUMMARY: There is a great deal of interest in Germany -- in the government, the Bundestag, the press, and among the NGO and think tank community -- about the upcoming Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) Preparatory Committee (PrepCom) and Review Conference (RevCon). Interlocutors insist the 20 [...] | 2009-02-13 15:00:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC CDG ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PREL UNGA |
09BERLIN192 | GERMANY WELCOMES U.S. NONPROLIFERATION ASSURANCES [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-13 17:27:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC ENRG KNNP KSCA PARM TRGY FR GM |
09BERLIN209 | A REVITALIZED NUCLEAR INDUSTRY MAKES A STRONG CASE FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Germany's current policy to phase out nuclear power by 2021 is coming under fire from leaders of the CDU/CSU and FDP, while Germany's nuclear industry is increasingly confident of winning an indefinite reprieve from the ban should a conservative/liberal coalition form the next go [...] | 2009-02-19 15:57:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET ETRD PREL GM RS TU UP |
09BERLIN336 | INDUSTRY SAYS GERMAN GOVERNMENT ADOPTING TOUGH [...] (C) Summary: German officials are exerting stronger moral pressure on industry to discourage business with Iran beyond those measures specifically stipulated in sanctions regimes, according to industry contacts. German government officials have reportedly emphasized the undesirability of L [...] | 2009-03-20 15:36:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ENRG PREL EFIN ETTC KMVP IZ IR GM |
09BERLIN351 | GERMANY UNDERSTANDS CANCELLATION OF OAK RIDGE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-25 15:30:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC ENRG KNNP KSCA PARM TRGY FR GM |
09BERLIN407 | Scenesetter for CODEL Bingaman [...] (U) SUMMARY: Senator Bingaman, Mission Germany warmly welcomes your visit and looks forward to supporting a mix of productive meetings. You will find your German interlocutors to be understanding of the broad challenges the US is facing simultaneously; they await robust US engagement on clima [...] | 2009-04-06 07:23:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OVIP ECON SENV ENRG TRGY PREL GM KGHG |
09BERLIN424 | (C) GERMANY SAYS CYPRUS WILL BLOCK TURKEY FROM NSG [...] (C) According to Germany, the current Chair of the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG),Cyprus will block Turkey's candidacy to chair the NSG in 2010. Germany has been in direct contact with Nicosia and Ankara on this impasse and stated that the Cypriots, primary objection to Turkey's NSG Chairman [...] | 2009-04-09 14:25:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ETTC IAEA KNNP PARM TRGY TU CY GR HU GM |
09BERLIN425 | GERMANY PLEASED WITH USG ROLE ON ROSSENDORF [...] (C) Summary: Germany welcomed the USG's quick and helpful response offering assistance regarding the return and subsequent reprocessing of Russian-origin highly enriched uranium (HEU) from Saxony's Rossendorf nuclear research facility back to Russia. On March 25, EconOff met with German MFA [...] | 2009-04-09 14:43:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG KNNP OTRA TRGY IAEA RS GM |
09BERLIN433 | GERMANY'S ECONOMICS MINISTRY BULLISH ON IRAQ [...] (C) Summary: Economics Minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg plans to lead a large business delegation on a visit Baghdad and Erbil in early July although a precise date has not been confirmed. Econ Ministry staff told Econ Counselor that zu Guttenberg sees Iraq also as a European responsibi [...] | 2009-04-14 05:28:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD IZ GM |
09BERLIN434 | GERMANY FAILS TO CLARIFY ITS POSITION ON GAS [...] (C) Summary: Germany's stance regarding Europe's three major gas pipeline projects -- Nabucco, Nordstream, and Southstream -- has become increasingly difficult to decipher. The apparent confusion results from a German tendency to try to appease all sides on contentious and complex issues. How [...] | 2009-04-14 05:30:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET ETRD PREL UP EU RU TU GM |
09BERLIN456 | GERMAN REPRESENTATIVE TO THE MAJOR ECONOMIES FORUM [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-17 15:47:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV KGHG ENRG ECON GM |
09BERLIN457 | GERMANY TO REVIEW PERMITS FOR RETURN OF LOW LEVEL [...] (SBU) Econoff met with Joerg Polster, German MFA desk officer for International Nuclear Energy to discuss issues raised in Ref A. Polster stated he was not familiar with the issue, as it predated his tenure in his current position by several years. As the German MFA point of contact, per Ref [...] | 2009-04-17 15:52:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ETTC KNNP KSCA TRGY GM |
09BERLIN473 | GERMAN GAS COMPANY WILL REVIEW IRAN PROJECT [...] (C) Summary: Bayerngas is reviewing its project to help build natural gas vehicle fueling stations in Iran. Reacting to German and Israeli newspapers reporting Bayerngas' intent to set up such stations in Iran, the German Ministry of Economics contacted Bayerngas. While company representati [...] | 2009-04-24 06:39:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ETRD IS IR GM |
09BERLIN52 | (S) GERMANY REQUESTS USG INFORMATION REGARDING [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. PLEASE SEE PARA 5. 2. (S) On January 13, MFA Export Control Division Desk Officer Nancy Reck provided Global Affairs Officer with a German-language nonpaper requesting quick-turn information from the U.S. regarding the transfer of nuclear technology to Chin [...] | 2009-01-14 16:41:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | ENRG ETTC KNNP MNUC PARM TRGY PK CH GM |
09BERLIN531 | GERMAN PARTICIPATION IN MAY 13-14 RECCA CONFERENCE [...] (C) On May 4 and 5, 2009, post delivered reftel points to the German Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ),Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),Ministry of Economics and Technology (BMW) and the German Federation of Industries (BDI),encouraging high-level German participation [...] | 2009-05-08 13:38:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | BEXP EAID EAGR ECON EFIN ENRG KPWR PREL AF |
09BERLIN566 | GERMAN GOVERNMENT SNUBS IRANIAN OIL MINISTER'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: Against the backdrop of press coverage of Iranian Oil Minister Nozari,s visit to Berlin to encourage Germany industry participation in Iran,s energy sector, the German Ministry of Economics is taking a firm position on German business on exports to Iran. The Ministry of Econom [...] | 2009-05-15 11:03:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG ETRD IR GM |
09BERLIN693 | GERMAN MFA SKEPTICAL ON IAEA BUDGET INCREASE AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: The German MFA, like the Economics Ministry, has strong doubts about the proposed increase in the 2010-2011 IAEA budget. The MFA prefers a zero-growth budget and believes the IAEA could fulfill its current mission and any additional responsibilities by simply being more efficien [...] | 2009-06-10 12:41:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC ENRG IAEA KNNP PREL UN GM |
09BERLIN702 | GERMAN MFA CLAIMS INTERAGENCY VICTORY ON [...] (C) Summary: The German MFA claimed it had resolved German interagency dissent regarding its proposed transfer of spent nuclear research fuel to Russia for reprocessing (ref A). The MFA also outlined its vision of the USG role in the Berlin meetings, hoping for public USG support of the tran [...] | 2009-06-11 13:25:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG KNNP OTRA TRGY IAEA RS GM |
09BERLIN729 | GERMANY'S EFFORTS TO REDUCE EXPORTS TO IRAN [...] (C) Summary. Statistics from the first quarter indicate that Germany's efforts to discourage business with Iran are hammering German exports to that country. The German government, however, is under increasing pressure from German industry for its efforts and faces criticism in the press as [...] | 2009-06-18 15:11:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON EFIN ETRD ENRG IR GM |
09BERLIN776 | GERMANY NOT SYMPATHETIC TO UKRAINIAN APPEALS ON [...] (C) Summary: Recent statements by German government officials handling energy policy indicate that Berlin continues to see Ukraine as the principal problem preventing a quick resolution of the Ukraine/Russia gas dispute. While Germany plans to attend an EU meeting in Brussels during the week [...] | 2009-06-29 06:03:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET ECON PINR PREL UP EU RU GM |
09BERLIN848 | CDU PARLIAMENTARIANS CONSIDER FUTURE ENERGY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At a symposium on future technologies, the CDU/CSU parliamentary bloc outlined its energy policy priorities for the 2009 election year. Support for solar and nuclear energy and questions about the future of coal power were voiced. The symposium, held on June 30 in Berlin and [...] | 2009-07-14 12:33:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON SENV EIND ENRG PGOV KGHG TRGY GM |
09BERLIN938 | Nuclear Power and Germany's Climate Change Goals [...] (U) SUMMARY: The current CDU/CSU-SPD governing coalition agreement commits Germany to phase out all nuclear power, which currently provides 23 percent of Germany's electric power generation, by approximately 2020. Energy industry watchers indicate that the planned phase-out will complicate G [...] | 2009-08-04 14:11:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG SENV KGHG TRGY ECON PREL PGOV GM |
09BERLIN949 | German Views on IRENA and the Innovation Center [...] (U) SUMMARY: Germany welcomes the U.S. decision to join the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) and is looking forward to assisting in the establishment of both the Secretariat in Abu Dhabi and the Innovation Center in Bonn. Although office space for the Innovation Center has alrea [...] | 2009-08-06 09:02:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG KGHG SENV TRGY GM |
09BERN243 | SWITZERLAND NOT SUPPORTIVE OF IAEA BUDGET INCREASE [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered the reftel message on June 4 to Jean-Daniel Praz, Deputy Director of the Arms Control and Disarmament Section of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA),and the FDFA's point-of-contact for IAEA issues. Praz said that the GoS has a general policy of advocating [...] | 2009-06-05 16:51:00 | Embassy Bern | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC ENRG IAEA KNNP PREL UN SZ |
09BERN253 | NUCLEAR FUEL BANK: SWISS FAVOR COMMERCIAL SUPPLY [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel message June 4 to Jean-Daniel Praz, Deputy Director of the Arms Control and Disarmament Section of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA),and the FDFA's point-of-contact for IAEA issues. Praz said that, while not opposed in principle to the idea of a n [...] | 2009-06-15 16:16:00 | Embassy Bern | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM ENRG KNNP TRGY IAEA |
09BERN362 | NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION TREATY (NPT) REVIEW [...] (C) Summary: The Swiss government strongly supports entry into force of the CTBT, negotiations on a verifiable FMCT, and efforts to reinforce the NPT, particularly with regard to disarmament and arms control issues. The Swiss welcome U.S.-Russian nuclear disarmament negotiations, and are con [...] | 2009-08-31 22:38:00 | Embassy Bern | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC CDG ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PREL UNGA |
09BISHKEK1208 | MAXIM BAKIYEV SUPPORTS JOINT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a November 13 courtesy call, Maxim Bakiyev, the Director of the newly created Central Agency for Development, Investment and Innovation briefed Ambassador Gfoeller on Kyrgyzstan's planned economic reforms, including boosting investment in the energy sector with participatio [...] | 2009-11-18 09:13:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON ENRG EINV KG |
09BISHKEK361 | WORLD BANK PUTS IN DOUBT KYRGYZ ROLE IN REGIONAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Following the Asian Development Bank (ADB) decision to suspend funding the Central Asia-South Asia (CASA) electricity transmission project, World Bank officials have unilaterally attempted to delay Kyrgyz participation in CASA. The World Bank now envisions Tajikistan alone fu [...] | 2009-04-16 10:39:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON PREL KG |
09BISHKEK598 | KYRGYZ FOREIGN MINISTER SHOWCASES KAMBARATA HYDRO [...] (SBU) Summary: During a June 5 MFA-sponsored tour for the diplomatic corps of the Toktogul reservoir and Kambarata 2 hydroelectric power station construction project, the Ambassador observed ongoing work to complete the Kyrgyz-financed project. However, the Russian Ambassador cautioned Fore [...] | 2009-06-10 04:27:00 | Embassy Bishkek | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ECON PREL KG |
09BOGOTA1214 | COLOMBIA: OUTREACH ON ENERGY AND CLIMATE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-13 20:00:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ECON SENV KGHG KSUM PGOV PREL CO |
09BOGOTA1255 | COLOMBIA RESPONSE: UNASUR MULTILATERAL MEETINGS IN [...] Post passed points in reftel to the Ministry of Foreign Relations Office of U.S. and Canadian Affairs official Adriana Maldonado. The MFA confirmed that President Alvaro Uribe and Foreign Minister Jaime Bermudez will attend the UNASUR meeting with President Obama during the Summit of the Amer [...] | 2009-04-16 19:59:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT AORC APER BEXP ECON EFIN ENRG ETRD KSUM |
09BOGOTA1361 | COLOMBIA MANDATES FLEX FUEL VEHICLES DESPITE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Under a new government decree, local automakers and importers will be required to sell only flex-fuel vehicles capable of running on any mixture of gasoline and ethanol up to 85 percent ethanol (E85). The decree phases in the requirement for new small vehicles beginning in 2012 [...] | 2009-04-27 19:34:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG PGOV ECON SENV CO |
09BOGOTA1376 | INVESTMENT EXPERT HIGHLIGHTS BENEFITS OF RENEWABLE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: With funding from the Bureau of International Information Programs (IIP),Embassy Bogota hosted the visit of Mapa Group Partner and renewable energy investment expert J.F. Scarborough April 19-22 to inform local audiences and policymakers about international investment trends in [...] | 2009-04-28 21:55:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG SENV ECON EINV PGOV CO |
09BOGOTA1481 | COLOMBIA EAGER TO PURSUE ECPA COOPERATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a series of senior-level meetings April 29-30, GOC officials told State Western Hemisphere Affairs Director for Economic Policy and Summit Coordination Matt Rooney that Colombia was very interested in pursuing cooperation with the U.S. and regional partners under the Energy a [...] | 2009-05-11 21:49:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG SENV PREL PGOV CO |
09BOGOTA1596 | DCM HIGHLIGHTS U.S. ASSISTANCE TO VULNERABLE POPULATIONS ON [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-20 20:17:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON ENRG EPET PGOV CO SCUL SNAR PHUM PTER |
09BOGOTA1690 | GOC STRUGGLES TO COUNTER ILLEGAL MINING [...] SUMMARY: Illegal mining is on the increase in Colombia, fueled by growing global markets, improved security in rural areas, and the difficulty of Colombia's law enforcement apparatus to effectively counter the well-heeled miners. Gold, platinum, and mercury extraction is most prevalent in th [...] | 2009-05-26 21:18:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EMIN SENV EIND ENRG ELAB CO |
09BOGOTA19 | TURMOIL FROM PYRAMID SCHEME CURBS SOUTHERN OIL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Protests and strikes over the collapse of several pyramid schemes and the government's closure of the largest reputed scheme (reftel) have cut production of some oil producers in southern Colombia over 90 percent since November 2008. While the cuts did not prevent Colombia's ov [...] | 2009-01-07 19:12:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ECON EFIN PGOV PINR CO |
09BOGOTA2345 | YOUTH OUTREACH VISIT FOCUSES ON COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT [...] (U) SUMMARY. The DCM traveled on June 27 to the city of Barranquilla (in the Caribbean coast department of Atlantico) to visit a drug demand prevention program sponsored by the Lion's Club International and to participate in the inauguration ceremony for the Latin American Little League Tourna [...] | 2009-07-23 21:29:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON ENRG EPET PGOV CO |
09BOGOTA2347 | DCM VISIT HIGHLIGHTS U.S. PRESENCE IN COFFEE COUNTRY [...] (U) On July 1 and 2, the DCM traveled to the heart of Colombia's coffee country to inaugurate three new AmCham branches and celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Manizales Binational Center, all critical institutions to U.S. presence in the region. Coffee cultivation and processing remain the [...] | 2009-07-23 22:09:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON ENRG EPET PGOV CO |
09BOGOTA2489 | BIOFUELS: US EXPERT URGES COLOMBIA TO LOOK TOWARD [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: With funding from the Bureau of Economic, Energy and Business Affairs (EEB),Embassy Bogota hosted the visit of Roundtable for Sustainable Biofuels Director Charlotte Opal September 3-5 to inform local biofuels producers and policymakers about the ongoing international dialogue [...] | 2009-08-05 17:35:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EAGR ECON PGOV CO |
09BOGOTA2834 | COLOMBIA: BIOFUELS MEANS JOBS IN POST-CONFLICT [...] (U) Summary. Environment Minister Carlos Costa recently highlighted for us the rationale behind Colombia's biofuels policy: 1) create jobs in rural and post-conflict zones; 2) remain self-sufficient as an energy producer; and 3) protect the environment. The policy has been bolstered by Colo [...] | 2009-09-03 16:15:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG SENV PGOV ECON CO |
09BOGOTA2838 | COLOMBIA: BIOFUELS MEANS JOBS IN POST-CONFLICT [...] (U) Summary. Environment Minister Carlos Costa recently highlighted for us the rationale behind Colombia's biofuels policy: 1) create jobs in rural and post-conflict zones; 2) remain self-sufficient as an energy producer; and 3) protect the environment. The policy has been bolstered by Colo [...] | 2009-09-03 18:51:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG SENV PGOV ECON CO |
09BOGOTA3236 | COLOMBIA: POTENTIAL DESTINATION FOR OPIC-SUPPORTED RENEWABLE [...] Summary: Colombia is a rich environment for renewable energy investment and would benefit from additional financing from the USRG Emerging Market Fund, LP. Colombia is a regional leader in the production of biofuels, specifically ethanol and biodiesel. Wind, geothermal, and hydroelectric pro [...] | 2009-10-15 00:11:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV OPIC CO ENRG |
09BOGOTA330 | BOGOTA RESPONSE TO NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION TREATY [...] On January 30, Post delivered all points in reftel to Patricia Cortes, Director of the MFA's Office of U.S. and Canadian Affairs. Cortes told us that the Colombian Government's point of contact for NPT related issues will be Nhora Quintero, Coordinator for Disarmament in the MFA. The Embassy [...] | 2009-02-03 20:29:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC ENRG MNUC PARM PGOV PREL UNGA KNNP CO |
09BOGOTA3350 | COLOMBIA: EL NINO TAKING A TOLL ON ENERGY SECTOR [...] (SBU) Summary. Colombia's energy sector is suffering the drying effects of the climatic phenomenon, El Nino. The recent lack of rain has severely lowered dam reserve levels, decreased hydroelectric power usage, and prompted President Uribe to urge Colombians to lower their water and energy u [...] | 2009-10-22 00:45:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ECON CO |
09BOGOTA3415 | COLOMBIA: ENERGY SECTOR TO EXPAND WITH EXIM FINANCING [...] (C) The energy sector in Colombia has big plans to expand and the Export-Import Bank (ExIm) and the U.S. Trade Development Agency (TDA) want to be part of this expansion by providing financial backing and trade capacity building assistance. ExIm plans to be the lead export credit agency for t [...] | 2009-11-18 18:54:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ENRG ECON EINT ETRD CO |
09BOGOTA3489 | COLOMBIA TO BE SUPPORTIVE IN COPENHAGEN; PROPOSES FORESTRY [...] (SBU) Summary: Environment Minister Carlos Costa told the Deputy Chief of Mission that Colombia would support U.S. efforts at the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen. The Minister welcomed the close coordination and openness of U.S. negotiators and indicated the USG could count on Col [...] | 2009-12-01 23:10:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV EAID ECON ENRG EINV PGOV PREL UN CO |
09BOGOTA3511 | Copenhagen Climate Summit: Colombian Delegation, Priorities, [...] (U) Summary. At the Copenhagen Climate Change conference, Environment Minister Carlos Costa will lead the Colombian delegation, which includes the Vice Minister of Multilateral Affairs, Director of IDEAM (a NOAA-like institution),and other advisors. Per reftels, Colombia will continue to be [...] | 2009-12-07 20:03:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV EAID ECON ENRG PGOV PREL UN CO |
09BOGOTA3585 | Charge Discusses Venezuela, Ecuador and Mercosur with Acting [...] (C) Acting Foreign Minister Clemencia Forero told the Charge on December 18 that the GOC had sent a letter to UN Security Council members responding to Venezuela's call for a discussion on the alleged international threat posed by Colombia's security problems. The letter was intended to give UN [...] | 2009-12-21 14:05:00 | Embassy Bogota | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL UNSC MARR ENRG PREF CO VE EC UY |
09BOGOTA3814 | POSITIVE HUMAN RIGHTS DEVELOPMENT IN COLOMBIA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Vice President Santos extolled Colombia's entry as an "Engaged Government" in the Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights (VPs) program at a plenary meeting on November 18. Santos remarked that Colombia is a great example of the VPs process and offered to support othe [...] | 2009-12-01 23:19:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL ENRG PGOV CO |
09BOGOTA3862 | COLOMBIA SEEKS TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FROM DEPARTMENT OF [...] (U) Per reftel, the GOC presented a proposal to the Department of Energy in support of the Low Carbon Communities of the Americas program on November 30, 2009. This program is in response to President Obama's Energy and Climate Partnership of the Americas initiative launched at the Summit of [...] | 2009-12-03 17:17:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG ECON PREL SENV CO |
09BOGOTA3878 | MASS OIL AND GAS EXPLORATION OFFERS IN COLOMBIA [...] (SBU) Summary. Colombia opened its ninth petroleum show on December 2 with offers to explore and produce oil and gas in 168 blocks throughout Colombia and offshore. Close to 1,000 businessmen and women were in attendance representing firms from North America, Europe, China, and Latin America [...] | 2009-12-04 15:26:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ECON PREL EINT SENV CO |
09BOGOTA463 | PROTECTING COLOMBIA'S CRITICAL ENERGY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In follow up to the August 2008 Department of Energy (DOE) Deputy Secretary visit to Colombia and subsequent request by Colombian Minister of Mines and Energy Hernan Martinez, a team of DOE and U.S. Southern Command experts completed a preliminary scoping visit January 25-31, 20 [...] | 2009-02-13 21:07:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EAID PGOV PREL CO |
09BOGOTA560 | FROM THE TOP DOWN: COLOMBIA'S ECONOMIC POLICY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Since 2002 Colombia has pursued a clear, if at times episodic, strategy to liberalize its economy, welcome foreign investment, and expand international trade. The strategy, technically implemented through a byzantine planning and interagency coordination process, is ostensibly the [...] | 2009-02-20 22:54:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV PINR ENRG CO |
09BOGOTA721 | VISIT HIGHLIGHTS US ASSISTANCE TO SANTA MARTA [...] (U) SUMMARY: The DCM traveled on February 18 and 19 to the Port of Santa Marta (in the Caribbean coast department of Magdalena) to meet with local political, social, and business leaders and to visit the Santa Marta Port, La Remonta Antinarcotics Police Base, a USAID-funded clinic and school, [...] | 2009-03-03 18:05:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON ENRG EPET PGOV CO |
09BOGOTA765 | EMBASSY SCIENCE FELLOWS PROGRAM 2009 (COLOMBIA) [...] (U) SUMMARY. Post submits the following two proposals, one to be managed by the Economic Section and the other by the Foreign Agricultural Service. Each of these proposals is geared toward advancing critical USG interests by creating the capacity to translate Colombian successes in counter- [...] | 2009-03-05 21:56:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV TSPL TBIO EAGR ENRG ECON AMGT APER KCIS |
09BOGOTA766 | ECOPETROL BUYS BACK CARTAGENA REFINERY; LOOKS FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Marking the end of a troubled three-year partnership, on March 3 state-owned hydrocarbons company Ecopetrol repurchased Swiss-owned Glencore's 51 percent stake in the Cartagena refinery for USD 549 million. Glencore, which took a USD 109 million loss from the price it paid Ecop [...] | 2009-03-05 22:01:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ECON EINV PGOV CO |
09BOGOTA95 | BOGOTA PROPOSAL FOR BIOTECHNOLOGY SPEAKER ON NEXT [...] (U) SUMMARY: Post requests that EEB fund a Spanish-speaking U.S. expert on development of second generation biofuels, focusing on trends in the biotechnology sector and how biofuels producers can prepare for the shift from current production technology to the next generation. While Colombia [...] | 2009-01-13 15:43:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG EAGR ECON PGOV TBIO KPAO CO |
09BOGOTA969 | COLOMBIA: ANNUAL ALTERNATIVE FUEL/HYBRID ELECTRIC [...] The following responses are keyed to information requested in reftel. 2. Availability of Alternative Fuel/Hybrid Vehicles: While alternative fuel vehicles are permitted for commercial import, no car dealers in Colombia currently sell hybrid vehicles. Post's General Services Office (GSO) [...] | 2009-03-20 15:53:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | ATRN AMGT ASUP ENRG CO |
09BRASILIA1040 | NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION TREATY (NPT) REVIEW [...] (C) Post has recently held extensive conversations with Brazilian authorities on the NPT revcon, particularly in connection with the August 5-6 visit of NSC WMD coordinator Samore (reported septel). Brazil believes that a successful revcon will be in its interest but defines success as the [...] | 2009-08-20 20:13:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP AORC ENRG MNUC PARM PGOV PREL |
09BRASILIA1044 | TRIPARTITE DIALOGUE RESULTS IN AGREEMENT TO IMPROVE LABOR [...] (U) SUMMARY: Responding to international concerns over poor working conditions and forced labor in the sugarcane sector, Brazil's President Lula signed on June 25, 2009, the National Commitment to Improve Labor Conditions in Sugarcane Activity. A tripartite dialogue between organizations repre [...] | 2009-08-24 10:33:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ENRG PGOV ELAB BR |
09BRASILIA1092 | HIGH LEVEL ENERGY DICUSSIONS IN BRAZIL REVEAL OPPORTUNITIES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: High-level U.S. policy makers explored opportunities for bilateral energy cooperation with Brazil, ranging from oil exploration to civilian nuclear power, in multiple meetings during the week of August 4 - 8. White House National Security Advisor General Jones discussed with the [...] | 2009-08-31 17:05:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EINV SENV PREL MNUC BR NI |
09BRASILIA1141 | BRAZIL: VIEWS ON PROPOSED NUCLEAR FUEL BANKS - INTERESTING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Government of Brazil is interested in discussing further the proposals for nuclear fuel banks. In particular, it has concerns about possibly restricting a country's right to nuclear technology for peaceful purposes and also about under what criteria a country could draw on [...] | 2009-09-14 19:13:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY BR |
09BRASILIA1149 | BRAZIL NO LONGER SEEKS TO SEND LOW LEVEL RADIOACTIVE [...] (SBU) Per REFTEL A, on September 11 Science Counselor and Science Officer discussed with Brazil's Ministry of External Relations' (MRE) Acting Director of the Division for Disarmament and Sensitive Technologies (DDS) Fabio Simao Alves the proposal to transfer of low-level radioactive items fro [...] | 2009-09-15 18:54:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ETTC KNNP KSCA TRGY BR |
09BRASILIA1156 | BRAZIL: PLANNING TO SEND ASSURANCES FOR EXPORT OF HEU [...] (SBU) Per REFTEL A, on September 11 Science Counselor and Science Officer met with Brazil's Ministry of External Relations' (MRE) Acting Director of the Division for Disarmament and Sensitive Technologies (DDS) Fabio Simao Alves to request written assurances from the Brazilian Government that [...] | 2009-09-16 17:35:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG KNNP KSCA TRGY BR |
09BRASILIA1234 | BRAZIL HELPING GUYANA WITH ENERGY IN VENEZUELA BORDER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Brazil is in talks with Guyana to build a hydroelectric plant on the border region of the two countries, in the territory disputed between Venezuela and Guyana. International Advisor to Brazil's Minister for Mines and Energy Edison Lobao, Ambassador Rubem Barbosa told Econoff on [...] | 2009-10-09 14:23:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON PREL BR GY VZ |
09BRASILIA1261 | BRAZIL: SCENESETTER FOR OCTOBER 27-30 VISIT OF SPECIAL REP [...] (C) SUMMARY. The visit of the Special Representative of the President for Nuclear Non-Proliferation, Ambassador Susan Burk, comes at an important time. Brazil is reviving its long dormant civilian and military nuclear energy programs. It closed down its nuclear weapons program in 1990 and j [...] | 2009-10-23 18:54:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP IAEA ENRG ETTC BR |
09BRASILIA1320 | AMB. SUSAN BURK MEETS WITH BRAZILIANS IN PREPARATION FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY. During meetings in Brasilia on October 28, Special Representative of the President for Nuclear Non-proliferation Susan Burk garnered support from Brazilian counterparts for the U.S. approach to the 2010 Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) review conference. The Brazilian Ministry of [...] | 2009-11-16 14:26:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP IAEA ENRG BR |
09BRASILIA1322 | BRAZIL AND FRANCE ANNOUNCE COMMON POSITION ON UN FRAMEWORK [...] (SBU) During their meeting in Paris on November 14, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (Lula) and French President Nicholas Sarkozy issued a joint press release detailing their two governments' common position on the upcoming UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) negotia [...] | 2009-11-17 09:22:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV KSCA KGHG ENRG BR |
09BRASILIA1370 | NUCLEAR FUEL BANKS - BRAZIL THINKS THE IDEA IS PREMATURE [...] (SBU) On November 25, Science Counselor discussed the proposal for establishing a nuclear fuel bank (per REFTELS B and C) with the Director of Brazil's Ministry of External Relations' (MRE) Department of Disarmament and Sensitive Technologies, Minister Santiago Mourao. As indicated in REFTEL [...] | 2009-11-27 09:45:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY RS BR |
09BRASILIA1382 | BRAZIL: BLACKOUT -CAUSES AND IMPLICATIONS [...] (S)SUMMARY: On November 10 at 22:13, Brazil experienced a blackout that plunged 18 of Brazil's 27 states into darkness for periods ranging from 20 minutes to 6 hours. A government commission is investigating, with a draft report and recommendations expected mid-December. GOB has recently begu [...] | 2009-12-01 10:31:00 | Embassy Brasilia | SECRET | ENRG ECON KSEC ECIP EINV PREL BR |
09BRASILIA1383 | BRAZIL: BLACKOUT -CAUSES AND IMPLICATIONS [...] (S)SUMMARY: On November 10 at 22:13, Brazil experienced a blackout that plunged 18 of Brazil's 27 states into darkness for periods ranging from 20 minutes to 6 hours. A government commission is investigating, with a draft report and recommendations expected mid-December. GOB has recently begu [...] | 2009-12-01 11:27:00 | Embassy Brasilia | SECRET | ENRG ECON KSEC ECIP EINV PREL BR |
09BRASILIA1384 | BRAZIL: ASSURANCES RECEIVED FOR EXPORT OF HEU SAMPLES TO [...] (SBU) Per Ministry of External Relations Diplomatic Note DDS/105/ENER BRAS EUA, dated November 5, 2009, the Government of Brazil as requested (REFTEL A) provided the assurances to the U.S. Department of Energy regarding the handling of a small quantity of highly enriched uranium (HEU) material [...] | 2009-12-01 11:27:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG KNNP KSCA TRGY BR |
09BRASILIA1388 | BRAZIL: OPIC LETTERS ON HYDROELECTRIC PROJECTS DELIVERED TO [...] On November 25, 2009, Post delivered the letters and attachments from Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) Acting Vice President for Investment Policy Berta Heybey to Brazilian Minister for the Environment Carlos Minc, which notified the Environment Ministry of OPIC's consideration o [...] | 2009-12-02 12:56:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | OPIC EINV SENV ENRG BR |
09BRASILIA1427 | SUBSIDIARY BODIES AT THE 2010 NPT REVIEW CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-18 17:33:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC CDG ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PREL UNGA BR |
09BRASILIA1428 | USAID/Brazil and Brazil's Agency for Cooperation Visit Haiti [...] SUMMARY: From November 22-26, USAID/Brazil, together with the Brazilian Agency for International Cooperation (ABC) visited Port-au-Prince to identify opportunities for trilateral cooperation in Haiti. Activities including project site visits and stakeholder meetings with Government of Haiti of [...] | 2009-12-08 17:21:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EINV ETRD ENRG SOCI KSCA HA ECON |
09BRASILIA143 | BRAZILIAN MINISTER OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY SEES GOOD [...] (SBU) At a meeting on January 13, Brazilian Minister of Science and Technology (MCT) Sergio Rezende stressed to Ambassador Sobel that climate change and the related issue of energy are excellent areas for cooperation between the Brazil and the United States. Rezende said that although climate [...] | 2009-02-04 13:48:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV KGHG ENRG KSCA BR |
09BRASILIA157 | BRAZIL: VICE ENVIRONMENT MINISTER ON CHALLENGES AHEAD, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a meeting with the Ambassador on January 22, Brazilian Vice Minister for the Environment Izabella Teixeira expressed interest in a new, broader agenda between the United States and Brazil. She highlighted Brazil's need to address the interlinked challenges of energy, climat [...] | 2009-02-06 17:30:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ENRG KGHG EFIN BR |
09BRASILIA158 | Hemispheric Energy and Brazil? Depends who you ask [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Sobel recently met with Brazil's Under Secretary equivalent for Energy and Technology at the Ministry of External Relations (MRE),Ambassador Andre Amado, to discuss continuing bilateral biofuels efforts. Over the course of the meeting, the idea of hemispheric energy co [...] | 2009-02-06 17:52:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG KSUM ECON BR |
09BRASILIA196 | BRAZIL RESPONSE TO INQUIRIES ABOUT VIEWS ON NUCLEAR [...] (C) SUMMARY. Brazilian Ministry of Exterior Relations (MRE) Director of the Division for Disarmament and Sensitive Technologies, Minister Santiago Mourao, to stressed that Brazil would like to see a consensus document come out of the 2010 Review Conference concerning the Nuclear Nonproliferat [...] | 2009-02-13 19:33:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC CDG ENRG KNNP PARM UNGA IAEA NPT BR |
09BRASILIA201 | KEY BRAZILIAN NUCLEAR OFFICIAL DISCUSSES POSSIBLE WAY [...] (C) SUMMARY. On February 4, Othon Pinheiro, Director-President of Eletrobras Termonuclear S.A., briefed the Ambassador on a new concept for indirect monitoring rather than intrusive inspections as a way to provide the IAEA with assurances about the nature of Brazil's nuclear activities. This [...] | 2009-02-17 18:40:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG IAEA KNNP TRGY ETTC AR BR |
09BRASILIA224 | BRAZIL: U/S FOR POLITICAL AFFAIRS ON UPCOMING [...] (C) Summary. In a February 21 meeting, Brazilian Ministry of External Relations (MRE) Under Secretary for Political Affairs Ambassador Everton Vargas told Ambassador Sobel that when FM Celso Amorim meets the Secretary next week, he will want to stress the importance of building on the progress [...] | 2009-02-21 19:40:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KSUM ENRG BR |
09BRASILIA253 | SOME AVENUES FOR REGIONAL ENERGY COOPERATION WITH BRAZIL ARE [...] (SBU) Summary: In separate meetings, both Brazil's Minister for Mines and Energy and his Deputy Minister have recently reconfirmed their interest in hemispheric energy cooperation. While other parts of the Brazilian government have been less positive in their assessments of the chances, or ind [...] | 2009-03-02 11:17:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG ECON KSUM BR |
09BRASILIA265 | ENVIRONMENT MINISTER MINC PRAISES APPOINTMENT OF S/E STERN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Minister of the Environment, Carlos Minc, sees the twin issues of climate and energy as an opportunity for increased USG and Government of Brazil (GOB) cooperation. He sees Brazil as playing the role of a bridge between the developed nations and the G-77 in upcoming climate n [...] | 2009-03-06 20:10:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV KGHG KSCA ENRG TBIO BR |
09BRASILIA270 | BRAZIL: ENORMOUS AMAZONAS STATE PLANS AMBITIOUS APPROACH ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. By December of this year, the State of Amazonas - which contains nearly half of the remaining Brazilian Amazon Forest - plans to announce its own climate change plan and state-wide target for reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. To accomplish this goal Governor Eduardo Bra [...] | 2009-03-10 11:54:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV KGHG KSCA TSPL EAID ENRG NOAA NASA BR |
09BRASILIA28 | WORKING WITH BRAZIL ON CLIMATE CHANGE - AN [...] (C) SUMMARY. Brazil has a central role in the climate change arena, not only because it controls 70% of the Amazon rainforest, but also because it plays a pivotal role in the on-going UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) negotiations. USG efforts to have India and China assume [...] | 2009-01-08 13:55:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | SENV ENRG KGHG EAID EFIN BR |
09BRASILIA298 | BRAZIL: DELIVERY OF INVITATION TO PARTICIPATE IN NUCLEAR [...] (SBU) On 4 March 2009, EST officer delivered REFTEL invitation for Brazil to participate in the Nuclear Smuggling International Technical Working Group (ITWG) annual meeting in Vienna, Austria, 29 June to 2 July 2009, to the Brazilian Foreign Ministry's (MRE) Disarmament and Sensitive Technolo [...] | 2009-03-12 18:12:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP PINS ENRG KCRM PARM BR |
09BRASILIA387 | IRAN MAKES ENERGY OVERTURES IN BRAZIL [...] (C) Summary: Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki, during his March 25 - 26 visit to Brazil, sought opportunities for creating energy partnerships with Brazil. He was received cautiously by the Brazilian Ministry of Mines and Energy (MME) at a meeting in which they discussed many opport [...] | 2009-03-27 22:51:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG PREL PINR SCUL BR IR |
09BRASILIA388 | BRAZIL: PRESIDENTIAL FOREIGN POLICY ADVISOR SEES [...] (C) Summary. Brazilian Presidency (Planalto) Foreign Policy Advisor Ambassador Marcel Biato (protect) discussed energy cooperation, touched on G20 and Summit of the Americas (SOA) preparations, and offered views on managing challenges in both the hemisphere and within the GOB in a discussion [...] | 2009-03-27 23:20:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON ENRG EFIN KSUM BR |
09BRASILIA397 | BRAZIL SCENESETTER: CODEL HOYER APRIL 8-10 [...] This message is sensitive but unclassified, please treat accordingly. 2. (U) SUMMARY: Your visit comes at a time when the relationship between the United States and Brazil is as productive and broad-based as ever, with a strong bilateral relationship and important economic ties. Brazi [...] | 2009-03-31 20:06:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP SENV KGHG ENRG ECON ETRD EINV EFIN PREL BR |
09BRASILIA398 | BRAZIL SCENESETTER: CODEL HOYER APRIL 8-10 [...] This message is sensitive but unclassified, please treat accordingly. 2. (U) SUMMARY: Your visit comes at a time when the relationship between the United States and Brazil is as productive and broad-based as ever, with a strong bilateral relationship and important economic ties. Brazi [...] | 2009-03-31 20:14:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP SENV KGHG ENRG ECON ETRD EINV EFIN PREL BR |
09BRASILIA405 | BRAZIL SCENESETTER: CODEL PASTOR APRIL 4-10 [...] This message is sensitive but unclassified, please treat accordingly. 2. (U) SUMMARY: Your visit comes at a time when the relationship between the United States and Brazil is as productive and broad-based as ever, with a strong bilateral relationship and important economic ties. Brazi [...] | 2009-03-31 21:30:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP SENV KGHG ENRG ECON ETRD EINV EFIN PREL BR |
09BRASILIA477 | BRAZIL: IRANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER'S VISIT A PREVIEW [...] (C) Summary: Iranian Foreign Minister Mottaki's visit to Brasilia on March 26, reciprocating Foreign Minister Amorim's November 2008 visit to Tehran, served as a preview to a planned visit to Brasilia by Iranian president Ahmadinejad that the media is reporting will happen May 5-6. During his [...] | 2009-04-15 21:52:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG PINR SCUL BR IR |
09BRASILIA497 | CODEL HOYER BRAZIL VISIT PRODUCTIVE ON ENERGY, ENVIRONMENT, [...] (U) SUMMARY: Majority Leader Steny Hoyer and a delegation of nine members of the United States House of Representatives visited Brasilia and Rio de Janeiro April 8-10, with a focus on energy, the environment, and climate change. The delegation was granted a rare meeting with Brazilian Presid [...] | 2009-04-22 19:28:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP SENV KGHG ENRG ECON ETRD EINV EFIN PREL BR |
09BRASILIA507 | BRAZIL ON THE MAJOR ECONOMIES FORUM [...] (U) THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED AND NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. Overcoming some earlier concerns, Brazil has embraced the Major Economies Forum (MEF) process. Brazil will send its chief negotiator, Ambassador Vera Machado, the Ministry of External Relat [...] | 2009-04-24 19:43:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV KGHG ENRG ECON KSCA BR |
09BRASILIA533 | AFTER 23 YEARS, BRAZIL RESUMES WORK ON ANGRA III NUCLEAR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. More than two decades after halting construction of Brazil's third nuclear reactor at Angra dos Reis, the Brazilian Government has resumed work. The estimated cost for completing the construction of Angra III has jumped from USD 1.8 billion in 1986 to USD 3.3 billion. The go [...] | 2009-04-30 14:22:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP ENRG TRGY FCS BR |
09BRASILIA551 | BRAZIL: AHMADINEJAD'S VISIT OFF, THEN ON, AND [...] (SBU) Summary: One day before Iranian President Ahmadinejad was scheduled to arrive in Brasilia leading a delegation of more than 100 government and industry officials, Brasilia was awash in contradictory news reports and rumors of whether the visit would or would not be postponed. It was not [...] | 2009-05-05 19:45:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG PINR SCUL BR IR |
09BRASILIA599 | NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION: BRAZIL MAY SOFTEN ON IAEA [...] (C) SUMMARY. It appears that an internal turf battle between Brazil's Defense and External Relations Ministries led to Defense Minister Nelson Jobim's refusal to cooperate with the IAEA's request to interview a Brazilian scientist over his book on nuclear weapons. Minister Jobim now recognize [...] | 2009-05-11 21:19:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG KNNP TRGY ETTC IAEA BR AR |
09BRASILIA605 | IAEA ELECTIONS: BRAZIL APPEARS POISED TO THROW ITS HAT IN [...] (C) SUMMARY. Post delivered demarche (REFTEL A) about USG support for the Japanese candidate Amano to become the new Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and reasons why Brazil should do so too. Nonetheless, Brazil will support the South African candidate Minty. [...] | 2009-05-13 13:28:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PREL KNNP IAEA ENRG ETTC JA SF BR |
09BRASILIA616 | BRAZILIAN SCIENTIST'S BOOK ON NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS OFFERED [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-15 17:34:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC ENRG IAEA KNNP TRGY BR |
09BRASILIA618 | BRAZIL: CONFERENCE ON FINANCE FOR REDUCING DEFORESTATION - [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. An international conference, April 1-4, hosted by the Governor of Mato Grosso Blairo Maggi and the NGO Forest Trends, and co-funded by USAID, highlighted how far Brazil has come in recognizing its problem with massive, ongoing deforestation of the Amazon Forest. The conference [...] | 2009-05-18 10:21:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV KGHG KSCA EAID EFIN ENRG BR |
09BRASILIA643 | (S/NF) BRAZILIAN SCIENTIST'S BOOK ON NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS [...] (S/NF) Dalton Ellery Barroso, a Brazilian scientist working for the Ministry of Defense, has written a book entitled "The Physics of Nuclear Explosives" ("A Fisica dos Explosivos Nucleares"). Post has found that this book is offered for sale to the general public through an online Brazilian b [...] | 2009-05-19 20:05:00 | Embassy Brasilia | SECRET//NOFORN | AORC ENRG IAEA KNNP TRGY BR |
09BRASILIA671 | BRAZIL SCENESETTER: CODEL THOMPSON MAY 27-28 [...] This message is sensitive but unclassified, please treat accordingly. 2. (U) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Your visit comes at a time when the relationship between the United States and Brazil is accelerating and being given added weight with the rapid growth of Brazil's regional and global eco [...] | 2009-05-27 15:19:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP PTER KCRM SENV KGHG ENRG ECON ETRD EINV EFIN |
09BRASILIA679 | BRAZILIAN FOREIGN MINISTER - AND POSSIBLE CANDIDATE FOR IAEA [...] (C) SUMMARY: There have been press reports that Brazil's Minister for Exterior Relations Celso Amorim wants to be a candidate to become the next Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). Although Amorim has denied any interest in the IAEA job, the persistence of the [...] | 2009-05-28 20:04:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL ENRG ETTC EPET EINV KNNP IAEA IR BR |
09BRASILIA68 | BRAZIL'S DEFENSE MINISTER ON FIGHTER COMPETITION, [...] (C) The Brazilian Air Force's FX2 fighter competition is between the United States and France, Defense Minister Nelson Jobim told Ambassador Sobel on January 8. However, Brazil's defense relationship with the French is prospering because of French President Sarkozy's personal relationships an [...] | 2009-01-15 10:21:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR ENRG BR |
09BRASILIA69 | BRAZIL'S DEFENSE MINISTER ON FIGHTER COMPETITION, [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-15 10:21:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR ENRG BR |
09BRASILIA694 | NORTH KOREAN FOREIGN MINISTER MAKES "GENERIC" [...] (C) Summary and comment. Brazilian diplomatic sources assert that the May 9-13 visit of the North Korean Foreign Minister to Brazil had only a "generic political significance," the Koreans were not well prepared to discuss energy, one of their top priorities, and there was little substance t [...] | 2009-06-04 10:17:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD ENRG BR KN |
09BRASILIA697 | BRAZIL: OPPORTUNITY TO POSITIVELY INFLUENCE CLIMATE CHANGE [...] (C) SUMMARY. There are signs that within the Brazilian government there is increasing pressure to take a more pro-active role in the ongoing international climate change negotiations. To make progress in this area, Vice Minister for the Environment Izabella Teixeira in recent meetings with t [...] | 2009-06-04 14:55:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | SENV ENRG KGHG EFIN ECON BR |
09BRASILIA698 | BRAZIL -IAEA DEMARCHES ON BUDGET AND INTERNATIONAL NUCLEAR [...] (SBU) On June 4, Post delivered the two demarches and provided the referenced non-papers in REFTELS concerning the June 15-19 meeting of the Board of Governors (BOG) of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to the Ministry of External Relations' (MRE) Division of Disarmament and Sensiti [...] | 2009-06-04 18:34:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC ENRG IAEA TRGY KNNP NPT PREL UN BR |
09BRASILIA700 | BRAZIL -IAEA DEMARCHES ON BUDGET AND INTERNATIONAL NUCLEAR [...] (SBU) On June 4, Post delivered the two demarches and provided the referenced non-papers in REFTELS concerning the June 15-19 meeting of the Board of Governors (BOG) of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to the Ministry of External Relations' (MRE) Division of Disarmament and Sensiti [...] | 2009-06-04 18:34:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC ENRG IAEA TRGY KNNP NPT PREL UN BR |
09BRASILIA702 | BRAZIL: MINOR LEAK AT ANGRA II NUCLEAR REACTOR; NO SERIOUS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Brazilian National Commission on Nuclear Energy (CNEN) reported that a minor accident at the Angra II nuclear reactor on May 15 led to a small leak of low levels of radiation. CNEN tell Post that they have reviewed the situation and have decided to maintain the current poli [...] | 2009-06-04 19:34:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG KNNP IAEA BR |
09BRASILIA716 | BRAZIL: CONGRESSIONAL HEARING ON WEAKNESSES IN MONITORING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At May 14 hearings before the Brazilian Chambers of Deputies expert witnesses disagreed over the seriousness and accuracy of the criticisms contained in a recent report by the Brazilian government accountability office (Tribunal de Contas da Uniao) finding faults and irregulari [...] | 2009-06-05 15:50:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG KNNP IAEA ETTC EINV IR BR |
09BRASILIA725 | BRAZIL - WARMING UP TO A COMPROMISE ON AMENDING NSG [...] (C) SUMMARY: There is positive movement in Brazil's position regarding the proposed non-proliferation initiative at the Nuclear Suppliers Group concerning transfers of enrichment and reprocessing equipment and technology, according to the Ministry of Exterior Relations' Director of the Divisi [...] | 2009-06-08 17:52:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ETTC KNNP MNUC PARM TRGY NSG AR BR |
09BRASILIA762 | BRAZILIAN RESPONSE TO U.S. MOVES TOWARD JOINING THE [...] (SBU) On Friday, June 12, Econ Officer delivered the demarche contained in REFTEL to Rubem Barbosa, the Special Advisor for International Relations to the Minister of Mines and Energy. 2. (SBU) Mr. Barbosa stated the Government of Brazil (GOB) is aware of IRENA but that the GOB does not plan [...] | 2009-06-16 19:44:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG KGHG SENV BR |
09BRASILIA765 | BRAZIL: NEW OIL REGIME ALMOST READY FOR PRIME TIME; ENERGY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Brazil is poised to finally unveil its long-awaited proposal for a new oil regime to administer its ultra deepwater (also known as "pre-salt")oil reserves. According to the Minister of Energy, the new proposed structure will include a small state-owned company under the auspices [...] | 2009-06-17 14:33:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EINV PREL BR |
09BRASILIA766 | BRAZIL SCENESETTER: DR. MICHAEL FROMAN, DEPUTY NATIONAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The relationship between the United States and Brazil is productive and broad-based, with growing economic ties. Through the financial crisis, Brazil has played a constructive role in the G20 and has also prioritized concluding the Doha round of World Trade Organization (WTO) n [...] | 2009-06-17 18:16:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OVIP SENV KGHG ENRG ECON ETRD EINV EFIN PREL BR |
09BRASILIA809 | BRAZIL - DEPUTY NATL SECURITY ADVISOR FROMAN DISCUSSES CEO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Government of Brazil (GOB) meetings with Deputy National Security Advisor for International Economic Affairs Michael Froman in Brasilia June 18-19 focused on CEO Forum, G8 and G20 preparations, Major Economies Forum (MEF) and Doha. Casa Civil head Minister Dilma Rousseff and Mi [...] | 2009-06-25 16:15:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EFIN ENRG SENV KGHG EINV BR |
09BRASILIA836 | BRAZIL: CEO FORUM - CO-CHAIR JOSUE GOMES DA SILVA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In recent conversations with CEO Forum Brazilian co-chair Josue Gomes da Silva, Presidente of Coteminas, prioritized infrastructure investment, private equity, and venture capital as Forum topics, emphasized interest in Brazilian access to Haiti HOPE II, welcomed energy cooperat [...] | 2009-06-29 17:14:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EFIN ENRG EINV BR |
09BRASILIA862 | BRAZIL - DEPUTY ENERGY MIN ZIMMERMAN OUTLINES EXCELLENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At a June 18 meeting, Brazil's Deputy Minister of Mines and Energy Marcio Zimmerman outlined for Deputy National Security Advisor for International Economic Affairs Michael Froman the areas of expansion and possible cooperation in the Brazilian energy sector - hydropower, biofu [...] | 2009-07-09 19:15:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EINV SENV KGHG ETRD EFIN PREL BR |
09BRASILIA872 | BRAZIL: CALIFORNIA'S AND OTHERS' INITIATIVES TO REDUCE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. California is leading a group of states in the United States, Brazil and Indonesia, which are parties to a November 2008 Memorandum of Understanding (MOU),in developing the specifications for credit grade international offsets for avoiding deforestation under California's cap- [...] | 2009-07-13 14:03:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV KGHG ECON KSCA EAID ENRG BR |
09BRASILIA92 | BRAZIL'S STRATEGIC PLANNING MINISTER ON BUILDING BLOCKS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Following on his early January trip to Washington, Brazilian Strategic Planning Minister Roberto Mangabeira Unger laid out the elements for a broader, more robust bilateral relationship with the Obama Administration. These include cooperation in the areas of defense security, [...] | 2009-01-22 18:31:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ENRG SENV MARR KGHG EFIN BR |
09BRASILIA946 | BRAZIL SCENESETTER: DR. TODD STERN, SPECIAL ENVOY FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In spite of its relatively clean energy matrix, Brazil is a major greenhouse gas emitter primarily due to massive, ongoing deforestation. The Ministry of Exterior Relations (MRE) has pursued a cautious, defensive approach in international climate change negotiations, steering [...] | 2009-07-31 10:45:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV KGHG ENRG ECON ETRD EINV EFIN PREL BR |
09BRASILIA95 | BRAZIL'S PRESIDENTIAL FOREIGN POLICY ADVISOR ON [...] (C) Summary: In a January 21 meeting, Brazilian Presidential Senior Foreign Policy Advisor Marco Aurelio Garcia told Ambassador Sobel that the GOB is very optimistic about relations with the Obama Administration. He stressed that President Lula is eager to meet President Obama. Energy, clim [...] | 2009-01-22 20:27:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD KSUM ENRG EFIN BR CU OAS |
09BRATISLAVA127 | EUR DAS GARBER'S MARCH 13 MEETING WITH MFA [...] (U) This message contains an action request in paragraph 6. 2. (C) SUMMARY: EUR DAS Garber met with MFA Director General for Political Affairs Igor Slobodnik March 12 to discuss the impact of the ongoing economic crisis on Slovakia, Afghanistan, the Balkans, energy security, and Russia. Slo [...] | 2009-03-16 08:10:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON ENRG EPET KV RU LO |
09BRATISLAVA149 | SLOVAKIA BUYS BACK TRANSPETROL STAKE [...] (U) The Slovak Government last night announced that it had concluded the buyback of its 49 percent share in the Transpetrol oil pipeline at a cost of $240 million. The purchase from Yukos Finance, one of the remnants of bankrupt Yukos Oil, was finalized and signed on March 26 in London betwee [...] | 2009-03-27 19:15:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET ECON EINV KCOR LO |
09BRATISLAVA17 | SLOVAK GAS CRISIS UPDATE: IT'S GETTING POLITICAL [...] (SBU) As the gas crisis continues to play out in Slovakia, it is becoming more and more a playground for political maneuvering. The GoS has declared an intention to re-open a 440MW nuclear power plant at Jaslovske Bohunice, which had been closed on December 31 as part of Slovakia's EU accessio [...] | 2009-01-12 15:46:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ECON EINV LO |
09BRATISLAVA212 | U.S. COMPANY DENIED GAS EXPLORATION LICENSE IN [...] (C) U.S. energy company Aspect Energy has recently been refused licenses to explore for natural gas in southern Slovakia. The denials, based on what the company considers flimsy bases, follow two years of a lengthy and nontransparent process at the Ministry of Environment. While the exact rea [...] | 2009-05-13 14:32:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EINV EMIN KCOR LO |
09BRATISLAVA277 | SLOVAKIA TO JOIN IRENA [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-19 12:37:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG KGHG SENV LO |
09BRATISLAVA31 | SLOVAKIA GAS CRISIS UPDATE, JANUARY 15 [...] (SBU) The Slovak government has quickly backed away from last week's announcement that it plans to re-start the recently closed nuclear reactor at Jaslovske Bohunice. Experts have told us there is virtually no need to restart the plant because of the gas crisis. Gas reserves are reportedly ad [...] | 2009-01-15 15:28:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ECON EINV PREL LO |
09BRATISLAVA427 | SLOVAKIA WELCOMES U.S. CLIMATE CHANGE GOALS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The GOS welcomes USG greenhouse gas emissions reduction goals and strongly agrees on the need to include all major economies in an eventual United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) agreement at Copenhagen. Slovakia understands the domestic political realitie [...] | 2009-10-02 15:11:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KGHG SENV ENRG TRGY EUN LO |
09BRATISLAVA46 | GAS CRISIS MAY PRESENT OPPORTUNITY FOR NABUCCO [...] (C) In Ambassador Obsitnik's farewell calls on Slovak PM Robert Fico and FM Jan Kubis (septel),both men brought up the possibility of joining the Nabucco consortium as a hedge against future crises. The Slovak leadership gave us their frank views of the respective roles the Ukrainians and Ru [...] | 2009-01-27 11:23:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG PREL LO |
09BRATISLAVA497 | DAS QUANRUD IN SLOVAKIA [...] (C) Summary: In a 29-hour visit to Bratislava, EUR DAS Pamela Quanrud met with a variety of senior Slovak government officials, including Deputy Prime Minister Robert Kalinak and FM Miroslav Lajcak, as well as opposition leaders and members of the judiciary, civil society, and news media to di [...] | 2009-11-27 11:25:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ENRG LO |
09BRATISLAVA500 | FICO'S RUSSIA TRIP: VAGUE PROMISES AND A NICELY PAINTED CAR [...] (SBU) PM Robert Fico's jaunt to Moscow on November 16 was criticized for its timing (the day before Slovakia officially celebrated the 20th anniversary of the fall of Communism) as well as the deliverables. The latter include more talk of a joint venture with Gazprom and a wide-gauge rail exte [...] | 2009-11-30 17:19:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ENRG RS LO |
09BRATISLAVA509 | SLOVAK GOVERNMENT TURNING OUT THE LIGHTS ON SOLAR POWER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The enthusiastic solar energy "gold rush" in Slovakia has hit a series of speed bumps in recent weeks and now faces an uncertain future, as the Slovak government's weak commitment to renewable energy has been further undermined by outright opposition from several important player [...] | 2009-12-09 14:29:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG EINV ECON PGOV LO |
09BRATISLAVA526 | THE FUTURE OF SLOVAKIA'S SOLAR POWER INDUSTRY GROWS EVEN [...] (SBU) Fears about a lack of transparency and openness in Slovakia's renewable energy industry were realized last week, as the government-owned power grid operator (SEPS) approved a list of solar power projects and announced that nothing further will be approvedQat least two years. The applicat [...] | 2009-12-22 14:15:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EINV ECON PGOV LO |
09BRATISLAVA53 | AMBASSADOR OBSITNIK'S FAREWELL TRIFECTA - FICO, [...] (C) Summary: In farewell calls on Prime Minister Fico, President Gasparovic, and Foreign Minister Kubis, Ambassador Obsitnik underscored his appreciation for U.S.-Slovak cooperation during his 13-month tenure, highlighting Slovakia's entry into the Visa Waiver Program and increasingly active [...] | 2009-01-29 13:19:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG PGOV LO |
09BRATISLAVA8 | GAS EMERGENCY IN SLOVAKIA [...] (SBU) The GoS declared a state of emergency as a result of the Russian gas shutdown early on January 7. Gas distribution to home customers will have limited availability. Several big companies, including automakers and their suppliers, have already shut down production, while others have cut b [...] | 2009-01-08 15:17:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ECON EIND LO |
09BRATISLAVA98 | NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION TREATY PREPCOM - SLOVAK [...] (SBU) Summary. Poloff discussed reftel points briefly with Milan Ciganik, Director for Disarmament, OSCE and Counter-Terrorism at Slovakia's MFA. If the EU is able to find a common position for the third Preparatory Committee Meeting (PrepCom),Slovakia will take that position. Differences bet [...] | 2009-02-27 07:19:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC CDG ENRG KMNP MNUC PARM PGOV PREL UNGA |
09BRAZZAVILLE23 | BRAZZAVILLE IN BRIEF - JANUARY 22, 2009 [...] As we noted last week, the U.S. Embassy in Brazzaville has now opened in the new embassy compound. Our address is: Boulevard Maya Maya Brazzaville, Republic of Congo The main embassy number is (country code 242) 612-2000. We will be updating our website information over the next severa [...] | 2009-01-26 14:28:00 | Embassy Brazzaville | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG PREL PGOV AMGT ABLD CF |
09BRIDGETOWN153 | REQUEST FOR EMBASSY SCIENCE FELLOWS [...] (U) Summary: In response to reftel, Embassy Bridgetown submits the following requests for Embassy Science Fellows to work in Dominica, St Lucia and Barbados. Point of contact for these proposals is ESTH Officer, Jake Aller, allerjc2@state.gov, 246-227-4274. End Summary. -------------------- [...] | 2009-03-06 18:17:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV TSPL TBIO EAGR ENRG ECON AMGT APER XL |
09BRIDGETOWN346 | GEOTHERMAL ENERGY ON EVERYONE'S FRONT BURNER IN [...] (C) Having been granted rights to develop a geothermal reservoir by the Government of Nevis, West Indies Power claims it is 18 months away from generating sufficient power to meet the energy needs of Nevis, and more than 2 years away from exporting power to St. Kitts. Large potential customers [...] | 2009-06-10 21:13:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG PREL EINV KTBD IR XL |
09BRIDGETOWN347 | READY TO DRILL (FOR STEAM NOT OIL): DOMINICA [...] (U) On 14 March 2009, poloff, met with Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Public Utilities, Energy, and Ports Vincent Philbert to discuss the Summit of the Americas, focusing on the Energy and Climate Partnership of the Americas (EPCA). Philbert advised us that representatives from Domin [...] | 2009-06-11 12:14:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | XL ECON ENV EINV ENRG SENV TRGY |
09BRIDGETOWN361 | U.S. VIEWS ON THE INTERNATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY [...] (SBU) Per reftel, the Embassy relayed U.S. views on the International Renewable Energy Agency's (IRENA) mission and headquarters. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFAs) of the following countries were contacted under cover of diplomatic notes: Antigua and Barbuda (Note #0636),Barbados (Not [...] | 2009-06-18 18:58:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG SENV |
09BRIDGETOWN39 | BRIDGETOWN CLOSING OUT OF FY 2008 BFIF PROGRAMS [...] Summary: Post conducted an ambitious business outreach program in FY 08 and BFIF funding was essential to carrying out our agenda. At the conclusion of each trip post drafted reporting cables. This is the fiscal accounting cable requested in reftel. Reftels contains most of our BFIF reporti [...] | 2009-01-22 11:13:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG EAGR ETRO EAID EPET EINV BB |
09BRIDGETOWN407 | CHAVEZ LAVISHES ATTENTION ON DOMINICA AFTER ST. [...] (C) On June 12th, the 18 member states of Venezuela's PetroCaribe agreement held their 6th annual summit on the island nation of St. Kitts and Nevis; President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela was the headliner. Citing the dynamic nature of oil prices and the global economy, St. Kitts PM Denzil Dougl [...] | 2009-07-02 20:29:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG ECON EAID XL |
09BRIDGETOWN430 | NEVIS HOSTS GEOTHERMAL CONFERENCE [...] (U) The Nevis Island Administration (NIA) hosted the first Eastern Caribbean Geothermal Energy Conference on Nevis, June 30th through July 2nd to promote geothermal energy in the region. In Attendance were government officials from St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, Dominica, and St. Vincent and [...] | 2009-07-16 14:12:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG PREL EINV KTBD IR XL |
09BRIDGETOWN465 | ALTERNATIVE ENERGY SSI SPEAKER FOSTERS DEBATE IN [...] (U) The Strategic Speaker Initiative brought solar power expert JF Scarborough to Barbados, Grenada and Dominica to talk about alternative energy. This timely topic attracted surprisingly large crowds and fostered vigorous debate within the countries on the best way to manage future alternati [...] | 2009-07-30 20:29:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG EINV PREL XL |
09BRIDGETOWN471 | ALBA'S ALLURE TO ANTIGUA ET AL [...] (c) Three of the seven Eastern Caribbean countries are now members of both ALBA and PetroCaribe. While this has raised eyebrows among political pundits in the region and beyond, the three island nations that have joined - Dominica, St. Vincent, and most recently, Antigua - are doing what they [...] | 2009-08-04 12:07:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID ENRG ETRD XL |
09BRIDGETOWN483 | DOMINICA DEBATES THE FUTURE OF ALTERNATIVE ENERGY [...] (U) A recently concluded Strategic Speaker Initiative (reftel A) brought about a timely debate within Dominica on the best way to manage future alternative energy projects. In Dominica, the elephant in the room is geothermal energy, which is seen by many as a savior for the country despite th [...] | 2009-08-10 14:49:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG EINV PREL XL |
09BRIDGETOWN623 | GRENADA EAGER TO DEVELOP ALTERNATIVE ENERGY -- BUT [...] (U) Poloff met with Ministry of Energy and Environment Officials, senior officials from GRENLEC, the American-owned private utility company in Grenada, and the President of Grensol, a solar power provider, to assess the state of play of alternative energy development in Grenada. The consensus [...] | 2009-10-08 14:05:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OECS ENRG EINV ETRD ECON SENV XL |
09BRIDGETOWN624 | COMMERCIAL WORKSHOP IN GRENADA GARNERS INTEREST, [...] (U) Emboff conducted a half-day workshop in Grenada on September 24 to promote USG programs that facilitate trade and investment. This was the fourth in a series of these workshops that the Pol/Econ section at Embassy Bridgetown has held. Previous workshops included Barbados, St Lucia, and S [...] | 2009-10-08 15:12:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OECS ENRG ECON ETRD XL |
09BRUSSELS1031 | EU MEMBER STATES APPEAR EXCITED ABOUT NBT, EVEN IF [...] (SBU) Summary. Sweden is moving forward with preparations to move the One Big Thing (OBT) initiative, which exists between Embassy Stockholm and the Government of Sweden to promote development of green technology through R&D and business partnerships, to the EU-level. Some Member States are [...] | 2009-07-28 14:43:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EIND ENRG EUN EWWT KGHG SENV TPHY TRGY |
09BRUSSELS1032 | IN A REPEAT OF 2008, DIVISIONS EXIST BETWEEN EU [...] (C) Summary. As it prepares for Copenhagen, the EU is reliving many of the arguments that plagued it during negotiations of the Climate and Energy Package last year. At a recent EU Energy and Environment Ministers meeting, Poland is leading what appears to be the same group of Central and Eastern E [...] | 2009-07-28 14:45:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EIND ENRG EUN EWWT KGHG SENV TPHY TRGY |
09BRUSSELS1033 | EU GENERALLY POSITIVE ON U.S. CLIMATE POLICY, BUT [...] (C) Summary. Several EU officials are pleased with the direction the United States is taking in its climate policy, but some (notably Germany and France) are looking for more. However, on several other issues related to the UN negotiation process, the EU is far from a consolidated position. [...] | 2009-07-28 14:47:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EIND ENRG EUN EWWT KGHG SENV TPHY TRGY |
09BRUSSELS1059 | U.S.-EU HIGH LEVEL REGULATORY FORUM MEETS IN BRUSSELS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: EU and U.S. officials covered a packed agenda during a well-attended High-Level Regulatory Cooperation Forum (HLRCF) in Brussels on July 24. The European Commission hosted this, the sixth HLRCF, gathering regulators from both sides of the Atlantic to discuss regulatory cooperati [...] | 2009-07-31 15:53:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ECIN ETRD ENRG ECPS SENV TPHY TSPL EUN |
09BRUSSELS106 | COPENHAGEN IS THE #1 ENVIRONMENTAL PRIORITY FOR [...] (U) On January 21, Czech Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Environment Martin Bursik appeared before the European Parliament's Environment Committee to discuss the priorities of the Czech Presidency of the EU Council of Ministers (running from January until June 2009). Bursik listed four [...] | 2009-01-27 14:26:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ECON EIND ENRG EUN EWWT KGHG SENV TPHY |
09BRUSSELS1071 | SRAP HOLBROOKE, EU HIGH REP SOLANA DISCUSS [...] (S//NF) Summary: On July 28, SRAP Richard Holbrooke and EU High Rep Javier Solana discussed their respective trips to Afghanistan and Pakistan, further support to the Pakistani government, the Afghan presidential elections, and Solana's impressions of the situation in Iran. During the meet [...] | 2009-08-05 11:16:00 | USEU Brussels | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL ENRG MOPS PGOV XD IR EUN |
09BRUSSELS1165 | COMMISSION PERSPECTIVES ON UNFCCC, MEF, AND TROIKA [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-21 08:42:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EIND ENRG EUN EWWT KGHG SENV TPHY TRGY |
09BRUSSELS1172 | COMMISSION PERSPECTIVES ON UNFCCC, MEF, AND TROIKA VISIT TO [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-25 10:05:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EIND ENRG EUN EWWT KGHG SENV TPHY TRGY TSPL |
09BRUSSELS1174 | COMMISSION PERSPECTIVES ON UNFCCC, MEF, AND [...] (SBU) This is a corrected version of BRUSSELS 1165 to correct for formatting. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. Artur Runge-Metzger, Head of Unit for International Climate Negotiations in the European CommissionQs Directorate General for Environment, said that emissions targets for developed and developi [...] | 2009-08-25 12:23:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EIND ENRG EUN EWWT KGHG SENV TPHY |
09BRUSSELS1193 | EU SCENESETTER FOR CODEL KANJORSKI [...] (SBU) I would like to welcome you and the members of your Delegation to Brussels. You are arriving at a time when the change in U.S. Administration and the press of global events have pushed U.S.-EU cooperation to new heights across a range of economic and political issues. The EU and its Mem [...] | 2009-08-28 11:20:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREL ETRD ENRG SENV KHGH KJUS KTFN EUN |
09BRUSSELS1231 | EXPECT NEGATIVE RHETORIC ON CLIMATE CHANGE TO CONTINUE FROM [...] (SBU) Summary. Despite efforts to stem unhelpful comments, we can expect certain EU Member States will continue to call for the United States to "do more" on climate change in the run-up to Copenhagen. Recent statements targeting the United States, notably from the Swedish Presidency, Germany [...] | 2009-09-11 08:36:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EIND ENRG EUN EWWT KGHG SENV TPHY TRGY TSPL |
09BRUSSELS1248 | BELGIAN VIEWS AND DECISION-MAKING ON [...] Summary: Policy-making on non-proliferation and disarmament issues in Belgium is concentrated in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, under the direction of Werner Bauwens, Special Envoy for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation. Final decisions on policy are made in consultation with Minister of Fo [...] | 2009-09-16 15:27:00 | Embassy Brussels | SECRET | AORC CDG ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PREL UNGA |
09BRUSSELS1295 | BELGIUM: CLIMATE CHANGE DISCUSSION WITH EU MEMBER [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-25 08:58:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | KGHG SENV ENRG TRGY EUN |
09BRUSSELS131 | CONGRESSMAN MARKEY SHOWS OPTIMISM IN VIDEO [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-01 15:43:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EIND ENRG EUN EWWT KGHG SENV TPHY |
09BRUSSELS1329 | CONGRESSMAN MARKEY SHOWS OPTIMISM IN VIDEO CONFERENCE WITH [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-01 15:13:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EIND ENRG EUN EWWT KGHG SENV TPHY TRGY TSPL |
09BRUSSELS1330 | CONGRESSMAN MARKEY SHOWS OPTIMISM IN VIDEO CONFERENCE WITH [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-01 15:36:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EIND ENRG EUN EWWT KGHG SENV TPHY TRGY TSPL |
09BRUSSELS1331 | CONGRESSMAN MARKEY SHOWS OPTIMISM IN VIDEO [...] (SBU) Summary. Congressman Edward Markey (D-MA),Chairman of the House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming and co-author of the American Clean Energy and Security Act (ACES, also known as Waxman-Markey),told Commission officials and reporters that the Senate could pass [...] | 2009-10-01 15:43:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EIND ENRG EUN EWWT KGHG SENV TPHY |
09BRUSSELS1333 | CONGRESSMAN MARKEY SHOWS OPTIMISM IN VIDEO CONFERENCE WITH [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-01 16:14:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EIND ENRG EUN EWWT KGHG SENV TPHY TRGY TSPL |
09BRUSSELS1334 | CONGRESSMAN MARKEY SHOWS OPTIMISM IN VIDEO CONFERENCE WITH [...] (SBU) Summary. Congressman Edward Markey (D-MA),Chairman of the House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming and co-author of the American Clean Energy and Security Act (ACES, also known as Waxman-Markey),told Commission officials and reporters that the Senate could pass [...] | 2009-10-01 16:32:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EIND ENRG EUN EWWT KGHG SENV TPHY TRGY TSPL |
09BRUSSELS1355 | BELGIUM: ENERGY MINISTER WANTS TO EXTEND OLDEST NUCLEAR [...] (U) On October 1, Energy and Environment Minister Paul Magnette (Parti Socialiste) announced that he had agreed with Prime Minister Herman Van Rompuy to keep the Belgian nuclear power plants open until 2025. In exchange, the owner of the plants, Electrabel (a Belgian subsidiary of the French [...] | 2009-10-09 06:12:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG ETRD EINV BE |
09BRUSSELS1385 | RUSSIA FLEXES MUSCLES ON UKRAINE NUCLEAR FUEL [...] (SBU) An internal Rosatom strategy document, designed to secure the long-term supply of nuclear fuel to Ukraine, was leaked to the Ukrainian press on Monday, October 12. The document, which was provided to econoffs/energy attaches in European posts by industry sources, outlines a broad strateg [...] | 2009-10-15 12:45:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG RS UP AA KTDB |
09BRUSSELS1391 | EUROPEAN COMMISSION TO PROPOSE BINDING ENERGY EFFICIENCY [...] (SBU) Summary. The European Commission plans to propose binding energy efficiency targets for all EU Member States, according to a draft Communication outlining recommendations for improving Europe's energy efficiency. The Commission argues that the EU can only reduce energy consumption by 11 [...] | 2009-10-16 12:29:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EIND ENRG EWWT KGHG SENV TRGY |
09BRUSSELS142 | SOLANA SPEAKS ON MIDDLE EAST PEACE, GUANTANAMO, [...] (C//NF) Summary. EU Council Secretary General and CFSP High Representative Javier Solana addressed the final session of a "Study Day" on transatlantic relations organized by the EPP-ED political group at the European Parliament. During the January 29 event he discussed EU relations with the [...] | 2009-01-30 17:01:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL ENRG KPAL EUN |
09BRUSSELS1420 | SCENESETTER FOR TRANSATLANTIC ECONOMIC COUNCIL MEETING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The fourth meeting of the U.S.-EU Transatlantic Economic Council on October 27 will cover a solidagenda with our largest economic partner. The meeting will feature discussions on G20 commitments and our cooperation in financial reform, closer U.S.-EU regulatory cooperation in t [...] | 2009-10-22 13:22:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREL ETRD ENRG ECPS SENV EUN |
09BRUSSELS1421 | EU STANCE ON NABUCCO WORRIES ITGI [...] (SBU) Summary: A representative of the Italy-Turkey-Greece Interconnector (ITGI) pipeline project believes the Commission,s public bias towards Nabucco is prejudicing ITGI,s ability to secure a gas deal. Commission officials told him that their support for Nabucco is driven by USG pressure. [...] | 2009-10-22 14:13:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG IT ZJ RU EU |
09BRUSSELS1426 | TRANSATLANTIC BUSINESS DIALOGUE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE [...] (U) Summary: The Transatlantic Business Dialogue (TABD) has submitted their annual recommendations to the Transatlantic Economic Council (TEC). TABD requests to the TEC include focus efforts on avoiding protectionism, ensuring aligned regulation, and promoting transatlantic innovation. They st [...] | 2009-10-23 16:05:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PREL BEXP ENRG EINV EUN |
09BRUSSELS1470 | PRESIDENT BARROSO CALLS FOR STRONG COPENHAGEN AGREEMENT [...] (SBU) Summary. In an October 28 speech, President Barroso, said that climate change is "the defining issue of our generation" and called for a strong international agreement in Copenhagen. He expressed that strong support from European business is essential to success, and Copenhagen represen [...] | 2009-10-29 15:04:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EIND ENRG EWWT KGHG SENV TRGY |
09BRUSSELS148 | EMBASSY BELGIUM POINTS OF CONTACT FOR NPT-RELATED [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-02 16:23:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC CDG ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PREL UNGA |
09BRUSSELS1503 | Belgium: 2010 Budget: First Step on Long Road Back to [...] (U) This cable is for internal U.S. Government use only and is not to be posted on the Internet. SUMMARY ------- 2. (U) The Belgian federal government (GOB) is counting on the country's three regions to help reduce the country's overall budget deficit to 18.7 billion euros (usd 28 bill [...] | 2009-11-06 13:59:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINV ELAB ENRG BE |
09BRUSSELS1517 | DG TREN seeks Bilateral Biofuel Discussions in the U.S. EU [...] (SBU) Summary: In meetings October 15, 2009, Paul Hodson at the Energy and Transport Directorate General outlined his reasons for desiring bilateral discussions with the United States on what he called the technical aspects of biofuel legislation and which topics he thought the United States an [...] | 2009-11-12 06:16:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ENRG EUN SENV TPHY TRGY |
09BRUSSELS1541 | EU MEMBER STATES REMAIN DIVIDED DESPITE EU COUNCIL [...] (SBU) Summary. Although the European Council took several steps forward in defining its efforts to mitigate the effects of climate change, it failed to resolve several open issues, notably around financing. Even among the agreed conclusions, it is apparent there remains disagreement among Mem [...] | 2009-11-18 14:44:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EIND ENRG EWWT KGHG SENV TRGY |
09BRUSSELS1551 | CORRECTED COPY - EU COUNCIL FAILS TO AGREE ON [...] (SBU) This is an initial spot report of the climate outcomes of the EU Council. USEU will provide further detail next week after conversations with EU officials. 2. (SBU) Summary. Despite efforts from the Swedish Presidency and the European Commission, EU Heads of State and Government fai [...] | 2009-11-20 11:35:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EIND ENRG EUN KGHG SENV TRGY |
09BRUSSELS1644 | EU TO LAUNCH NEW ENERGY AGENCY [...] (SBU) Summary: In a letter dated November 27, 2009, European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso provided incoming Energy Commissioner Guenter Oettinger with his mandate on EU energy policies. Barroso also announced the creation of the new Directorate General for Energy, which will take [...] | 2009-12-07 16:15:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG PREL KGHG EU |
09BRUSSELS1647 | US-EU OFFICIALS CONVENE ENERGY COUNCIL'S SECURITY [...] (U) Summary: U.S. Special Envoy for Eurasian Energy Richard Morningstar and RELEX North America Director Alan Seatter co-chaired the first meeting of the U.S.-EU Energy Council,s security and markets working group in Brussels on November 18, 2009. The meeting established when and how the work [...] | 2009-12-08 12:40:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET PREL ECON TU IZ NI UP RU ZJ ZK XR |
09BRUSSELS1675 | RIFT OVER EU'S AUTHORITY TO REGULATE GAS SUPPLY [...] (U) SUMMARY: At the December 7 Energy Council in Brussels, Energy Ministers of the twenty-seven EU member states debated the European Commission's authority to regulate security of supply in member states. Discussions on security of gas supply revealed a split by a number of member states (Th [...] | 2009-12-15 11:56:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG PREL EPET KGHG EU |
09BRUSSELS1722 | European Commission Publishes Consultation Paper on the [...] Summary. On December 14, 2009 the Commission published a consultation paper requesting comments for the definition and criteria for Highly Biodiverse Grasslands in EU legislation concerning sustainability criteria for biofuels. Biofuel feedstock that comes from these grasslands will not count t [...] | 2009-12-23 16:28:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ENRG EUN SENV TPHY TRGY |
09BRUSSELS1725 | BELGIUM: SECURITY EXERCISE TESTS POLICE RESPONSE [...] (U) Information in paragraph 4 about the Belgian Design Basis Threat for the BR-2 nuclear research reactor is classified SECRET by Belgian authorities, and is transmitted here to respect that level of classification. SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) Belgian local and federal police and offic [...] | 2009-12-24 10:38:00 | Embassy Brussels | SECRET | ENRG KNNP TRGY TPHY EUN BE |
09BRUSSELS190 | THE EU'S CLIMATE AND ENERGY PACKAGE; LOOKING BACK, [...] (SBU) Summary: The European Union, led by the French Presidency, completed its Climate and Energy Legislative Package in December 2008. However, what transpired between January 23, 2008, when the European Commission proposed the four pieces of legislation that made up the Climate Package, an [...] | 2009-02-10 15:12:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EIND ENRG EUN EWWT KGHG SENV TPHY TRGY |
09BRUSSELS193 | EU ENVIRONMENT COMMISSIONER EAGER TO ENHANCE [...] (SBU) The Charge d'Affaires met with EU Environment Commissioner Stavros Dimas on February 9. Dimas said that he looks forward to working with President Obama's climate team toward an international agreement. He realizes that "the transition will take a bit more time" and does not underestim [...] | 2009-02-11 11:03:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EIND ENRG EUN EWWT KGHG SENV TPHY TRGY |
09BRUSSELS196 | BELGIAN COMPANY EXMAR SEES OPPORTUNITIES IN GAS CRISIS [...] During the regular natural gas disputes between Russia and some of its (former) client states that also affected Europe, Belgian gas supplies were never under threat. In 2008, Belgium imported only five percent of its gas supply from Russia, mainly thru the German-Russian Wingas group and the Fren [...] | 2009-02-11 14:10:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG EPET EU BE |
09BRUSSELS198 | EU'S PROPOSED COPENHAGEN STRATEGY TARGETS OECD [...] (SBU) Summary: The EU Commission's Communication proposing the EU's approach for the UN climate change negotiations recommends strong emissions reduction ommitments and funding from developed countries, but suggests only "actions" (rather than commitments) from developing countries, including t [...] | 2009-02-11 15:21:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EIND ENRG EUN EWWT KGHG SENV TPHY TRGY |
09BRUSSELS201 | CONSUMERS: TRANSATLANTIC ECONOMIC COUNCIL NEEDS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-12 10:49:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EIND EAGR ETTC ENRG KIPR PREL EUN |
09BRUSSELS202 | CONSUMERS: TRANSATLANTIC ECONOMIC COUNCIL NEEDS [...] (SBU) Summary: At a February 4 meeting with USEU, TransAtlantic Consumer Dialogue (TACD) representatives raised concerns over and suggested new directions for the Transatlantic Economic Council (TEC) process. TACD is concerned about the need for more transparency in the drafting of the TEC ag [...] | 2009-02-12 12:48:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EIND EAGR ETTC ENRG KIPR PREL EUN |
09BRUSSELS226 | Barroso's economic stimulant on the rocks? [...] (SBU) Summary: The 5 billion euro EU-level portion of Europe's economic stimulus package appears to be foundering on the absence of funds, doubts about its effectiveness and plain old politics. Commission President Barroso will push hard, but a more likely outcome is a longer-term increase in [...] | 2009-02-18 10:48:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ENRG ECPS PINT EUN |
09BRUSSELS239 | EU DIRECTOR GENERAL FOR ENVIRONMENT LOOKS FOR [...] (C) Summary: New EU Director General for the Environment Falkenberg told USEU 2/19 that: -- his recent meetings with Administration officials and on the Hill highlighted the need and potential for US-EU collaboration on climate change; -- Environment Commissioner Dimas' open letter to Was [...] | 2009-02-20 12:33:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EIND ENRG EUN EWWT KGHG SENV TPHY TRGY |
09BRUSSELS250 | BELGIAN VIEWS ON NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION TREATY [...] (C) Summary: Belgium's main objective for the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) 2010 Review Conference is making progress not only on non-proliferation but also disarmament, showing concrete results. The GOB would like to see the United States engage Iran on a bilateral basis. The USG [...] | 2009-02-23 09:24:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC CDG ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PREL UNGA |
09BRUSSELS259 | EU EAGER TO WORK WITH U.S. ON CAP AND TRADE SYSTEMS [...] (SBU) Summary: EU Commission officials, industry reps, climate traders, and NGOs, are eager for a U.S. cap and trade system and anxious to share their experiences on the 2008 revision process of the EU,s Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS). Seeking U.S. leadership on climate change, all aspire to a [...] | 2009-02-23 16:21:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EIND ENRG EUN EWWT KGHG SENV TPHY TRGY |
09BRUSSELS280 | UNITY QUEST: CENTRAL EUROPEAN EFFORTS TO FORGE EU [...] (C) Summary and Introduction: Renewed efforts by the Central Europeans to approach energy security from a common EU position are being obstructed by a lack of member state unity on the issue. Holding the rotating presidency of the European Council, the Czech Republic has made energy security [...] | 2009-02-27 12:28:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EUN ENRG EPET XH |
09BRUSSELS306 | LOST IN TRANSLATION - IFIS CALLING FOR [...] (SBU) Summary. Econ Officers heard from Commissioner Ferrero-Waldner's Cabinet on March 4 that negotiations with Ukraine are ongoing over reforms requested by international financial institutions (IFIs) as a prerequisite for making investment commitments at the March 23 EU-sponsored investme [...] | 2009-03-05 10:52:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG EPET EUN UP EINV |
09BRUSSELS311 | MOVING FORWARD ON BALTIC ENERGY INTERCONNECTIONS [...] (SBU) Summary and Introduction. With the closing of Lithuania,s Iganlina nuclear power plant scheduled for January 2009, and Russia,s increasing penchant for using energy resources as a political tool, the energy security of the Baltic States has become a concern on both sides of the Atlantic [...] | 2009-03-05 15:24:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG EPET EUN |
09BRUSSELS33 | BELGIAN FOREIGN MINISTER ON GAZA, RUSSIAN GAS, AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: Belgian Foreign Minister Karel De Gucht told visiting A/S Fried that Belgium is working on bringing child burn victims out of Gaza for treatment in Europe and is negotiating with the Israeli government to do so. He was not optimistic that French President Sarkozy's intervention [...] | 2009-01-12 08:11:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG BE |
09BRUSSELS381 | BELGIUM REQUEST URGENT INFORMATION ON IRAN [...] (U) This is an action request, please see paragraph 5. 2. (S) Werner Bauwens, Special Envoy for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation called Poloff in to deliver two messages regarding Iran and proliferation: the name change of an Iranian shipping company and a Belgian company's request to expo [...] | 2009-03-17 16:46:00 | Embassy Brussels | SECRET | KNNP MNUC PARM TRGY ENRG EMIN ETTC IR BE |
09BRUSSELS390 | EU COUNCIL LEAVES MAJOR ISSUES IN COPENHAGEN [...] (SBU) During their March 19-20 European Council meeting, EU Heads of State are unlikely to make any definitive statements related to the EU position at the UN climate conference in Copenhagen; instead, they will leave virtually all issues unresolved and open for further discussion in subsequen [...] | 2009-03-18 16:48:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EIND ENRG EUN EWWT KGHG SENV TPHY TRGY |
09BRUSSELS410 | EU: DAS BRYZA'S MARCH 16 DISCUSSIONS ON ENERGY AND [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: During a Brussels stop on March 16 EUR DAS Matthew Bryza consulted EU officials on a range of regional political, security and energy-related issues, including EU enlargement, Turkey-Cyprus, frozen conflicts, and pipeline politics. DG Enlargement contacts foresaw no/no immine [...] | 2009-03-23 11:57:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL ECON ENRG ECIN EPET EUN XH |
09BRUSSELS429 | EU TO SPEND 4 BILLION ON ENERGY TO STIMULATE [...] In December 2008, the European Council agreed to a European Economic Recovery Plan (EERP),whereby each member state would develop and implement a financial stimulus package. As part of the EERP, the Commission proposed an EU stimulus package of five billion euros, to be spent on energy and b [...] | 2009-03-26 05:58:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG EFIN EU |
09BRUSSELS449 | EU COMMISSION PLEASED BY MAJOR ECONOMIES FORUM [...] (SBU) Representatives from the cabinets of EU Commission President Barroso and Environment Commissioner Dimas and from DG Environment expressed their pleasure at the initiative shown by President Obama to continue the Major Economies Process in the form of the Major Economies Forum on Energy a [...] | 2009-03-27 15:32:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EIND ENRG EUN EWWT KGHG SENV TPHY TRGY |
09BRUSSELS45 | EP PRESIDENT POTTERING ON GAZA, ENERGY, AND [...] (U) During a January 7 meeting with Ambassador Silverberg, Hans-Gert Pottering, President of the European Parliament, discussed the Israel-Gaza crisis, the Russia-Ukraine energy dispute, and freedom of religion in the Middle East. Pottering requested the meeting with the Ambassador in order [...] | 2009-01-14 13:53:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG KIRF PHUM TK RU UK IS EUN |
09BRUSSELS454 | BELGIUM: CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE [...] (S/NF) Post concurs with the items on Belgium's 2008 Critical Infrastructure/Key Resources list. 2. (S/NF) Port of Antwerp: The Port of Antwerp, despite the global economic downturn, remains a critical transit point for shipping to and from the United States, including at times U.S. mil [...] | 2009-03-30 14:27:00 | Embassy Brussels | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PGOV ASEC EFIN ENRG KCIP BE |
09BRUSSELS519 | COMMISSIONER PIEBALGS OUTLINES THE EU'S ENERGY [...] (U) Summary. At an April 2 Brussels hearing on energy security organized by the European Parliament's Industry and Energy Committee, EU Energy Commissioner Andris Piebalgs outlined how the EU intends to ensure its energy security by: 1) organizing its external energy supply, 2) promoting energ [...] | 2009-04-07 08:19:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ENRG EPET EUN |
09BRUSSELS559 | CONTINUED WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY FOR INFLUENCING EU [...] (SBU) EU Commission officials explained to officials from EPA, State/OES, USTR, and USEU that the recently passed Directive on the use of renewable energy (the Renewables Directive) left open several issues related to biofuels methodology and criteria, which the Commission is required to close [...] | 2009-04-14 15:18:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EIND ENRG EUN EWWT KGHG SENV TPHY TRGY |
09BRUSSELS562 | EU INDUSTRIES: CLEAN ENERGY TAX CREDITS UNFAIR [...] A representative from International Paper (IP) reported todaythat the European paper manufacturer's association plans to file a formal complaint with Commission officials over U.S. clean energy incentives. The Confederation of European Paper Industries (CEPI) has taken issue with tax credits I [...] | 2009-04-15 08:32:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG ETRD EFIN EUN |
09BRUSSELS577 | SCENESETTER FOR SPECIAL ENVOY MORNINGSTAR'S VISIT [...] (SBU) Welcome to Brussels. Your visit comes as the EU struggles to develop a common energy policy, internally and externally. The Europeans view energy security in broad terms -- to include alternative sources and supply of gas, development of additional renewable resources, research into c [...] | 2009-04-17 15:29:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG EPET EUN |
09BRUSSELS584 | EU: DEMARCHE ON BALTIC ENERGY SECURITY DELIVERED [...] (SBU) On April 21, Econ Officer communicated ref talking points to Roland Kobia, Member of EU Energy Commissioner Piebalg's Cabinet. Kobia had no specific remarks on the talking points, but called them "excellent" and said the EU appreciates U.S. support on the Baltic Interconnection issue. [...] | 2009-04-21 11:29:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG EPET EUN |
09BRUSSELS592 | SENATOR BINGAMAN DISCUSSES CAP AND TRADE SYSTEMS [...] (SBU) Summary. Senator Bingaman met separately on April 5-6 with officials from the EU Commission, EU Council, European Parliament, and private industry to discuss the EU's Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) and cap and trade systems in general. The underlying theme presented by the Europeans th [...] | 2009-04-24 11:09:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EIND ENRG EUN EWWT KGHG SENV TPHY TRGY |
09BRUSSELS599 | BELGIAN CANDIDATE FOR DIRECTOR GENERAL OF IAEA TO [...] (C) On April 24, Werner Bauwens, Belgian Special Envoy for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, informed Poloff unofficially that Belgium will soon put forward the name of Jean-Pol Poncelet as a candidate to succeed Mohamed El-Baradei as Director General of the [...] | 2009-04-27 09:10:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP ENRG PREL MNUC IAEA BE |
09BRUSSELS657 | PARTICIPATION IN THE MAY 13-14 ISLAMABAD REGIONAL [...] (U) USEU Poloff and Econoff delivered REF A points to Czech Government in its capacity as European Union (EU) Presidency, EU Council Secretariat, and European Commission officials. Czech Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs Tomas Pojar will represent the Czech Presidency. EU Special Representat [...] | 2009-05-08 15:49:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | AF BEXP EAGR EAID ECON ENRG ETRD EU EUN KPWR |
09BRUSSELS664 | INDIAN CLIMATE NEGOTIATOR TELLS EUROPEAN AUDIENCE [...] (SBU) In an April 30 speech delivered to the Center for European Policy Studies, Shyam Saran, India's Special Envoy for Climate Change, stated that the "western" approach to financing and mitigation in developing countries will not work and that financing should be based on the developing coun [...] | 2009-05-11 11:26:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EIND ENRG EUN EWWT KGHG KTDB SENV TPHY |
09BRUSSELS702 | BURMA: EU CONSIDERING ADDITIONAL SANCTIONS; [...] (C) Summary: Outraged over the arrest and trial of Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi (ASSK) on the eve of her release, EU Foreign Ministers directed Council and Commission staff on May 18 to begin looking at additional restrictive measures (including new sanctions) that might be tak [...] | 2009-05-18 17:52:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM ETTC ENRG EPET EFIN KJUS BM EUN |
09BRUSSELS708 | EU OFFICIALS VIEW OFFSETS AS POSSIBLE OBSTACLE TO [...] (SBU) Summary: EU Commission officials, EU Parliament officials, NGOs, and industry are looking to the United States for development of a comprehensive cap and trade program that can benefit from the EU's experience with its own Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS). The use of carbon offsets in th [...] | 2009-05-19 14:52:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EIND ENRG EUN EWWT KGHG SENV TPHY TRGY |
09BRUSSELS812 | BELGIAN CANDIDATE FOR IAEA DIRECTOR GENERAL [...] (C) Poloff spoke on June 11 with Werner Bauwens, Belgian Special Envoy for Non-Proliferation and Disarmament, about the candidacy of Jean-Pol Poncelet for Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency. Bauwens was in Budapest. He said that he was disappointed that Poncelet had n [...] | 2009-06-11 14:59:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | MNUC ENRG PARM BE |
09BRUSSELS881 | BELGIUM: NO DECISION ON IRENA MEMBERSHIP [...] (SBU) Econoff raised reftel points on June 25 with Ambassador Philippe Nieuwenhuys, head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' energy unit. Nieuwenhuys said Belgium is not yet in a position to join the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA). Because of Belgium's political system, the f [...] | 2009-06-26 08:12:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG KGHG SENV BE |
09BRUSSELS912 | WORKING WITH THE EU ON CLIMATE CHANGE AND NATIONAL [...] (C) Summary: In Brussels, June 15-17, Major General Richard L. Engel, USAF (Retired),Director, Climate Change and State Stability Program, Long Range Analysis Unit, National Intelligence Council (NIC) heard from high level Europeans that: the connection between security and climate change [...] | 2009-07-02 10:18:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV KGHG SENV ENRG EUN |
09BRUSSELS918 | COMMISSIONER DIMAS OUT OF CLIMATE CHANGE PICTURE; [...] (C) Summary. As the EU intensifies efforts to secure a climate agreement in Copenhagen, the Swedes have asserted their leadership role while Environment Commissioner Dimas has taken himself out of the picture. Both Swedish and Commission officials agree that European criticism of U.S. emissi [...] | 2009-07-06 09:24:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EIND ENRG EUN EWWT KGHG SENV TPHY TRGY |
09BRUSSELS936 | OPPORTUNITY TO COMMENT ON EU'S APPROACH TO [...] (SBU) Summary. The European Commission currently is internally debating how to address the effects of indirect land use change (ILUC) on the greenhouse gas emissions from biofuels. To assist in the process, the Commission has released a list of eight possible approaches and has opened up a p [...] | 2009-07-07 15:35:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EIND ENRG EUN EWWT KGHG SENV TPHY TRGY |
09BRUSSELS964 | EU CLIMATE CHANGE RELATIONSHIP STRONG WITH INDIA, [...] (C) Summary. In separate meetings held with the Mission of China to the EU and the Embassy of India, Chinese and Indian counterparts confirmed what USEU EconOff learned in conversations with the European Commission (see reftel): that the EU has a robust with China is almose that beforlnp`opan [...] | 2009-07-13 14:52:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EIND ENRG EUN EWWT KGHG SENV TPHY TRGY |
09BUCHAREST10 | ROMANIA: GAS IMPORTS HALTED, STATE OF EMERGENCY [...] (SBU) Summary. Imports on the second of two natural gas pipelines connecting Romania to Ukraine were halted the morning of January 7th. Romania is currently receiving no natural gas inflows from Ukraine and has declared a state of emergency. This declaration provides the Romanian Government [...] | 2009-01-07 14:53:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG EPET PREL PGOV RO |
09BUCHAREST110 | ROMANIA: CONTROVERSY OVER OFFSHORE ENERGY CONCESSIONS [...] (SBU) Romania's initial euphoria after prevailing over Ukraine in a Black Sea boundary dispute has given way to political finger-pointing over offshore energy concessions. The International Court of Justice (ICJ) in a February 3 ruling awarded Romania exclusive rights to 3,745 square miles of [...] | 2009-02-20 07:13:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG PBTS ECON PGOV RO |
09BUCHAREST147 | MFA DIRECTOR GENERAL FOR STRATEGIC POLICY ON BLACK [...] (C) Summary: POLMILOFF met with MFA Director General for Strategic Policy Calin Stoica on February 27 to discuss Black Sea strategy issues, including Romania's interest in the proposed Black Sea Defense Ministerial (BSDM). Stoica noted that Black Sea littoral states have not yet reached a com [...] | 2009-03-05 05:46:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ENRG RO |
09BUCHAREST164 | CI/KR RESPONSE FOR S/CT -- ROMANIA [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-11 14:37:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV ASEC EFIN ENRG KCIP RO |
09BUCHAREST234 | ROMANIA: RETROSPECTIVE ON NATURAL GAS CUTOFF [...] (C) While Romania successfully survived the January cut-off of natural gas imports from Russia, working-level officials at the Ministry of Economy (MOE) believe that pain was averted largely through lucky timing. Cornel Zeveleanu and Liviu Stoican, officials in the MOE's General Directorate [...] | 2009-04-06 13:42:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON PREL PGOV RO |
09BUCHAREST272 | ROMANIA: SOURCES OF CONDUCT [...] (C) Summary: Though the fundamentals of Romania's foreign policy have not changed under the new coalition government led by Prime Minister Emil Boc, the combination of Russia's August 2008 incursion into Georgian territory, followed by another disconcerting Russian action in the region (the J [...] | 2009-04-22 10:59:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR ECON ENRG RO |
09BUCHAREST3 | ROMANIA: SUFFICIENT GAS ON TAP DESPITE AN INITIAL [...] (C) Summary. The Russia-Ukraine gas dispute resulted in an initial 30 percent decline in Romanian gas imports from Russia via the two pipelines connecting Romania to Russia. Despite this substantial drop in imports, sufficient domestic production and gas reserves exist to manage demand in the [...] | 2009-01-06 10:19:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG EPET PREL PGOV RO |
09BUCHAREST306 | ROMANIA: IRAN GAS AND TURKISH TAKE-OFF DEMANDS ARE [...] (U) This is an action request; please see paragraph 5. 2. (C) Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Director General and lead Nabucco negotiator, Calin Stoica, summoned EconCoun and EconOff to the MFA on May 5 to provide a readout on the latest round of Nabucco Inter-State Agreement (IS [...] | 2009-05-08 04:45:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET ECON PREL IR RO |
09BUCHAREST370 | ROMANIA: ACTIVE IN ENERGY DIPLOMACY [...] (C) Summary. According to Ministry of Economy State Secretary (SS) Tudor Serban, Romania has been engaged in active energy diplomacy efforts with Russia, Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan, and Armenia. Underpinning Romania's efforts are a desire to advance the Nabucco project and secure for Romania b [...] | 2009-06-02 10:24:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON EINV PREL RO |
09BUCHAREST385 | ROMANIA: DEMARCHE RESPONSE ON IRAN AS A SOURCE OF [...] (C) Acting DCM and EconOff delivered ref A demarche points to Romania's chief negotiator for the Nabucco inter-state agreement (ISA),Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Director General (DG) Calin Stoica, on June 2. (Stoica had been unavailable earlier, as he was in Vienna for the latest roun [...] | 2009-06-05 13:41:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET ECON PREL RO |
09BUCHAREST406 | ROMANIA SUPPORTS GERMANY FOR IRENA HQ [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-16 12:18:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG KGHG SENV RO |
09BUCHAREST43 | ROMANIA ON U.S. JANUARY GAERC VIEWS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-23 15:09:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | EUN PGOV PREL ENRG RO |
09BUCHAREST440 | ROMANIA: DISCUSSING ENERGY WITH RUSSIA, BUT NO [...] (C) Summary: Minister of Economy Adriean Videanu met with Charge d'Affaires on June 24 to discuss his recent trip to Moscow and plans for the Romanian energy sector. At the top of the list of discussion points was the recently announced gas storage agreement between Romgaz, the Romanian nat [...] | 2009-06-29 04:18:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON PREL RO |
09BUCHAREST467 | ROMANIA: HEU FREE ZONE [...] (U) Summary: All remaining highly enriched uranium (HEU) was safely removed from Romania following the successful conclusion of a National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) operation under the Global Threat Reduction Initiative (GTRI) on June 29th. This shipment removed Russian-origin H [...] | 2009-07-06 13:20:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG PARM ECON PGOV KGIC RO |
09BUCHAREST497 | ROMANIA: A 'EUROPEAN' MODEL FOR THE ENERGY SECTOR [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of Romania (GOR) is considering the creation of two vertically integrated energy companies formed out of existing state-owned assets, reversing a decentralization process that the GOR now sees as having been flawed. Instead, two "national champions" able to compe [...] | 2009-07-16 08:45:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ECON EINV PGOV KGHG RO |
09BUCHAREST56 | REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON SECURITY OF EUROPEAN NUCLEAR MATERIALS (C-WP8-01022) [...] (SBU/NF) This report responds to questions raised in ref A. As post acquires additional information it will be reported septel. 2. (S/NF) Over the past several months, EconOff has accompanied representatives of the National Commission for Nuclear Activities Control (CNCAN) on site visits to sever [...] | 2009-01-28 09:36:00 | Embassy Bucharest | SECRET//NOFORN | KNNP MNUC PARM ENRG PINR RO |
09BUCHAREST60 | ROMANIA: BASESCU UNDERSCORES NABUCCO SUPPORT, [...] (C) Summary: Europe needs to capitalize on the sour mood left by the Russia-Ukraine gas dispute to forge a tougher EU energy policy and to press forward with the Nabucco pipeline, President Traian Basescu told visiting EUR DAS Matt Bryza on January 29. Basescu said he has made this argument [...] | 2009-01-30 12:44:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON EFIN PREL PGOV RO |
09BUCHAREST655 | ROMANIA: ENERGY SCENESETTER FOR SE MORNINGSTAR [...] (SBU) Post warmly welcomes the visit of Special Envoy for Eurasian Energy Richard Morningstar. Your visit comes at just the right time to send an important signal to our Romanian allies that the United States remains fully engaged in Eastern Europe, especially when it comes to energy security. [...] | 2009-09-28 11:35:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ECON PGOV PREL OREP RO |
09BUCHAREST671 | BASESCU OUTLINES ROMANIA'S BLACK SEA ENERGY [...] (C) Summary: President Traian Basescu told visiting U.S. Special Envoy for Eurasian Energy Richard Morningstar on September 30 that Romania remains solidly behind the southern corridor strategy for diversifying sources and routes of energy supply to Europe, and is actively pursuing stronger [...] | 2009-10-02 09:59:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET ECON PREL AJ EUN TU TX RO |
09BUCHAREST674 | ROMANIA: OPIC FINANCE AND RENEWABLE ENERGY INVESTMENT [...] In response to reftel request for comments on a proposed OPIC loan to USRG Emerging Market Fund, post believes that Romania offers good opportunities for investment in renewable energy development. Although Europe is not the regional focus of the proposed fund, Romania's significant renewable [...] | 2009-10-06 09:23:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ENRG EFIN EINV RO |
09BUCHAREST714 | ROMANIA: VP BIDEN MEETING WITH PRESIDENT BASESCU [...] (U) Summary. Vice President Biden met with President Basescu on October 22, 2009. The Romanian President and Vice President Biden discussed the motivations for Biden's trip to Europe; the U.S. and Romanian relationships with Russia; missile defense; and the coalition strategy in Afghanistan [...] | 2009-10-23 13:59:00 | Embassy Bucharest | SECRET | PREL ENRG CONS XH XD RO |
09BUCHAREST764 | ROMANIA: PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN FEATURES PLENTY OF ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) Summary: With just over a week to go before the first round of the presidential election, Romania's economic woes are foremost in the minds of voters. The leading presidential candidates have been long on rhetoric but short on specifics about how they would return the country to econom [...] | 2009-11-13 14:02:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ENRG PGOV PREL SOCI RO |
09BUCHAREST784 | ROMANIA: TRANSGAZ SUPPORTS NABUCCO BUT FINANCING [...] (C) Summary. Financing the Nabucco pipeline project will present significant challenges for state-owned natural gas carrier Transgaz, according to Deputy Director General Liviu Pintican. While the company remains supportive of the project and is working toward its ultimate realization, Trans [...] | 2009-11-24 08:38:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON PGOV PREL RO |
09BUCHAREST786 | ROMANIAN SUPPORT FOR ANGARSK RESERVE [...] (SBU) POLOFF delivered REF comments 23 November to Nineta Barbulescu, Director of the MFA Directorate for OCSE, Asymmetric Threats and Nonproliferation. Barbulescu expressed Romanian support for the Angarsk Reserve, but expressed concern that the Non-Aligned Movement countries continue to o [...] | 2009-11-24 13:16:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY RO |
09BUCHAREST801 | ROMANIA: ROMGAZ TRIES TO ADAPT TO CHANGING ENERGY MARKET [...] (SBU) One of the top two gas producers in Romania, state-owned Romgaz, echoed in a November 20 meeting the previous public statements by OMV/Petrom and other private players on the domestic market that the regulated price of domestic gas suppresses production in Romania. Until now Romgaz has [...] | 2009-12-03 12:47:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ECON EINV PGOV RO |
09BUCHAREST825 | INVESTING IN ROMANIA: CAPITAL OR LABOR? [...] (SBU) EconOff's recent visit to two American investors, oil drilling and pumping equipment manufacturer Cameron and fuel injection manufacturer Mefin Sinaia (owned by U.S.-based Walbridge Partners),revealed two very different manufacturing styles. Cameron's greenfield investment in a state-of [...] | 2009-12-10 12:16:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ENRG ECON PGOV RO |
09BUDAPEST10 | HUNGARY WELL-POSITIONED TO WEATHER RUSSIA-UKRAINE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On Monday, January 5, Hungary joined the ranks of Central European countries experiencing disrupted supplies of Russian natural gas as a result of the ongoing Russia-Ukraine dispute. Hungary's significant stored gas reserves should ensure that gas continues flowing without int [...] | 2009-01-06 15:37:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON EPET PGOV HU SR BH MK |
09BUDAPEST101 | BUDAPEST NABUCCO SUMMIT: SOME NEW MOMENTUM BUT NO [...] (SBU) Summary: The GoH-hosted Nabucco Summit in Budapest brought together twelve national delegations representing potential Nabucco suppliers (including Iraq, Egypt, Turkmenistan, and Kazakhstan),transit states, and consumers, including three EU prime ministers, the EU Energy Commissioner, [...] | 2009-02-04 05:48:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON EPET PGOV EU HU |
09BUDAPEST143 | CI/KR RESPONSE FOR S/CT [...] (SBU) In response to reftel, post is unable to identify any critical infrastructure or key resources in Hungary that, if destroyed, disrupted, or exploited, would have an immediate and deleterious effect on the United States. Foley [...] | 2009-02-26 14:53:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV ASEC EFIN ENRG KCIP HU |
09BUDAPEST151 | EMBASSY SCIENCE FELLOWS PROGRAM 2009 (HUNGARY) [...] In response to reftel, Embassy Budapest would like to submit the following requests for Embassy Science Fellows. Current point of contact for these proposals is outgoing ESTH Hub Officer Camille Hill, HillCD2@state.gov, 36-1-475-4956. Ms. Hill will depart post May 19 and her successor, Sam Ko [...] | 2009-02-27 15:03:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV TSPL TBIO EAGR ENRG ECON AMGT APER EPA |
09BUDAPEST186 | HUNGARIAN PRIME MINISTER'S VISIT TO MOSCOW, MARCH [...] (C) SUMMARY. Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany will lead a delegation of eight Ministers to Moscow for intergovernmental consultations with their Russian counterparts on March 10. Following a courtesy meeting with President Medvedev and PM Putin, the bi-lateral discussions will focus on strengt [...] | 2009-03-09 17:17:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECIN ENRG TSPL HU RS |
09BUDAPEST195 | GOH MATCHES PROGRESS ON NABUCCO WITH NEXT MOVES ON [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 8. 2. (C) In characteristically non-transparent fashion, Prime Minister Gyurcsany led a delegation comprised of cabinet ministers and business executives to Moscow on March 10 for a series of intergovernmental consultations and to sign [...] | 2009-03-13 11:50:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON EPET PGOV RU HU |
09BUDAPEST198 | HUNGARIAN GOVERNMENT'S PROBLEMATIC RUSSIAN [...] (C) In two separate meetings on March 12, Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Zsolt Nemeth and the Prime Minister's Security and Foreign Policy Advisor, Karoly Banai, provided their views on the Prime Minister's recent trip to Moscow (ref A) for Ambassador Foley and visiting U.S. NATO Ambassado [...] | 2009-03-13 16:12:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECIN ENRG TSPL RS HU |
09BUDAPEST210 | BIOTECH OUTREACH TO HUNGARY: VISIT OF JACK BOBO, [...] (SBU) Summary: DOS Senior Biotech Advisor Jack Bobo conducted biotech outreach to Hungary during his March 9-13 visit. Bobo attended the CODEX Alimentarius Meeting in Balatonalmadi March 9-11. He then proceeded to Budapest for briefings with FCS and American biotech firms Monsanto and Pione [...] | 2009-03-19 08:54:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO BTIO ECON ETRD SENV EAGR ENRG KGHG HU |
09BUDAPEST265 | MOL, GOH GIRD FOR DEFENSE AGAINST RUSSIAN TAKEOVER [...] (C) Summary: While Hungary's political establishment has been singularly absorbed in the country's unfolding internal political drama, al--including top management at MOL--appear to have been caught off guard by the announcement on March 30 that Austria's OMV had sold its 21.2 percent stake in [...] | 2009-04-02 15:30:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON EPET PGOV RU HU |
09BUDAPEST30 | HUNGARY MAKES DUE AMID GAS CRISIS; STEPS UP [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The GoH continues to improvise at home and abroad as it responds to the January 5 cutoff of Russian gas supplies via Ukraine. Hungary is currently tapping both its commercial and strategic gas storage reserves to the maximum extent possible while the GoH continues to tinker wit [...] | 2009-01-12 06:02:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON EPET PGOV HU SR BH MK |
09BUDAPEST320 | MOL SHAREHOLDER'S MEETING: ALL QUIET ON THE SURGUT [...] (SBU) Hungarian oil and gas giant MOL appears to have successfully barred the door, at least for the time being, against a possible takeover attempt by Russia's Surgutneftegaz (Surgut) (reftel). Econoff attended MOL's Annual General Meeting (AGM) on April 23, which, in light of widely-percei [...] | 2009-04-24 15:55:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON EPET PGOV RU HU |
09BUDAPEST338 | HUNGARIAN PARLIAMENT APPROVES NEXT STEP TOWARD [...] (C) Summary: Hungary's Parliament recently approved the next step towards the eventual expansion of nuclear energy in Hungary. A feasibility study and tender offer will soon be underway for the probable addition of two new 1000MW reactors at the Paks nuclear plant at a total cost of about fi [...] | 2009-05-05 15:42:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON EPET PGOV TRGY BEXP BTIO KGHG US HU |
09BUDAPEST356 | SHADY GAS FIRM EMFESZ LATEST FRONT IN BATTLE FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: The Hungarian press has been swirling with speculation surrounding the recent cutoff of gas supplies to shadowy Hungarian gas firm Emfesz and its subsequent disputed change of ownership. To some analysts, Emfesz is being squeezed out as part of a recent agreement between Russia [...] | 2009-05-13 14:45:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON EPET PGOV RU UK HU |
09BUDAPEST389 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: NABUCCO PIPELINE ENTRY POINTS [...] (SBU) Charge d'Affaires delivered reftel talking points to Mihaly Bayer, Hungary's ambassador-at-large for the Nabucco project. Bayer promised to pass the points to Hungary's delegation to the negotiations on the interstate agreement (ISA),which he expected to conclude today (May 29). 2. [...] | 2009-05-29 13:31:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG ECON PREL HU |
09BUDAPEST39 | REBUTTING EFFORTS TO UNDERMINE THE NABUCCO SUMMIT [...] (U) This is an action message. Please see paras 5 and 6 for action request. NO CONFLICT OVER NABUCCO IN BUDAPEST 2. (SBU) Contrary to assertions made by USEU's contacts on the Commission, we wish to be categorical in stating that the upcoming Nabucco Summit in Budapest enjoys broad mu [...] | 2009-01-13 12:20:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG PGOV PREL HU |
09BUDAPEST443 | HUNGARY RELUCTANT TO JOIN IRENA CITING BUDGET [...] (SBU) Miklos Poos, Deputy Director General for Environment, Renewable Energy and Energy Conservation at the Ministry of Transport, Telecommunications and Energy told us June 17 that Hungary has not yet made a decision to join the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA). In response to [...] | 2009-06-19 14:16:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KGHG ENRG SENV HU |
09BUDAPEST628 | STORING UP GAS FOR ANOTHER WINTER CUTOFF [...] (SBU) Summary: Hungary is nearing the completion of a significant addition to its already extensive natural gas storage capacity. This new capacity will further enable gas to continue flowing to consumers in Hungary and possibly to neighboring countries in the event of a cutoff similar to th [...] | 2009-09-01 11:10:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON EPET PGOV RU UK HU |
09BUDAPEST686 | TALKING TO THE NEIGHBORS: HUNGARIAN AND SERBIAN [...] (C) During a September 11, 2009, conversation with PolOff, Desk Officer Emil Varadi of the MFA's Territorial Department Number 3 provided a readout of the September 10 meeting between Hungarian FM Peter Balazs and Serbian Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremic. As note-taker for the Hungarian side, Va [...] | 2009-09-18 15:49:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM ENRG EPET BE SP SR KV HU |
09BUDAPEST687 | TALKING TO THE NEIGHBORS: HUNGARIAN AND SERBIAN [...] (C) During a September 11, 2009, conversation with PolOff, Desk Officer Emil Varadi of the MFA's Territorial Department Number 3 provided a readout of the September 10 meeting between Hungarian FM Peter Balazs and Serbian Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremic. As note-taker for the Hungarian side, Va [...] | 2009-09-18 15:49:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM ENRG EPET BE SP SR KV HU |
09BUDAPEST725 | PREPARATIONS UNDERWAY FOR PAKS NUCLEAR EXPANSION [...] (C) Summary: Work on the possible expansion of Hungary's Paks Nuclear Plant proceeds apace as experts work to define Hungary's power generation needs in the coming decades and potential suppliers begin their marketing efforts. The tender is expected to occur sometime in early 2011. Political [...] | 2009-10-02 15:33:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON EPET PGOV TRGY BEXP BTIO KGHG US HU |
09BUDAPEST770 | GLOBAL NUCLEAR ENERGY PARTNERSHIP DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) Econoff delivered reftel talking points to Mark Horvath, Head of Section for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation at the Hungarian MFA, and to Kristof Horvath, Department Head for Nuclear and Radioactive Materials at the Hungarian Atomic Energy Authority (HAEA). Both interlocutors indicate [...] | 2009-10-20 16:25:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG KNNP IAEA HU |
09BUDAPEST773 | HUNGARIAN PARLIAMENT VOTES UNANIMOUSLY TO RATIFY [...] (U) The Hungarian parliament voted on October 19 to ratify the Nabucco Pipeline Intergovernmental Agreement (IGA),which was concluded on July 13 by Hungary, Austria, Romania, Bulgaria, and Turkey. The measure passed with 334 affirmative votes and one abstention, making Hungary the first Nabu [...] | 2009-10-21 14:05:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ECON EPET PGOV HU |
09BUDAPEST802 | SCENESETTER FOR SPECIAL ENVOY MORNINGSTAR [...] (SBU) Post warmly welcomes the visit of Special Envoy for Eurasian Energy Richard Morningstar. Your November 16 visit to Budapest sends an important signal to our Hungarian allies that the U.S. continues to be fully engaged in European energy security. The Fourth Energy Forum, where you will [...] | 2009-11-06 14:28:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON PGOV PREL OREP HU |
09BUDAPEST829 | FIDESZ ROLLS OUT ITS AGENDA TO THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS [...] (U) SUMMARY. Opposition party Fidesz, clearly confident of victory in next April's elections, rolled out its economic and foreign policy agenda to members of the diplomatic community November 18. With no margin of maneuver on fiscal policy, Fidesz intends to use monetary policy to help gene [...] | 2009-11-20 06:20:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON EINV ENRG HU |
09BUDAPEST843 | AMBASSADOR MORNINGSTAR'S CONSULTATIONS IN BUDAPEST [...] (SBU) Summary: Special Envoy for Eurasian Energy Ambassador Richard Morningstar visited Budapest on November 16-17 to take part in the "Fourth Energy Forum," a conference dedicated to fostering a broad discussion on European energy security. While in Budapest, Ambassador Morningstar met with [...] | 2009-11-24 14:48:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON EPET PGOV PREL OREP HU |
09BUDAPEST847 | SCENESETTER FOR PRIME MINISTER BAJNAI'S MEETING [...] (C) Summary. Prime Minister Gordon Bajnai has received high marks from the International Monetary Fund for his management of the Hungarian economy after its near meltdown in October 2008. He has maintained the Hungarian commitment in Afghanistan despite very limited fiscal constraints, and [...] | 2009-11-25 15:29:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS ECON ENRG EINV HU |
09BUDAPEST885 | HUGE UNCONVENTIONAL GAS POTENTIAL LIKELY TO REMAIN [...] (SBU) Summary: There are substantial amounts of natural gas in the tight gas sands of southeastern Hungary, but initial tests to determine the technical feasibility of developing the resources have not been promising. End Summary. SIGNIFICANT UNCONVENTIONAL GAS RESERVES 2. (SBU) Hungary [...] | 2009-12-14 11:53:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON EPET PGOV HU |
09BUDAPEST89 | HUNGARY'S GMO BAN WILL STAY [...] Summary: On January 29, Hungarian daily "Vilagazdasag" reported that Undersecretary of Agriculture Zoltan Gogos announced that Hungary will continue its ban on the importation of genetically modified corn and the planting of genetically modified organism (GMO) seeds. This announcement follo [...] | 2009-02-02 09:43:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG ECON PREL HU EU US |
09BUENOSAIRES1112 | LEADING THE WAY TO GREEN BUILDING IN ARGENTINA [...] With green building a major focus of reducing global energy consumption and emissions, the U.S.-based LEED standard is gaining regional acceptance as a standard for green buildings. Still, reticence in some quarters about adopting U.S. standards surfaced in an Embassy-sponsored recent confere [...] | 2009-10-07 17:48:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV KGHG BEXP ECON ENRG EIND AR |
09BUENOSAIRES1231 | ARGENTINA RECEPTIVE ON NPT REVIEW CONFERENCE GOALS IN [...] (C) SUMMARY. During meetings in Buenos Aires on October 26-27, Special Representative of the President for Nuclear Nonproliferation Susan Burk successfully identified areas of common interest and support going in to the 2010 Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) Review Conference. Candid [...] | 2009-11-17 19:45:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IAEA ENRG AR KNNP |
09BUENOSAIRES1241 | (SBU) Argentina Sees Fuel Bank Proposal as Interesting but [...] (SBU) Argentine Foreign Ministry Director for International Security, Nuclear and Space Affairs (DIGAN),Gustavo Ainchil, told Political Officer November 20 in response to reftel points that Argentina was not prepared to support the Angarsk Nuclear Fuel Bank proposal at the IAEA. Ainchil said [...] | 2009-11-24 15:56:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG KNNP TRGY PREL AORC IAEA AR |
09BUENOSAIRES1244 | ARGENTINA'S POSITION ON CLIMATE CHANGE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: ESTOffs met on November 12 with the GOA's Climate Change Negotiator, Ambassador Silvia Merega, to ascertain Argentina's position and flexibility ahead of COP-15 in Copenhagen. From our conversation with Merega, it appears that the GoA's position is firmly in line with classic G [...] | 2009-11-13 18:33:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV KGHG ENRG EIND TRGY PREL AR |
09BUENOSAIRES1246 | ARGENTINA: RAUL ESTRADA OYUELA, OLD LION OF CLIMATE CHANGE [...] (SBU) Summary: ESTOff met on November 9 with Raul Estrada Oyuela, a retired Argentine diplomat who specialized in climate negotiations and was Chairman of the Kyoto Protocol negotiations in 1997. Estrada Oyuela feels that the GoA now has no clear position on climate change and does not have [...] | 2009-11-13 18:36:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV KGHG ENRG EIND TRGY PREL EAGR AR |
09BUENOSAIRES1316 | ARGENTINA: AMBASSADOR DELIVERS CLIMATE CHANGE TALKING POINTS [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador delivered climate change talking points (ref A and B) on December 1 to Argentina's Environment Secretary Homero Bibiloni and Climate Change Lead Negotiator Silvia Merega. She stressed the importance of reaching a politically binding agreement in Copenhagen and hi [...] | 2009-12-04 13:49:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG KGHG SENV PGOV PREL AR |
09BUENOSAIRES1324 | Argentina: AES Energy Faces Challenges in Electric Sector - [...] (U) This is the first in a series of cables which will examine U.S. company operations in the energy sector in Argentina. The series will conclude with an overview of the sector based largely on U.S. company views. Summary ------------ 2. (SBU). AES Argentina management descr [...] | 2009-12-04 19:27:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ECON EINV PGOV AR |
09BUENOSAIRES173 | ARGENTINA: SMALL AMOUNT OF CESIUM 137 IS STOLEN [...] (SBU) In the early hours of February 19, two armed individuals robbed a lead container holding the equivalent of 2.5 curies of cesium 137 from the warehouse of Baker Atlas, a U.S. company involved in oil exploration in Neuquen, in the South of Argentina. The assailants entered the scene shortl [...] | 2009-02-19 20:23:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG IAEA KNNP KCSA TRGY ASEC AR |
09BUENOSAIRES183 | ARGENTINA: UPDATES ON THEFT OF CESIUM 137 [...] (SBU) GOA officials report that the Argentine Federal Police (PFA) have now taken the lead in the investigation of yesterday's theft of nuclear material in Neuquen, Argentina. The GOA's Nuclear Energy Commission (CNEA),Nuclear Regulatory Agency (ARN),Neuquen provincial police, and the Gendar [...] | 2009-02-20 20:09:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG IAEA KNNP KCSA TRGY ASEC AR |
09BUENOSAIRES184 | ARGENTINE FEDERAL POLICE RECOVERS CESIUM 137 [...] (SBU) In the evening of February 20, Argentine Federal Police recovered the stolen container of cesium 137 unopened and made an arrest in connection with the case (reftels). A very senior police official reported to RSO that the tracking of an extortion call made earlier in the day had allowed [...] | 2009-02-21 13:07:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG IAEA KNNP KCSA TRGY ASEC AR |
09BUENOSAIRES197 | ARGENTINA: ANSWERS TO FOLLOW-UP QUESTIONS ON [...] (SBU) Following are Post's answers to questions raised, keyed to Ref A: A) The NRA confirms that it used equipment donated by DOE as part of the upgrade of their nuclear emergency response center. Two types of equipment were used: 1) a "SPARC", which was calibrated for CS-137 with a similar [...] | 2009-02-26 10:37:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG IAEA KNNP KCSA ASEC AR |
09BUENOSAIRES241 | ARGENTINA: AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH ENERGY SECRETARY CAMERON [...] Ambassador Wayne met on March 2 with Planning Ministry Energy Secretary Daniel Cameron to highlight the USG focus on alternative and renewable energy at the upcoming Summit of the Americas (SOA) and to inquire about the GOA's priority areas for cooperation. Cameron outlined these priorities as [...] | 2009-03-06 17:06:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG EPET ECON PREL AR |
09BUENOSAIRES302 | ARGENTINA'S CONSIDERABLE RENEWABLE ENERGY POTENTIAL [...] Summary: Argentina is a potential world leader in renewable energy. Already a leading producer and exporter of biodiesel, Argentina's extensive forestry resources could provide ample biomass for second-generation biofuels (ref A). The country's southern Patagonia region enjoys some of the m [...] | 2009-03-18 10:31:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG ECON SENV AR |
09BUENOSAIRES334 | ARGENTINA VIEWS SUMMIT OF AMERICAS AS CRUCIAL TO [...] (C) Summary: U.S. SOA Coordinator Ambassador Hector Morales received GOA assurances March 5 that Argentina was committed to a positive outcome in Trinidad and Tobago and would work closely with the USG to that end. Argentina's Summit Coordinator, Vice Foreign Minister Victorio Taccetti, empha [...] | 2009-03-23 13:50:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KSUM EFIN ENRG ECON PGOV AR |
09BUENOSAIRES389 | ARGENTINA: INFO ON GREEN INVESTMENTS IN STIMULUS PACKAGES [...] (SBU) Per reftel, Post reports that Argentina has no/no specific green elements in its stimulus packages. However, two consumption stimulus packages announced by the GoA in late 2008, white goods and car exchange programs, could have a green effect simply by improving the mix of newer and thus [...] | 2009-04-01 21:51:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ENRG SENV KGHG AR |
09BUENOSAIRES423 | ARGENTINE DELEGATION FOR THE SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-09 16:58:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT AORC ECON ENRG ETRD PGOV PREL AR |
09BUENOSAIRES461 | ARGENTINA: MEDIA PRAISE FOR PRESIDENT OBAMA'S [...] (C) Summary: Argentine press reacted extremely favorably to President Obama's participation in the Fifth Summit of the Americas (SOA),describing the meetings as a new, positive beginning for U.S.-Latin American relations. In a press conference following the April 18 meeting between President [...] | 2009-04-21 14:20:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KSUM EFIN ENRG ECON PGOV CU AR |
09BUENOSAIRES603 | ARGENTINA: A USEFUL PARTNER ON CLIMATE CHANGE [...] Summary: With its reliance on agricultural exports and hydro-electric power generation, Argentina is highly vulnerable to the effects of climate change. As such, the country's plans tend to focus on adaptation rather than mitigation. Argentina was an early participant in the negotiations lea [...] | 2009-05-22 11:24:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV KGHG ENRG PREL AR |
09BUENOSAIRES964 | ARGENTINA ENTHUSIASTIC AND RESPONSIVE ON [...] (C) Summary: A delegation led by White House Special Assistant and WMD Coordinator Gary Samore visited Argentina for consultations on August 10, generating significant goodwill and enthusiasm among Argentine interlocutors to continue bilateral consultations and cooperation on key nuclear arms [...] | 2009-08-24 20:37:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM PTER ENRG ETTC TRGY SENV AR |
09BUENOSAIRES966 | ARGENTINA: GOVERNMENT JOINS JEWISH COMMUNITY IN [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of Argentina on August 21 condemned Iranian President Ahmadinejad's August 19 nomination of Ahmad Vahidi as Minister of Defense, labeling the selection an "insult to Argentine justice and to the victims of the brutal terrorists attack against the Argentine Jewish [...] | 2009-08-25 14:29:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PARM ETTC ENRG IR AR |
09CAIRO1020 | EGYPT'S ECONOMY: JUNE 4 PRESS ROUND-UP [...] (U) The following are notable economic news stories that appeared over the past two weeks in the Egyptian press: ---------------- Telecom- MobiNil ---------------- 2. The Egyptian Capital Market Authority (CMA) blocked France Telecom's (FT) bid to buy outstanding shares of mobile phone [...] | 2009-06-04 15:12:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV EFIN ETRD ENRG PGOV EG |
09CAIRO1096 | EGYPT: DEMARCHE DELIVERED - DISCUSSIONS OF FUEL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-16 07:06:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG KNNP TRGY IAEA EG |
09CAIRO1149 | EGYPT'S ECONOMY: JUNE 22 WEEKLY PRESS ROUND-UP [...] (U) The following are notable economic news stories that appeared over the past week in the Egyptian press: -------------------------------- Central Bank Cuts Interest Rates -------------------------------- 2. (U) The Central Bank of Egypt's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) decided June 1 [...] | 2009-06-22 10:50:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV EFIN ETRD ENRG PGOV EG |
09CAIRO1176 | Contract Signed for Egypt's First Nuclear Plant [...] (SBU) Key Points -- On June 18, 2009, the GoE signed an agreement with the Australian firm WorleyParsons to provide consultancy to help develop Egypt's first nuclear power plant. -- Bechtel had been engaged in months of negotiations with the GOE, but ultimately Bechtel's tender offer to pr [...] | 2009-06-23 12:32:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV EFIN ETRD ENRG PGOV PREL EG AS |
09CAIRO1275 | EGYPT'S ECONOMY: JULY 6 PRESS ROUND-UP [...] (U) The following are notable economic news stories that appeared over the past week in the Egyptian press: -------------------------------------- GDP Growth Accelerates in Q3 2008/2009 -------------------------------------- 2. (U) The Egyptian Ministry of Finance released official statis [...] | 2009-07-06 14:48:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV EFIN ETRD ENRG EPET EAGR PGOV PREL EG |
09CAIRO1342 | EGYPT'S ECONOMY: JULY 13 PRESS ROUND-UP [...] (U) The following are notable economic news stories that appeared over the past week in the Egyptian press: -------------------------------------------- Annual Suez Canal Revenues Fall in FY2008/09 -------------------------------------------- 2. (U) The Suez Canal Authority (SCA) announce [...] | 2009-07-13 14:46:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV EFIN ETRD ENRG PGOV EG |
09CAIRO1396 | EGYPT'S ECONOMY: JULY 20 PRESS ROUND-UP [...] (U) The following are notable economic news stories that appeared over the past week in the Egyptian press: -------------------------------------- Bank Launches Mortgage Finance Program -------------------------------------- 2. (U) The National Bank of Egypt (NBE),Egypt's biggest bank, [...] | 2009-07-20 13:22:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV EFIN ETRD ENRG PGOV EG |
09CAIRO1429 | U.S. BROKERS IRENA HEADQUARTERS AGREEMENT [...] (SBU) KEY POINTS --The United States signed the Statute of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) during a ceremony at the second Preparatory Commission in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, on Monday, June 29. By the end of the conference, 136 States had joined the Preparatory Commission of [...] | 2009-07-26 12:44:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG KGHG SENV PGOV PREL EG GM AU TC |
09CAIRO1431 | U.S. BROKERS IRENA HEADQUARTERS AGREEMENT [...] (SBU) KEY POINTS --The United States signed the Statute of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) during a ceremony at the second Preparatory Commission in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, on Monday, June 29. By the end of the conference, 136 States had joined the Preparatory Commission of [...] | 2009-07-26 13:18:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG KGHG SENV PGOV PREL EG GM AU TC |
09CAIRO1440 | EGYPT'S ECONOMY: JULY 27 PRESS ROUND-UP [...] (U) The following are notable economic news stories that appeared over the past week in the Egyptian press: --------------------------------------- Tax Revenues Increased 21% in FY2008/09 --------------------------------------- 2. (U) Egypt's tax revenues increased 21% to LE140.5 billion [...] | 2009-07-27 15:03:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV EFIN ETRD ENRG PGOV EG |
09CAIRO1502 | EGYPT'S ECONOMY: AUGUST 2 PRESS ROUND-UP [...] (U) The following are notable economic news stories that appeared over the past week in the Egyptian press: ------------------------ Suez Canal revenue is 7.2% lower ------------------------ 2. (U) Suez Canal receipts reached $4.7 billion during FY08/09, a reduction of 7.2% from the prev [...] | 2009-08-04 10:28:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV EFIN ETRD ENRG PGOV EG |
09CAIRO1557 | EGYPT'S ECONOMY: AUGUST 9 PRESS ROUND-UP [...] (U) The following are notable economic news stories that appeared over the past week in the Egyptian press: ---------------------------------- Ministry of Finance releases FY08/09 preliminary figures ---------------------------------- 2. (U) Minister of Finance Youssef Boutros Ghaly said [...] | 2009-08-10 14:29:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV EFIN ETRD ENRG PGOV EG |
09CAIRO1601 | EGYPT'S ECONOMY: AUGUST 17 PRESS ROUND-UP [...] (U) The following are notable economic news stories that appeared over the past week in the Egyptian press: ---------------------------------------- Agriculture Products Irrigated by Sewage ---------------------------------------- 2. (U) Food safety continues to be a major concern in Egyp [...] | 2009-08-18 03:57:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAGR EFIN ETRD ENRG PGOV EG |
09CAIRO1629 | EGYPT'S ECONOMY: AUGUST 24 PRESS ROUND-UP [...] (U) The following are notable economic news stories that appeared over the past week in the Egyptian press: --------------------------------------- Moody's Raises Egypt's Sovereign Rating --------------------------------------- 2. (U) Moody's raised Egypt's sovereign rating from "negative [...] | 2009-08-24 11:41:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV EFIN ETRD EAGR ENRG PGOV EG |
09CAIRO1707 | EGYPT'S ECONOMY: September 2 PRESS ROUND-UP [...] (U) The following are notable economic news stories that appeared over the past week in the Egyptian press: -------------------------------------------- Egypt Achieves High Ranking in Investment Attraction -------------------------------------------- 2. (U) Egypt ranked as the most attrac [...] | 2009-09-02 12:13:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV EFIN ETRD EAGR ENRG PGOV EG |
09CAIRO1749 | EGYPT'S ECONOMY: September 10 PRESS ROUND-UP [...] (U) The following are notable economic news stories that appeared over the past week in the Egyptian press: --------------------------------------------- -- Preparing for Free Trade Negotiations with MERCOSUR --------------------------------------------- -- 2. (U) Minister of Trade and In [...] | 2009-09-10 08:43:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV EFIN ETRD EAGR ENRG PGOV EG |
09CAIRO1803 | EGYPT'S ECONOMY: SEPTEMBER 16 PRESS ROUND-UP [...] (U) The following are notable economic news stories that appeared over the past week in the Egyptian press: --------------------------------------------- Egypt's Ranking in 2010 Doing Business Report --------------------------------------------- 2. (U) Egypt kept its position as one of th [...] | 2009-09-16 15:08:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV EFIN ETRD EAGR ENRG PGOV EG |
09CAIRO1840 | EGYPT'S ECONOMY: September 23 PRESS ROUND-UP [...] (U) The following are notable economic news stories that appeared over the past week in the Egyptian press: ----------------------------------- Cost of Subsidies Drops in July 2009 ----------------------------------- 2. (U) A report by the Ministry of Finance showed that the cost of gove [...] | 2009-09-24 05:22:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV EFIN ETRD EPET ENRG PGOV EG |
09CAIRO189 | NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION TREATY (NPT) CONTACTS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-03 06:25:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC CDG ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PREL UNGA |
09CAIRO1913 | EGYPT'S ECONOMY: October 5 PRESS ROUND-UP [...] (U) The following are notable economic news stories that appeared over the past week in the Egyptian press: ------------------------------------------ GOE to Cut Energy Subsidies within 5 Years ------------------------------------------ 2. (U) Minister of Finance Youssef Boutros Ghali ind [...] | 2009-10-05 14:51:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV EFIN ETRD ENRG PGOV EG |
09CAIRO1917 | PETROLEUM MINISTER SEEKS U.S. INVESTMENT IN GAS [...] (C) Key Points: -- Minister of Petroleum Sameh Fahmy wants major U.S. oil companies to invest in five deepwater natural gas exploration blocks off Egypt's Mediterranean coast, according to a senior MOP official. -- Fahmy plans to travel to the U.S. in November 2009 and hopes to brief senior U.S. oi [...] | 2009-10-05 16:11:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ECON BEXP EPET ENRG EINV EG |
09CAIRO1985 | EGYPT'S ECONOMY: October 19 PRESS ROUND-UP [...] (U) The following are notable economic news stories that appeared over the past week in the Egyptian press: --------------------------------- Telecom Egypt is Losing Customers --------------------------------- 2. (U) Amr Badawi, Chairman of the National Telecommunication Regulatory Autho [...] | 2009-10-19 15:54:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV EFIN ETRD EAGR ENRG PGOV EG |
09CAIRO200 | INVITATION TO NNSA HUMAN RESOURCES SEMINAR [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-04 13:42:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY AORC OTRA EG |
09CAIRO2039 | EGYPT'S ECONOMY: October 26 PRESS ROUND-UP [...] (U) The following are notable economic news stories that appeared over the past week in the Egyptian press: ----------------------------- -------------------------------- Egypt Rejects World Bank's Call for Electricity Price Increase ----------------------------- ----------------------------- [...] | 2009-10-26 12:22:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV EFIN ETRD EAGR ENRG PGOV EG |
09CAIRO2078 | EGYPT'S ECONOMY: November 2 PRESS ROUND-UP [...] (U) The following are notable economic news stories that appeared over the past week in the Egyptian press: -------------------------------- Mubarak Speech to NDP Conference -------------------------------- 2. (U) In a speech to the National Democratic Party (NDP) conference, President H [...] | 2009-11-02 14:51:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV EFIN ETRD EAGR ENRG PGOV EG |
09CAIRO209 | POWER TRIP: RESTRUCTURING THE PETROLEUM [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-05 13:01:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET PREL EG |
09CAIRO2120 | EGYPT'S ECONOMY: November 9 PRESS ROUND-UP [...] (U) The following are notable economic news stories that appeared over the past week in the Egyptian press: ---------------------------------------- The Central Bank Ends Interest Rate Cuts ---------------------------------------- 2. (U) The Monetary Policy Committee of the Central Bank o [...] | 2009-11-09 13:56:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV EFIN ETRD ENRG PGOV EG |
09CAIRO2124 | EGYPT: OPIC-SUPPORTED GLOBAL RENEWABLE ENERGY INVESTMENT [...] (SBU) In response to reftel request for comments on the OPIC-supported Global Renewable Energy Investment program, Post and local contacts are not aware of any derogatory information with respect to the prospective fund manager, US Renewables Group, LLC. 2. (SBU) Renewable energy currently f [...] | 2009-11-10 09:14:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ENRG ECON EAID EG |
09CAIRO2189 | EGYPT'S ECONOMY: November 23 PRESS ROUND-UP [...] (U) The following are notable economic news stories that appeared over the past week in the Egyptian press: --------------------------------------------- ----- Mubarak Addresses Economy in Speech to Parliament --------------------------------------------- ---- 2. (U) President Mubarak add [...] | 2009-11-23 12:29:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV EFIN ETRD ENRG EAGR PGOV EG |
09CAIRO2221 | EGYPT'S ECONOMY: December 1 PRESS ROUND-UP [...] (U) The following are notable economic news stories that appeared over the past week in the Egyptian press: ------------------------------------------ Cement Producer Requests Ending Export Ban ------------------------------------------ 2. (U) The Lafarge Company, a large multinational fi [...] | 2009-12-01 13:23:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV EFIN ETRD EAGR ENRG PGOV EG |
09CAIRO2237 | EGYPT 2010 NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE [...] (U) Per reftel, below is the text of Embassy Cairo's 2010 National Trade Estimate for Egypt, also emailed as requested to USTR in a Microsoft Word document. 2. (U) Begin text: EGYPT TRADE SUMMARY The U.S. goods trade surplus with Egypt was $3.6 billion in 2008, an increase of $690 m [...] | 2009-12-03 13:31:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV EFIN ETRD ENRG PGOV EG |
09CAIRO2294 | EGYPT'S ECONOMY: December 14 PRESS ROUND-UP [...] (U) The following are notable economic news stories that appeared over the past week in the Egyptian press: --------------------------------------------- ------ Minister of Economic Development Predicts 6% Growth --------------------------------------------- ------ 2. (U) Minister of Econ [...] | 2009-12-14 14:26:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV EFIN ETRD EAGR ENRG PGOV EG |
09CAIRO2309 | SUBSIDY REFORM PROGRESSING SLOWLY - GOE LOOKS TO [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-17 13:48:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD EFIN EINV PGOV ENRG EG |
09CAIRO2349 | EGYPT'S ECONOMY: DECEMBER 22 PRESS ROUND-UP [...] (U) The following are notable economic news stories that appeared over the past week in the Egyptian press: --------------------------------------------- GOE to Offer Global Tender for Oil Production --------------------------------------------- 2. (U) A source in the state-owned Egyptian [...] | 2009-12-22 13:29:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV EPET ETRD ENRG PGOV EG |
09CAIRO2382 | EGYPT'S ECONOMY: December 28 PRESS ROUND-UP [...] (U) The following are notable economic news stories that appeared over the past week in the Egyptian press: --------------------------------------------- - State Petroleum Company to Borrow US$2 Billion --------------------------------------------- - 2. (U) The state-owned Egyptian Genera [...] | 2009-12-28 15:11:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV EFIN ETRD EAGR EPET ENRG PGOV EG |
09CAIRO25 | BECHTEL WINS NUCLEAR TENDER; ELECTRICITY MINISTER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador met with Minister of Electricity and Energy Dr. Hassan Younes and the Chairman of the Nuclear Power Plants Authority (NPPA) Dr. Yassin Ibrahim on December 31 to discuss Egypt's plans to develop a civilian nuclear energy program. GOE awarded a $188 million consulting [...] | 2009-01-06 14:01:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG KNNP ECON ETRD EAID EG |
09CAIRO33 | CONTROVERSY GROWS OVER EGYPTIAN GAS EXPORTS TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On January 6, the Lower Administrative Court of Cairo asked the GOE to urgently comply with its November 2008 ruling that gas exports to Israel be stopped (ref A). The November verdict is on hold pending review by the Higher Administrative Court and Court of Urgent Cases, whic [...] | 2009-01-08 13:49:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG PREL ECON PGOV IS EG |
09CAIRO420 | EGYPT'S ECONOMY: WEEKLY PRESS ROUND-UP [...] The following is a summary of notable economic news stories as they appeared over the past week in the Egyptian press. GAS RESERVES 70 TRILLION CUBIC FEET ----------------------------------- 2. Wood Mackenzie, an energy consulting firm, estimated that EgyptQs natural gas reserves stand at [...] | 2009-03-11 15:35:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EPET EFIN EAGR ETRD ENRG MNUC PGOV EG |
09CAIRO456 | EGYPT'S ECONOMY: WEEKLY PRESS ROUND-UP [...] The following is a summary of notable economic news stories as they appeared over the past week in the Egyptian press. REF: CAIRO 209 Energy Sector ------------- 2. On March 5, Minister of Petroleum Sameh Fahmy spoke to the Canada-Egypt Business Council about the impact of the global [...] | 2009-03-17 08:27:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EPET EFIN EAGR ETRD ENRG PGOV EG |
09CAIRO524 | EGYPT'S ECONOMY: WEEKLY PRESS ROUND-UP [...] (U) The following is a summary of notable economic news stories that appeared over the past week in the Egyptian press: Export Promotion ---------------- 2. (U) Minister of Trade and Industry Rashid announced the Export Development Bank of Egypt would spend an additional LE 2.1 billion ($3 [...] | 2009-03-26 08:13:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EPET EFIN EAGR ETRD ENRG PGOV EG |
09CAIRO548 | EGYPT'S ECONOMY: MARCH 31 WEEKLY PRESS ROUND-UP [...] (U) The following are notable economic news stories that appeared over the past week in the Egyptian press: Investment Minister on the Egyptian Economy ------------------------------------------ 2. (U) Minister of Investment Mahmoud Mohieldin announced that Egypt's real GDP growth is ex [...] | 2009-03-31 12:01:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV EFIN EAGR ETRD ENRG PGOV EG |
09CAIRO565 | Egyptian Deputy Central Bank Governor discusses [...] (SBU) Key Points: --Deputy Central Bank (CBE) Governor Hisham Ramez said that the general nominal weakening of the Egyptian pound from July 2008 onward was primarily a function of market forces. --After the pound hit a recent high of LE 5.7/$US in the exchange bureaus during the weekend of [...] | 2009-04-02 13:45:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EPET EFIN EAGR ETRD ENRG PGOV EG |
09CAIRO587 | EGYPT'S ECONOMY: APRIL 7 WEEKLY PRESS ROUND-UP [...] The following are notable economic news stories that appeared over the past week in the Egyptian press: New Pension Law to be Proposed ------------------------------ 2. At a recent financial conference, Muhammad Ma'it, Deputy Minister of Finance, said that a new law on pensions would guaran [...] | 2009-04-07 12:52:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV EFIN EAGR ETRD ENRG PGOV EG |
09CAIRO608 | UPDATE ON NUCLEAR LAW AND NUCLEAR LIABILITY [...] (C) Key points: -- Bechtel's local manager believes that the draft nuclear law will be submitted to the People's Assembly and approved before the end of the current session. -- The draft law has been amended to clarify that responsibility for nuclear accidents rests with the GOE, not on t [...] | 2009-04-08 15:43:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG PGOV ECON EG |
09CAIRO650 | POWERING GROWTH: PROPOSED ELECTRICITY LAW SEEKS TO [...] (SBU) Key Points: -- The Ministry of Electricity and Energy (MOEE) is preparing a law that would open electricity generation and distribution to the private sector. -- According to industry contacts, the draft law would facilitate investment in new distribution networks to expand the nati [...] | 2009-04-15 08:26:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ECON PGOV EINV EG |
09CAIRO816 | Treasury meets with Finance Ministry and Central Bank [...] (U) Key points: -- In percentage of GDP, next year's deficit is likely to nearly reach the size that Boutros-Ghali inherited in 2004. -- Next year's budget contracts in nominal and real terms. Revenues projected to fall fast. -- The Ministry of Finance is trying to keep fiscal sustaina [...] | 2009-05-13 08:39:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EPET EFIN EAGR ETRD ENRG PGOV EG |
09CAIRO857 | EGYPT'S ECONOMY: MAY 18 WEEKLY PRESS ROUND-UP [...] (U) The following are notable economic news stories that appeared over the past week in the Egyptian press: ---------------------------- Bechtel Loses Nuclear Tender ---------------------------- 2. (U) The Egyptian Nuclear Power Plants Authority (NPPA) has officially informed the U.S. Be [...] | 2009-05-17 14:48:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV EFIN ETRD ENRG PGOV EG |
09CAIRO862 | EGYPT EXCLUDES BECHTEL'S TENDER OFFER TO HELP [...] (SBU) KEY POINTS: --Bechtel's tender offer to provide consultancy in developing Egypt's first nuclear power plant has been excluded by the Ministry of Electricity and Energy (MoEE). --The Ambassador met with Bechtel and Minister of Electricity and Energy Hassan Younes to voice our concerns [...] | 2009-05-18 08:56:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ECON ETRD PREL EG |
09CANBERRA1057 | AMBASSADOR BLEICH CALL ON ENERGY MINISTER FERGUSON [...] (SBU) Summary: Energy, Resources and Tourism Minister Ferguson told Ambassador Bleich during an initial courtesy call that Australia is "in lockstep" with the U.S. on energy policy, technology goals, and views on climate change. Ferguson sees Australia, a major liquefied natural gas (LNG),co [...] | 2009-11-30 04:10:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ECON SENV ETRD AS |
09CANBERRA1058 | NUCLEAR FUEL BANKS: AUSTRALIA VOTES FOR ANGARSK [...] (SBU) We conveyed November 14 to Australia's DFAT Arms Control Director Jane Hardy, Director the USG request for support of the Angarsk Reserve resolution before the IAEA (Ref A). Australia voted in favor of the resolution at the November 26 IAEA Board of Governors meeting. BLEICH [...] | 2009-11-30 06:45:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY AS |
09CANBERRA1073 | AUSTRALIA: LNG LTD. AND IRAN SANCTIONS ACT [...] (SBU) Econoff spoke with Liquefied Natural Gas Limited (LNG Ltd.) Managing Director and CEO Maurice Brand on December 2. Our former Consul General in Perth last spoke with Brand regarding the Iran Sanctions Act on March 16, 2007 (reftel B). Responses to reftel A follow below. 2. (C) Accor [...] | 2009-12-03 05:19:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG EPET ETTC PREL AS |
09CANBERRA1092 | AUSTRALIA UPS PRESSURE ON BIG LNG PROJECT PARTNERS [...] (SBU) Summary: The government is fulfilling its pledge to strengthen "use it or lose it" policies to encourage faster development of LNG resources. Resources and Energy Minister Martin Ferguson announced December 4 that Browse Basin LNG project joint venture (JV) partners Woodside, BHP, BP [...] | 2009-12-11 05:37:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ENRG EPET ECON AS |
09CANBERRA1094 | AUSTRALIA SUPPORTS U.S. POSITIONS ON NPT, FINAL [...] SUMMARY: (C/NF) Australia supports the U.S. views on the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) ahead of next year's review conference, but has not finalized its own policy. Australia will review its nuclear stance early next year, although a major policy shift is not expected. Officials stressed th [...] | 2009-12-11 05:50:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL KNNP PARM ENRG IAEA NPT MNUC KTBT AS |
09CANBERRA202 | AUSTRALIA DEMURS ON DEMARCHING NAMIBIA OVER [...] (SBU) We presented reftel demarche to John Sullivan, Assistant Secretary for Arms Control and Counter-Proliferation, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT),on February 27. Bill Bryson, Executive Officer for Arms Control, joined on the call. 2. (C) Sullivan reacted with some puzzle [...] | 2009-02-27 06:56:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP MNUC PARM TRGY ENRG ETTC EMIN IR AS |
09CANBERRA248 | CI/KR RESPONSE FOR S/CT - AUSTRALIA [...] (S/NF) Based on criteria in reftel A, Post has identified undersea cables landing in Australia, and civilian/commercial owned and operated terrestrial cables, as critical infrastructure/key resources in Australia whose loss would immediately affect the security of the United States. 2. (S/N [...] | 2009-03-13 04:02:00 | Embassy Canberra | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PGOV ASEC EFIN ENRG KCIP AS |
09CANBERRA268 | AUSTRALIAN PLANS FOR CLEAN ENERGY DEVELOPMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: Australia's plans to encourage investment in clean energy are based on three major initiatives: the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS),the Mandatory Renewable Energy Target (MRET) and the National Low Emissions Coal Initiative (NLECI). Australia is a major coal user and [...] | 2009-03-18 06:23:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG SENV ECON KGHG AS |
09CANBERRA275 | AUSTRALIA STIMULUS PACKAGES GREEN COMPONENT [...] (SBU) Per instructions in reftel, Post is providing the following answers to questions regarding the two fiscal stimulus packages launched by the federal government in December (A$10 billion) and February (A$42 billion). Q: Has the country passed a fiscal stimulus package that designates spe [...] | 2009-03-20 02:21:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ENRG SENV AS |
09CANBERRA295 | Australian coking coal contract prices fall 58% [...] (SBU) Summary. Contract prices for coking (metallurgical) coal dropped 58% to US$115 from US$300 last year, due to the global economic crisis and depressed world steel production. Coking coal is Australia's largest export commodity, ahead of iron ore and thermal coal. The new price is actually [...] | 2009-03-24 05:59:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ENRG ECON AS |
09CANBERRA338 | RENEWABLE ENERGY FUND: GEOTHERMAL LEFT OUT? [...] (SBU) Summary: The Rudd government's A$435 million (US$305 million) Renewable Energy Demonstration Program (REDP) provides the best vehicle for companies seeking to commercialize new renewable energy technologies. The program is currently taking applications for what will eventually be 8-10 A [...] | 2009-04-03 04:32:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG SENV ECON AS |
09CANBERRA339 | CORRECTED COPY -- RENEWABLE ENERGY FUND: [...] (SBU) Summary: The Rudd government's A$435 million (US$305 million) Renewable Energy Demonstration Program (REDP) provides the best vehicle for companies seeking to commercialize new renewable energy technologies. The program is currently taking applications for what will eventually be 8-10 A [...] | 2009-04-03 04:54:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG SENV ECON AS |
09CANBERRA367 | SNOWY RIVER HYDRO SCHEME IN TROUBLE [...] (SBU) Australia's largest hydropower scheme is facing greater water shortages, decreased ability to raise capital, and competition from larger, more integrated power providers in the region. Snowy officials are pessimistic about the independent future of the scheme, despite efforts to diversi [...] | 2009-04-09 07:08:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ENRG ECON AS |
09CANBERRA456 | RUDD BUDGET INVESTS HEAVILY IN CCS, SOLAR [...] (SBU) Summary: The Rudd government's 2009-2010 budget (ref A) stakes out US$3 billion in new money investments in energy developments. As expected, the budget invests heavily in clean coal and carbon capture and storage (CCS),closing the domestic circle with the Global Carbon Capture and St [...] | 2009-05-14 06:49:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG SENV AS |
09CANBERRA536 | IAEA: AUSTRALIA OPEN TO WELL-JUSTIFIED BUDGET [...] (SBU) Australia is open to considering an increase in the International Atomic Energy Agency's (IAEA) budget providing the IAEA Secretariat is able to adequately justify the increase. The GOA requested clarification whether the U.S. budget proposal was for an across-the-board increase or appl [...] | 2009-06-05 10:18:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC ENRG IAEA PREL KNNP AS |
09CANBERRA543 | AUSTRALIAN RESPONSE TO NUCLEAR FUEL BANK DEMARCHE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Australia will be prepared to discuss the Nuclear Fuel Bank proposal at the June 11-15 IAEA Board of Governor's meeting in Vienna, but has reservations about the utility of the initiative, prefering to allow open market forces to provide an assured supply of nuclear fuel. Moreov [...] | 2009-06-09 22:34:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP PARM ENRG AS |
09CANBERRA562 | INTERNATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY AGENCY: AUSTRALIAN [...] (SBU) Per instructions in reftels, Econoff met with Department of Resources, Energy and Tourism Manager for Renewable Energy Rick Belt on June 16. Belt said that Australia was "of a piece" with the U.S. on the importance of focusing on capacity building in IRENA, and that Resources and Energy [...] | 2009-06-16 07:00:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KGHG ENRG SENV AS |
09CANBERRA630 | GOA MULLS CHANGES TO LNG LEASES, IMPACT ON U.S. [...] (C/NF) Summary: Energy and Resources Minister Martin Ferguson is concerned about possible complaints about Australian energy policy by major U.S. energy companies. Ferguson wants to reassure the U.S. that he seeks cooperative work on any conflicts before they become bilateral irritants. The [...] | 2009-07-08 07:04:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ENRG ETRD ECON AS |
09CANBERRA699 | CLIMATE CHANGE: BILLS LIKELY TO PASS IN NOVEMBER [...] (SBU) Summary: The Federal Opposition, although fractured over whether to support the Rudd government's Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme, has opened the door to passing emissions trading legislation this year. Opposition leader Malcolm Turnbull issued a statement laying out nine demands tha [...] | 2009-07-31 07:34:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | SENV KGHG ENRG PGOV AS |
09CANBERRA758 | PEAK BODY VIEWS ON OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY DOWN UNDER [...] (U) SUMMARY. Australia has an expanding LNG sector (see Perth septel) and contracting oil sector. The Australian Petroleum Production and Exploration Association (APPEA) represents both and has argued for increased government incentives and regulatory simplicity to encourage further oil expl [...] | 2009-08-17 02:43:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EINV AS |
09CANBERRA759 | RESERVE BANK SIGNALS ECONOMIC RECOVERY [...] (U) SUMMARY. The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) believes the economy has weathered the global financial crisis better than expected. The RBA Governor stated August 13 that this may turn out to be one of Australia's mildest post-war downturns. The RBA believes its monetary policy has been eff [...] | 2009-08-17 03:13:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG EINV AS |
09CANBERRA802 | RESPONSE TO REPORTING REQUEST - NPT REVIEW [...] (SBU) Australia is a strong partner with the U.S. and the multilateral community in working to prevent nuclear proliferation. As an NPT signatory, the GOA takes a multi-dimensional approach to nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament. The GOA is a major supporter of the Nuclear Non-Prolifer [...] | 2009-08-31 21:59:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC CDG ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PREL UNGA |
09CANBERRA900 | NEW FOREIGN INVESTMENT GUIDELINES TARGET CHINA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Australia has placed new guidelines on foreign investment in resources. A Chinese mining group abandoned a A$770 million deal after the Foreign Investment Review Board applied new foreign ownership limits on investment in resources projects. Separately, the Defense Minister rej [...] | 2009-09-30 07:04:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EMIN EIND ENRG ETTC ETRD AS |
09CAPETOWN128 | GLOBAL CONDITIONS MORE LIKELY TO IMPACT SOUTH AFRICAN [...] (U) Summary. The Port Elizabeth Regional Chamber of Commerce organized a briefing on April 21, to discuss the impact of the global economic crisis and the implications of a Jacob Zuma presidency on the country's economic policy. Keynote speaker Econometrix Chief Economist Dr. Azar Jammine not [...] | 2009-05-27 14:48:00 | Consulate Cape Town | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV EFIN EIND ETRD ENRG PGOV SF |
09CAPETOWN56 | SOUTH AFRICA IS HYDROCARBON POOR, BUT HAS BIG PLANS FOR [...] (SBU) This cable is not for Internet distribution. This cable is a collaboration between Embassy Pretoria and Consulate General Cape Town. Summary. South Africa has limited reserves of crude oil and natural gas and imports 70 percent of its requirements, which are for the most part refined l [...] | 2009-03-12 12:33:00 | Consulate Cape Town | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG EMIN EINV EIND ETRD ELAB SF |
09CARACAS1001 | VENEZUELA'S ALUMINUM INDUSTRY IN CRISIS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GBRV has agreed to a number of labor demands after days of protests shut down the industrial city of Puerto Ordaz. After years of GBRV mismanagement, state-owned aluminum companies suffer from deep structural inefficiencies. Low aluminum prices and rising production costs [...] | 2009-07-31 16:06:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECIN ECON EFIN EIND EINV ELAB EMIN ENRG EPET |
09CARACAS1017 | VENEZUELA: REPSOL EMPLOYEE COMMENTS ON DRILLING [...] (C) XXXXXXXXXXXXX , Repsol Drill Project Manager for the Rafael Urdaneta offshore natural gas exploratory well told Petroleum Attache on August 2 that Repsol had cancelled plans to drill in Cuba, as it had been unable to secure an offshore drill rig with less than fifteen percent U.S. content. [...] | 2009-08-05 18:08:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET EINV ENRG ECON CU VE |
09CARACAS1055 | VENEZUELA: OIL PRODUCTION IN WESTERN VENEZUELA [...] (C) SUMMARY. Energy field consultations in June highlighted Venezuela's continued crude oil production challenges and the disparity between field production estimates and the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela's (GBRV) official production figures. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) From June 2 through 15, [...] | 2009-08-13 14:33:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET EINV ENRG ECON CU VE |
09CARACAS1056 | VENEZUELA: FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE CRUDE OIL [...] (C) SUMMARY. Many factors likely affect Venezuela crude oil production levels and production capacity, including recent oil service sector expropriations, challenges in securing foreign exchange authorizations, increased crude inventory levels, implementation of the joint venture (JV) model, [...] | 2009-08-13 14:38:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET EINV ENRG ECON CU VE |
09CARACAS1057 | VENEZUELA: BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES AND WAYS TO [...] (C) SUMMARY. It is easy to focus on the negative stories coming out of Venezuela's oil sector, but there are opportunities for companies to prosper and for Venezuela to increase production. Energy field consultations in June highlighted the multitude of opportunities that oil service compani [...] | 2009-08-13 14:41:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET EINV ENRG ECON CU VE |
09CARACAS1062 | GBRV SHIFTS AXIS OF TRADE, TELLS OBAMA TO BUY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Recent decisions by the Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (GBRV) to halt imports of Colombian beef and suspend sales of reduced-price gasoline to Colombia suggest that the GBRV is determined to reduce bilateral trade. On August 11, President Chavez and Argentine [...] | 2009-08-13 16:12:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR ECON EFIN EIND EINV ELAB EMIN ENRG EPET |
09CARACAS1116 | VENEZUELA: ENSCO DRILLING RIG UPDATE [...] (C) Bill Chaddick ENSCO Chief Operating Officer, updated Petroleum AttachQ on ENSCO's situation in Venezuela on August 20. Chaddick (strictly protect throughout) stated that the U.S. drilling rig company received an unexpected mixed USD and Bolivar payment on July 23 ($11.2 million and 631,00 [...] | 2009-08-24 15:36:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET EINV ENRG ECON CU VE |
09CARACAS1129 | VENEZUELA: PDVSA PAYMENTS PROVIDE TEMPORARY RESPITE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Drawing on funds raised though its July bond issuance, PDVSA has made significant payments on its outstanding arrears. PDVSA appears to have paid domestic companies owed less than ten million dollars in full and to have made significant payments on larger debts. END SUMMARY. [...] | 2009-08-27 13:44:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET EINV ENRG ECON CU VE |
09CARACAS1130 | VENEZUELA: DECREASED PETROLEUM SECTOR ACTIVITY [...] (C) SUMMARY. With the exception of Weatherford (which is aggressively seeking to expand its market share),international oil service companies continue to reduce their exposure, to decrease staffing levels, and to move idle equipment out of Venezuela. The Venezuelan rig count provides a clea [...] | 2009-08-27 13:44:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET EINV ENRG ECON CU VE |
09CARACAS1131 | VENEZUELA: NEW PETROCHEMICALS LAW [...] (C) SUMMARY: Venezuela passed a limited-scope Petrochemicals Law in July that covers basic and intermediate sector activities. It permits the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (GBRV) to enter into mixed companies with the private sector and attempts to preclude private company recourse to inte [...] | 2009-08-27 13:48:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET EINV ENRG ECON CU VE |
09CARACAS1154 | GBRV MINISTER LIKENS PFIZER TO THE DEVIL, BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: On August 27, Pfizer representatives told EconOffs that negotiations with the Ministry of Health for the sale of a pharmaceutical plant in Valencia have stalled following the July 31 appointment of Carlos Rotondaro as Health Minister. Pfizer has been unable to meet with Ministr [...] | 2009-09-03 17:22:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECIN ECON EFIN EIND EINV ELAB EMIN ENRG EPET |
09CARACAS1198 | EARTHQUAKE STRIKES VENEZUELA, BUT CHAVEZ DOESN'T [...] (U) On September 12, a 6.2 magnitude earthquake struck the coast of Venezuela at approximately 3:36 PM local time, according to the Venezuelan Seismological Foundation (FUNVISI). FUNVISI reported that the earthquake's epicenter was 100 kilometers west of Caracas, off the coast of Carabobo st [...] | 2009-09-14 20:55:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EIND EINV EMIN ENRG EPET VE |
09CARACAS1208 | VENEZUELA: CHAVEZ'S EARLY ANNOUNCEMENT OF REPSOL'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: On Friday, September 11, President Chavez trumpeted that Spanish oil company Repsol had made a significant natural gas discovery in the Gulf of Venezuela. Repsol issued a press release reiterating President Chavez's statement. This discovery was made in one of seven off-shore blo [...] | 2009-09-16 14:09:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET EINV ENRG ECON CU VE |
09CARACAS1218 | EARTHQUAKE STRIKS VENEZUELA, BUT CHAVEZ DOESN'T [...] (U) This information was previously reported in a classified cable on September 14. This information is unclassified. 2. (U) On September 12, a 6.2 magnitude earthquake struck the coast of Venezuela at approximately 3:36 PM local time, according to the Venezuelan Seismological Foundati [...] | 2009-09-17 15:31:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED | ECIN ECON EFIN EIND EINV ELAB EMIN ENRG EPET |
09CARACAS1236 | VENEZUELA: INSIGHT INTO LUKOIL AND THE RUSSIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Russian oil companies in Venezuela understand that government-to-government negotiations are the most expedient way to advance commercial relations in Venezuela. In addition to working through a consortium to sign new oil deals, the individual companies are preparing to transfer [...] | 2009-09-21 11:42:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET EINV ENRG ECON VE |
09CARACAS1240 | VENEZUELA: PRODUCTION UPDATE FROM PDVSA AND [...] (C) A petroleum engineer working on crude oil production at Shell and PDVSA's joint venture on Lake Maracaibo provided some insights into the challenges of oil production in Venezuela's oldest production area. According to the engineer, the production of Petroregional del Lago (PERLA) had dro [...] | 2009-09-22 15:52:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET EINV ENRG ECON CU VE |
09CARACAS1246 | VENEZUELA: INSIGHTS FROM PDVSA'S SENIOR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: XXXXXXXXXXXX provided insight into PDVSA's finances and strategy, saying that PDVSA plans to issue additional bonds in the coming months and to use the revenues to pay pending arrears to oil services companies. PDVSA has also negotiated payment in crude oil shipments for outstanding di [...] | 2009-09-23 14:24:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET EINV ENRG ECON VE |
09CARACAS1265 | VENEZUELA: GBRV ERECTING OBSTACLES TO NEW LABOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The collective bargaining agreement for the Oil, Chemical, and Gas Workers Federation of Venezuela (FUTEV) expired on January 21, 2009. Our contacts report the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (GBRV) and PDVSA do not want to negotiate a costly new collective bargaining agreemen [...] | 2009-09-30 13:56:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET EINV ELAB ECON ENRG VE |
09CARACAS1281 | GBRV USES ANTI-TRADE MEASURES TO PUNISH COLOMBIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Following President Chavez's July 28 announcement to freeze relations with Colombia, trade experts and business leaders in both countries downplayed the threat to bilateral trade and predicted that Chavez would not damage a mutually beneficial commercial relationship. But recent [...] | 2009-10-02 18:57:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECIN ECON EFIN EIND EINV ELAB EMIN ENRG EPET |
09CARACAS1295 | URBAN LANDS LAW THREATENS PROPERTY RIGHTS [...] SUMMARY: On August 14, the National Assembly unanimously approved a new law that grants the Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (GBRV) wide authority to seize underutilized urban lands to develop socialist housing projects. While the law is yet unpublished in the Official Gaz [...] | 2009-10-07 19:19:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECIN ECON EFIN EIND EINV ELAB EMIN ENRG EPET |
09CARACAS1296 | VENEZUELA: THE POLITICS OF DEVELOPING URANIUM RESERVES [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-07 19:33:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG IR KNNP VE |
09CARACAS1318 | VENEZUELA: LOOMING POWER BLACKOUTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (GBRV) has not adequately invested in the electrical sector nor addressed its deteriorating infrastructure resulting in hundreds of isolated local power outages and regular nation-wide outages. Domestic electricity consumption has increased ov [...] | 2009-10-14 15:41:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV ENRG ECON VE |
09CARACAS1326 | VENEZUELA: JOINT VENTURE WITH PETROVIETNAM NEARING [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to senior PDVSA officials, the process to launch a joint venture between PDVSA and PetroVietnam is pending a decree from President Chavez. Plans for PDVSA to build a refinery in Vietnam have fallen through, however. Nevertheless, PDVSA continues to plan to sign a long-t [...] | 2009-10-15 15:52:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET EINV ENRG ECON VE |
09CARACAS1333 | VENEZUELA: AMBASSADOR VIEWS ECONOMIC SITUATION IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador traveled to the State of Zulia October 4-7 and met with a range of political, private sector, and business leaders. This cable highlights the economic messages delivered to him by the business community. It reinforces reftels that point to decreased private sector inves [...] | 2009-10-15 21:59:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET EINV ENRG ECON VE |
09CARACAS1338 | VENEZUELA: ENSCO BRIEFS AMBASSADOR ON STATUS OF [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ensco executives remain optimistic that the U.S. drilling company will recover the offshore platform seized by PDVSA in January 2009 and hopes amicably to resolve the situation leaving open the possibility of future cooperation. The company does not want the USG to raise its spe [...] | 2009-10-16 18:58:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET EINV ENRG ECON VE |
09CARACAS1344 | RUSSIA HAS NO PLANS TO BUILD NUCLEAR REACTORS IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: During an October 15 initial courtesy call with Ambassador Duddy, Russian Ambassador Zaemsky denied reports that Russia would help Venezuela build nuclear reactors, saying that its nuclear cooperation with Venezuela was limited to the medical field and food controls. With respect [...] | 2009-10-19 12:14:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG EPET KNNP PREL RU VE |
09CARACAS1352 | VENEZUELA: IRAN'S PETROPARS FRUSTRATED IN CARACAS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Iran's PetroPars is reportedly frustrated by its inability to move petroleum projects forward in Venezuela, especially the development of Ayacucho block 7 in the Faja heavy oil belt. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) XXXXXXXXXXXX told Petroleum Attache (PetAtt) on October 15 that PetroPars is frus [...] | 2009-10-20 17:38:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET EINV ENRG ECON VE IR |
09CARACAS1361 | VENEZUELA: REPSOL CONFIRMS SIGNIFICANT NATURAL GAS [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Chavez's recent claims that Repsol and ENI's natural gas discovery in the Gulf of Venezuela will catapult Venezuela into place as the country with the fourth largest natural gas reserves in the world appear to be true. Furthermore, Repsol and ENI expect to produce suffici [...] | 2009-10-22 16:41:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET EINV ENRG ECON VE |
09CARACAS1367 | VENEZUELA: GBRV IMPOSES WATER AND ELECTRICITY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Faced with water and electrical shortages, Venezuelans are facing outages and rationing of both. In response to the growing electrical crisis affecting the entire country, President Chavez has announced an emergency plan that includes the creation of a new electricity ministry [...] | 2009-10-23 21:44:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET EINV ENRG ECON VE |
09CARACAS1373 | CHAVEZ EXPROPRIATES TWO SUGAR MILLS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 21, in a state television broadcast, Agriculture and Lands Minister Elias Jaua announced the 90 day occupation and planned expropriation of two sugar mills in western Venezuela. Jaua accused Central Azucarero Venezuela of illegally halting production and Central Azu [...] | 2009-10-26 15:41:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECIN ECON EINV ENRG ETRD VE |
09CARACAS1383 | VENEZUELA: WORLD HEAVY OIL CONFERENCE MOVED AT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (GBRV) announced on October 27, 2009, that the November 2-5 third World Heavy Oil Conference had been moved from Puerto La Cruz to the Island of Margarita. Citing electricity problems in Puerto La Cruz, the GBRV announced the conference (repo [...] | 2009-10-29 12:59:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET EINV ENRG ECON VE |
09CARACAS1465 | VENEZUELA: PDVSA'S REFINERIES AND NEW PROJECT PLANS [...] (C) SUMMARY: PDVSA's concept for the future development of the Faja heavy oil fields -- and particularly how to link the different joint venture projects together into a common infrastructure -- is still in its infancy. A senior PDVSA official described the company's numerous international ref [...] | 2009-11-17 21:12:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET EINV ENRG ECON VE |
09CARACAS1475 | Venezuela: Deciphering the Current Electricity Crisis [...] (C) SUMMARY: Venezuela's current electrical crisis is serious and complex, with problems that may yet present a "perfect storm" for policymakers. While acknowledging problems in maintenance delays and planning shortfalls in augmenting electricity infrastructure, President Chavez cites increase [...] | 2009-11-20 15:38:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET EINV ENRG ECON VE |
09CARACAS1521 | VENEZUELA EXPECTED TO TAKE HARD LINE IN COPENHAGEN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (GBRV)'s steadfast view that developed countries have caused climate change is expected to dominate its official position at the 15th United Nations Climate Change Conference. Though the GBRV has not publicized an official s [...] | 2009-12-03 14:06:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | SENV EAID ECON ENRG PGOV PREL UN VE KGHG |
09CARACAS1567 | Venezuela: PDVSA Experiencing Quality Control Problems [...] (C) SUMMARY: PDVSA is experiencing quality control problems with refined product and upgraded crude oil and is bearing significant costs due to these problems. The Venezuelan national oil company has prioritized the supply of gasoline and other petroleum products to its domestic market over it [...] | 2009-12-17 17:28:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET EINV ENRG ECON CH VE |
09CARACAS1593 | VENEZUELA: PDVSA'S CVP LEADERSHIP [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: A senior Ministry of Energy and Petroleum (MENPET) official provided insight into the structure of PDVSA's Venezuelan Petroleum Corporation (or CVP by its Spanish acronym) board of directors, current production numbers, and noted current Russian and Chinese difficulties [...] | 2009-12-23 15:13:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET EINV ENRG ECON RS CH VE |
09CARACAS214 | PDVSA'S STRATEGY AGAINST EXXONMOBIL AND INCREASED [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to a PDVSA employee interviewed following his visa renewal, PDVSA is aggressively preparing its international arbitration case against ExxonMobil (XM),is reviewing and prioritizing balances due to service companies, and is optimistic that ConocoPhillips (CP) will retur [...] | 2009-02-17 11:31:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET EINV ENRG ECON VE |
09CARACAS239 | PDVSA STRUGGLING WITH FINANCIAL AND TECHNICAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to the CEO of a major domestic oil field services company, Chavez continues to spend as if world oil prices will quickly return to a minimum of $60/barrel, ignoring other budget scenarios developed by PDVSA planners. This contact avers that Venezuela is not only facin [...] | 2009-02-20 20:22:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET EINV ENRG ECON VE |
09CARACAS26 | VENEZUELAN SCIENTISTS SAY NUCLEAR ENERGY PROGRAM [...] (C) Summary: In late 2008, Chavez once again made statements regarding his plans to develop a nuclear power program in Venezuela and went so far as to sign an agreement with Russia's Rosatom on nuclear energy cooperation. Several local nuclear physicists are skeptical arguing that nothing came [...] | 2009-01-08 20:24:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG TRGY BEXP BTIO PGOV PREL ETRD ECON PARM |
09CARACAS282 | VENEZUELA: CONFLUENCE OF CHAVEZ AND OBAMA OIL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Press reports have picked up on DOE/EIA statistics indicating that Venezuelan exports to the U.S. decreased 12.3% in 2008 and have concluded that President Chavez's plans to reduce oil exports to the U.S. are succeeding. The stories ignore the broader impact of the last ten year [...] | 2009-03-05 18:30:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET EINV ENRG ECON VE |
09CARACAS288 | VENEZUELA: PDVSA FALLS FURTHER DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Even though Energy Minister Ramirez announced March 2 that PDVSA would begin paying service companies and that it would not cancel any contracts, several major service companies have neither received payments nor notification from PDVSA of pending payments. International service [...] | 2009-03-06 13:42:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET EINV ENRG ECON VE |
09CARACAS354 | CHAVEZ PLAYS POLITICAL CRAPS WITH PROPOSALS TO [...] (C) SUMMARY. Facing the global economic crisis and a domestic fiscal crisis arising from low oil prices, Chavez has floated plans to rationalize the subsidized price of gasoline (a $5.5 billion subsidy according to PDVSA,s own calculations). Energy and Petroleum Minister Ramirez has opined t [...] | 2009-03-20 19:39:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET EINV ENRG ECON VE |
09CARACAS362 | VENEZUELA: OPIC-FINANCED COMPANY MAY FILE DEFAULT [...] (C) SUMMARY: U.S. concern Williams is poised to file one to three default notices against PDVSA on projects financed by OPIC. PDVSA's on-going financial crisis makes it unlikely it will be able to pay arrears to Williams. Given recent actions taken against other companies that have issued de [...] | 2009-03-23 16:52:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET EINV ENRG ECON VE |
09CARACAS369 | VENEZUELA: PDVSA CHEATING ON OPEC CUTS AT EXPENSE [...] (C) SUMMARY: A Senior Chevron official confirmed that he believes PDVSA is cheating on its OPEC-mandated quota cuts to take advantage of greater demand for heavy crude. He also confirmed that PDVSA issued an informal rig stoppage order and instructed its joint venture partners to cease capital [...] | 2009-03-24 11:41:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET EINV ENRG ECON VE |
09CARACAS428 | VENEZUELA: OIL PRODUCTION IN THE WEST: A MIXED BAG [...] (C) SUMMARY: Petroleum AttachQ (PetAtt) conducted site visits in Zulia March 23-26. Companies corroborated reftel reporting and provided additional perspective on the complexity of problems encountered daily in the oil sector. Chevron's production is near capacity in the West; it is taking a [...] | 2009-04-02 17:55:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET EINV ENRG ECON VE |
09CARACAS440 | VENEZUELA: SCHLUMBERGER BULL-ISH ON PDVSA [...] (C) SUMMARY: PDVSA and Schlumberger are exploring areas of possible cooperation, but press reports of a joint venture are premature. Since March 11, PDVSA has made regular payments to Schlumberger (roughly 5% of outstanding receivables),is current with February and March invoices, and plans t [...] | 2009-04-06 15:26:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET EINV ENRG ECON VE |
09CARACAS495 | CHAVEZ IN TOKYO: MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Chavez's April 5-7 visit to Tokyo followed the Bolivarian model - heavy on theater and light on substance. Shifting from the negative rhetoric against the U.S. displayed on previous stops in Iran and Qatar, Chavez hit more positive notes in Japan. While media reports i [...] | 2009-04-20 13:10:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET EINV ENRG ECON VE |
09CARACAS541 | VENEZUELA: MORE EVIDENCE OF CASH FLOW PROBLEMS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Faced with mounting receivables payable by PDVSA and other government entities, the GBRV is turning to alternative payment solutions to stay afloat during its cash flow crisis, including proposing barter swaps of commodities and the issuance of bonds. Halliburton confirmed receiv [...] | 2009-04-29 21:12:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET EINV ENRG ECON VE |
09CARACAS545 | PDVSA TO PURCHASE WILLIAMS' PLANTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: PDVSA intends to nationalize William's El Furrial and PIGAP II high-pressure gas injection plants but does not have the resources to pay Williams. As both of the projects involve OPIC financing, there is significant USG interest in the transaction estimated to be worth $500 milli [...] | 2009-04-30 19:17:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET EINV ENRG ECON VE |
09CARACAS581 | VENEZUELA: PDVSA SEIZES SERVICE COMPANIES [...] (C) Summary: On May 7, the National Assembly passed and President Chavez promulgated a law permitting the expropriation (partial or total) of companies involved in the oil services industry. PDVSA officials accompanied by the National Guard quickly began the transfer of assets and operations [...] | 2009-05-08 22:06:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET EINV ENRG ECON VE |
09CARACAS592 | PDVSA: UPDATE ON SERVICE COMPANY SEIZURES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Legal uncertainty surrounds the Venezuelan government's (GBRV) actions on May 8 regarding the seizure of oil service companies. According to PDVSA, it assumed operational control of sixty firms, but the resolution dated May 8 listed only 39 companies, and did not include internat [...] | 2009-05-11 21:37:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET EINV ENRG ECON VE |
09CARACAS644 | VENEZUELA: WOOD GROUP ASSETS SEIZED, ENSCO FILES [...] (C) SUMMARY: PDVSA published a new list of oil service sector companies that it has added to the government's reserve, including Wood Group's local subsidiary, Simco. Wood Group continues to hold out hope that PDVSA will negotiate a fair compensation package, but has not ruled out internationa [...] | 2009-05-22 19:57:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET EINV ENRG ECON VE |
09CARACAS707 | VENEZUELA: UPDATE ON TIDEWATER VESSELS AND [...] (C) U.S. oil service firm Tidewater Senior Vice President Gerry Kehoe and Country Representative Mikael Jakobs (strictly protect throughout) on June 4 told Petroleum AttachQ (PetAtt) and visiting Washington energy analyst that Tidewater plans to send its two U.S.-flagged oil support vessels wi [...] | 2009-06-09 10:58:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET EINV ENRG ECON VE |
09CARACAS725 | VENEZUELA: U.S. COMPANY EXTERRAN ASSETS SEIZED [...] (C) SUMMARY: PDVSA has now seized additional U.S. company assets under the auspices of the May 7 Organic Law permitting the expropriation of companies involved in the oil services industry. Exterran (formerly Hanover Compression Corporation and Universal Compression Holdings) confirmed June 8 [...] | 2009-06-10 22:00:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET EINV ENRG ECON VE |
09CARACAS728 | VENEZUELA INCAPABLE OF SUBSTANTIVE NUCLEAR [...] (C) SUMMARY: A plain-spoken nuclear physicist told Econoff that those spreading rumors that Venezuela is helping third countries (i.e. Iran) develop atomic bombs "are full of (expletive)." He said Venezuela is currently unable to provide such assistance particularly as the Chavez administration "do [...] | 2009-06-11 17:24:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL ETRD EINV ENRG TRGY EMIN PTER |
09CARACAS768 | VENEZUELA: CONTINUES TO COURT JAPANESE INTEREST [...] (C) During a June 15 Japanese embassy-hosted farewell dinner in honor of A/DCM and PolCon, Japanese Ambassador Shuji Shimokoji discussed bilateral relations with Venezuela, Minister Ramirez's travel to Tokyo, and the new Venezuelan petrochemical law. He stated that Prime Minister Aso placed a [...] | 2009-06-22 19:12:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET EINV ENRG ECON VE |
09CARACAS817 | VENEZUELA: RECENT EXPROPRIATIONS' IMPACT ON THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Recent oil service sector expropriations in Venezuela targeted two diverse groups: (1) water injection and natural gas compression operations related to crude oil production; and (2) launch operators on Lake Maracaibo that had organized and threatened to strike over PDVSA's arrears [...] | 2009-07-01 12:43:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET EINV ENRG ECON VE |
09CARACAS827 | VENEZUELA: LOCAL HALLIBURTON OPERATION IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Halliburton is concerned that its perceived historical connection with the previous U.S. administration and the $300 million it is owed by PDVSA may provide ample rationale for the GBRV to expropriate the U.S. oil services company. Venezuelan courts have now ruled twice in favor o [...] | 2009-07-01 17:12:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET EINV ENRG ECON VE |
09CARACAS828 | PDVSA LAUNCHES BID ROUND FOR MARISCAL SUCRE [...] (C) Mitsubishi's Venezuela Projects Director, Yasuyuki Ozaki (strictly protect throughout),told Petroleum Attache that PDVSA launched a "Second Bid Round" for commercial development of the Mariscal Sucre natural gas blocks the morning of June 30. The Mariscal Sucre offshore blocks are locate [...] | 2009-07-01 19:53:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET EINV ENRG ECON VE |
09CARACAS853 | GULF OF VENEZUELA OFFSHORE GAS EXPLORATION NOT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Chevron completed drilling an exploratory offshore well in the Cardon III block in the Gulf of Venezuela but plans to plug and abandon the well. While gas was found, the amount was deemed non-commercial. After months of setbacks and technical challenges, Russia's Gazprom continu [...] | 2009-07-07 21:18:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET EINV ENRG ECON VE |
09CARACAS854 | VENEZUELA: AMERICAN OIL AND SERVICE COMPANIES [...] (C) Summary: Executives representing U.S. companies involved in Venezuela's oil sector briefed the Ambassador on the status of the industry, highlighting problems all face in securing payments from PDVSA; difficulties maintaining positive relationships with PDVSA, the Ministry for Energy and P [...] | 2009-07-07 21:48:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET EINV ENRG ECON VE |
09CARACAS860 | VENEZUELAN INTEREST IN RESURRECTING MOU WITH US [...] (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: This is an action request. PDVSA board members have twice proposed reactivating the bilateral MOU on energy cooperation with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). Post recommends that the DOE and other Washington agencies authorize the Ambassador to press for p [...] | 2009-07-09 10:55:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET EINV ENRG ECON VE |
09CARACAS891 | PDVSA EXPROPRIATES REMAINING TIDEWATER VESSELS [...] (C) Tidewater's remaining assets in Venezuela were verbally expropriated the weekend of July 11-12. According to Tidewater Country Representative, Mikael Jacob (strictly protect throughout),the U.S. oil services company had four boats supporting PDVSA's PetroSucre project (formerly ConocoPhi [...] | 2009-07-14 19:04:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET EINV ENRG ECON VE |
09CARACAS919 | ENERGY MINISTER RAMIREZ IN NO MOOD TO NEGOTIATE [...] (C) Summary: On July 14 Energy and Petroleum Minister Rafael Ramirez told oil and gas workers that he would not negotiate a new collective bargaining agreement with the enemies of the revolution. He also called on state-owned businesses to activate "socialist committees" in order to spread [...] | 2009-07-20 13:18:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECIN ECON EFIN EIND EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD ETTC |
09CARACAS981 | SMALL U.S. INVESTMENT IN ELECTRICITY GENERATION [...] (C) Acting through its European subsidiary, PSEG Global LLC, a New Jersey-based company, sent Rafael Ramirez, Minister of Energy and Petroleum (MEP),a letter July 22 requesting the reinitiation of negotiations over the GBRV's intended nationalization of Turboven, a group of companies with a [...] | 2009-07-28 20:28:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV ENRG VE |
09CARACAS994 | CHAVEZ FREEZES RELATIONS WITH COLOMBIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Following President Chavez's July 28 announcement to "freeze" relations with Colombia, an Embassy contact within the Agriculture and Lands Ministry reported that she had been tasked to identify Colombian imports suitable for substitution and to compile a list of Colombian busine [...] | 2009-07-30 22:12:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR ECON EFIN EIND EINV ELAB EMIN ENRG EPET |
09CHENGDU114 | SOUTHWEST CHINA: SICHUAN OFFICIALS ON GREEN ENERGY [...] (SBU) This cable contains sensitive but unclassified information - not for distribution on the internet. 2. (SBU) Summary: Sichuan has rich developed and potential hydro and biogas power resources, but far fewer solar and wind energy development opportunities, according to a recent pr [...] | 2009-06-29 11:54:00 | Consulate Chengdu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG EINV SENV CH |
09CHENGDU122 | SOUTHWEST CHINA: ENERGY EFFICIENCY UP AS OFFICIALS EMPHASIZE [...] (U) This cable contains sensitive but unclassified information - not for distribution on the Internet. 2. (SBU) Summary: Industrial energy efficiency progress was highlighted in a recent government-sponsored conference held in Chengdu, which drew little attention despite government emph [...] | 2009-07-09 09:10:00 | Consulate Chengdu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ECON CH |
09CHENGDU196 | SW CHINA OFFICIALS SIGN MOU FOR MODULAR NUCLEAR REACTOR [...] (C) Summary: Chinese officials from the Future Nuclear Energy Technology Application Institute (FNETA) recently signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with U.S.-based NuScale Power to work toward an agreement to build modular light water nuclear reactors (LWR) in China. Chengdu officials p [...] | 2009-09-18 02:06:00 | Consulate Chengdu | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ETRD EINV PGOV KNNP CH |
09CHENGDU211 | SW CHINA MINERAL RESOURCES FUELING NASDAQ-LISTED COMPANY'S [...] (C) Summary: Executives at NASDAQ-listed Sichuan Apollo Solar Science and Technology Company (SASST) say that access to Southwest China's mineral resources differentiates their company from many competitors in the solar power industry. The company aims to triple their output of high-purity ma [...] | 2009-09-30 03:31:00 | Consulate Chengdu | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ETRD EINV PGOV KNNP CH |
09CHENGDU236 | CHEVRON'S SW CHINA GAS PARTNERSHIP MOVING FORWARD, BUT [...] (C) Summary: The first stage of Chevron's upstream gas development project on the Sichuan-Chongqing border is poised to take a significant step forward when it receives National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) approval in the coming weeks. Chevron and PetroChina signed a multi-year p [...] | 2009-10-27 03:46:00 | Consulate Chengdu | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ETRD EINV PGOV SOCI KNNP CH |
09CHENGDU237 | WEN JIABAO ON DEVELOPING CHINA'S WESTERN PROVINCES: 10 YEARS [...] (U) Summary and Comment. Over the last 10 years, China's central government has made huge transfer payments and infrastructure investments that have helped 12 western provinces grow faster than its already booming coastal provinces, Premier Wen Jiabao said in an October 16 speech in Chengdu. [...] | 2009-10-27 05:10:00 | Consulate Chengdu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EINV EFIN ENRG EMIN PGOV PREL CH |
09CHENGDU239 | SW CHINA OFFICIALS SEEK GREATER CONTROL OF CLIMATE CHANGE [...] (U) This cable contains sensitive but unclassified information - not for distribution on the Internet. 2. (SBU) Summary. Even as Chinese officials in Beijing discuss national-level climate change initiatives in the run-up to the Copenhagen conference, Sichuan officials have been stymied [...] | 2009-10-28 05:39:00 | Consulate Chengdu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG EINV CH |
09CHENGDU247 | TIBET: CLIMATE CHANGE, GREEN ENERGY, MINING, POACHING, AND [...] (SBU) Summary: Climate change is moving faster in Tibet than in other areas of China, and fastest at the highest elevations, leading the State Council to pass an ambitious plan for ecological protection earlier this year, Tibetan Autonomous Region (TAR) officials told us October 22 in Lhasa. G [...] | 2009-11-06 02:47:00 | Consulate Chengdu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV KGHG ENRG EMIN EAGR CH |
09CHENGDU259 | SW CHINA SOLAR FIRM BUYS MAJORITY OF US COMPANY, HAS [...] (SBU) Summary: Officials from Tianwei New Energy, a solar power company based in southwest China's Sichuan province, said that the recent acquisition of a controlling share of the U.S. firm Hoku Scientific was a sudden opportunistic move rather than a key part of the company's long-term develop [...] | 2009-11-17 03:41:00 | Consulate Chengdu | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ETRD EINV PGOV SENV KNNP CH |
09CHENGDU279 | GUIZHOU: POOR PROVINCE GROWS FASTER THAN NATIONAL AVERAGE; [...] (U) This cable contains sensitive but unclassified information - not for distribution on the Internet. 2. (SBU) Introduction and Summary: Guizhou, an ethnically diverse province 92 percent covered by mountains, remains one of China's poorest. In two recent meetings, officials from the [...] | 2009-11-30 17:19:00 | Consulate Chengdu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV ENRG PGOV SENV CH |
09CHENGDU320 | SW CHINA MAYOR DISCUSSES IMPACT OF EARTHQUAKE RECONSTRUCTION [...] (U) This cable contains sensitive but unclassified information - not for distribution on the Internet. 2. (SBU) Summary: Leshan Mayor Jiang Fuyi told Consul General December 8 that demand for construction materials for earthquake reconstruction boosted the city's GDP to seventh place amo [...] | 2009-12-24 11:43:00 | Consulate Chengdu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EIND ELTN EWWT ENRG SENV PGOV CH |
09CHENGDU88 | SOUTHWEST CHINA ATTENTION TO GREENHOUSE GASES GROWS [...] (U) This cable contains sensitive but unclassified information - not for distribution on the Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Environmental Protection Bureaus in the Southwest Chinese cities of Chengdu and Chongqing are studying local greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Chengdu environmental of [...] | 2009-05-22 06:45:00 | Consulate Chengdu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG CH |
09CHENGDU95 | SOUTHWEST CHINA: WHAT'S GOING ON WITH AIR QUALITY DATA? [...] (SBU) This cable contains sensitive but unclassified information - not for distribution on the Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Air quality in Southwest China's city of Chengdu, is probably worse than official statistics would suggest. The city records significantly fewer poor air quality [...] | 2009-06-02 06:03:00 | Consulate Chengdu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV CH ENRG PREL ECON |
09CHISINAU451 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON U.S. MOVING TO JOIN THE INTERNATIONAL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-15 06:11:00 | Embassy Chisinau | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG KGHG SENV MD |
09CHISINAU577 | MINISTER OF FINANCE ON BUDGET AND ECONOMY [...] (C) Summary: During Ambassador Chaudhry's July 8 meeting with Minister of Finance Mariana Durlesteanu, the Minister explained that Moldova's finances were in serious trouble. Durlesteanu discussed a planned USD 500 million loan from Russia and the impact it would have on Moldova's relations [...] | 2009-07-24 15:28:00 | Embassy Chisinau | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EPET ENRG EAID RS MD |
09CHISINAU67 | ECONOMIC MINISTER DESCRIBES ENERGY [...] (C) Summary: During Ambassador Chaudhry's January 21 meeting with First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy and Trade, Igor Dodon, the Minister reviewed the energy security situation in Moldova and possible measures to secure gas and electricity supplies. Dodon discussed a propose [...] | 2009-02-03 13:34:00 | Embassy Chisinau | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EPET ENRG EAID RS MD |
09CHISINAU74 | MOLDOVA RECEIVED DEMARCHE CONCERNING [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-04 12:43:00 | Embassy Chisinau | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC IAEA ENRG NPT PREL KNNP TRGY |
09COLOMBO193 | SRI LANKA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON NUCLEAR [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-23 11:41:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM ENRG IAEA KNNP MNUC PGOV PREL AORC CE |
09CONAKRY187 | REVISITING GUINEA'S POWER GENERATION CAPACITY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. A March 25 FMS visit to Conakry's central power station revealed that nothing has changed over the past year with respect to the country's looming electricity crisis. Only a quarter of the generators are even operational, but EDG (Guinean Electric Company) only runs them at n [...] | 2009-03-26 15:55:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ECON PGOV ASEC GV |
09CONAKRY349 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED - US. VIEWS ON IRENA [...] (U) Econoff met with Cece Alexis Loua, the National Director of Energy, to deliver reftel cable. Mr. Loua stated his country's commitment to renewable energy, and affirmed his support for IRENA's efforts. He stated that renewable energy is imperative to fixing Guinea's energy crisis. 2. (U) [...] | 2009-06-17 17:35:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG KGHG SENV GV |
09CONAKRY407 | ERRATIC DADIS PROMISES WATER AND ELECTRICITY FOR [...] Summary: On July 10 Captain Moussa Dadis Camara convoked the diplomatic corps, members of the Forces Vives, youth associations, political parties and the media for a meeting at the Koloma headquarters of RTG national radio and television. He announced a plan to provide water and electricity [...] | 2009-07-14 13:36:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ECON ENRG KPAO XA GV |
09CONAKRY422 | PAPA KOLY'S RISE TO THE TOP [...] (SBU) Summary: Papa Koly Kourouma, the Minister of Environment and Sustainable Development, is gaining power in the CNDD government. Although he was appointed to this position during the Conte regime, Papa Koly began asserting his power under the CNDD and taking over several key roles at the M [...] | 2009-07-21 16:37:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EMIN ENRG EAGR EINV PGOV SENV PREL GV |
09CONAKRY427 | GENDARMERIE SENT TO PROTECT GAS STATIONS FROM [...] (U) Summary: Gas stations throughout Guinea are increasingly the targets of armed attacks by uniformed bandits. As a result, station managers announced that they would be limiting their operation to the daylight hours. In other news, the association of gasoline station attendants went on strik [...] | 2009-07-22 13:31:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG PINS PGOV PREL GV |
09CONAKRY436 | A TALE OF TWO EXPROPRIATIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ministry of Mines recently threatened two large economic players in Guinea's natural resource sector. Anglo-Australian mining giant Rio Tinto received a letter threatening total contract revocation. In the oil sector, employees of Hyperdynamics, a US oil exploration company, [...] | 2009-07-29 12:26:00 | Embassy Conakry | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV EMIN ENRG EPET PGOV PREL GV |
09CONAKRY470 | CHINESE INVESTMENT DEAL MAY WEAKEN INTERNATIONAL [...] (S) Summary: Embassy has confirmed the formation of a holding company between the Chinese International Fund (CIF) and the Guinean Ministry of Mines (MOM). Allegedly, the company is intended to facilitate project finance deals and open opportunities for Chinese investment in Guinea's natural r [...] | 2009-08-14 09:31:00 | Embassy Conakry | SECRET | EMIN ECON EINV ENRG EPET ETRD PREL PGOV GV |
09CONAKRY548 | ECONOMIC DECREES SHOW INCREASED CNDD ECONOMIC [...] (U) SUMMARY: The President of the CNDD, Moussa Dadis Camara, has issued several decrees since August 20 that indicate increased CNDD interference in the private sector. Most notably, Dadis created the Secretariat in Charge of Mines, imposed a fee on cellular communication, and demanded that co [...] | 2009-09-11 11:00:00 | Embassy Conakry | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EMIN EINV ECPS ENRG ETRD PGOV PREL GV |
09CONAKRY637 | (C) INTERNATIONAL COMPANIES WANT CNDD TO GO [...] (C) Summary: DAS William Fitzgerald met with a group of foreign investors on September 7 to discuss the current political and economic landscape in Guinea. The group agreed that the security situation has limited their ability to plan for future investments. They also expressed their belief tha [...] | 2009-10-08 16:17:00 | Embassy Conakry | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV ENRG ECPS ASEC PGOV PREL GV |
09CONAKRY92 | MIDDLE GUINEA - AN ECONOMIC SNAPSHOT [...] (U) SUMMARY. A recent trip into Guinea's mountainous central province revealed an impoverished economy dominated by subsistence agriculture, low-value-added artisanship, and imported consumer goods. Banks almost exclusively offer only short-term credit at interest rates over 21%. Chronic lack [...] | 2009-02-05 09:43:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAGR EAID ELTN EIND ENRG ECPS GV |
09COPENHAGEN152 | Denmark to Attend Major Economies Forum April 27-28 [...] (SBU) On March 23 we delivered President Obama's letter (Ref A),inviting Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen to send a representative to the Major Economies Forum (MEF) preparatory meeting April 27-28 in Washington, and also conveyed MEF-related points (Ref B). PM Rasmussen's climate adviso [...] | 2009-03-27 06:58:00 | Embassy Copenhagen | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV KGHG ENRG DA |
09COPENHAGEN278 | DENMARK STILL AFTER TOP IRENA JOB [...] (SBU) REO conveyed reftel points on possible U.S. membership of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) to Danish officials in the Foreign and Climate ministries on June 17. Danish officials warmly welcomed U.S. interest in joining IRENA. 2. (SBU) Mads Emil Sterk, Head of Sectio [...] | 2009-06-17 14:03:00 | Embassy Copenhagen | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG KGHG SENV DA |
09COPENHAGEN444 | DENMARK SEPTEMBER ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS [...] Danish GDP contracted by 2.6% in the second quarter of 2009, due primarily to massive declines in investment of 10.3% and net trade, with imports down 3.9% and exports down 4.5%. Private consumption also showed a minor decline of 0.3%. Government consumption was up by 0.5%, but was insufficie [...] | 2009-10-09 13:06:00 | Embassy Copenhagen | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ENRG ETRD EWWT KTDB PGOV DA |
09COPENHAGEN521 | DONG ENERGY'S ROLE IN DENMARK'S ENERGY SECURITY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: DONG Energy CEO Anders Eldrup recently briefed the Ambassador on Denmark's energy security and DONG Energy Group's activities. As a result of difficulties stemming from the 1973 OPEC oil embargo, Denmark set a national priority to end reliance on foreign energy. The Governmen [...] | 2009-11-19 15:01:00 | Embassy Copenhagen | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG KGHG SENV EIND EPET DA |
09COPENHAGEN532 | DENMARK: MESSAGES DELIVERED FOR IAEA MEETING [...] (SBU) Messages concerning current U.S. positions on the Angarsk nuclear fuel bank resolution (reftels A and B),P5 1 efforts on Iran's nuclear program (reftel C),and desired follow-up on IAEA's report on Syrian clandestine nuclear activities (reftel D) were directly conveyed by PolOff to He [...] | 2009-11-24 13:12:00 | Embassy Copenhagen | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC ENRG KNNP PARM PREL IAEA IR TRGY SY |
09COPENHAGEN573 | NPT REVIEW CONFERENCE - DEMARCHES DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-23 11:30:00 | Embassy Copenhagen | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM KNNP NPT PREL IAEA MNUC ENRG DA |
09COPENHAGEN61 | DANISH REPLY TO DEMARCHE ON DISCOURAGING NEW DEALS [...] (SBU) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (SBU) The Charge was convoked on February 2 by MFA Political Director Carsten Damsgaard to follow up on our demarche regarding the present or planned pursuits of a Danish company, Haldor Topsoe, to sell catalytic converters to Ira [...] | 2009-02-02 15:06:00 | Embassy Copenhagen | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET ETTC PREL DA IR |
09COTONOU314 | GOB INCREASES ELETRICITY AND WATER PRICES [...] SUMMARY: On July 2, 2009, the Directors General of the two parastatals Benin Electricity Corporation (SBEE) and Benin National Water Corporation (SONEB) held a joint press conference to announce the increase of electricity and water prices, effective July 2009. The electricity price has gone up [...] | 2009-07-17 08:48:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG EAGR EFIN ECON PGOV BN |
09COTONOU91 | BENIN: INPUT TO CI/KR LIST [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-13 07:12:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV ASEC EFIN ENRG KCIP BN |
09DAKAR1133 | Worsening Power Cuts Leads to Rioting in Dakar [...] (SBU) Dakar and most of Senegal's major cities have been gripped by chronic electricity cuts. At the heart of the issue is SENELEC's (the state electricity parastatal) inability to find adequate financing to buy fuel to run their power stations. Energy Minister Samuel Sarr has handed in his r [...] | 2009-09-03 16:49:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINS PINR KDEM ECON ENRG SG |
09DAKAR34 | SENELEC'S FINANCIAL BLACKOUT WORSENS SENEGAL'S ECONOMIC [...] Summary: The recent deterioration of Senegal's national electricity company's financial situation has returned much of Dakar to frequent electricity shortages, causing electricity outages in households and businesses for several hours a day. The situation is negatively impacting Senegal's ec [...] | 2009-01-13 18:21:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG EFIN ECON EPET EINV BTIO SG |
09DAKAR416 | Senegal-Ambassador meets the Minister of Renewable Energy [...] (SBU) On March 30, Ambassador paid a courtesy call on Christian Sina Diatta, the Minister of Biofuels, Renewable Energy and Scientific Research, to discuss alternative energy possibilities and nuclear power in Senegal. End Summary Downbeat -------- 2. (SBU) Minister Diatta is a mathemati [...] | 2009-04-01 15:17:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON ENRG EINV BTIO KNNP SG |
09DAMASCUS515 | OIL EXEC DETAILS CONTINUING PROBLEMS IN [...] (S/NF) An Iraqi-born British oil executive with access to both the Syrian and Iraqi leadership provided several examples of unresolved disputes that prevent the Syrian-Iraqi relationship from improving. He said the Syrian regime does not fully understand the depth of continuing suspicions wit [...] | 2009-07-22 12:52:00 | Embassy Damascus | SECRET//NOFORN | ECON EPET ENRG PGOV PREL IZ SY |
09DAMASCUS821 | SARG OPTS FOR CASH PAYMENTS OVER SUBSIDIZING [...] (C) In response to the widespread public criticism of a 2008 decision to lift government subsidies for mazout (diesel/heating oil),the SARG recently authorized cash payments to lower-income Syrians. The new Diesel Subsidy Law provides for the distribution of two checks of 5,000 SYP ($110) ea [...] | 2009-11-25 11:07:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET ETRD PGOV SY |
09DAMASCUS98 | SIGNIFICANT OBSTACLES IMPEDING SYRIAN-IRAQI [...] (C) An Iraqi-born British oil executive with access to top-level petroleum industry and regime officials in Syria described several obstacles delaying progress on Iraqi-Syrian petroleum projects of potentially great significance to the Syrian economy. First, he detailed contracting problems on [...] | 2009-02-02 11:13:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET ETRD PGOV PTER IZ SY |
09DARESSALAAM15 | TANZANIA: NO PLANS FOR NUCLEAR ENERGY [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-14 06:54:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG TRGY TZ |
09DARESSALAAM164 | TANZANIA ECONOMIC ROUND-UP MARCH 2009 [...] Contents: -- Government Regulates Fuel Prices -- Tanzania Re-introduces Pre-Inspection of Goods -- Cotton Industry Hit by Global Economic Woes -- Another Global Impact: Tanzania's Leather Industry -- Tanzania Prepares for Underwater Fiber-Optic Cable Government Regulates Fuel Prices ---- [...] | 2009-03-12 13:58:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON EIND EINV ENRG ETRD TZ |
09DARESSALAAM221 | TANZANIA ECONOMIC ROUND-UP APRIL 2009 [...] Summary: -- Energy: Tanzania Faces Power Crisis; New Investment a Challenge -- Aviation: Air Tanzania Fuel Debt Indicates Deeper Troubles -- Mining: Report Questions Mining Sector Tax Practices -- Finance: Check Capping, Interbank Transactions Slow Business MOF Convenes Forum on [...] | 2009-04-03 08:27:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR EAIR ECON EIND ENRG TZ |
09DARESSALAAM368 | TANZANIA OIL AND GAS EXPLORATION: OIL UNLIKELY, GAS NEEDS [...] (U) Summary. Natural gas in Tanzania could be exported or at least support significant domestic generation in the short to medium-term, but not without GOT action and investment in energy infrastructure. Significant oil discoveries are unlikely but possible given offshore geological formation [...] | 2009-06-04 11:56:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG ECON PGOV PINR TZ |
09DARESSALAAM399 | TANZANIA TO SIGN ON FOR THE INTERNATIONAL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-22 15:16:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED | KGHG ENRG SENV TZ |
09DARESSALAAM66 | Tanzania Volcano Assessment: No current threat [...] A three-person technical assistance team from the USAID/OFDA and USGS Volcano Disaster Assistance Program (VDAP),responding to an urgent request from President Kikwete (reftel),completed its assessment visit on the Ol Doinyo Lengai volcano on January 28. Team representative Gari Mayberry, pre [...] | 2009-02-02 03:08:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECON ETRD ENRG EAGR SENV TPHY TRGY TZ |
09DARESSALAAM675 | AGOA ELIGIBILITY REVIEW [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-16 08:35:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR EAID ECON ETRD PHUM ENRG TZ |
09DARESSALAAM871 | ZANZIBAR'S MAIN ISLAND FACES MAJOR POWER CRISIS [...] SUMMARY: On December 9 there was a melt-down of the power cable terminus connecting the main Zanzibar island of Unguja with Tanzania's national power grid. The broken cable supplies almost all the power used by the island, resulting in near total failure of electricity for the entire island, [...] | 2009-12-21 02:51:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG ECON ETRD SOCI PGOV EPET EIND TZ |
09DHAHRAN145 | ARAMCO SKEPTICAL OF CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE PROTECTION [...] KEY POINTS: -- (S/NF) Saudi Aramco's Executive Management is skeptical of the presence of Ministry of Interior (MOI) critical infrastructure protection (CIP) forces near their oil and gas facilities. -- (S/NF) Aramco is currently undergoing a major upgrade to their perimeter surveillance [...] | 2009-06-17 13:43:00 | Consulate Dhahran | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV EPET ENRG SA |
09DHAHRAN150 | PUSHING WATER UPHILL - - SAUDI WATER SECTOR CHALLENGES [...] (U) SUMMARY. Saudi Arabia's per capita fresh water consumption is nearly double that of the European Union average. These high consumption rates stem from low water tariffs, leaking water distribution infrastructure, and agricultural subsidies. Water sector reforms have begun, though a long [...] | 2009-06-23 06:44:00 | Consulate Dhahran | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON SENV ENRG PGOV SA |
09DHAHRAN168 | FINANCIAL TROUBLE AT TWO PROMINENT SAUDI BUSINESSES [...] (S/NF) Recent financial trouble at two prominent Saudi conglomerates has shaken public confidence in the solvency of some of the Kingdom's commercial families but poses no real threat to the economy. Two Saudi firms, Ahmad Hamad Al-Gosaibi and Brothers Co (AH Al-Gosaibi) and the Saad Group, ha [...] | 2009-07-13 11:40:00 | Consulate Dhahran | SECRET//NOFORN | ECON PINR SENV ENRG PGOV SA |
09DHAHRAN17 | AGGRESSIVE INDUSTRIAL EXPANSION GOING FORWARD IN JUBAIL [...] (C) Key Points: ------------------ -- The massive industrial expansion plan for Jubail, known as Jubail II, is going forward despite the economic crisis and is currently nine years ahead of its original schedule. -- Concessions for cheap ethane and methane feedstock for petroche [...] | 2009-03-08 07:15:00 | Consulate Dhahran | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET ECON EINV SA PGOV |
09DHAHRAN187 | SCENESETTER FOR AA/S FELTMAN'S VISIT TO THE EASTERN PROVINCE [...] (SBU) The U.S. Consulate General Dhahran welcomes you to the Eastern Province (EP) of Saudi Arabia. In addition to being the Kingdom's largest province, the EP also represents the industrial engine of Saudi Arabia and sits atop the world's largest oil reserves. Saudi Aramco, the well-run and [...] | 2009-07-24 16:16:00 | Consulate Dhahran | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV ENRG EPET SA |
09DHAHRAN201 | SAUDI ARABIA IS KEY G-77 COUNTRY IN CLIMATE CHANGE TALKS [...] (C) In an August 2 meeting, Abdullah Khalid Talwah (protect),a member of the official Saudi delegation to UN climate change negotiations, told EconOff that five countries hold sway over the G-77 and are thus key to a consensus on climate change: China, India, Brazil, Saudi Arabia, and South Af [...] | 2009-08-05 16:14:00 | Consulate Dhahran | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG KGCC SENV SA |
09DHAHRAN228 | SAUDI ARAMCO-DOW CHEMICAL $24 BILLION PETROCHEMICAL PROJECT [...] (SBU) Saudi Aramco project finance managers confirmed that the $24 billion joint venture (JV) with Dow Chemical is moving forward, despite the economic crisis. In return for access to cheap, discounted feedstock (primarily ethane and naphtha),Dow is sharing with Aramco a number of the "crown [...] | 2009-08-31 14:38:00 | Consulate Dhahran | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON ENRG EPET PGOV SA CH |
09DHAHRAN234 | FORMER SAUDI ARAMCO EXECUTIVE BULLISH ON OIL PRICES [...] (C/NF) Saudi Aramco's former Executive Vice President, Dr. Sadad al-Husseini (strictly protect),recently commented on the likelihood of oil prices rising sharply over the next couple of years. In his view, the bearish energy analysts arguing that the oil price shocks of last summer are not li [...] | 2009-09-02 13:39:00 | Consulate Dhahran | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ENRG EPET ECON PGOV SA |
09DHAHRAN265 | ARAMCO: KNOWLEDGE AND CULTURE CENTER PROGRESSES DESPITE [...] (U) Development of the King Abdulaziz Center for Knowledge and Culture (KACKC) continues. The Center aims to honor Arab heritage, connect Saudis to their culture, and bring world cultures to the Kingdom, all in the service of social progress and intellectual achievement. Nabih A. Al-Ibrahim ( [...] | 2009-10-31 12:22:00 | Consulate Dhahran | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET SA SCUL ENRG PGOV |
09DHAHRAN299 | MAJOR SAUDI OFFSHORE MANIFA FIELD COMPLETION DELAYED TWO [...] (U) Citing weak global demand, Saudi Aramco pushed back the tentative completion date of the last giant Saudi oilfield in its expansion plans by at least two years. Meanwhile, Saudi Arabia is expected to announce its final plans to build the Kingdom's largest gas plant ever whose purpose is to [...] | 2009-12-28 12:25:00 | Consulate Dhahran | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET ENRG ECON PGOV SA |
09DHAHRAN74 | SAUDI "GAS PRINCE" CONTROLS THE KINGDOM'S INDUSTRIAL [...] (C/NF) KEY POINTS -- HRH Prince Faisal bin Turki bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (FbT),Advisor to the Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources, controls the highly subsidized gas feedstock allocations for the petrochemical and power generation industries. -- The prince is known as being [...] | 2009-04-08 06:07:00 | Consulate Dhahran | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | SA QA PGOV ECON ENRG EPET |
09DHAHRAN89 | SAUDI ARAMCO STILL AIMING FOR 12 MILLION BARREL PRODUCTION [...] (S/NF) KEY POINTS: -- Saudi Aramco's Senior Vice President for Exploration and Production, Amin Nasser (protect),says that Saudi Aramco will achieve 12 million barrels per day (bpd) of production capacity by June 2009. -- However, a long-serving Aramco employee does not believe that they [...] | 2009-04-20 06:27:00 | Consulate Dhahran | SECRET//NOFORN | SA EPET ENRG PGOV PINR |
09DHAHRAN99 | KING ABDULLAH MAKES AN UNSCHEDULED VISIT TO THE EASTERN [...] (C) KEY POINTS: -- King Abdullah made a last minute, unscheduled visit to the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia from April 26 to May 1. -- During his visit he launched $14.4 billion worth of projects in Jubail, including the world's largest desalination plant. -- The King met [...] | 2009-05-11 07:57:00 | Consulate Dhahran | CONFIDENTIAL | SA PGOV ECON ENRG |
09DHAKA1 | BANGLADESH INTEREST IN CIVIL NUCLEAR ENERGY: IS IT [...] Bangladesh has long expressed an interest in developing a civil nuclear energy program to address its power generation needs. This interest has increased in recent years as the country's steady industrialization has put further strains on its limited energy resources. The Government of Bangl [...] | 2009-01-01 01:39:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG TRGY BEXP BTIO BG |
09DHAKA1031 | BANGLADESH MOVES TO DEVELOP ENERGY RESOURCES [...] (C) The GOB is taking steps to encourage foreign investment in natural gas exploration and other energy projects. New Petrobangla Chairman Dr. Hossain Monsur told the Ambassador the company wanted to attract foreign investment to develop natural gas and power generation projects. Chevron, the [...] | 2009-11-11 00:22:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET EINV BG |
09DHAKA1072 | BANGLADESH BOARD OF INVESTMENT RE-ENERGIZED, [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-25 08:10:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV ECON ETRD ENRG PREL EAGR BG |
09DHAKA398 | AVERTING A CRISIS? BANGLADESH PROVIDES ECONOMIC [...] (C) Bangladesh,s Finance Minister unveiled on April 19 a $500 million stimulus package for exporters and others affected by the global economic crisis. More than 40 percent of the program will benefit the agricultural sector; the package also provides fiscal stimulus for exporters and power/ [...] | 2009-04-22 07:59:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAID EFIN EAGR ETRD ENRG PREL PGOV BG |
09DHAKA620 | DHAKA UNDECIDED ON SUPPORT FOR IRENA [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-21 09:26:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | BG EINV ENRG SENV KGHG |
09DHAKA709 | CREATING A DIGITAL BANGLADESH: POSTS AND [...] (SBU) Bangladesh,s Posts and Telecommunications Minister, Rajiuddin Ahmed Raju, described at length his ambitious plans for expanding the country,s telecommunications infrastructure ) towards the goal of creating a &digital Bangladesh8 by the year 2021. In a meeting with the Ambassador on Ju [...] | 2009-07-20 07:52:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV ENRG PREL TINT BG |
09DHAKA741 | AMBASSADOR URGES PRIME MINISTER,S ADVISER TO [...] (C) The Ambassador recently urged the Prime Minister,s Energy Adviser, Tawfiq Elahi Chowdhury, to resolve several pressing issues, including awarding offshore blocks for natural gas exploration and authorizing coal mining. The Adviser indicated that Conoco Phillips would likely be awarded two of th [...] | 2009-07-29 09:00:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG PREL PGOV ECON PINR EINV BG |
09DHAKA884 | BANGLADESH SEEKS TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO DEMARCATE [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 5. Summary ------- 2. (SBU) The Government of Bangladesh (GOB) is seeking foreign aid for a survey of the nation's continental shelf in the Bay of Bengal. According to the GOB, Bangladesh requires a seismic survey of 4,000 kilometers [...] | 2009-09-13 08:54:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SENV ENRG EWWT PBTS PHSA EPET BG |
09DHAKA895 | A/DAS OWEN HIGHLIGHTS COUNTER TERRORISM, FOOD [...] (C) Bangladeshi interlocutors engaged on U.S. priorities including counter terrorism, food security, climate change, and clean energy during the September 9-10 visit by SCA Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Michael Owen. In addition to our continued strong partnership in democracy, [...] | 2009-09-14 09:31:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ETRD EAGR ENRG PTER BG |
09DHAKA897 | WORK STOPPAGE AGAINST FOREIGN ENERGY COMPANIES [...] (C) A fringe group opposing the development of Bangladesh's natural resources failed to garner widespread support for its September 14 work stoppage, or hartal. The National Committee to Protect Oil, Mineral Resources, Power and Ports called the hartal to protest a Government of Bangladesh ( [...] | 2009-09-15 08:55:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS PGOV ENRG EPET EINV BG |
09DHAKA907 | BANGLADESH-INDIA RELATIONS WARMING [...] (C) In a September 8-10 visit to India, Foreign Minister Dipu Moni discussed a range of bilateral issues with Indian counterparts and agreed to improve security cooperation, develop transport links and facilitate trade. This signaled warming bilateral relations and sets the stage for further [...] | 2009-09-17 10:20:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ETRD PGOV PREL PTER BG |
09DHAKA98 | NEW FINANCE MINISTER FOCUSED ON PRICES, RURAL [...] (C) Bangladesh's new Finance Minister, Abul Maal Abdul Muhit, said the new government's top three priorities are managing inflation, developing the energy sector and improving education. In a January 22 meeting with the Ambassador, the Finance Minister said he planned to focus on rural devel [...] | 2009-01-26 09:46:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAID EFIN EAGR ETRD ENRG PREL PGOV BG |
09DILI230 | PRESIDENTIAL DELEGATION ATTENDS 10TH ANNIVERSARY OF [...] (U) Summary: A Presidential Delegation attended a series of official events from August 29-31 commemorating the 10th anniversary of the Popular Consultation that led to Timor-Leste's independence. Meeting separately with Prime Minister Gusmao and President Ramos-Horta, the Delegation als [...] | 2009-09-01 08:44:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM ECON ENRG SENV KICR KPKO PINS ID |
09DILI332 | TIMOR-LESTE COMPLETES EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRIES TRANSPARENCY [...] The Government of Timor-Leste completed its first Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) report and conveyed it to the president in a public ceremony on December 21. The report covers activities during calendar year 2008 and was compiled by the chartered accountant, Deloitte Touc [...] | 2009-12-21 12:42:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET EFIN ENRG PGOV KCOR TT |
09DJIBOUTI1290 | PROGRESS ON PRIVATE INVESTMENT IN WIND, SOLAR DESALINATION [...] (SBU) This message contains business proprietary information. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. Maple Renewable Resources Corporation (MRRC) is working with the GODJ to develop an estimated USD 216 million worth of wind energy and solar desalination projects (ref A). While M [...] | 2009-10-15 14:06:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ECON EINV BEXP SENV DJ |
09DJIBOUTI137 | SECURITY CHIEF CONTINUES SUPPORT FOR MEGAPORTS IN DJIBOUTI [...] (SBU) Following the December 11 signature of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the Department of Energy (DOE) and the GODJ, Djibouti is on track to be the first African port to participate in the DOE's "Megaports Initiative," which aims to detect and deter the illegal transport of spe [...] | 2009-02-19 14:13:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG EWWT MNUC PINS PINR DJ |
09DJIBOUTI335 | DJIBOUTI: MARCH ECON-ESTH ROUNDUP [...] (U) This March 2009 Djibouti Economic-ESTH roundup includes: --Djiboutian President Guelleh visits U.S.-led salt mining project at Lac Assal --Progress underway on Djiboutis new Commercial Code --France and Djibouti sign investment risk convention --France approves USD 30 million in loans t [...] | 2009-04-20 12:53:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV EFIN EAID ENRG ECPS PGOV BEXP SENV FR DJ |
09DJIBOUTI337 | DJIBOUTI: U.S. COMPANY TO INVEST IN WIND, SOLAR, AND [...] (U) This message contains business proprietary information. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. Maple Indian Ocean Resources (MIOR),the Djiboutian-registered affiliate of a U.S. company, signed agreements with the GODJ March 21 to begin development of two renewable energy project [...] | 2009-04-20 13:04:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ECON EINV BEXP SENV DJ |
09DJIBOUTI453 | DJIBOUTI: SECOND SITE VISIT ADVANCES MEGAPORTS INITIATIVE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. With strong GODJ support, the U.S. Department of Energy is proceeding with implementation of a USD 6-10 million "Megaports" program to enhance security at Djibouti's Doraleh Container Terminal. The opening of this world-class port facility in December has already produced rapid [...] | 2009-05-07 12:38:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINS KNNP EWWT ETRD ECON ENRG DJ ET |
09DJIBOUTI655 | DJIBOUTI: MIXED PROGRESS TOWARD RENEWABLE SOLUTIONS FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Djibouti continues to struggle with a widening gap between electricity demand from consumers, and a constrained supply of expensive, diesel-generated electricity provided by the national electricity company. Realizing that improved supplies of lower-cost energy are imperative [...] | 2009-06-09 13:02:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ECON PREL SENV SOCI IC ET DJ |
09DJIBOUTI681 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: IRENA [...] (SBU) DCM and EconOff discussed reftel points with GODJ Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director of Bilateral Relations Mohamed Ali Hassan June 11. Hassan said that Djibouti intended to send a representative from the Ministry of Energy to attend the upcoming June 28-30 International Renewable Ener [...] | 2009-06-11 13:57:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG KGHG SENV AE DJ |
09DJIBOUTI755 | DJIBOUTI: APRIL-MAY ECON-ESTH ROUNDUP [...] This April-May 2009 Djibouti Economic-ESTH roundup includes: --Chinese company to build rail spur to Djiboutis new port --Fund grants first loans to local entrepreneurs --New airline serving Djibouti and Yemen --Indian firm evaluating potential Djibouti gold deposits --New road links key no [...] | 2009-06-22 12:33:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV EFIN EAIR EMIN ENRG ELTN EWWT SENV DJ |
09DOHA128 | QATAR BELIEVES USG IRAN POLICY HURTING DOHA'S GAS [...] (C) EEB DAS Doug Hengel met February 16 with Minister of Energy and Industry Abdullah Bin Hamad Al-Attiyah. Also attending the meeting for Qatar were Minister of State for Energy and Industry Dr. Mohammad Al-Sada, Minister Al-Attiyah's Office Director Abdulaziz Al-Malki, and QP Director of Oi [...] | 2009-02-19 04:51:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET EINV ETTC PREL QA IR RU EK BL VE |
09DOHA135 | QATAR STILL FLYING HIGH AS THE WORLD ECONOMY TURNS [...] (C) Qatar's banking sector is minimally exposed to the subprime mortgage crisis. But it has been affected by the global financial crisis. Domestic liquidity has tightened. Some banks over-extended through easy credit to Qataris and expats. Lending has dried up considerably, and interest rat [...] | 2009-02-22 07:58:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV EFIN ENRG EPET QA |
09DOHA150 | EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRIES TRANSPARENCY INITIATIVE [...] Qatar hosted February 16-18, 2009 the Fourth Global Conference of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI),attended by 400 delegates from 80 countries. The conference was officially opened by Qatar's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Energy and Industry Abdullah Al-Attiya [...] | 2009-03-01 07:18:00 | Embassy Doha | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET EINV EMIN EAGR QA AJ CH IN JA LI |
09DOHA214 | QATAR: 2009 CI/KR RESPONSE FOR S/CT [...] (C) Qatar shares with Iran the largest non-associated gas field in the world. Qatar's portion contains an estimated 900 trillion cubic feet of natural gas, giving it the third-largest reserves of natural gas in the world. Qatar is believed to have an agreement with Iran providing a set extract [...] | 2009-03-26 13:41:00 | Embassy Doha | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC EAGR EAID ECON EFIN ENRG ETTC KCIP PGOV PREL PTER QA |
09DOHA224 | DOHA CONFERENCE PREDICTS SHORT-TERM NATURAL GAS [...] The Seventh Doha Natural Gas Conference, held March 9-12, provided industry experts an important forum for debating current trends in the natural gas markets. The Amir of Qatar opened the conference, and the sessions featured a wide range of government officials, business representatives, and [...] | 2009-03-30 12:43:00 | Embassy Doha | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG EPET ECON QA |
09DOHA252 | THE RISE OF THE GULF STATES AND THE USG POLICY [...] (U) The Embassy Doha analysis below is designed to contribute to the discussion and debate about the future of the region and the U.S. government response to it. ------------ Introduction ------------ 2. (C) The "Rise of the Gulf" is one of the most prominent features of a changing Midd [...] | 2009-04-14 09:31:00 | Embassy Doha | SECRET | PREL ECON ECIN EAID ENRG EFIN EINV PGOV QA ZP |
09DOHA27 | DOHA TO BE HEADQUARTERS FOR GAS EXPORTERS' [...] (C) Qatar Petroleum Director of Oil and Gas Ventures Sa'ad Sherida Al-Ka'abi told DCM Ratney and Econoff Fabrycky January 12 that one of the main reasons for recent Russia-Iran-Qatar "troika" discussions was to help facilitate the more formal organization of a broader gas forum. (Note: On Dec [...] | 2009-01-13 11:25:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET EINV ETTC PREL QA IR RU |
09DOHA428 | QATARI ENERGY MINISTER SETS STAGE FOR GAS [...] (C) Al-Attiyah told Ambassador, as he has previously, that the GECF is not intended or structured "as the press talks," and the organization will never concern itself with contracts or supply matters. He projected that natural gas will not see a real spot market develop for years, and noted t [...] | 2009-07-01 12:04:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET EINV PREL TRGY QA RU IR |
09DOHA435 | GAS EXPORTING COUNTRIES SEEK TO REVERSE SAGGING [...] (C) The GECF statement released at the end of their meeting this week in Doha noted (hopefully) that increased cooperation between producers should ensure a stable market for "the mutual benefit" of producers and consumers. The market backdrop to this statement, however, suggests a reality qu [...] | 2009-07-02 10:53:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET PREL RU IR QA |
09DOHA471 | AMERICAN OIL & GAS ATTORNEY ANALYZES QATAR'S LNG [...] (SBU) On July 23, 2009, Ambassador met with William Cattan, an oil and gas attorney with Dewey & LeBoeuf, to discuss the outlook for Qatar's Liquid Natural Gas (LNG) industry. Mr. Cattan previously worked for one of Qatar's national natural gas companies, RasGas, and has considerable insight [...] | 2009-07-27 12:06:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ECON ENRG QA |
09DOHA472 | AMERICAN OIL & GAS ATTORNEY DOWNPLAYS "GAS OPEC" [...] (SBU) During a July 23, 2009 meeting with Ambassador, William Cattan, a former attorney with Qatar's RasGas, commented on the Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF). His remarks follow. 2. (C) Cattan told the Ambassador that the GECF was an organization defined and controlled by its three le [...] | 2009-07-27 12:07:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON QA IR RS |
09DOHA473 | QATAR CHIPS AWAY AT RUSSIAN DOMINANCE IN THE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-27 16:24:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET ECON PREL EINV TRGY RU IR QA BE |
09DOHA493 | IRAN'S AMBASSADOR IN QATAR -- CROWN PRINCE TO [...] (SBU) In a press conference held July 27 in Doha, Iranian Ambassador to Qatar Abdullah Sohrabi announced that Qatari Crown Prince Tamim Bin Hamad Al Thani would visit Tehran at the end of Ramadan. 2. (SBU) He added that several political and Islamic issues would be addressed during that vis [...] | 2009-08-04 12:02:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG IR QA |
09DOHA495 | QATAR CHIPS AWAY AT RUSSIAN DOMINANCE IN THE [...] (C) According to diplomatic sources in Doha, Qatar has recently moved ahead with investment and infrastructure plans in Poland with the goal of augmenting its list of current LNG clients. The first stage of this engagement was the purchase of two Polish shipyards that are able to produce the n [...] | 2009-08-04 13:42:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET ECON PREL EINV TRGY RU IR QA BE |
09DOHA620 | SKEPTICISM GREETS IRANIAN STATEMENT ON GAS PRICING [...] (C) Media reported 21 September that Iran,s representative to the Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF),Mohammed Ali Khatibi, announced Iranian government plans to seek consensus among GECF members over a pricing formula for gas supplies to world markets. However, the expatriate country manag [...] | 2009-10-15 12:02:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON QA IR RS |
09DOHA623 | GCC NUCLEAR RESEARCH TRAINING CENTER STILL SEVERAL [...] (SBU) Embassy officers attended the September 28-30 Doha workshop jointly coordinated by the IAEA, GCC and the Qatari Ministry of Environment to discuss the possibility of establishing a Regional Nuclear Training Center in the GCC region. All six GCC countries had representatives in attenda [...] | 2009-10-18 09:03:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON IAEA QA |
09DOHA639 | QATAR MOVES FORWARD ON GAS TO LIQUID INNOVATION [...] (SBU) Simon Buerk, communications manager for Shell Service Company in Qatar, told P/E Chief Rice October 20 that the revenue from the Pearl project, once it is fully operational, will generate a profit in the early stages that Shell will split with Qatar Petroleum (QP). 2. (SBU) According [...] | 2009-10-26 05:23:00 | Embassy Doha | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TRGY TNGD ENRG KMPI QA |
09DOHA692 | SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY ENERGY SECRETARY PONEMAN'S [...] (SBU) Embassy Doha welcomes your visit to Qatar. We have confirmed a meeting for you with Minister of Energy/Deputy Prime Minister Abdullah bin Hamad Al-Attiyah and have requested meetings with Managing Director of the Qatar Investment Authority (QIA) Dr. Hussein Abdullah and Shaykh Abdul Rah [...] | 2009-11-25 11:55:00 | Embassy Doha | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ENRG EINV TRGY QA |
09DOHA728 | QATAR,S PRIME MINISTER ON IRAN: "THEY LIE TO US; [...] (C) Deputy Secretary of Energy Daniel Poneman and Ambassador met December 10 with Prime Minister Hamad bin Jassim Al Thani. Also present on the American side was State Department Coordinator for International Energy Affairs, David Goldwyn. DepSec Poneman thanked the Prime Minister for the mee [...] | 2009-12-20 12:14:00 | Embassy Doha | SECRET | ENRG PREL TRGY EPET QA |
09DOHA735 | QATAR UNFAZED BY DUBAI DEBT - OUTLOOK POSITIVE [...] (U) With the announcement November 27th of the massive debt restructuring in Dubai, many analysts expressed concern about the potential for spillover effects into the other Gulf economies. This concern was evidenced by the eight-percent decrease in the Doha Securities Market 20 Index (DSM20) [...] | 2009-12-21 14:04:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG EFIN QA |
09DUBAI367 | TUNING OUT POLITICS, ABRAAJ CAPITAL TRIES TO REBUILD KARACHI [...] (C) Summary: Abraaj Capital, a UAE-based private equity firm, is optimistic its investment in Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC),which supplies electricity to over 20 million people, is succeeding in turning around the company. CEO Arif Naqvi believes that KESC's long term viability woul [...] | 2009-09-03 13:14:00 | Consulate Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EFIN ECON PREL PK AE |
09DUBAI449 | UAE: SHARJAH'S POWER PROBLEMS [...] (C) Summary: Sharjah, the UAE's third most populous Emirate, has been suffering since early August ongoing power outages ranging from several hours to several days at a time. The Sharjah Electricity and Water Authority (SEWA) attributes the outages to high summer demand, but gas shortages and [...] | 2009-10-18 10:49:00 | Consulate Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON ENRG PREL AE |
09DUBLIN535 | IRELAND: DEVELOPMENT MINISTER ON FOOD SECURITY, [...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 8 Ambassador Rooney met with Peter Power, Ireland's Minister of State for Overseas Development. Power wants to work more closely with the U.S. on food security in Africa, Ireland's top development priority. He also agreed to explore the possibility of contributing mo [...] | 2009-12-10 09:02:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAID ENRG EI MI ET TZ UG MZ |
09DUBLIN550 | TOP IRISH DIPLOMATS ON AFGHANISTAN, NORTHERN [...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 17 Ambassador Rooney hosted a lunch with the top career officials in the Irish Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA). The conversation focused on priorities for U.S.-Ireland relations such as Afghanistan and the Northern Ireland peace process. On Afghanistan, the Irish [...] | 2009-12-18 16:24:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAID ENRG AF EI |
09DUBLIN59 | IRELAND'S COMMENTS ON THE NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION [...] (C) Summary: On February 6, PolOff met with Derek Hannon, Deputy Director of the Disarmament and Non-Proliferation section of the DFA. Hannon noted that Ireland did not, at present, have detailed "informed views" on the NPT, but he did share Ireland's views on the issues submitted in reftel. [...] | 2009-02-09 17:07:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC CDG ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PREL UNGA |
09DURBAN118 | RICHARDS BAY'S HEAVY MINERAL INDUSTRY [...] (U) Embassy Minerals and Energy Officer and Specialist, and Consulate Pol/Econ Officer, visited Richards Bay Minerals and Exxaro's KZN Sands in Richards Bay, KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) on November 17 and 18. This cable is a collaboration between Embassy Pretoria and Consulate Durban. 2. (SBU) S [...] | 2009-12-23 11:34:00 | Consulate Durban | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EMIN ENRG EPET EINV ETRD ECON SENV SF |
09DURBAN121 | TATA KZN - A STEEL PRODUCER THAT AIMS TO BE STAINLESS [...] (U) Embassy Minerals and Energy Officer and Specialist, Consul General, and Consulate Pol/Econ Officer visited charge chrome manufacturer Tata Steel in Richards Bay, KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) on November 16. This cable is a collaboration between Embassy Pretoria and Consulate Durban. 2. (SBU) [...] | 2009-12-28 06:12:00 | Consulate Durban | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EMIN ENRG EPET EINV ETRD ECON SENV SF |
09DURBAN19 | KWAZULU NATAL - MINING AND PROCESSING FIRMS FACE GLOBAL [...] (U) Minerals and Energy Officer and Specialist visited mining and associated manufacturing sites in KwaZulu Natal (KZN) during the week of January 12-16. This cable is a collaboration between Embassy Pretoria and Consulate Durban. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: KwaZulu Natal (KZN) mining and manufactu [...] | 2009-02-06 16:38:00 | Consulate Durban | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG EMIN EWWT EIND ETRD ELTN KHIV SF |
09DUSHANBE121 | Power Situation in Tajikistan Worsens [...] (SBU) Summary. Tajikistan's national electricity carrier announced January 27 that, effective that day, Dushanbe residents would receive only 15 hours of electricity per day. Power rationing is far worse outside of the capital, with some towns receiving as little as one or two hours of electr [...] | 2009-01-29 08:08:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG PREL EPET PGOV TI |
09DUSHANBE1210 | RUSSIA'S ROLE IN TAJIK ECONOMY -- BIG FISH IN SMALL, MURKY [...] (SBU) Summary: Russia is Tajikistan's largest trade and investment partner. Russian foreign direct investment in Tajikistan amounted to $325 million in 2008, although it has fallen off because of the financial crisis. Russian firms, many of them state-owned, are involved in the energy, banki [...] | 2009-11-09 05:41:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ENRG ELTN PREL RS TI |
09DUSHANBE125 | TAJIKISTAN'S INTRACTABLE WATER ISSUES [...] (SBU) Summary: Tajikistan's plans to develop hydro-power projects on rivers that feed transboundary water systems remain at the center of its poor relationship with Uzbekistan. The debate about water use has intensified this winter, as Tajikistan has accused Uzbekistan of blocking energy impor [...] | 2009-01-30 10:12:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON SENV EAGR ENRG PGOV TI |
09DUSHANBE1330 | SECOND ANNUAL RENEWABLE ENERGY CONFERENCE: SHOWING THE WAY, [...] SUMMARY. Dushanbe hosted the Second Annual Renewable Energy Conference on November 9, sponsored by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, the Regional Environmental Center for Central Asia (CAREC),and the Renewable Energy Association of Tajikistan (REAT). Attendees came from all the [...] | 2009-11-27 10:31:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG SENV ECON ZK TI |
09DUSHANBE1348 | RAHMON LAMBASTS UZBEK ENERGY GRID WITHDRAWAL, ASKS FOR DONOR [...] (SBU) Summary: President Rahmon convened a surprise meeting of international donors in Dushanbe on November 20 to discuss the energy situation and request assistance in the face of an economic crisis compounded by Uzbekistan's withdrawal from the regional energy system. He lambasted Uzbekista [...] | 2009-12-03 11:26:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON PGOV ENRG TI |
09DUSHANBE1364 | MESSY DIVORCE AS UZBEKS PULL OUT OF ENERGY RELATIONSHIP WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: As of December 1, Uzbekistan has withdrawn from the unitary Central Asian power grid, precipitating an acrimonious war of words with Tajikistan. Dushanbe responded by promising to hold back as much water as possible from rivers feeding downstream Uzbekistan, saying it needed th [...] | 2009-12-04 11:37:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG PREL ECON PGOV TI |
09DUSHANBE1434 | TAJIKISTAN'S NORTH GETS BIGGER SLICE OF SMALL PIE [...] (SBU) Summary: Separated from the rest of Tajikistan by a formidable mountain range, and surrounded on three sides by an unfriendly Uzbekistan, Sughd faces a particular set of difficulties. Chief among these is finding enough energy for its agricultural, residential, and industrial needs. Th [...] | 2009-12-16 18:11:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREL ENRG PGOV TI |
09DUSHANBE1443 | GIVE ME YOUR LUNCH MONEY - TAJIK GOVERNMENT USES THE HARD [...] (SBU) Summary: The Tajik government has launched an expansive campaign to browbeat the public into buying shares in the long-delayed Roghun hydro-electric project, which it considers to be a "life or death" initiative to achieve energy security. The President summoned the Tajik press corps to [...] | 2009-12-21 12:42:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ECON PGOV EINV TI |
09DUSHANBE157 | ENERGY SITUATION WORSENS IN TAJIKISTAN [...] (C) Summary: Sanat Rahimov, the new chair of the national electricity company Barqi Tojik, dismissed as ridiculous the notion that Tajikistan either could or should hold back water in the spring to replenish its hydroelectric reservoirs. He said Tajikistan must "live within its energy means" a [...] | 2009-02-10 10:35:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG PGOV ECON PREL UZ TI |
09DUSHANBE21 | Power Politics: Uzbeks Hold up Critical Winter Energy [...] (SBU) Summary: Tajikistan concluded an agreement to buy a critical 1.2 billion Kilowatt-hours (KWh) of electricity from Turkmenistan from November 2008 through April 2009. Although Uzbekistan agreed to transmit the first 400 million KWh through its grid in November and December, it has so far [...] | 2009-01-08 03:23:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET EAID PGOV PREL TI |
09DUSHANBE251 | TAJIKISTAN - POWER SUPPLIES FROM TURKMENISTAN RESUME, POWER [...] (SBU) On February 27 electricity from Turkmenistan resumed flowing to Tajikistan via Uzbekistan. Barqi Tojik lifted electricity rationing in Dushanbe, which had been instituted since January 27 in many parts of the city. Rationing in the provinces continues. Barqi Tojik sources told news med [...] | 2009-03-03 13:32:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREL ENRG TI |
09DUSHANBE458 | WHITHER TIFA? RETHINKING OUR DIALOGUE WITH TAJIKISTAN [...] (SBU) Given the new administration, the broad review of our engagement in this region, and the upcoming visit of Deputy Assistant Trade Representative Claudio Lilienfeld, this is a good opportunity to take a fresh look at the most effective way to engage in a meaningful trade and investment dia [...] | 2009-04-10 13:34:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EINV BEXP PREL ENRG KIPR TI |
09DUSHANBE474 | TAJIKISTAN: UPDATE ON POWER PROJECTS [...] (U) Summary: The power situation in Tajikistan has eased since the winter crunch. Water levels at the Nurek hydropower station remain low, although this spring's abundant rains may help. The fourth and final generator of Russian-built Sangtuda-1 is expected to go online in mid-May. Iranian-b [...] | 2009-04-15 10:26:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ECON PREL PGOV TI |
09DUSHANBE702 | NEW RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR PROPOSES CLOSER COOPERATION [...] (C) Summary: In a courtesy call on the Ambassador, the newly arrived Russian Ambassador said Russia's chief interest in Tajikistan was maintaining stability and asked about Tajik and U.S. concerns about possibly greater activity of the Taliban in the north. He proposed greater coordination and [...] | 2009-06-05 12:03:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID ENRG TI RU UZ |
09DUSHANBE712 | ENERGY SAVING LIGHT BULBS, NOT SUCH A BRIGHT IDEA [...] (SBU) Summary. In April President Rahmon signed a decree obligating all residential and commercial entities in Tajikistan to begin switching to energy-saving lightbulbs by May 1. The President said the change from incandescent lighting would save millions of kilowatt-hours of electricity annu [...] | 2009-06-08 08:57:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG PGOV ECON ETRD TI |
09DUSHANBE742 | TAJIKISTAN - INTERNATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY AGENCY (IRENA) [...] Emboff delivered reftel demarche to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director for International Organization Affairs Muazzafar Husseinov on June 16. Husseinov said Tajikistan's Ambassador to Egypt would represent Tajikistan at the Egypt meeting, and that Tajikistan supported the United Arab Emirate [...] | 2009-06-17 03:26:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG KGHG SENV TI |
09DUSHANBE944 | AFGHAN, PAKISTANI, RUSSIAN, AND TAJIK PRESIDENTS CONVENE IN [...] (SBU) Summary: The presidents of Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Russia descended on Dushanbe July 28-31 for bilateral and multilateral meetings, where they discussed energy, trade, security, military cooperation, and other issues. The most substantive news to emerge from the summit was a possible [...] | 2009-08-04 11:39:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ENRG ETRD TI RS AF PK |
09DUSHANBE954 | CHINESE INTEREST IN TAJIKISTAN INCREASES [...] (SBU) Summary: Tajikistan's largest and most powerful neighbor, China plays an increasingly central role in Tajikistan's economic development. It has made massive state-led investments in Tajikistan's infrastructure, including roads and energy transmission lines, and Chinese imports increasin [...] | 2009-08-07 10:46:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD EINV PREL ENRG ELTN TI CH |
09DUSHANBE997 | IRAN'S ROLE IN TAJIKISTAN: LIMITED BUT INCREASING? [...] (SBU) Summary: After a slow start, Iran has become a major economic player in Tajikistan. The vast bulk of Iranian investment in Tajikistan is direct state loans and grants for major infrastructure projects, including the Sangtuda-2 hydropower station, the Istiqlol tunnel, and several highway [...] | 2009-08-25 11:19:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ENRG ELTN PREL TI IR |
09EFTOLONDON2187 | DELIVERY OF AGENDA FOR P-3 MEETING ON NUCLEAR [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-21 13:22:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP AORC ENRG MNUC PARM PGOV PREL UNGA UK |
09EFTOLONDON2240 | WALES ASPIRES TO BE A CHAMPION ON CLIMATE CHANGE, [...] (SBU/NF) Summary. Wales is an active player on climate change and has produced its own strategy calling for a three percent cut in carbon emissions as an annual target beginning in 2011. Welsh Assembly Government officials are coordinating with HMG's overall low carbon strategy. This cooper [...] | 2009-09-30 07:14:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV KGHG ENRG ECON EINV UK |
09EFTOLONDON2363 | UK SUPPORTS PROPOSED INTERNATIONAL NUCLEAR ENERGY [...] (SBU/NF) ESTHOff delivered reftel to relevant contacts in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) and UK Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) on October 15. Steve Walsgrove, Assistant Director of the Nuclear Unit at DECC, told ESTHOff on October 16 that HMG is "joined up" with the [...] | 2009-10-19 12:53:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG KNNP IAEA UK |
09EFTOLONDON2858 | UK RESPONSE: APPROACH TO 2010 NPT REVIEW CONFERENCE [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Nick Low, Head of the Nuclear Issues Section in the Counter-Proliferation Department of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO),on December 14. In a follow-up meeting on December 17, Low told Poloff that he had passed the reftel talking points to c [...] | 2009-12-18 11:00:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL ENRG IAEA MNUC KNNP UK |
09EFTOLONDON2905 | UK RESPONSE: U.S. NON-PAPER ON DISSUADING ABUSE OF [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-30 11:56:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP PARM AORC ENRG MNUC PGOV PREL UNGA CDG |
09FRANKFURT846 | Blue Skies for Frankfurt Airport Expansion, Partly Cloudy [...] Summary: Construction of a fourth runway for Frankfurt Airport began at the start of 2009, following years of debate and political wrangling. The runway and a new terminal will take several years to complete, meeting Frankfurt's anticipated capacity needs through 2020 and ensuring its future [...] | 2009-03-26 12:34:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON EIND ENRG SENV EU GM |
09FREETOWN229 | CORRUPT OFFICIAL WITH TIES TO IRAN BACK IN BUSINESS [...] (S/NF) Ambassador Umaru Wurie, ousted Director-General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, resurfaced on June 18 as the newly-appointed Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Mineral Resources and Political Affairs. Wurie's insubordination and alleged corruption (reftels A, B) led to his remov [...] | 2009-06-18 14:31:00 | Embassy Freetown | SECRET | PGOV ENRG EMIN MNUC PREL PINR IR SL |
09FREETOWN60 | SIERRA LEONE CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE AND RESOURCES [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-24 15:42:00 | Embassy Freetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PGOV ASEC EFIN ENRG KCIP SL |
09FREETOWN96 | IRAN'S ACQUISITION OF URANIUM DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-16 17:12:00 | Embassy Freetown | SECRET | PGOV KNNP MNUC PARM TRGY ENRG EMIN ETTC AF IR AL |
09GABORONE131 | BOTSWANA ECONOMIC BRIEFS FEBRUARY 2009 [...] This is the second edition of U.S. Embassy Gaborone's Botswana Economic Briefs, covering economic and commercial news from February 2009. Topics of this edition are: - Inflation Drops Again in January 2009 - Diamond Exporters Should Look East? - Botswana Stock Exchange Falls on Fear of Bu [...] | 2009-02-19 09:54:00 | Embassy Gaborone | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EFIN EMIN ENRG BC |
09GABORONE138 | BOTSWANA: U.S. COMPANY MAY PROVIDE TEMPORARY POWER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: DCM and Pol/Econ Chief met February 19 with Paul Marcroft of Florida-based APR Energy regarding the company's proposed short-term contract to generate 70 megawatts of electricity for the Botswana Power Corporation (BPC). The contract, which is not yet signed and has been unde [...] | 2009-02-23 12:27:00 | Embassy Gaborone | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ECON ETRD BC |
09GABORONE190 | BOTSWANA ECONOMIC BRIEFS MARCH 2009 [...] This is the third edition of U.S. Embassy Gaborone's Botswana Economic Briefs, covering economic and commercial news from February 2009. Topics of this edition are: - Financial Intelligence Agency Coming - Mmamabula Power Project Ready to go by Mid-Year - Diamond Exports Plunge 90 Percent [...] | 2009-03-10 14:12:00 | Embassy Gaborone | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EFIN EMIN PTER ENRG BC |
09GABORONE480 | BOTSWANA ECONOMIC BRIEFS MAY 2009 [...] This is the fifth edition of U.S. Embassy Gaborone's Botswana Economic Briefs, covering economic and commercial news from May 2009. Topics of this edition are: - China - Botswana's Potential Diamond Market - World Bank Praises BEDIA - Botswana Edges Closer to Recession - A Boost for Moru [...] | 2009-06-15 09:15:00 | Embassy Gaborone | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EMIN ENRG BC |
09GENEVA121 | UNECE Environment for Europe Process: New and Improved [...] Summary. The UN Economic Commission for Europe's (UNECE) Committee on Environmental Policy (CEP) met January 20-23, for final negotiations on the reform of the Environment for Europe (EfE) Process, which is anchored by periodic Ministerial Conferences. After lengthy negotiations, the draft EfE [...] | 2009-02-11 15:03:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG SENV EIND UN ECE ECOSOC KUNR |
09GENEVA252 | ENERGY PACT CONFERENCE [...] SUMMARY: A new foundation, the Energy Pact, hosted a conference in Geneva March 16-17, featuring Ministers of Oil from Iran, Saudi Arabia, and Oman; Swiss and Danish Ministers of Environment; and several academics. Oil Ministers gave assurances about the adequacy of the supply of oil and argu [...] | 2009-03-24 13:37:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG ECON SENV |
09GENEVA360 | CLIMATE CHANGE: UN AGENCIES DESCRIBE CHALLENGES TO A/S [...] SUMMARY: Mission Geneva organized an event on May 5 to discuss climate change, taking advantage of the visit of Assistant Secretary Esther Brimmer. Guests to the event, who had been selected on the basis of their involvement in threading climate change concerns into their home organization's [...] | 2009-05-11 15:43:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV ENRG ECON WMO |
09GENEVA558 | Embassy Science Fellows Program 2009 - U.S. Mission [...] Subject of Proposal and General Information. U.S. Mission Geneva Environment, Science and Technology Officer in coordination with officers from the Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) and the Department of Health and Human Services request an Embassy Science Fellow for a short term project in G [...] | 2009-07-06 06:37:00 | Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV TSPL TBIO EAGR ENRG ECON AMGT APER |
09GENEVA598 | WMO FINANCIAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE REPORT [...] SUMMARY: The 28th Session of the World Meteorological Organization's (WMO) Financial Advisory Committee (FINAC) met prior to the June WMO Executive Council (EC) Meeting. FINAC-28 tracked closely with the EC agenda. Significant discussion centered on the need for a budget increase if the WMO [...] | 2009-07-20 10:17:00 | Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN WMO SENV ENRG UN |
09GENEVA600 | Review of WMO Climate Programs and the World Climate [...] Summary. During the WMO Executive Council (EC) LXI meeting held in Geneva from June 3-12, members reviewed the progress of WMO climate programs, made recommendations for their future direction and organization, and provided guidance to the WMO Secretary General on preparations for the World Cl [...] | 2009-07-20 13:45:00 | Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV WMO ENRG TPHY TSPA ECOSOC |
09GENEVA91 | UNECE AND WHO LINK TRANSPORT, HEALTH, ENVIRONMENT [...] SUMMARY: In response to the global economic crisis, officials discussed how to tailor fiscal stimulus packages for transport projects to best benefit health and the environment at a UNECE/WHO conference in Amsterdam January 22-23. Building roads and bridges may help the economy in the short t [...] | 2009-02-02 15:08:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV ENRG EIND UN ECE ECOSOC |
09GEORGETOWN244 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ECPA DIPLOMATIC OUTREACH [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-28 14:10:00 | Embassy Georgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ENRG KSUM SENV KGHG |
09GEORGETOWN367 | GUYANA'S GREAT CARBON-BASED HOPE [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Jagdeo recently launched a Low Carbon Development Strategy (LCDS) which he hopes will transform Guyana,s economy, conserve its forests and contribute to the global effort of reducing climate-changing carbon emissions. The strategy,s feasibility hinges on UN climate nego [...] | 2009-07-10 14:15:00 | Embassy Georgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | CARICOM EAGR ECON ENRG |
09GRENADA42 | GRENADA WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT: APRIL 26 - MAY 2, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-06 19:07:00 | Embassy Grenada | UNCLASSIFIED | SOCI ENRG PREL ELAB |
09GUANGZHOU157 | Fujian: Alternative Energy Development Attractive Amid [...] (U) Summary: Fujian's alternative energy development is picking up steam in spite of a worsening global economic downturn. While coal will continue to be the primary source of energy in the near future, but major investments are being made in nuclear power (more than USD 20 billion at two pla [...] | 2009-03-06 10:02:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG TRGY ETTC IAEA CH |
09GUANGZHOU304 | LNG Plans Delayed - Supply Problems Threaten Progress on [...] (U) Summary: High liquefied natural gas (LNG) prices and difficulty securing long-term LNG supplies have stalled the much-anticipated Zhuhai Jin Wan LNG terminal project. Without a secure, long-term supply contract, the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) refuses to give final a [...] | 2009-05-14 07:32:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ECON EMIN SENV PGOV TRGY CH |
09GUANGZHOU372 | Climate Change: Xiamen in the Forefront of Mitigation and [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: In the battle against climate change, Xiamen in Fujian province is increasingly a focal point for efforts by government, NGOs and businesses in south China. The city government has created a new, unique institution to assess the impact of climate change; NGOs have fo [...] | 2009-06-16 09:26:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG TRGY SENV ECON CH |
09GUANGZHOU497 | Solar Energy in Guangdong - A Big Supplier Trying to [...] (U) Summary and comment: Guangdong is a major producer of solar energy equipment in China, but local demand for solar energy is still low. The province has set ambitious targets for increasing solar energy use. The provincial government has initiated demonstration projects and has taken advan [...] | 2009-08-18 09:04:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ECON SENV PGOV CH |
09GUANGZHOU587 | Big Plans for Hainan -- Officials and Business Leaders [...] (SBU) Summary: Key components of China's economic development strategy will be pilot tested in Hainan Province, according to provincial officials and researchers. Officials claimed central government proposals set to be approved soon would position the island province as a duty free zone, ful [...] | 2009-10-14 09:08:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG SENV ETRD PREL EINV PGOV TW CH |
09GUANGZHOU641 | Fujian Province Triples Its Oil Refining Capabilities [...] (SBU) Summary: The opening of the Fujian Integrated Refining & Ethylene Joint Venture Project (FREP) Commercial Operation will increase Fujian's annual refining capacity from 4 million to 12 million tons. The project is a joint venture between China's SINOPEC (50%),Exxon-Mobil (25%) and Saudi [...] | 2009-11-20 05:16:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ECON EPET SENV PGOV TRGY CH |
09GUANGZHOU648 | GOVERNMENT REPORT SPARKS CONTROVERSY OVER USE OF LIQUIFIED [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: If disagreement among government entities regarding high-profile policy initiatives is rare in China, rarer still is it for these disputes to play out in the press. But this is exactly what occurred last month when the Guangzhou Municipal People's Congress (GZPC) re [...] | 2009-11-25 05:51:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG SENV PGOV ELTN CH |
09GUANGZHOU688 | After Attempted Cover-Up, China Calls Cobalt-60 Incident a [...] (SBU) Summary: Chinese officials took more than six weeks to resolve an incident at a food irradiation center where a quantity of Cobalt-60 could not be returned to its protective storage well. Ministry of Environmental Protection officials insist, probably correctly, that there was no danger d [...] | 2009-12-18 09:08:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG PGOV SENV KSCA IAEA CH |
09GUANGZHOU703 | Green Investment in China's "Backyard Garden": [...] (SBU) Summary: Seeking to capitalize on Hainan's stated objectives of boosting clean energy research and development (R&D) and strengthening protection of its natural environment (reftel),Consul General Goldbeck and AmCham South China President Harley Seyedin jointly led a delegation December [...] | 2009-12-24 03:50:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG SENV ETRD PREL EINV PGOV TW CH |
09GUANGZHOU707 | Over-Capacity Not a Concern in Zhanjiang and Beihai [...] (SBU) Summary: Big plans for industrial expansion are underway in Beihai and Zhanjiang near the southern end of China's coast, where local officials recently described to the Consul General ambitious plans to develop steel, petrochemical, ship building, export processing and other manufacturing [...] | 2009-12-28 08:50:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV EIND EWWT ENRG PGOV CH |
09GUANGZHOU709 | Bio-fuel Plant Taking Root on Guangxi's Coast [...] (SBU) Summary: Guangxi is expanding its use of bio-fuels and COFCO Bio-Energy, in the city of Beihai, is playing a key role. The firm uses cassava root to produce ethanol that is sold in gas stations throughout the autonomous region. In addition, it uses the plant's solid waste and methane pr [...] | 2009-12-28 09:04:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG SENV ETRD EINV EAGR PGOV CH |
09GUANGZHOU80 | Guangdong Moving to Expand Nuclear Power [...] (U) Summary: Guangdong province, the home of the Daya Bay and Ling Ao power stations, is getting set to rely even more on nuclear power as an energy source in the years ahead. The Yanjiang Nuclear Power Station (YNPS) 189 km south of Guangzhou, on which workers broke ground on December 16, is [...] | 2009-02-09 06:43:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG TRGY ETTC IAEA CH |
09GUANGZHOU87 | Slowing Economy Eases Guangdong's Electricity Crunch [...] (U) Summary. One unintended consequence of the global economic downturn: it's easing Guangdong's power shortage. With slowing demand for electricity, power grid construction is catching up, spreading electrification to more remote rural areas. Increased energy-efficiency among power producer [...] | 2009-02-13 03:32:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ECON EMIN SENV PGOV TRGY CH |
09GUATEMALA1452 | Guatemala Confirms Participation in Americas Energy and [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-17 15:43:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ENRG KGHG KSUM SENV GT |
09GUATEMALA361 | SICA MULTILATERAL: GUATEMALAN RESPONSE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-15 23:21:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMGT AORC APER BEXP ECON EFIN ENRG ETRD KSUM |
09GUATEMALA955 | President Calderon Bolsters Ties with Guatemala in Oct 26-27 [...] (SBU) Summary: In an October 26-27 visit to Guatemala, Mexican President Felipe Calderon discussed a number of initiatives with his Guatemalan counterpart, Alvaro Colom, to better control migration and enhance security along their shared border. The two leaders pledged to reinforce joint eff [...] | 2009-10-29 23:51:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PBTS SNAR SENV ENRG CVIS MX GT |
09GUAYAQUIL231 | REPORT ON ECUADOR'S ENERGY SHORTAGE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Due to a drought, the Paute hydroelectric power plant, which normally provides 30 to 40% of Ecuador's power, is only meeting about 9% of Ecuador's power demands, causing the country to experience a nationwide power shortage (ref A). The two US-owned power generators in the coun [...] | 2009-11-18 19:31:00 | Consulate Guayaquil | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON EINV EC |
09HALIFAX10 | NEW BRUNSWICK STILL BULLISH ON NUCLEAR POWER DESPITE DELAYS [...] SUMMARY: The New Brunswick government is hopeful that the $1.4 billion project to refit the province's aging nuclear reactor gets back on track soon. Meanwhile the delay in finishing the refurbishment has had no impact on the government's study into whether to build a second or a third reac [...] | 2009-02-10 19:27:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG ECON EFIN PGOV CA |
09HALIFAX12 | MAINE AND NEW BRUNSWICK COMMIT TO DEVELOPING NORTHEAST [...] New Brunswick Premier Shawn Graham and Maine Governor John Baldacci announced on March 25 that they will work together to explore development of the northeast energy corridor. Irving Oil of Saint John will also be involved in the concept which would see the state and province create an energy [...] | 2009-03-25 14:27:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG EPET EINV PREL PGOV |
09HALIFAX25 | ATLANTIC CANADA ENERGY UPDATE [...] Canadian federal government plans to develop an Atlantic energy gateway to the United States ignited a political war of words with the province of New Brunswick, which was already working on a similar concept with the State of Maine. The political wrangling, however, has had no effect on Newf [...] | 2009-04-29 19:47:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG EPET PGOV PBTS PREL FR CA |
09HALIFAX3 | NEW NOVA SCOTIA ENERGY MINISTER HANDLING GEORGES BANK [...] SUMMARY: The Hon. Barry Barnet is the new energy minister for Nova Scotia following a provincial cabinet shuffle. Barnet now inherits the Georges Bank drilling file - an issue with significant political overtones. END SUMMARY. 2. The province of Nova Scotia has a new energy minister, the [...] | 2009-01-08 21:11:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET ENRG ECON PGOV PINR SENV US CA |
09HALIFAX32 | GEORGES BANK DRILLING ISSUE: CO-EXISTENCE NOT IN THE [...] SUMMARY: Representatives of the fishing industry in southwest Nova Scotia are adamant that there will be no oil and gas drilling on Georges Bank. They contend that rebounding fish stocks and the local economy which depends on the fishery will be adversely affected by any oil and gas activity [...] | 2009-05-28 12:28:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET ENRG ECON PGOV SENV SCUL US CA |
09HALIFAX43 | ATLANTIC CANADA ENERGY UPDATE: NEW BRUNSWICK AND [...] Irving Oil and Repsol made history on June 27 when their Canaport LNG terminal in Saint John, NB, received Canada's first shipment of LNG. In Newfoundland-Labrador, Premier Williams announced he had secured a Memorandum of Understanding to begin an extension of the offshore Hibernia oil field [...] | 2009-07-07 12:42:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET ENRG ECON PGOV CA |
09HALIFAX58 | ATLANTIC CANADA ENERGY UPDATE: ENERGY EXPORTS TO THE U.S. [...] The Atlantic Provinces Economic Council (APEC),a well-respected regional think tank, focused its latest analytical report on the importance of the energy sector in Atlantic Canada. APEC economists concluded that the sector has grown to become the most important group of industries in Atlanti [...] | 2009-09-28 13:20:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG EPET ECON ELAB PGOV PBTS PREL SENV CA |
09HALIFAX65 | ENERGY TOPICS HIGHLIGHT NEW ENGLAND GOVERNORS AND EASTERN [...] SUMMARY: Political leaders from New England and Eastern Canada gathered in Saint John New Brunswick September 13-15 to discuss topics such as cross-border energy, the environment, opportunities within the green economy, trade and pandemic preparedness. Despite the geniality among the governor [...] | 2009-10-16 17:10:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ETRD ECON ECIN ENRG EPET SENV TBIO |
09HALIFAX9 | NEWFOUNDLAND-LABRADOR OIL INDUSTRY: PRODUCTION MILESTONE [...] SUMMARY: Newfoundland-Labrador has hit the one billion barrel mark in production from its offshore oil fields. The province also unveiled the new name of its energy corporation--Nalcor--which will oversee management of all the province's energy resources. Planned offshore drilling activity i [...] | 2009-01-30 11:22:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET ENRG ECON EFIN PGOV CA |
09HAMBURG15 | NORTHERN GERMAN POWER - BRIDGING THE GAP WITH WIND, COAL, [...] (U) Summary: Energy security is a top priority for German politicians. Northern Germany has developed plans intended to make the region an energy exporter over the next several years of a mix of renewable and fossil-based energy sources. However, construction of the required new power plants [...] | 2009-06-12 17:18:00 | Consulate Hamburg | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG EINV ECON SENV GM |
09HANOI1088 | PRIME MINISTER TO LEAD VIETNAMESE COPENHAGEN DELEGATION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-14 11:27:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ENRG ECON KGHG VM |
09HANOI1100 | Government of Vietnam Responds to November and December [...] (SBU) This is an Action Request. See Paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) During a working lunch with the DCM on October 15, MFA/Americas Department Director General Ba Hung said that PM Dung was "positively considering" the President's invitation to attend the April summit meeting in Washington. However [...] | 2009-10-16 10:07:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC ENRG PREL PTER TRGY IAEA PINR KNNP VM |
09HANOI112 | VIETNAM'S VIEWS ON THE NPT [...] (SBU) In a February 11 discussion with the MFA IO officer responsible for non-proliferation matters, Vu Tran Phong, Deputy PolCouns outlined U.S. priorities for the NPT in anticipation of the third Preparatory Committee meeting in May prior to the NPT Review Conference in 2010. He emphasized [...] | 2009-02-11 07:50:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM AORC CDG ENRG KNNP MNUC PREL PGOV UNGA IAEA |
09HANOI1202 | OOG Minister Phuc and Ambassador Discuss Human Rights, [...] (SBU) Summary. The Ambassador expressed concern about the deteriorating human rights situation in an October 23 meeting with Minister Chairman of the Office of the Government (OOG) Phuc, but also noted positive areas of the bilateral relationship. The Ambassador urged the GVN to remove mandat [...] | 2009-11-07 11:21:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM TBIO EAGR ENRG SENV CVIS ASEAN VM |
09HANOI1302 | VIETNAM REQUESTS MEETING BILATERAL MEETING BETWEEN PRESIDENT [...] (U) The Government of Vietnam (GVN) officially has requested a bilateral meeting between President Obama and Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung at the upcoming Conference of the Parties under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP 15) in Copenhagen later this mont [...] | 2009-12-03 10:35:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV ENRG KGHG VM |