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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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06BUENOSAIRES1624 | K,OMICS REVISITED: KIRCHNER,S ECONOMIC POLICIES [...] (C) Summary: During the first three years of his mandate, President Kirchner's rhetoric on economics was worse than his bite. Despite sometimes inflammatory, nationalist rhetoric, attacks on the IMF, oil companies, bondholders, various business sectors and orthodox economists, Kirchner did li [...] | 2006-07-21 14:56:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV ENRG ETRD EFIN AR |
06BUENOSAIRES1888 | ARGENTINA TO EXPAND NUCLEAR POWER SECTOR, RESTART [...] (SBU) Summary: Argentina plans an expansion of its nuclear energy infrastructure, including a return of its uranium enrichment program, according to MFA Director General for International Security Issues Ambassador Elsa Kelly. Planning Minister Julio De Vido is expected to lay out the plans d [...] | 2006-08-23 19:12:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP ENRG IAEA OTRA PREL ECON AR |
06BUENOSAIRES1906 | ARGENTINA CONFIRMS PLANS TO EXPAND NUCLEAR POWER [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified, and not for Internet distribution. 2. (U) President Nestor Kirchner presided over a ceremony August 23 at which Planning Minister Julio De Vido announced that Argentina was going to expand its nuclear power program and reactivate a dormant ura [...] | 2006-08-24 20:41:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP ENRG IAEA OTRA PREL ECON AR |
06BUENOSAIRES2120 | KIRCHNER PROMOTES INVESTMENT IN ARGENTINA DURING [...] (SBU) President Kirchner travels to New York for the UNGA with the stated objective of enticing U.S. companies to invest in Argentina, even as local press plays up the chilly bilateral relationship. Kirchner has a limited official schedule -) including meetings with UNSG Kofi Annan and Italia [...] | 2006-09-18 16:08:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV EFIN ENRG PREL AR |
06BUENOSAIRES2556 | PLANNING MINISTER DE VIDO CALLS FOR CLOSER [...] (C) Argentina's powerful Planning Minister, Julio De Vido, urged the Ambassador November 14 to use their direct relationship as the means to resolve bilateral economic issues. De Vido emphasized the importance of U.S. investment and said he anticipates a number of large U.S. energy sector inv [...] | 2006-11-16 09:05:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON ENRG EINV BEXP AR |
06BUENOSAIRES2576 | ECONOMY MINISTER MICELI SEEKS SUPPORT ON GSP, [...] (C) During the Ambassador's November 14 courtesy call, Economic Minister Felisa Miceli welcomed the possibility to reengage on economic and trade issues and lobbied for Treasury Secretary Paulson to visit Argentina. In response to Miceli's request for support on maintaining Argentine GSP privi [...] | 2006-11-17 15:23:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON ENRG EINV BEXP AR |
06BUENOSAIRES2594 | DUKE ENERGY BETS ON GROWING ARGENTINE ELECTRICITY [...] (SBU) Duke Energy plans to upgrade and expand its two hydro and gas-fired electricity generating plants in Neuquen province and possibly make new generating capacity acquisitions in the domestic market. In a call on Ambassador Wayne, Duke executives explained that they see the Argentine elect [...] | 2006-11-20 19:25:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG EPET AR |
06BUENOSAIRES2696 | ARGENTINA'S ROLE IN UPGRADING LIBYAN NUCLEAR [...] (U) This telegram is sensitive but unclassified, and not for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) A December 3 article in a local daily reported that Argentine high technology firm INVAP (Ref A) had won a contract to upgrade a Libyan nuclear power plant. For clarification and details, the Embas [...] | 2006-12-06 14:00:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP ENRG IAEA OTRA PREL AR |
06BUENOSAIRES2808 | AMBASSADOR HOSTS ELECTRICITY, GAS SECTOR U.S. INVESTOR [...] (SBU) Country managers of U.S. players in Argentina's electricity and natural gas sectors met with Ambassador to review constraints imposed by GoA regulations, uncertain natural gas supplies for generation, and frozen retail electricity and gas tariffs. Participants representing AES, CMS, Duke, [...] | 2006-12-21 20:11:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET ECON ETRD AR |
06BUENOSAIRES414 | ARGENTINA DETAINS FALKLANDS ISLANDS FISHING VESSEL [...] (C) SUMMARY: An Argentine Coast Guard vessel challenged and - for the first time - detained a fishing vessel from the Falklands Islands February 20. The Argentines claim that the boat was within Argentina's 200-mile Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ),while the vessel's owners - one of whom is an [...] | 2006-02-22 11:54:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIS MARR ENRG PREL AR |
06BUENOSAIRES498 | MINISTRY OF ECONOMY'S SECRETARY OF TECHNICAL [...] (C) The DCM paid a courtesy call on new Ministry of Economy Secretary for Technical Coordination Carlos Salas on February 24, to ask about the GOA's economic policy plans for the coming year. Salas responded that he was not an economist, but expressed optimism that the economy would continue [...] | 2006-03-03 14:37:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV ENRG AR |
06BUENOSAIRES499 | PRESIDENT KIRCHNER DELIVERS STATE OF THE NATION [...] (SBU) Kirchner delivered a state of the nation speech to congress on March 1st. He began the speech by repeating many of the themes that he has mentioned in earlier speeches, such as Argentina's continuing struggle to emerge from "hell." He claimed that Argentina has now entered a process of [...] | 2006-03-03 14:41:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ENRG AR |
06BUENOSAIRES707 | AMBASSADOR GUTIERREZ'S TRIP TO BARILOCHE [...] Ambassador Gutierrez traveled to the Patagonian city of San Carlos de Bariloche for a March 17 meeting with executives of INVAP, an Argentine high-technology company that builds nuclear reactors and satellites. The Ambassador stressed the importance the U.S. attaches to non-proliferation of [...] | 2006-03-27 15:16:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG KNNP ETRD TSPA TSPL AR |
06BUENOSAIRES766 | READOUT ON ARGENTINE PRESIDENT'S MEETING WITH [...] (C) POLOFF met March 31 with Oscar Fuentes Lira, First Secretary at the Chilean Embassy in Buenos Aires, for a SIPDIS readout of Chilean President Michelle Bachelet's March 21 meeting with President Nestor Kirchner in Buenos Aires. 2. (C) Lira said the meeting had gone well and that the t [...] | 2006-04-04 15:21:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG AR CI |
06BUENOSAIRES903 | ARGENTINA NAMES STRONG CHAVEZ ALLY AS AMBASSADOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOA announced April 18 that it was seeking acceptance from the Government of Venezuela to name former airline stewardess, union leader, congresswoman, and Chavez ally Alicia Castro as the new Argentine Ambassador to Venezuela. Castro, 56, is known as one of Chavez's most [...] | 2006-04-21 19:15:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV OVIP ENRG AR VZ |
06BUENOSAIRES97 | A/S SHANNON MEETS WITH ARGENTINE PRESIDENT KIRCHNER [...] No summary [...] | 2006-01-13 20:04:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS ENRG EPET AR |
06BUENOSAIRES984 | ARGENTINA PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTOR REACTION TO [...] (C) Bolivian President Evo Morales nationalized the country's oil and gas reserves by decree on May 1. The decree fulfilled one of Morales' most prominent campaign pledges, but the scope and speed of the decision came as a shock to Argentine officials and business representatives alike. GOA [...] | 2006-05-02 21:59:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG EINV ECON AR BL |
06CAIRO1489 | EGYPT REACTS NEGATIVELY TO PROPOSED U.S.-INDIA [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-09 15:00:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG KSCA IN PARM EG KNNP |
06CAIRO1623 | GOE ASSURANCES FOR EXPORT OF NUCLEAR FUEL FOR [...] In response to reftel request for GOE assurances for the export of nuclear fuel for the ETTR-2 research reactor at Abu Zabal Nuclear Research Center, Post received the following letter on March 12 from Professor Aly Islam M. Aly, Chairman of the Egyptian Atomic Energy Authority (AEA). (Note: L [...] | 2006-03-15 09:48:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG KNNP KSCA EG RGY |
06CAIRO3704 | EGYPT: MAY 2006 MONTHLY ECONOMIC REPORT [...] In this edition: The People's Assembly passes new economic legislation, and reform of tax administration continues. Public sector wages are increased, as the GOE opens a debate on petroleum subsidies and the future of the petroleum sector. The GOE gets closer to settlement of some non-perfo [...] | 2006-06-14 08:20:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV ENRG EWWT SENV EG |
06CAIRO4377 | SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY OF ENERGY BODMAN VISIT [...] (C) The U.S. Mission in Egypt warmly welcomes your visit to Cairo. It provides us the opportunity to enhance the investment climate and opportunities for U.S. corporations operating in Egypt's vital petroleum sector. Your meetings with Minister of Finance Yousef Boutros Ghali and Minister of [...] | 2006-07-13 16:16:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET ECON PGOV EG |
06CAIRO4495 | EGYPTIAN ELECTRICITY TO GAZA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Since the June 28 Israeli strike knocking out Gaza's power station and the subsequent cuts in Israeli supply, Egypt has been providing 5 megawatts of emergency supply to Gaza, with plans to increase supply to 12 megawatts. In late June, prior to the strike, Egypt and the PA were [...] | 2006-07-19 11:57:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG PREL KPAL EG |
06CAIRO4518 | EGYPT: IMMINENT INCREASE IN GASOLINE PRICE? [...] (C) The Egyptian Cabinet has apparently approved an increase in the heavily-subsidized gasoline price, although specifics regarding the extent of the increase were not given. The Minister of Petroleum believes an announcement could come within days, although fears over domestic turbulence ami [...] | 2006-07-20 14:25:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON PGOV EG |
06CAIRO4596 | EGYPT INCREASES FUEL PRICES; PUBLIC REACTION MUTED [...] (SBU) Egypt made a small dent in its burdensome fuel subsidies on July 21 with price increases across a range of fuel products. The increases will be welcomed by multinational fuel retailers who have been operating on non-existent margins. Price gouging in the across the economy for derivati [...] | 2006-07-27 09:56:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ECON PGOV EG |
06CAIRO5779 | EGYPT: QUARTERLY ECONOMIC REPORT [...] In this edition: The Central Bank intervenes to raise interest rates, parliament decreases stamp taxes and considers a single Treasury account, while the GOE increases cooperation with China. Industry organizations sign a cooperative agreement with major banks to finance new factories. Egypt [...] | 2006-09-14 10:43:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV ENRG EWWT EG |
06CAIRO6038 | MUBARAK FOCUSES ON NUCLEAR ENERGY IN EGYPT'S FUTURE [...] (C) Summary: At last week's National Democratic Party (NDP) conference, both President Mubarak and his son Gamal highlighted nuclear energy as an alternative to continued reliance on fossil fuels. Prime Minister Nazif convened the Supreme Council for Energy for the first time in 18 years to d [...] | 2006-09-26 10:10:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG PGOV TSPL KNNP EG |
06CAIRO6106 | SCENESETTER: SECRETARY RICE'S OCT 3-4 VISIT TO [...] (C) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION: Madame Secretary, warm welcome to Cairo. President Mubarak and Omar Soliman have been trying to ameliorate conditions in Gaza. They will look to you for specific measures to support Abu Mazen, specifically on salaries to workers and release of prisoners. They [...] | 2006-09-28 19:25:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PREL PGOV ENRG MNUC KDEM PHUM EG |
06CAIRO6524 | EGYPT: MONTHLY ECONOMIC REPORT [...] (U) IN THIS EDITION: Ramadan begins, and consumer prices rise. Egypt's credit rating remains unchanged, but interest rates for farmers decrease. The Ministry of Investment drafts changes to the investment law, as on-line trading and a new stock index are launched. Egypt's Minister of Enviro [...] | 2006-10-23 16:18:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV ENRG EWWT EG |
06CAIRO6593 | MUBARAK'S VISIT TO RUSSIA AND CHINA: DIVERSIFYING [...] (C) With media attention focused on Mubarak's upcoming visit to Russia (Nov 1-4) and China (Nov 6-9),speculation is rife as to why he is going, and what message he is sending. While Egypt has solid reasons for expanding cooperation with both countries; the fact that Mubarak is throwing his we [...] | 2006-10-30 10:01:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ETRD ENRG EG RU CH KNNP |
06CAIRO6636 | EGYPT: INFLATION ON THE RISE [...] (U) Inflation began creeping back into Egypt's economy in late spring, as food prices rose in response to an outbreak of bird flu. Prices rose further in late July, when the GOE reduced its massive energy subsidy. Higher fuel costs affected prices across the board, leading the GOE to intervene [...] | 2006-11-01 14:17:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ENRG EG |
06CAIRO6748 | EGYPT: MINISTER OF ELECTRICITY ON NUCLEAR, CUTTING [...] (SBU) Minister of Electricity and Energy (MOE) Hassan Younes reported on November 2 that the GOE has not yet finally decided to pursue nuclear power development, but may do so following the presentation of an economic analysis to a PM-chaired Supreme Council on Energy meeting on November 7. Th [...] | 2006-11-07 09:29:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG PGOV TRGY KNNP IAEA EG |
06CAIRO7133 | OCTOBER - NOVEMBER ECONOMIC REPORT [...] IN THIS EDITION: MACROECONOMIC: 2. INFLATION: Highest rate in two years 3. MONETARY POLICY: Interest rate increase 4. FDI: $7.5-8b by year-end? 5. FDI: One-stop Shops 6. CAPITAL MARKETS: Enhanced regulatory regime 7. UNEMPLOYMENT: Survey shows unemployment down 8. MO [...] | 2006-12-13 14:39:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV ENRG EWWT EG |
06CALCUTTA495 | INDIA'S COMMUNISTS LOBBY FOR CHINA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In anticipation of Chinese President Hu Jintao's November 20-24 visit to India, Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPM) has been pressuring the GOI to conduct a more conciliatory foreign policy towards China. In its September Central Committee meeting, the CPM criticized the r [...] | 2006-11-01 12:35:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON CH ETRD ENRG PBTS IN PGOV PREL |
06CARACAS1238 | PDVSA: DIVERSIFICATION, CORRUPTION, AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: The politicization of PDVSA appears to have an increasingly negative impact on how it carries out its operations and conducts long term planning. As a result of Bolivarian ideology, PDVSA appears to be making a concerted effort to shed itself of long-term supply contracts as well [...] | 2006-05-09 12:29:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG EINV VE |
06CARACAS1363 | PDVSA PUSHES FOR MORE CONTACT WITH USG [...] (U) Action requested. Please see paragraph 11. 2. (C) SUMMARY: PDVSA Vice President Luis Vierma suggested that senior USG and PDVSA officials meet on a regular basis to discuss a wide variety of energy issues. He also offered to host a week long visit for Departments of State and Energy [...] | 2006-05-16 17:02:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG EINV VE |
06CARACAS1400 | SUDDEN DROP IN VENEZUELAN EXPORTS [...] (C) A senior ExxonMobil representative told Petroleum Attache on May 17 that Venezuelan crude exports have fallen by 300,000 barrels. (COMMENT: We believe, given the context of his remarks, that the representative meant per day. END COMMENT) The representative also stated ExxonMobil employee [...] | 2006-05-17 18:02:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG EINV VE |
06CARACAS1445 | TEMPERATURE RISES FOR STRATEGIC ASSOCIATIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The National Assembly on May 16 approved amendments to the Organic Hydrocarbons Law (OHL) that raise income taxes on the strategic associations from 34 to 50 percent and introduced a 33.3 percent extraction tax. It appears that the six international oil companies (IOCs) that are [...] | 2006-05-19 16:58:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG EINV VE |
06CARACAS1616 | CHAVEZ OPENS OPEC 141ST EXTRAORDINARY MEETING [...] SUMMARY: President Chavez opened the 141st Extraordinary Meeting of OPEC mid-day June 1 with a speech of almost two hours that was long on attacks on U.S. imperialism and short on substance. After giving a rambling verion of Venezuelan and OPEC history, he proposed a 50 USD floor for oil pri [...] | 2006-06-01 20:34:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET ENRG EINV VE |
06CARACAS1709 | UPDATE ON PETROAMERICA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Petroamerica, the Chavez administration's initiative for Latin American and Caribbean energy integration, is composed of three parts: Petrocaribe (Caribbean),Petroandina (Colombia, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Peru),and Petrosur (Brazil, Argentina, and Uruguay). In addition, the BRV h [...] | 2006-06-12 15:36:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG EINV VE |
06CARACAS1712 | UPDATE ON PETROCARIBE [...] (C) SUMMARY: During the past seven months, the BRV appears to have focused on building institutions such as joint venture companies to support the Petrocaribe initiative (Reftel A). Shipments of oil still appear to be relatively few in number. Although the lines between various BRV initiati [...] | 2006-06-12 15:48:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG EINV VE |
06CARACAS1791 | VENEZUELA,S PROPOSED MEGA NATURAL GAS PIPELINE FOR [...] (U) SUMMARY: Venezuela's proposed mega natural gas pipeline for South America (GASUR) -- which could span 12,000 to 15,000 kilometers and cost $20 to $40 billion to construct -- is Chavez's most recent and audacious effort to use the country's hydrocarbon endowment to expand his influence in t [...] | 2006-06-19 19:34:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET SENV EINV VE |
06CARACAS1849 | PDVSA'S TERMINAL WOES [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to a PDVSA sub-contractor, PDVSA terminals suffer from poor recordkeeping, staffing problems, and inadequate equipment. As a result, PDVSA has incurred millions of dollars in demurrage (payments for the delay in loading a vessel). PDVSA's books do not reflect many of [...] | 2006-06-20 19:19:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EPET ENRG EINV VE |
06CARACAS2065 | VENEZUELA, COLOMBIA AND PANAMA INAUGURATE [...] (U) On July 8, 2006, Presidents Alvaro Uribe of Colombia and Martin Torrijos of Panama joined President Chavez to inaugurate the "Trans-Caribbean" Natural Gas Pipeline. To be constructed by Petroleos de Venezuela (PDVSA) and Ecopetrol, Colombia's state oil firm, with private-sector supervision [...] | 2006-07-10 18:01:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG EINV VE |
06CARACAS2227 | REFINERY FIRE FUELS RUMORS [...] (C) SUMMARY: A fire broke out at the Amuay Refinery, part of the Paraguana Refining Complex, the world's largest refinery, on July 17. Experts state the fire will result in a gasoline production curtailment of 100 to 120 thousand barrels per day and that it will take four to five months to re [...] | 2006-07-27 14:41:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG EPET ENIV VE |
06CARACAS2268 | PDVSA PUMMELS JBIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: The PDVSA board scuttled a major gas project in March when it rejected project financing by the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC),Japan's version of EXIM. The decision severely embarrassed JBIC and it is not clear if it will be willing to finance Venezuelan projects [...] | 2006-08-01 13:23:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG EPET ENIV VE |
06CARACAS2297 | PDVSA'S FOUNDATION CONTINUES TO ROT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Repairs at the Amuay refinery appear to be dragging as investigators look for evidence of sabotage. Crude destined originally for Amuay is being shipped to China. Production of roofing flux has stopped as a result of the fire, which could have a significant impact on the U.S. co [...] | 2006-08-03 20:56:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG EPET EINV VE |
06CARACAS2431 | CITGO SELLS LYONDELL REFINERY [...] (U) SUMMARY: Energy Minister Rafael Ramirez announced that PDVSA's wholly owned U.S. subsidiary Citgo was selling its interest in Houston's Lyondell-Citgo Refinery to partner Lyondell Chemical Company. The sale comes as no surprise and is the result of a long running dispute between the two [...] | 2006-08-15 21:21:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ENRG EPET EINV VE |
06CARACAS2667 | STRATEGIC ASSOCIATION MIGRATION: THE GAME'S AFOOT [...] (C) SUMMARY: After months of speculation, the BRV has contacted international oil companies (IOCs) with stakes in the Faja strategic associations to begin negotiations on migrating the associations to joint ventures in which PDVSA holds a majority stake. Although the BRV has spoken with indi [...] | 2006-09-06 12:06:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG EPET EINV VE |
06CARACAS2825 | BITS AND PIECES FROM THE HYDROCARBON SECTOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: PDVSA's books continue to be in complete disarray due to problems with tax authorities and the state petrochemical company. The BRV is pressing PDVSA to act as a central bank. PDVSA's recent shabby treatment of the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) has come back to [...] | 2006-09-15 19:35:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG EPET EINV VE |
06CARACAS2881 | CNPC'S VIEWS ON THE VENEZUELAN HYDROCARBON SECTOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: CNPC executives are frustrated with the migration of their former Operating Service Agreement (OSA) fields to joint ventures. They do not believe that CNPC is receiving any special treatment from the BRV and argued instead that they are in worse shape than a major American compa [...] | 2006-09-20 14:00:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG EPET EINV VE |
06CARACAS3041 | PDVSA RELEASES 2005 FINANCIALS [...] (U) SUMMARY: PDVSA released its 2005 financial results on October 3. According to a presentation by PDVSA President and Minister of Energy and Petroleum (MEP) Rafael Ramirez, PDVSA had worldwide revenues of USD 85.73 billion in 2005 and USD 6.483 billion in profits. These results shed a lit [...] | 2006-10-06 20:58:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG EPET EINV VE |
06CARACAS3131 | MEP PRESENTS TERMS FOR STRATEGIC ASSOCIATION [...] (C/NF) Chevron Latin America Upstream President Ali Moshiri (strictly protect throughout) and ExxonMobil Venezuela (XM) President Tim Cutt (strictly protect throughout) paid separate calls on the Ambassador the week of September 29 to update him on the upcoming forced migration of the Faja st [...] | 2006-10-17 20:09:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG EPET VE |
06CARACAS3224 | RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN THE HYDROCARBON SECTOR [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: ConocoPhillips received a term sheet on the strategic association migration at roughly the same time as Exxon Mobil and Chevron. The Ministry of Energy and Petroleum (MEP) has made it clear that it does not want state owned oil company PDVSA to operate the strategic associati [...] | 2006-10-26 20:14:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG EPET EINV VE |
06CARACAS3311 | CHEVRON'S CRYSTAL BALL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Econ Counselor and Petroleum Attache (Petatt) met with Chevron Latin America President Ali Moshiri (strictly protect throughout) on October 31 to discuss a variety of issues in the hydrocarbon sector. Moshiri believes the BRV will face serious problems in 2008 as a result of a de [...] | 2006-11-06 13:17:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG EPET EINV VE |
06CARACAS3374 | VENEZUELA LAUNCHES UNREALISTIC ETHANOL PLAN AGAIN [...] (SBU) On October 26, PDVSA unveiled their Ethanol Agro-Energy Development Project, designed to produce over 10 million barrels of ethanol per year by 2012. The plan differs very little from previous PDVSA ethanol plans in scope, but incorporates new social development models. The ethanol wi [...] | 2006-11-13 14:49:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ENRG EPET EINV VE |
06CARACAS3402 | SERVICE COMPANIES FACE A NEW GAME: JOINT VENTURES [...] (C) SUMMARY: The BRV and PDVSA have announced in very vague terms that it expects service companies to enter into joint ventures in order to provide goods and services to PDVSA. It appears that the joint ventures will be limited to individual downstream projects at this point, but service com [...] | 2006-11-15 14:14:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG EPET EINV VE |
06CARACAS3529 | CHEVRON'S TAKE ON VENEZUELA [...] (C) SUMMARY: The BRV is serious about maintaining OPEC production cuts. PDVSA owes Chevron USD 800 million in operating expenses for the Boscan field and seems incapable of paying operators of the joint ventures in a systematic way. Chevron has met with Rosales advisors and given advice on hy [...] | 2006-12-03 18:07:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG EPET EINV VE |
06CARACAS3558 | WORKING FOR THE MAN IN MARACAIBO [...] (C) SUMMARY: International oil company (IOC) executives paint a uniformly dismal picture of life as a partner with PDVSA in western Venezuela. Production at joint venture fields appears to be falling as costs escalate rapidly, private companies refuse to invest due to a lack of reimbursemen [...] | 2006-12-07 15:21:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG EPET EINV VE |
06CARACAS3559 | MIXED BAG FOR SERVICE COMPANIES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Service company representatives in western Venezuela present a mixed picture when it comes to dealing with PDVSA. Companies that provide services report payment problems and administrative arrangements straight from the pages of Kafka. However, equipment companies frequently be [...] | 2006-12-07 17:26:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG EPET EINV VE |
06CARACAS394 | CURRENT STATUS OF OSA MIGRATIONS: NOT VERY PRETTY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Progress on negotiations on the migration from operating service agreement (OSA) to joint venture companies continues to be bogged down over basic issues such as block reserves certification and value assessment, the formula for valuing crude production, and royalty calculations [...] | 2006-02-14 15:26:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG EINV VE |
06CARACAS655 | DEMARCHE ON SUPPORTING US-INDIA CIVIL NUCLEAR [...] (U) On March 9, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Third Secretary for North America, Robinson Zapata, had no SIPDIS substantive response to reftel demarche, regarding the US-India civil nuclear cooperation initiative. Robinson agreed, however, to pass talking points to Vice Minister for North Am [...] | 2006-03-10 18:11:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG KSCA IN PARM KNNP ETTC |
06CARACAS784 | LOOMING OSA DEADLINE INCREASES UNCERTAINTY [...] (C) SUMMARY: The BRV has stated that companies with Operating Service Agreements (OSA) must sign MOUs which commit them to sign joint venture agreements by April 1. Key issues still remain unresolved and it appears companies would waive rights if they signed the MOU. The BRV has stated it [...] | 2006-03-24 21:01:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG EINV VE |
06CARACAS905 | VENEZUELAN OIL PRODUCTION AND OUTLOOK [...] (C) SUMMARY: A number of private sector contacts believe that Venezuelan crude production has dropped to 2.3 million barrels per day. Conventional wisdom had placed production at 2.4 to 2.6 million barrels per day. PVDVSA has substantially increased its number of rigs but it does not appea [...] | 2006-04-03 18:48:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG EINV VE |
06CARACAS909 | LOOMING OSA DEADLINE INCREASES UNCERTAINTY [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-03 21:54:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG EINV VE |
06CARACAS910 | OIL COMPANIES SIGN OSA CONVERSION MOU [...] (C) SUMMARY: Representatives from sixteen oil companies signed memorandums of understanding converting their operating service agreements (OSA) to joint ventures in a televised ceremony on March 31. ENI (Italy) and Total (France) did not sign a MOU and PDVSA has taken control of their fields. [...] | 2006-04-03 23:21:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG EINV VE |
06CARACAS960 | OSA CONVERSION: DUST STILL SETTLING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Companies are still negotiating significant provisions of their joint venture contracts. It is not clear if additional companies will drop out of the process. Negotiations on the signing of the conversion MOUs were down to the last minute. Vice Minister Mommer has stated his go [...] | 2006-04-10 11:05:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG EINV VE |
06CHENNAI1200 | ST-CMS ENERGY PLANS TO PURSUE ARBITRATION IN ITS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: U.S. company ST-CMS Energy plans to immediately begin arbitration proceedings to seek to resolve its dispute with the Tamil Nadu Electricity Board (TNEB) over the final capital costs of its 250 megawatt power plant in Neyaveli, Tamil Nadu. This case is an unresolved legacy issu [...] | 2006-06-09 11:36:00 | Consulate Chennai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ENRG ECON PGOV IN |
06CHENNAI2554 | TAMIL NADU: ECONOMIC GROWTH, BUT IRRITANTS REMAIN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The growing FDI inflow into Tamil Nadu, particularly in the manufacturing sector, the support the state receives from the Center due to the synergic political arrangement between the DMK and the Congress parties, the bipartisan support for economic development available in the st [...] | 2006-11-09 11:40:00 | Consulate Chennai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ETRD ECON EINV ENRG IN |
06CHENNAI2564 | UPDATE ON U.S. POWER PRODUCERS' DISPUTES IN TAMIL NADU [...] (SBU) Summary: This message provides an update on the long-standing disputes, often called "legacy issues," between three U.S. independent powers producers (IPPs) and the Government of Tamil Nadu (GoTN). In a letter to post received November 8, the GoTN asserted that it is awaiting a directive [...] | 2006-11-17 11:35:00 | Consulate Chennai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ENRG ECON EFIN PREL PGOV IN |
06CHIANGMAI66 | DAMMED BY THE GENERALS: REPORT CRITICIZES SALWEEN DAM [...] Summary: A report by a Karenni research group details environmental, political and human rights objections to the Burmese government's plan to construct dams on the Salween River and criticizes the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT)'s December 9, 2005 Memorandum of Understand [...] | 2006-04-18 04:17:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV ENRG PREL PHUM TH BM |
06COLOMBO1038 | A POSSIBLE WAY OUT OF THE FUEL CRISIS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: ON JUNE 11, THE GOVERNMENT OF SRI LANKA (GSL) RAISED THE PRICE OF FUEL FOR THE SECOND TIME IN EIGHT WEEKS AND ANNOUNCED PLANS TO LIBERALIZE FUEL PRICES. THE PRICE HIKE ANNOUNCEMENT CAME AS ABOUT A THIRD OF THE STATIONS IN SRI LANKA, RUN BY THE INDIAN OWNED LANKA INDIAN OIL C [...] | 2006-06-21 03:18:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ENRG ECON CE |
06COLOMBO186 | ENERGY INVESTOR WOES AS SRI LANKA DISPUTES [...] (SBU) Summary: Sri Lanka?s oil and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) suppliers, including two foreign investors (neither American),are facing significant losses as the government has not allowed price increases or has not paid previously agreed subsidies in a timely manner despite increased wor [...] | 2006-02-02 11:04:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINV ENRG CE |
06COLOMBO2132 | DEVELOPMENT GOALS FOR MALDIVES [...] (U) Summary: The importance of creating a stable economy before Maldives' 2011 LDC graduation, diversification beyond the fisheries and tourist industries, and promoting environmental protectionism were the main topics of Assistant U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) to South and Southwest Asia, [...] | 2006-12-27 12:06:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAIR ENRG EWWT SENV EINV ETRD MV |
06COLOMBO367 | SUPPORTING THE U.S.-INDIA CIVIL NUCLEAR [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-08 09:06:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG KSCA PARM KNNP ETTC IN CE |
06COLOMBO431 | SRI LANKA MAY HAVE OIL AND GAS FIELDS, BUT LACKS [...] (U) Summary: Sri Lanka is preparing to call for expressions of interest from international companies for oil and gas exploration as studies conducted by an international company have revealed possible petroleum resources in the seabed off the northern and western coasts. While Sri Lanka app [...] | 2006-03-21 03:42:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG ETRD BEXP CE |
06COLOMBO819 | Electricity strike could delay reforms [...] (U) Summary: Unions affiliated with the Marxist- Nationalist Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) party have warned of a strike and country-wide blackout on May 23 in protest of government moves to present electricity reforms to Parliament, which they fear would lead to privatization of the state [...] | 2006-05-19 07:10:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG CE |
06DAKAR1100 | WHAT DID SENEGALESE DO BEFORE THEY HAD CANDLES?; [...] (U) SUMMARY: The latest political joke making the rounds in Dakar these days is: "What did Senegalese do before they had candles? ... They had electricity." Unfortunately, Senegal's chronic electricity shortages are no laughing matter and continue to have adverse economic, social and politi [...] | 2006-05-10 08:01:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ECON EPET SG |
06DAKAR1740 | SENEGAL,S ECONOMIC GROWTH: IS THE WINDOW OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Senegal,s real GDP growth for 2006 is likely to fall short of earlier expectations. Production in key export sectors is down; fish, phosphate and peanut exports all face difficulties, and indications are that industrial sector output is below projected levels. According to loc [...] | 2006-07-19 17:38:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EAID ENRG SG |
06DAKAR1746 | SENEGAL PLANS TO TACKLE ONGOING ENERGY CRISIS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Government of Senegal (GOS) recently hosted a three-day workshop in the coastal town of Saly to diagnose the current energy crisis in the wake of the ongoing world market price increases that continue to negatively affect the Senegalese economy. The workshop featured energy [...] | 2006-07-20 13:45:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EAID ECON EPET SG CH VE IR |
06DAKAR2245 | SENEGAL'S ENERGY CRISIS WORSENS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: There seems to be no medium- or long-term strategy to Senegal's energy crisis. After a year of rancor, the relationship between GE/GTi Dakar and Senelec has further deteriorated, and both's debts are mounting. On September 16, GTi shut down because of a lack of fuel, and the [...] | 2006-09-18 09:17:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EINV ECON EPET KMCA SG |
06DAKAR2255 | PUSHING BUSH-DEBY MEETING, GOUDIABY SAYS THAT CHAD [...] (C) On September 15, Pierre Goudiaby Atepa, Counselor to Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade and prominent architect, came to see the Ambassador and DCM. Goudiaby, who used to work for Mobutu Sese Seko, now has several construction projects in Chad and says that he has become a friend and un [...] | 2006-09-18 16:11:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS EPET ENRG PINR CD CH SA SG |
06DAKAR2364 | SENEGAL'S STRATEGY TO ADDRESS ITS ENERGY CRISIS [...] (SBU) As we enter the ninth month of Senegal's energy crisis, the GOS and energy parastatals have outlined a number of steps that they hope will stabilize the situation. With presidential and parliamentary elections in February 2007, there is widespread agreement among sector analysts that th [...] | 2006-09-29 17:09:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EINV ECON EPET KMCA SG CH IR LY MO |
06DAKAR2460 | WESTERN OIL COMPANIES REDUCE HOLDINGS IN SENEGAL AS OTHER [...] (SBU) Citing poor returns on investments, Exxon-Mobil officials have announced publicly the sale of its 300 service stations in Senegal, Cote d'Ivoire, Gabon, Cameroon, Kenya, and the island of Reunion to the Libyan firm Tamoil. At the same time, Royal Dutch Shell is quietly selling off the r [...] | 2006-10-13 06:15:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EINV ECON EPET KMCA CH IR LY MO SG |
06DAKAR939 | AF/W DIRECTOR CARTER EXAMINES SENEGAL'S POLITICAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Director of West African Affairs Phillip Carter visited Dakar, March 26 through 29, to assess the political and economic situation. He had informative exchanges with a variety of GOS officials, Islamic leaders and opposition politicians. Carter praised recent steps taken by the [...] | 2006-04-18 18:31:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV ENRG PGOV PHUM KMCA SG |
06DAMASCUS2164 | THE SARG'S NEW ECONOMIC SCORECARD [...] (SBU) Summary: The recently enacted 10th Five-Year Plan presents a number of quantifiable targets for reaching seven percent annual GDP growth and represents an agenda for reform against which the SARG's progress can be measured. The plan assumes that broad-based reform will allow the SARG t [...] | 2006-05-09 12:37:00 | Embassy Damascus | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EIND ELAB EAGR ENRG SY |
06DAMASCUS4284 | THE SARG PLAYS WITH THE POWER SWITCH TO LEBANON [...] (SBU) Summary. Though the SARG,s chronic electricity shortage has recently threatened to turn acute, its most recent cutoff of electricity to Lebanon appears to have been an attempt to remind the GOL that Syria holds the economic levers in the bilateral relationship. End summary. 2. (U) [...] | 2006-08-31 13:58:00 | Embassy Damascus | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG ETRD PREL SY |
06DAMASCUS4876 | THE SARG OVERSTATES THE POWER OF A TURKISH-SYRIAN [...] (C) Summary: Turkey will begin supplying Syria with approximately 200 megawatts of electricity per year through an electrical grid connection with Turkey's Birecik power plant. After having remained static for three years, the implementation of this agreement will still only provide 3.3% of Sy [...] | 2006-10-11 16:06:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG ETRD PREL SY |
06DARESSALAAM1145 | TANZANIA'S POWER CRISIS: COMEDY OF ERRORS OR [...] (C) Hit by another round of severe nationwide power rationing, Tanzania's 2006 economic prospects are dimmer than they should be. By the end of 2006, Tanzania's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) will likely be 5 to 10 percent lower than it would have been without power rationing. Due to its sound [...] | 2006-07-11 04:39:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV ENRG EIND TZ |
06DARESSALAAM1504 | KIKWETE'S CABINET APPROVES MCA COMPACT PROPOSAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On August 28, President Kikwete and Cabinet officially approved the Government of Tanzania's (GOT's) Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) Compact proposal for submission to Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) Washington. The GOT's proposal focuses on strengthening Tanzania's [...] | 2006-09-07 12:30:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EFIN EAID ENRG EINT TZ |
06DARESSALAAM1533 | PRESIDENT KIKWETE WARMLY WELCOMES BILATERAL [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ambassador Retzer met with President Kikwete September 11 to personally convey President Bush's invitation for a bilateral meeting in New York during the UN General Assembly. President Kikwete warmly welcomed the meeting, and proceeded to engage Ambassador Retzer on several issue [...] | 2006-09-14 04:14:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PARM PINR PTER ENRG ETZ |
06DARESSALAAM1723 | KIKWETE'S CABINET SHUFFLE: OLD WINE, NEW BOTTLE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Amid mounting public frustration over the power crisis, rising inflation, high oil prices and depreciation of the local currency, President Kikwete re-shuffled his Cabinet on October 15 for the first time since assuming office. Re-shuffling ten Ministers and eight Deputy Ministe [...] | 2006-10-20 03:52:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON ENRG EIND TZ |
06DARESSALAAM1725 | KIKWETE'S CABINET SHUFFLE: OLD WINE, NEW BOTTLE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Amid mounting public frustration over the power crisis, rising inflation, high oil prices and depreciation of the local currency, President Kikwete re-shuffled his Cabinet on October 15 for the first time since assuming office. Re-shuffling ten Ministers and eight Deputy Ministe [...] | 2006-10-20 03:53:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON ENRG EIND TZ |
06DARESSALAAM1740 | AMBASSADOR RETZER AND PRESIDENT KIKWETE DISCUSS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. During his meeting with Ambassador Retzer on October 23, President Kikwete stressed his desire to launch an HIV/AIDS campaign targeting teachers and leveraging his wife's work with teacher's associations. The Ambassador expressed his support and designated post's PEPFAR coordin [...] | 2006-10-25 09:19:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ENRG EAID ECON PHUM TZ |
06DARESSALAAM312 | TANZANIA'S ENERGY CRISIS: INCREASING POWER CUTS [...] (C) In addition to facing a food shortage, Tanzania is currently mired in a full-fledged energy crisis (Ref A). On February 4 the Ministry of Energy and Minerals announced nationwide power rationing to ease pressure on the national power grid by 60 megawatts. A week and a half later, on Febr [...] | 2006-02-16 17:35:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ENRG EPET TZ |
06DARESSALAAM4 | KIKWETE'S CABINET APPROVES MCA COMPACT PROPOSAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On August 28, President Kikwete and Cabinet officially approved the Government of Tanzania's (GOT's) Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) Compact proposal for submission to Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) Washington. The GOT's proposal focuses on strengthening Tanzania's [...] | 2006-09-07 12:30:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EFIN EAID ENRG EINT TZ |
06DARESSALAAM412 | TANZANIAN ENERGY MINISTER BRIEFS INTERNATIONAL [...] (U) On February 28, Ambassador Retzer attended a meeting called by the Ministry of Energy and Minerals to provide an official briefing of Tanzania's power crisis to all Heads of Mission and donor agencies. Minister of Energy, Ibrahim Msabaha, provided an overview of the power crisis. In Dar e [...] | 2006-03-02 11:20:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON ENRG EPET TZ |
06DARESSALAAM490 | TANZANIA: NO OFFICIAL STATEMENT ON US-INDIA [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-20 15:17:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ENRG KSCA IN PARM KNNP ETTC TZ |
06DARESSALAAM551 | TANZANIA'S 2006 MACROECONOMIC FORECASTS SLIGHTLY [...] (C) SUMMARY. International financial institutions have recently revised Tanzania's 2006 macroeconomic forecasts as a result of the drought affecting the agriculture and energy sectors. While the Government of Tanzania (GOT) and development organizations try to assess the extent of economic l [...] | 2006-03-31 03:45:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR ECON EG ENRG TZ |
06DARESSALAAM731 | EAST AFRICAN FEDERATION: FAST-TRACK OR EMPTY TALK? [...] (C) SUMMARY. Economic convergence in the East African Community (EAC) in on track, with a Customs Union expected to be fully functional by 2010. To further strengthen the region's economic ties, the EAC Secretariat also has hopes to undertake major infrastructure projects in areas such as e [...] | 2006-05-04 12:26:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON ETRD PGOV TZ |
06DHAKA1143 | BDG CONFRONTED BY FAILURE TO INVEST IN POWER SECTOR [...] (SBU) Summary: The chronic electricity shortage in Bangladesh has turned acute this winter. Steady economic growth and the corresponding growth in electricity demand have begun to overwhelm the country's aging generating capacity. "Load shedding" (controlled blackouts) occurs more regul [...] | 2006-03-06 09:51:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG PGOV EAGR BG |
06DHAKA1251 | DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY VISIT A SUCCESS; NUCLEAR [...] (U) Summary: The Department of Energy's visit to Dhaka was successful in moving forward on the Radiological Threat Reduction Program. After a two-year build up, contracts were signed at the Science Ministry, and a vendor has been hired to complete work. A demarche on the U.S.-India Nuclear [...] | 2006-03-12 00:45:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG PREL KSCA PARM KNNP OTRA ETTC IN BG |
06DHAKA1252 | DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY VISIT A SUCCESS; NUCLEAR [...] (U) Summary: The Department of Energy's visit to Dhaka was successful in moving forward on the Radiological Threat Reduction Program. After a two-year build up, contracts were signed at the Science Ministry, and a vendor has been hired to complete work. A demarche on the U.S.-India Nuclear [...] | 2006-03-12 00:47:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG PREL KSCA PARM KNNP OTRA ETTC IN BG |
06DHAKA5452 | DEMONSTRATIONS AT COAL MINE TURN VIOLENT [...] Police and the Bangladesh Rifles opened fire August 26 on demonstrators in Phulbari (Northwest Bangladesh) protesting UK listed Asia Energy Corporation's plans to begin open cast coal mining in the area. At least seven protestors were killed and 60-300 people were injured, according to rep [...] | 2006-08-28 10:27:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG EINV PGOV EMIN BG |
06DHAKA6109 | FORMER POWER MINISTER CLAIMS WHISTLEBLOWING LED TO [...] (U) The Prime Minister appointed Ukil Abdus Sattar as Power Secretary on October 3. Sattar replaces Anarul Kabir Talukder, who was forced to resign on September 29, just three months after taking over as Power Secretary. Talukder was forced out following attacks on power company offices an [...] | 2006-10-04 10:46:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG PGOV KDEM KCRM BG |
06DHAKA682 | DHAKA COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO DOE/NNSA/NNTRAV [...] Embassy Dhaka welcomes and grants country clearance for the March 3-10 visit of U.S. International Radiological Threat Reduction Program team: Anne Stuart Kohnen, James Lewis Kauber, John Frank Pelletier, and Daniel Mack Rutherford. Control officer is Sarah Duffy, Economic Officer, Political [...] | 2006-02-09 00:54:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG KNNP PARM OTRA BG |
06DOHA106 | A/S WAYNE MEETS WITH MINISTER OF ENERGY AND [...] (C) Summary. Assistant Secretary for Economic and Business Affairs E. Anthony Wayne met separately with Second Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Energy and Industry Abdallah bin Hamad al-Attiyah and Central Bank Governor Abdullah bin Khalid al-Attiyah on January 5. Treasury DAS Ahmed Saeed [...] | 2006-01-23 13:41:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON EPET ENRG KTFN EFIN QA |
06DOHA51 | 2006 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT: QATAR [...] This report serves as the 2006 Investment Climate Statement for Qatar. It will be provided to assist U.S. investors wishing to do business in Qatar. 2. Begin text of Investment Climate Statement. A.1 Openness to Foreign Investment: The government of Qatar, under the leadership of the [...] | 2006-01-10 15:11:00 | Embassy Doha | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ELAB ENRG EPET QA KTBD OPIC USTR ECON |
06DUBAI2819 | IRAN-LIBYA SANCTIONS ACT (ILSA): IRAN-DANA GAS DEAL UPDATE [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-17 14:42:00 | Consulate Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | AE IR PGOV PREL ETRD EPET ENRG |
06DUBAI5191 | IRPO: IRANIAN MPS INDICATE US MESSAGE NOT REACHING POPULACE [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-14 12:07:00 | Consulate Dubai | SECRET | PGOV PREL ECON ENRG ETTC IR ZP AE |
06DUBAI6919 | IRAN-LIBYA SANCTIONS ACT (ILSA): DANA GAS: EXISTING [...] No summary [...] | 2006-12-07 14:05:00 | Consulate Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON ENRG EPET IR AE |
06DUBLIN292 | IRELAND AWAITING INFORMATION ON U.S.-INDIA NUCLEAR [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-21 18:24:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG KNNP PREL IN EI |
06DUBLIN487 | IRELAND TO SEND DFA DIRECTOR GENERAL FOR EU [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-03 17:21:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG EPET ECON PREL NL EU EI |
06DUSHANBE1013 | PRESIDENTIAL ADVISER ON TAJIK-RUSSIAN RELATIONS, UZBEKISTAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Although they met ostensibly for Presidential Adviser Rahmatulloyev to give a read-out of the Putin-Rahmonov meeting in Sochi, Rahmatulloyev, clearly authorized by President Rahmonov, spent much of the 90-minute meeting laying out Tajikistan's exasperation with Russia and Uzbekis [...] | 2006-05-31 11:07:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR ECON EINV ENRG UZ RS TI |
06DUSHANBE1027 | TAJIKISTAN'S POWER POLITICS: DEPUTY PM GHULOMOV REMAINS [...] (SBU) Tajikistan is the most attractive country in Central Asia for hydro power investment, according to Deputy Prime Minister Ghulomov, and he intends to demonstrate that to investors and suppliers alike at the "Energy Without Borders" conference in Istanbul June 12-14. In a 45-minute meeti [...] | 2006-06-02 11:46:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ENRG ECON EAID AF TI |
06DUSHANBE1067 | TURKISH EMBASSY WANTS BETTER INVESTMENT CLIMATE IN [...] (C) Turkey supports U.S. efforts to develop Tajikistan's energy sector and other infrastructure projects, but Turkish Embassy Chargi d' Affaires Askin Cakmak suggested that for those projects to succeed, donor countries need to send the Tajik government a strong message to improve the investm [...] | 2006-06-07 07:15:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON ENRG EINV EAID TI TU |
06DUSHANBE1176 | TAJIKISTAN: RUSSIA AND CHINA INTERESTED IN RESULTS OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: "So the United States plans to invest a billion dollars in Tajik hydropower this year?" asked Zheng Wei, political officer at the Chinese Embassy in Dushanbe. As a result of local press coverage of the U.S.-sponsored energy conference in Istanbul, Chinese and Russian diplomats [...] | 2006-06-26 06:06:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON ENRG EINV EAID RS CH TI |
06DUSHANBE1222 | RAO UES AND WORLD BANK PRESSING TAJIK ENERGY MINISTRY [...] (C) The World Bank is advocating that Russian energy giant RAO UES be the official sponsor of an international energy meeting in Dushanbe, but Tajik energy officials are unsure of the signal that will send to other investors, and hope to get a "more neutral" sponsor, such as the Asian Develop [...] | 2006-06-30 13:01:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON ENRG EINV RS TI |
06DUSHANBE1223 | TAJIK PRESIDENT HELPS DEDICATE NEW EMBASSY [...] (C) SUMMARY: After giving remarks at the June 29 dedication ceremony for Dushanbe's new Embassy, Tajik President Emomali Rahmonov spent twenty minutes in a private meeting with CdA and OBO Director Williams discussing Tajikistan's future and the influx of new investment and infrastructure pr [...] | 2006-06-30 13:09:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON ENRG RS CH TI |
06DUSHANBE1420 | AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALL ON PRESIDENT RAHMONOV [...] (C) During the Ambassador's 90-minute one-on-one farewell call with President Rahmonov July 19, the President spoke without notes, because, we learned later, he had not expected a working meeting. President Foreign Policy Adviser Erkin Rahmatulloyev told us, "Generally, ambassadors come to sa [...] | 2006-07-24 08:48:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PROP ECON EINV ENRG MARR KDEM IR |
06DUSHANBE1434 | IRANIAN AND AFHGAN PRESIDENTS' VISIT TO DUSHANBE BRINGS NO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Iranian President Ahmadinejad's July 25-26 visit to Dushanbe confirmed the close linguistic and cultural ties between Tajikistan and Iran; the multiple agreements signed further strengthened the bonds forged during Tajik President Rahmonov's January visit to Tehran. When Afghan [...] | 2006-07-27 13:11:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON ENRG TI AF IR |
06DUSHANBE1435 | IRANIAN AND AFHGAN PRESIDENTS' VISIT TO DUSHANBE BRINGS NO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Iranian President Ahmadinejad's July 25-26 visit to Dushanbe confirmed the close linguistic and cultural ties between Tajikistan and Iran; the multiple agreements signed further strengthened the bonds forged during Tajik President Rahmonov's January visit to Tehran. When Afghan [...] | 2006-07-27 13:11:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON ENRG TI AF IR |
06DUSHANBE1462 | U.S.-RUSSIA COOPERATION STILL POSSIBLE IN TAJIKISTAN [...] (C) The departing U.S. Ambassador hosted a final farewell reception at the U.S. Residence July 31. Russian Charge d'affairs Vyacheslav Svetlichniy, a career diplomat, attended. He pulled the Ambassador aside and said he sincerely wished our two governments could attain the same degree of mutu [...] | 2006-08-01 10:43:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG SNAR RS TI |
06DUSHANBE1463 | TAJIK-UZBEK TENSIONS GROWING IN GAS, WATER AND COUNTER [...] SUMMARY AND COMMENT: In the last six weeks, the Tajik media has reported on a series of small incidents, the sum of which suggest that the already fractious relationship between Tajikistan and Uzbekistan is not getting smoother, despite the hopes raised when Uzbekistan joined the Eurasian Eco [...] | 2006-08-01 11:05:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PTER ECON ENRG TJ UZ |
06DUSHANBE1469 | THREE "IRAN-FREE" STEPS TO BRING TAJIKISTAN AND AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) The "Persian Language Summit" in Dushanbe July 26 highlighted the cultural and linguistic ties between Afghanistan, Tajikistan and Iran, but also provided an opportunity for the three presidents to declare publicly their economic and energy ties (Reftel A). At the close of the press con [...] | 2006-08-02 11:27:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON ENRG TI AF IR |
06DUSHANBE1545 | WIIL ROGUN EVER GET BUILT? TAJIKISTAN AND RUSAL ENGAGE IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Is RusAl on the verge of abandoning Rogun, or merely posturing to hasten its acquisition of Tajik state-owned aluminum smelter TadAZ? In the past week, Tajik and regional news agencies have published several articles on Rogun and other Russian-Tajik investments, questioning the [...] | 2006-08-11 06:33:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON ENRG EFIN TI AF IR |
06DUSHANBE1555 | BUMPS ON THE SILK ROAD: TAJIK PRESIDENT RAHMONOV PROMOTES [...] SUMMARY: President Rahmonov conducted a five-day state visit to India from August 6-10, his first trip to India since 2004. Rahmonov sought to bolster flagging economic relations between India and Tajikistan, encouraging Indian investments in hydro power projects. The two countries signed fiv [...] | 2006-08-14 06:42:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV ETRD ECON ENRG EFIN TI IN |
06DUSHANBE1558 | TAJIKISTAN AND AFGHANISTAN: LET THE FLOOD GATES OF WATER [...] SUMMARY: Senior Afghan water officials visited Tajikistan August 2-9 to discuss bilateral cooperation in developing joint projects along the Amu Darya and Pyanj Rivers, which form the Afghan-Tajik border. The highly successful visit initiated a practical dialogue and strong partnership betw [...] | 2006-08-15 03:05:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ECON EAID EAGR ENRG AF TI |
06DUSHANBE1593 | TAJIK FM NAZAROV'S MEETING WITH DAS EVAN FEIGENBAUM [...] (C) SUMMARY: Tan and relaxed from his trip to the EurAsEC meeting in Sochi, Tajikistan's Foreign Minister Talbak Nazarov told Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum August 18 that U.S- Tajik bilateral relations were based on trust, and hoped the next phase would focus on economic assista [...] | 2006-08-21 12:32:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON ENRG KDEM PHUM TI |
06DUSHANBE1594 | REGIONAL INTEGRATION: TAJIKISTAN'S FIRST PRIVATE-PUBLIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: Pamir Energy, Tajikistan's first private-public energy joint venture, manages at best 40% cost recovery and faces a local government that refuses to enforce collection. In a theatrical August 19 site visit with cameras rolling and an audience including Deputy Assistant Secretar [...] | 2006-08-21 13:06:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON ENRG EFIN TI AF |
06DUSHANBE1599 | TAJIK PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR RAHMATULLOYEV MEETS DAS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Presidential Advisor on Foreign Policy Erkin Rahmatulloyev waxed philosophical on Central Asia's history and role in U.S. policy and the challenges facing his country, but agreed with Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum that the U.S. and Tajik governments share the same pr [...] | 2006-08-23 12:15:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON ENRG KDEM KISL TI |
06DUSHANBE16 | RUSSIA PLEASED WITH BILATERAL RELATIONS WITH TAJIKISTAN [...] (C) The year 2005 was very fruitful for Russia in Tajikistan, according to the Russian DCM Viacheslav Svetlichny. He highlighted the realization of long-standing commitments, particularly those made by President Putin in October 2004 to withdraw Russian border forces and increase economic ass [...] | 2006-01-03 10:58:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON ENRG TI RS |
06DUSHANBE1620 | REGIONAL INTEGRATION: TAJIK ENERGY MINISTER SAYS "DON'T [...] (C) A rumored Russian-led hydropower consortium will not threaten a U.S. company's plans to export Tajik electricity to Afghanistan. Energy Minister Asadullo Yerov told PolOff August 28 that the "informal discussions" at the August 15-17 Eurasian Economic Community (EurasEC) meeting in Sochi [...] | 2006-08-29 12:48:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON ENRG |
06DUSHANBE1650 | CHINESE MAKING BIG FOOTPRINT ON TAJIKISTAN'S INFRASTRUCTURE [...] (C) SUMMARY: With $637 million in low-interest credits for roads, a tunnel and high voltage transmission lines, China has positioned itself as Tajikistan's biggest and fastest-moving foreign investor. By funding key infrastructure projects, China seeks to strengthen its ties with Tajikistan [...] | 2006-09-05 11:02:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EAID EFIN ENRG TI CH |
06DUSHANBE1655 | TAJIKISTAN: AMBASSADOR PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO PRESIDENT [...] (U) SUMMARY. On September 4, just one business day after arriving at post, Ambassador Jacobson presented her credentials to Tajik President Emomoli Rahmonov. Rahmonov thanked the United States for its support of counter terrorism and counter narcotics efforts and said he looked forward to [...] | 2006-09-06 13:30:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON ENRG EAID SNAR KDEM PHUM TI |
06DUSHANBE1718 | CHINESE PRIME MINISTER BRINGS GOOD FORTUNE TO SCO TALKSIN [...] (U) SUMMARY: The fifth session of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization heads of government began September 15 in Dushanbe to a flourish of publicity. High-level representatives from China, Russia, Kyrgyz Republic, Kazakhstan, and Uzbekistan, observers from India, Iran, Pakistan, and Mongoli [...] | 2006-09-15 13:09:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECIN ECON EFIN ENRG PREL EAID TBIO TI |
06DUSHANBE1726 | DUSHANBE SCO CONFERENCE - MOVING BEYOND SECURITY INTO [...] SUMMARY: The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) focused on economic and energy cooperation in its Dushanbe meetings September 15-16. The six member countries issued a joint communique affirming their intention to further cooperate in economic, trade, scientific, technological, social, cu [...] | 2006-09-20 12:16:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV ECIN ECON EFIN ENRG EAID TBIO TI |
06DUSHANBE1765 | CHINESE DRAGON STEPS GENTLY IN TAJIKISTAN [...] SUMMARY: Chinese Ambassador to Tajikistan Li Huilai laid out the founding principles of friendship between Tajikistan and China, including economic, security, and cultural relations, at an academic conference hosted by the Tajik Center for Strategic Research in Dushanbe on September 26. Acad [...] | 2006-09-27 10:22:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV ECIN ECON EFIN ENRG TBIO TI |
06DUSHANBE1840 | FOREIGN MINISTER LOOKS SOUTH FOR OPPORTUNITY AND NERVOUSLY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a 45-minute meeting with Assistant Secretary Richard Boucher October 6, Foreign Minister Talbak SIPDIS Nazarov remarked that the United States and Tajikistan have a positive bilateral relationship because they have built an atmosphere of trust. He thanked Boucher for [...] | 2006-10-07 08:08:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM EAID EINV ENRG TI |
06DUSHANBE1841 | TAJIK PRESIDENT TELLS BOUCHER ELECTION SHOULD MEET [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a two-hour meeting with Assistant Secretary Richard Boucher October 6, Tajikistan's President SIPDIS Emomali Rahmonov stressed the positive bilateral relationship with the United States. Stating he wanted to deepen contacts at every level, Rahmonov thanked the United Stat [...] | 2006-10-07 08:24:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM EAID EINV ENRG TI |
06DUSHANBE1977 | IRAN HAWKS WARES IN TAJIKISTAN [...] (U) Summary: Iran staged a business exhibition in Dushanbe October 27-30 with over 40 Iranian companies participating. The well-attended exhibition featured building materials, engineering consulting services, consumer goods, medical equipment, furniture, pharmaceuticals, and other goods. [...] | 2006-10-30 12:35:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECIN ECON EFIN ENRG PREL TBIO TI |
06DUSHANBE2019 | DUSHANBE ELECTRICITY CONFERENCE PRODUCES MEMORANDUM OF [...] (SBU) INTRODUCTION: Afghanistan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, and Tajikistan moved three steps closer to establishing a regional transmission system and electricity market at the Second Central and South Asia regional electricity market conference. During the October 26-28 conference in Dushanbe, [...] | 2006-11-03 07:07:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | ECIN PGOV PREL ECON ENRG EFIN TI AF KG PK |
06DUSHANBE2149 | IN TAJIKISTAN'S WINDY CITY, LOCAL GOVERNMENT WELCOMES NGO [...] (U) SUMMARY: Whether building bridges, running an internet access center, or publishing youth newspapers, international and local NGOs operate effectively and with few bureaucratic barriers in the city and district of Faisobod. District Chairman Ismatullo Zaidov was quick to praise NGO contr [...] | 2006-11-29 05:53:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KHUM KDEM ENRG TI |
06DUSHANBE2169 | TAJIKISTAN: RAHMONOV RESTRUCTURES GOVERNMENT AND STARTS [...] President Emomoli Rahmonov has restructured the Tajik government and begun appointing a new cabinet, a move expected following his November 6 re-election to another seven-year term. Rahmonov reduced the total number of ministries and state committees from 25 to 17 and state agencies from 15 [...] | 2006-12-04 05:50:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ECON ETRD EAID EAIR ENRG KDEM PHUM TI |
06DUSHANBE2171 | TAJIKISTAN: RAHMONOV RESTRUCTURES GOVERNMENT AND STARTS [...] This cable is to replace Dushanbe 2169. 2. President Emomoli Rahmonov has restructured the Tajik government and begun appointing a new cabinet, a move expected following his November 6 re-election to another seven-year term. Rahmonov reduced the total number of ministries and state comm [...] | 2006-12-04 10:06:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ECON ETRD EAID EAIR ENRG KDEM PHUM TI |
06DUSHANBE2205 | TAJIKISTAN'S NEW CABINET INCLINED TO SUPPORT ECONOMIC GROWTH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Tajik and foreign observers agree Tajikistan's economy and infrastructure need a total overhaul. President Rahmonov's November 30 governmental restructuring and early December cabinet appointments to economic positions suggest he understands that he needs a competent set of advi [...] | 2006-12-12 12:37:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR ECON EAIR ENRG EAID ETRD TI |
06DUSHANBE2219 | TRADING PLACES: TAJIKISTAN'S NEW CABINET OF OLD HANDS WILL [...] (C) SUMMARY: With a few exceptions, Tajik President Rahmonov's post-election appointments simply shuffled loyalists and favorites into different positions, further concentrating power in the hands of those from his home region of Kulob. Instead of naming new, younger officials or educated tech [...] | 2006-12-14 13:50:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EAID ENRG SNAR KDEM TI AF |
06DUSHANBE2225 | ANOTHER DAM CABLE FROM TAJIKISTAN [...] (U) Boom!! After four hours of waiting for Tajik President Rahmonov and Russian energy utility RAO UES head Anatoli Chubais to arrive by car, when thick fog prevented helicopter travel, observers witnessed a single explosion block the mighty Vaksh River at Sangtuda. The river was diverted th [...] | 2006-12-19 11:32:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON ENRG EFIN TI |
06DUSHANBE2229 | AMBASSADOR'S FIRST MEETING WITH NEW TAJIK FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met December 20 with Hamrakhon Zaripov in his new capacity as Tajikistan's Foreign Minister. Zaripov agreed to "coordinate with relevant ministries and the president" on responses to the Ambassador's requests for forward movement on registration and visas for Natio [...] | 2006-12-20 12:06:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID ENRG TI |
06DUSHANBE2243 | A MINOR MIRACLE? TAJIK SETTLEMENT WITH NORSK HYDRO COULD BE [...] (C) With the December 20 signing of a cooperation agreement between Norwegian aluminum giant Norsk Hydro and Tajikistan's state-owned aluminum factory TadAZ, Tajikistan resolved one of its stickiest investment cases. Moscow-based Norwegian Ambassador Oyvind Nordsletten called on Ambassador J [...] | 2006-12-22 09:59:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON ENRG EINV ETRD TI NO |
06DUSHANBE272 | TAJIKISTAN: MURKY BUSINESS AND GEO-POLITICS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In two meetings with U.S. businessmen on February 9, a reliable CEO passed along the rumor that the largest cell-phone and Internet company in Tajikistan, Babilon-T, is founded on drug money and may sooner or later be bought by Moscow's Sistema-MTS. A less reliable U.S. interlo [...] | 2006-02-10 05:31:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR ECON EINV ENRG SNAR RS TI |
06DUSHANBE326 | HYDROPOWER 101: A GUIDE TO TAJIKISTAN'S PROSPECTS, PROJECTS, [...] (U) Tajikistan's mountains and rivers provide it an estimated four percent of the world's hydropower resources. The Tajik government has no shortage of promises and offers to help develop this natural resource, and is currently balancing competing interests and priorities to maximize the fina [...] | 2006-02-21 11:46:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ENRG ECON PREL TI AF |
06DUSHANBE327 | TAJIK HYDROPOWER 201: ADVANCED GAME THEORY [...] (C) In Tajik hydropower, a new conventional wisdom is emerging. If we want the Central Asian Infrastructure Initiative to succeed in Tajikistan, we need to consider the following: 2. (C) The United States is behind the curve on hydropower. Russia is building Sangtuda I and has first grab [...] | 2006-02-21 11:54:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ENRG ECON PREL TI AF |
06DUSHANBE419 | CHINESE AMBASSADOR TO TAJIKISTAN: "WHY NOT COOPERATE IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Chinese Ambassador to Tajikistan Li Huilai said China shared many of the United States' priorities in Tajikistan, including economic growth, counter-terrorism and border stability. In a very frank and open 90-minute meeting with Ambassador Hoagland, Li suggested there was room f [...] | 2006-03-04 06:47:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SNAR ECON EINV EAID ENRG TI CH |
06DUSHANBE44 | TAJIK ENERGY MINISTRY RELUCTANT TO WORK WITH MEHRON OIL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Energy Minister Emomiddin Aslov reported the Tajik government would only allow a $20 million oil refinery project if the investors assume 100 percent of the risk and make no claims on the Tajik Government, should the project fail. The actions and background of Mehron Oil [...] | 2006-01-05 12:45:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ETRD PGOV TI |
06DUSHANBE482 | TAJIKISTAN: IMF SEES ECONOMIC PROGRESS AND GROWTH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Washington-based International Monetary Fund (IMF) Tajikistan Country Director Carlos Pinerua gave an upbeat assessment of Tajikistan's economy but remained concerned about regulatory hurdles and lack of diversification for continued growth. Pinerua painted a positive picture [...] | 2006-03-13 13:45:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON EINV EAGR ETRD ENRG TI |
06DUSHANBE489 | KAZAKHSTAN LOOKING, BUT NOT JUMPING INTO TAJIK ENERGY [...] (C) Kazakhstan is not yet serious about the Tajik energy sector. Deputy Energy Minister Akhram Suleimanov told PolOff that despite a press release quoting the Kazakhstani Ambassador to Tajikistan saying Kazakhstan might invest in Sangtuda I, "Sangtuda is for the Russians only." Suleimanov o [...] | 2006-03-14 08:43:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ENRG ECON RS CH KZ TI |
06DUSHANBE493 | TAJIKISTAN'S MOI WITH AES ON POWER TRANSMISSION LINES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Post received the following letter from the Minister of Energy regarding Tajik government cooperation with AES, including the nine-page Memorandum of Intent for the "construction of a 220kV transmission line connecting the energy systems of Tajikistan and Afghanistan." The l [...] | 2006-03-14 13:55:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ENRG ECON RS TI AF |
06DUSHANBE582 | GAZPROM SLOWLY STEPS INTO TAJIKISTAN [...] (C) After three years, and three days of intensive meetings, Gazprom signed an agreement March 28 with the Government of Tajikistan to create a joint venture to explore Tajikistan's southern gas and oil reserves. Deputy Minister of Energy Aslov told PolOffs the Memorandum of Understanding est [...] | 2006-03-31 13:19:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON ENRG TI |
06DUSHANBE711 | TAJIKISTAN: AES STILL IN TEH GAME FOR SANGTUDA-I? [...] (C) SUMMARY: National Bank Chairman Murodali Alimardonov remarked April 14 that AES might still have a role to play in Sangtuda I or Rogun hydropower stations. In an elegant two-hour private lunch at the new National Bank building, Alimardonov outlined next steps for Tajikistan to integrate [...] | 2006-04-15 11:50:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON EINV ENRG RS AF TI |
06DUSHANBE745 | BADAKHSHAN TO BADAKHSHAN: TAJIKS REACHING ACROSS THE BORDER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: "We consider Afghanistan like our own." Ayubek Bekmurodov, Deputy to the Governor of Tajikistan's remote Gorno-Badakhshan autonomous region said his government was looking at ways to increase trade, the power supply, and food and humanitarian aid to the Afghan regions across th [...] | 2006-04-21 04:36:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ENRG ECON EAID AF TI |
06DUSHANBE748 | TAJIKISTAN'S NEW MAGIC WORD? DAST-I-ZHUM! [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Want to take a helicopter ride with the Deputy Prime Minister and three of Tajikistan's most influential energy players? Say "Dast-i-Zhum"-- a proposed 4000 MW hydropower station on the Tajik-Afghan border - and the Tajik government pays attention, rallying busy ministers and [...] | 2006-04-21 08:59:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ENRG ECON EAID AF TI |
06DUSHANBE768 | TAJIKISTAN: SHAKE UP AT MINISTRY OF ENERGY, MINISTER [...] President Rahmonov signed a decree April 24 dismissing the Minister of Energy and other ministry officials. According to press reports Abdullo Yerov will replace Jurabek Nurmahmadov as the Minister of Energy. Yerov was the former Minister of Energy until replaced by Nurmahmadov in 2004, when [...] | 2006-04-24 13:20:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECON ENRG TI |
06DUSHANBE779 | TAJIKISTAN'S SHARIPOV DISCUSSES CORRUPTION, IRAN, RUSSIA, [...] (C) The Ambassador met April 26 with Director of the President's Strategic Research Center (SRC) Suhrob Sharipov for a wide-ranging discussion on the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC),anti-corruption efforts in Tajikistan, Iranian-Tajik relations, and Tajikistan's increasing unease with [...] | 2006-04-27 08:35:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON ENRG SOCI KCOR KMCA KDEM IR RS |
06DUSHANBE802 | NEW ENERGY MINISTER, SAME ENERGY POLICY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In his third day on the job, Energy Minister Yorov reported Tajikistan's energy policy would continue to focus on attracting foreign investment for key infrastructure projects. He cited the reforms of the past five years, notably in improved fee collection, as evidence that Ta [...] | 2006-05-02 11:33:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ENRG ECON EAID AF TI |
06DUSHANBE835 | TAJIK DEPUTY PM OUTLINES VISION FOR HYDROPOWER SECTOR [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Although the Chinese have made the Tajiks an offer too good to refuse on a South-North transmission line project, according to Deputy Prime Minister Asadullo Ghulomov, many energy proje [...] | 2006-05-04 17:47:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECON ENRG AF TI |
06DUSHANBE858 | SCA A/S BOUCHER, NSC SENIOR DIRECTOR MILLARD ESTABLISH SOLID [...] (C) SUMMARY: Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia Richard Boucher and National Security Council Senior Adviser Elisabeth Millard met with President Emomali Rahmonov for nearly two hours on May 8 to discuss strengthening cooperation between Tajikistan and the United States i [...] | 2006-05-10 06:39:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | SECRET | PREL PGOV EAID ENRG SNAR KDEM KISL KPAO RS IR |
06DUSHANBE978 | TAJIKISTAN AND AES FINALLY SIGN MOU [...] (C) AES Corporation President and CEO Paul Hanrahan and his team met with President Rahmonov for an hour on May 24. With the president were Deputy Prime Minister Ghulomov, Minister of Energy Yorov, Minister of Economy Soliyev, Chairman of Barqi Tojik (state electricity company Samiyev, Presid [...] | 2006-05-25 11:18:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON EINV ENRG RS TI |
06DUSSELDORF49 | RUSSIAN INTEREST IN INVESTMENTS IN GERMANY [...] (SBU) Summary: Russian interest in buying into German/European companies, including Deutsche Telekom and energy companies has been a front page story. At the moment, in North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) and other parts of Germany, the level of actual transactions has not come close to equaling th [...] | 2006-12-20 17:11:00 | Consulate Dusseldorf | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ENRG PGOV RS GM |
06EFTOATHENS1738 | SOUTHERN CORRIDOR ENERGY OFFICERS' CONFERENCE, [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please treat accordingly. 2.(SBU) This is an update to the Energy Conference to be held in Athens on July 14, 2006. All Energy Officers, Economic Counselors and other appropriate officers from addressee posts who plan to attend should e-mail K [...] | 2006-07-06 14:23:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG EPET GR |
06FRANKFURT7767 | GM Europe Working on Fuel Cell, Other New Transport [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: General Motors Europe representatives, meeting with visiting Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) Chairman James Connaughton, described the work being done in the facility to develop passenger vehicles powered by hydrogen fuel cells as well as work on intermediate technologie [...] | 2006-11-13 15:50:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ECON SENV GM |
06FUKUOKA9 | NUCLEAR ENERGY POLITICS IN WESTERN JAPAN: KYUSHU ELECTRIC'S [...] (SBU) With Saga Governor Yasushi Furukawa's declaration February 7 that he believes pluthermal (plutonium-thermal) technology is safe, Kyushu Electric Power Co. (Kyuden) is close to securing final approval from local officials to initiate pluthermal power generation at its Genkai No. 3 Reactor [...] | 2006-02-09 05:42:00 | Consulate Fukuoka | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG EMIN ECON SENV SOCI PGOV TRGY JA |
06GEORGETOWN1058 | GUYANA ECONOMIC & COMMERCIAL ROUND-UP [...] Jagdeo Pursues Debt Relief, Treasury Ties in Singapore 2. Guyana-Suriname Maritime Boundary Dispute: Legal Teams to begin Oral Arguments on December 7 3. Russian Firm Interested in Linden Bauxite Operations 4. Cambior/IAMGOLD Merger Could Affect Guyanese Mining Operation 5. Stone Supply Sh [...] | 2006-10-10 20:50:00 | Embassy Georgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PBTS EMIN ETRD EFIN EINV ENRG GY |
06GEORGETOWN1069 | SURVEY OF ETHANOL POTENTIAL IN GUYANA [...] SUMMARY: Though a small-scale sugar producer, Guyana could be a lucrative destination for investment in ethanol production. Guyana's efforts to streamline its sugar industry and lower the cost of production--which will enable it to remain competitive--have limited excess cane capacity and inves [...] | 2006-10-13 19:53:00 | Embassy Georgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ENRG EAGR PREL PGOV GY |
06GEORGETOWN760 | GUYANA ECONOMIC & COMMERCIAL ROUND-UP [...] Mining: Cambior prepared to sell bauxite stake 2. ESTH: Environmental permit sought for Berbice River bauxite project 3. Banking: Republic Bank Rebrands, Introduces Debit Cards 4. Debt: World Bank grants US$322M debt relief 5. Public Finance: Revenue Authority reports 2005 tax exemptions [...] | 2006-08-03 20:55:00 | Embassy Georgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN EMIN EAID EAIR ECIN ENRG ECON GY |
06GUANGZHOU28065 | A/S McMurray Visits Sites Implementing P2E2 [...] (U) SUMMARY: OES A/S McMurray visited two sites in the Pearl River Delta where measures such as those being promoted by the Hong Kong-based pollution prevention and energy efficiency (P2E2) initiative have been implemented -- the Huangpu power plant operated by Guangdong Yuehua Power Company [...] | 2006-08-21 04:27:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV ENRG CH |
06GUANGZHOU30121 | ASIA PACIFIC PARTNERSHIP ON CLEAN DEVELOPMENT AND [...] (U) Summary: In his roundtable discussion with American Chamber of Commerce South China representatives September 1, White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) Chairman James Connaughton said that his mission in China was to advance the Asia Pacific Partnership on Clean Development a [...] | 2006-09-15 09:55:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV ENRG TSPL BEXP CH |
06GUANGZHOU30122 | ASIA PACIFIC PARTNERSHIP ON CLEAN DEVELOPMENT AND [...] (U) Summary: In a September 1 meeting with Guangdong Province Development and Reform Commission (DRC) Deputy Director Li Miaojuan, White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) Chairman James Connaughton called for eliminating tariffs on environmental technology products; he told Li that [...] | 2006-09-15 09:56:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV ENRG TSPL BEXP CH |
06GUANGZHOU31747 | South China's Daya Bay Nuclear Power Station: Commissioner Jaz [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-26 02:39:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | SECRET | ENRG KNNP KSCA ECON CH |
06GUANGZHOU31861 | South China's Daya Bay Nuclear Power Station: [...] (S) SUMMARY: During a September 26, 2006 tour of the Ling Ao units of the Daya Bay Nuclear Power Station near Shenzhen in Guangdong Province, Steven Lau, Senior Vice President of the Daya Bay Operations and Management Co., told NRC Commissioner Gregory Jazcko that Chinese plans for nuclear pow [...] | 2006-10-30 07:54:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | SECRET | ENRG KNNP KSCA ECON CH |
06GUANGZHOU32305 | EPA A/A Wehrum Discusses Air Pollution Issues with [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: EPA Assistant Administrator for Air and Radiation William Wehrum stressed to Guangdong Province Environmental Protection Bureau (EPB) officials that environmental protection, public health, and economic development can co-exist. Wehrum commended Guangdong for addressing sulfur d [...] | 2006-11-21 03:54:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ENRG BEXP CH |
06GUANGZHOU32459 | How Will China Achieve Its Energy Efficiency [...] (SBU) China must use energy efficient products and technologies, implement structural changes in its high energy-consuming industries, and improve its management of energy conservation efforts, according to government officials and experts who gathered in Hainan Province in November 2006 for t [...] | 2006-12-28 03:58:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ECON SENV CH |
06GUANGZHOU5955 | Journey to the West: Guangdong's Maoming City [...] (U) Summary: In contrast to the "pie in the sky" wishful thinking we heard throughout our tour of Guangxi's top cities, officials in Guangdong's Maoming City professionally presented credible plans for further economic development based on heavy industry with some agriculture thrown in. City [...] | 2006-03-06 00:56:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ECON ETRD EINV EAGR CH |
06GUATEMALA252 | Guatemalan Response to Central American Energy [...] Econoff met with GOG officials to discuss the new Central American Energy Initiative (the Meso-American Energy Initiative). GOG officials indicated that much of the initiative has existed in various forms throughout the region over the years. They added that, while this initiative is a welc [...] | 2006-02-08 15:31:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG EINV EPET BEXP ETRD PREL GT |
06GUATEMALA99 | VENEZUELAN INTRIGUE IN THE GUATEMALAN OIL MARKET? [...] (C) Summary: The Franco-US oil company KLP Industries has contacted the Embassy repeatedly alleging that it is the victim of a plot to revoke an exploration contract it won from the Government of Guatemala (GOG). The contract has, in fact, been revoked by the GOG. KLP believes that it has be [...] | 2006-01-19 19:55:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET ETRD EINV ECON PGOV PINR GT VE |
06HALIFAX120 | ATLANTIC CANADA: OFFSHORE ENERGY EXPLORATION COSTS BECOMING [...] Although there have been some major strides in reducing regulatory delays and costs for offshore energy exploration, most drilling expenses for companies looking for energy off Atlantic Canada are outside of the control of regulators, the Chair of the Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Boar [...] | 2006-06-23 20:25:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET ENRG ETRD CA |
06HALIFAX215 | MAINE LNG ISSUES - NEW BRUNSWICK COMMITTED TO STOPPING LNG [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The new Liberal government in New Brunswick is continuing the fight to stop liquified natural gas (LNG) tankers from transiting through Passamaquoddy Bay, which lies between Maine and New Brunswick. New Consul General (CG) was briefed by a senior member of the New Brunswick civ [...] | 2006-11-08 18:48:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG EWWT PBTS PGOV PREL PINR CA |
06HALIFAX216 | ROOKIE NEW BRUNSWICK PREMIER TOUTS STRONG U.S. TIES [...] (SBU) Shawn Graham, Canada's newest Premier, is ready to implement a U.S.-friendly agenda that is focused on expanded trade to the United States, especially energy sales. While electricity exports have been the primary focus, the new Liberal government is looking at how Irving Oil's growing in [...] | 2006-11-22 19:39:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ENRG PREL PBTS PTER EPET ETRD EIND CA |
06HALIFAX34 | ATLANTIC CANADA: REACTIONS TO THE NEW HARPER CABINET [...] SUMMARY: Prime Minister Harper's decision on who will be representing Atlantic Canada in his cabinet has generally received a positive reaction here. There have been many accolades for the three MPs the Prime Minister selected: Nova Scotia's Peter MacKay (Foreign Affairs),Greg Thompson of N [...] | 2006-02-10 19:22:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR EFIS PREL ENRG CA |
06HALIFAX70 | ENERGY: MOVING LABRADOR'S LOWER CHURCHILL PROJECT TO [...] SUMMARY: Suitors have lined up for a chance to be part of the long-anticipated project to develop the hydroelectric resource of the Lower Churchill River in Newfoundland-Labrador. A tough but calculated business plan by Premier Danny Williams, coupled with new market dynamics, has economists [...] | 2006-04-07 15:03:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG PGOV CA |
06HANOI1255 | IRAN/NAM: Demarche Delivered to Vietnam [...] (SBU) Senior Ministry of Foreign Affairs officials have been completely tied up with the visit of UN Secretary General Kofi Annan, so Poloff delivered reftel demarche January 20 to Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs Arms Control Expert Vu Van Mien. Mien is responsible for drafting the pap [...] | 2006-05-25 09:39:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP AORC TRGY ENRG IAEA IR VM |
06HANOI169 | IRAN/UNSC: Demarche Delivered to Vietnam [...] (SBU) In the absence of available higher-level officials without a lengthy wait for an appointment, Poloff delivered reftel demarche January 20 to Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs Arms Control Expert Vu Van Mien. Poloff made the point that this is an exceedingly important issue not just [...] | 2006-01-19 10:29:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP AORC TRGY ENRG IAEA IR VM |
06HANOI2163 | S&T VICE MINISTER ON CONVERSION OF VIETNAM'S REACTOR AND [...] (SBU) Summary. During an August 23 meeting with Science and Technology Vice Minister (VM) Tran Quoc Thang, the Ambassador strongly encouraged Vietnam to approve DOE's proposal for converting the Dalat experimental reactor's fuel from highly enriched uranium to low enriched uranium. He pushe [...] | 2006-08-25 02:22:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP ENRG TRGY KIPR VM |
06HANOI2319 | DOE VISIT IDENTIFIES SECURITY CONCERNS AT [...] (SBU) Keith Young, Physical Security Protection Specialist from Sandia National Laboratories, working under contract to the Department of Energy (DOE),conducted a site assessment of a radioactive waste storage facility approximately 47 kilometers NW of Hanoi on August 28. Young visited the [...] | 2006-09-11 09:03:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG KNNP OTRA PARM VM |
06HANOI2344 | CORRECTED COPY DOE VISIT IDENTIFIES SECURITY [...] (SBU) Keith Young, Physical Security Protection Specialist from Sandia National Laboratories, working under contract to the Department of Energy (DOE),conducted a site assessment of a radioactive waste storage facility approximately 47 kilometers NW of Hanoi on August 28. Young visited the [...] | 2006-09-13 04:15:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG KNNP OTRA PARM VM |
06HANOI2529 | DOE SISTER LABORATORY COOPERATION [...] (U) On September 26, 2006, the Charg d'Affairs delivered talking points, informal Vietnamese translation and a color handout on the Department of Energy's (DOE) Sister Laboratory Cooperation program per reftel to Vice Minister of Science and Technology Tran Quoc Thang. 2. (U) Flanked by l [...] | 2006-10-03 10:34:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP ENRG TRGY KIPR VM |
06HANOI2619 | SENATOR HAGEL MEETING WITH VIETNAM FINANCE MINISTER VU VAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Senator Hagel met with Finance Minister Vu Van Ninh on October 6 to discuss Vietnam's economy and financial system. During the meeting Minister Ninh stressed that Vietnam aims to join the WTO as soon as possible and that it appreciates the support from the U.S. administration an [...] | 2006-10-13 01:32:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD ENRG OVIP EIND EINV VM |
06HANOI2642 | VIETNAM REACHING OUT TO VENEZUELA AND CUBA ON ENERGY [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: Recent news reports have indicated that Vietnam has signed a series of energy deals with Venezuela and Cuba. According to a GVN official, such Memoranda of Understanding (MOUs) are in line with the GVN's policy to seek more oil resources and partners outside of Vietn [...] | 2006-10-16 09:26:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG OVIP EINV VE VM |
06HANOI2662 | RESPONSE FROM MFA ON PROPOSED U.S.-VIETNAM NONPROLIFERATION [...] (SBU) Summary: The GVN is apparently not interested in quickly pursuing two formal agreements on nonproliferation which have been under negotiation between the Department of Energy and the Ministry of Science and Technology since 2004. MOST remains open, however, to discussion of the transfe [...] | 2006-10-19 08:15:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP ENRG TRGY VM |
06HANOI2687 | LOOSING TRACTION: S&T VICE MINISTER ON FUEL CONVERSION OF [...] (SBU) Summary. On September 26, 2006, the Charg d'Affairs paid a return visit to Vice Minister of Science and Technology Tran Quoc Thang to seek the Government of Vietnam's (GVN) prompt approval for the fuel conversion of the Dalat research reactor and conclusion of two related agreements on [...] | 2006-10-23 03:08:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP ENRG TRGY KIPR VM |
06HANOI2734 | MFA GIVES NOD ON FUEL CONVERSION OF VIETNAM'S RESEARCH [...] (SBU) Summary. On October 24, 2006, the Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration Assistant Deputy Administrator (ADA) Andrew Bieniawski met separately with Vice Minister of Science and Technology Le Binh Dinh and Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs Phan Binh Minh to c [...] | 2006-10-26 10:18:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP ENRG TRGY KIPR VM |
06HANOI2765 | PRIME MINISTER'S VISIT TO VIETNAM [...] (SBU) Summary: Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dzung's recent trip to Japan was intended to reaffirm the two countries' friendship and cooperation in a highly visible manner. The PM's schedule included a full array of high-level events and meetings (Ref B). In addition to protocol-driven events, t [...] | 2006-10-30 10:00:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON ETRD EINV ENRG KIPR JA VM |
06HANOI2767 | PRIME MINISTER'S VISIT TO JAPAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dzung's recent trip to Japan was intended to reaffirm the two countries' friendship and cooperation in a highly visible manner. The PM's schedule included a full array of high-level events and meetings (Ref B). In addition to protocol-driven events, t [...] | 2006-10-30 10:49:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON ETRD EINV ENRG KIPR JA VM |
06HANOI2817 | MFA SIGNALS APPROVAL ON REACTOR FUEL CONVERSION PROPOSAL, [...] (SBU) Summary. On October 26, 2006, Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) staff and ESTHOff discussed with Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) staff details of NNSA Assistant Deputy Administrator (ADA) Andrew Bieniawski's letter to Assistant Minister of Foreign [...] | 2006-11-07 06:44:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG TRGY KIPR KNNP KGIT VM |
06HANOI3006 | IAEA DG ELBARADEI'S VISIT BOOSTS VIETNAM'S NUCLEAR ENERGY [...] (SBU) Summary. International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Mohamed ElBaradei visited Hanoi December 9-11 to review the Agency's cooperation with the GVN. DG ElBaradei's objectives for the visit were to promote the potential for Vietnam's nuclear power program to become a region [...] | 2006-12-13 08:01:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ETTC PARM PREL KNNP VM |
06HANOI614 | VIETNAM LIKELY TO SAY NOTHING ABOUT U.S.-INDIA [...] (SBU) On March 10, Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Ministry of Foreign Affairs International Organizations Department senior expert Vu Van Mien, a frequent and close contact on nonproliferation issues. Mien said he appreciated the briefing on the initiative, and noted that Vietnam was sur [...] | 2006-03-16 08:44:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ENRG KSCA PARM KNNP ETTC IN VM |
06HANOI911 | Discussions of Agreements for the Dalat Reactor [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 13-15, 2006, a DOE-DOS team met with Vice Minister of Science and Technology Tran Quoc Thang and other Government of Vietnam (GVN) officials in Hanoi to discuss the Vietnam's participation in the Russian Research Reactor Fuel Return (RRRFR) Initiative. The USG delegati [...] | 2006-04-21 08:23:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP ENRG TRGY KTIA VM |
06HELSINKI1037 | DAS PEKALA,S OCTOBER 4 MEETINGS WITH FINNISH MFA [...] (SBU) EUR DAS Mark Pekala visited Helsinki October 4-6 to participate in the Nordic-Baltic Chiefs of Mission Conference and to consult with Finnish officials on bilateral and transatlantic issues. In separate meetings with Finnish Political Director Pilvi-Sisko Vierros-Villeneuve and Director [...] | 2006-10-12 08:45:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SENV ENRG ECON FI AF GT VE RS GG |
06HELSINKI1058 | PUTIN AT THE OCT. 20 EU HEADS OF GOVERNMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The October 20 EU Heads of State or Government Informals will feature two main components: (1) the informal EU leaders' sessions, where principals will discuss migration, Darfur, innovation and energy; and (2) a dinner with Russian President Putin, which will focus on energy issue [...] | 2006-10-17 13:30:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM ENRG ETRD PGOV EUN MOPS FI RU SU |
06HELSINKI1064 | THE VIEW FROM HELSINKI: PREPARING FOR THE HIGH [...] (SBU) Because of their long-held interest in climate change and related issues, and their keen interest in launching this dialogue during their Presidency to find areas of common ground for the US and EU, the Finns asserted themselves with the Commission in a manner we have not seen on other i [...] | 2006-10-20 05:12:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | SENV ENRG EUN FI |
06HELSINKI1073 | A READ-OUT ON THE EU-INDIA SUMMIT [...] (SBU) Emboffs met Oct. 18 with Johan Schalin, Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen's Special Advisor for Foreign Affairs. Schalin offered the following tidbits from the Oct. 12-13 EU-India Summit: Joint Action Plan and a Bilateral Trade Agreement --------------------------------------------- ---- [...] | 2006-10-20 11:08:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG PGOV EUN ETRD FI IN |
06HELSINKI1088 | ENERGY, IMMIGRATION, AND INNOVATION: EU HEADS OF [...] (U) The EU Heads of State or Government on 20 October met in Lahti, Finland to discuss external energy relations, immigration, and technological innovation. In press statements throughout the day, the Finnish EU presidency sought to portray the EU as united on these difficult issues, but publ [...] | 2006-10-26 11:22:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG ETRD EUN FI MOPS PGOV PHUM PREL SU |
06HELSINKI1092 | CORRECTED COPY: ENERGY, IMMIGRATION, AND [...] (U) Summary: The EU Heads of State or Government on 20 October met in Lahti, Finland to discuss external energy relations, immigration, and technological innovation. In press statements throughout the day, the Finnish EU presidency sought to portray the EU as united on these difficult issues, [...] | 2006-10-27 12:24:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG ETRD EUN FI MOPS PGOV PHUM PREL SU |
06HELSINKI1093 | PUTIN IN LAHTI: MAKING FRIENDS AND INFLUENCING [...] (U) Summary: Russian President Vladimir Putin was the guest of honor at a dinner following the EU Heads of State or Government summit in Lahti on October 20. The leaders were also joined by Finnish President Halonen who has faced criticism for inviting Putin at all. Prime Minister Vanhanen t [...] | 2006-10-30 06:40:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM FI MOPS ENRG ETRD EUN RU |
06HELSINKI1131 | EU-RUSSIA SUMMIT: PREPARATIONS UNDERWAY [...] (C) SUMMARY: POLOFF on 6 November met with Finnish MFA Counselor for Russia Paivi Laine to discuss the Nov. 3 EU-Russia foreign affairs PPC and preparations for the EU-Russia summit on 24 November. The PPC had "gone well" and Northern Dimension preparations are "on track"; however, the Presi [...] | 2006-11-07 09:07:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EUN PGOV ETRD ENRG PL FI RU |
06HELSINKI1137 | U.S.-EU HIGH LEVEL DIALOGUE ON CLIMATE CHANGE, [...] At the first-ever High Level Dialogue on Climate Change, Clean Energy and Sustainable Development (HLD) October 24-25 in Helsinki, the U.S. and EU agreed to strengthen bilateral efforts in areas including clean coal, carbon sequestration, energy efficiency, renewables, methane recovery, and b [...] | 2006-11-07 12:50:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV ENRG TRGY TSPL ELTN EUN EPET FI |
06HELSINKI1148 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH PM VANHANEN [...] (C) Ambassador Ware met with Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen Nov.8. Fresh from having recently hosted the EU-Ukraine Summit and the EU Heads of State/Government informals in Lahti (which included dinner with Russian President Putin),Vanhanen provided additional insights on Putin's Russia; ener [...] | 2006-11-09 14:41:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM ETRD ENRG EUN FI RU UP |
06HELSINKI1173 | DAS KRAMER AND FINNISH DG ESKELINEN DISCUSS [...] (SBU) Summary: Deputy Assistant Secretary David Kramer on 15 November met with Finnish Director General Eskelinen and other foreign ministry staff to discuss U.S. consultations around the G-8 Political Directors' meeting in Moscow and Finnish preparations for the upcoming EU-Russia summit on 24 [...] | 2006-11-21 14:26:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ENRG RU FI EUN BO MD PL UP |
06HELSINKI1199 | ENERGY FROM THE EAST: FINNISH RELIANCE ON RUSSIAN [...] (C) Summary: Gasum, Finland,s sole supplier of natural gas, has managed to settle into a peaceful coexistence with its notorious Russian partner Gazprom. Although totally dependent on Gazprom for 100 percent of its supply, Gasum ensures stability through long-term contracts with Gazprom which [...] | 2006-12-01 14:47:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET ETRD EUN FI RS |
06HELSINKI1236 | BEST PRACTICES FROM FINLAND'S ENERGY AND [...] (U) Summary: In 2002, Finland established a unique Energy and Environment Partnership with Central America, inspired by U.S. private-public partnership concepts, which aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by promoting the sustainable use of renewable energy sources and clean technologies. [...] | 2006-12-14 11:44:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG SENV EUN FI |
06HELSINKI1239 | BILATERAL MEETINGS ON THE MARGINS OF THE WILTON [...] No summary [...] | 2006-12-14 13:45:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG MNUC PARM PREL KNNP NPT FI |
06HELSINKI297 | ENVIRONMENTAL COOPERATION DURING FINLAND'S EU [...] (SBU) On April 4, Ambassador Ware met with Finland's Minister of Environment Jan-Erik Enestam. Minister Enestam reiterated his high regard for the transatlantic relationship and said that he had invited OES A/S Claudia McMurray to visit Finland in advance of Finland's EU presidency, which beg [...] | 2006-04-07 13:28:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON SENV ENRG EU PREL FI |
06HELSINKI566 | ENERGY DIVERSITY IN FINLAND AND WHAT IT CAN OFFER [...] (SBU) Summary: Finland has the EU's longest border with Russia and the two maintain a complex and long-standing energy relationship. While energy security is a concern for every country, Finland's somewhat unique position makes it very unlikely to suffer disruptions to its Russia- sourced ene [...] | 2006-06-16 14:59:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ECON ETRD PREL EPET FI RU |
06HELSINKI567 | FINNISH NUCLEAR SAFETY [...] (SBU) On June 1, Finnish Foreign Minister Erkki Tuomioja told Ambassador Ware that Finland is willing to provide nuclear safety technology and assistance as part of the package of incentives the U.S., the EU3 and Russia intend to offer Iran to defuse the current standoff over Iran's weapon's p [...] | 2006-06-16 14:59:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG TRGY PARM PREL KNNP FI RU |
06HELSINKI676 | JULY 2006 EU INFORMAL ENVIRONMENTAL MINISTERIAL [...] (U) SUMMARY: At the July 2006 EU Environmental Informal Ministerial, the GOF made clear its eagerness to begin a dialogue with the US on climate change, clean energy, and sustainable development as agreed to during the recent US-EU Summit in Vienna. Finnish contacts understand and accept the [...] | 2006-07-18 14:03:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ENRG ETRD EAGR EUN FI |
06HELSINKI958 | OES MEETING WITH EU PRESIDENT AND GERMANY ABOUT [...] Summary: On September 19th US State Department's Special Representative for Sustainable Development Jonathan Margolis, Senior Energy Advisor Griff Thompson and Embassy Econ Officer Glenn Lewis met Finnish representatives of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Ministry of the Environment, and a G [...] | 2006-09-21 12:10:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG SENV TRGY TSPL FI |
06HELSINKI994 | SCENESETTER FOR EUR DAS PEKALA'S VISIT TO HELSINKI, OCTOBER [...] Half way through its EU Presidency, Finland has proven to be the behind-the-scenes negotiator we expected rather than the more out-in-front leader we might have preferred. Often valuing consensus above all, the Finns have been unusually content to see the Commission take the lead on many issu [...] | 2006-09-28 13:43:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL OTRA SENV ENRG ECON FI |
06HELSINKI995 | GOF ENVIRONMENT MINISTER CONFIRMS TO AMBASSADOR THE [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador Ware met with Environment Minister Enestam on September 27 to discuss the upcoming High Level Dialogue on Climate Change, Clean Energy and Sustainable Development (HLD),which he confirmed would take place on October 24-25. Enestam also confirmed he will co- chair th [...] | 2006-09-28 13:43:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON SENV ENRG EU PREL FI |
06HERMOSILLO36 | PRD AND "ALTERNATIVA" PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES CAMPAIGN IN [...] (SBU) Summary. PRD presidential candidate Lopez Obrador made his first official campaign swing through Sonora state January 27. His visit culminated in political rally in Hermosillo, which was well attended, but not as large as claimed. He made 32 promises to Sonoran voters - local media fo [...] | 2006-01-31 03:48:00 | Consulate Hermosillo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EINV ENRG SNAR MX |
06HERMOSILLO9 | SONORA STATE OFFICIALS SEE 5 PERCENT ECONOMIC GROWTH IN [...] (U) Summary. Sonora economic officials are projecting that the state's economic growth rate for 2006 will be 5 percent. This would match 2005, when the Ford Company's major expansion of its automobile assembly operations in Hermosillo gave Sonora a major boost. Plans for a new LNG terminal i [...] | 2006-01-10 23:24:00 | Consulate Hermosillo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EIND ENRG EINV EPET MX |
06HONGKONG1082 | A Primer for Hong Kong Power Reforms [...] (SBU) Summary: In late December 2005, the Hong Kong Government (HKG) proposed to reform the Scheme of Control Agreements (SCAs) governing Hong Kong's electricity market to lower the rates of return to both of Hong Kong's power companies, Hong Kong Electric (HKE) and China Light and Power (CLP) [...] | 2006-03-16 01:41:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG SENV KSCA ECON BTIO TRGY CH HK |
06HONGKONG2373 | MEGAPORTS - BILATERAL MEETING ADVANCES [...] (C) SUMMARY. On May 28-29, National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) Assistant Deputy Administrator David Huizenga led an inter-agency delegation (Departments of Energy, Homeland Security, and State) to Hong Kong to discuss next steps in the USG's proposed implementation of the Megaport [...] | 2006-06-08 09:04:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ENRG PTER PREL PGOV ECON EWWT HK CH |
06HONGKONG2509 | EVOLVING DISCUSSION OF AIR POLLUTION'S [...] (C) Positive reaction to the Consul General's (CG) recent speech encouraging business to be proactive in addressing worsening air pollution suggests a growing realism and sophistication in the local smog debate. Shortly after the speech, a local NGO published a report listing dramatic health [...] | 2006-06-16 07:40:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG SENV CH HK |
06HONGKONG2600 | HONG KONG PORT'S COMPETITIVENESS AS A SEA-TRADE [...] (U) Summary. In 2005, Hong Kong's port shipped more goods to the U.S. than any other, while Singapore overtook Hong Kong's position as the world's busiest container port. Pearl River Delta (PRD) ports collectively are much more significant than Singapore, but Hong Kong's share of the Pearl R [...] | 2006-06-23 07:37:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT ETRD ENRG HK |
06HONGKONG3633 | AIR POLLUTION: HURTING HONG KONG'S ECONOMIC [...] No summary [...] | 2006-09-12 01:36:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG SENV CH HK |
06ISLAMABAD21946 | ASSISTANT SECRETARY BOUCHER'S NOVEMBER 6 MEETING [...] (C) Summary: On November 6, Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher met with Pakistani Foreign Secretary Riaz Mohammad Khan. The two discussed the upcoming strategic dialogue, including the status of dialogues on energy, education, and science and technology [...] | 2006-11-13 02:05:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | AF EAID ECON ENRG ETRD MNUC PARM PK PREL PTER |
06ISLAMABAD5822 | A/S BOUCHER AND PAKISTANI FM KASURI DISCUSS U-S [...] (C) Summary: In an April 4 meeting with visiting SCA Assistant Secretary Boucher, Pakistani Foreign Minister Kasuri repeated Pakistan's request that the U.S. consider a "package deal" on civil nuclear cooperation that would include Pakistan as well as India. At a minimum, the U.S. should choo [...] | 2006-04-06 04:51:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG MNUC PGOV PK IN PREL |
06ISLAMABAD8207 | DENIAL OF COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR SANDIA LABS [...] Post regrets that it is unable to offer country clearance to reftel visitors due to the limited advance notice, While post strongly supports the objectives of the mission, visits like this, involving numerous meetings (especially in other cities) will require more than four days notice. 2. [...] | 2006-05-05 12:44:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG KNNP PARM OTRA PK |
06ISLAMABAD9875 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORY [...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance for the visit of Sandia National Laboratories' staff Jose R. Rodriguez and James W. Purvis from June 10 to 16. The purpose of the visit is to participate in an IAEA training course in Islamabad. Post understands that IAEA's local partner, the Pakista [...] | 2006-05-30 05:14:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT AORC ASEC ENRG KNNP OTRA PK |
06ISTANBUL1296 | JULY 12 PRESIDENT ALIYEV - ENERGY DEPSEC SELL [...] (U) This is a joint ConGn Istanbul-Embassy Baku message. 2. (C) SUMMARY Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev told Deput Secretary of Energy Clay Sell on July 12 that Aerbaijan and US goals and strategies with respect o developing Azerbaijani gas for world markets cincide, and Azerbaijan i [...] | 2006-07-18 14:31:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG TU |
06ISTANBUL1341 | BTC PRE-INAUGURATION MEETINGS IN ISTANBUL [...] (SBU) Summary: Energy Deputy Secretary Sell and senior U.S. officials met with high-level delegations from Azerbaijan, Georgia, Turkey and Kazakhstan in Istanbul on July 12 to discuss issues related to the Baku-Tiblisi-Ceyhan (BTC) pipeline on the eve of its inauguration. Deputy Secretary Sell and [...] | 2006-07-26 13:04:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG PREL AJ GG KZ RU TU |
06ISTANBUL2144 | ISTANBUL BUSINESS COMMUNITY DISCUSSES IRAQ WITH [...] (SBU) Summary. On November 28, CODEL Shays met members of the Istanbul business community to discuss their views on Iraq's future and U.S. - Turkey relations. The business community sees both risks and opportunities in Iraq, but companies with on-going Iraq operations see potential profit op [...] | 2006-12-08 14:29:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENIV ENRG OREP PREL PTER TU |
06ISTANBUL223 | DANGER IN BOSPHORUS [...] (U) A major catastrophe in Istanbul's narrow Bosphorus Straits was narrowly averted on February 21 when a Liberian- flagged tanker carrying 86,000 tons of kerosene lost steerage way and nearly ran aground at Istanbul's historic Dolmabahce Palace. The out-of-control ship came to a stop some 20 [...] | 2006-02-22 13:17:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET ENRG EWWT TU |
06JAKARTA11379 | INDONESIA - 2007 BUDGET RAISES SOCIAL SPENDING [...] (SBU) Summary. The Government of Indonesia's (GOI) Rp 746.5 trillion (USD 82.1 billion) draft 2007 budget proposes double digit percentage increases in spending on health, education and social welfare programs, with the total amount of central government spending on these programs reaching Rp [...] | 2006-09-13 10:27:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN KMCA KCOR PGOV ENRG TBIO ID |
06JAKARTA12031 | EAST KALIMANTAN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS [...] Summary: Economic and political leaders in East Kalimantan praised the Government of Indonesia's (GOI) decentralization policy during a four-day embassy trip through the resource-rich province on the Indonesian part of Borneo. However, the same leaders criticized strongly the execution of tha [...] | 2006-09-29 06:29:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ENRG EINV SENV PREL TBIO ID |
06JAKARTA12555 | US-ASEAN BUSINESS COUNCIL DELEGATION VISITS JAKARTA [...] (SBU) Summary. President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) told a visiting U.S. ASEAN Business Council (USABC) delegation on October 12 that he remains optimistic about Indonesia's economic outlook and committed to economic reforms and the process of democratization. Vice President Jusuf Kalla [...] | 2006-10-16 05:38:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV ENRG ETRD EFIN PGOV ID |
06JAKARTA12775 | PARLIAMENT PASSES 2007 BUDGET [...] (SBU) Summary. Parliament approved a Rp 763.6 trillion (USD 83.4 billion) FY 2007 budget on October 17. Spending for personnel, materials and social programs is slated to rise significantly in 2007 in line with President Yudhoyono's plans to reform the civil service and improve health and ed [...] | 2006-10-20 10:15:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN KMCA KCOR PGOV ENRG TBIO ID |
06JAKARTA13236 | INFRASTRUCTURE FORUM ATTRACTS INVESTORS AND [...] (SBU) Summary. The Government of Indonesia (GOI) renewed its appeal for private investment under it's five-year, USD 150 billion infrastructure development program at a November 1-3 Infrastructure Forum in Jakarta. President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) touted improvements in Indonesia's i [...] | 2006-11-19 23:36:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON ENRG EAIR ELTN ECPS PREL ID |
06JAKARTA13237 | INFRASTRUCTURE FORUM ATTRACTS INVESTORS AND [...] (SBU) Summary. The Government of Indonesia (GOI) renewed its appeal for private investment under it's five-year, USD 150 billion infrastructure development program at a November 1-3 Infrastructure Forum in Jakarta. President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) touted improvements in Indonesia's i [...] | 2006-11-19 23:36:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON ENRG EAIR ELTN ECPS ID |
06JAKARTA13387 | NORTH SUMATRA: A TALE OF TWO ECONOMIES [...] (U) SUMMARY: High prices for rubber and crude palm oil keep North Sumatra's agricultural sector resilient. Industry experts expect the trend to continue as demand for oleochemicals and cooking oil increase, and biodiesel production expands. On the other hand, North Sumatra's manufacturing an [...] | 2006-12-04 07:11:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR ENRG ETRD ID |
06JAKARTA13421 | SBY - ABE SUMMIT: PLOWING AHEAD ON TRADE AND ENERGY [...] (C) Summary. Energy and a planned Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) were the centerpieces of President Yudhoyono's November 26 - 29 state visit to Tokyo. President Yudhoyono and Prime Minister Abe announced that the two sides had "reached agreement in principle" on an Indonesia-Japan EPA, [...] | 2006-12-06 09:20:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD EWWT ENRG KN JA ID |
06JAKARTA13446 | ENERGY HIGHLIGHTS-OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2006 [...] Summary. President Yudhoyono said Indonesia will honor its existing LNG contracts during a November 27-29 state visit to Japan. Vice President Jusuf Kalla said on November 25 that Indonesia will decide next year whether to renew those contracts. On November 25, state gas company PGN restored [...] | 2006-12-08 09:16:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET ENRG EINV PREL ID |
06JAKARTA13453 | ROH, SBY INITIAL STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP IN JAKARTA [...] (C) Summary. On December 4 in Jakarta, Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and South Korean President Roh Moo-Hyun initialed a comprehensive 32-point "Strategic Partnership" encompassing a wide rage of areas for cooperation. The Partnership serves as a baseline for the development [...] | 2006-12-08 11:15:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD ENRG KS ID |
06JAKARTA13498 | YUDHOYONO'S VISIT TO RUSSIA: DEFENSE COOPERATION [...] (C) Summary: Indonesia and Russia signed a range of intergovernmental and other agreements during the visit of Indonesian President Yudhoyono to Russia November 29-December  [...] | 2006-12-15 10:18:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS MARR EINV EIND ENRG SOCI ID RS |
06JAKARTA240 | INDONESIA - ECONOMIC AND ESTH HIGHLIGHTS - DECEMBER [...] Summary. Indonesian financial markets reacted favorably to a December 6, 2005 cabinet reshuffle, with the rupiah gaining two percent through the end of December to close at 9,840/USD. The Jakarta Stock Exchange composite index also rose six percent after the reshuffle to close at 1,162 on Dec [...] | 2006-01-06 08:15:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETRD ENRG SENV TBIO MARR ID |
06JAKARTA2984 | INDONESIA - GOVERNMENT OUTLINES INFRASTRUCTURE [...] (SBU) Summary: Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Boediono and other Government of Indonesia (GOI) officials outlined a wide ranging infrastructure development plan at a February 21 conference for potential foreign investors in Jakarta. Boediono and other GOI speakers described an am [...] | 2006-03-07 10:24:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON ENRG EAIR ELTN ECPS ID |
06JAKARTA3162 | INDONESIA - GOI FINALLY PURGES PERTAMINA BOARD [...] (SBU) On March 8 the Government of Indonesia (GOI) replaced the head of state oil and gas company Pertamina after more than a year of unfulfilled promises to shake up Indonesia's most powerful state-owned enterprise. Ari Sumarno succeeds Megawati-era appointee Widya Purnama as President Dire [...] | 2006-03-10 00:20:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG EINV PREL PINR ID |
06JAKARTA5703 | IRANIAN PRESIDENT'S ENGAGEMENT WITH INDONESIAN [...] (C) House of Representatives Chairman Agung Laksono plans to engage in a friendly manner with Iranian President Ahmadi-Nejad during Ahmadi-Nejad's upcoming visit, according to one of Agung's closest associates. Agung's positive view of the Iranians appears to stem at least in part from his pe [...] | 2006-05-05 11:24:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KNNP ENRG EMIN IR ID |
06JAKARTA6648 | INDONESIA COPES WITH HIGH OIL PRICES [...] (SBU) Summary. The Government of Indonesia's (GOI) October 2005 decision to slash fuel subsidies has better positioned Indonesia's economy to withstand the macroeconomic pressures from sustained high global fuel prices. Domestic fuel consumption, and very likely illegal smuggling of subsidize [...] | 2006-05-26 08:26:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG EINV PREL ID |
06JAKARTA8618 | INDONESIA ENERGY AND MINING HIGHLIGHTS-JUNE 2006 [...] Summary. On June 2, the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources' Directorate of Oil and Gas announced four foreign companies as winners in the 2005 oil and gas regular tender round. On June 15 the Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources issued revised regulations designed to increase the tr [...] | 2006-07-10 09:03:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET ENRG EINV PREL ID |
06JAKARTA9336 | INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of Indonesia's (GOI) is making progress on a new infrastructure investment strategy. Major legislative and regulatory elements are replacing the failed pre-Financial Crisis system that relied largely on unsolicited offers by investors. The GOI has made important [...] | 2006-07-25 10:36:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON ENRG EAIR ELTN ECPS PREL ID |
06JAKARTA9864 | GOI TO SPEND BILLIONS TO BOOST BIOFUELS [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Government of Indonesia (GOI) plans to invest USD 22 billion over the next five years to boost biofuel production in a bid to cut fossil fuel consumption. GOI officials say they will spend USD 6 billion to buy approximately 6 million hectares of land to grow the fuel feedstock [...] | 2006-08-07 00:15:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ECON EINV SENV PGOV ID |
06JAKARTA9865 | INDONESIA ENERGY AND MINING HIGHLIGHTS-JULY 2006 [...] Summary. On June 17, the Downstream Regulatory Body BPH MIGAS announced the Bakrie Group won the tender for the USD 1.2 billion, 1,120-km pipeline from East Kalimantan to Central Java. On July 24, Britain's BP, Indonesia's Medco and a consortium of state oil company Pertamina and Amerada Hes [...] | 2006-08-07 00:16:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET ENRG EINV PREL ID |
06JAKARTA9867 | INDONESIA POWER HIGHLIGHTS-JULY 2006 [...] Summary. On July 5, the Government of Indonesia (GOI) issued Government Regulation 26/2006, revising provisions for electricity purchases under the direct appointment method. On July 18, the Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources issued Decree 44/2006 for the purchase of power under the Acc [...] | 2006-08-07 05:34:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET ENRG EINV PREL ID |
06JERUSALEM2604 | LOOKING TO PLUG IN: PALESTINIANS SEEK ALTERNATIVE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Palestinian Authority (PA) is seeking to import electricity from Egypt and Jordan in order to reduce energy bills and diversify its supply, according to local press reports the week of June 19. 2. (SBU) (Note: The Israeli Electricity Company (IEC) generates 95 percent [...] | 2006-06-23 14:05:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EAID PGOV KWBG JO EG |
06JERUSALEM2748 | MGGZ01 - ISRAELI GAZA INCURSION - DAMAGE TO [...] (SBU) Summary: The electricity is out in 75 percent of Gaza, according to USAID Gaza-based field staff. The electricity distribution company began June 28 to rotate the available electricity to different areas in six hour shifts. The electricity shortage is also impacting hospitals, municipa [...] | 2006-06-29 13:40:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM ENRG ECPS EPET KWBG |
06JERUSALEM3555 | ABU MAZEN'S OFFICE BUYS TRANSFORMERS FROM EGYPT [...] (C) PA President Abbas' office authorized the purchase August 3 of seven power transformers from Egypt with USD 1.8 million provided by the Arab League to the Egyptian Electric Company, according to the UN Special Coordinator's Office (UNSCO) and press reports. These transformers are to repla [...] | 2006-08-11 11:33:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EFIN EAID KWBG IS |
06JERUSALEM4238 | TRANSFER OF EGYPTIAN TRANSFORMERS TO GAZA POWER [...] (C) The executive managing director of the Gaza Power Gernerating Company (GPGC),Walid Salman, told ConGen EconChief September 19 that the first shipment from Egypt of temporary replacement transformers for the damaged Gaza Power Plant may arrive within a week. Salman advised that the GOI h [...] | 2006-09-20 14:45:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PREL ENRG KWBG PHUM |
06JERUSALEM4335 | JORDAN AND EGYPT PROVIDE ELECTRICITY TO WEST [...] (SBU) Summary. With the recent opening of a second electricity feeder line to Gaza, Egypt is now supplying Rafah with a total of 17 MW. Power previously provided to Rafah via feeder lines from Israel is now being diverted to other areas of Gaza where electricity remains in short supply. Th [...] | 2006-09-28 15:10:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EAID EFIN PREL PHUM KWBG JO EG IS |
06JERUSALEM4427 | PA DECISION TO BREAK TIES WITH ISRAELI FUEL [...] (SBU) Summary: In late September 2006, the PA's Ministry of Finance advised its long-time petroleum product supplier, the Israeli company Dor Alon, that the PA will not renew its contract with the company after its December 31, 2006 termination date. The PA Acting Minister of Finance announ [...] | 2006-10-10 13:53:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG PGOV ECON ETRD KCOR KWBG IS |
06JERUSALEM4544 | FUEL SHORTAGES CONTINUE IN WEST BANK; CORRUPTION [...] (C) Summary: The PA's exclusive supplier of petroleum products, the Israeli company Dor Alon, continues to restrict shipments of petroleum products to the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Fuel shortages are particularly acute in the northern West Bank. The severity of shortages, however, may have [...] | 2006-10-17 14:33:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG PGOV ECON ETRD KCOR KWBG IS |
06JERUSALEM4631 | GAZA'S POWER PLANT TO RESTART SOON [...] (C) The executive managing director of the Gaza Power Generating Company (GPGC),Walid Salman, advised EconChief October 23 that the Gaza power plant may be ready to produce electricity again as early as the first week of November. He explained that the installation and commissioning of two [...] | 2006-10-27 15:10:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG PREL EAID KWBG PHUM |
06JOHANNESBURG205 | SOUTH AFRICA: MINERALS AND ENERGY NEWSLETTER"THE ASSAY" - [...] (U) Introduction: The purpose of this monthly newsletter, initiated in January 2004, is to highlight minerals and energy developments in South Africa. This includes trade and investment as well as supply. South Africa hosts world-class deposits of gold, diamonds, platinum group metals, chrom [...] | 2006-06-09 15:52:00 | Consulate Johannesburg | UNCLASSIFIED | EMIN ENRG ECON ELAB SF ZI |
06JOHANNESBURG335 | SOUTH AFRICAN COAL INDUSTRY: COAL IN THE GLOBAL SETTING, [...] (U) Introduction: This is the first of a four-part cable dealing with coal and the important role it plays in the South African economy. Part 1 provides a background to coal, relative to other energy sources, and South Africa's position in the global coal market place. End Introduction. S [...] | 2006-09-08 15:06:00 | Consulate Johannesburg | UNCLASSIFIED | EMIN ENRG ECON SF |
06JOHANNESBURG337 | THE SOUTH AFRICAN COAL INDUSTRY: PART II -- COAL IN SOUTH [...] (U) Introduction: This is the second of a four-part cable dealing with coal and the important role coal plays in the South African economy. Part 2 provides an in-depth look at the South African coal industry, from coalfields to production, uses and exports. It also looks at the infrastructur [...] | 2006-09-08 15:44:00 | Consulate Johannesburg | UNCLASSIFIED | EMIN ENRG ECON SF |
06JOHANNESBURG339 | THE SOUTH AFRICAN COAL INDUSTRY: PART IV -- AFRICAN COAL [...] (U) Introduction: This is the fourth and last of a four-part cable dealing with coal and the important role it plays in the South African economy. Part 4 provides information on some of the coal-related developments in other African countries. Reftel A provides a summary for all four sections [...] | 2006-09-08 16:54:00 | Consulate Johannesburg | UNCLASSIFIED | EMIN ENRG ECON SF |
06JOHANNESBURG415 | SOUTH AFRICA: MINERALS AND ENERGY NEWSLETTER "THE ASSAY" -- [...] (U) Introduction: The purpose of this monthly newsletter, initiated in January 2004, is to highlight minerals and energy developments in South Africa. This includes trade and investment as well as supply. South Africa hosts world-class deposits of gold, diamonds, platinum group metals, chrom [...] | 2006-10-20 15:04:00 | Consulate Johannesburg | UNCLASSIFIED | EMIN EPET ENRG ECON SF |
06JOHANNESBURG416 | SOUTH AFRICA: MINERALS AND ENERGY NEWSLETTER "THE ASSAY" -- [...] (U) Introduction: The purpose of this monthly newsletter, initiated in January 2004, is to highlight minerals and energy developments in South Africa. This includes trade and investment as well as supply. South Africa hosts world-class deposits of gold, diamonds, platinum group metals, chrom [...] | 2006-10-20 15:05:00 | Consulate Johannesburg | UNCLASSIFIED | EMIN ENRG EINV EPET ECON SF CH |
06JOHANNESBURG467 | SOUTH AFRICA: STATE OF ALUMINUN INDUSTRY [...] (U) The South African aluminum industry is well developed and a major contributor to the economy. During 2005, primary and semi-fabricated aluminum sales amounted to 920,000 tons valued at about $1.7 billion, of which exports accounted for more than 70% by mass and value. All plants are curre [...] | 2006-11-17 13:04:00 | Consulate Johannesburg | UNCLASSIFIED | EMIN ETRD ENRG ECON ELAB EIND SF |
06JOHANNESBURG95 | SOUTH AFRICA: SERIOUS POWER DISRUPTIONS IN THE WESTERN CAPE [...] SUMMARY: (U) Recent power outages in the Western Cape have resulted in major financial losses in the retail and tourism industries, with the Cape Chamber of Commerce predicting losses in the millions. Further outages and/or rolling blackouts are likely until Unit 1 of the Koeberg nuclear powe [...] | 2006-03-13 09:27:00 | Consulate Johannesburg | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG PGOV ASEC SF |
06KABUL5559 | PRT/QAL-E NOW: LET THERE BE LIGHT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Badghis Province's Energy Department is currently providing five hours of electricity a day to the city center. When the Spanish-provided generator comes back online, it will be able to power an energy grid that encompasses 95% of the city. The system, which includes over 1,46 [...] | 2006-11-21 12:05:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG PGOV SNAR AF |
06KAMPALA1514 | UGANDA: PROGRESS ON GSP/AGOA ISSUES [...] (C) Summary: The Government of Uganda, Textile Unions, and Textile Manufacturers Association have made significant progress toward resolving the outstanding issues in the AFL-CIO GSP case. The Government,s passage of the new labor laws in May has been followed up with the signing of the impl [...] | 2006-08-08 13:34:00 | Embassy Kampala | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG ETRD PGOV PHUM ELAB UG |
06KATHMANDU2286 | NEPAL'S PETROLEUM CRISIS NOT YET SOLVED [...] (C) Nepali Finance Minister Mahat told the Ambassador August 21 the Government of Nepal (GON) had mishandled its attempt to abolish most of the subsidies on petroleum products. He expressed regret that it had not been possible to retain at least some portion of the price increase. Mahat said [...] | 2006-08-23 12:57:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EAGR EAID PGOV PREL ECON MARR NP |
06KATHMANDU2950 | SAARC SECRETARY GENERAL TO ATTEND REGIONAL [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-03 05:11:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ENRG ETRD EAGR KPWR EAID BEXP PGOV IN |
06KATHMANDU623 | SUPPORTING THE U.S.-INDIA CIVIL NUCLEAR [...] (SBU) On March 6, the Ambassador demarched Foreign Minister Ramesh Nath Pandey to encourage support for the U.S.-India civil nuclear initiative (reftel). The Ambassador also encouraged Nepal to issue a public statement of support for the initiative. FM Pandey indicated Nepal supported the i [...] | 2006-03-06 12:16:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ENRG KSCA IN PARM KNNP ETTC NP |
06KATHMANDU638 | GOVERNMENT PARTIALLY DEREGULATES PETROLEUM [...] (SBU) On February 13, His Majesty's Government of Nepal (HMGN) announced an end to government control over retail pricing of petrol and diesel. After successive financial crises faced by the monopoly state-owned Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC) in 2005, a major move toward deregulation of the pet [...] | 2006-03-08 09:10:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG ECON ETRD EFIN PGOV NP |
06KHARTOUM2635 | Compromise Possible on NPC [...] The National Petroleum Commission (NPC) has been mired since its establishment by an inability to agree on terms of reference. The SPLM also been denied meaningful access to the existing oil contracts and consistent access to the fields to read the meters and investigate environmental concern [...] | 2006-11-08 07:43:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR ECON EPET EINV ENRG SU |
06KHARTOUM2639 | Sudan Compromise Possible on National Petroleum Commission [...] The National Petroleum Commission (NPC) has been mired since its establishment by an inability to agree on terms of reference. The SPLM also denied meaningful access to the existing oil contracts and consistent access to the fields to read the meters and investigate environmental concerns. T [...] | 2006-11-08 11:46:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR ECON EPET EINV ENRG SU |
06KHARTOUM2654 | OIL IN SOUTHERN SUDAN - THE STORY OF "CROOKS AND NANNIES" [...] (SBU) Summary: The history of oil exploitation in Sudan has been marked by northern domination, killings, displacement, community destruction, environmental degradation, arms purchases, and accusations of cheating on revenue sharing. To break with this legacy, the Government of Southern Suda [...] | 2006-11-13 11:17:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR ECON EINV EPET ENRG ET KE GE CH SU |
06KIEV1025 | GUAM: Azerbaijan Remains the Dissenting Voice on a [...] (SBU) On March 15, Yevhen Koziy, Executive Director of the GUAM Information Office, informed INLOff that experts from GUAM member states (Georgia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan, Moldova),and not the National Coordinators (NCs) as stated in ref A, participated in the March 13-14 meeting in Kiev to final [...] | 2006-03-16 08:32:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KDEM ENRG GUAM |
06KIEV1107 | UKRAINE: DELIVERABLES FOR GUAM SUMMIT, NSDC AND [...] (C) Summary: According to a National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) staff official, the May GUAM summit aims to feature agreements to enhance regional energy security and cooperation in solving "frozen conflicts." The official opined that NSDC Secretary Kinakh's visit to Moscow might ha [...] | 2006-03-22 15:52:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM EUN ENRG PGOV PINR RS AZ GG MD UP |
06KIEV1444 | UKRAINE: NSDC SECRETARY ON TRANSNISTRIA, BELARUS, [...] (C) Summary: In an April 11 meeting, National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) Secretary Kinakh told Ambassador the Ukrainian government was concerned that Transnistrian authorities might provoke an armed confrontation at one of Transnistria's "border crossings" with Moldova. The Russians [...] | 2006-04-11 15:25:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS ENRG ETRD PINR OSCE MD BO RS UP |
06KIEV1480 | UKRAINE: CODEL FRIST MEETING WITH YULIYA TYMOSHENKO [...] (C) In an April 13 meeting with CODEL Frist, former Prime Minister Yuliya Tymoshenko averred that Ukraine's March 26 elections showed the desire of the Ukrainian people for a renewed Orange coalition government. Thanking Senator Frist for encouraging Team Orange reconciliation, Tymoshenko str [...] | 2006-04-13 17:41:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR SOCI PREL ECON ETRD ENRG OREP |
06KIEV1693 | UKRAINE: PARTY OF REGIONS LEADER YANUKOVYCH'S [...] (C) Party of Regions leader Viktor Yanukovych told Ambassador April 27 that working-level negotiations with President Yushchenko's Our Ukraine bloc continued. While many issues had been worked out, Yanukovych would need to meet with Yushchenko to resolve key issues. Yanukovych implied that R [...] | 2006-04-28 13:23:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ENRG NATO EPET PINR ZK ZJ AJ BO |
06KIEV2124 | UKRAINE SUPPORTS U.S. INITIATIVE ON IRAN [...] (C) Charge delivered reftel demarche to Deputy Foreign Minister Volodomyr Khandohiy May 31. Khandohiy said he had watched Secretary Rice's press conference on television; this was clearly a very important initiative. He promised to convey our message to the Foreign Minister and to look into [...] | 2006-06-01 14:59:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM ENRG MNUC IR UP |
06KIEV2590 | UKRAINE: ACTING NSDC SECRETARY ON ENERGY, RUSSIA [...] (C) Summary: In a free-wheeling conversation during Ambassador's July 3 introductory call, Acting National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) Secretary Volodomyr Horbulin focused on Russia and Russia's manifold impact on Ukraine. In contrast to its obvious behavior during the 2004 president [...] | 2006-07-05 15:18:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG EPET ETRD MARR PGOV NATO RS UP |
06KIEV3128 | UKRAINE: ENERGY MINISTERS ON NEW GOVERNMENT'S [...] (C) Summary. In August 10 meetings with Ambassador, Deputy Prime Minister Andriy Kluyev and Minister of Fuels and Energy Yuriy Boyko made clear that the new GOU was determined to reach a good outcome in dealings with Russia and Turkmenistan on natural gas supplies. Boyko was confident that [...] | 2006-08-11 13:27:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG PREL PGOV PBIO RS TX UP |
06KIEV333 | UKRAINE: YUSHCHENKO DISCUSSES ENERGY, RUSSIA, [...] (C) Summary: In a January 23 meeting with EUR Assistant Secretary Fried, EB Assistant Secretary Wayne, Assistant SIPDIS Secretary of Defense for International Security Policy Flory, SIPDIS NSC Director Wilson, and Ambassador, President Yushchenko Yushchenko said energy issues were at the [...] | 2006-01-25 15:07:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ENRG EPET ETRD MARR MCAP RS UP |
06KIEV335 | UKRAINE: YANUKOVYCH DISCUSSES GAS DEAL, RELATIONS [...] (C) Summary: In a January 24 meeting with opposition Party of Regions leader Viktor Yanukovych and Rada Deputy Taras Chornovil, EUR A/S Fried told Yanukovych the U.S. supported Ukraine and would work with whatever democratically-elected government the people of Ukraine chose. The U.S. would [...] | 2006-01-26 08:12:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KDEM ETRD ENRG EPET UP WTO |
06KIEV337 | UKRAINE: OUR UKRAINE'S BEZSMERTNY ON WHY THE [...] (C) Summary: In a January 19 meeting with Ambassador, Roman Bezsmertny, campaign chief for President Yushchenko's party People's Union Our Ukraine, spun the January 4 Ukraine-Russia gas agreement as an advantageous deal for Ukraine. On a macro level, the higher prices would force necessary r [...] | 2006-01-26 08:14:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET PREL PGOV RS UP |
06KIEV3371 | UKRAINE: SCENESETTER FOR A/S FRIED'S SEPT 6-7 [...] (C) Summary: Your visit comes at a critical moment in Ukraine's post-Orange Revolution political development. While the primary gains of the Orange Revolution in societal attitudes, freedom of the press, and foreign and security policy remain, the orange-dominated political season is definiti [...] | 2006-08-31 15:01:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PARM ETRD ENRG UP |
06KIEV3463 | UKRAINE: A/S FRIED AND PM YANUKOVYCH DISCUSS NATO, [...] (C) Summary: Assistant Secretary Fried highlighted USG willingness to work with PM Yanukovych's government and our belief that Ukraine needed to move at a speed it sets towards NATO membership. Fried also stressed the importance of Ukraine developing as an open, democratic, prosperous societ [...] | 2006-09-08 15:37:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON ENRG PGOV NATO UP |
06KIEV3489 | UKRAINE: PRESIDENT YUSHCHENKO FOCUSED ON A NATO [...] (C) Summary: President Yushchenko told the Ambassador that NATO membership was an internal question for the country, but that he was working with PM Yanukovych to make a good case for a MAP during his September 14 visit to Brussels. On energy, if Ukraine could liberalize and diversify the s [...] | 2006-09-11 14:36:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM ECON ENRG UP |
06KIEV3552 | UKRAINE: A/S FRIED'S DISCUSSIONS OF ECONOMIC [...] (C) Summary: Speaker of Parliament Moroz told A/S Fried the parliament (Rada) had begun work on remaining WTO legislation, but notably made no predictions about when it would pass. Opposition leader Tymoshenko, on the other hand, expected Yanukovych's government to significantly slow down th [...] | 2006-09-18 12:45:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ENRG EPET UP |
06KIEV3758 | UKRAINE: RADA ROLLS BACK UTILITY PRICES, BUT WILL IT [...] (SBU) Summary. The Verkhovna Rada (parliament) on September 22 overrode an April presidential veto to pass a law rolling back residential natural gas and electricity prices to January 1, 2006 levels and putting a moratorium on future increases. The law, if it comes into effect, would cancel [...] | 2006-09-29 13:30:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG PGOV PREL RS TX UP |
06KIEV380 | UKRAINE: PRIME MINISTER YEKHANUROV WARNS RUSSIANS [...] (S) Summary: Ukrainian Prime Minister Yuriy Yekhanurov told Ambassador on January 28 that Russia was threatening to cut off shipments of Turkmen gas to Ukraine as early as February 1 because of the GOU's delay in implementing the January 4 agreement between Russia's GazProm and Ukraine's Naft [...] | 2006-01-30 14:39:00 | Embassy Kyiv | SECRET | EPET ENRG PGOV PREL RS UP |
06KIEV386 | UKRAINE: Gas Pipeline Technical Capabilities [...] (SBU) Summary. Post met with Ukrainian technical experts at Naftohaz and UkrTransGaz following the January 1-3 gas shut-off to learn operational aspects of the gas crisis. Interlocutors provided background on the gas system's capabilities and parameters, and in detail described on which lines [...] | 2006-01-30 15:12:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG RS UP |
06KIEV3905 | UKRAINE: PM YANUKOVYCH PROMISES CONTINUITY ON WTO, [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych assured EUR DAS Kramer and Ambassador October 4 that he would continue to make progress on WTO membership and European and Euro-Atlantic integration. Funding for a NATO information campaign was part of the 2007 draft budget. With the support of t [...] | 2006-10-10 16:11:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MARR ETRD ENRG EPET OVIP PREL PINR PL |
06KIEV3933 | UKRAINE: Rada Reviews Natural Gas Sector; Allows Price Rise [...] (SBU) Summary. The Verkhovna Rada (parliament) reviewed on October 4 the preliminary results of its investigatory commission on NaftoHaz and the natural gas sector. The commission reported multiple instances of mismanagement, malfeasance, and possible criminal acts within state-owned oil and [...] | 2006-10-13 11:45:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG PGOV SOCI RS UP |
06KIEV781 | UKRAINE: EX-PM TYMOSHENKO ON DOMESTIC POLITICS, [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met ex-PM Yuliya Tymoshenko February 26 to deliver concerns about her comments on a contract by U.S. company Holtec to build a nuclear waste storage facility in Ukraine (septel). The conversation turned to domestic politics and the natural gas supply/transit deal with [...] | 2006-02-27 15:55:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ENRG RS UP |
06KINGSTON1261 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED - DOE/NNSA TIMOTHY HAMLIN AND [...] Post grants country clearance for proposed travel by DOE/NNSA travelers Timothy Hamlin and Jeremiah Harlin to Cayman Islands, Cayman, July 12-19, 2006, conditional on concurrence by Embassy London. (The Cayman Islands are a United Kingdom Overseas Territory.) 2. Post understands the trav [...] | 2006-06-26 18:45:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG KNNP PARM OTRA CI JM |
06KINGSTON1298 | PETROCARIBE SAVINGS NOT (YET) A SLUSH FUND [...] (SBU) In an informal discussion with Ruth Potopsingh, Chairwoman of the Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica Group of Companies (PCJ Group) on June 27, Potopsingh offered some clarification of the mechanism through which PetroCaribe Agreement savings are held, as well as the uses to which the savi [...] | 2006-06-30 14:10:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET ETRD EINV ECON PREL JM |
06KINGSTON2189 | JAMAICA: NEW POLL SHOWS RULING PNP AND OPPOSITION [...] (U) The ruling People's National Party (PNP) and opposition Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) are tied for public support at 32 percent each, according to the latest Bill Johnson poll commissioned by the Jamaica Gleaner newspaper. Since Portia Simpson Miller (PSM) became head of the PNP and Prime Min [...] | 2006-11-07 19:04:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PINR SOCI ECON ENRG KCOR JM XL XK |
06KINSHASA1103 | DRC JUNE MONTHLY ECONOMIC REVIEW [...] (U) Summary - MONUC rehabilitated an airport in Bunia, Orientale province. -BHP Billiton contracted with the DRC's electricity parastatal for the purchase of 1200 MW of electricity. - A strike of ONATRA (DRC's port authority) employees paralyzed the international, maritime port of Matadi. - [...] | 2006-07-10 15:23:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ENRG ELAB EAIR EMIN ETRD PGOV CG |
06KINSHASA1261 | DRC JULY MONTHLY ECONOMIC REVIEW [...] (U) Summary. - The DRC banking sector is slowly increasing services, with the first ATM, Master Card and mobile phone banking capabilities becoming available in July. - The Energy Vice Minister ordered an audit of Cohydro, the DRC's petroleum parastatal. - National railway employees are [...] | 2006-08-10 09:33:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ENRG ELAB EAIR EMIN ETRD PGOV CG |
06KINSHASA1309 | URANIUM SHIPMENT RUMORS UNFOUNDED [...] (C) Summary. Press reports of a possible enriched uranium shipment from the DRC to Iran are unfounded. The DRC has no capability to produce enriched uranium, and Post has no evidence of organized mining at the Shinkolobwe uranium mine. The story likely was planted as a dirty trick designed to [...] | 2006-08-18 12:59:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | SECRET//NOFORN | ENRG EMIN ETRD PREL PGOV IAEA CG IR |
06KINSHASA1364 | PETROLEUM SECTOR UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary. While DRC's petroleum production has stagnated, international interest in exploring the DRC's potential reserves has expanded. French company Perenco currently operates the only two producing concessions, although the GDRC recently granted three new concessions for exploration [...] | 2006-08-29 12:13:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG ETRD EINV ECON CG |
06KINSHASA1390 | IRANIAN EMBASSY RESPONDS TO SUNDAY TIMES ARTICLE [...] (U) On August 28, the Congolese newspaper Le Potentiel printed the Iranian Embassy's denial of the August 6 Sunday Times article (reftel),which alleged a DRC-Iran uranium smuggling link. The Times reported that in October 2005 Tanzanian authorities stopped a shipment of Uranium 238 ore from [...] | 2006-09-05 08:06:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG EMIN KGIT ETRD PREL PGOV IAEA CG IR |
06KINSHASA1391 | NO SIGNS OF MINING ACTIVITY AT SHINKOLOBWE [...] (C) Summary. In the course of investigating ongoing rumors and press reports of a DRC-Iranian enriched uranium link, EconOff visited DRC's Shinkolobwe uranium mine August 9, but found no evidence of any mining. Neither visual nor scientific evidence at or around Shinkolobwe indicates mining oc [...] | 2006-09-05 08:10:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EMIN KGIT ETRD PREL PGOV IAEA CG IR |
06KINSHASA1392 | MISSING CONTAINERS NOT LIKELY RADIOACTIVE [...] No summary [...] | 2006-09-05 08:21:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | CG EMIN ENRG ETRD IAEA KGIT PGOV PREL |
06KINSHASA1398 | DRC AUGUST MONTHLY ECONOMIC REVIEW [...] (U) Summary. - The DRC's teachers' unions are calling for a nationwide strike in public schools to demand increased salaries. - Employees of SNCC (the DRC's railway authority) and OCPT (the telecommunications parastatal) are on strike, as are medical professionals in some cities. - The [...] | 2006-09-06 16:12:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG ELAB EAIR EMIN ECON ETRD PGOV CG |
06KINSHASA1410 | SECURITY AT THE DRC’S NUCLEAR RESEARCH CENTER [...] (C) Summary. Four EmbOffs and an Econ LES toured the Kinshasa Nuclear Research Center (CREN-K) July 27 to assess security and determine its needs. CREN-K houses the DRC's two nuclear reactors, neither of which functions, although staff continue to conduct nuclear-related research and teaching at th [...] | 2006-09-08 11:17:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EMIN ETRD KGIT PREL PGOV IAEA CG |
06KINSHASA1411 | MLC CONTINUES EFFORTS TO DISCREDIT KABILA VIA [...] (C) DRC Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba's political party, the MLC, appears to be continuing its campaign to discredit and undermine President Joseph Kabila by trying to convince the international community that the Presidency is illegally trafficking enriched uranium (reftel A). 2. (C) On [...] | 2006-09-08 11:20:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EMIN KGIT ETRD PREL PGOV IAEA CG |
06KINSHASA1542 | DRC SEPTEMBER MONTHLY ECONOMIC REVIEW [...] (U) Summary. - The DRC's main teachers' unions and employees of the OCPT (DRC's telecommunications parastatal) ended their strikes; employees of the RVA (DRC's airport operating agency) have scaled back their strike. - Employees of SNCC (the DRC's railway authority) remain on strike. [...] | 2006-10-05 15:40:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ENRG ELAB EAIR EMIN ECON PGOV CG |
06KINSHASA1624 | EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRIES UPDATE [...] (U) Summary. The extractive industries in the DRC have recently been rocked by legal actions, public denouncements and the deaths of several miners. Meanwhile, interest in exploring the DRC's petroleum reserve capacities continues. End summary. GOLD AND DIAMOND SECTORS --------------------- [...] | 2006-10-20 11:54:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET EMIN ENRG KJUS PGOV CG |
06KINSHASA1639 | CROSSING THE UGANDAN BORDER: PETROLEUM EXPLORATION [...] (U) Summary. The GDRC and Cohydro, DRC's petroleum parastatal, have signed a production sharing agreement with two foreign petroleum companies for blocks on the DRC's Lake Albert border with Uganda. These blocks are adjacent to exploration blocks on the Ugandan side of the border. However, the [...] | 2006-10-24 13:42:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ETRD EINV ECON CG |
06KINSHASA370 | DRC: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON SUPPORTING U.S.-INDIA [...] (U) PolOff delivered reftel demarche and talking points March 3 to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Chief of Staff Jacques Djoli. Djoli said he welcomed the new initiative and its goal of controlling nuclear proliferation. He said the GDRC would need to study the partnership more closely before maki [...] | 2006-03-06 10:27:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ENRG KSCA IN PARM KNNP ETTC CG |
06KINSHASA404 | KASAIAN ECONOMY LACKS ENERGY [...] (U) Summary. The two Kasai provinces offer a clear example of the economic tragedy of the Congo, with fertile, diamond-studded soil juxtaposed with an impoverished population unable to pull themselves out of their economic despair. Western Kasai seems slightly more prosperous than Eastern Kas [...] | 2006-03-09 16:06:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ECON EMIN ELAB EAGR CG |
06KINSHASA566 | DRC MARCH ECONOMIC REVIEW [...] (U) Summary -------------- -The DRC?s IMF Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility program lapsed March 31, without going to a sixth review. -The GDRC widened its ban on the import of poultry products. -Employees of Lignes Aeriennes Congolaises (LAC) objected to the parastatal?s new partnersh [...] | 2006-04-11 17:33:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ENRG ELAB EAGR EAIR ETRD PGOV CG |
06KINSHASA806 | DRC APRIL ECONOMIC REVIEW [...] (U) Summary -------------- - Plane crashes continue to plague the DRC's aviation industry. - Belgium will lead a donor effort to help the DRC restructure its civil service. - A Canadian company launched rehabilitation of one Inga Dam turbine as part of a multi-year project. - Employees o [...] | 2006-05-22 16:10:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ENRG ELAB EAIR EMIN ETRD PGOV CG |
06KINSHASA890 | DRC MAY MONTHLY ECONOMIC REVIEW [...] (U) Summary -------------- - IMF team visits DRC to put a Staff Monitored Program (SMP) in place and to assess situation since the end of the PRGF program. - DRC public hospital physicians launch a general strike while some government enterprises face possible strikes. - DRC Minister o [...] | 2006-06-05 16:24:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ENRG ELAB EAIR EMIN ETRD PGOV CG |
06KIRKUK116 | SULAYMANIYAH GOVERNOR AND KURDISTAN TOILERS PARTY RESPOND TO [...] (SBU) Summary: In separate meetings on May 24, Sulaymaniyah Governor Dana and leaders of the Kurdistan Toiler's Party (KTP) shared with IPAO their reactions to the formation of the newly formed governments in Erbil and Baghdad. Sulaymaniyah Governor Dana said it would be difficult for Prime [...] | 2006-06-04 14:08:00 | REO Kirkuk | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCOR ENRG IZ |
06KIRKUK51 | KURDISH ECONOMY: OIL, IRAN AND CUSTOMS [...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY. Sarkis Aghajan Mamendu, Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister for the Kurdistan Regional Government in Erbil, told RC February 28 that the two KRG finance ministries would have a unified KRG budget by the end of 2006. The KRG would not fire any employees i [...] | 2006-03-02 19:16:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS EAGR ECON EFIN EIND ENRG EPET ETRD IZ |
06KIRKUK82 | GAS/OIL REFINERY TO BE BUILT IN KURDISH REGION [...] (C) Summary: Iraqi KAR Group CEO Baz Karim discussed bids for two new oil refineries, including the first in the Kurdistan region, slated for Koia, Sulaymaniyah Province. Karim also requested advocacy from the United States for KAR's bid on the proposed $1.3 billion Al- Nahrian Refinery, in c [...] | 2006-04-10 05:47:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON EINV PGOV PINR IZ |
06KIRKUK87 | IRAQI OIL CO. TALKS CONSTITUTION, CORRUPTION, COMPROMISE [...] (C) Summary: Iraqi businessman and CEO of KAR Group Baz Karim said that the Iraqi national government and the Kurdistan Regional Government were handling new oil contracts in accordance with the new constitution, even though it was not yet in effect. Karim also said the two sides had recently [...] | 2006-04-12 10:48:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EPET ENRG ECON KCOR PREL PINR IZ NO CA |
06KIRKUK94 | KRG OIL REP SAYS DOORS ARE OPEN TO FOREIGN INVESTMENT [...] (C) Summary: KRG Erbil Oil & Gas Establishment General Director Serwan Aziz said that the Iraqi National Government and the Kurdistan Regional Government in Erbil were handling new oil contracts in accordance with the new constitution, as if it were already in place. Aziz also said that when t [...] | 2006-04-21 13:04:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EPET PGOV ENRG PREL IZ NO |
06KUWAIT100 | KUWAIT TO BEGIN EXPLORATION IN "UNDISPUTED" AREA [...] Local press and online news sources reported in the first week of January that Kuwait plans to start exploring for natural gas in what it calls the "undisputed" parts of the offshore Durra gas field (reftel). Ministry of Energy Undersecretary Issa Al-Own told a local newspaper on January 2 t [...] | 2006-01-16 11:29:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG EPET ECON KU IR OIL SECTOR |
06KUWAIT1002 | ENERGY MINISTER AND COUNSELOR ZELIKOW DISCUSS [...] (C) Summary: In a March 19 meeting with DoS Counselor Zelikow, Kuwaiti Energy Minister Shaykh Ahmed Al-Fahd Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah said that Iran's strategies may have changed over the years but that the underlying agenda remain the same, to exert its influence throughout the region. He alleged [...] | 2006-03-22 04:13:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG PREL IR KU IZ KUWAIT IRAN RELATIONS |
06KUWAIT111 | KUWAIT GULF OIL COMPANY GETS NEW RESPONSIBILITIES [...] (SBU) Summary: Kuwait Gulf Oil Company (KGOC) Manager for Fields Development and Planning Qasim Al-Mejadi told Econ Officer January 8 that KGOC has completely taken over KOC's management of the onshore oil fields in the divided zone between Kuwait and Saudi Arabia, as of January 1. He said t [...] | 2006-01-17 05:01:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET ECON BEXP KU OIL SECTOR |
06KUWAIT1417 | KUWAIT ENERGY UPDATE: RECORD HIGH CRUDE PRICES, [...] (U) Summary: Kuwait Export Crude continued to set record high prices, selling for almost $65/barrel, the highest in its history. Energy Minister Shaykh Ahmed announced that production of the recent gas discoveries will begin in "early 2007," while KOC announced an additional crude discovery i [...] | 2006-04-25 08:26:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET ECON BEXP KU OIL SECTOR |
06KUWAIT1856 | OIL OFFICIALS DISCUSS KUWAIT PROJECT, [...] (SBU) Summary. On May 15, 17, and 20, Ambassador met in separate meetings with Kuwaiti officials in the petroleum sector to discuss privatization, Kuwait Project, the planned fourth refinery, investments abroad, and the recent gas discovery. Interlocutors expected that the Kuwait Project wo [...] | 2006-05-23 08:35:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET ECON PINR BEXP KU |
06KUWAIT206 | KOC CHAIRMAN DISPUTES REPORT ON KUWAIT'S [...] (U) A recent Petroleum Intelligence Weekly (PIW) report on Kuwait's diminishing oil reserves has caused a minor buzz within the Kuwait oil sector and other interested parties. The report (PIW, Vol. XLV, No. 4, January 23, 2006) quoted "data circulated within KOC" as showing that Kuwait's rem [...] | 2006-01-23 09:09:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET ECON KU OIL SECTOR |
06KUWAIT2815 | SCENESETTER FOR ENERGY SECRETARY BODMAN VISIT TO [...] This is an action request. See paragraph 20. 2. (SBU) Welcome to Kuwait Secretary Bodman. There has been considerable change in the government since your November 2005 visit. In January, following the death of long-time Amir Shaykh Jaber, former Prime Minister Shaykh Sabah became Amir an [...] | 2006-07-12 11:33:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET//NOFORN | ENRG EPET OVIP PREL KU |
06KUWAIT2898 | ENERGY SECRETARY BODMAN AND KUWAITI AMIR DISCUSS [...] (C/NF) Summary: During a July 17 meeting with Kuwaiti Amir Shaykh Sabah Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber Al-Sabah and new Energy Minister Shaykh Ali Al-Jarrah Al-Sabah, Energy Secretary Bodman congratulated the GOK on recent landmark parliamentary elections, thanked the Amir for Kuwaiti support of USG effort [...] | 2006-07-19 13:24:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ENRG EPET OVIP PREL KU |
06KUWAIT308 | ENERGY MINISTER: NO OPEC PRODUCTION CUTS NEEDED [...] On the January 29 departure of Kuwait's OPEC delegation to Vienna, immediate past OPEC President and Kuwait Energy Minister Shaykh Ahmad Fahd Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah called on OPEC to not cut production at the Vienna meeting. "There is a large surplus of crude oil in the markets," he said, "but be [...] | 2006-01-30 06:26:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG EPET KU OPEC OIL SECTOR |
06KUWAIT311 | KUWAIT PROJECT HEAD RESIGNS; DEPUTY IN CHARGE, AND [...] (C) At a January 29 New Technology Conference sponsored by Schlumberger, Kuwait Project Executive Assistant Managing Director Hashem Al-Rifaei confirmed to Econ Officer that Kuwait Project Managing Director and former KOC Chairman Ahmed Al-Arbeed had resigned from the company as of January 25 [...] | 2006-01-30 10:11:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET ECON BEXP KU OIL SECTOR |
06KUWAIT3326 | KUWAIT TO RESUME SUPPLY OF DISCOUNTED DIESEL TO [...] State-owned Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) signed a contract with Electricite du Liban (EdL),Lebanon's state-owned electricity company in August 2005 to provide 600,000 tons of diesel fuel annually at a concessional price of $800 million. The GOK issued a press release at the time sayin [...] | 2006-08-16 14:45:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ENRG EPET PREL KU |
06KUWAIT3469 | AZN POWER PLANT TO BE RETENDERED IN SMALLER PIECES [...] (U) Summary: On 20 August, the GOK announced that the USD 2.9 billion Al-Zour North (AZN) power plant will be re-tendered because only one consortium out of seven pre-qualified groups bid for the project due to the tender's unfavorable terms and conditions. The project was opened to interna [...] | 2006-08-27 13:45:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ECON PGOV FCS KU |
06KUWAIT3600 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR KEITH KOJI NAKANISHI [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for Keith Koji Nakanishi of the National Nuclear Security Administration for travel to Kuwait o/a September 7-11, 2006. 2. Per Reftel no Post assistance requested. Embassy point of contact is: Steve Conlon, Economic Officer [...] | 2006-09-06 13:55:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG KNNP PARM OTRA KU |
06KUWAIT362 | REGIONAL MARINE ENVIRONMENT HEAD TALKS WATER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On January 30, Ambassador met with the Regional Organization for the Protection of the Marine Environment (ROPME) Executive Secretary Dr. Abdul Rahman Al-Awadhi to discuss his organization's work. ROPME is funded by the six GCC countries plus Iraq and Iran, and is responsible [...] | 2006-02-01 10:09:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ENRG KU IR |
06KUWAIT3620 | KUWAIT-SAUDI FRICTION OVER SAUDI ARABIAN TEXACO [...] (C) In a 6 September meeting with CDA, Saudi Arabian Texaco (SAT) President Ahmed Al-Omer expressed concern that despite the KSA's formal objection, the GOK appeared to be proceeding with plans to build its new mega-refinery right on the doorstep of SAT's compound in the Mina Al-Zour area wit [...] | 2006-09-09 13:51:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET ECON BEXP KU |
06KUWAIT363 | CONSEQUENCE MANAGEMENT ASSISTANCE FOR KUWAIT [...] (U) This cable contains an action request, at para 3. 2. (S) In a January 21, 2006 meeting with General Abizaid, Kuwait's Army Chief of Staff General Fahad Al-Amir asked that USG provide Kuwait a wide range of training and technical capabilities to deal with emerging nuclear issues posed b [...] | 2006-02-01 10:49:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | PREL MARR ETTC MCAP ENRG SENV KU IR |
06KUWAIT3718 | GRIM PROSPECTS FOR PROJECT KUWAIT [...] (C/NF) Summary: The Head of Kuwait's Oil Development Company (ODC) said it was unlikely that the Kuwait Project, the $8.5 billion project for international companies to develop Kuwait's northern oil fields, would be brought before the Parliament this year. He said that support had signific [...] | 2006-09-16 11:42:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EPET ENRG ECON KU OIL |
06KUWAIT3720 | SYSTEMIC ELECTRICITY AND WATER SHORTAGES REQUIRE [...] (C/NF) Summary and Comment: Kuwait experienced unprecedented rolling blackouts from 19-24 August. The direct cause was a coincidence of mechanical failures at power plants. However, these blackouts unmasked a more systemic problem, Kuwait's razor-thin spare electrical capacity. On the su [...] | 2006-09-16 14:33:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ENRG ECON EPET KU |
06KUWAIT3751 | PETROLEUM CEO ON AMERICAN AND KUWAITI REFINERIES, [...] (C/NF) Summary and Comment: On 17 September, the Ambassador met with Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) CEO Hani Hussain to discuss energy issues and regional concerns. Hussain was reluctant to share details regarding Kuwaiti plans for North American refinery investment, saying that the eco [...] | 2006-09-19 08:54:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ENRG EPET ECON KU OIL SECTOR |
06KUWAIT3936 | KUWAITI ENERGY MINISTER ON BROWNOUTS, PROJECT [...] (C/NF) In a 2 October call on the new and somewhat embattled Energy Minister Shaykh Ali Jarrah Sabah Al-Sabah, the Ambassador asked about the Ministry's priorities, the summer power outages, gas production, and Project Kuwait (the $8.5 billion project for international oil companies to devel [...] | 2006-10-02 13:21:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ENRG EPET KU OIL SECTOR |
06KUWAIT4147 | REFINERY DISPUTE WITH SAUDI ARABIAN TEXACO [...] (C/NF) Post concurs with Embassy Riyadh's points in ref. A, but would add that further delay of Kuwaiti plans to build a new 615,000 bpd refinery could adversely affect U.S. companies considering participation in the project including Fluor, Parsons, GE, and Bechtel. In addition, the start o [...] | 2006-10-17 12:11:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EPET ENRG EINV PREL KU SA OIL SECTOR |
06KUWAIT4349 | EXPLOSION AT KUWAIT SHUAIBA REFINERY: LIMITED [...] On 4 November, at approximately 1330 local time (1030 GMT) there was a pipeline explosion and subsequent fire at unit 8 (a heavy oil processing unit with a capacity of 25,000 bpd) of Shuaiba refinery, Kuwait's smallest refinery which processes approximately 200,000 bpd. The refinery is locate [...] | 2006-11-04 14:23:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG EPET ECON KU OIL SECTOR |
06KUWAIT4506 | APHSCT TOWNSEND BRIEFING AND TOUR OF KUWAIT [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: On 14 November, Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism (APHSCT) Frances Fragos Townsend received a briefing from Director of the Kuwait National Security Bureau (NSB) Shaykh Thamer Ali A. Al-Salem Al-Sabah and senior managers of Kuwait National [...] | 2006-11-25 10:21:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET//NOFORN | EPET ENRG PTER KU OIL SECTOR |
06KUWAIT4511 | APHSCT TOWNSEND BRIEFING AND TOUR OF KUWAIT [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: On 14 November, Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism (APHSCT) Frances Fragos Townsend received a briefing from Director of the Kuwait National Security Bureau (NSB) Shaykh Thamer Ali A. Al-Salem Al-Sabah and senior managers of Kuwait National P [...] | 2006-11-25 11:47:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET//NOFORN | EPET ENRG PTER KU OIL SECTOR |
06KUWAIT4532 | KUWAIT SCRAMBLES TO AVOID WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES [...] (C/NF) Summary and comment: In an effort to avoid a repetition of the rolling blackouts that Kuwait experienced in July-August 2006 due to a growing gap between generating capacity and peak demand (refs A and B),the Kuwait Ministry of Energy is fast-tracking a tender to provide an additiona [...] | 2006-11-28 13:54:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ENRG ECON KU |
06KUWAIT4562 | CRITICAL ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE: NEXT STEPS ON USG [...] (S/NF) On 29 November, Econoff met with Ali Al-Obaid, Deputy Chairman of Kuwait's Oil Sector Services Company (OSSCo) to discuss opportunities to expand USG-GOK cooperation to enhance the security of Kuwait's critical energy infrastructure. OSSCo is a new subsidiary of Kuwait Petroleum Corpo [...] | 2006-12-04 08:33:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET//NOFORN | ENRG PTER EPET KU OIL SECTOR |
06KUWAIT4581 | CRITICAL ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE: ADDITIONAL DETAIL [...] (S/NF) On December 6, Econoff spoke with Ali Al-Obaid, Deputy Chairman of Kuwait's Oil Sector Services Company (OSSCo) to seek further clarification of Kuwaiti needs for USG assistance on critical energy infrastructure security. OSSCo is the subsidiary of Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) r [...] | 2006-12-06 14:08:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET//NOFORN | ENRG PTER EPET KU OIL SECTOR |
06KUWAIT462 | SOTU REACTION: KUWAIT OIL ANALYST COMMENTS ON [...] (SBU) Econ Officer met February 8 with Kamel Harami, a well-connected oil analyst and former KPC employee, to discuss the recent State of the Union (SOTU) speech, and specifically the President's statements about oil and energy issues. Harami asked Econ Officer to further explain the "addict [...] | 2006-02-08 13:44:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET ECON BEXP KU OIL SECTOR |
06KUWAIT4639 | KUWAIT AGAIN THE VOICE OF MODERATION IN OPEC [...] (U) For the third time in six weeks, Kuwait Energy Minister Shaykh Ali al-Jarrah has publicly called for restraint in OPEC pricing. His most recent remarks came on December 12, a day before his departure to the OPEC ministers meeting in Abuja. Al-Jarrah commented that OPEC countries were "s [...] | 2006-12-13 07:12:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET ECON BEXP KU |
06KUWAIT524 | KUWAIT'S OPEC GOV ASKS FOR CLARIFICATION ON [...] (C) Summary and Comment: During a February 13 meeting with Econ Officer, Kuwait's OPEC Governor Ms. Seham Razzouqi said that Kuwait "did not appreciate" the comments in the recent SOTU address about U.S. "addiction to oil" and a need to reduce dependency on oil imports from the Middle East. Sh [...] | 2006-02-14 08:37:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET ECON BEXP KU OIL SECTOR |
06KUWAIT594 | SCENESETTER FOR COUNSELOR ZELIKOW'S FEB. 28 - [...] (U) We look forward to your visit to Kuwait. We have requested meetings with Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Shaykh Dr. Mohammad Al-Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah, Minister of Energy Shaykh Ahmad Fahd Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, and Minister of Finance Bader M. Al-Humaidhi. Your visit [...] | 2006-02-21 07:38:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAID ENRG KU IZ IR |
06KUWAIT616 | CONSEQUENCE MANAGEMENT ASSISTANCE FOR KUWAIT [...] (U) Action request at para 4. 2. (S) Ambassador convened a meeting on February 21 among OMC-K, ECON, POL and RSO to consider further follow-up on GOK request (reftel) for USG assistance in dealing with nuclear issues posed by Iran. Our understanding is that the GOK request could run the [...] | 2006-02-21 15:45:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | PREL MARR ETTC MCAP ENRG SENV KU IR |
06KUWAIT676 | PROMISING OIL AND GAS DISCOVERIES IN NORTH KUWAIT [...] (U) On February 28, local newspapers reported a "major onshore gas discovery" with "commercial potential" in north Kuwait. The discovery, at the well named Umm Niqa 1, is reported to be in the Middle Jurassic Najmah-Sargela formation. Earlier light oil discoveries in late 2005 prompted engi [...] | 2006-02-28 11:23:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET ECON BEXP KU OIL SECTOR |
06KUWAIT71 | KUWAIT'S COUNTRY-WIDE RADIATION MONITORING SYSTEM [...] (SBU) Summary: A U.S. businessman told Ambassador on January 8 that the Kuwaiti company he works for had just been awarded a contract by Kuwait's Ministry of Health to install fifteen radiation monitoring systems throughout Kuwait. He said that these systems could be used to monitor for any [...] | 2006-01-08 13:22:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BEXP ENRG MNUC TRGY KRAD IR KU |
06KUWAIT848 | KPC CEO ON GAS PROJECTS, FOREIGN PARTICIPATION IN [...] (C) Summary: KPC CEO Hani Hussain told Ambassador on March 12 that Kuwait's recently announced discoveries included "very respectable amounts of gas," and expected usable production of the new gas resources within "three to four years." Hussain said that this gas discovery would not elimina [...] | 2006-03-13 12:29:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET ECON BEXP KU OIL SECTOR |
06KUWAIT908 | KPC CEO ON GAS PROJECTS, FOREIGN PARTICIPATION IN [...] (C) Summary: KPC CEO Hani Hussain told Ambassador on March 12 that Kuwait's recently announced discoveries included "very respectable amounts of gas," and expected usable production of the new gas resources within "three to four years." Hussain said that this gas discovery would not elimina [...] | 2006-03-16 08:04:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET ECON BEXP KU OIL SECTOR |
06KYIV3998 | UKRAINE'S NATURAL GAS STORAGE: TANKS ARE FULL BUT WHO OWNS [...] (SBU) Energy Minister Yuriy Boyko announced on October 11 that Ukraine had pumped 25.5 billion cubic meters (bcm) of natural gas into its underground storage facilities. The amount, according to Boyko, was sufficient to both guarantee steady gas transit to Europe and meet increased domestic d [...] | 2006-10-18 09:20:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG PREL RS TX UP |
06KYIV4089 | UKRAINE GETS $130 NATURAL GAS FOR 2007 WITH [...] (SBU) Summary. Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych confidently announced October 24 that he had just received word from Moscow that Ukraine in 2007 would receive 55 billion cubic meters of imported natural gas at a price no greater than $130 per thousand cubic meters. All that remained, he said [...] | 2006-10-25 15:14:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG PGOV PREL RS TX UP |
06KYIV4132 | UKRAINE: MINISTER DZHARTY ON VANCO PSA NEGOTIATIONS [...] (SBU) Ambassador called on Environment Minister Vasyl Dzharty October 26 to advocate for foreign investment in Ukraine's off-shore and to request an update on the GOU's Production Sharing Agreement (PSA) talks with U.S. company Vanco. Dzharty stated he favored foreign investment for developin [...] | 2006-10-27 15:26:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG UP |
06KYIV4375 | UKRAINE: COALMINE METHANE-1 PROJECT - OPIC RESPONSE [...] Summary. The following information is sent in response to reftel action request for embassy comments and clearance on OPIC financing for a coalbed methane project involving Ukrainian companies EnergoCapital, EnergoImpex, and Gorlovsky. Post was unable to ascertain definitive ownership informa [...] | 2006-11-28 12:56:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET ENRG EINV PGOV UP |
06KYIV4407 | UKRAINE/POLAND: PM KACZYNSKI'S VISIT SIGNALS [...] (C) Summary: Both the Ukrainian and Polish sides hailed the November 15 visit of Polish PM Jaroslaw Kaczynski to Kyiv as a solid sign of continuity in Poland's working relationship with the government of Ukrainian PM Yanukovych. During his one-day visit, Kaczynski met with Yanukovych, Preside [...] | 2006-11-30 12:53:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ENRG PL UP |
06LAGOS1426 | AQUACULTURE & TIMBER: DEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL IN [...] Summary: Aquaculture, agriculture, and timber offer sustainable economic development opportunities in Cross River State. There are currently 100 fish farms in the state and the Institute of Oceanography and Marine Sciences (IOMS) at the University of Calabar is promoting aquaculture as a way [...] | 2006-12-15 13:21:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ENRG PGOV ECON EFIS EINV AA NI |
06LAGOS311 | MINISTER DAUKORU'S GOALS AS OPEC PRESIDENT [...] (SBU) With Nigeria now holding the top two positions in OPEC, we expect OPEC President Minister Daukoru's priorities to be establishing market stability, achieving balanced production and price levels, producing more accurate demand projections, and gaining greater attention to environmental [...] | 2006-03-01 10:08:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET EINV NI |
06LAGOS476 | EXXONMOBIL CONCERNS WITH MILITANTS BROADENING THE [...] (C) In a recent meeting with ExxonMobil (EM) Nigeria, a senior executive explained EM's concern with the deteriorating Nigerian security situation, the company's low-profile public affairs strategy, and its strategy to maintain harmonious relations with communities in Akwa Ibom State, its pr [...] | 2006-03-31 15:29:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET PREL PTER NI |
06LAPAZ1107 | PETROBRAS-BOLIVIAN GOVERNMENT RELATIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: Petrobras representatives told Econoffs that in several difficult meetings with the GOB, the Brazilian energy giant vowed not to invest another cent in Bolivia until key issues were resolved. In those meetings, GOB officials reportedly displayed a confounding ignorance of the h [...] | 2006-04-21 20:24:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ENRG EPET PREL BL |
06LAPAZ1129 | BOLIVIA AND ARGENTINA SIGN ENERGY DECLARATION [...] (SBU) Summary: On April 21, Bolivia and Argentina signed an Energy Integration Declaration in La Paz, promising to revise the natural gas sales agreement between the two countries, including provisions on price and export volumes, create a partnership between both countries' state oil compani [...] | 2006-04-26 16:40:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ENRG EPET PGOV BL |
06LAPAZ1157 | PRESIDENT NATIONALIZES HYDROCARBONS [...] Summary: On May 1, the GOB issued its long-awaited Supreme Decree "nationalizing" the hydrocarbons sector. Largely consistent with prior GOB announcements and the May 2005 Hydrocarbons Law, the decree gives hydrocarbons companies six months to negotiate new "service" contracts with the GOB; t [...] | 2006-05-02 15:54:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV ENRG EPET BL |
06LAPAZ1159 | NATIONALIZATION AS GRAND POLITICAL GESTURE [...] (SBU) Summary: By announcing the nationalization of Bolivia's hydrocarbons sector, President Evo Morales has again proven himself a master of the grand political gesture. Timed to coincide with the kick off the campaign for the Constituent Assembly and accompanied by the symbolic taking of g [...] | 2006-05-02 17:18:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB EINV ENRG ECON PGOV SOCI PREL BL |
06LAPAZ1191 | NATIONALIZATION: COMPANY PERSPECTIVES [...] (SBU) Summary: While foreign investors were not surprised by most of the terms of the GOB's May 1 nationalization decree (ref A),they were nonetheless taken aback that their long-dreaded expectations appeared to have become reality. So far most companies have reacted in measured fashion, and [...] | 2006-05-04 19:49:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ENRG EPET BL |
06LAPAZ1198 | NATIONALIZATION: COMPANY PERSPECTIVES [...] (SBU) Summary: While foreign investors were not surprised by most of the terms of the GOB's May 1 nationalization decree (ref A),they were nonetheless taken aback that their long-dreaded expectations appeared to have become reality. So far most companies have reacted in measured fashion, and [...] | 2006-05-05 12:05:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ENRG EPET BL |
06LAPAZ1248 | GOB NAMES BOARD MEMBERS TO "NATIONALIZED" [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOB named 20 directors and five controllers to the boards of five hydrocarbons companies on May 8. The GOB has yet to legally acquire ownership control of these five companies, in accord with its May 1 nationalization decree (reftel),and it remains unclear how it plans to [...] | 2006-05-09 17:45:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ENRG EPET EFIN PGOV BL |
06LAPAZ1285 | GOB ON GAS: TO COMPENSATE OR NOT TO COMPENSATE? [...] (SBU) Summary: President Morales reportedly stated on May 11 that the GOB did not have to compensate hydrocarbons companies for their losses due to nationalization if such firms had "recovered investments and accrued some earnings." In contradiction to Morales' statement, the GOB agreed on May [...] | 2006-05-11 19:16:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV ENRG EPET PGOV BL |
06LAPAZ1316 | GOB EXPLAINS HYDROCARBONS NATIONALIZATION [...] (SBU) Summary: Hydrocarbons Minister Andres Soliz Rada, accompanied by the Finance and Planning Ministers, convened a meeting of international donors on May 12 to discuss the GOB's hydrocarbons nationalization decree issued on May 1 (ref A). After decrying the "neoliberal" economic model, the [...] | 2006-05-16 17:30:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID EINV ENRG EPET PGOV BL |
06LAPAZ1407 | BRAZILIANS FIRM ON ECONOMIC ISSUES, BEHIND CLOSED [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met with Brazilian Ambassador to Bolivia Antonio Mena Goncalves May 24 to discuss Brazilian Foreign Minister Celso Amorim's May 22-23 visit to La Paz. In meetings with the Bolivian government, Amorim deliberately avoided the hydrocarbons issue, but Mena Goncalves to [...] | 2006-05-26 14:05:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL EPET ENRG BL |
06LAPAZ1491 | TRANSREDES SALE DECREASES U.S. INVESTMENT IN [...] (SBU) The U.S. firm Enron has completed the first stage of selling its subsidiary Prisma, which owns 25 percent of Bolivian gas pipeline operator Transredes and 29 percent of the Bolivian gas pipeline operator GTB, to Ashmore Energy International. According to Transredes contacts, Ashmore is [...] | 2006-06-02 19:09:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ENRG EPET BL |
06LAPAZ1564 | HYDROCARBONS CHAMBER SAYS NEGOTIATIONS WILL [...] (SBU) Summary: Hydrocarbons Chamber representatives told the Ambassador June 7 that hydrocarbons companies would negotiate with GOB officials to determine the terms of their new contracts (ref A) until they felt they could no longer negotiate in good faith - at least until the expiration of th [...] | 2006-06-08 21:28:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG EINV ECON BL |
06LAPAZ1782 | REPSOL AND PETROBRAS NEGOTIATIONS UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: Hydrocarbons company Repsol (Argentina/Spain) told Econoff June 28 that it expected Argentina to agree to a price increase on Bolivian natural gas exports on June 29. Press reports on June 29 indicated that the agreement would be in effect until December 31 and include an expor [...] | 2006-06-29 15:03:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ENRG EPET BL |
06LAPAZ1791 | FIRST QUARTER 2006 MACROECONOMIC REPORT [...] Summary: Bolivia's positive GDP growth trend continued during the first quarter of 2006 due to high international prices for the country's main exports: hydrocarbons, minerals, and agricultural products. Exports grew by 23 percent in the first quarter compared with the same period in 2005, c [...] | 2006-06-29 20:17:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ELAB EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD BL |
06LAPAZ1842 | TRANSREDES AND GONI ON TRIAL [...] (SBU) Summary: The Morales administration claims that Enron improperly acquired shares in the Bolivian-Brazilian pipeline through a dubious contract between Enron and the GOB signed by former President Gonzalo "Goni" Sanchez de Lozada. The GOB claims that Enron and its subsidiary Transredes ow [...] | 2006-07-06 15:09:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ENRG EPET BL |
06LAPAZ186 | MAS ECONOMICS TEAM: STRONG SOCIAL AWARENESS, WEAK [...] (SBU) Summary: If reports about its economic transition teams are any indication, the future Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) government will have lots to learn. Current government ministers have told us that the MAS mining, economic development, and hydrocarbons teams conspicuously lack techn [...] | 2006-01-24 21:18:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED | BL ECON EINV EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD PGOV |
06LAPAZ1885 | CUSTOMS HOPES "SOCIAL CONTROL" WILL REDUCE [...] (SBU) Summary: Customs officials recently proposed a "social control" mechanism to reduce contraband, arguing that appropriate incentives would increase the identification and seizure of illegally traded goods. The proposal is part of a restructuring process in which officials are evaluating [...] | 2006-07-11 12:39:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EINV ECON ENRG EPET PGOV PREL BL |
06LAPAZ1918 | HYDROCARBONS REGULATOR ENSURES FUEL SUPPLY [...] (SBU) Summary: Bolivia's state oil company, YPFB, successfully assumed control of Bolivia's wholesale hydrocarbons market on July 1, as provided for by the 2005 Hydrocarbons Law. To ensure adequate supplies of gasoline and diesel, the hydrocarbons regulator issued an emergency decree requirin [...] | 2006-07-12 19:30:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ENRG EPET BL |
06LAPAZ1936 | UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES OF GOB'S HYDROCARBONS [...] (SBU) Summary: The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the Andean Development Corporation (CAF) have frozen the pipeline operator Transredes' financing for expanding and constructing three natural gas pipelines due to the GOB take-over of company shares. Without these pipelines, various [...] | 2006-07-14 20:54:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ENRG EPET BL |
06LAPAZ195 | MORALES-SHANNON MEETING: PRESIDENT RECOUNTS [...] (C) Summary: Summary: In their January 21 meeting, WHA Assistant Secretary Thomas Shannon told President-elect Evo Morales the U.S. agenda in Bolivia reflected our larger agenda in the region: consolidating democracy, promoting economic growth through free markets and integration, and protec [...] | 2006-01-26 15:23:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON EPET EINV ENRG SOCI ELAB BL |
06LAPAZ2011 | TRANSREDES UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: Transredes' board will meet at the end of July to discuss acquisition of the company's shares by the GOB. According to a Transredes executive, the company could live with GOB majority ownership, as long as the private investors, Shell and Prisma, retained operating control. The [...] | 2006-07-26 13:05:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ENRG EPET BL |
06LAPAZ2056 | HYDROCARBONS REGULATOR STANDS FIRM AGAINST GOB [...] (SBU) Summary: Bolivia's hydrocarbons regulator has accused Bolivia's state oil company, YPFB, of entering into contracts that are against state interests -- charges ironically similar to those of the GOB against Enron and former President Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada. The GOB reportedly tried t [...] | 2006-07-31 20:53:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ENRG EPET BL |
06LAPAZ216 | HYDROCARBONS COMPANIES PESSIMISTIC, BUT WILLING TO [...] (SBU) Summary: In a recent meeting with the Ambassador, hydrocarbons company representatives discussed their concerns about negotiations with the incoming administration. They worried in particular about the likely absence of reasonable GOB interlocutors (subsequent ministerial appointments pr [...] | 2006-01-30 20:26:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BEXP BL ECON EINV ENRG EPET PGOV |
06LAPAZ2196 | HYDROCARBONS NATIONALIZATION FACES OBSTACLES [...] (SBU) Summary: Bolivia's hydrocarbons nationalization plan is facing legal and financial obstacles that have delayed its implementation. The state oil company, YPFB, lacks the necessary resources to take on its new mandated role as controller of the entire hydrocarbons production chain. The [...] | 2006-08-14 21:12:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ENRG EPET BL |
06LAPAZ2216 | GOB NEGOTIATIONS WITH PETROBRAS STALLED [...] (C) Summary: A Petrobras executive told Econoff on August 15 that no gas price agreement had been reached between Petrobras and Bolivia's state oil company YPFB, and that in fact, YPFB never presented a price proposal during the negotiations. The GOB also lacks a plan regarding implementatio [...] | 2006-08-17 16:16:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV ENRG EPET BL |
06LAPAZ2269 | HYDROCARBONS MINISTER BASHES BRAZIL [...] (C) Summary: Hydrocarbons Minister Soliz Rada told the DCM on August 21 that Brazil's strong presence in Bolivia is the root of many of the nation's problems, particularly in the hydrocarbons sector. Soliz said that Bolivia needs to develop alternate markets to Brazil, including Argentina and [...] | 2006-08-22 15:52:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV ENRG EPET BL |
06LAPAZ2295 | HYDROCARBONS MINISTER IS CENSURED [...] (U) The opposition majority in the Senate -- 13 Podemos and 1 National Unity (UN) senators -- censured Hydrocarbons Minister Andres Soliz Rada on August 23 for the state oil company YPFB's alleged violations of Bolivian laws and regulations (reftel). MAS senators protested by not participatin [...] | 2006-08-24 21:03:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG EPET PGOV BL |
06LAPAZ2342 | YPFB PRESIDENT RESIGNS [...] (SBU) Summary: On August 28, President Morales announced the resignation of the President of the state oil company YPFB, Jorge Alvarado. Alvarado resigned in the face of corruption accusations related to a contract between YPFB and Iboamerica Trading (reftel). Morales also announced the repl [...] | 2006-08-29 19:47:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV ENRG EPET PGOV BL |
06LAPAZ2399 | GOB DEFIES COURT DECISION ON HYDROCARBONS CONTRACTS [...] (SBU) Summary: On September 4, the Bolivian Hydrocarbons Chamber issued a press statement to publicize the Constitutional Court's May ruling that the 74 existing shared risk contracts between state oil company YPFB and private investors are legally valid. In response, the Hydrocarbons Minist [...] | 2006-09-06 14:49:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BL ECON EINV ENRG EPET KJUS |
06LAPAZ251 | PETROBRAS TALKS WITH GOB [...] (SBU) Summary: Petrobras, the largest player in the Bolivian hydrocarbons industry, had its first meeting with the Bolivian government on January 31 to begin discussing a new relationship. According to a Petrobras official, Arturo Castanos, the GOB representatives were cordial, but they only [...] | 2006-02-02 19:32:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET ECON BL |
06LAPAZ2519 | HYDROCARBONS MINISTER RESIGNS [...] (SBU) Hydrocarbons Minister Andres Soliz Rada, along with the Vice Minister and two Directors of Hydrocarbons, resigned on the evening of September 15 following Vice President Alvaro Garcia Linera's freeze of a ministerial resolution that would have shifted hydrocarbons companies' revenues to [...] | 2006-09-18 18:27:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ENRG EPET BL |
06LAPAZ2638 | BOLIVIAN ECONOMY HUMS ALONG DESPITE UNCERTAINTY [...] Summary: Bolivia's GDP grew by 4.5 percent during the first semester of 2006 due to high international prices for the country's main exports: hydrocarbons and minerals. Exports grew by 52 percent in the first six months compared with the same period in 2005, contributing to an increase in int [...] | 2006-09-29 18:57:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV ENRG EPET ETRD BL |
06LAPAZ2661 | GAS CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS STUMBLE FORWARD [...] (C) Summary: Based on the May 1 hydrocarbons nationalization decree's mandate that private firms must sign new contracts by October 31 (ref A),the GOB recently provided hydrocarbons companies with draft contracts and began the first round of negotiations with companies on September 27. U.S.- [...] | 2006-10-03 12:03:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV ENRG EPET BL |
06LAPAZ2730 | RESPONSE TO LAC BIOFUELS INITIATIVE [...] (U) Summary: This cable responds to the questions posed in reftel on the investment climate, the energy sector and the sugar industry in Bolivia. The investment climate, particularly in natural resource industries, is poor due to legal uncertainty and increasing governmental interference. Bo [...] | 2006-10-11 20:27:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV ENRG PREL PGOV BL |
06LAPAZ2817 | UPDATE ON YPFB NEGOTIATIONS WITH ARGENTINA, [...] (SBU) Summary: YPFB (Bolivia's state-owned oil company) President Juan Carlos Ortiz told Econoff on October 18 that Bolivia will sign a twenty-year natural gas supply contract with Argentina on October 19. Bolivia will agree to provide 27.7 million cubic meters per day of gas to its neighbor [...] | 2006-10-18 20:09:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ENRG EPET PREL BL |
06LAPAZ2880 | ARGENTINA AND BOLIVIA SIGN GAS DEAL [...] (U) Argentina and Bolivia signed a twenty-year energy agreement October 19 in Santa Cruz, Bolivia (reftel) that will go into effect on January 1, 2007. In addition to increasing the volume of natural gas that Bolivia will supply to Argentina to 27.7 million cubic meters per day within three y [...] | 2006-10-25 12:07:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ENRG EPET PGOV PREL BL |
06LAPAZ2900 | HYDROCARBONS CONTRACT DEADLINE DRAWS NEAR [...] (C) Summary: The press published a copy of the model contract supposedly provided by the GOB to the hydrocarbons companies who must sign new contracts by October 28, according to the May 1 nationalization decree. The contract appears highly favorable to Bolivia's state oil company, YPFB. Pe [...] | 2006-10-25 21:33:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV ENRG EPET BL |
06LAPAZ2903 | CLEAN PRODUCTION PRACTICES INCREASE EFFICIENCY, [...] (U) Summary: Clean production practices introduced by the USAID-supported Center for the Promotion of Sustainable Technologies have increased efficiency and lowered costs for more than 90 Bolivian businesses. The following case studies suggest that lower production costs provide powerful ince [...] | 2006-10-26 16:20:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ENRG BL |
06LAPAZ2943 | GOB ACHIEVES KEY GOAL: NEW GAS CONTRACTS [...] (SBU) Summary: All of the private hydrocarbons exploration and production companies operating in Bolivia signed new service contracts on October 27 and 28 prior to the deadline imposed by the GOB's May 1 nationalization decree. According to the president of Bolivia's state oil company, YPFB, [...] | 2006-10-30 21:23:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ENRG EPET BL |
06LAPAZ2945 | DIVIDING UP THE SPOILS: GAS REVENUE DEBATE [...] (SBU) With the signature of gas accords October 28, the GOB estimates that hydrocarbons production will generate USD 2 billion next year, with USD 1.3 billion going to the government as a result of new production contracts (septel),and USD 4 billion within four years, with USD 2.4 billion des [...] | 2006-10-30 21:46:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ENRG EPET PGOV BL |
06LAPAZ2967 | GAS CONTRACTS HAVE VARIABLE RETURN RATES [...] (C) Summary: The new contracts signed by hydrocarbons production and exploration companies on October 27 and 28 (ref A) contain tables of variables, including investment and production figures, which will be used to calculate company returns and the state oil company YPFB's take. The amount of [...] | 2006-10-31 21:17:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV ENRG EPET BL |
06LAPAZ2998 | PETROBRAS' NEW CONTRACT [...] (C) Along with nine other companies, Brazil's Petrobras signed a new hydrocarbons production and exploration contract on October 28 (reftel). Petrobras executives told Econoff on November 1 that the company's rate of return would be lower than that of its original contract, but better than the [...] | 2006-11-03 20:47:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV ENRG EPET BL |
06LAPAZ3080 | HYDROCARBONS: A NATIONALIZATION IN NAME ONLY? [...] (C) A British Gas executive told Econoff that he thought the company's new operation contract (reftel) was equitable and would allow BG to recoup its investment and invest more in the future. Opposition leaders and leftist radicals agree that Bolivia's "nationalization" was in fact a national [...] | 2006-11-15 21:39:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV ENRG EPET BL |
06LAPAZ3177 | EXXON MOBIL SELLS BOLIVIAN ASSETS [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-27 21:55:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV ENRG EPET BL |
06LAPAZ3224 | CONGRESS APPROVES HYDROCARBONS CONTRACTS [...] (SBU) The senate approved the 44 new hydrocarbons contracts that were signed with private production and exploration companies at the end of October (ref A) late on November 28. Only 14 of the 27 senators were present, as the opposition had abandoned the session in protest over the GOB's conf [...] | 2006-11-29 19:59:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ENRG EPET BL |
06LAPAZ3361 | HYDROCARBONS REGULATIONS NEEDED TO STIMULATE [...] (SBU) British Gas (BG) Bolivia President Jose Magela told Emboffs on December 11 that he thinks the operating contract BG signed with Bolivia's state oil company YPFB at the end of October is reasonable. He argued that the contracts provide necessary, but not sufficient, conditions for investm [...] | 2006-12-13 12:47:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ENRG EPET BL |
06LAPAZ438 | SANTA CRUZ BUSINESSMEN MAKE PROMISES, REITERATE [...] (U) Summary: In February 15 meetings, Santa Cruz businessmen made two promises: first, that they will support President Evo Morales as long as he protects private enterprise and avoids substantive policy changes; and second, that they will act if the administration shifts radically leftward. [...] | 2006-02-21 17:35:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG EAGR ETRD EINV ECON PGOV PREL BL |
06LAPAZ6 | INITIAL MEETING WITH EVO MORALES: BRASS TACKS [...] (C) Summary: In a January 2 "breaking the ice" meeting with the Ambassador, President-elect Evo Morales claimed he had not publicly maligned President Bush (at least not in the post-election period) and expressed deep resentment about being branded a "narco-terrorist" by U.S. officials. Moral [...] | 2006-01-03 16:25:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON EINV ENRG SOCI ELAB BL SIPDIS |
06LAPAZ627 | GOB SEEKS TO GAIN CONTROL OVER PRIVATIZED COMPANIES [...] Summary: According to press reports, the GOB intends to gain control over ten companies, which were partially privatized in the 1990s, by persuading or compelling private investors to sell their shares. Four of these companies are majority owned by U.S. investors, and none has received offici [...] | 2006-03-08 21:21:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV ENRG EPET BL |
06LAPAZ692 | BOLIVIA AND URUGUAY SIGN ENERGY AGREEMENT [...] Summary: The Presidents of Uruguay and Bolivia signed an agreement to strengthen energy cooperation between the two nations on March 13. The agreement provides for the future sale of Bolivian natural gas, thermoelectricity, and liquid petroleum gas (LPG) to Uruguay. Although the agreement ex [...] | 2006-03-14 19:48:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG PREL ECON BL |
06LAPAZ70 | SANTA CRUZ: ANXIETY ABOUT UNCERTAIN FUTURE [...] (SBU) Summary: Many Santa Cruz civic representatives, stunned by the MAS's decisive electoral victory, are anxious about Bolivia's uncertain future. Some believe the MAS government will immediately begin dismantling the market-based economic model while postponing (for tactical reasons) its [...] | 2006-01-11 21:02:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON EPET EINV ENRG SOCI ELAB BL |
06LAPAZ831 | TUTO QUIROGA TRYING TO ACTIVATE OPPOSITION [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with the Ambassador on March 22, former president Jorge "Tuto" Quiroga was nonchalant about the possible criminal case against him for signing hydrocarbons contracts without congressional approval, but worried about the far-reaching consequences of the politically-mo [...] | 2006-03-24 14:25:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL EPET ENRG BL |
06LAPAZ869 | GOB PLANS TO NATIONALIZE HYDROCARBONS IN APRIL [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOB recently announced that it intends to nationalize the hydrocarbons sector in April and launch a revamped YPFB (state oil company) by July. Hydrocarbons Minister Andres Soliz Rada confirmed these plans in a meeting with the Ambassador on March 28. U.S.-owned hydrocarbons [...] | 2006-03-29 14:21:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ENRG EPET PGOV BL |
06LAPAZ890 | POLITICIZED JUSTICE: THE CASE OF REPSOL [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of Bolivia has pursued a highly politicized legal case against Spanish/Argentine-owned Repsol YPF, accusing Bolivia's second-largest gas producer of contraband and tax evasion. Repsol Bolivia President, Julio Gavito, was arrested for these charges on March 15, and [...] | 2006-03-30 19:43:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ENRG EPET PGOV BL |
06LAPAZ96 | BOLIVIA: SCENESETTER FOR A/S SHANNON [...] (C) Summary: You will arrive in Bolivia at a time of potentially profound transformation, amid an atmosphere of pervasive uncertainty and hope. We have engaged with President-elect Evo Morales (ref),but in a manner indicating something less than a business-as-usual embrace for his governmen [...] | 2006-01-17 15:53:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON EPET ENRG SOCI ELAB SNAR BL |
06LAPAZ968 | PETROBRAS PUSHES BACK [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite industry fears that Brazilian-owned Petrobras, a leader in Bolivia's hydrocarbons industry, would work out a sweetheart deal with the GOB, the relationships between Bolivia and both Brazil and Petrobas have gone steadily downhill during the past month. Petrobras has not [...] | 2006-04-07 13:30:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV ENRG EPET PREL BL |
06LIBREVILLE391 | GABON AND SAO TOME & PRINCIPE OIL UPDATE [...] Following is an update on the oil sector in Gabon and Sao Tome and Principe. ----- Gabon ----- 2. (U) Production Down - According to the Ministry of Natural Resources, Gabon's oil production in the first quarter of 2006 dropped by 8.4% over the previous year. The Ministry stated that [...] | 2006-06-14 15:31:00 | Embassy Libreville | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ECON EFIN ENRG GB TP |
06LIBREVILLE624 | MOBIL PULLING OUT OF GABON [...] (SBU) As part of a larger divestiture from its marketing operations in sub-Saharan Africa, ExxonMobil has sold its shares in Mobil Oil Gabon to the Libyan oil company, Tamoil. ExxonMobil held 90% of Mobil Oil Gabon, with the GoG holding the remaining 10%. Earlier in the year ExxonMobil sold it [...] | 2006-10-12 08:45:00 | Embassy Libreville | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG ECON GB |
06LILONGWE244 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED - SUPPORTING THE U.S.-INDIA [...] Poloff met with Director of Political Affairs Paul Chiunguzeni in the MFA on March 9 to discuss reftel talking points. Chiunguzeni thanked Poloff for the information, and initiated a short discussion on the difficulties the U.S. faces in balancing relations between India and Pakistan. Any furt [...] | 2006-03-15 13:46:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA KNNP PREL ENRG PARM ETTC MI |
06LIMA1742 | HUNT OIL SIGNS NEW HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION DEAL [...] (U) SUMMARY: Hunt Oil signed an agreement with the GOP to explore for hydrocarbons northwest of the Camisea natural gas fields. The remoteness of the area makes for challenges in transporting hydrocarbons to market as well as dealing with the expected opposition from some NGO's to drilling in [...] | 2006-05-05 18:48:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ECON ETRD EAID SENV PE |
06LIMA1809 | COBALT-60 STORY FROM THE LIMA END [...] (C) Summary: On May 8, NAS Director and DepEconCouns met with Alfonso Paredes, manager of Caddin, operator of Rapiscan's GaRDS system in Peru. Paredes described an accidental transfer, by a Caddin engineer (supposedly trained by Rapiscan),of the Cobalt-60 capsule from its storage canister to [...] | 2006-05-10 16:07:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR PREL KSAF TRGY ENRG TSPL ASEC KNNP VE PE |
06LIMA1924 | PERUVIANS CONCLUDE INVESTIGATION OF COBALT-60 [...] (U) Summary: After exhaustive interviews, investigators from GOP nuclear regulator IPEN believe that a poorly trained Caddin employee removed the Co-60 source in Lima without realizing it. IPEN, Caddin and Rapiscan officials discounted the possibility that the Co-60 removal was a malicious act [...] | 2006-05-17 16:06:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR PREL KSAF TRGY ENRG TSPL ASEC KNNP VE PE |
06LIMA1995 | PERU'S FIRST QUARTER ECONOMIC SURPRISE [...] (U) Summary: Just-released Q106 economic results indicate that Peru's economy grew 6.85 percent for the quarter, surprising the GOP and analysts alike. Given January's and February's relatively moderate growth rates of 4.4 percent and 4.9 percent, March's 10.7 percent growth not only exceede [...] | 2006-05-22 19:48:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD ENRG SOCI PGOV PE |
06LIMA2437 | REGIONAL LEADERS PROTEST CERRO VERDE MINE [...] (C) Summary. Cerro Verde Mine, a Phelps Dodge subsidiary located in Arequipa (southern Peru) was the target of a 3,000 person protest on June 15. Led by a coalition of 14 Arequipa regional mayors, the protestors complained that Cerro Verde contributed less to the mining canon in 2005 than in [...] | 2006-06-19 17:44:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | EMIN EINV ENRG PGOV PE |
06LIMA2438 | MINING AND ENERGY SECTOR REACTS TO INCOMING GARCIA [...] (C) Summary. Mining and Hydrocarbons contacts are generally optimistic about their prospects for working with President-elect Alan Garcia. They believe that the in-coming President,s desire/need to maintain a stable investment climate will restain any undue zeal to extract excessive revenue f [...] | 2006-06-19 17:46:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV ENRG PGOV PREL PE |
06LIMA2733 | TAXES AND CANON FUNDING STILL ISSUES FOR CERRO [...] (C) Summary. Cerro Verde Officials continue to engage in dialogue with the coalition of 14 Arequipa regional mayors to find resolution to tax and canon funding issues. The Arequipa Mayors are incensed that Cerro Verde, which reinvested a percentage of its profits in expansion and social deve [...] | 2006-07-13 15:52:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | EMIN EINV ENRG PGOV ECON PE |
06LIMA2899 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/NA21/NNTRAV [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of DOE personnel Sarah Loel Dickerson, Gregory Michel Dwyer, Michael Vernon Strosinski for the period of August 23 through August 26, 2006 . The purpose of the visit is to visit IPEN facilities in order to test security upgrades. [...] | 2006-07-26 16:06:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC ENRG KNNP PARM OTRA PE |
06LIMA2989 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/NA21/NNTRAV WRIGHT [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of DOE personnel Kyle Alan Wright, Gregory Michael Dwyer, Gregory Allen Herdes, Jeremo Don Jamison, Kurt Ogg Westerman and Joseph Henry Schwartzel for the period of August 8 through August 14, 2006 . The purpose of the visit is to [...] | 2006-08-02 14:51:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC ENRG KNNP PARM OTRA PE |
06LIMA3384 | PERU SIGNS TRADE AGREEMENT WITH CHILE [...] (U) Summary. Overcoming decades of distrust, Peru and Chile signed a trade agreement on August 22. The agreement "amplifies" the 1998 Chile-Peru Economic Complementation Agreement (ECA),and provides for national treatment of Peruvian investors in Chile, most favored nation treatment by Chile [...] | 2006-08-25 15:28:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ENRG ELAB ECON EAID SENV CI PE |
06LIMA3446 | YANACOCHA MINE CLOSES, REOPENING AFTER PROTESTS [...] Summary: After months of demonstrations and a recent five-day road block, Peru's largest gold mining company Yanacocha (operated by Denver-based Newmont Corporation) closed its operations August, with an estimated loss of $2 million per day. After Prime Minister Jorge del Castillo personally [...] | 2006-08-31 18:03:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | EMIN EINV ENRG ECON PGOV PE |
06LIMA3686 | CAMISEA SCORECARD: TOLEDO'S GREAT LEGACY [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Camisea natural gas project has been a qualified success. Peru is increasingly using Camisea gas (cleaner, cheaper than diesel) in power generation, industry, homes and vehicles, with Peruvians benefiting from lower electricity rates -- even before construction of the project [...] | 2006-09-15 19:29:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG ECON ETRD EAID SENV PE |
06LIMA3896 | PERU LNG: PROGRESS AND CHALLENGES [...] SUMMARY: The Peru Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) project is proceeding apace, bringing gas from the Camisea gas fields through to pipeline to LNG plant and marine terminal on Peru's coastline. A 2010 export target should deliver $200 million in GOP revenues and community projects per year, with [...] | 2006-09-29 22:14:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG ECON ETRD EAID SENV PE |
06LIMA4321 | PLUSPETROL, ACHUAR AND GOP END AMAZON CONFLICT [...] (U) SUMMARY. Argentina's oil company Pluspetrol, the GOP and the regional government of Loreto signed an agreement October 22 with the Achuar indigenous communities of Peru's Amazon to end a three-week environmental and social conflict. The Achuars, supported by local and international NGOs, h [...] | 2006-11-09 14:57:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG EINV SENV PE |
06LIMA4404 | PERUQS SAMOAFIBER Q EXCITING NEW BIOFUEL [...] (U) SUMMARY: A U.S. company is developing a promising new biofuel source in the Amazon. The Samoafiber reed is endemic to Peru and may be the fastest growing plant suitable for biofuel; the riverine grassQs cellulose is converted to a crude bio-oil that can then be converted to ethanol. Samoa [...] | 2006-11-17 14:47:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET ENRG ECON ETRD PE |
06LIMA4421 | BIOFUELS IN PERU PROMISING [...] (U) SUMMARY. Biofuels show promise for Peru, particularly sugar-based ethanol and a newly-discovered source for bio-oil. Ethanol blends can produce cleaner fuels for polluted cities; trade preferences make ethanol attractive for export. A U.S. and several Peruvian firms have projects underway. [...] | 2006-11-20 16:37:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ECON ETRD EAID SENV SNAR PE |
06LIMA4480 | CAMISEA PIPELINE UPDATE: AUDITS [...] SUMMARY: Three audits of Camisea pipeline construction and performance are in progress. The GOP contracted its audit to German firm Germanischer Lloyd, and a report is expected early next year. Camisea Consortium TGP delivered its internal audit report to the GOP, and a condensed version for [...] | 2006-11-24 19:56:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG ECON ETRD EAID SENV PE |
06LIMA4620 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/NA25/NNTRAV MCRAE [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of James Bennett McRae from December 10-14, 2006. The purpose of this trip is to attend and participate in an International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) sponsored Regional Workshop on Liability for Nuclear Damage, at the Ministry of [...] | 2006-12-07 21:08:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG KNNP PARM OTRA PE |
06LIMA474 | PERUVIAN ECONOMY FIRING ON ALL CYLINDERS [...] No summary [...] | 2006-02-06 15:09:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD ENRG SOCI PGOV PE |
06LIMA4773 | PERU OIL BOOM CONTINUES; EXPLORATION SPREADS TO HEAVY OIL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The GOP signed oil exploration deals with three foreign firms on December 12, resulting in a record 16 oil exploration deals signed this year. One of the firms, Texas-based Barrett Resources, also announced its intention to produce oil in another block, with plans to produce 10 [...] | 2006-12-22 19:59:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG EINV SENV PE |
06LIMA728 | FLIRTING WITH DISASTER? OLLANTA HUMALA'S ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) Summary: The rise in the polls of the ultra- nationalist, anti-system presidential candidate Ollanta Humala has created considerable interest and concern about the kinds of economic policies he would implement as President. He has not yet offered an economic platform, and it is not cle [...] | 2006-02-23 22:15:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD ENRG SOCI PGOV PE |
06LIMA742 | CAMISEA II PROMISES JOB GROWTH AND EXPORT REVENUES [...] (U) SUMMARY: Peru LNG, a consortium led by Hunt Oil, recently held a groundbreaking ceremony for construction of its $1.3 billion Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) plant, Camisea Phase II. Construction should add 5,000 direct jobs and up to 30,000 more indirect jobs to Peru's economy. Peru LNG is [...] | 2006-02-24 17:02:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ECON ETRD EAID SENV PE |
06LIMA952 | GOP INVESTIGATING CAMISEA PIPELINE RUPTURES [...] (U) SUMMARY: The GOP suspended Camisea's gas liquids piping amid uproar over pipeline ruptures. Two recent reports allege that substandard pipeline and construction procedures used to build the Camisea natural gas line are responsible for four pipeline breaks in the past year. A fifth ruptu [...] | 2006-03-10 17:33:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ECON ETRD EAID SENV PE |
06LISBON1524 | GE BUILDING THE WORLD,S LARGEST SOLAR ENERGY PLANT [...] SUMMARY: GE Energy Financial Services has joined with the PowerLight Corporation (US) and Catavento (Portugal) to construct the world,s largest solar photovoltaic (PV) power plant, slated to open in January 2007. This $75 million project - located in Serpa, Portugal - is GE,s first solar power [...] | 2006-07-25 07:33:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG EINV TRGY ECON ETRD ETTC PO |
06LISBON1814 | PORTUGUESE TO MEET WITH RUSSIANS ON NATURAL GAS [...] (U) SUMMARY: MFA Senior European Political Advisor informed Pol/Econ officer that Gazprom representatives were in Portugal in April to discuss the sale of liquified natural gas (LNG) from Gazprom to Portuguese Energy Company Galp Energia (Galp) via Algeria. A follow-up meeting is scheduled fo [...] | 2006-08-25 16:18:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG TRGY EPET ECIN ECON EMIN PREL PO RS |
06LJUBLJANA171 | SLOVENIAN ENERGY: VULNERABLE BUT DIVERSIFIED [...] (SBU) Summary: A small, mountainous country with limited natural resources, Slovenia not surprisingly relies on external sources for many of its fossil fuel energy needs. Slightly more than 55 percent of Slovenia's total energy supply comes from liquid and solid fossil fuels. An additional 15 [...] | 2006-03-20 04:42:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV ETRD ENRG SI |
06LJUBLJANA214 | SLOVENIA: ENERGY SECURITY AND HYDROELECTRIC POWER [...] (SBU) Summary: Companies within the state-owned Holding Slovenske Elektrarne (HSE) group produce over half of Slovenia's electricity. With the GOS looking for self- sufficiency in electricity, HSE's further construction of hydroelectric plants will play a key role. HSE is currently evaluatin [...] | 2006-04-07 05:23:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG ECON EINV ETRD SI |
06LJUBLJANA386 | SLOVENIAN ENERGY: THE RUSSIANS ARE COMING? [...] (C) Summary: Following a visit in May to Moscow by Slovene Prime Minister Janez Jansa and several members of his cabinet and a large commercial contingent (ref E),and Gazprom CEO Alexey Miller's visit last week to Slovenia, Slovene media reports a flurry of meetings, discussions, and rumors of [...] | 2006-06-22 04:14:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV ENRG ETRD SI |
06LJUBLJANA414 | SLOVENIA: COM AND PM JANSA MEET PRIOR TO [...] No summary [...] | 2006-07-04 23:00:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON MARR ENRG SI |
06LJUBLJANA567 | PETROL DOES DEAL WITH LUKOIL AND HARRAH'S SHOULD [...] No summary [...] | 2006-09-01 15:11:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV ENRG PINR RU SI |
06LJUBLJANA576 | SLOVENIA: LOOKAHEAD TO THE IAEA BOARD OF [...] (C) Summary: PolMilOff met with MFA Department of Security Policy Officer Bostjan Jerman to discuss the recent visit of International Atomic Energy Agency Secretary General Mohamad El Baradei to Slovenia and Slovenia's upcoming Chairmanship of the IAEA Board of Governors. Jerman said that disc [...] | 2006-09-07 14:09:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP PARM PINR PREL ENRG SI |
06LONDON5471 | UK GOVERNMENT ENERGY REVIEW: MORE SECURITY, FEWER [...] No summary [...] | 2006-07-26 11:36:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG SENV UK |
06LONDON8326 | DOE-MOD DECEMBER 4-7 NUCLEAR SECURITY DISCUSSIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A delegation of security experts from the Department of Energy/National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) visited counterparts at HMG Ministry of Defense (MOD) and at the Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE) for discussions on nuclear security matters. The AWE is a collecti [...] | 2006-12-13 13:45:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG TRGY KNNP UK |
06LUANDA336 | ANGOLA:NEWEST OIL CONCESSIONS:LANDMARK [...] (U) Summary: In a formal ceremony to open and announce bids for the current licensing round of oil concessions in Angola, Sonangol entered a new era of transparency, reading aloud details on each bid, including the signature bonus. In an afternoon of firsts, Italian petroleum producer ENI o [...] | 2006-04-06 12:06:00 | Embassy Luanda | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG ETRD EINV KCOR CH AO |
06MADRID2094 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/NA25/NNTRAV [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Timothy Gregoire, Craig Stinson, and Mark Melany representatives of the National Nuclear Security Administration to travel to Madrid from August 27 to September 5. The purpose of this visit is to conduct follow-up performance testing and repair [...] | 2006-08-22 15:23:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG KNNP PARM OTRA SP |
06MADRID2108 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/EH:MOHANDAS BHAT [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Mohandas Bhat, Environment, Safety and Health Scientist to travel to Madrid and Almeria on September 11 to September 15 to visit the Palomares accident site. 2. Post will assist with appointments per reftel. Ken Forder is the control officer and can be [...] | 2006-08-23 15:13:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG TRGY OTRA SP |
06MADRID2109 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/EH JOHN COOK [...] Embassy grants country clearance to John Cook, Special Assistant to Assistant Secretary for Environment, Safety and Health to travel to Madrid from September 10 to September 14 to meet with staff at the US Embassy and CIEMAT scientists. 2. Post will assist with appointments per reftel. Ke [...] | 2006-08-23 15:14:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG TRGY OTRA KNNP SP |
06MADRID2110 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Robert Maxwell, National Nuclear Security Administration's office to travel to San Sebastian on September 9 to September 14 to attend the Fourth International Conference on Polyment. 2. Post understands that no assistance is required. 3. Visitors ar [...] | 2006-08-23 15:14:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG TRGY OTRA KNNP SP |
06MADRID2113 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/EH STEVEN CARY [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Steven Cary, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health to travel to Madrid from September 10 to September 14. The purpose of this visit is to meet with CIEMAT and US Embassy personnel. 2. Post will assist with meeting per reftel. Embassy cont [...] | 2006-08-24 07:17:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG SP |
06MADRID2150 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/NA10/DPTRAV, [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Joshua Griffin, National Nuclear Security Administration's Office to travel to Madrid, Spain from August 30 to September 5, 2006. The purpose of the trip is to present at the 2nd International Congress on Mathematical Software Conference. 2. Post under [...] | 2006-08-29 08:10:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG OTRA SP TRGY KNNP |
06MADRID2206 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Darryl Drayer, National Nuclear Security Administration's office to travel to Madrid, Spain on September 9 to September 16. The purpose of this visit is to attend the Future of the Electric Utility Industry Seminar. 2. Post understands that no assistan [...] | 2006-09-01 15:07:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG TRGY OTRA KNNP SP |
06MADRID2299 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/EH: GERALD PETERSEN [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Gerald Petersen, National Nuclear Security Administration's office to travel to Madrid, Spain on September 10 to September 15. The purpose of this visit is to meet with staff at the US Embassy Science Counsel. 2. Post understands that no assistance is [...] | 2006-09-14 13:18:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG TRGY OTRA KNNP SP |
06MADRID2302 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR [...] Embassy grants country clearance to National Nuclear Security Administration's office personnel, Jaime Marian to travel to Madrid, Spain on September 23 to September 29, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to meet, inform and share data with Professor Manuel Perlado of Polythechnic University [...] | 2006-09-14 13:18:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG TRGY OTRA KNNP SP |
06MADRID2303 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR [...] Embassy grants country clearance to National Nuclear Security Administration's office personnel, Neil Pundit, Richard Graham, Rolf Riesen, Galen Shipman, Keith Underwood and Gregorey Watson to travel to Madrid, Spain on September 23 to October 02, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to attend [...] | 2006-09-14 13:18:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG TRGY OTRA KNNP SP |
06MADRID2304 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Chester Weiss, National Nuclear Security Administration's office to travel to Madrid, Spain on September 15 to September 24. The purpose of this visit is to attend the 18th Electromagnetic Induction Workshop. 2. Post understands that no assistance is r [...] | 2006-09-14 13:18:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG TRGY OTRA KNNP SP |
06MADRID2309 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/NA10/DPTRAV [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Patrick Brady, National Nuclear Security Administration's office to travel to Lanzarote, Spain on September 18 to September 25. The purpose of this visit is to meet with representatives of the Spanish Nuclear Waste Disposal Effort in technical exchanges. [...] | 2006-09-14 13:19:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG TRGY OTRA KNNP SP |
06MADRID2310 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/NA25/NNTRAV [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Cristen Duncan and David Devaney, National Nuclear Security Administration's office to travel to Lanzarote, Spain on September 16 to September 25. The purpose of this visit is to attend the 7th Annual International Common Criteria Conference. 2. Post u [...] | 2006-09-14 13:19:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG TRGY OTRA KNNP SP |
06MADRID2330 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/NA22/NNTRAV, [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Lee Balick, National Nuclear Security Administration's Office to travel to Valencia, Spain from September 16 to September 30, 2006. The purpose of the trip is to attend the 2nd International Symposium on Recent Advances in Quantitative Remote Sensing. 2 [...] | 2006-09-15 15:42:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG OTRA SP TRGY KNNP |
06MADRID2331 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NETL, CUTRIGHT, [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Ron Cutright, George Pukanic, and Diane Madden, Office of Fossil Energy to travel to Madrid, Spain from October 10 to October 13, 2006. The purpose of the trip is to meet with representatives of Shell Global Solutions, Shell Global Solutions International, [...] | 2006-09-15 15:42:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG OTRA SP TRGY KNNP |
06MADRID2343 | SPAIN ON REQUEST FOR STATEMENTS OF SUPPORT FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2006-09-18 15:33:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ETTC MNUC PARM PREL TRGY KNNP IN SP |
06MADRID2406 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/EE2K: MARCY ROOD [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Marcy Rood, Office of Watherization and Intergovernmental Program to travel to Burgos, Spain on September 25 to September 27. The purpose of this visit is to attend and speak at the Annual Civitas Forum and to meet with the European Commission. 2. Post [...] | 2006-09-25 07:56:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG TRGY OTRA KNNP SP |
06MADRID2407 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/EH: CHRISTIAN [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Christian Reidys, National Nuclear Security Administration to travel to Barcelona, Spain on October 2 to October 7. The purpose of this visit is to attend the European Modeling and Simulation Symposium. 2. Post understands that no assistance is require [...] | 2006-09-25 07:56:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG TRGY OTRA KNNP SP |
06MADRID2408 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/EH: DIANNA BLAIR [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dianna Blair, National Nuclear Security Administration to travel to Salamanca, Spain on September 25 to October 4. The purpose of this visit is to be a US observer at the Esarda Integrated Safeguards Working Group. 2. Post understands that no assistanc [...] | 2006-09-25 07:56:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG TRGY OTRA KNNP SP |
06MADRID2465 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/NA25/NNTRAV [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Lewie Gasaway, and Timothy Welch from the National Nuclear Security Office to travel to Cadiz, Spain on October 5 to October 13. The purpose of this visit is to meet with representatives of the International Armoring Corporation for contract delivery accep [...] | 2006-09-29 13:01:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG TRGY OTRA KNNP SP |
06MADRID2483 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FERC DIRECTOR SUSAN [...] Embassy grants country clearance and warmly welcomes Susan Court, Director, Office of Enforcement to travel to Toledo, Spain from November 18 to November 22, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to attend the First General Meeting of Delegates of the PGC B. 2. Post understands that no Emba [...] | 2006-10-02 09:27:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG OTRA SP |
06MADRID2579 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/NA10/DPTRAV [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Steen Rasmussen, from the National Nuclear Security Office to travel to Barcelona, Spain on October 14 to October 17. The purpose of this visit is to attend collaboration meetings at the Complex Systems Laboratory. 2. Post understands that no assistanc [...] | 2006-10-13 12:31:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG TRGY OTRA KNNP SP |
06MADRID2580 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/NA10/DPTRAV [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Paul Mirkarimi, from the National Nuclear Security Office to travel to Barcelona, Spain on October 13 to October 20. The purpose of this visit is to attend and present at the International Symposium on EUV Lithography. 2. Post understands that no assis [...] | 2006-10-13 12:31:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG TRGY OTRA KNNP SP |
06MADRID2600 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/NA26/NNTRAV [...] Embassy grants country clearance to NNSA/SLD staff, Michael Fink, Jeffrey Ace, Daniel HartnettCody Hostick, and Craig Stinson from the National Nuclear Security Office to travel to Algeciras, Spain on October 28 to November 6. The purpose of this visit is to meet with Peoples Republic of Chi [...] | 2006-10-16 09:49:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG TRGY OTRA KNNP SP |
06MADRID2601 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/NA26/NNTRAV [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Donald Spellman, from the National Nuclear Security Office to travel to Salamanca, Spain on October 21 to October 26. The purpose of this visit is to attend collaboration meetings at the Complex Systems Laboratory. 2. Post understands that no assistanc [...] | 2006-10-16 09:49:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG TRGY OTRA KNNP SP |
06MADRID2611 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NE ROBERT PRICE [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Robert Price from the Office of Nuclear Energy to travel to Santander, Spain on November 06 to November 10. The purpose of this visit is to attend the International Reactor Innovative and Secure Team meeting. 2. Post understands that no assistance is r [...] | 2006-10-16 09:49:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG TRGY OTRA KNNP SP |
06MADRID2612 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR US NRC MIRELA GAVRILLAS [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Mirela Gavrillas from the National Nuclear Security Office to travel to Madrid, Spain on October 18 to October 20. The purpose of this visit is to attend the final meeting of the safety margins action plan task group. 2. Post understands that no assist [...] | 2006-10-16 09:49:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG TRGY OTRA KNNP SP |
06MADRID2613 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR US NRC PAUL CLIFFORD, [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Paul Clifford, Ralph Meyer and Veronica Klein from the National Nuclear Security Office to travel to Madrid, Salamanca, and Juzbado Spain on October 22 to October 27. The purpose of this visit is to participate in TopFuel 2006 international Meeting on Light [...] | 2006-10-16 09:49:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG TRGY OTRA KNNP SP |
06MADRID2738 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NSF JUDITH SUNLEY [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Judith Sunley from the National Science Foundation to travel to Madrid, Spain on November 06 to November 11. The purpose of this visit is to attend the Alma Board Meeting. 2. Post understands that no assistance is required. 3. Visitors are reminded [...] | 2006-10-26 15:13:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG TRGY OTRA KNNP SP |
06MADRID2739 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/NA26/NNTRAV, [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Donald Spelman from the National Nuclear Security Administration Office to travel to Salamanca, Spain on October 21 to October 26. The purpose of this visit is to present at the 2006 International Meeting on Light Water Reactor Fuel Performance-Top Fuel Con [...] | 2006-10-26 15:13:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG TRGY OTRA KNNP SP |
06MADRID2740 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/NA10/DPTRAV, [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Amy Waters from the National Nuclear Security Administration Office to travel to Madrid, Spain on November 5 to November 11. The purpose of this visit is to attend the Journeys on Stand off Detection of IEDS conference. 2. Post understands that no assi [...] | 2006-10-26 15:13:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG TRGY OTRA KNNP SP |
06MADRID2741 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/YMSCO: VAN LUIK [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Abraham Van Luik, Senior Policy Advisor for Performance Assessment to travel to San Lorenzo de el Escorial, Spain on November 13 to November 16. The purpose of this visit is to attend and participate in the European Commission Near-Field Project Technical [...] | 2006-10-26 15:13:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG TRGY OTRA KNNP SP |
06MADRID2742 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/SC25 STAFFIN [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Robin Staffin, Office of High Energy Physics to travel to Valencia, Spain on November 4 to November 7. The purpose of this visit is to attend a meeting of the FALC subgroup on Governance. 2. Post understands that no assistance is required. 3. Visit [...] | 2006-10-26 15:13:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG TRGY OTRA KNNP SP |
06MADRID2855 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/NA10/DPTRAV, [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Stefano Marchesini, from NNSA to travel to Barcelona, Spain on November 28 to November 29. The purpose of this visit is to give a seminar on Imaging with Coherent X-Rays. 2. Post understands that no assistance is required. 3. Visitors are reminded [...] | 2006-11-07 16:55:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG TRGY OTRA KNNP SP |
06MADRID2856 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/NA10/DPTRAV, [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Enrique Martinez, from NNSA to travel to Barcelona, Spain on November 16 to November 26. The purpose of this visit is to meet and discuss future lines of work that will be beneficial to Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and Laboratory Directed Researc [...] | 2006-11-07 16:55:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG TRGY OTRA KNNP SP |
06MADRID2857 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/NA10/DPTRAV, [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Avadh Saxena, from NNSA to travel to Barcelona, Spain on November 28 to December 3. The purpose of this visit is to collaborate with Professor Antoni Planes at the University of Barcelona. 2. Post understands that no assistance is required. 3. Vis [...] | 2006-11-07 16:55:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG TRGY OTRA KNNP SP |
06MADRID2885 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR US NRC, HIPOLITO [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Hipolito Gonzalez, Materials Engineer, to travel to Madrid, Spain on November 14 to November 19. The purpose of this visit is to participate in the 10th meeting of the OECD Piping Failure Data Exchange Project. 2. Post understands that no assistance is [...] | 2006-11-14 12:41:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG TRGY TECH OTRA SP |
06MADRID2947 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/NA10/DPTRAV, [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Rodman Linn, from Los Alamos National Laboratory, to travel to Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain on December 9 to December 17. The purpose of this visit is to attend the Fire Paradox Conference. 2. Post understands that no assistance is required. 3. [...] | 2006-11-27 09:14:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG TRGY OTRA KNNP SP |
06MANAGUA1079 | VENEZUELAN FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO NICARAGUA,S FSLN [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY/BACKGROUND: Although Post possesses no specific numbers on the level of support Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is providing to Sandinista (FSLN) candidate Daniel Ortega, we are certain that Chavez' direct and indirect assistance to Ortega is substantial, could well reach the [...] | 2006-05-17 14:26:00 | Embassy Managua | SECRET//NOFORN | PINR ENRG EFIN PGOV NU PREL SOCI VE EPET EAGR |
06MANAGUA2051 | NICARAGUA: THE OTHER POWER CRISIS [...] (U) Summary: For the past four weeks the power sector in Nicaragua has been locked in crisis. At the center of the maelstrom is the electricity distributor,s inability to pay its power producers. With national elections only months away, resultant blackouts have taken on an important politic [...] | 2006-09-18 21:43:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ECON PGOV NU |
06MANAGUA2384 | NICARAGUA: RESPONSE TO LATIN AMERICA-CARIBBEAN [...] (U) Summary: Nicaragua,s energy sector is heavily dependent upon imported oil for electricity production. High oil prices and poor regulation of the energy sector have left electricity producers and distributors with empty pockets and consumers without electricity. Nicaragua's climate and so [...] | 2006-10-26 15:57:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG SENV ECON PREL PGOV NU |
06MANAGUA2673 | FSLN FACES DIFFICULTIES DELIVERING ON CAMPAIGN [...] (C) Summary: Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) Foreign Affairs Secretary Samuel Santos recently admitted that the party is having difficulty reconciling its many campaign promises. Santos specifically referred to the FSLN's desperate search for a solution to Nicaragua's ongoing ener [...] | 2006-12-11 22:56:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR ENRG KDEM NU |
06MANAGUA515 | GON SUPPORTS U.S.-INDIA CIVIL NUCLEAR COOPERATION [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-08 17:50:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG KSCA IN PARM KNNP ETTC NU |
06MANAGUA841 | VENEZUELA NOW USING FERTILIZER TO GROW SUPPORT FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: In only the latest example of Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (BRV) efforts to bolster the Sandinista Front Party (FSLN) in Nicaragua's 2006 national elections, 11,260 metric tons of urea have been sent for distribution by a Sandinista Cooperative to the rural poor as part of an [...] | 2006-04-17 21:26:00 | Embassy Managua | SECRET | ECON ENRG EFIN PGOV NU PREL SOCI VE CU EPET |
06MANAMA1750 | NATIONAL OIL AND GAS OFFICIAL HIGHLIGHTS GROWING [...] (C) National Oil and Gas Authority (NOGA) Chairman Dr. Abdul Hussain Ali Mirza September 28 told the Ambassador that a plan to import gas from Qatar (reftel) had been delayed and that if a deal is concluded, Qatari gas would not be expected to begin flowing to Bahrain until 2011. He said Iran [...] | 2006-10-04 16:13:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET ETRD ECON BA REGION ECTRD |
06MANILA1220 | APEC Amb Michalak Meeting with Energy Secretary [...] (SBU) Energy Secretary Lotilla told Ambassador Michalak on March 15 that the privatization of National Power Corporation (NPC) generating plants will move forward when the Manila Electric Company signs a contract soon to purchase NPC's electricity. The Philippines mandated ethanol and coco [...] | 2006-03-17 09:15:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET PGOV EAID RP |
06MANILA2633 | AMBASSADOR CALLS ON ENERGY SECRETARY [...] (SBU) In the Ambassador's initial call, Energy Secretary Lotilla highlighted the need to increase competition and privatization in the electric power sector. Lotilla described promising developments in alternative energy sources throughout the country, including geothermal projects, the expan [...] | 2006-06-23 09:09:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG EPET PGOV EAID RP |
06MANILA4182 | AMBASSADOR HOSTS IFTAR DINNER [...] Summary. Over 100 Muslim youth, religious leaders, and high ranking government officials attended the Ambassador's Iftar dinner on September 27. A poster display of USG projects in Mindanao and festive fabric loaned by a Muslim attendee were well received. Many guests traveled from Mindanao [...] | 2006-10-03 04:58:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ENRG EPET PGOV EAID RP |
06MANILA4430 | AMBASSADOR HIGHLIGHTS AMERICAN INVESTMENTS AT CHAMBER OF [...] Summary. The Ambassador spoke to approximately 1,000 Philippine Chamber of Commerce members about American investments in the Philippines on October 18. The Ambassador underscored the long history of American investors in the Philippines and urged the business audience to focus on exploiting [...] | 2006-10-20 06:39:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ENRG EPET PGOV EAID RP |
06MANILA4717 | AGENDA FOR DECEMBER EAST ASIA SUMMIT: ENERGY AND [...] (U) See para 6 for action request. 2. (C) Summary: President Arroyo told us that, as host of the East Asia Summit on December 13, the Philippines intends to focus on energy and trade, especially the WTO. WTO Director-General Pascal Lamy has agreed to attend the Summit, and Arroyo would l [...] | 2006-11-16 06:15:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | ECIN ETRD ENRG PREL ASEAN RP |
06MAPUTO1409 | Mozambique - Cahora Bassa Dam Agreement Signed [...] On October 31, in Maputo, Portuguese Prime Minister Jose Socrates and President Armando Guebuza signed an agreement under which Mozambique will acquire from Portugal an additional 67 percent of the shares of the Cahora Bassa dam operating company, Hidroelectrica de Cahora Bassa (HCB). Mozambi [...] | 2006-11-01 15:43:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN EINV ENRG PO CH MZ |
06MAPUTO1500 | Mozambique: Fifth Annual Africa Oil and Gas [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-17 11:44:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG EPET ECON OTRA MZ |
06MEXICO1174 | IS MEXICO RUNNING OUT OF OIL? [...] (SBU) Production from Mexico's Cantarell complex of offshore oil fields, responsible for 61 percent of the nation's oil production, has begun to decline. Recent press reports suggest the decline rate could be as high as 25 percent per year. However, Pemex officials and industry analysts pla [...] | 2006-03-03 18:59:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG EPET MX |
06MEXICO1464 | MEXICO HAS NOTHING TO SAY OVER U.S.-INDIA CIVIL [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel points to Alicia Buenrostro Massieu, Assistant Director General for Africa and Middle Eastern Affairs, at Mexico's Foreign Relations Secretariat (SRE). Buenrostro thanked Poloff for the information and said she would look it over carefully. She confirmed that th [...] | 2006-03-17 20:51:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ENRG KSCA PARM KNNP ETTC MX |
06MEXICO1492 | MEXICO ENERGY: PEMEX CFO ON CORPORATE GOVERNANCE [...] (SBU) The CFO of Pemex, the Mexican oil parastatal, Juan Jose Suarez Coppel painted a rosy picture of the chances for passage of a bill that will allow the firm to operate more autonomously from the government. The proposal would replace most government secretaries and union bosses on the boa [...] | 2006-03-20 16:35:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG EPET MX |
06MEXICO1526 | MEXICO ENERGY: PRD DEPUTY ON PEMEX CORPORATE [...] (SBU) Francisco Carillo, the senior member of the Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD),on the Chamber of Deputies' energy committee, told us March 16 that a Pemex corporate governance bill would likely pass before the end of April. The three political parties have already agreed informal [...] | 2006-03-22 18:03:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ENRG MX |
06MEXICO1609 | FORGING OPPORTUNITIES WITH CARLOS SLIM'S GRUPO [...] SUMMARY. The Ambassador hosted a breakfast March 16 with CEOs from various divisions of Mexican mogul Carlos Slim's Grupo Carso to discuss how the U.S. Mission in Mexico can assist U.S. companies (particularly small- and medium-sized companies) in entering the Mexican market, and form allianc [...] | 2006-03-27 21:42:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | ECIN ECON EIND EINV ENRG MX |
06MEXICO1798 | MEXICAN RESPONSE TO HONDURAN FUEL IMPORT ANNOUNCEMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-06 15:32:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG EPET HO MX |
06MEXICO2333 | PUNTA COLONET PORT AND RAILROAD PROJECT LOSING [...] (SBU) Summary: Dep Econcouns and Econoff met February 17 with Union Pacific Railroad's Director General for Mexico Juan Manuel Carreon to discuss the Punta Colonet port development project in Baja California, Mexico. Carreon believes Union Pacific and partner, Hutchison Port Holdings, a Hong [...] | 2006-05-02 17:38:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON MX EINV BTIO ETTC ETLN EAIR ETRD ENRG |
06MEXICO2708 | NEW COMPETITION LAW BRINGS INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Despite significant opposition to proposed changes to Mexico's competition law, the Federal Competition Commission (CFC) negotiated an agreement with the business community led by the Mexican Business Coordination Council (CCE),an umbrella group of trade associations. This [...] | 2006-05-19 23:07:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECIN ECON EFIN EIND EINV ENRG ETRD MX |
06MEXICO3494 | SUBJECT: A CONVERSATION WITH AMLO,S INFRASTRUCTURE [...] (C) Summary: Carlos Robles-Gil, a key infrastructure advisor to PRD presidential candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO),discussed AMLO's economic team and proposals related to budget and finance, infrastructure, energy, and trade policy. Robles-Gil said the PRD campaign expects AMLO to [...] | 2006-06-23 23:34:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV ENRG EAIR ELTM ETRD PREL MX |
06MEXICO3609 | CALDERON'S 100 ACTIONS [...] (SBU) Summary. Only a few days prior to the Presidential election Felipe Calderon, candidate of the National Action Party (PAN),presented 100 actions that he will take during his first 100 days as president. These actions divide into five main themes: public security, economics, equal opport [...] | 2006-06-29 14:48:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ENRG MX PGOV PINR PREL |
06MEXICO3638 | NEW MANZANILLO LNG PLANT: MEXICO PUTS OUT BIDS FOR [...] (SBU) The GOM published June 6 a solicitation for bids to construct a liquefied natural gas (LNG) storage and re-gasification plant at Manzanillo on Mexico's west coast, and another solicitation to supply LNG to the plant. Bids are due in by January 16, 2007. GOM officials and experts identi [...] | 2006-06-30 15:59:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG EPET MX |
06MEXICO3840 | HACIENDA'S (MEXICAN TREASURY) NEW BUDGET AND [...] (SBU) Introduction and Summary: The Fox administration continues to take protective measures to shield the Mexican economy from profligate spending. Hacienda's (Treasury) Budget and Fiscal Responsibility Law, which entered into force this April is an example of a cautionary move to ensure t [...] | 2006-07-11 23:07:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ENRG PGOV PINR PREL MX |
06MEXICO3904 | MEXICAN STOCK MARKET ECONOMIST MUSES ON INTERNAL [...] (SBU) Introduction and Summary. After a week of political uncertainty and speculation over the market,s reaction to Mexican political events, Econoff met with the deputy director of the Mexican Stock Exchange, Alejandro Reynoso. He confirmed previous common views that market volatility was no [...] | 2006-07-14 16:31:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ENRG MX PGOV PINR PREL |
06MEXICO3961 | PRI GOVERNORS NEEDED TO ACHIEVE STRUCTURAL REFORMS [...] (U) Summary: Given the upcoming Mexican government transition and the slim margin with which a new president will take office, this is a good time to review federal-state relations and their implications for Mexico's prospects for structural change. The views expressed in this three-part seri [...] | 2006-07-18 18:12:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ELAB ENRG PGOV MX |
06MEXICO3962 | MEXICO'S ECONOMIC ACHIEVEMENTS AND CHALLENGES - A [...] (C) Introduction and Summary. Mexico,s Central Bank Deputy Governor Jose Julian Sidaoui provided a snapshot of the country,s economic situation following the July elections. He said that the surprisingly favorable reaction of Mexican markets, despite political uncertainty, is mainly the resul [...] | 2006-07-18 18:13:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ENRG MX PGOV PINR PREL |
06MEXICO4019 | INFLUENCE OF STATES AND GOVERNORS OVER FEDERAL [...] (SBU) Summary: State governments have limited ability to influence national policies. The local legislature of each state enacts legislation that applies only within its territorial boundaries. However, state legislatures do have a constitutional right to introduce legislation in the nationa [...] | 2006-07-19 22:38:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ELAB ENRG PGOV MX |
06MEXICO4020 | REVIEW OF MEXICAN STATE DEPENDENCE ON [...] (SBU) States and municipalities depend for the vast majority of their revenue on federally collected value-added tax and petroleum revenue funds, but the Fiscal Coordination Law prohibits the GOM from conditioning transfers. On average, 90 percent of state revenue and nearly 75 percent of mun [...] | 2006-07-19 22:49:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ELAB ENRG PGOV MX |
06MEXICO4144 | BANK OF MEXICO CONFERENCE ON POVERTY CHALLENGES, [...] (SBU) Mexican economic leaders and World Bank economists discussed the causes and potential solutions for the country,s persistent poverty at a July 19 Mexico City conference &Growth and Reduction of Poverty in Latin America: Virtuous Cycles and Vicious Cycles.8 At the conference, Central Ban [...] | 2006-07-26 17:54:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ENRG MX PGOV PINR PREL |
06MEXICO4189 | LEADING MEXICAN ECONOMIST ON TAX AND FISCAL REFORM [...] (C) Econoff met with Dr. Fausto Hernandez, Economics Professor at Mexico,s Center for Economic Research and Teaching (CIDE),to discuss Mexico,s fiscal policy. Dr. Hernandez has done extensive research and published numerous studies on the subject. He discussed the origins of low tax collect [...] | 2006-07-27 18:24:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ENRG MX PGOV PINR PREL |
06MEXICO4217 | COPARMEX' PROJECT TO REDUCE MEXICO'S REGIONAL [...] (SBU) The Mexican Employers Confederation (Coparmex) is working on a joint plan with universities, unions, municipalities, states, and the banking sector to alleviate poverty, promote investment and create infrastructure in the less developed and "abandoned" south of Mexico. The chair of the [...] | 2006-07-31 18:28:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ENRG MX PGOV PINR PREL |
06MEXICO4494 | MESOAMERICAN ENERGY INITIATIVE MOVES AHEAD DESPITE [...] (SBU) Under the Mesoamerican Energy Integration Plan (PIEM),the GOM is continues to vigorously promote construction a refinery in either Panama or Guatemala to serve as an outlet for heavy Mexican crude, as well as provide development opportunities and reasonably priced energy supplies for t [...] | 2006-08-11 18:44:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG EPET MX |
06MEXICO5148 | CALDERON STAFFERS ON ECONOMIC POLICY ISSUES [...] (SBU) In a September 7 session with Dr. Sidney Weintraub of CSIS, President-elect Calderon's transition team member Dionisio Perez Jacome (former head of Mexico's Energy Regulatory Commission (CRE)) and former Mexican Energy Secretary and Calderon advisor Luis Tellez described current SIPDI [...] | 2006-09-11 21:38:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG EPET MX |
06MEXICO5810 | MEXICO'S PLANS TO AVERT AN OIL CRISIS [...] (SBU) In the next 3-4 years, Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex) will likely be able to keep Mexican oil production from falling sharply; however, in the medium to long term, the outlook is considerably less certain. From 2010 on, production volume will depend on Pemex's ability to get significant [...] | 2006-10-12 22:27:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG EPET MX |
06MEXICO620 | MEXICO/CENTAM ENERGY - MEXICANS MOVE ON ENERGY [...] (SBU) To avoid the appearance that the U.S. is pulling the strings behind the Mesoamerican Energy Integration Plan (PIEM),Mexican Energy Undersecretary Hector Moreira will not send a team to brief U.S. officials until he has the cover of the proposed Binational Commission (BNC) in Washington. [...] | 2006-02-03 21:36:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG MX PGOV PREL |
06MEXICO6424 | ECONOMIC TRANSITION NOTES, NOVEMBER 1-8, 2006 [...] (U) Mexico's markets were unaffected by the November 6 bombings. Market expectations are close to government economic predictions, including that the recent inflation spike is temporary and that the government will have its first budget surplus since 1996. The stock market boasted a record ga [...] | 2006-11-09 19:47:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ELAB ENRG ETRD PREL MX |
06MEXICO6461 | INDIAN REFINER ONLY BIDDER FOR MESOAMERICAN [...] (SBU) Summary. GOM officials responsible for the Mesoamerican Energy Integration Project (PIEM) have selected only Reliance Refining in the first phase of bidding for construction and operation of a Central American refinery. The Indian firm will now have until July 2007 to prepare a proposa [...] | 2006-11-14 17:31:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET ECON MX |
06MEXICO6483 | MEXICO: LATIN AMERICA-CARIBBEAN BIOFUELS INITIATIVE [...] Summary. Mexican officials, private organizations and energy research centers believe that the country's agricultural production is appropriate for ethanol and bio-fuel manufacturing, but with output of only 45 million liters per year, significant investment and infrastructure development wi [...] | 2006-11-15 19:01:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG EPET ECON MX |
06MEXICO6516 | ECONOMIC TRANSITION NOTES, NOVEMBER 9-15, 2006 [...] (U) Fitch Ratings warned that MexicoQs credit rating could fall in the next three years if President-elect Calderon fails to pass reforms needed to encourage faster economic growth. Calderon continued to publicly call for reforms, and promised to encourage financing for infrastructure; stren [...] | 2006-11-16 21:53:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ENRG ELAB EFIN PGOV PREL MX |
06MEXICO6783 | MEXICAN ENERGY ROUNDTABLE: DECLINING OIL REVENUE [...] (SBU) According to studies completed by Cambridge Energy Research Associates (CERA),President Felipe Calderon will contend with a real drop in oil revenue from about USD 54 billion in 2006 to the USD 27 billion range in 2012 as a result of decreasing production, a likely fall in heavy crude [...] | 2006-12-06 21:05:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG EPET MX |
06MEXICO6810 | MEXICO Economic Notes, November 30-December 6, [...] (U) President Felipe Calderon Hinojosa followed his short, but successful inauguration with a speech at the National Auditorium detailing key goals of his administration. CalderonQs Secretaries of Finance, Economics and Labor have named their respective undersecretaries. The new Director Gen [...] | 2006-12-07 17:33:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ENRG ELAB EFIN PGOV PREL MX |
06MEXICO6933 | MEXICO ECONOMIC NOTES, DECEMBER 7 Q DECEMBER 13 [...] (U) The first budget from the Calderon Administration, for fiscal year 2007 (ref A) was met by loud protests over proposed funding levels for education and infrastructure, as well as an increase in the tax for soft drinks. A detailed cable regarding contentious parts of the budget will follo [...] | 2006-12-14 23:14:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ENRG ELAB EFIN PGOV PREL MX |
06MEXICO7037 | NEW MEXICAN ENERGY UNDERSECRETARY DISCUSSES PLANS [...] (SBU) Constitutional reform in the energy sector is at least three years away according to the newly appointed Undersecretary for Energy Planning at the Mexican Secretariat of Energy (SENER),Jordy Herrera. In the meantime, the Calderon Administration will introduce legislation to "strengthe [...] | 2006-12-21 22:22:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET ECON ELAB MX |
06MEXICO7064 | MEXICAN CONGRESS PASSES SPENDING BILL, CLOSES IN [...] Summary: After easily passing the revised revenue package on December 21 (ref A),the Mexican Chamber of Deputies passed a USD 208 billion spending bill on December 23 by a vote of 440 in favor to 20 opposed, with five abstentions. The final bills largely conformed with President Calderon's bu [...] | 2006-12-26 21:39:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON EFIN ENRG MX |
06MINSK1013 | EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - SEPTEMBER 18, [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS ----------------------- - Chinese Defense Minister Meets with Lukashenko in Minsk (para. 2) - Lukashenko Arrives in Havana for NAM Summit (para. 3) CIVIL SOCIETY --------- [...] | 2006-09-18 08:36:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EPET ENRG KTDB BO |
06MINSK1019 | UNION STATE STAGNATES ALONG WITH GAS NEGOTIATIONS [...] (C) Summary. Despite public statements to the contrary, and without knowing the content of the "Constitutional Act," Russia and Belarus still appear far from completing an agreement on a Union State. Before seriously negotiating on the Union State the two still must resolve issues that re-em [...] | 2006-09-18 12:58:00 | Embassy Minsk | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ECON PREL ENRG ETRD PGOV PINR BO |
06MINSK1050 | EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - SEPTEMBER 26, [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS ----------------------- - Date Announced for CIS October Summit in Minsk (para. 2) - Belarus' Foreign Minister to Address UNGA (para. 3) - Foreign Ministries of Belarus, Iran [...] | 2006-09-27 03:33:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EPET ENRG KTDB BO |
06MINSK1075 | EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - OCTOBER 03, [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS ----------------------- - Lukashenko Discusses Union State Agenda with Borodin (para. 2) - China's Ambassador Calls Belarus A Friend and Partner (para. 3) CIVIL SOCIETY -- [...] | 2006-10-03 11:27:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EPET ENRG KTDB BO |
06MINSK1314 | GOT CAS? THE COLD WAR BETWEEJ BELARUS AND GAZPROM [...] (C) NEGOTIATIONS IN MOSCOW OVER GAS PRICES AND A RUSSIAN STAKE IN BELTRANSGAZ CONTINUE DOWN TO THE WIRE, WITH BOTH SIDES RATCHETING UP THE RHETORIC. GHILE THE EXACT TERMR AND TIMING OF A FINAL DEAL REMAIN UNCERTAIN, IT APPEARS *-QM!Q9-=WILL FINALLY CONC%DE A STAKE IN @ELTRANSG!Z IN RETURN DOR [...] | 2006-12-29 11:04:00 | Embassy Minsk | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG PGOV PREL BO RS |
06MINSK1315 | MINSK EAC DISCUSSES POSSIBLE INTERRUPTION IN [...] (SBU) Charge convened post's Emergency Action Committee December 28. In attendance were A/DCM, A/POL/ECON chief, RSO, CONS, GSO, IMO, ITO, A/DCM, CLO, MSG DET Commander, USAID and A/PAO. 2. (SBU) The EAC met to discuss the continuing dispute and negotiations between Gazprom and the Gover [...] | 2006-12-29 11:15:00 | Embassy Minsk | SECRET | ASEC CASC AMGT ENRG BO |
06MINSK152 | Belarus Getting Sicker [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite Lukashenko's "Third Way Economic Miracle," the Belarusian population is now sicker, dies earlier and has fewer children than during the late Soviet period. Doctors at the CitiHope NGO recently passed to Econoff a report they drafted chronicling the systematic worsening o [...] | 2006-02-14 08:22:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SOCI ECON TBIO ENRG MNUC SENV BO |
06MINSK364 | USD 2.5 BILLION IN RUSSIAN SUBSIDIES IN 2005 [...] (U) Summary: According to the best numbers available, Russia provided approximately USD 2.531 billion in subsidies, mostly energy, to Belarus in 2005. Of that, USD 1.236 billion came from the sale of discounted natural gas, USD 1.149 billion from the sale of discounted crude oil, and USD 146 [...] | 2006-03-31 06:59:00 | Embassy Minsk | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EPET PREL ENRG ETRD BO |
06MINSK381 | GAZPROM'S THREATS A PLOY FOR STRENGTHENING UNION? [...] (U) Summary: Gazprom and Minsk have been arguing for years over control of the GOB's Beltransgaz pipeline network. To date Lukashenko has fended off Russian attempts to take over the company, and at the same time has secured rock-bottom natural gas prices for his country-one of the main factor [...] | 2006-04-07 09:46:00 | Embassy Minsk | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ECON PREL ENRG ETRD BO |
06MINSK451 | Belarus Makes and Russia Loses Billions on Oil [...] Summary: During a recent seminar an energy expert from Belarus' Ministry of Economics explained that Belarus buys crude oil from Russia for well below market rates. With current high oil prices the GOB stands to benefit by USD 3.9 billion this year (14% of GDP),while the Russian budget could [...] | 2006-04-27 08:52:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET ECON ETRD PREL ENRG USTR BO |
06MINSK479 | The Gas Dance Begins [...] Summary: Belarus and Gazprom have entered into negotiations of sorts on the price of gas for 2007. Gazprom announced that Minsk can expect to pay USD 145/tcm (up from USD 466.68/tcm),while the GOB responded it could agree to an 11 percent price increase (to USD 51.81). Other than consecutive [...] | 2006-05-04 05:52:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET ECON PREL ENRG ETRD USTR BO |
06MINSK531 | DESPITE RHETORIC, MOSCOW NOT TO PUSH MINSK HARD [...] (C) During a recent conversation with Pol/Econ Chief, Vladimir Pavlenko, Counselor for Internal Political Affairs in the Russian Embassy, noted that despite strong statements from Gazprom, the Kremlin would not allow gas prices to stand in the way of an "extremely close alliance with Belarus." [...] | 2006-05-22 07:47:00 | Embassy Minsk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ENRG BO |
06MINSK602 | EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY REPORT - June 2, 2006 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. ----------------------- International Relations ----------------------- 2. Belarus Skeptical about UN Human Rights Special Rapporteur On May 31, following consultations with representatives from Russia's MFA, Belar [...] | 2006-06-09 09:22:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EPET EAGR ENRG BO |
06MINSK627 | EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY REPORT - June 9, 2006 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. ----------------------- International Relations ----------------------- 2. Russian Ambassador Against Belarus' Retaliation for Travel Bans On June 8, the Russian Ambassador to Belarus, Aleksandr Surikov, described [...] | 2006-06-14 06:08:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EPET EAGR ENRG BO |
06MINSK629 | Gas Negotiations Drag On, and On [...] Summary: Gas price negotiations have continued behind closed doors between the GOB and Gazprom, with no deal apparently reached at the most recent session on June 1. Russian media, quoting Gazprom officials, claim that Gazprom sent the GOB a contract listing USD 200 as the price for 2007, an i [...] | 2006-06-14 12:43:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET ECON PREL ENRG ETRD USTR BO |
06MINSK711 | Belarus: Radioactive Metal Found [...] Independent newspaper Komsomolskaya Pravda reported on May 30 that Minsk police investigating fraud searched scrap metal collection station Number 29 and found 6.5 tons of unregistered scrap metal. Police told the paper an Armenian citizen was the sole worker at the station and that the peopl [...] | 2006-07-11 05:50:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG MNUC PARM SENV TRGY BO |
06MINSK740 | EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY REPORT - July 17, 2006 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. ----------------- Political Parties ----------------- 2. Pro-Lukashenko Communists Proclaim Merger with Opposition Communists On July 15, the leadership of the pro-Lukashenko Communist Party of Belarus (CPB) de [...] | 2006-07-18 03:48:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EPET EAGR ENRG BO |
06MINSK763 | EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY REPORT - July 21, 2006 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. --------- Elections --------- 2. United Opposition Forces Preparing for Early Local Elections On July 18, Belarusian Popular Front Deputy Chairman Viktor Ivashkevich announced that, despite the government's tentati [...] | 2006-07-21 13:33:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EPET EAGR ENRG BO |
06MINSK860 | EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY REPORT - AUGUST 11, 2006 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. ----------------------- International Relations ------------------------- 2. Lukashenko Pushes for Stronger UN Role On August 1, President Lukashenko asserted that Belarus seeks to strengthen the role of the United [...] | 2006-08-10 04:49:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EPET EAGR ENRG BO |
06MINSK881 | EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY REPORT - August 14, 2006 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. ----------------------- International Relations ----------------------- 2. Parliament Leader Receives Iranian Delegation On August 9, Chairman of the Belarusian House of Representatives Vladimir Konoplev receive [...] | 2006-08-14 13:45:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EPET EAGR ENRG KTDB BO |
06MINSK890 | EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY REPORT - AUGUST 11, 2006 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. ----------------------- International Relations ------------------------- 2. Lukashenko Pushes for Stronger UN Role On August 1, President Lukashenko asserted that Belarus seeks to strengthen the role of the United [...] | 2006-08-17 06:13:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EPET EAGR ENRG BO |
06MINSK911 | EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - August 18, 2006 [...] (U) The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS ----------------------- - Lukashenko Stipulates Eurasian Customs Union (para. 2) - Belarus and Ukraine Discuss Cooperation (para. 3) - Lukashenko Greets Indian, South Korea [...] | 2006-08-21 13:36:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EPET EAGR ENRG KTDB BO |
06MINSK938 | EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - AUGUST 28, 2006 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS ----------------------- - Lawmaker Calls Union State Act 99 Percent Ready (para. 2) - CSTO Consultations on Military Training (para. 3) LOCAL ELECTIONS --------------- - Op [...] | 2006-08-28 11:33:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EPET EAGR ENRG KTDB BO |
06MINSK963 | EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - SEPTEMBER 5, [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS LOCAL ELECTIONS --------------- - Opposition Council Discusses Local Coalitions (para. 2) CIVIL SOCIETY ------------- - Milinkevich Visits France, Opposes Union State (para. 3) - Police Seize Prot [...] | 2006-09-05 10:32:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EPET ENRG KTDB BO |
06MINSK971 | BELARUS GEARING UP FOR NUCLEAR POWER PLANT [...] (C) The GOB continues to advocate the construction of a nuclear power plant (NPP) in Belarus. Although a decision has not officially been made, the state media's positive propaganda indicates that Lukashenko plans to build an NPP whether Belarusians agree or not. GOB officials maintain the N [...] | 2006-09-07 08:51:00 | Embassy Minsk | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG TRGY PARM MNUC BO |
06MINSK994 | EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - SEPTEMBER 8, [...] (U) The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS LOCAL ELECTIONS --------------- - Opposition Party Forms Bloc For Independence (para. 2) - Opposition Coalition Secretariat In Operation (para. 3) - Brest Opposition Questions Council Members (pa [...] | 2006-09-12 11:23:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EPET ENRG KTDB BO |
06MONTEVIDEO155 | MINISTER'S TOUGH TALK ON PAPER MILL DISPUTE, [...] (C) Summary: During a meeting with Charge to discuss upcoming visits to the U.S. (ref A),Industry Minister Jorge Lepra commented that Uruguay is searching for international support in its dispute with Argentina over the construction of giant paper mills on a shared river (ref B). He added th [...] | 2006-02-14 16:26:00 | Embassy Montevideo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EPET ENRG SOCI UY |
06MONTREAL826 | QUEBEC GOVERNMENT STRATEGY PURSUES KYOTO TARGETS, [...] (C/NF) Summary. On June 15th, the Quebec Government released its Climate Change Strategy, including plans to improve public transportation systems, adopt California,s fuel-efficiency standards for vehicles and impose a carbon tax. This announcement follows some five months after Montreal h [...] | 2006-07-28 19:28:00 | Consulate Montreal | CONFIDENTIAL | SENV ECON ENRG CA |
06MOSCOW10620 | RUSSIA: AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH ANATOLIY CHUBAYS [...] (C) Summary: In a September 19 meeting with the Ambassador, UES CEO Chubays was very upbeat about UES reform and the liberalization of electricity prices. He confidently predicted that strategic investors and IPOs in London and Moscow would raise the investment UES needs to meet its five y [...] | 2006-09-22 08:26:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | AF ECON ENRG IAEA KNNP PGOV RS |
06MOSCOW10777 | RUSSIAN ENERGY:CASPIAN PIPELINE CONSORTIUM UPDATE [...] (C) Summary. This fall the Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC) faces both its long-awaited expansion decision and a serious tax case being brought against the CPC's Russian (CPC-R) operations. Expansion will once again be on the agenda of the September 27-28 shareholders meeting, where western [...] | 2006-09-26 04:04:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS |
06MOSCOW10984 | RUSSIAN ENERGY: PSAS -- THE VIEW FROM SAKHALIN AND [...] (C) Summary. From discussions in Moscow and Sakhalin this week, Production Sharing Agreements (PSAs) may be out of favor, but they are far from being driven out of business. Shell (Sakhalin-2) appears to have dodged the bullet of having its environmental license revoked, but still faces tough [...] | 2006-09-28 14:34:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS |
06MOSCOW11079 | CPC AND SHTOKMAN: SOME RESIGNATION, SPRINKLED WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY. On September 28, Ambassador met with Chevron's VP for Business Development Jay Pryor and the company's Russia chief, Ian MacDonald. On Shtokman, Chevron believes it has little chance of affecting the outcome of the now-politicized deal, but noted that market realities (missing t [...] | 2006-10-03 07:18:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS |
06MOSCOW11241 | YOUR MOSCOW VISIT FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTH ASIA [...] (C) We welcome your visit to Moscow as a chance to engage the GOR face-to-face on sensitive regional issues and begin to chip away at Moscow's misconceptions about U.S. intentions in the region. It is a commonplace assumption that Moscow's policies in Central and South Asia are fueled by a [...] | 2006-10-06 07:01:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ENRG PTER SNAR RS |
06MOSCOW11256 | RUSSIA: E/CBA FRANK MERMOUD'S ENERGY DISCUSSIONS [...] (C) Summary: During his September 18-21 visit to Moscow, E/CBA Frank Mermoud's GOR and private sector interlocutors described continued GOR debate on new subsoil and strategic sectors legislation, growing displeasure with Production Sharing Agreements (PSAs) coupled with assurances that existi [...] | 2006-10-06 09:55:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS |
06MOSCOW11371 | RUSSIAN ENERGY: RUSSIANS RETHINK SHTOKMAN [...] (C) Summary. Gazprom's October 8 decision to reject foreign equity participation in the giant Shtokman gas and LNG project in the Barents Sea, in favor of developing the field itself, reflects a growing trend towards energy nationalism, and genuine concern about maintaining control of such a [...] | 2006-10-10 15:01:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS |
06MOSCOW11686 | STRATEGIC SECTORS LAW SUBMITTED TO GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Summary. The Ministry of Industry and Energy (MIE) on October 13 submitted the draft law on Foreign Investment in the Strategic Sectors for government review. Contrary to press reports that the new draft reduces the number of strategic sectors that would be regulated by the new legislation [...] | 2006-10-18 13:47:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EIND ENRG PREL RS |
06MOSCOW11765 | OCT 18 MEETING WITH KREMLIN ECONOMIST DVORKOVICH [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a wide ranging discussion with Economic Minister-Counselor October 18, Arkadiy Dvorkovich, Head of the Experts Group of the Russian Presidential Administration exuded quiet confidence about the difficult path of economic reform in Russia. He cited recent positive movement acro [...] | 2006-10-19 13:00:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG ETRD KIPR |
06MOSCOW11773 | A/S BOUCHER HEARS RUSSIAN WORRIES ABOUT AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) Summary: During October 9 consultations in Moscow, A/S Boucher outlined U.S. intentions in Central Asia, stressed steps we were taking to address terrorism and narcotics trafficking in Afghanistan, and reviewed U.S. nuclear policies in South Asia. Foreign Ministry officials and the Rus [...] | 2006-10-19 15:05:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER SNAR ENRG XD ZK RS |
06MOSCOW11938 | INVITATION ACCEPTED: THE NEW DELHI NOVEMBER 18-19 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-25 05:53:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG ETRD EAGR KPWR EAID BEXP PGOV RS |
06MOSCOW12259 | RUSSIAN MFA CRITICIZES DAS BRYZA'S FINANCIAL TIMES [...] (C) MFA North America Deputy Director Vladimir Vinokurov contacted Political M/C November 2 to highlight the ministry's critical reaction to comments made about the Northern European Gas Pipeline (NEGP) by DAS Bryza in an October 30 Financial Times of Germany interview. Vinkurov told us the [...] | 2006-11-02 15:39:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG RS |
06MOSCOW12261 | RUSSIAN ELECTRICITY SECTOR PRIVATIZATION BEGINS [...] (C) Summary. Russian electricity monopoly, RAO UES, on October 31 sold 14.4 percent of daughter company WGK-5 for $459 million, marking the first of the restructured power generating companies to be successfully privatized. Speculation that Gazprom would acquire the entire offering proved to [...] | 2006-11-02 16:31:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON EIND ENRG PREL RS |
06MOSCOW12458 | RUSSIAN ENERGY: UPDATE ON SAKHALIN-1 OPERATIONS [...] (SBU) In light of press reports indicating that the GOR was slowing the Sakhalin-1 consortium's operations, we contacted ExxonMobil's Sakhalin office to get an update. According to Michael Allen, ExxonMobil's government relations head on Sakhalin, as of November 16 the consortium had still not [...] | 2006-11-16 05:27:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS |
06MOSCOW12572 | RUSSIA: WINTER POWER SHORTAGES EXPECTED [...] (C) Summary. Government officials and industry analysts are expecting power shortages in Russia this winter as electricity consumption growth strains the existing power infrastructure. UES Head Chubays has warned GOR officials all year about looming electricity shortfalls. UES is considering [...] | 2006-11-22 08:53:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EIND ENRG PREL RS |
06MOSCOW12587 | RUSSIAN ENERGY: CRUNCH TIME FOR CPC [...] (C) Summary: On November 20, the Ambassador met with Chevron Vice Chairman Peter Robertson and head of Chevron's Russian operations, Ian MacDonald. The conversation centered on CPC expansion but included brief discussions of the Burgas-Alexandropoulis bypass pipeline (BAP),and the on-going t [...] | 2006-11-22 13:01:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS |
06MOSCOW12702 | RUSSIA: CEMENTING OUR ECONOMIC RELATIONS [...] (C) Summary: After thirteen years of tough negotiations, we finally have in hand a bilateral agreement on Russia's accession to the WTO. Understanding that we are not yet out of the woods, with hard work ahead in the multilateral forum, we should take full advantage of the improved atmosphere [...] | 2006-11-30 03:56:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAGR ENRG ETRD PREL RS EINV |
06MOSCOW12763 | CPC UPDATE: FURTHER MOVEMENT TOWARD FINISH LINE? [...] (C) SUMMARY. On December 1, Ian MacDonald, head of Chevron Russia and former head of CPC told us that the hoped-for "seniors'" meeting -- at which a CPC expansion MOU may have been signed -- did not come off this week. However, CPC shareholders held a highly positive meeting which cleared aw [...] | 2006-12-04 03:45:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS |
06MOSCOW12912 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH ROSNEFT'S BOGDANCHIKOV [...] (C) Summary. On December 12, the Ambassador met with Rosneft's President Sergey Bogdanchikov who confirmed that Rosneft is interested in bits of Yukos but that the rumor it will purchase Surgutneftegaz (SNG) is a "fairy tale." He claimed that CPC expansion will be "automatic" once an inter-g [...] | 2006-12-13 15:22:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS |
06MOSCOW12930 | RUSSIAN ENERGY: AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH SHELL ON [...] (C) SUMMARY. On December 14, the Ambassador met with Chris Finlayson (U.K. citizen),head of Shell's Russia operations, and Alf D'Souza (Australian citizen),Shell's VP for corporate affairs, to discuss the latest developments on the Sakhalin-2 project. Finlayson characterized negotiations w [...] | 2006-12-14 14:39:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS |
06MOSCOW12960 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH ROSNEFT'S BOGDANCHIKOV [...] (C) Summary. On December 12, the Ambassador met with Rosneft's President Sergey Bogdanchikov who confirmed that Rosneft is interested in bits of Yukos but that the rumor it will purchase Surgutneftegaz (SNG) is a "fairy tale." He claimed that CPC expansion will be "automatic" once an inter-g [...] | 2006-12-18 10:59:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS |
06MOSCOW12963 | RUSSIAN ENERGY: WINTER GAS, BELARUS, AND THE [...] (C) Summary. This year is no exception to the rule that Gazprom's annual gas tariff negotiations with its CIS customers are blunt instruments, and generally go down to the wire. Deals have not yet been cut with Belarus, Azerbaijan, and Georgia. Gazprom did manage to ink one with Ukraine, th [...] | 2006-12-18 12:00:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS |
06MOSCOW13022 | RUSSIA ENERGY: GAZPROM SET TO ACQUIRE CONTROLLING [...] (C) Summary. The British Economic M/C in Moscow confirmed December 20 his understanding that agreement is likely by the end of this week between Sakhalin Energy's partners and Gazprom on the terms of Gazprom's cash acquisition of a controlling stake in Sakhalin-2. Agreement would bring to a [...] | 2006-12-21 14:22:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG EPET PREL RS |
06MOSCOW13174 | RUSSIA ENERGY: DOWN TO THE WIRE ON BELARUS GAS [...] (C) Summary. Lukashenko's two-year saga to avoid higher gas prices and the sale of 50 percent of Beltransgaz (BTG - the Belarusian gas pipeline operator) appears to be coming to a close, and he is standing firm on both accounts. Gazprom has dropped its insistence that BTG be part of the deal, [...] | 2006-12-29 16:08:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS |
06MOSCOW1435 | GEORGIA-RUSSIA: EXPECT SHARP RUSSIAN REACTION TO [...] (C) SUMMARY. In the absence of DFM Karasin from Moscow, A/DCM spoke with MFA 4th CIS Department Director Andrey Kelin to emphasize the efforts the USG has been making to moderate Georgian parliamentary action on CIS peacekeepers in South Ossetia (per ref e-mail request). Kelin took careful no [...] | 2006-02-14 15:32:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ENRG |
06MOSCOW1445 | SPRING STATE DUMA SESSION OFF TO SLOW START [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The spring semester of the Russian State Duma, which began on January 11 and will run through mid-June, got off to a slow start. Deputies are burdened with almost 600 draft laws, with 52 designated as priority bills focusing on water and forestry regulation, transportation safe [...] | 2006-02-15 12:03:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EAGR EFIN ENRG ETRD PREL PHUM SOCI RS |
06MOSCOW2502 | G8 NGO FORUM OFFERS GOR A CHANCE TO BOOST ITS [...] (C) SUMMARY. A range of NGOs, including those involved in human rights issues, took part in a March 9-10 G8 NGO forum in Moscow. The plenary sessions and working group meetings featured lively discussions, both on the GOR's G8 agenda items and on concerns about the state of Russia's civil so [...] | 2006-03-14 15:14:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL ECON ENRG RS |
06MOSCOW3202 | AMBASSADOR'S MARCH 29 MEETING WITH RUSSIAN DFM [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Burns met with Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Grigoriy Karasin March 29 to discuss the outcomes of the Belarusian and Ukrainian elections and recent developments in Moldova, Georgia, and Nagorno-Karabakh. Karasin was sanguine about the March 26 Ukrainian parliamenta [...] | 2006-03-29 14:33:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ENRG ETRD BO UP GG MD RS |
06MOSCOW3510 | RUSSIAN VIEWS ON POST-ELECTION UKRAINE [...] (C) Summary. A week after the Ukrainian election results were announced, reactions in Russia vary widely. Officially, Moscow has been neutral, while the media has buzzed with speculation about the new government's formation and especially Tymoshenko's possible role. Russian pundits are con [...] | 2006-04-04 10:57:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ENRG RS UP |
06MOSCOW4615 | IRAN AND ENERGY THE FOCUS OF RUSSIAN-GERMAN TALKS [...] (C) Summary: President Putin and Chancellor Merkel focused on Iran and energy issues during largely positive talks on April 26-27 in the Siberian city of Tomsk. Putin's message to Merkel on Iran was that Moscow was willing to put diplomatic pressure on Tehran but was extremely uneasy that [...] | 2006-04-28 14:08:00 | Embassy Moscow | SECRET | PREL PARM ETRD ENRG GM RS |
06MOSCOW5458 | AMBASSADOR'S MAY 23 MEETING WITH DFM KARASIN [...] (C) Ambassador met with DFM Karasin May 23. Karasin was to leave later that day for a Nagorno-Karabakh trip. He hoped to be pleasantly surprised. With regard to U/S Burns' letter on South Ossetia, Karasin stressed positive movement and labeled the rest a matter of interpretation, but argued [...] | 2006-05-23 13:35:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ENRG IR AJ AM GG BO UP RS |
06MOSCOW789 | RUSSIA/GEORGIA: IVANOV DISMISSIVE OF SAAKASHVILI'S [...] (C) SUMMARY. At the end of a January 25 meeting devoted primarily to Iran (ref A),Ambassador raised the Georgian energy supply issue with Russian Security Council Secretary Igor Ivanov. In a brief response, Ivanov dismissed Georgian President Saakashvili's accusations against Russia, callin [...] | 2006-01-26 12:35:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG RS GG |
06MOSCOW9018 | RUSSIA AND UKRAINE: TWO CHEERS FOR YANU? [...] (C) Summary: Moscow was pleased that new Ukrainian PM Viktor Yanukovich made his first foreign trip to Russia to meet with President Putin and PM Fradkov in Sochi. Observers here expect that the tone of the relationship will improve, but on substance, few saw Yanukovich as a pushover. On t [...] | 2006-08-18 14:31:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ENRG ETRD UP RS |
06MOSCOW930 | MOSCOW COMFORTABLE WITH UKRAINIAN DEVELOPMENTS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Moscow continues to tell itself that it got the best of Kiev in the year-end negotiations on gas supply, according to the Russian MFA and a number of Embassy contacts. As they see it, the gas deal was an economic boon for Gazprom and the GOR, despite allegations of corruption a [...] | 2006-01-30 13:57:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ENRG RS UP |
06MOSCOW9482 | RUSSIAN OIL TO LITHUANIA -- MIXING REVENGE AND BUSINESS [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-30 12:24:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON PREL LH RS |
06MOSCOW963 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH RUSSIAN DFM KARASIN, [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Burns met with Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Karasin January 31 to discuss recent developments on regional issues. They spent most of the meeting discussing Georgia; it was clear that President Saakashvili's accusations concerning the January 22 pipeline explosion [...] | 2006-01-31 14:04:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG UNSC AJ AM GG BO UP IAEA IR RS |
06MUMBAI1375 | A $5-$6 BILLION "NUCLEAR PARK" FOR U.S. REACTORS IN INDIA? [...] (C) The head of India's state-run nuclear power company told visiting Charge on July 21 that U.S. nuclear suppliers could get their own "nuclear park" of five to six reactors worth $5-$6 billion if the U.S./India civil nuclear agreement becomes reality. S.K. Jain, MD and Chairman of the Nuclea [...] | 2006-07-26 08:08:00 | Consulate Mumbai | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY PGOV BEXP IN |
06MUMBAI1602 | CEQ'S CONNAUGHTON ENCOURAGES MAHARASHTRA GOVERNMENT, [...] (SBU) In a series of meetings on August 24 in Mumbai, CEQ Chairman James L. Connaughton encouraged Government of Maharashtra (GOM) officials and Indian business leaders to support the Asia-Pacific Partnership on Clean Development and Climate (APP). He also briefed his interlocutors on the sta [...] | 2006-08-29 08:04:00 | Consulate Mumbai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EFIN EINV PREL PGOV SENV SEXP EPET EMIN |
06MUMBAI1803 | WILL FRANCE, RUSSIA REAP THE INITIAL COMMERCIAL BENEFITS OF [...] (SBU) GE and Westinghouse fear that French and Russian companies may be the first to benefit from the commercial opportunities created by successful passage of the U.S./India civil nuclear initiative. The Nuclear Power Corp. of India (NPCIL) confirmed to us that the GOI has approved two new si [...] | 2006-10-08 08:56:00 | Consulate Mumbai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY PGOV ECON |
06MUMBAI2064 | NPCIL OUTLINES ITS VISION OF INDIA'S NUCLEAR FUTURE AT [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 14. Summary ------- 2. (SBU) India hopes to import 20 to 25 foreign nuclear reactors in the coming decades, the head of the country's nuclear power utility told over 25 U.S. companies from the nuclear sector on December 1 in Mumbai. [...] | 2006-12-13 14:25:00 | Consulate Mumbai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY PGOV ECON |
06MUMBAI2068 | CIVIL NUCLEAR COOPERATION MUST NOT CONSTRAIN INDIA'S [...] (SBU) Anil Kakodkar, chairman of India's Atomic Energy Commission, told Commerce Undersecretary Frank Lavin and U.S. nuclear industry leaders on December 2 that the planned U.S.-India civil nuclear initiative must not constrain India's planned three stage program that will establish a closed nu [...] | 2006-12-14 07:29:00 | Consulate Mumbai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY PGOV ECON |
06MUMBAI2075 | NPCIL TELLS SEN. SPECTER THAT IT APPLAUDS NUCLEAR LAW, YET [...] (SBU) S.K. Agrawal, director of projects at the Nuclear Power Corporation of India (NPCIL),told Senator Arlen Specter on December 16 that the civil nuclear law passed by Congress would not restrict the company's expansion plans. Without the agreement, the NPCIL's growth would even be slower a [...] | 2006-12-20 11:10:00 | Consulate Mumbai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY PGOV ECON |
06MUNICH114 | MUNICH SECURITY CONFERENCE OVERVIEW: MERKEL URGES [...] (SBU) The February 3-5 42nd Munich Conference on Security Policy ("Wehrkunde") on "Restoring the Transatlantic Partnership," explored a wide-range of security policy topics, including the future of NATO, its relationship with the EU, Russia's relationship with Europe and NATO, and Foreign and [...] | 2006-02-23 16:28:00 | Consulate Munich | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PARM NATO IAEA NPT ENRG IR GM |
06MUSCAT161 | OMAN 2006 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] Per reftel request, Embassy is pleased to submit the following Investment Climate Statement for 2006. 2. Begin text of Investment Climate Statement: Economic Overview Oman's economy is based primarily on petroleum and natural gas, which is expected to account for 81% of the government's [...] | 2006-02-08 06:33:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB ENRG KTDB PGOV MU |
06MUSCAT517 | INNOVATION FRONT AND CENTER AT OMAN SUMMIT [...] Muscat hosted the 2006 World Summit on Innovation and Entrepreneurship from April 1-3, which brought together public and private leaders to discuss emerging trends in the global economy. The Minister of Commerce and Industry stressed innovation and entrepreneurship's importance to Oman's grow [...] | 2006-04-03 15:23:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ECON EINV ENRG PREL MU |
06MUSCAT903 | NOMINATION FOR CORPORATE EXCELLENCE AWARD: AES [...] Embassy Muscat is pleased to nominate AES Barka for the Secretary's 2006 Award for Corporate Excellence. AES Barka's SIPDIS pivotal role in meeting Oman's increased electricity and water demands through private sector generation, and its strong commitment to corporate governance, community [...] | 2006-06-06 10:36:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON BEXP ELAB ENRG KSEP SENV AMGT MU |
06NAIROBI3258 | Kenya Dodges Bullet; Adequate Rainfall Prevents [...] Summary: The April rains exceeded expectations, filling Kenya's hydropower reservoirs close to capacity and avoiding a recurrence of the power rationing in 2000 that cost the economy $48 billion and cut GDP growth to 0.4% in 2000. The 140 MW generators temporarily installed in case the droug [...] | 2006-07-27 13:43:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG ECON ETRD KE |
06NAIROBI3261 | Kenya Dodges Bullet; Adequate Rainfall Prevents [...] Summary: The April rains exceeded expectations, filling Kenya's hydropower reservoirs close to capacity and avoiding a recurrence of the power rationing in 2000 that cost the economy $48 billion and cut GDP growth to 0.4% in 2000. The 140 MW generators temporarily installed in case the droug [...] | 2006-07-28 02:50:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG ECON ETRD KE |
06NDJAMENA1013 | CHAD: WORLD BANK OFFICIAL CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Chadian authorities have taken concrete steps to demonstrate their commitment to the July 13 agreement between the GOC and the World Bank, according to the Bank's Senior Advisor on the Chad oil project. However, the Bank will still need to come to an agreement with the GOC on [...] | 2006-08-01 16:40:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ENRG EPET PGOV CD |
06NDJAMENA1080 | CHAD: ESSO CONCERNED ABOUT FUTURE OPERATIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the wake of Chad's renewed diplomatic ties with the People's Republic of China, Esso is concerned that Chad's intention to re-negotiate the conventions with the Consortium and develop a national oil company portend a desire to do business with another more accommodating oil p [...] | 2006-08-22 16:29:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ENRG EPET PGOV CD |
06NDJAMENA1089 | CHAD DELIVERS OIL ULTIMATUM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Over the weekend, President Deby announced that the Government of Chad is instructing Oil Consortium members Chevron and Petronas to "close operations" and leave the country immediately, for alleged failure to pay income taxes. He has also announced the creation of a national c [...] | 2006-08-27 12:07:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ENRG EPET PGOV CD |
06NDJAMENA109 | CHAD: POSITIVE DEVELOPMENTS, MIXED SIGNALS FROM GOC [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: While signs are emerging of a resumption of dialogue between the World Bank and the Government of Chad (GOC),the National Assembly's passage of a resolution highly critical of the World Bank reveals significant obstacles still remain between the two players. On a positive not [...] | 2006-01-27 06:58:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | CD ECON EFIN ENRG EPET PGOV |
06NDJAMENA1091 | CHAD OIL CONSORTIUM MULLS NEXT STEPS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The GOC has formally issued a notice to Chevron and Petronas suspending their oil activities in Chad for an alleged failure to pay income taxes. Petronas and Chevron are still determining whether and when to enter into arbitration over the tax dispute. Exxon-Mobil will seek a [...] | 2006-08-28 19:04:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ENRG PGOV CD |
06NDJAMENA1095 | CHAD: CHEVRON/PETRONAS TAX DISPUTE UPDATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Reiterating that oil consortium members Chevron and Petronas' tax agreement was "illegal," acting Petroleum Minister and National Petroleum Coordinator both expressed confidence that the situation could be resolved so long as Chevron and Petronas paid the taxes owed. According [...] | 2006-08-30 19:32:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ENRG PGOV CD |
06NDJAMENA1096 | CHAD: CHEVRON/PETRONAS TAX DISPUTE UPDATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Reiterating that oil consortium members Chevron and Petronas' tax agreement was "illegal," acting Petroleum Minister and National Petroleum Coordinator both expressed confidence that the situation could be resolved so long as Chevron and Petronas paid the taxes owed. According [...] | 2006-08-30 19:33:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ENRG PGOV CD |
06NDJAMENA1105 | GOC REFUSES CHEVRON'S RIGHT TO CHAD'S OIL, AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On August 31, the GOC informed Esso that Chevron and Petronas were not permitted to produce or lift the country's crude oil for exportation and sales overseas. Chevron has alerted the Cameroon Oil Company that it intends to continue lifting its crude oil. Contrary to Chevron's [...] | 2006-09-06 06:37:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ENRG PGOV CD |
06NDJAMENA1137 | EVEN WITH AGREEMENT, CHEVRON STILL NOT OUT OF THE [...] SUMMARY: (SBU) Since the compromise between Chevron and the GOC following the meeting between CEO O'Reilly and President Deby, the company still faces significant obstacles before it can re-enter the Consortium. While Chevron has agreed to pay taxes proportional to the taxes paid by Exxon-Mo [...] | 2006-09-14 15:52:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ENRG PGOV EPET CD |
06NDJAMENA1163 | CHEVRON FINALLY ABLE TO ARRIVE, GOC PRESSES ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: After a brief delay, Chevron, which finally received authorization to arrive in Chad, will meet GOC officials on Thursday to try to pay its taxes, per the September 7 agreement in Paris between President Deby and CEO O'Reilly. The GOC continues to press on with preparations fo [...] | 2006-09-20 14:34:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ENRG PGOV CD |
06NDJAMENA1213 | CHAD:CHEVRON STILL SEEKING A RESOLUTION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Chevron representatives are currently in N'Djamena, and plan to use high-profile consultant Andrew Young to meet directly with President Deby to resolve the company's tax dispute with the GOC. Chevron still asserts that the tax benefit agreement it negotiated with the GOC is a [...] | 2006-10-06 06:45:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ENRG EPET PGOV CD |
06NDJAMENA1216 | CHAD: CHEVRON/PETRONAS AGREE ON TAX PAYMENT [...] (C) Summary: The Government of Chad (GOC) agreed October 6 to lift the suspension of oil consortium members Chevron and Petronas after Chevron and Petronas agreed to pay USD 281 in taxes. Payment will be made in a lump sum seven days after the agreement is officially promulgated. A Chevro [...] | 2006-10-09 11:14:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ENRG EPET PGOV CD |
06NDJAMENA1301 | MANAGING CHAD'S OIL REVENUES: 2005 REPORT CARD [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Chad's Oil Revenue Management College 2005 Annual Report presents a vivid picture of just how difficult it is to spend money well in Chad -- despite the multitude of needs. While the College continues to strengthen its ability to verify use of oil revenues, it lacks the resourc [...] | 2006-11-06 08:49:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ENRG PGOV EPET CD |
06NDJAMENA1307 | IMF-WORLD BANK TEAM PRESENTS GLOOMY REVIEW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The IMF-World Bank joint mission is facing challenges in its attempts to work with Chadian authorities to develop a medium-term expenditure framework for oil revenue management, according to the mission's team leaders. The GOC's inability to accept the realities of dwindling o [...] | 2006-11-07 07:53:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ENRG PGOV CD |
06NDJAMENA1310 | CHAD'S COMMERCE MINISTER FOLLOWING WASHINGTON VISIT [...] SUMMARY: While noting the positive spirit of meetings in Washington and understanding of the U.S. position in the WTO trade negotiations, Chad's Minister of Commerce reiterated Chad's insistence on the specific treatment of cotton in the context of global trade discussions. He was also critic [...] | 2006-11-07 15:50:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ELAB ENRG PGOV ETRD CD |
06NDJAMENA1316 | CHAD GEARING UP FOR OIL CONVENTION NEGOTIATIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The GOC is continuing to develop its gameplan for the country's upcoming negotiations with the oil consortium, according to Chad's petroleum minister. The Government believes that the country should have a greater stake in Chad's petroleum production, and will insist on greate [...] | 2006-11-08 15:25:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ENRG EPET CD |
06NDJAMENA1348 | ESSO'S CONCERNS ON CHAD SECURITY, CONVENTION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Esso-led oil consortium has formally notified the GOC that it will not re-negotiate its existing convention with the Government, but will consider new agreements that would allow the GOC to have a role in the country's oil production at new sites. While the government has [...] | 2006-11-22 13:33:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC EFIN ENRG PGOV EPET CD |
06NDJAMENA1400 | CHAD: GOVERNMENT, WORLD BANK AND IMF AGREE ON 2007 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The World Bank and the IMF and the Government of Chad have been able to agree on what the Bank believes is a sustainable budget for 2007. A Bank mission will return in mid-December to continue work on a stabilization mechanism for unspent oil revenues and finalize a poverty re [...] | 2006-12-06 15:30:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ENRG EPET PGOV CD |
06NDJAMENA142 | CHAD: ESSO FEARS STOP ORDER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Esso is concerned that the World Bank's response to the Consortium's request for a waiver could prompt President Deby to ask the Consortium to halt oil production. Esso has also pointed out the possibility of an income tax windfall from the Consortium into the GOC's coffers, p [...] | 2006-01-31 11:48:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | CD ECON EFIN ENRG EPET PGOV |
06NDJAMENA181 | CHAD AND WORLD BANK: TALKS ON OIL REVENUE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Following the breakdown of talks between the Government of Chad (GOC) and the World Bank, both sides in N'Djamena privately indicate that the other is at fault. GOC representatives claim that World Bank President Wolfowitz reneged at the last minute on a proposal (agreed to by b [...] | 2006-02-08 09:53:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | CD ECON EFIN ENRG EPET PGOV |
06NDJAMENA182 | CHAD AND WORLD BANK: TALKS ON OIL REVENUE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Following the breakdown of talks between the Government of Chad (GOC) and the World Bank, both sides in N'Djamena privately indicate that the other is at fault. GOC representatives claim that World Bank President Wolfowitz reneged at the last minute on a proposal (agreed to by b [...] | 2006-02-08 11:10:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | CD ECON EFIN ENRG EPET PGOV |
06NDJAMENA243 | CHAD: NEW DEVELOPMENTS ENHANCE GOC REVENUES, BUT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: While discussions between the Government of Chad and the World Bank over revisions to the revenue management law remain at an impasse, other developments are affecting the country's oil sector. The agreement between the GOC and the Taiwan state-owned China Petroleum Company has [...] | 2006-02-17 13:49:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | CD ECON EFIN ENRG EPET PGOV |
06NDJAMENA244 | CHAD: DEBY MEETS WITH ESSO, RESPONDS TO WOLFOWITZ [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Deby has raised with Esso the possibility of severing links with the World Bank, and ordering a shut-down of the Consortium's operations. For its part, Esso has noted the grave implications of such actions, and is proposing a possible compromise to reopen dialogue amon [...] | 2006-02-20 12:24:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | CD ECON EFIN ENRG EPET PGOV |
06NDJAMENA39 | CHAD:NEW OIL LAW PROMULGATED [...] (SBU) Summary: President Deby promulgated the amended oil revenue management law on January 11, reportedly after being shown a letter from the World Bank to Citibank requesting Citibank to block transfers to Chad's account. We understand Chad's options to include foregoing oil revenues for the [...] | 2006-01-12 12:00:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EFIN ENRG EPET PGOV CD |
06NDJAMENA543 | CHAD: A $500 MILLION DECISION [...] (SBU) Summary: Possibly piqued that World Bank President Wolfowitz did not contact him after the World Bank/IMF visit, and evidently needing cash immediately, President Deby has ordered Esso to stop production Tuesday, April 18 at 1 p.m. unless it pays Chad's royalties into the Chadian Treasury [...] | 2006-04-16 06:40:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ENRG EPET PGOV PREL CD |
06NDJAMENA544 | PRESIDENT DEBY CLARIFIES POSITION ON REFUGEES AND [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-16 06:40:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON EFIN ENRG EPET PGOV PREL CD PREF |
06NDJAMENA579 | CHAD: PRESIDENT DEBY THANKS U.S. FOR SUPPORT [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with Ambassador Wall on April 20, President Deby thanked the United States for condemning Sudan's role in the recent attacks on Chad. He shared information on what he feared would be a new attack in the East in the coming days, and stated that Sudan was also arming Ce [...] | 2006-04-20 16:12:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL PGOV EPET ENRG CD |
06NDJAMENA611 | ESSO PLEASED WITH CHAD-WORLD BANK DECISION, BUT NOT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Esso is pleased with the interim agreement reached between the World Bank and the GOC, and received formal word from the Government that it was rescinding its request for Esso to halt production. Nevertheless, it admits that the possibility of another threat from the GOC to hal [...] | 2006-04-30 13:15:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ENRG EPET ECON EINV CD |
06NDJAMENA702 | CHAD: IMF/WORLD BANK TEAM ADMITS THAT THEY FACE A [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: As part of the recent agreement between the World Bank and GOC, IMF and World Bank mission officials have arrived in Chad to assist the GOC to pass and implement the 2006 Budget and push reform efforts of the country's public finance system. Mission officials also hope to expl [...] | 2006-05-18 05:51:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ENRG EPET PGOV CD |
06NDJAMENA734 | CHAD: UNPREPARED FOR FINANCIAL WINDFALL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Government of Chad (GOC) has complied with its commitments to date under the April 26 accord between the GOC and the World Bank, according to team leaders for the World Bank and IMF. The next steps are to develop a revised 2006 budget that conforms to the accord, and final [...] | 2006-05-22 09:46:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ENRG EPET PGOV CD |
06NDJAMENA768 | CHAD: WORLD BANK, IMF ASSERT PROGRESS MADE, BUT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At the conclusion of their visit, the joint IMF-World Bank stated that Chad's rectified 2006 budget is on its way to being finalized, and steps are being taken to advance plans to assist the country's financial system. Nevertheless, questions remain over specific spending acti [...] | 2006-05-31 11:20:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ENRG EPET PGOV CD |
06NDJAMENA880 | CHAD OIL CONSORTIUM FEELING PRESSURE [...] (SBU) Summary: A series of Government of Chad (GOC)-instigated pressures on the Exxon/Mobil-led oil consortium in Chad has led Esso management to conclude that the GOC is once again desperate for cash. Esso feels that they will be able sort out a dispute with the government over alleged unp [...] | 2006-06-27 13:20:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET EFIN ENRG PGOV CD |
06NDJAMENA981 | CHAD: WORLD BANK PRESIDENT WOLFOWITZ'S VISIT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a lightning three hour visit to N'djamena on July 20, World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz agreed that the recent Memorandum of Understanding between the World Bank and the GOC on the country's management of its oil revenues is a positive first step in reaching an overall ag [...] | 2006-07-24 13:42:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ENRG EPET PGOV CD |
06NEWDELHI1174 | PRESIDENT KALAM LOOKS FARTHER EAST FOR NEW [...] (C) Summary: Giving new reach to India's "Look East" policy, President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam's January 31 to February 9 visit to Singapore, the Philippines and South Korea produced new education, defense and economic initiatives in a region whose importance to the GOI is growing steadily. Durin [...] | 2006-02-15 14:27:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ASEAN ENRG KNNP ETRD ECON SOCI SCUL MASS |
06NEWDELHI1268 | PM RESPONDS TO IRAN VOTE CRITICISM IN PARLIAMENT [...] (C) Summary: In his February 17 statement to Parliament addressing the domestic criticism of India,s vote on the Iran nuclear issue at the IAEA Governing Board, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh offered a vigorous defense of his government's position, maintaining that the UPA's stance was consist [...] | 2006-02-17 15:15:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KNNP ENRG EPET IN IR |
06NEWDELHI130 | FM ASO INVIGORATES THE INDO-JAPANESE RELATIONSHIP [...] (C) Summary: Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Aso's January 3-5 visit to New Delhi sent clear signals to the GOI that Tokyo wants to work past nuclear differences and build a closer strategic relationship with India. Within Japan, the Indians say, Aso has been a primary proponent of better ties [...] | 2006-01-06 13:39:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP ECON ENRG EPET ETRD JA IN |
06NEWDELHI1321 | CHIRAC VISIT PUSHES US AGENDA ON CIVIL NUCLEAR [...] (C) Summary: President Chirac's February 19-21 trip to New Delhi, which focused on political, economic, defense and energy cooperation, served as a preview for President Bush's upcoming visit. In a program and agenda very similar to our President's, the GOF made progress on "soft power" issue [...] | 2006-02-22 14:35:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG TRGY MASS TSPA KNNP FR IN |
06NEWDELHI1395 | AHLUWALIA: INDIA RESPONSIBLE NUCLEAR POWER, FAVORS [...] (C) Summary: The civil-nuclear deal continues to be a political "hot-button," but Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission Montek Singh Ahluwalia stated to Congressman Joseph Crowley (D-NY) on February 20 that the UPA Government supports the July 18 agreement and hopes a viable separation p [...] | 2006-02-24 14:13:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | MNUC PREL ENRG EPET OVIP IR IN |
06NEWDELHI1396 | POSITIVE BURNS-SHARMA FEBRUARY 24 MEETING FOCUSES [...] (C) Summary: The February 24 meeting between Under Secretary for Political Affairs Burns and Indian Minister of SIPDIS State for External Affairs Anand Sharma reflected important GOI political endorsement of the positive direction of our bilateral relationship. Sharma, well-versed in the w [...] | 2006-02-24 14:48:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG KNNP OVIP CVIS EINV ENLT KFLU TBIO |
06NEWDELHI1559 | NEW DELHI-BASED CHIEFS OF MISSION BRIEFED ON [...] (U) Drawing from reftel, DCM briefed New Delhi-based Chiefs of Mission and senior officers from key Nuclear Supplier Group (NSG) and IAEA member countries on March 3, including Israel and Pakistan, regarding the March 2 announcement that President Bush and Indian Prime Minister Singh had reac [...] | 2006-03-06 11:03:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL ENRG ETTC KSCA KNNP IN IAEA |
06NEWDELHI161 | D/NSA SUPPORTS INTEL SHARING ON TERRORISM; SAYS [...] (C) Summary: In a January 9 meeting with the DCM (other topics reported Septel),Deputy NSA Vijay Nambiar pledged to seek the NSA's approval for greater intelligence sharing on terrorism threats within India, particularly as the upswing in USG official visits and US investment increases the p [...] | 2006-01-09 13:53:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV EFIN OVIP PINR ASEC ENRG MNUC |
06NEWDELHI166 | SYRIAN OIL DEAL DEMARCHE: INDIAN RESPONSE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In response to Ref-A demarche points, Additional Secretary Ahmad of India's Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas told CDA that he had had concerns about the economic benefit of the joint India-China purchase of equity in a Syrian oil field, and that -- had he known there would be [...] | 2006-01-10 01:47:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EPET ENRG ETRD PGOV IN SY CH IS LE |
06NEWDELHI1699 | INDIA AND AUSTRALIA SEEING EACH OTHER IN A NEW [...] (C) Summary: Australian Prime Minister John Howard on March 9 concluded a successful four-day visit to Delhi, Chennai and Mumbai and signed six agreements on a range of issues, including a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on Defense Cooperation that will bury lingering Indo-Australian suspic [...] | 2006-03-10 14:58:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS ENRG ECON ETRD MNUC TRGY TSPL ASEAN |
06NEWDELHI1806 | PRESIDENT KALAM IN BURMA: BALANCING REALPOLITIK WITH HUMAN RIGHTS [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-16 11:15:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEAN BM ECON ELAB ENRG EPET KDEM PHUM PREL |
06NEWDELHI1850 | GOI HOPING FOR POSITIVE BANGLADESH PM VISIT [...] (C) Summary: Bangladesh Prime Minister Zia's March 20-23 visit to New Delhi, reciprocating Prime Minister Singh's visit to Dhaka in November 2005, reflects in large part Singh's sustained efforts and desire to ease long-standing bilateral tensions. Zia is expected to attend a ceremonial rece [...] | 2006-03-17 12:16:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG ETRD PTER EINV PBTS IN BD |
06NEWDELHI1974 | RUSSIAN PM,S VISIT UNLIKELY TO REVIVE DECLINING [...] (C) Summary: Russian Premier Mikhail Fradkov's visit to New Delhi (March 16-17) was intended to reinvigorate the declining India/Russia relationship, but there is little indication that the visit broadened Indo-Russian relations or injected much forward momentum. The delegation included the [...] | 2006-03-22 12:18:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | POV ETRD PGOV PREL TSPA MASS TRGY EPET ENRG |
06NEWDELHI2057 | BOND: CIVIL NUCLEAR DEAL FACES HURDLES IN US [...] (C) Summary: Senator Kit Bond (R-Missouri) told Minister of State Anand Sharma on Wednesday, March 22 that the civil-nuclear agreement faces stiff opposition in Congress, and Americans of Indian descent should actively engage their congressional representatives and urge them to support it. Sh [...] | 2006-03-24 12:39:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | MNUC PREL ENRG EPET IR IN |
06NEWDELHI2060 | CODEL BOND, NSA NARAYANAN FOCUS ON AREAS OF [...] (C) Summary: In his March 22 meeting with Senator Kit Bond (R-Missouri),National Security Advisor MK Narayanan reiterated the GOI's commitment to the transformed US-India relationship, and stressed the common ground India shares with the US. Narayanan responded positively to Senator Bond's c [...] | 2006-03-24 12:54:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PTER ECIN ENRG MARR MASS OREP EAGR US IN |
06NEWDELHI2091 | INDIA DENIES FLIRTING WITH IRANIANS [...] (C) Summary: In response to DCM's questions and concern about a Defense News article detailing Indian ""training"" of the Iranian Navy in Cochin, Joint Secretary (Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran) Dilip Sinha told DCM and Poloff on March 27 that the visit of an Iranian Vice President to New Delhi and p [...] | 2006-03-27 13:50:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG EPET MOPS IR IN |
06NEWDELHI2229 | GOI GETS GOOD ATMOSPHERICS BUT LITTLE SUBSTANCE [...] (C) Summary: The GOI went to great lengths to cast a positive glow over Bangladesh Prime Minister Zia's March 20-22 visit to New Delhi in an effort to improve the tone of the bilateral relationship. Our MEA contacts lamented that this positive turn-around came just in time for Zia's lame duc [...] | 2006-03-31 13:37:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER EINV ETRD ENRG EPET IN BG |
06NEWDELHI2323 | INDIA GETTING SERIOUS ABOUT SAARC [...] (C) Summary: PolCouns and Poloff's April 4 introductory call on Preeti Saran, the new MEA Joint Secretary for SAARC, revealed an element in the GOI that is generally upbeat about SAARC's potential to improve regional cooperation, in line with Prime Minister Singh's long-term vision of Indian [...] | 2006-04-05 14:03:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ETRD ENRG ECIN EAID IN AF BG BT |
06NEWDELHI2496 | MEA PROVIDES A/S BOUCHER WITH TOUR D'HORIZON OF [...] (C) Summary: Over an April 7 lunch, MEA regional Joint Secretaries provided Assistant Secretary Richard Boucher with SIPDIS a review of India's relations with its neighbors in South and Central Asia. Boucher probed them specifically on Nepal, Pakistan (including Kashmir),Afghanistan, Cent [...] | 2006-04-13 06:09:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER ENRG ETRD PBTS MOPS ELTN EPET KDEM |
06NEWDELHI2527 | JASWANT SINGH CAUTIOUS IN MEETING WITH A/S BOUCHER [...] (C) SUMMARY: During his April 7 meeting with SCA A/S Boucher, former Indian Foreign Minister and BJP leader Jaswant Singh cautioned that the US and India should not emphasize the nuclear agreement to the exclusion of other bilateral initiatives, but agreed that the two share a civilization an [...] | 2006-04-13 11:59:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON MNUC KIRF ENRG IN PK |
06NEWDELHI2532 | CODEL HASTERT AND SONIA GANDHI DISCUSS US-INDIA [...] (C) Summary: In an April 12 meeting with a delegation led by Speaker of the House of Representatives Dennis Hastert (R-IL),Sonia Gandhi was particularly engaged on the status and process of passing the civil nuclear agreement in Congress. She was surprised to hear that the Representatives [...] | 2006-04-14 06:38:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | MNUC PREL ENRG EPET IN |
06NEWDELHI2535 | SENATOR HAGEL AND ANAND SHARMA DISCUSS BROAD BASIS [...] (C) Summary: In a brief April 10 meeting, Minister of State for External Affairs Anand Sharma and Senator Chuck Hagel (R-NE) reflected on the multifaceted nature of US-India relations, including cooperation in energy, infrastructure, agriculture, democracy, defense, the economy, health, and [...] | 2006-04-14 10:18:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG EPET EAGR ECON MNUC IN |
06NEWDELHI2536 | PM ASKS SEN HAGEL FOR HELP PASSING CIVIL NUKE [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in an April 10 meeting in Delhi with Senator Chuck Hagel asked for "Congressional blessings" for the US-India civil nuclear deal. He outlined to the Senator the importance of the deal to India's burgeoning economy, and made the case that India is a [...] | 2006-04-14 10:18:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY BEXP EFIN |
06NEWDELHI264 | CODEL KERRY PROBES FOR AN INDIAN BOTTOM LINE ON [...] (C) Summary: In a January 11 meeting with visiting Senator John Kerry, Prime Minister Singh underlined India's intention to fulfill the terms of the July 18 civil nuclear understanding, but rebuffed the Senator's effort to explore enhancements to the deal that might help to minimize Congressio [...] | 2006-01-12 11:59:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP ENRG PTER ECON IR PK CH IN |
06NEWDELHI294 | NSA NARAYANAN MULLS SENATOR KERRY'S SUGGESTIONS ON [...] (C) Summary: In a January 11 meeting with visiting Senator John Kerry that focused exclusively on the civil nuclear agreement and nuclear non-proliferation, NSA MK Narayanan reiterated the GOI's support for its draft separation plan, and allowed that New Delhi "will not backtrack" on obligati [...] | 2006-01-14 09:30:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ENRG MNUC KNNP SENV PTER IN PK CH |
06NEWDELHI3270 | INDIA SKEPTICAL OF SCO AS SECURITY FORUM [...] (C) Summary: PolCouns delivered reftel demarche to MEA Joint Secretary for Eurasia Bhagwati on May 10 seeking India's help to prevent the inclusion of anti-US language at the upcoming SCO meeting in Shanghai. Bhagwati stated clearly that as an observer to SCO, India has no role in drafting th [...] | 2006-05-11 13:56:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PREL PGOV MASS PTER SNAR SCUL ETRD ENRG IN |
06NEWDELHI3334 | MEA POSITIVE ON PAK, AFGHANISTAN, TURKMENISTAN, [...] (C) Summary: A senior MEA official told us Indo-Pak people-to-people links continue to proliferate, with a recent Pakistan Peoples' Party delegation visiting India and the prospect of a PM Singh visit to Pakistan this summer. The Composite Dialogue continues, with some hope for a tangible d [...] | 2006-05-15 09:20:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL MOPS EPET EAID PBTS PINR ENRG EWWT |
06NEWDELHI3546 | INDIA WELCOMES FORMATION OF NEW IRAQI GOVERNMENT [...] (U) In a welcome sign of leadership, India today issued a statement welcoming the formation of the new Iraqi government. See para 4 for complete text. 2. (C) PolCouns spoke May 22 to Indian Middle East envoy Ambassador Chinmaya Garekhan to deliver the points in Reftel. Garekhan said the GO [...] | 2006-05-22 13:01:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM EPET ENRG KISL IZ IN |
06NEWDELHI3583 | CONGRESS FARES BADLY IN SPECIAL SESSION OF [...] (C) Summary. Congress ineptitude and a predilection for scoring "own goals" on domestic policy turned what should have been a routine wrap-up session of Parliament into an embarrassment for the UPA that has left the Prime Minister's political stock in the doldrums. Congress convened the May [...] | 2006-05-23 13:06:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM PARM MNUC ENRG PINR MARR IN |
06NEWDELHI396 | ENERGY AND TRADE DOMINATE CODEL GILLMOR'S MEETING [...] (SBU) Summary: A congressional delegation led by Congressman Gillmor (R-OH) held a wide-ranging discussion with Indian Members of Parliament at a meeting convened by the Indo-US Parliamentary Forum on January 13. Energy and trade dominated the session, with the Indian Parliamentarians stress [...] | 2006-01-19 14:11:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV OVIP KNNP ENRG ECON ETRD IN PK |
06NEWDELHI397 | PM SINGH EMPHASIZES MUTUAL BENEFITS OF NUCLEAR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh told visiting US Representative Paul Gillmor (R-OH) and his delegation January 13, 2006 that the future of US-India relations was extremely promising, that India and America shared common values, that both would benefit from successful passage of l [...] | 2006-01-19 15:19:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MNUC ENRG PTER ETRD EINV KDEM OVIP |
06NEWDELHI4169 | FS SARAN BRIEFS ON NEPAL PM VISIT [...] (C) Summary: The most important outcome from the June 5-9 visit of Nepalese Prime Minister G.P. Koirala to New Delhi was the GOI's expression of unconditional political support for the Seven Party Alliance (SPA) and the announcement of an economic aid package worth USD 210 million, in finite t [...] | 2006-06-14 11:45:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KPKO ECON ENRG MASS IN NP |
06NEWDELHI4200 | CONGRESS ON THE DEFENSIVE WITHIN ITS COALITION [...] (C) Summary: Congress is feeling increasingly isolated, as regional parties nominally part of the UPA openly join BJP and Left Front (LF) protests against the recent petroleum product price hikes. The Prime Minister on June 7 asked the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas (MPNG),s Secretary [...] | 2006-06-15 11:41:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR ECON EINV EFIN ELAB EPET ENRG IN |
06NEWDELHI4253 | LEFT PARTIES ISSUE UNFAVORABLE REPORT CARD TO UPA [...] (C) Summary: Further demonstrating the divisions in the United Progressive Alliance (UPA),(Reftels),Left parties made public a predictably unconstructive, damning, and backwards-looking "report card" of UPA performance on June 15. A group of left leaders, including Communist Party of Ind [...] | 2006-06-16 12:11:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR ECON EINV SCUL PREL ENRG EPET IN |
06NEWDELHI4254 | MEA AWAITING CENTRAL ASIAN ENERGY TRADE [...] (C) Summary: USAID South Asia Regional Initiative for Energy (SARI/E) regional coordinator delivered ref A demarche to the GOI Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Joint Secretary for Eurasia Jaimini Bhagwati, who was generally supportive of all trade initiatives but cautious about the prospects [...] | 2006-06-16 12:17:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID EINV ENRG EPET ETRD IN PGOV |
06NEWDELHI4729 | GOI PRESSING MAOISTS TO FOREGO VIOLENCE, OPPOSES [...] (C) On July 5 Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran agreed with the Ambassador's assertion that the UN needs to play a role in Maoist disarmament and welcomed the Government of Nepal's (GON's) dispatch of a letter to this effect. Saran underlined the need for the Maoists to disarm. In a separate Ju [...] | 2006-07-06 11:17:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KPKO ECON ENRG MASS IN NP |
06NEWDELHI512 | UNDERSECRETARY BURNS AND FS SARAN DISCUSS NEXT [...] (C) Summary: Undersecretary Burns and Indian Foreign Secretary Saran reviewed ten potential deliverables for the SIPDIS President's visit during a January 20 working lunch. In a meeting later that day, U/S Burns stressed to Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia that I [...] | 2006-01-25 05:44:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAGR PGOV PINR ENRG PHUM PTER SCOI IN |
06NEWDELHI5285 | THE CIVIL NUCLEAR INITIATIVE MOVES TO CENTER STAGE [...] (C) Summary: The U.S.-India Civil Nuclear Initiative has moved to the top of the agenda in Parliament. Both the Prime Minister and Minister of State for External Affairs tried to assuage angry MPs from the Left and the Right on July 26 and 27, with limited success. Despite the dramatic floo [...] | 2006-07-27 12:30:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PARM PINR TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN |
06NEWDELHI5549 | SCA A/S BOUCHER MEETS WITH GOI CENTRAL ASIA CHIEF [...] SUMMARY: Assistant Secretary Richard Boucher used an August 7 meeting with Minister of External Affairs Joint Secretary (Eurasia) Jaimini Bhagwati to brief on current U.S. SIPDIS relations with Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan and to probe India's relationships with Central Asia. Boucher specific [...] | 2006-08-08 11:30:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ENRG EPET PBTS TRGY OVIP IN KZ KG |
06NEWDELHI583 | GOI PROMISES MILITARY SUPPORT TO SRI LANKA AND [...] (C) Summary: During U/S Burns' January 21 consultations on regional issues, the GOI relayed its concerns over the increasingly possible return to war in Sri Lanka and the conflict between the need for Iranian gas and the looming crisis over Tehran's nuclear program. Indian Foreign Secretary [...] | 2006-01-27 08:41:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS MOPS ENRG EPET IR CE IN |
06NEWDELHI6085 | IRANIAN DFM SAFARI FINDS LITTLE LOVE IN NEW DELHI [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-31 12:38:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR KNNP ENRG EPET KISL IR IN |
06NEWDELHI6230 | NSA NARAYANAN SUGGESTS SARAN-BURNS MEETING AS [...] (C) Summary. In a September 6 meeting with National Security Advisor Narayanan, Ambassador Mulford urged India to re-engage in negotiations on the 123 Agreement. Narayanan would not commit India to doing so, but offered as a sign of India's engagement to send Foreign Secretary Saran to meet [...] | 2006-09-06 15:44:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN |
06NEWDELHI657 | UPA CABINET SHUFFLE GOOD FOR AMERICA [...] No summary [...] | 2006-01-30 13:24:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL ECON ENRG EPET EMIN EAID MASS |
06NEWDELHI6584 | MEA ENGAGED ON AFGHANISTAN, DOUBTFUL ON PAKISTAN, [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a recent discussion, MEA Joint Secretary Dilip Sinha told US that India: -- Could do more in Afghanistan but was worried about security -- Doubted the wisdom of Pakistan's agreements with Waziristan tribes -- Envisioned a robust economic conference that would not be a don [...] | 2006-09-21 13:30:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS ENRG EPET KISL PK |
06NEWDELHI659 | FS SARAN DISMISSES ANONYMOUS PRESS CLAIMS THAT [...] (C) Foreign Secretary Saran dismissed anonymously-sourced press reports that India would abstain in the upcoming February 2 IAEA BOG vote on Iran (other topics reported septel) when he met the Ambassador on January 30. Saran showed surprise when the Ambassador described the Reuters report in [...] | 2006-01-30 13:52:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | MNUC PREL ENRG EPET IR IN |
06NEWDELHI6913 | THE COMMUNISTS AND CONGRESS SPAR OVER THE INDO/US [...] (C) In its September 12-13 Central Committee meeting the CPI(M) leadership assailed the UPA government's relationship with the US, accusing it of sacrificing Indian autonomy and taking dictation from Washington on foreign policy and economic issues. The CPI(M) pledged to continue agitating [...] | 2006-10-05 12:26:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR ECON ENRG EPET MARR MASS PGOV PREL IN PK |
06NEWDELHI699 | INDIANS SEEK FRENCH CIVIL NUCLEAR DEAL, BUT THE [...] (C) Summary: As part of the preparations for Jacques Chirac's February 19-20 trip to India, Special Representative of the President Maurice Gourdault-Montagne visited New Delhi on January 27 for the fifteenth round of strategic dialogue focused on fleshing out the details of a France-India Civ [...] | 2006-01-31 13:04:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP MNUC ENRG MASS FR IN |
06NEWDELHI7289 | INDIA,S CENTRAL ASIA EXPERTS HIGHLIGHT CHALLENGES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Leading Indian experts on Central Asia, Russia and China offered India,s perspective on South and Central Asia regional cooperation at a roundtable with PolOffs October 19. Participants identified Afghan security and ensuring a secular Central Asia as India,s priorities in the [...] | 2006-10-23 10:11:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ETRD ENRG KISL IN |
06NEWDELHI7584 | INDIAN NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR VIEWS DELAY IN [...] (S) Summary: Ambassador met with National Security Advisor M.K. Narayanan on November 3rd to discuss the status of the US-India Civil Nuclear Cooperation Initiative as well as terrorism and Indo-Pakistan relations (Septel). Narayanan downplayed concern about Indian public reaction if the leg [...] | 2006-11-03 15:01:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PREL PGOV PARM TSPL ETTC ENRG KNNP IN |
06NEWDELHI7725 | INDIA STILL TESTING THE WATERS IN TAJIKISTAN [...] (U) SUMMARY: In a recent visit to Dushanbe, New Delhi PolOff met with MFA and Ministry of Energy officials and local diplomats to explore Indo-Tajik relations. Indian rehabilitation and construction efforts include a small hydropower project, construction of a tunnel, rehabilitation of the a [...] | 2006-11-09 13:44:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PBTS ECIN ENRG SNAR TI IN |
06NEWDELHI7935 | IRANIAN FM MOTTAKI REACHES OUT TO PM SINGH, THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In his first visit to India since becoming Foreign Minister, Iran's FM Mottaki invited PM Singh to Iran, discussed the proposed Iran-Pakistan-India (IPI) natural gas pipeline, the proposed Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) deal, the IAEA and Iran's nuclear program, Iraq and Afghanistan [...] | 2006-11-22 12:04:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EPET ELTN ENRG KNNP KISL IR IN |
06NEWDELHI8511 | SENATOR SPECTER MEETING WITH P.M. SINGH [...] (C) Summary. Visiting Senator Arlen Specter (R - PA) called on Indian P.M. Manmohan Singh December 24. Both agreed on the historic impact of the U.S./India civil-nuclear agreement on bilateral relations. P.M. Singh offered the caveat that the significance will be historic once the 123 Agre [...] | 2006-12-26 11:50:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG ETRD ETTC EAGR IR IS IZ JO KN |
06NEWDELHI889 | MEETING WITH INDIA'S CHIEF OF NAVAL STAFF [...] (C) Summary: On February 3, the Ambassador, US Naval Attach, and the Navy Programs Officer from the Office of Defense Cooperation (ODC) met with Admiral Prakash, India's Chief of Naval Staff. The primary purpose of the meeting was to inform ADM Prakash that the Multi-Mission Maritime Aircraft [...] | 2006-02-08 00:48:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP ENRG MNNC ETTC IN IR |
06NIAMEY1055 | SIGNS OF LIFE FOR NIGER'S BEST EXPORT AS NEW [...] (SBU) In a sign of heightened interest in Niger's uranium reserves, a small Canadian exploration company - Northwestern Mineral Ventures Inc. - has begun operations in a 4,000 square kilometer concession centered on the northern Nigerien town of Ingal. World market prices for uranium are risin [...] | 2006-09-19 12:31:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EINV ENRG EMIN NG |
06NIAMEY672 | NIGER: GROWING INTEREST IN NIGER'S OIL AND [...] BEGIN SUMMARY. (SBU) Over the past six months, there has been growing interest in Niger's mining and oil sectors by foreign investors, notably from China, Canada and France. As indicated below, the GON is pushing hard to attract investment in the gold, uranium and oil sectors, and to impro [...] | 2006-06-26 14:36:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BTIO EINV EMIN ENRG EPET ECON ELAB PREL PINR |
06NICOSIA356 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON U.S.-INDIA CIVIL NUCLEAR [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-09 15:27:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ENRG KSCA IN PARM KNNP ETTC CY |
06NICOSIA415 | DEMARCHE ON U.S.-INDIA CIVIL NUCLEAR COOPERATION [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-20 15:23:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG KNNP IN PREL CY |
06NICOSIA653 | CYPRIOT FM TO ATTEND DUTCH CONFERENCE ON [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Cypriot Minister of Foreign Affairs George Iacovou will attend the May 18 Dutch Conference on Transatlantic Energy Security co-hosted by Deputy Secretary Zoellick, according to Demetris Hadjiargyrou, Directo [...] | 2006-05-03 14:38:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET ECON PREL EUN CY |
06OSLO1 | IRAN AND LIBYA SANCTIONS ACT (ILSA) POINTS [...] (SBU) On December 30 Acting Political/Economic Chief delivered reftel points regarding USG concerns about Norsk Hydro's oil discovery in Iran's Anaran Field and its deal for the Khorramabad block to Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Energy Advisor Ambassador Janne Julsrud and to Norsk Hyd [...] | 2006-01-01 11:53:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC ENRG EPET PREL IR NO |
06OSLO1350 | EB A/S SULLIVAN MEETS NORWEGIAN DEPUTY FM [...] (SBU) Assistant Secretary for Economic and Business Affairs Dan Sullivan met October 20 on the margins of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) Conference with Norwegian Deputy Foreign Minister Liv Monica Stubholt to discuss EITI and a range of international and bilateral [...] | 2006-11-02 12:58:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EMIN EPET ENRG ETTC EINV IZ IR RU NO |
06OSLO140 | HIGH NORTH ENERGY, IRAN INVESTMENTS, RUSSIAN [...] (U) * Developing the Barents Sea as a new oil and gas province will be of global importance, underscored Statoil Chief Executive Helge Lund. Statoil's Snoehvit project is building a new energy bridge to the United States and Europe and bringing greater employment and prosperity to northern No [...] | 2006-02-10 13:28:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EPET ENRG EFIN ETRD SENV NO |
06OSLO146 | NORSK HYDRO CEO URGES GREATER U.S. ATTENTION TO HIGH NORTH ENERGY, RUSSIAN ENERGY/GAS MARKET DESIGNS [...] (C) Norsk Hydro CEO Eivind Reiten told the Ambassador in an introductory call on February 8 that the United States appeared disinterested in High North energy and advised that we pay greater attention. Reiten also urged that we track closely Russias long-term strategic designs for the future global [...] | 2006-02-13 14:03:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS NO |
06OSLO1496 | NORWAY: MANAGING THE BILATERAL RELATIONSHIP [...] (C) Summary. On December 6, MFA State Secretary Liv Monica Stubholt, who recently took on the US portfolio, met with the Ambassador for a tour d'horizon. Both agreed that key ways to deepen the already strong relationship included increasing educational exchanges, finding joint projects rega [...] | 2006-12-11 16:27:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG NO PGOV PINR PREL |
06OSLO1498 | NORWAY UNVEILS HIGH NORTH STRATEGY [...] (SBU) SUMMRY: Norway's recently unveiled High North stratgy combines domestic and regional policies to promote economic and social development in the region improve scientific understanding of the BarentsSea, and bolster economic and social ties with Rssia -- including a proposal to establi [...] | 2006-12-13 15:27:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SENV ENRG EIND RU NO |
06OSLO1524 | U.S.-NORWAY ENERGY TALKS FOCUS ON HIGH NORTH, [...] (C) A delegation of USG energy analysts headed by Department of Energy Intelligence Chief Rolf Mowatt-Larssen visited Oslo December 7 for an energy symposium with Norwegian officials from the Ministries of Foreign Affairs, Petroleum and Energy, and other government agencies. The talks include [...] | 2006-12-21 06:13:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG PREL SENV PINR RS NO |
06OSLO166 | PM COMMITTED TO AFGHANISTAN, FOCUSED ON HIGH NORTH [...] (C) During the Ambassador's introductory call on Prime Miniter Stoltenberg on February 14, the Prime Minsiter made sure that we knew that Norway remains commited to supporting ISAF and will not be deterred by the recent attack on the Norwegian provincial reconstruction team in Meymaneh. The [...] | 2006-02-15 11:27:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ENRG PINR AF NO |
06OSLO184 | REASONS THE SECRETARY SHOULD VISIT NORTH NORWAY [...] Summary (C) The time is ripe for you to come to Norway. In the wake of the Mohammed cartoons, your visit would be a tangible demonstration of our solidarity and friendship with Norway. Norway is becoming increasingly important as a reliable major energy supplier, particularly as energy resou [...] | 2006-02-17 13:11:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG NO |
06OSLO189 | PETROLEUM MINISTER SEEKS CLOSER BILATERAL [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. Petroleum Ministry Wants Closer Bilateral Dialogue --------------------------------------------- ----- 2. (SBU) In the Ambassador's February 15 introductory call on Norwegian Minister of Petroleum and Energy Odd Roger Enoksen, Enok [...] | 2006-02-21 07:38:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET PREL PGOV NO |
06OSLO213 | NORWEGIAN FM STOERE TALKS HIGH NORTH WITH THE RUSSIANS [...] (C) SUMMARY: High North energy and fisheries issues were at the top of the agenda during Norwegian FM Stoere's February 15-17 visit to Russia. Stoere met with Russian FM Lavrov and Deputy Prime Minister Medvedev in Moscow and called on regional governors in Murmansk and St. Petersburg durin [...] | 2006-02-24 17:35:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG SENV EFIS RS NO |
06OSLO276 | NORWAY SKEPTICAL ABOUT INDIA NUCLEAR DEAL [...] (C) On March 7 we delivered reftel points to Roald Naess, Ambassador and Chair of the Nuclear Suppliers Group Consultative Group (NSG) and Hilda Janne Skorpen, Assistant Director General at the MFA. Naess said that in his capacity as NSG chair he had "no particular views" on the points. Howev [...] | 2006-03-08 15:22:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ETTC PARM PREL IN NO KNNP KSCA SIPDIS |
06OSLO363 | AMBASSADOR MEETS NORWEGIAN PETROLEUM [...] (SBU) The Ambassador met with leading U.S. and Norwegian petroleum firm executives during his initial visit to Stavanger, Norway's "oil capital," March 13-15. Discussions with Statoil, ConocoPhillips, ExxonMobil, Marathon and Halliburton focused largely on the firms' operations and plans on [...] | 2006-03-23 14:36:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG EINV ECON PREL SENV NO |
06OSLO396 | NORWEGIAN CLAIMS IN HIGH NORTH EXPANDING? [...] (C) Summary and action request. Norway may soon lay claim to a large swath of Arctic resources around the Svalbard archipelago. Already the source of international disputes over fishing rights, Svalbard's unique (and in some cases unclear) status internationally has the potential to create [...] | 2006-03-30 13:16:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EPET ENRG UK NO |
06OSLO402 | NORWAY PROPOSES HIGH NORTH SEMINAR [...] (SBU) Following up on the pitch Foreign Minister Stoere made to A/S Fried on continuing the U.S.-Norway High North dialogue, the Norwegians are proposing a meeting on the High North at the Department in late May / early June. The MFA envisions a half-day seminar where they will present on how [...] | 2006-03-31 15:32:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG SENV NO |
06OSLO406 | NORWAY-RUSSIA: KEEPING UP APPEARANCES [...] (C) Russian Prime Minister Fradkov's March 28 and 29 visit to Oslo generated extensive press play and further heightened expectations about Norway's role in developing Russia's Shtokman gas field, but achieved little movement on substantive issues like Barents border delineation, the Russian [...] | 2006-04-03 14:28:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG SENV EFIS RS NO |
06OSLO462 | NORWAY LIMITS BARENTS DEVELOPMENT, FOR NOW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Barents Sea is home to one of Europe's most productive fisheries and some of the most significant offshore oil and gas reserves in the Arctic. With the March 31 announcement of its new Integrated Management Plan for the Barents region, the Norwegian government has settled, [...] | 2006-04-10 15:59:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SENV EPET ENRG NO |
06OSLO553 | A/S BOUCHER'S MEETING WITH NORWEGIAN DFM JOHANSEN [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-03 12:35:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ETTC PARM PREL IN PGOV PHUM PTER NP CE |
06OSLO615 | SCENESETTER FOR YOUR VISIT TO OSLO, MAY 16-17 [...] (C) I very much look forward to welcoming you to Oslo. You will be the most senior U.S. administration official to visit Norway since the center-left government of Jens Stoltenberg came to power in October 2005, and your visit should help us in our efforts to bolster our dialogue with Norway [...] | 2006-05-11 14:49:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OVIP EAID ENRG NO |
06OSLO661 | U/S SHINER'S VISIT TO OSLO [...] (U) Summary: On May 16, Under Secretary Josette Shiner met in Oslo with Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg and the PM,s team working on the UN High Level Panel for Reform. The Norwegians laid out their plans for moving forward the work of the panel, including establishing the advance [...] | 2006-05-22 14:08:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PREL ENRG UN NO KPAL |
06OSLO86 | AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON DEPUTY FM [...] (SBU) "High North" issues -- energy, the environment, non-proliferation and cooperation with Russia -- dominated the Ambassador's January 25 introductory call on Deputy Foreign Minister Liv Monica Stubholt. Stubholt stressed that the new government's High North policy was national, rather tha [...] | 2006-01-26 12:00:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EPET ENRG SENV NO |
06OTTAWA1323 | U/S DOBRIANSKY AND CEQ CHAIRMAN CONNAUGHTON [...] (U) Summary: Under Secretary for Democracy and Global Affairs Paula Dobriansky and Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) Chairman Connaughton visited Ottawa April 24/25 at the direction of the President and at the request of the Canadian Government to discuss a number of significant environmen [...] | 2006-05-03 17:38:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ENRG TBIO CA |
06OTTAWA1685 | THE HARPER GOVERNMENT'S "MADE IN CANADA" CLIMATE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. 2. (SBU) As the domestic debate intensifies on Canada's climate change policies, details are slowly emerging on the Harper government's "Made in Canada" climate programs, which will include enhanced public transportation, increased ethanol production, cle [...] | 2006-06-01 21:03:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ECON ENRG PGOV CA |
06OTTAWA3423 | CANADA'S CLEAN AIR ACT FACES TOUGH SLEDDING [...] (U) Summary: Less than two weeks after its introduction in the House of Commons the Tories' highly anticipated "made-in-Canada" environmental plan, the Clean Air Act, has been derailed from the standard parliamentary pathway. The bill will likely be subject to a massive redraft in an ad hoc " [...] | 2006-11-16 22:32:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ENRG ECON CA |
06OTTAWA3561 | NEW LIBERAL LEADER DION LIKELY TO PUSH [...] (SBU) Summary. The victory of former Environment Minister Stephane Dion in the federal Liberal leadership battle seems certain to keep the environment and especially the Kyoto Protocol squarely in the center of domestic political discourse. As Environment Minister, Dion was closely identifie [...] | 2006-12-08 12:18:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ENRG PINR CA |
06OTTAWA3639 | CANADA ANNOUNCES PROGRAMS TO PROMOTE PRODUCTION, [...] Environment Minister Rona Ambrose and Agriculture Minister Chuck Strahl announced in Saskatoon on December 20 a C$345 million program to promote the use of renewable fuels in Canada. They billed the program as the next element of the Conservative government's environmental agenda, but this t [...] | 2006-12-22 16:10:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG EAGR SENV CA |
06PANAMA1213 | PANAMA & VENEZUELA TO SIGN ENERGY AGREEMENT [...] (C) Summary: Minister of Trade and Industry Alejandro Ferrer told Econ Chief June 19 that the GOP expects to sign a framework agreement and two related agreements on energy with Venezuela during the June 22 visit of Hugo Chavez. He stressed that the deals would be limited to general agreements "t [...] | 2006-06-20 20:59:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ENRG PREL PM |
06PANAMA1293 | TORRIJOS, URIBE AND CHAVEZ TO MEET REGARDING GAS [...] (C) VP/FM Lewis telephoned the Ambassador on July 3rd to advise him that President Torrijos will be visiting Colombia on Friday, July 7th. On Saturday July 8th, President Torrijos and President Uribe will travel to the Colombian/Venezuelan border to meet with President Chavez. The purpose of the [...] | 2006-07-03 22:49:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EINV EPET BTIO BEXP PREL XM |
06PANAMA1518 | GOP DIVIDED ON REGIONAL ENERGY POLICY [...] (C) SUMMARY. On July 17, Minister of Trade and Industry Alejandro Ferrer told Ambassador and Econchief that he remains committed to the Occidental Petroleum refinery project (Ref A) but finds himself a lone voice. He said President Martin Torrijos, VP/FM Samuel Lewis Navarro, and other cabinet me [...] | 2006-08-04 15:55:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ETRD PREL PGOV PM |
06PANAMA1999 | GOP SCHIZOPHRENIC ON VENEZUELAN FUEL IMPORTS [...] SUMMARY. (C) GOP Energy policy remains divided as the Ministry of Industry and Commerce (MICI) pursues divergent paths to ensure an affordable supply of petroleum for Panama. MICI Vice-Minister Jose Paredes stated publicly that the new Panamanian state run oil company would not distribute fue [...] | 2006-10-11 15:48:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ETRD PREL PGOV PM |
06PANAMA2005 | PANAMA'S THREE WAY RACE FOR A CENTRAL AMERICAN [...] (C) SUMMARY. Panama appears to be the site for up to three proposals for the construction of a regional petroleum refinery. During his June 2006 visit, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez offered to build a 130,000 barrels per day refinery in Panama (Refs A & B). The MesoAmerican Energy Initiative [...] | 2006-10-11 20:47:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ETRD PREL PGOV PM |
06PANAMA2105 | LATIN AMERICA-CARIBBEAN BIOFUEL INITIATIVE [...] (U) SUMMARY. Below is post's response to Reftel A. END SUMMARY. ---------------------------- ENERGY SECTOR - HYDROCARBONS ---------------------------- 2. (U) Panama's energy sector consists of the hydrocarbons industry and the electricity sector. Panama's hydrocarbons industry was 100 [...] | 2006-10-26 15:30:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG PREL PGOV SENV PM |
06PANAMA2412 | REFINERY, FUEL HUB AND BIOFUELS DEVELOPMENTS [...] (C) SUMMARY. In November, representatives from state-run Qatar Petroleum (QP) and Occidental Petroleum (Oxy) met with Panama's Ministry of Industry and Commerce (MICI) to discuss the proposed refinery and tour the Puerto Armuelles site (Ref A). Favorably impressed with Panama's economic and p [...] | 2006-12-19 18:50:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ETRD PGOV PM |
06PANAMA534 | VP/FORMIN LEWIS FINDS CASTRO "HEALTHY" AND [...] (C) Panamanian First Vice President/Foreign Minister Samuel Lewis Navarro (SLN) told Ambassador on March 23 that he met for the first time with Fidel Castro in Cuba over the March 18-19 weekend. He said Castro appeared to be in good health, as he turned what SLN expected to be a 15-minute "p [...] | 2006-03-24 18:00:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR ENRG ETRD PM CU |
06PARAMARIBO105 | VENEZUELA DEFENDS IAEA VOTE ON IRAN IN THE [...] (U) Under the heading "Venezuela Justifies Its Vote Against IAEA," De West, a Surinamese daily paper published a press release on February 20 from sources at the Venezuelan Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The paper, which has the smallest circulation in Suriname, ran the article on its second pag [...] | 2006-02-22 10:55:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL EU AORC ENRG NS |
06PARAMARIBO141 | SURINAME'S STATE-OWNED ELECTRICITY COMPANY NEARING [...] News that Suriname's state-owned electric utility company, EBS, will need to file for bankruptcy unless the Government of Suriname (GOS) quickly intervenes to prevent a shutdown has jostled Surinamers. The Minister of Natural Resources, Gregory Rusland, has asked the government's accounting o [...] | 2006-03-07 19:16:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG ECON TRGY KTDB NS |
06PARAMARIBO164 | SURINAME CONSIDERS EXPANDING ITS MARITIME BORDER [...] Suriname's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Lygia Kraag Keteldijk, announced on March 10, that Suriname would exercise its option to increase the country's maritime border (northern Atlantic seacoast) an additional 150 nautical miles under the auspices of the United Nation's Convention on the Law [...] | 2006-03-17 13:58:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | UNCLASSIFIED | PBTS PGOV PHSA PREL KTIA ECON EPET ENRG NS |
06PARAMARIBO175 | UPDATE ON SURINAME'S PLAN TO IMPLEMENT PETROCARIBE [...] (SBU) Emphatic recent public remarks of Natural Resource Minister Gregory Rusland that everything is in place for Suriname to implement its PetroCaribe agreement notwithstanding (see ref A),there remains significant opposition among important Government of Suriname (GOS) players. According t [...] | 2006-03-23 18:43:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG ETRD ECON EINV KTDB PREL PBTS SP |
06PARAMARIBO343 | INCREASED VENEZUELAN ACTIVISM IN SURINAME HAS [...] (C) Summary: Venezuela's profile in Suriname is on the rise thanks to economic initiatives such as PetroCaribe, a joint Cuban-Venezuelan health care assistance program, and a steady public relations campaign by its Embassy over the past year. Despite this heightened engagement, Venezuela's act [...] | 2006-06-09 18:55:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV ECON ENRG KCRM MARR SOCI SCUL VE |
06PARAMARIBO94 | NEW BIDDING ROUND OPENED FOR OIL EXPLORATION OFF [...] Suriname's Minister of Natural Resources, Gregory Rusland, announced to the press last week that Suriname's state-owned oil company, Staatsolie has opened a new round of bidding to international oil companies interested in off shore oil exploration. This follows an earlier successful signing [...] | 2006-02-15 21:08:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET ENRG ETRD ECON EINV KTDB PREL PBTS NS |
06PARIS1138 | FRANCE: ENERGY SECTOR UPDATE [...] This is another in a series of occasional updates on the French energy sector. Feedback is welcome to help us make this product as useful as possible for our inter-agency USG audience. Contents: -- EDF's appetite for takeovers grows as profits double (para 2) -- Italians again eyeing Ele [...] | 2006-02-24 10:58:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG EPET EIND EINV PREL PGOV FR |
06PARIS1330 | CHIRAC VISIT TO INDIA: FOCUS ON BUSINESS, NUCLEAR [...] (C) SUMMARY. MFA India desk officer told us February 28 that Chirac's February 19-21 visit to India focused primarily on further improving business relations and exploring French-Indian nuclear cooperation; other issues included military and space cooperation. While the two countries deliv [...] | 2006-03-02 17:33:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG TRGY MASS TSPA KNNP IN IR FR |
06PARIS1486 | CHIRAC VISIT TO INDIA: FOCUS ON BUSINESS, NUCLEAR [...] (C) SUMMARY. MFA India desk officer told us February 28 that Chirac's February 19-21 visit to India focused primarily on further improving business relations and exploring French-Indian nuclear cooperation; other issues included military and space cooperation. While the two countries deliv [...] | 2006-03-08 17:14:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG TRGY MASS TSPA KNNP IN IR FR |
06PARIS1488 | SUPPORTING THE U.S.-INDIA CIVIL NUCLEAR [...] (C) SUMMARY. Reftel points were delivered to French officials at the MFA and CEA (Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique) who recommended to USG attention French President Chirac's immediate public statement in support of the U.S.-India agreement as well as his own visit to India a week prior to [...] | 2006-03-08 17:20:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | KSCA KNNP PREL ENRG PARM ETTC IN FR |
06PARIS1556 | GOF Reacts to EU Energy Green Paper [...] (SBU) Summary: In meeting with EB Energy Office Director Gallogly and EconOff, the GOF expressed "satisfaction" with the EU Energy Green paper even though they judged it to be "too cautious on some issues." The January 2006 episode involving gas transits through Ukraine woke up many EU membe [...] | 2006-03-10 17:42:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EIND EINV PREL PGOV FR EU |
06PARIS1642 | FRANCE CREATES INDEPENDENT NUCLEAR SAFETY AGENCY [...] France's Council of Ministers approved on February 22 the creation of a new, "independent," body, the High Authority for Nuclear Safety (HANS),"responsible for the control of nuclear safety, radioprotection, and information." This new administrative body will substitute for the existing Aut [...] | 2006-03-15 14:30:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG TSPL TPHY KSCA FR KNUC |
06PARIS169 | FRANCE: ENERGY SECTOR UPDATE [...] This is the fifth in a series of occasional updates on the French energy sector. Feedback is welcome to help us make this product as useful as possible for our inter-agency USG audience. Contents: -- France to develop fourth-generation nuclear reactor (See Para 2); -- Peugeot Citroen to [...] | 2006-01-11 10:14:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG EPET EIND EINV PREL PGOV FR |
06PARIS1697 | Criticism Persists at Home and Abroad over French [...] (SBU) Summary: Criticism of the proposed merger of Gaz de France (GDF) with water and power utility Suez continues both at home and abroad. Domestically, unions and the left protest proposed GDF privatization. Abroad, Brussels, Italy and other EU member states denounce French "economic patr [...] | 2006-03-16 16:22:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EIND EINV ELAB PREL PGOV FR |
06PARIS1818 | U.S.-INDIA CIVIL NUCLEAR COOPERATION INITIATIVE: [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-21 16:22:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP ENRG PREL FR |
06PARIS228 | VISIT TO PARIS - DOE DEPUTY SECRETARY SELL; U/S [...] (U) This message is SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED; protect accordingly. Message sent NIACT Precedence to the Departments of State and Energy Ops Centers to assure OOB 01/13/06 delivery to offices of Deputy Secretary Sell and U/S Joseph (ATTN Timbie). 2. (SBU) The Embassy has confirmed/con [...] | 2006-01-13 10:16:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TRGY ENRG KNNP UK FR RS JA OVIP AORC IAEA |
06PARIS2663 | A/S WAYNE DISCUSSES ENERGY SECURITY COOPERATION [...] (SBU) Summary: EB Assistant Secretary E. Anthony Wayne met with GOF energy policy officials to discuss potential areas for bilateral and transatlantic cooperation to improve energy security. GOF officials emphasized the need to maintain pressure on Russia to open its oil and gas markets and, [...] | 2006-04-24 10:04:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EIND EINV PREL PGOV FR EU |
06PARIS2733 | FRANCE: ENERGY SECTOR UPDATE [...] (U) This is another in a series of occasional updates on the French energy sector. Feedback is welcome to help us make this product as useful as possible for our inter-agency USG audience. Contents: -- De Ladoucette named head of French Energy Regulatory Authority (para 2) -- GOF Supports [...] | 2006-04-26 11:03:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET EIND EINV PREL PGOV FR |
06PARIS4017 | FRANCE: ENERGY SECTOR UPDATE [...] (U) This another in a series of occasional updates on the French energy sector. Feedback is welcome to help us make this product as useful as possible for our inter-agency USG audience. Contents: -- France's energy review recommends greater use of biofuels (para 2); -- .... and greater [...] | 2006-06-14 08:42:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET EIND EINV PREL PGOV FR |
06PARIS4580 | FRENCH STILL CONSIDERING OSCE BID, BOUCHER TOLD [...] (C) SUMMARY. Concerned officials say they will tell Kazakh Foreign Minister Tokayev that Kazakhstan will have to meet higher standards if it wants to Chair the OSCE in 2009. But, they admit, the personal relationship between the two Presidents may carry the day. During other meetings in Pari [...] | 2006-07-03 15:24:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IEA OSCE PGOV ENRG ELAB ETTC TRGY ZK IN |
06PARIS4586 | FRENCH ADOPT NUCLEAR WASTE LAW -- DECISIVE STEP TOWARDS [...] Summary: In June, on time and non-confrontationally, the French Parliament adopted a key law to regulate nuclear materials and waste well into the future. The legislation confirms reversible, deep geological disposal as the reference solution for high-level, long-lived waste (HLLLW),with 201 [...] | 2006-07-05 07:29:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG TSPL TPHY KSCA FR KNUC |
06PARIS4960 | FRANCE: ENERGY SECTOR UPDATE [...] (U) This is another in a series of occasional updates on the French energy sector. Feedback is welcome to help us make this product as useful as possible for our inter-agency USG audience. Contents: -- Finance Minister pushes privatization of Gaz de France (para 2) -- France is feeling th [...] | 2006-07-21 07:58:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET EIND EINV PREL PGOV FR |
06PARIS5772 | PRINCIPLES OF THE GLOBAL NUCLEAR ENERGY [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-29 11:06:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP ENRG IAEA FR |
06PARIS5862 | REQUEST FOR STATEMENTS OF SUPPORT FOR INDIA CIVIL [...] (SBU) On 28 August, Embassy ESTH/NP Counselor and ESTH/NP officer jointly presented arguments and papers to French MFA Deputy Director for Nonproliferation and Disarmament Hugues De Longevialle concerning French support for the India Civil Nuclear Cooperation Initiative at the October 2006 N [...] | 2006-08-31 13:51:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP ENRG ETTC MNUC PARM PREL TRGY FR |
06PARIS6558 | FRANCE: ENERGY SECTOR UPDATE [...] (U) This is another in a series of occasional updates on the French energy sector. Feedback is welcome to help us make this product as useful as possible for our inter-agency USG audience. Contents: -- French PM calls for EU Energy Summit and EU Energy Chief (para 2) -- EU energy supplie [...] | 2006-10-02 16:51:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ELAB EPET EIND EINV PREL PGOV FR |
06PARIS6678 | NATIONAL ASSEMBLY APPROVES NEW ENERGY BILL [...] (SBU) On October 3, the National Assembly approved an energy bill to: 1) open up the French gas and electricity markets to full competition by the EU deadline of July 1 2007, and 2) authorize the further privatization of the national gas utility, GDF. If supported by the Senate as expected, [...] | 2006-10-10 09:17:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET EIND EINV ELAB PREL PGOV FR |
06PARIS6946 | MFA A/S-EQUIVALENT PESSIMISTIC ON TURKEY-EU TRAIN [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA A/S-equivalent for European Union affairs Gilles Briatta told us October 20 that Turkey understood that the French National Assembly's passage of legislation criminalizing denial of the Armenian "genocide" was only a first parliamentary step, and that Turkey had managed the [...] | 2006-10-23 06:06:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL FR EU TU CY PGOV RS ENRG ETRD |
06PARIS6986 | FRENCH FM DOUSTE-BLAZY TO ATTEND NEW DELHI [...] (C) On October 23, we conveyed U.S. support for and encouraged French attendance at the New Delhi Regional Economic Cooperation Conference (RECC) to Pierre Fournier, Afghanistan desk officer at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Fournier responded that Foreign Minister Philippe Douste-Blazy woul [...] | 2006-10-24 13:19:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG ETRD EAGR KPWR EAID BEXP PGOV PREL |
06PARIS7021 | UNESCO SEMINAR EXPLORES ACCESS TO ENERGY FOR DEVELOPING [...] Summary: Representatives from UNESCO, private companies, government agencies, and NGOs gathered for the seminar "Access to Energy for All." The conference, attended by 30 people, took place at UNESCO, but was actually organized by an NGO with ties to UNESCO. Several UNESCO secretariat members d [...] | 2006-10-25 15:42:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | UNESCO ENRG PHUM |
06PARIS7201 | PRESIDENT CHIRAC'S VISIT TO CHINA-STRENGTHENING THE [...] (SBU) French President Jacques Chirac's most recent four-day visit to China on October 25th through the 28th was notable due to the signing of trade deals worth approximately 5 billion euro and for his personal efforts to improve Franco-Chinese political ties. 2. (U) "Never have we been s [...] | 2006-11-03 13:45:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET EIND EINV ELAB PREL PGOV FR CH |
06PARIS7422 | FRENCH ENERGY BILL PRIVATIZES GDF, FREEZES ELECTRICITY AND [...] (SBU) On November 14, the European Commission announced that the French energy conglomerate Suez and the 70 percent GOF-owned Gaz de France (GDF) had satisfied concerns about the proposed merger's impact on competition after the two firms promised to sell off some prime assets in Belgium. GDF [...] | 2006-11-17 11:53:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET EIND EINV ELAB PREL PGOV FR |
06PARIS7581 | ITER JOINT IMPLEMENTATION AGREEMENT FOR $10 BILLION FUSION [...] Summary: On November 21, representatives of the European Union, China, Russia, India, the Republic of Korea, Japan, and the United States signed the agreement creating the ITER international organization charged with building, operating and dismantling, at a cost of some $10 billion, a first-o [...] | 2006-11-29 14:58:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG TRGY SENV KPAO FR |
06PARIS7604 | France Energy Policy Maker on energy independence, energy [...] (SBU) Summary: Ministry of Economy, Finance, and Industry Energy Director General Dominique Maillard told us that France has diversified its energy sources so that it is not dependent on any one overseas market. A large proportion of its energy comes from nuclear energy, and no more than one- [...] | 2006-12-01 05:14:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET FR |
06PARIS762 | FRENCH PROPOSALS FOR AN EU ENERGY POLICY [...] (U) As part of an on-going EU debate on an integrated energy policy, France recently presented a memorandum highlighting the contribution of nuclear power to the security of supply and the fight against climate change. France also stressed the importance of energy-saving initiatives and grea [...] | 2006-02-06 15:36:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET SENV EIND EINV PREL PGOV FR |
06PARIS7680 | FRANCE'S CONSTITUTIONAL COUNCIL POSTPONES GDF [...] (SBU) On November 30, the French Constitutional Council indicated that the GOF energy bill was constitutional with two changes: 1) the Suez-Gaz de France (GDF) merger cannot legally take place before July 1, 2007, when GDF loses its monopoly to supply gas to private homes; 2) the GOF energy bi [...] | 2006-12-05 16:12:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET EIND EINV ELAB PREL PGOV FR |
06PARIS7781 | FRANCE AVAILABLE FOR BILATERAL MEETINGS AT WILTON [...] No summary [...] | 2006-12-14 07:14:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PREL NPT FR |
06PARIS7861 | FLURRY OF FRENCH CLIMATE CHANGE INITIATIVES [...] Summary: To reach Kyoto Protocol commitments, the government of France recently announced: -- Its updated 'National Plan' to fight climate change (PNLCC) aimed at saving an extra 6 to 8 million tons equivalent CO2 per year (MtCO2) for the period 2008-2010. -- In the context of the EU Emis [...] | 2006-12-20 13:56:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV ENRG FR |
06PARIS887 | SEEKING USG PARTICIPATION IN MICHELIN [...] Michelin senior representatives contacted Embassy to urge U.S. participation in the next Michelin Challenge Bibendum that will take place in Paris from 9 to 12 June 2006. This event, which has gained international recognition as the premier "clean and safe vehicle event" worldwide provides an [...] | 2006-02-10 16:24:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG TRGY ELTN SENV KPAO FR |
06PARIS892 | U.S.-FRENCH GLOBAL NUCLEAR ENERGY PARTNERSHIP [...] (U) Summary: U.S. and French delegations met to discuss the U.S. proposal for a Global Nuclear Energy Partnership (GNEP). Both sides made presentations on their R&D agendas on closing the fuel cycle. The French side expressed strong support for the direction of the U.S. GNEP proposal, and a [...] | 2006-02-10 17:48:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP ENRG TRGY FR |
06PHNOMPENH1891 | THAI PM SURAYUD PROMISES CONTINUITY TO CAMBODIA [...] (SBU) Thai interim Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont's one-day visit to Phnom Penh October 15 was intended to reassure the Cambodian government of Thailand's stability and that the Thai government (RTG) would continue to strengthen ties between the two countries despite the change in governmen [...] | 2006-10-18 08:48:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KDEM ENRG CB TH |
06PHNOMPENH1940 | CAMBODIA: UPDATE ON PETROLEUM SECTOR [...] (U) Donor representatives met October 25 to review recent developments in efforts to help Cambodia learn to manage its oil revenue in a transparent manner that benefits the Cambodian people. A focus of the discussion was on public outreach to increase awareness of the revenue windfall that i [...] | 2006-10-27 07:35:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG ECON EINV CB |
06PORTAUPRINCE1205 | HAITI: PETROCARIBE IMPLEMENTATION STALLED [...] (C) Summary: The 100,000 barrels of petroleum, from the initial PetroCaribe shipment to Haiti on May 14, remain in storage facilities at the port and have not been put on the market. To date, no second PetroCaribe transport ship has been scheduled to arrive. Edouard Baussan (President Rene [...] | 2006-07-07 13:03:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET ECON EAID HA |
06PORTAUPRINCE1311 | MINISTER REPORTS THREATS ON PUBLIC PROJECTS, [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified: please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: Minister of Public Works, Transportation and Communication, Frantz Verella, told Ambassador July 17 that his public works projects in Port-au-Prince are threatened regularly by bandits demanding [...] | 2006-07-20 11:52:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID ENRG PGOV HA |
06PORTAUPRINCE1377 | PETROCARIBE GAS ON THE MARKET [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified: please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) The PetroCaribe petroleum delivered to Haiti on May 14, the day of President Rene Preval's inauguration, has finally hit the local market. The Haitian Government (GOH) is selling the entire shipment, inc [...] | 2006-07-28 18:43:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET ECON EAID HA |
06PORTAUPRINCE1483 | GOH BUDGET UPDATE: MOVING FORWARD WITH [...] (C) Summary: President Rene Preval's economic advisor Gabriel Verret told econoff August 8 that the new budget is almost complete and will move forward to parliament, maybe by tomorrow (August 11). Concerning the financing gap for FY06 (USD 18.5 million) and FY07 (USD 15 - 25 million),govern [...] | 2006-08-10 19:07:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAID ENRG PGOV PINS HA |
06PORTAUPRINCE1598 | HAITI: PETROCARIBE UPDATE: RATIFICATION IN THE [...] This message is sensitive but unclassified: please protect accordingly. 2. (U) The PetroCaribe agreement is in parliament awaiting ratification. For several days, the parliamentarians have asked for more time to analyze the document before finalizing their report. By all accounts, the p [...] | 2006-08-25 19:33:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET ECON EAID HA |
06PORTAUPRINCE1618 | PARLIAMENT RATIFIED PETROCARIBE AGREEMENT 08/29 [...] Parliament ratified the PetroCaribe agreement during a session of the national assembly, which included 19 of 27 senators and 47 of 88 deputies. 53 voted in favor and 13 abstained; no parliamentarians voted against ratification. The agreement, signed by President Rene Preval and Venezuelan V [...] | 2006-08-30 17:34:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG EPET ECON EAID HA |
06PORTAUPRINCE1905 | GOH INTENDS TO MEET 100% FUEL DEMAND WITH [...] (C) Summary: President Rene Preval and finance minister Daniel Dorsainvil informed the four oil companies operating in Haiti of intentions to meet 100 percent of Haiti's petroleum demand through its Petrocaribe agreement. According to a Christian Porter, country manager for ExxonMobil (operat [...] | 2006-10-04 19:36:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET ECON EAID HA |
06PORTAUPRINCE1960 | U.S. OIL INDUSTRY RESPONSE TO GOH PETROCARIBE [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-13 15:46:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET ECON EAID HA |
06PORTAUPRINCE692 | PREVAL ANNOUNCES HAITI TO JOIN PETROCARIBE [...] President-elect Preval announced to the press April 18 that Haiti will soon join Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's energy initiative, PetroCaribe. Preval made the announcement after returning from a five-day trip to Cuba, where he discussed the subject of Petrocaribe with the Venezuelan Amb [...] | 2006-04-19 17:38:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG ECON EFIN EINV EAID PGOV HA |
06PORTAUPRINCE758 | PREVAL WILL SIGN PETROCARIBE DEAL ON MAY 15 [...] (U) President-elect Rene Preval on April 25 announced that that Haiti will join the PetroCaribe Program on May 15, the day after his inauguration. Preval explained that Haiti will pay for 60 percent of the oil from Venezuela up front and that 40 percent will be payable over a period of 25 ye [...] | 2006-04-28 16:20:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON EFIN ENRG HA VE |
06PORTAUPRINCE846 | PETROCARIBE OIL MAY FLOW THROUGH EDH [...] This message is sensitive but unclassified: please protect accordingly. 2. Michel Guerrier, Director of National, Haiti's only domestic oil company, told Econoff May 11 that a ship with 100,000 barrels of PetroCaribe oil has embarked for Haiti and is due to arrive on or before May 15. Ho [...] | 2006-05-12 19:06:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ECON EFIN EINV EAID HA |
06PORTAUPRINCE891 | PETROCARIBE WILL SELL TO EDH [...] This message is sensitive but unclassified: please protect accordingly. 2. Michel Guerrier, Director of National, confirmed May 17 the scenario described in reftel A, whereby Haiti's National Electricity Company (Electricite d'Haiti -- EDH) will be designated as Haiti's state-owned oil co [...] | 2006-05-17 20:47:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ECON EFIN EINV EAID HA |
06PORTAUPRINCE971 | HAITI: FIRST PETROCARIBE SHIP STALLED AT VARREUX [...] Shooting stalled the unloading and delivery of oil May 17 from the first PetroCaribe ship, which arrived in Haiti on May 13 (reftel A). The ship was docked at Varreux, a port located near one of Port-au-Prince's most violent slums, Cite Soleil. The captain of the ship reported bullets flying [...] | 2006-06-01 13:27:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG EPET ECON EAID HA |
06PORTOFSPAIN1372 | CONFERENCE PROMOTES CARIBBEAN ENERGY DIVERSIFICATION [...] Summary: Caribbean Energy Ministers met in Port of Spain September 6-8, 2006, at the "Energy and The Competitiveness of The Caribbean" conference to discuss opportunities for developing renewable energy to reduce the region's dependency on foreign oil. The goal of the conference was to illumin [...] | 2006-12-01 15:02:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG EPET EIND EINV CARICOM TD |
06PRAGUE112 | CZECH OPINION ON RUSSIA-UKRAINE GAS NEGOTIATIONS [...] (C) PolOff Feb 2 conveyed reftel points to Tomas Szunyog MFA Director for South Eastern and Eastern Europe. Szunyog responded that the Czechs had been following the issue with concern for some time. Additionally, he knew that concern was growing both in the EU and in NATO. Vladimir Muller, Dep [...] | 2006-02-02 14:48:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON EZ PREL UP RS |
06PRAGUE1239 | CZECH REPUBLIC: ECONOMIC OPTIMISM PREVAILS DESPITE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Recent articles in the international press about reform fatigue and political instability in Central Europe have received much attention locally. There is strong consensus among local economists and financial institutions that the Czech Republic's economic situation differs sig [...] | 2006-10-05 13:50:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD ENRG PGOV EZ |
06PRAGUE1334 | RFE/RL ENERGY FORUM REFLECTS LACK OF EUROPEAN [...] SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) hosted a two-day Energy Forum in Prague October 23-24. The Forum addressed a wide range of tough issues related to European energy security, including Iran, how companies influence energy policy, the role of the European Commission [...] | 2006-10-25 10:25:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG ECON ETRD PREL EZ |
06PRAGUE1375 | CZECH REPUBLIC: AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON [...] (SBU) Summary: During the Ambassador,s introductory call on Antimonopoly Office Chairman Martin Pecina on October 25, Pecina discussed antitrust issues, energy independence and the government tender review process. Pecina remains worried about EU dependence on Russian energy and monopolies wi [...] | 2006-11-06 13:05:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ENRG EPET ECON EZ |
06PRAGUE1402 | CZECH ENERGY SECURITY: MODERATE BUT INCREASING [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: The Czech Republic is moderately dependent on Russian oil and gas compared to other former Soviet bloc countries, thanks to its domestic coal production supplying over 50% of domestic energy needs, its position as a major electricity exporter in Europe, and diversified [...] | 2006-11-09 12:51:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV EZ |
06PRAGUE1483 | PRAGUE HAS LOW-KEY RESPONSE TO AUSTRIAN BORDER [...] SUMMARY. (U) Austrian opponents of nuclear power blocked two border crossings with the Czech Republic on Sunday, December 3, to protest the November 3 administrative licensing of the Temelin Nuclear Power Plant. The anti-nuclear protest was one of the largest since the plant began trial opera [...] | 2006-12-06 14:12:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG SENV PREL PGOV EZ |
06PRAGUE1519 | CZECH REPUBLIC DISMISSES AUSTRIAN RESOLUTION ON [...] SUMMARY: (U) The Austrian Parliament passed a resolution December 14 asking the government to pursue legal action against a nuclear power plant in the neighboring Czech Republic. Prague has responded with a mixture of tough talk and dismissive shrugs. The resolution received coverage on the fr [...] | 2006-12-15 13:03:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG SENV PREL PGOV EZ |
06PRAGUE1549 | CZECH REPUBLIC: RUSSIAN GAS SUPPLY CONTRACT [...] (SBU) The German-owned RWE Transgas issued a press release on December 21 announcing that it has renewed its contract with Gazprom Export Ltd. to supply the Czech Republic with natural gas until 2035. The contract is for 9 billion cubic meters per year. As for the price, Spokesman for RWE Tr [...] | 2006-12-22 13:15:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON ETRD PREL EZ |
06PRAGUE259 | CZECHS WELCOME INDIA NUCLEAR DEAL, ASK ABOUT [...] (C) A/DCM March 9 met with Czech MFA Political Director Martin Povejsil to solicit Czech support for the U.S.-India Civil Nuclear Cooperation Initiative. Povejsil warmly welcomed the deal, congratulating the United States on successfully completing a difficult negotiation. He shared that the C [...] | 2006-03-13 06:55:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG KSCA IN PARM KNNP ETTC EZ |
06PRAGUE260 | PUTIN CONDUCTS FRIENDLY VISIT TO PRAGUE, LIGHTLY [...] (C) Summary. The March 1-2 visit of Vladimir Putin to Prague was aimed at throwing the best possible light on the relationship between Russia and the Czech Republic. Economic concerns were the main focus, but few agreements were signed. Difficult issues were either raised gently, or ignored. D [...] | 2006-03-13 06:55:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON ENRG EZ RS |
06PRAGUE745 | RADIO FARDA DISPUTE AT CENTER STAGE IN [...] No summary [...] | 2006-07-01 09:48:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD ETTC ENRG PGOV PINR CVIS EZ IR |
06PRAGUE754 | RADIO FARDA DISPUTE AT CENTER STAGE IN [...] (C) INTRODUCTION and SUMMARY: This is the first of three cables on Czech-Iranian relations. This message looks at several aspects of current ties, notably the impact of Prague-based broadcasting to Iran. The other two cables will focus more directly on non-proliferation. Czech-Iranian r [...] | 2006-07-03 15:13:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD ETTC ENRG PGOV PINR CVIS EZ IR |
06PRETORIA3720 | SOUTH AFRICA NUCLEAR STATUS: R&D AGREEMENTS AND [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified; Protect Accordingly. Not for Internet Distribution. 2. (SBU) Incoming and outgoing Econ M/C's and Econoff met 31 August with Tseliso Maqubela, Chief Director: Nuclear at the South African Department of Minerals and Energy (DME). Maqubela reported that the Re [...] | 2006-09-07 13:38:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG KNNP PARM PREL SF |
06PRETORIA3722 | NUCLEAR FUEL SUPPLY ASSURANCES [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified; Protect Accordingly. Not for Internet Distribution. 2. (SBU) Incoming and outgoing Econ M/C's and Econoff presented August 31 reftel points and concept paper to Department of Mineral and Energy's Tseliso Maqubela, Chief Director, Nuclear Energy and Mahlatsi [...] | 2006-09-07 13:53:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG KNNP PARM PREL SF |
06PRETORIA4074 | INDIAN PM VISITING SOUTH AFRICA [...] (C) SUMMARY. Indian PM Singh will visit South Africa September 30 - October 3 to discuss political and economic issues, as well as to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the founding of Gandhi's philosophy of non-violence. South African President Mbeki hopes to deepen his political partners [...] | 2006-09-29 14:55:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD ENRG IN SF |
06PRETORIA4597 | NEXT STEPS FOR U.S./SOUTH AFRICA AGREEMENT TO TAKE [...] This cable is sensitive but unclassified. Not for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary. South African government approval will be more likely for a project to take back U.S.-origin nuclear fuel assemblies once a technical feasibility study has been revised by the Department of Energy (D [...] | 2006-11-06 14:34:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG KNNP IAEA PARM PREL SF |
06PRETORIA463 | SOUTH AFRICA: ADVANCING BILATERAL COOPERATION ON [...] (SBU) Summary. On January 30, CDA Teitelbaum raised with Minister of Minerals and Energy Lindiwe Hendricks a number of bilateral cooperation items in the area of nuclear energy. Hendricks said that what remained on the Joint Standing Committee on Nuclear Energy Cooperation was for her to resp [...] | 2006-02-06 12:53:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG KNNP OPDC TRGY SF |
06PRETORIA4659 | SOUTH AFRICA: DOE COMMODITY IDENTIFICATION [...] (SUB) Per Reftel, a diplomatic note was passed October 20 regarding the Department of Energy's (DOE) Commodity Identification Training (CIT) program to Department of Foreign Affairs' (DFA) Nokwazi Mtshali and South African Revenue Services' (SARS) Varsha Singh. Ms. Mtshali responded on Novemb [...] | 2006-11-09 15:15:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG KNNP OTRA PARM SF |
06PRETORIA5005 | SOUTH AFRICA: INTERNATIONAL NUCELAR SAFEGURDS [...] (SBU) This is an Action Cable -- See paragraphs 6 and 8. 2. (SBU) Summary. South Africa Department of Minerals and Energy (DME) Nuclear Chief Tseliso Maquebela requested that the two R&D agreeements under consideration be separated so that South African approval for one of the agreements can [...] | 2006-12-12 13:16:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG PARM PREL ETTC MNUC AORC KNNP KTIA IAEA |
06PRETORIA5042 | BIOFUEL CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS PROGRESS AND OBSTACLES IN THE [...] SUMMARY. An inaugural Biofuels Markets Africa conference took place in Cape Town on November 30 - December 1, 2006. The event attracted over 200 attendees, primarily from African industry and governments. Key topics included government policies and incentives to support investment, producti [...] | 2006-12-18 04:24:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG EAGR SENV ECON EINV SF |
06PRETORIA5043 | AFRICAN BIOFUEL INDUSTRY SHOWS MIXED RESULTS ACROSS THE [...] SUMMARY. An inaugural Biofuels Markets Africa conference took place in Cape Town on November 30 - December 1, 2006. Several case studies on Africa biofuels industries highlighted the status of the industry on the continent. Individual countries have created biofuel industries, but the lack [...] | 2006-12-18 04:24:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG EAGR SENV ECON EINV SF |
06PRETORIA5155 | SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER DECEMBER 29, [...] 1. (U) Summary. This is Volume 6, issue 29 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News weekly newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Economic Indicators Positive for Year-End - Consumer Price Index (CPIX) up 5 Percent - Johannesburg Stock Exchange Hits Record High [...] | 2006-12-29 13:25:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV |
06PRETORIA618 | SOUTH AFRICA: KOEBERG POWER PLANT EXPERIENCING [...] (U) Summary. Eskom is racing against the clock to repair the generator connected to one of two nuclear reactors at its Koeberg power plant located north of Cape Town. Eskom shut down the Koeberg 1 reactor following damage to its dedicated generator reportedly caused when a maintenance team i [...] | 2006-02-13 13:24:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG TRGY SF |
06PRETORIA889 | SOUTH AFRICA: INFORMATION ABOUT PROPOSED [...] (SBU) Summary. Econoff met with Department of Minerals and Energy and Department of Trade and Industry officials to deliver reftel points. In both instances, officials confirmed that they had not notified the WTO Secretariat of the revised regulations gazetted on January 13, and seemed unsure [...] | 2006-03-03 12:25:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ENRG SENV SF |
06PRETORIA955 | SOUTH AFRICA: PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR DISCUSSES [...] (SBU) Summary and Introduction. Econ M/C met March 2 with Alan Hirsch, Chief Director for Economic Policy Coordination in the Presidency, to discuss bilateral economic relations. The discussion included the status of U.S.-SACU free trade negotiations, the launch of the Accelerated and Shared Gr [...] | 2006-03-08 11:07:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EAIR ELAB ECPS ENRG EINV EIND SF |
06PRISTINA545 | KOSOVO: PISG AND WORLD BANK AGREE ON A WAY FORWARD [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified; protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary. The Provisional Institutions of Self- Government (PISG) and the international community, led by the World Bank, have reached agreement on a way forward for development of Kosovo's energy sector. The parties have resolv [...] | 2006-06-23 09:55:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG ECON EFIN EINV PREL YI |
06QUITO1395 | AMBASSADOR VISITS MACHALA AND EL ORO PROVINCE [...] (U) Summary. In a trip to the southern border province of El Oro, the Ambassador visited U.S. company Machala Power's gas platform and electricity generation facilities and heard about their plight in trying to collect nearly $50 million in unpaid bills from GOE-related entities. She inaugura [...] | 2006-06-07 20:22:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EINV ENRG SNAR ECON PREL EC |
06QUITO1735 | LEGISLATION TO REFORM ECUADOR'S ELECTRICITY SECTOR [...] (SBU) Summary. President Palacio submitted to Congress July 10 legislation to reform Ecuador's electricity sector that would represent a significant advance if passed and implemented as proposed. The legislation would make it a crime to steal electricity, recognize almost $1 billion owed by [...] | 2006-07-17 20:07:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG EINV |
06QUITO1803 | ECUADOR,S NEW ECONOMIC CZAR: SCUFFED GOODS, [...] (C) Summary: New Ecuadorian Economy Minister Armando Rodas recently presented a sober six-month economic plan, lending a technocratic polish to an appointment painted in politics. End summary. 2. (C) On July 17, Ecuadorian Minister of Economy and Finance Armando Rodas (for biodata, see reft [...] | 2006-07-21 17:57:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EC EFIN ENRG EPET ETRD PGOV PINR PREL |
06QUITO2011 | ECUADOR'S BACHELET PARTY [...] (U) Summary: Chile's president, Michelle Bachelet, made her inaugural visit to Ecuador August 7-8. She announced several initiatives to deepen trade relations and offer assistance to Ecuador's petroleum sector, while promoting a well-received message of hope, democratic strengthening, econom [...] | 2006-08-10 12:58:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ETRD ENRG EC |
06QUITO2087 | SUBJECT: DEMARCHE REQUEST RE POTENTIAL INDONESIAN [...] (U) This is an action request; see para 7. 2. (SBU) Summary: Press reports indicate Indonesia's state-run oil company Pertamina is interested in running Occidental Petroleum's (Oxy) former Block 15 in Ecuador under an Energy Cooperation MOU signed between the two countries in July. Frenc [...] | 2006-08-18 19:42:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ENRG |
06QUITO2465 | City Oriente Requesting Arbitration [...] (SBU) Summary. City Oriente is presenting on October 10 its request for international arbitration, asserting that its contract has been violated by the revised hydrocarbons law. The company asserts that it is still focused on a negotiated solution, but believes that it should file for arbit [...] | 2006-10-10 19:15:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV EPET ENRG EC |
06QUITO2807 | ELECTRICITY SHORTAGES THREATEN ECUADOR [...] (SBU) Summary: A potential electricity crisis in Ecuador looms once again on the horizon. Growing demand coupled with lack of new investment has resulted in an industry stretched thin. Low rainfall near the main hydroelectric plant in Paute, located in the lowlands of eastern Ecuador, has ag [...] | 2006-11-15 21:19:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG EINV EC |
06QUITO889 | ECUADORIAN LAW VIOLATES CONTRACTS OF OIL COMPANIES [...] (C) Summary: President Palacio's partial veto of new hydrocarbons legislation makes passage of very bad legislation inevitable. Within thirty days, and more likely within two weeks, the legislation will come into force, violating the contracts of two U.S. oil companies (and four companies f [...] | 2006-04-10 22:52:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EINV EC |
06RABAT1254 | MOROCCO EURATOM NOTIFICATION [...] On June 28 Post received a letter signed by Khalid El Mediouri, Director General of the National Center for Energy, Sciences and Nuclear Techniques (CNESTEN),confirming that the transferred nuclear material described in reftel will be used for peaceful purposes and will be subject to the term [...] | 2006-06-28 15:58:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG KNNP KSCA TRGY MO |
06RABAT151 | LIBERALIZATION OF MOROCCO'S ELECTRICITY SECTOR [...] SUMMARY: Morocco is opening its electricity sector to private operators, eliminating restrictions on who can generate and sell electricity to whom, and at what price. Private producers will be able to sell power to any client - including in Europe - through an electrical interconnection with [...] | 2006-01-30 13:57:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG ECON SENV MO |
06RABAT1643 | FURTHER ON MOROCCO'S NUCLEAR ENERGY PLANS [...] (C) Summary: Economic and Commercial Counselors called on National Electricity Office (ONE) Chairman Younes Maamur on August 18 in Casablanca to learn more about ONE's plans to develop nuclear energy to help meet Morocco's burgeoning demand for electricity, a program in which he had earlier t [...] | 2006-09-06 10:56:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON SENV MO |
06RABAT171 | MOROCCO ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS [...] Maroc Telecom's 2005 fourth quarter revenue was up 18 percent over the previous year to $574 million, mostly resulting from the strength of its mobile phone division. The company's mobile phone customer base grew 38 percent during 2005 to 8.8 million. An increase in ADSL internet lines to 24 [...] | 2006-02-02 14:29:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EPCS ENRG EAIR KFLU MO |
06RABAT2205 | NATURAL GAS AND RENEWABLE ENERGY AT CENTER OF [...] (SBU) Summary: Government and private industry came together last month for a one-day conference on Moroccan energy policy, stressing the need for Morocco to reinforce its energy sector and render it more competitive. Diversification of supply was the key message articulated by Prime Minister [...] | 2006-12-01 16:54:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ECON SENV MO |
06RABAT261 | MOROCCO ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS [...] The Government of Morocco (GOM) raised prices on some fuel products on Feb. 9 in a bid to relieve pressure high international oil prices are putting on the state's subsidy mechanism. Premium grade gasoline rose by 1.5 percent to $1.17 per liter and diesel fuel rose by 12 percent to $1.03 per [...] | 2006-02-15 14:36:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ELAB ENRG KIPR SENV MO |
06RABAT732 | ELECTRICITY (IS) NOT STATIC [...] (U) SUMMARY: Director of Moroccan state electricity company Younes Maamar described to Ambassador on April 18 the government's plans to deregulate the electricity sector, stressing the GOM's urgency to diversify its energy sources and his personal preference that Morocco move forward with nuc [...] | 2006-04-21 10:54:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ETTC ECON SENV KNNP MO |
06RABAT880 | MOROCCO ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS [...] Economic and commercial issues dominated Chinese President Hu Jiantao's April 23-25 visit to Morocco - his first stop on a three country Africa tour following his trips to Washington and Riyadh. Responding to Moroccan fears of China's domination of manufactured exports, particularly the text [...] | 2006-05-04 11:04:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD ENRG EFIN EAGR KIPR KTEX MO |
06RANGOON1704 | EYES ON BURMA'S PRIZE: NATURAL GAS [...] (SBU) Summary: New oil and gas discoveries off Burma's northwestern coast have prompted intense international maneuvering as representatives from India, China, Thailand and South Korea vie for investment options, production contracts and purchasing rights to the resources. Although the GOB has [...] | 2006-11-17 02:49:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON PGOV BM |
06RANGOON1818 | BURMA PUMPS OIL AND GAS POTENTIAL FOR CASH NOW [...] (SBU) Summary: Development of Burma's oil and gas reserves continues apace, from existing facilities upgrades to new exploration deals. The government needs hard currency and correctly sees the sector as its best source of revenue. End Summary. Upgrades of Existing Facilities ------------ [...] | 2006-12-22 06:37:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV ENRG BM |
06RANGOON668 | SOCIAL PROJECTS BENEFIT PIPELINE VILLAGES [...] (SBU) Summary: The controversial pipeline running from the Yadana gas field in the Andaman Sea to Thailand is expected to produce over $800 million in revenue this year for its joint venture partners TOTAL, UNOCAL, PTTEP (the Thai government petroleum company),and the Myanmar Oil and Gas Ente [...] | 2006-05-19 09:57:00 | Embassy Rangoon | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG SOCI PGOV BM |
06RECIFE40 | SWEETER ENERGY? NORTHEAST HOPES FOR ETHANOL [...] Summary: Sugar has dominated Brazil's Northeast for centuries, but the boom in ethanol production for fuel has yet to fire up their economy. Only 15 percent of Brazil's ethanol comes from the Northeast compared to 85 percent from the South, even though the harvest seasons are complementary and [...] | 2006-03-13 17:14:00 | Consulate Recife | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ENRG BR |
06RIGA519 | AMBASSADOR BAILEY'S MEETING WITH RUSSIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a June 29 meeting, Ambassador Bailey and Russian Ambassador Kalyuzhny discussed the security situation in Iraq; energy security; Latvian-Russian bilateral relations; the NATO Summit; the recent visit of Latvian President Vaira Vike-Freiberga to the U.S.; and Russia's desire to [...] | 2006-07-03 07:28:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD ENRG ECON WTO RS LG |
06RIGA577 | NAZERBAYEV'S VISIT TO LATVIA [...] (C) Summary: The visit to Latvia by Kazakh President Nazerbayev was mainly focused on building economic ties between the two countries. The Kazakhs already have a heavy investment in a grain port in Latvia and would like to use the oil terminal at Ventspils to ship their oil. The two countri [...] | 2006-07-21 08:44:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG ECON OSCE RU KZ LG |
06RIGA852 | LATVIA/RUSSIA: POSITIVE ATMOSPHERE AT AGREEMENT [...] (C) Summary: The Latvian visit to Moscow October 13 to sign two bilateral agreements went well and the GOL was encouraged by the positive reception by Econ/trade minister Gref. Absent was the usual Russian complaints on treatment of ethnic Russians in Latvia. The Russians expressed a desire [...] | 2006-10-18 07:58:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON ENRG GE RS LG |
06RIGA870 | TRUTH TO POWER: KALVITIS SPEAKS BLUNTLY TO PUTIN [...] (C/NF) Summary: According to the Latvians, PM Kalvitis got to the heart of the matter with Russian President Putin at the EU dinner in Lahti on October 20, asking why, if energy was not a political tool, there is no Russian oil in the Latvian port of Ventspils and the Lithuanian facility of Ma [...] | 2006-10-23 15:09:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL ENRG RS LG |
06RIODEJANEIRO234 | Petrobras Seeking Alternatives to Bolivian Gas [...] (SBU) In a recent conversation with Consul General, Petrobras officials indicated that they did not anticipate that the Bolivia-Brazil crisis will lead to any short or medium term disruption in gas supply to Brazil. Petrobras, however, will accelerate the development of gas reserves in the Sa [...] | 2006-05-24 16:41:00 | Consulate Rio De Janeiro | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG ECON PGOV PREL BR |
06RIODEJANEIRO455 | THE AMBASSADOR'S MEETINGS WITH BNDES AND FIRJAN [...] Ambassador Sobel, accompanied by the CG, Principal Commercial Officer, and Conoff met on August 21, with the President and senior officials of the Brazilian National Economic and Social Development Bank (BNDES),a federal agency which is the chief source of long-term funding for projects to pro [...] | 2006-09-11 11:37:00 | Consulate Rio De Janeiro | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV ETRD ENRG PGOV BR |
06RIODEJANEIRO84 | The State of Rio de Janeiro's Biodiesel Program [...] Summary. In terms of monetary support for biodiesel, the state of Rio de Janeiro is out in front of the Brazilian federal government. The Rio State program includes research, tax breaks, and production support, combined with more ambitious targets in terms of the percentage of biodiesel mixe [...] | 2006-02-24 10:53:00 | Consulate Rio De Janeiro | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET ENRG BR |
06RIYADH123 | DHAHRAN DIGEST 4 [...] (C) One of post's Shi'a contacts, Mohammad Alltaleb, who doesn't mince words and, if his stories are true, is equally brazen in his actions, says he recently applied to the local branch of the Ministry of Social Affairs to start a self-help organization, with the goal of seeking MEPI funding. [...] | 2006-01-08 13:06:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV ENRG SCUL KWMN SA |
06RIYADH2793 | POTENTIAL NEW REVENUE-SHARING AGREEMENT BETWEEN [...] (C) In a conversation on April 13, two expatriate analysts at Saudi Aramco told PAO and EconOff that Aramco and the SAG were in the process of making a significant change to their revenue-sharing practices. In the past, they explained, Aramco had reserved from its revenue stream the amount n [...] | 2006-04-17 13:52:00 | Embassy Riyadh | SECRET//NOFORN | EPET ENRG EFIN PGOV SA |
06RIYADH3147 | ARAMCO VP THINKS KARAN GAS DISCOVERY WILL PROVE "A [...] (C) Summary: Yousef Rafie, Saudi Aramco's Senior VP for Gas Operations, expanded on press reports of Aramco's recent discovery of gas in the Karan field, saying that the exploratory well was drilled into the first layer of the deep Khuff formation and was producing dry gas. He estimated res [...] | 2006-04-27 10:48:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG EINV PREL SA |
06RIYADH3766 | ARAMCO CONSULTANT DOUBTS ARAMCO CAN MOVE PAST 12.5 [...] (C) An American expatriate who is a senior consultant to Saudi Aramco on oil drilling operations told the CG recently that he doubted Aramco would be able to develop a maximum sustainable oil production capacity (MSC) "much beyond" 12.5 million barrels per day after 2009. (Note: Aramco's cur [...] | 2006-05-16 06:54:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON SA |
06RIYADH3852 | ARAMCO CEO: THE OIL ERA IS NOT OVER [...] (C) At a dinner on May 14 hosted by businessman Badr Al-Suwaidan, President and CEO of Al-Bilad, and attended by the CG and FCS Off, Abdullah Jumah, CEO of Saudi Aramco, commented in response to a query that U.S. energy policy is "confusing" and "has no logic." He claimed that the U.S. was s [...] | 2006-05-20 08:06:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET PREL PINR SA |
06RIYADH5079 | USD EDELMAN'S MEETING WITH ASSISTANT MOI PRINCE [...] (S) Summary: Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Eric Edelman discussed detainees, helicopters, infrastructure security, Iraq, and border security during a June 6 meeting with Assistant Minister of Interior for Security Affairs Prince Muhammad bin Naif. Prince Muhammad confirmed that the SA [...] | 2006-06-25 04:36:00 | Embassy Riyadh | SECRET | SA MARR PBTS PGOV PINR PINS PTER ENRG |
06RIYADH7501 | SAUDIS SHOW HIGH LEVEL OF INTEREST IN MEGAPORTS [...] (S) Summary and Comment: The SAG appears to be seriously considering implementing the Megaports Initiative (MI) to provide radiological/nuclear materials detection equipment in the Kingdom's two largest ports of Jeddah and Dammam. During their September 8-13 Megaports outreach visit to the Ki [...] | 2006-09-26 14:07:00 | Embassy Riyadh | SECRET | KNNP ENRG PARM OTRA PREL PGOV SA |
06RIYADH8253 | ARABIAN CHEVRON,S VIEWS ON THE REFINERY DISPUTE [...] (C) This is a response to an action request, Ref B, for additional background for a 17 October meeting between P and Chevron CEO Reilly regarding a SAG disagreement with Kuwaiti plans to construct a refinery in the Partitioned Neutral Zone (PNZ) shared by the two countries. Executives from A [...] | 2006-10-16 16:03:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG EINV PREL KU SA |
06RIYADH8836 | SAUDIS BOLSTER TROOP NUMBERS FOR ENERGY SECURITY, [...] (S/NF) In a series of meetings with the Saudi Ministry of Interior (MOI) from November 10-11, a joint State/Energy visiting delegation learned that the Saudis have made progress in improving security at critical energy facilities. A force of more than 35,000 soldiers, temporarily drawn from [...] | 2006-11-13 13:46:00 | Embassy Riyadh | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC ENRG EPET PGOV PINR PREL PTER SA |
06ROME1005 | EUR DAS BRYZA DISCUSSES CASPIAN BASIN NATURAL GAS [...] (U) Summary: In March 17 meetings, GOI officials in the Ministries of Foreign Affairs, Productive Activities, and the Prime Minister's office concurred with EUR DAS Matthew Bryza's assessment of the risk to Italian and European energy security of Gazprom's dominance of natural gas shipments t [...] | 2006-04-04 04:36:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ENRG EPET RU IR QA IT |
06ROME1335 | GOI PARTICIPATION IN TRANSATLANTIC ENERGY [...] (C) As instructed reftel, DCM and A/Ecmin met April 28 with Dutch DCM Joost Reintjes and Senior Economic Advisor Chris Schoenmakers to discuss European energy security issues and GON plans for a May 18 Conference on Transatlantic Energy Security. DCM Reintjes requested USG assistance in dete [...] | 2006-05-05 13:56:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET ECON PREL IT EU |
06ROME1667 | EDISON ITALIA OUTLINES THE WAY FORWARD FOR [...] (SBU) Summary. A/EcMin met May 25 with Roberto Poti, Edison Italia's Vice President for Corporate Development, to discuss Edison's investment in the Turkey-Greece-Italy Interconnector pipeline designed to ship Azeri natural gas to Europe. Edison has partnered with DEPA, Greece's state-owned [...] | 2006-06-06 05:10:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG EPET AZ TU GR AL IT |
06ROME2217 | ITALIAN TRADE AND INVESTMENT IN LIBYA [...] (U) The importance of Libyan oil and gas to the Italian electricity industry has ensured a steady stream of trade and investment between the two countries, notwithstanding Libya's sometimes difficult business environment. Italian trade and investment outside the energy sector is virtually no [...] | 2006-08-08 08:50:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ENRG ETRD LY IT |
06ROME2257 | ITALY'S TRADE AND INVESTMENT RELATIONS WITH RUSSIA [...] (U) Summary. Italy and Russia are major trading partners, with the bulk of trade comprised of natural gas exports from Russia to Italy. While the GOI has expressed concern over Italy's dependence on Russian natural gas, Italy has not yet aggressively pursued alternative sources of energy. [...] | 2006-08-10 15:00:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG ECON ETRD RU IT |
06ROME2281 | ITALIAN TRADE AND INVESTMENT IN VENEZUELA [...] (U) The presence of a large Italian community in Venezuela has allowed Italian products to occupy a privileged space on Venezuelan shelves in the past. However, the GOV's termination of a service contract held by Eni, Italy's oil and gas parastatal, to operate the Dacion oilfield has now crea [...] | 2006-08-11 15:46:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ENRG ETRD IT VE |
06ROME2288 | ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MINISTER BERSANI CHARTS WAY [...] (U) Summary: In a courtesy call by Ambassador Spogli August 2, Economic Development Minister Pierluigi Bersani outlined his plans for further economic liberalization and identified barriers to reform. He expressed enthusiasm for the Ambassador's Partnership for Growth, and said Italian compa [...] | 2006-08-14 09:11:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD ENRG IT |
06ROME2698 | Edison Optimistic on Prospects of Turkey-Greece-Italy [...] In a meeting with A/Ecmin and ConGen Milan representatives, Roberto Poti, Vice President for Business Development of Edison, Italy's second largest energy company, expressed confidence that the natural gas pipeline connecting Greece and Italy will be completed by 2010. Obstacles remaining inc [...] | 2006-09-25 15:36:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET ENRG ETRD AJ AL RS TU GR IR IT |
06ROME2699 | TURKEY-GREECE-ITALY PIPELINE - EDISON DISCUSSIONS [...] Roberto Poti, Edison Vice President for Business Development, called EconCounselor September 18 to relate details of his September 11 meeting with Turkish Energy Minister Hilmi Guler regarding the Turkey-Greece-Italy (TGI) pipeline construction. 2. Poti described the meeting as "very posit [...] | 2006-09-25 15:45:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET ENRG ETRD AJ AL RS TU GR IR IT |
06ROME324 | GOI CLARIFIES SCAJOLA REMARKS ON UKRAINE-RUSSIA [...] (C) Summary. During a February 1 meeting with Econoff, Ministry of Productive Activities (MPA) Diplomatic Advisor Ambassador Gabriele Checchia backed away from MPA Minister Claudia Scajola's statement that Ukraine is "taking" Russian gas meant for Italy, and said Italy will support Ukrainian [...] | 2006-02-03 13:52:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON IT UP RU |
06ROME3379 | ITALIAN ENERGY SUPPLIES PROJECTED TO BE ADEQUATE [...] (U) Summary. Italian officials are optimistic Italy will not experience a repeat of last winter's energy shortages. Energy analysts point to a mild winter, gas reserves higher than last year, and Italy's increased ability to switch natural gas-fired power plants to oil. Looking past Italy's [...] | 2006-12-27 16:38:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG EPET ECON RU IT |
06ROME338 | ITALY FACING AN ENERGY CRISIS? [...] (C) Summary: An unexpectedly cold winter and miscalculation of the rate at which Italy consumes natural gas may mean that Italy will not have sufficient gas reserves to generate electricity for the remainder of the winter, according to knowledgeable Embassy sources. In a worst case scenari [...] | 2006-02-03 17:44:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON EPET IT EUN |
06ROME439 | DISPOSITION OF ELK RIVER SPENT NUCLEAR FUEL: [...] (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: On February 6, the Ambassador received a letter from Gianni Letta, Under Secretary to the Council of Ministers requesting assistance SIPDIS to return to the United States 64 thorium-uranium bundles of spent nuclear fuel (SNF) originally from the Elk River, [...] | 2006-02-13 17:09:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG KNNP KSTC IT ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS |
06ROME450 | FINI-LAVROV MEETING: RUSSIA CAN PLAY A ROLE IN [...] (C) Summary. Antonio Cascio, an official in the Russia/Central Asian Department of the Italian MFA, told poloff that during a visit to Rome on February 7, Russian FM Lavrov told Italian FM Fini that Russia can play an important and constructive role in the Middle East. Lavrov told Fini the I [...] | 2006-02-14 15:59:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ENRG RU IT |
06ROME727 | ITALY TAKES A WAIT-AND-SEE APPROACH ON U.S.-INDIA [...] (U) SciCouns and EconOff delivered reftel talking points to Filippo Formica, head of the MFA's Arms Control and Disarmament Office in the MFA's Directorate General for Multilateral Political Affairs and Human Rights. Formica said the GOI does not have a final position on supporting the U.S [...] | 2006-03-09 06:14:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ENRG KSCA PARM KNNP ETTC IN IT |
06ROME834 | SCENESETTER FOR EUR DAS BRYZA'S MARCH 17 VISIT TO [...] (C) Embassy Rome welcomes the visit of EUR DAS Matthew Bryza to Rome March 17. DAS Bryza's visit comes in the midst of a natural gas shortage here in Italy that has caused gas delivery interruptions to industrial customers and highlighted the inadequacies of Italy's energy infrastructure; an [...] | 2006-03-16 13:14:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG EPET ETRD IT |
06ROME903 | SENDING SPENT ELK RIVER FUEL TO INDIA [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 2. 2. (U) As instructed reftel, the Ambassador wrote to Prime Ministry Under Secretary Gianni Letta February 28 that the United States could not accept the uranium-thorium spent nuclear fuel stored at the Trisaia Research Center (ITREC) in [...] | 2006-03-22 15:38:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG IT KNNP KSCA EUN |
06SANAA2136 | YEMEN LNG ON FAST TRACK WITH SUPPORT FROM SALEH; [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a July 22 meeting with Econoff, Karim Abuhamad of the Yemen Liquid Natural Gas Company (YLNG) said that construction was underway on the LNG pipeline and that the project was back on schedule. The company is close to an agreement with the ROYG on resolving legal ownership of ga [...] | 2006-07-26 12:15:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON EINV EPET ENRG YM |
06SANAA579 | SUPPORTING THE U.S.-INDIA CIVIL NUCLEAR [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-07 09:34:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ENRG KNNP ETTC IN YM |
06SANAA843 | LNG STEAMS AHEAD; INVESTORS WONDER IF YEMEN IS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The biggest investment deal in Yemen's history is becoming reality. On March 6, Ambassador met Joel Fort, General Manager of the Yemen Liquid Natural Gas Company (YLNG) to discuss the status of the project. YLNG is currently finishing preparatory work for the pipeline and liquef [...] | 2006-03-26 07:13:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON EINV EPET ENRG YM |
06SANJOSE549 | COSTA RICA RESPONSE TO U.S./INDIA NUCLEAR AGREEMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-08 19:30:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ENRG KSCA IN PARM KNNP ETTC CS |
06SANSALVADOR1887 | THE GOES PUSHES FOR A CHANGE IN WATER LEGISLATION [...] SUMMARY: The Salvadoran Ministry of Environment presented to Embassy officials a review of a draft Water Law to be submitted to the Assembly later this year. This new law would represent an important change in the management of water in El Salvador. The government-owned water utility (ANDA) [...] | 2006-07-28 16:45:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ENRG EAGR SENV ES |
06SANSALVADOR235 | EL SALVADOR VIEWS ON MESOAMERICAN ENERGY INITIATIVE [...] (SBU) The Government of El Salvador (GOES) has expressed interest in the Mesoamerican Energy Initiative (PIEM) and will participate in related working groups, but the GOES appears to be not yet convinced of the feasibility of the proposal or its benefits for Central America. After the Mexica [...] | 2006-01-31 00:12:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET ECON ES |
06SANSALVADOR2514 | ADVANCING U.S. EFFORTS ON WATER AND SANITATION IN EL [...] This cable responds to Ref. A. Water is an important topic in El Salvador as the country wrestles with issues such as access to drinking water, management of water infrastructure by the national administrator, aquifer depletion, conservation, and strains caused by development. The USG has op [...] | 2006-10-17 21:10:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ENRG EAGR SENV ES |
06SANSALVADOR853 | FMLN MAYORS MOVE FORWARD ON OIL IMPORT AGREEMENT [...] (C) Summary: On March 20, an association of FMLN mayors formalized an arrangement with Venezuela's PDVSA to import Venezuelan fuel on preferential terms. Allegedly a proposal of now-deceased FMLN leader Schafik Handal, the government-mayor deal has been accepted by the economic and politi [...] | 2006-03-29 22:02:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG PREL ES VE |
06SANTIAGO1889 | ENERGY NEEDS MOVE CHILE TO CONSIDER BIOFUELS, [...] (U) Summary. Chile has felt its energy dependency more strongly this year than usual. From spiking world oil prices to the occasional cutoff of gas from Argentina, there has been nothing but bad news on energy. As part of an effort to diversify energy sources and to boost foreign direct inve [...] | 2006-09-06 15:45:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG EPET EAGR SENV CI |
06SANTIAGO2118 | CHILE ENERGY PROFILE AND POTENTIAL FOR BIOFUELS [...] (U) Summary. Energy security is a top priority for Chile. It has limited domestic energy resources and depends on imports. Argentina's own gas crisis forced Chile to encourage new investment in energy generation, from both conventional and non-conventional sources. The GOC has implemented an [...] | 2006-10-11 12:34:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG EPET EAGR SENV CI |
06SANTIAGO431 | CHILE: BRITISH GAS WINS BID TO BUILD [...] (U) Summary: British Gas (BG) beat out other international competitors to secure a USD 400 million contract to build a liquid natural gas (LNG) facility on Chile's central coast at Quintero. Chile's state-owned oil company ENAP hopes this mega-project will reduce Chile's dependence on Argent [...] | 2006-03-02 13:19:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG PREL CI |
06SANTIAGO908 | CHILE: BOLIVIA GAS NATIONALIZATON PROMPTS [...] (C) Summary. Chile's government has reacted cautiously in public to Evo Morales' move to nationalize Bolivia's natural gas. Chile's media has reported unemotionally on the events in Bolivia, but editorials have expressed concern about regional effects. In private, Chilean officials are worri [...] | 2006-05-03 18:44:00 | Embassy Santiago | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG EPET EINV PREL CI BL BR CU VE |
06SANTODOMINGO1652 | DOMINICAN GOVERNMENT SAYS IT WANTS TO RENEGOTIATE [...] (U) In late April the Dominican Commission for the Renegotiation of Contracts in the Electric Sector publicized its formal decision to seek renegotiation of contracts signed by the government and electricity generators, alleging that technical flaws in the formulas are resulting in excessive [...] | 2006-05-18 22:31:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | DR ENRG ECON EINV EFIN |
06SANTODOMINGO1689 | DOMINICAN FM INVITES SECRETARY RICE TO REGIONAL [...] (SBU) Dominican Foreign Minister Carlos Morales Troncoso has formally invited Secretary Rice to attend a June 2-3 extraordinary meeting of the 8 countries that are members of the Central American System of Integration. The presidents of Colombia and Mexico are invited. Dominicans will consid [...] | 2006-05-23 17:43:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OPDC PREL DR ENRG |
06SANTODOMINGO1912 | DEPUTY SECRETARY,S TOUR D,HORIZON WITH PRESIDENT [...] (C) Summary. Dominican President Fernandez used a wide-ranging meeting with the Deputy Secretary June 4 to elicit support from within his own implementation team to take the steps needed to bring CAFTA-DR into force by August. Urged by the Deputy Secretary to support Guatemala for a seat o [...] | 2006-06-07 15:18:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG PREL PGOV KCRM KIPR KUNP HA DR |
06SANTODOMINGO267 | DOMINICANS WILL INVITE PRESIDENT BUSH TO MAY 28-29 [...] (C) The Dominican Foreign Minister is moving quickly to mobilize heads of state for a "counter-Petrocaribe" summit in late May and hopes to get Latin American partners to help persuade President Bush to attend. 2. (C) Dominican Foreign Minister Carlos Morales Tronocos reiterated to the Amb [...] | 2006-01-25 20:22:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | CONFIDENTIAL | DR ENRG IN KTIA OVIP PGOV PREL |
06SANTODOMINGO2908 | DOMINICAN PRESIDENT FERNANDEZ'S CONFERENCE ON THE [...] (U) Summary. On September 8-9 President Fernandez is hosting a national conference with roughly 300 public and private participants from the electricity sector. The conference will focus on a report presented to President Fernandez in March 2006 by Adam Smith International (ASI) regarding t [...] | 2006-09-11 11:09:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON DR |
06SANTODOMINGO3248 | BIOFUELS IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC [...] (U) Summary. For 2006, the Dominican Republic is expected to spend close to 8 percent of its GDP on petroleum imports, similar to 2005. The government understands the need to diversify its fuel strategy to lower energy costs, especially in the electricity sector. Although a renewable energ [...] | 2006-10-13 17:48:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PREL PGOV ENRG |
06SANTODOMINGO3285 | ELECTRICITY SERIES #1: WHO'S GOT THE POWER IN THE [...] (U) This is the first cable of a series on the politics surrounding the electricity sector and why politics and not economics is the cause of the electricity crisis in the Dominican Republic. Contending institutions oversee Dominican electricity policy and regulation. Recent changes suggest [...] | 2006-10-19 11:21:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG PREL EFIN DR |
06SANTODOMINGO3386 | DOMINICAN ELECTRICITY SERIES #2: INSISTING ON [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-30 14:02:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ENRG PREL EFIN DR |
06SANTODOMINGO3387 | DOMINICAN ELECTRICITY SERIES #2: INSISTING ON [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-30 14:03:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG PREL EFIN DR |
06SANTODOMINGO3409 | DOMINICAN ELECTRICITY SERIES #3: FINISH WHAT YOU [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-31 20:55:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG PREL EFIN DR |
06SANTODOMINGO3439 | TRANSPORTATION UNION ANNOUNCES PLANS FOR [...] (U) SUMMARY: The National Center for Unified Transit Workers (CNTU) has announced plans for marches and strikes on November 4 and 7 (during and after a three-day weekend) and an extended strike on November 16-17. CNTU leader Ramon Perez Figuereo predicts more than 30,000 of his union's memb [...] | 2006-11-05 13:14:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ELAB EPET ENRG PGOV DR |
06SANTODOMINGO3733 | DOMINICAN ELECTRICITY SECTOR - DEMANDING [...] (SBU) Summary. Since September 2006, the Dominican Republic has held four conferences on electricity sector reforms. The result is that the government wants to renegotiate the contracts but the generators do not; the private sector wants the government to criminalize the act of stealing ele [...] | 2006-12-13 18:44:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | DR ECON ENRG PGOV PREL EINV |
06SANTODOMINGO987 | DOMINICAN ELECTRICITY CRISIS CONTINUES--NO CHANGE [...] Summary. The Dominican Republic continues to experience frequent localized electrical power blackouts that can last more than twelve hours a day. Energy sector problems hinder economic competitiveness and create widespread public dissatisfaction. Supply shortfalls in the sector can be attr [...] | 2006-03-22 12:57:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | DR ENRG PGOV |
06SAOPAULO1002 | SOUTHWEST BRAZIL: CATTLE CRISIS, POROUS BORDER, AND U.S. [...] (SBU) Consul General (CG) recently visited Brazil's southwestern border state of Mato Grosso do Sul. Meetings with representatives of the cattle ranching sector and government researchers shed light on an economic dichotomy in the Brazilian beef industry today: Drought conditions, market worr [...] | 2006-09-18 13:36:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAGR ETRD ENRG SENV KPAO EINV ECON BR |
06SAOPAULO1137 | AMBASSADOR SOBEL'S MEETINGS ON ETHANOL IN SAO PAULO [...] Summary: During his October 4-10 visit to Sao Paulo, Ambassador Sobel met with the new country president of Archer Daniels Midland (ADM),who advised that prospects for new infrastructure investment in Brazil are poor and that the company does not plan to produce ethanol outside the U.S. The [...] | 2006-10-24 12:41:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ENRG ETRD EINV BR |
06SAOPAULO1143 | BG VIEWS BOLIVIAN GAS CONTRACT AS UNACCEPTABLE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Sao Paulo-based British Gas (BG) Executive Vice President for South America Rick Waddell called DPO on Oct. 20 to discuss ongoing gas contract negotiations with the Bolivian Government. Due to a series of unrealistic demands, Waddell deemed the Bolivian model contract completely [...] | 2006-10-24 19:39:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG EINV ECON BR BL |
06SAOPAULO352 | VISIT OF CODEL GRASSLEY TO SAO PAULO: ETHANOL AND [...] Senator Charles Grassley (IA) - Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee - and his delegation visited Maringa, Parana state and Sao Paulo, March 22-23. Other members of the delegation included Senators Crapo (ID) and Allard (CO); Representatives Peterson (MN),English (PA),King (IA),Issa (CA [...] | 2006-03-31 17:58:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP PGOV PREL EAGR ECON ENRG BR |
06SAOPAULO436 | CODEL GRASSLEY: FRANK DISCUSSIONS ON TRADE IN SAO PAULO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During its recent visit to Sao Paulo, CODEL Grassley engaged in vigorous and sometimes contentious discussions with representatives of Brazil's private sector over U.S. and Brazilian trade policies and different approaches to bilateral and multilateral trade negotiations. Braz [...] | 2006-04-25 18:18:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP PGOV PREL ETRD EAGR ECON ENRG BR |
06SAOPAULO464 | MULTINATIONAL'S CONCERNS ABOUT BOLIVIAN GAS [...] (SBU) Summary: The Sao Paulo-based head of British Gas (BG) for South America expressed grave concerns about the May 1 Bolivian Government decree nationalizing natural gas production. Brazil's Petrobras was hit the worst of all the multinational companies, losing much of its revenue stream in [...] | 2006-05-03 14:04:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET EINV ECON PGOV PREL BL BR |
06SAOPAULO512 | SAO PAULO PERSPECTIVES ON BOLIVIAN GAS SITUATION [...] (U) Representatives of Sao Paulo's leading industrial federation indicate that while gas supplies from Bolivia remain stable after that country's May 1 hydrocarbons nationalization announcement (refs B-C),Brazilian industries relying on gas are very price-sensitive, and short-term cost increas [...] | 2006-05-11 18:42:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG ECON PGOV PREL EIND EINV BR |
06SAOPAULO675 | COMMERCE SECRETARY PROMOTES U.S. EXPORTS, PUSHES [...] During his June 7-8 visit to Sao Paulo, Secretary of Commerce Carlos M. Gutierrez discussed intellectual property rights with the Governors of four states and attended a meeting of the Sao Paulo State Interagency Committee to Combat Piracy; met with leaders of major business and industrial gro [...] | 2006-06-16 16:30:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | UNCLASSIFIED | OVIP ETRD BEXP KIPR EINV PGOV EAGR ENRG BR |
06SARAJEVO1634 | BOSNIA'S FRACTURED ENERGY LANDSCAPE [...] Summary: The energy market in Bosnia and Herzegovina is a reflection of the ethnic politics that have caused damage and hindered progress in the country as a whole. The electricity sector is still separated between the sub-national government "entities," and there is an ethnic identificatio [...] | 2006-07-20 15:31:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG ECON AID BK |
06SEOUL1034 | PRESIDENT ROH VISITS AFRICA TO FURTHER ECONOMIC [...] (C) MOFAT officials told poloff that President Roh Moo-Hyun's March 6-13 visit to Egypt, Nigeria and Algeria as well as his meeting with the Secretary General of the League of Arab States on March 8, focused on improving economic cooperation and bilateral relations. Roh and Egyptian Presiden [...] | 2006-03-29 08:41:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG KS |
06SEOUL1396 | SOUTH KOREA'S NUCLEAR POWER PROGRAM: STATUS [...] This year marks the 50th anniversary of U.S.-Korea cooperation in the field of civilian nuclear energy, begun with the signing in 1956 of the bilateral Agreement for Cooperation on Civil Uses of Nuclear Energy. This fact will be commemorated during the 27th meeting of the Joint Standing Comm [...] | 2006-04-26 08:01:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | TRGY ENRG KNNP KSCA SENV KS |
06SEOUL1629 | Round-Up of North-South Exchanges: April 2006 [...] North-South exchanges during April included cooperative efforts to preserve historic relics in the North, as well as practical exchanges in the agricultural, cultural and athletic fields. South Korea's humanitarian assistance to the North during April appeared to be smaller than in previous m [...] | 2006-05-15 22:36:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV ENRG SOCI ETRD KS KN |
06SEOUL4326 | KOREA RENEWS CONTRIBUTION TO HELP REPLACE RUSSIAN [...] In December 2005, the Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT) signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the U.S. Department of Energy to enable it to contribute to the Elimination of Weapons-Grade Plutonium Production (EWGPP) Program (Ref A). Korea contribued USD 250,000 in 2005 [...] | 2006-12-20 00:30:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM ENRG KNNP KS RS |
06SEOUL4334 | DOE SECRETARY BODMAN REVIEWS ENERGY PARTNERSHIP WITH KOREA [...] Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman visited South Korea December 12-13. In meetings with the Minister of Commerce, Industry and Energy and the Deputy Prime Minister for Science and Technology, Secretary Bodman reviewed U.S.-Korea collaboration, and sought to SIPDIS advance it in areas such as [...] | 2006-12-20 05:42:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG OVIP TRGY KS |
06SEOUL769 | ROK AND JAPAN AGREE ON KEDO TERMINATION PACKAGE [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 9 the ROK passed to us a "Proposed Draft Resolution on the Termination of the LWR Project." The ROK proposes that the Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organization meet on April 10-11 to adopt the resolution and requests a response from the United States as soon as [...] | 2006-03-10 06:26:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ENRG ETTC KS KN |
06SEOUL876 | FOLLOW-UP DEMARCHE FOR U.S.-INDIA CIVIL NUCLEAR [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-17 09:07:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KNNP ENRG IN KS |
06SINGAPORE1153 | SINGAPORE COMMENCES MEGAPORTS PILOT PROJECT [...] (SBU) The Department of Energy and Singapore on April 4 commenced joint operations of a Second Line of Defense (SLD) Megaports pilot project at Singapore's Pasir Panjang Terminal (PPT). Radiation detectors installed at two of the terminal's five truck lanes will monitor export containers and [...] | 2006-04-11 03:06:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EWWT TRGY KSCA KNNP PARM PTER SN |
06SINGAPORE2120 | FIRST MEGAPORTS PILOT PROJECT REVIEW CONCLUDED [...] (SBU) Summary: The Department of Energy (DOE) and Singapore Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) recently concluded a first review of the Megaports pilot project (reftel),with a tentative agreement to expand the program in Singapore to include more transshipped cargo. ICA officials t [...] | 2006-06-30 01:59:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EWWT TRGY KSCA KNNP PARM PTER SN |
06SKOPJE1117 | MACEDONIA: GOM FACING POTENTIAL POLITICAL FALLOUT [...] (SBU) Macedonia,s new government faces several critical challenges in the electricity market. In the short-term, the supply of available electricity may not be sufficient to meet demand this winter. In addition, the newly privatized electricity distribution company is beginning to enforce p [...] | 2006-11-27 16:11:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ECON EINV EAID MK |
06SOFIA1162 | BULGARIA SPARRING AGAINST RUSSIAN ENERGY DEPENDENCE [...] (C) SUMMARY/ACTION REQUEST: Bulgarian leaders are battling against the grip that Russia increasingly holds over the energy sector here, but are struggling to strengthen their position. President Purvanov and Prime Minister Stanishev appear especially concerned; Minister of Economy and Energy [...] | 2006-08-15 13:36:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON EPET PREL BU |
06SOFIA1233 | BULGARIA SUPPORTIVE ON U.S.-INDIA DEAL [...] (SBU) On August 28 we delivered reftel demarche to Elizabeth Konstantinova of the MFA's International Security Directorate. While hesitating to commit to a statement at the NSG meeting, she emphasized Bulgaria's overall support for the U.S.-India Civil Nuclear Cooperation Initiative. Specific [...] | 2006-08-30 15:23:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PARM ETTC ENRG MNUC KNNP TRGY BU |
06SOFIA1293 | BULGARIA'S UNTAPPED RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES [...] SUMMARY: Bulgaria's alternative and renewable energy sources hold great potential, but most will go unrealized for the foreseeable future due to a lack of financial and manpower resources and a comprehensive national plan. Diversification of the energy sector is nonexistent. In 2004, 96 per [...] | 2006-09-12 12:10:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG ECON ETRD BU |
06SOFIA1320 | BULGARIAN BIOFUEL INDUSTRY [...] SUMMARY: The Bulgarian biofuels industry is just getting off the ground. Biodiesel and bioethanol (see Definitions at bottom) are currently produced only in small quantities, although an increasing number of investors are constructing facilities for production of biofuels, mainly biodiesel. [...] | 2006-09-15 10:55:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ENRG ECON ETRD BU |
06SOFIA1481 | BULGARIA FAVORS RUSSIAN BID TO BUILD BELENE NPP [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with the Ambassador Oct. 19, Energy/Economy Minister Rumen Ovcharov confirmed press reports that Bulgaria has decided in favor of the Russian/European consortium for construction of a new nuclear plant at Belene. Ovcharov acknowledged a link between the Belene decis [...] | 2006-10-24 12:18:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON EPET PREL RU GR BU |
06SOFIA1554 | BULGARIA, TURKEY AND GREECE WANT MORE U.S. [...] (C) SUMMARY: Political and energy leaders from Bulgaria, Greece and Turkey told EUR DAS Bryza on November 3 that the U.S should play a stronger role in ensuring diversity of energy supply - particularly gas - in the region. Bryza stressed the need for countries in the region to work together [...] | 2006-11-09 15:44:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG PGOV RU BU |
06SOFIA1560 | B-A OIL PIPELINE: SIGNS OF PROGRESS; BULGARIA AND [...] (C) SUMMARY Greek and Bulgarian officials described to EUR DAS Matt Bryza progress on the Burgas-Alexandropoulis (B-A) oil pipeline during his November 3 visit to Sofia. The Greek consortium plans to transfer most of its shares to international private sector participants, including Chevron, [...] | 2006-11-14 10:04:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG PGOV RU BU |
06SOFIA1691 | DIRTY ENERGY: CORRUPTION AND LACK OF TRANSPARENCY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Cleaning up pernicious corruption in Bulgaria's powerful (and often murky) energy sector, where cronyism is alive and well, should rank high on Bulgaria's to do list. A closer look at the sector reveals an ideal environment for graft and abuse. Accounting for a significant shar [...] | 2006-12-20 13:52:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ETRD KCOR KCRM PGOV PREL BU |
06SOFIA1696 | BULGARIA LOCKS IN NEW DEAL WITH GAZPROM UNTIL 2030 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Bulgaria signed December 18 a deal with Russian gas giant Gazprom, guaranteeing Russian natural gas deliveries and transit until 2030. Insiders tell us the price of gas will gradually rise 40 percent by 2012 - largely due to the termination of the agreement to barter gas in lieu [...] | 2006-12-21 13:41:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ECON RU BU |
06SOFIA190 | BELENE NUCLEAR PLANT: KEY TO DIVERSIFICATION, [...] (C) SUMMARY: The EU requirement that Bulgaria close Kozloduy Nuclear reactors 3 and 4 by the end of the year as part of the accession process, combined with increased international gas and oil prices and pressure by Russia's Gazprom to renegotiate gas delivery contracts, has focused the GOB [...] | 2006-02-03 11:58:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON ETRD TRGY EINV EPET PREL SENV RU BU |
06SOFIA202 | UNDER THE YOKE: BULGARIA'S DEPENDENCE ON RUSSIAN OIL AND GAS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Sixteen years after the dissolution of the Warsaw Pact, Bulgaria still finds itself under the Russian energy yoke. Bulgaria receives 88 percent of its natural gas from Gazprom or one of its sister companies, and 73 percent of its oil from Russia. As it awaits entry into the EU [...] | 2006-02-08 11:57:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON ETRD TRGY EINV EPET PREL SENV |
06SOFIA310 | BULGARIAN ENERGY MINISTER'S MEETINGS IN MOSCOW [...] (C) SUMMARY: Economy and Energy Minister Rumen Ovcharov called his January 31 - February 1 meetings with Russian energy officials constructive and productive, in contrast to the bad taste left by Gazprom's heavy-handed approach to PM Stanishev in Sofia last December (Ref A.) Bulgaria and Russ [...] | 2006-03-02 10:27:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET PREL RU BU |
06SOFIA395 | BULGARIA REACTS TO THE U.S.-INDIA CIVIL NUCLEAR [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Elizabeth Konstantinova in the MFA's NATO and International Security Directorate March 13. Konstantinova said the GOB did not have an official position on the initiative, but it supported adherence to all non-proliferation regimes to which it is a party [...] | 2006-03-16 14:39:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG KSCA PARM KNNP ETTC IN BU |
06SOFIA562 | SCENESETTER FOR YOUR BILATERAL PROGRAM IN SOFIA [...] (C) SUMMARY. All of Bulgaria -- and many others in the region -- will be watching April 27 as you and Foreign Minister Kalfin sign in Sofia the Defense Cooperation Agreement (DCA),which gives U.S. military forces access to Bulgarian bases. The long-awaited agreement will be the highlight of [...] | 2006-04-20 12:55:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR ENRG EINV OVIP EUN LY IZ BG |
06SOFIA565 | SCENESETTER FOR YOUR BILATERAL PROGRAM IN SOFIA [...] (C) SUMMARY. All of Bulgaria -- and many others in the region -- will be watching April 27 as you and Foreign Minister Kalfin sign in Sofia the Defense Cooperation Agreement (DCA),which gives U.S. military forces access to Bulgarian bases. The long-awaited agreement will be the highlight of [...] | 2006-04-20 14:45:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR ENRG EINV OVIP EUN LY IZ BG |
06SOFIA632 | BULGARIA CONFIRMS COMMITMENT TO B-A OIL PIPELINE; [...] (C) In separate back-to-back meetings, Bulgarian ministers Roumen Ovcharov, Economy and Energy, and Asen Gagauzov, Regional Development, told Ambassador Beyrle on May 5 that despite Greek media reports, the Bulgarian government still fully supports the Burgas-Alexandropolous (B-A) oil pipeline. [...] | 2006-05-05 13:28:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG EPET ETRD PREL SENV BU |
06SOFIA716 | NUCLEAR POWER INCIDENT HIGHLIGHTS BULGARIA'S [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-19 13:25:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG TRGY EUN PGOV SENV IAEA BU |
06STATE11689 | U.S. REQUEST FOR GOE ASSURANCES FOR EXPORT OF [...] Embassy is requested to bring following to the attention of GOE at earliest opportunity. 2. NRC No. XSNM03425--Transnuclear, Inc., acting as agent for INVAP S.E. of Argentina, has applied for authorization to export to Egypt via Argentina 8.9 kilograms U-235 in 45 kilograms uranium in the f [...] | 2006-01-24 15:56:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG KNNP KSCA TRGY EG |
06STATE123845 | AZERBAIJAN AND THE OIC: LENDING SUPPORT TO THE GOI [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (C) Washington read reftel (A) with interest. The willingness of the international community, particularly Iraq's neighbors and its Islamic partners, to support Iraq will be critical to Iraq's success. The U.S. welcomes Azerbaijan [...] | 2006-07-28 15:53:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET ETRD PGOV PHUM PREL AJ IZ |
06STATE123851 | AZERBAIJAN AND THE OIC: LENDING SUPPORT TO THE GOI [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (C) Washington read reftel (A) with interest. The willingness of the international community, particularly Iraq's neighbors and its Islamic partners, to support Iraq will be critical to Iraq's success. The U.S. welcomes Azerbaijan [...] | 2006-07-28 15:55:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET ETRD PGOV PHUM PREL AJ IZ |
06STATE159998 | A/S FRIED,S MEETING WITH AZERBAIJANI STATE OIL [...] (U) A/S Fried, joined by NSC Director for Eurasia Judy Ansley, met with Executive Director of the State Oil Fund of Azerbaijan (SOFAZ) Shahmar Movsumov on September 20 in New York on the margins of the UNGA. EUR/CARC Director Elizabeth Rood also attended (notetaker). 2. (U) A/S Fried beg [...] | 2006-09-25 20:46:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ENRG EPET AJ |
06STATE203173 | ENERGY-EFFICIENCY LABELING PROGRAMS FOR OFFICE [...] This is an urgent action cable. See paras 4 and 5. Please note that despite EC holiday status a deadline of COB Friday, December 29, is requested. 2. BACKGROUND FOR MISSION: USG rep (EPA Deputy Administrator Marcus Peacock) and EU reps (Chief of EU Mission in Washington Amb. John Bruton and [...] | 2006-12-27 19:58:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG EUN KTIA SENV |
06STATE58612 | BILATERAL NUCLEAR SAFETY AGREEMENT [...] As noted in reftel, the Government of Kazakhstan is correct: the original 1994 agreement did terminate in 1999, but similar cooperation has continued through two subsequent agreements between the USNRC and Kazakhstan's Atomic Energy Committee of the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources. T [...] | 2006-04-12 21:06:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG PREL TRGY KSCA KTIA KZ |
06STATE60256 | UNDER SECRETARY SHINER,S APRIL 3, 2006 [...] (U) Classified by: Wendell Albright, Acting Director, EAP/J, Department of State. Reason 1.4.(d) 2. (U) April 3, 2006; 4:00 P.M.; Washington. 3. (U) Participants: U.S. Under Secretary Shiner Louis Bono, Special Assistant, E Wendell Albright, Acting Deputy Director, EAP/J Rober [...] | 2006-04-14 21:02:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL EAID EAGR ETTC ENRG EAIR JA IN CH |
06STOCKHOLM1922 | SWEDEN'S GOALS FOR POST-KYOTO CLIMATE COOPERATION [...] Summary: Ambassador Wood met with Sweden's new Minister of Environment, Mr. Andreas Carlgren, for the first time December 6. Topics of discussion included Sweden's desire to play a leadership role in setting the stage for a post-Kyoto international agreement to combat global warming, Ambassad [...] | 2006-12-08 16:23:00 | Embassy Stockholm | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV ENRG KSCA SW |
06SUVA287 | Fiji's Sugar Industry: An Uncertain Future [...] (SBU) For decades, sugar has been the backbone of Fiji's economy. Nearly a quarter of the population depends on the sugar industry. The EU decision to drastically cut sugar subsidies over the next four years, however, casts a giant shadow over the industry's future. A variety of fixes ha [...] | 2006-07-17 17:43:00 | Embassy Suva | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR ENRG SENV EUN FJ IN |
06TAIPEI2412 | FACING REALITY--CHINA PETROLEUM AND TAIPOWER RAISE [...] (U) SUMMARY. Last year, Taiwan authorities vowed not to raise fuel or utility prices (ref a). Facing rising international oil prices and mounting losses by state-owned energy and utility companies, the Executive Yuan relented and allowed price hikes at China Petroleum Company (CPC) and Taipow [...] | 2006-07-17 06:38:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG ECON SENV TW |
06TAIPEI2491 | MEGAPORTS TEAM COMPLETES KAOHSIUNG SITE SURVEY [...] A Department of Energy (DOE) Megaports Program team headed by Program Officer Michael Bedke of the National Nuclear Safety Administration conducted a site survey of the Port of Kaohsiung the week of July 10. The team gathered the necessary information to prepare a preliminary plan for install [...] | 2006-07-25 07:15:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT ENRG KNNP PARM TW |
06TAIPEI4201 | TAIWAN GRANTED ACCESS TO LIBYAN OIL [...] (U) According to Dec. 22 news reports, Taiwan's state-owned Chinese Petroleum Corporation (CPC) won oil exploration rights in Libya. CPC will invest US$39 million over the next three years explore and develop the Murzuq 162 block oil concession. In September, Libya invited bids for oil expl [...] | 2006-12-28 09:10:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ENRG EPET PREL LY TW |
06TALLINN1042 | OIL SHALE ENERGY: FACING ENVIRONMENTAL [...] (U) Summary. Oil shale is a key Estonian national resource, whose existence has allowed the country to remain relatively independent of Russian natural gas supplies. Despite the high cost of compliance, the GOE and power utility Eesti Energia are confident they will bring Estonia's oil shale [...] | 2006-11-20 15:53:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV SENV ENRG EN |
06TALLINN1090 | NORDIC-BALTIC ELECTRICITY CABLE UP AND RUNNING [...] On December 4th, simultaneous inauguration ceremonies took place in Estonia and Finland opening the Estlink electric power cable between the two countries. The Estlink submarine cable, finished roughly five months ahead of schedule, marks the first- ever linkage of the Baltic and Nordic powe [...] | 2006-12-11 15:29:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG PREL FI EN |
06TALLINN784 | CODEL KOLBE THANKS ANSIP FOR SUPPORT IN IRAQ AND [...] (U) Summary. During a meeting in Tallinn on August 24, a congressional delegation led by House Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, Export Financing and Related Programs Chairman James Kolbe(R-AZ) thanked Prime Minister Andrus Ansip for Estonia's support for the Global War on Terror. PM Ansi [...] | 2006-08-28 14:20:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MOPS ENRG CVIS RS EN |
06TASHKENT699 | KARIMOV IN KOREA: FOREIGN INVESTMENT GOOD, BUT [...] (C) Summary: According to the Korean Ambassador to Uzbekistan, Moon Hayong, the GOK has chosen to engage Uzbekistan instead of isolating it. Despite concerns over lack of progress in human rights, the GOK is interested in Uzbekistan's energy sector, UzDaewoo plant and the sizeable resident e [...] | 2006-04-11 02:51:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EMIN ENRG KS PGOV PREL UZ ZK |
06TBILISI3399 | NO SHAH DENIZ GAS MEANS TOUGH CHOICES FOR GEORGIA [...] Summary: BP reported the delay in availability of Shah Deniz gas to the Embassy on December 21. ACG associated gas, which is now being re-injected to support oil production, could supply up to 8.1 million cubic meters (cm) per day to Azerbaijan and Georgia. However, the old pipeline from Az [...] | 2006-12-26 13:08:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG PREL GG |
06TEGUCIGALPA1000 | (S) UNDER ATTACK, HONDURAN VICE PRESIDENT TROUBLED [...] (S) Summary: Honduran Vice President Elvin Santos respects President Jose Manuel "Mel" Zelaya, but fears the influence that certain leftist advisors surrounding him are exercising over Honduran policy. Zelaya is trying, in his view, to "play both sides" but will be unlikely to abandon his c [...] | 2006-06-02 16:19:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | SECRET | PREL EPET ENRG PGOV PINR VZ HO |
06TEGUCIGALPA1026 | (C) HONDURAS: ZELAYA MISSED POTUS' POINT ON [...] (C) Summary: The POTUS/Zelaya meeting on June 5 is being portrayed in all Honduran press as a USG "green light" for a GOH deal with Venezuela's Hugo Chavez. This misleading spin makes it easier for the GOH to rationalize making such a deal (with all the negative consequences that entails),a [...] | 2006-06-06 21:02:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PREL ECON ENRG VE HO |
06TEGUCIGALPA1101 | HONDURAS: WHO IS ADRIAN RECCA? BACKGROUND ON THE [...] (C) As reported in reftels, Honduras has made clear its intention to import Venezuelan oil on preferential financing terms. Precisely how such a plan would actually work remains a mystery. But it seems that each time Post inquires more deeply about some aspect of the proposal (financing, stor [...] | 2006-06-15 19:07:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG PREL PINR HO |
06TEGUCIGALPA1102 | HONDURAN INDUSTRIALISTS ASK GOV FOR DIRECT [...] (C) Summary: The Honduran Industrialists Association (ANDI) has written a letter to the Government of Venezuela seeking a direct PetroCaribe arrangement, modeled after deals recently struck with mayors in El Salvador and Nicaragua (ref B). PetroCaribe is a government-to-government program, so [...] | 2006-06-15 20:34:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG PREL PINR VE HO |
06TEGUCIGALPA1104 | HONDURAS: FIRST OFFICIAL BOLIVARIAN CIRCLE MEETS [...] (U) According to press reports, on June 14 Honduras hosted its first official Bolivarian circle (a grass-roots mobilization effort originally created to support Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's "Bolivarian Revolution.") Television coverage of the event appeared to show 30-50 people in atte [...] | 2006-06-15 21:37:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EPET ENRG PINR VE HO |
06TEGUCIGALPA1238 | HONDURAS: DIPPSA SALE MAY GO TO TRAFIGURA, BUT [...] (C) Summary: The draft Terms of Reference (TOR) for the national bid were reportedly sent by bid consultant Robert Meyeringh to the GOH for review June 29. Ambassador has called for an appropriate and CAFTA-consistent review and comment period of the TOR once they are formally released (expec [...] | 2006-07-11 22:11:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG PGOV PREL PINR HO |
06TEGUCIGALPA1329 | Honduran President Zelaya Discusses Fuel, [...] Classified by: Ambassador Charles Ford for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d) 2. (C) Summary. Ambassador and A/DCM met with Honduran President Jose Manuel "Mel" Zelaya and Foreign Minister Milton Jimenez for more than an hour during the evening of July 23. Zelaya was relaxed and discussed plans for a [...] | 2006-07-25 21:36:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EPET ENRG PGOV PINR HO |
06TEGUCIGALPA1331 | HONDURAS: DIPPSA SALE A PDVSA FRONT? ALSO: FUEL [...] (S) Summary: The Terms of Reference for the international fuel bid solicitation are due to be released on July 25. The TOR are expected to be "ex-tank," meaning bidders will be responsible for both importing and storing the fuel. This gives an apparent bidding advantage to companies that alr [...] | 2006-07-25 22:50:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | SECRET | EPET ENRG PGOV PREL PINR HO |
06TEGUCIGALPA1375 | HONDURAS: RECA DENIES HE'S BEHIND CARIBBEAN [...] (S) Summary: Adrien Reca Salaburu denied he is involved with or in any way related to U.S. firm Caribbean Petrochemical Company -- a firm created in Miami on June 13 and which claimed on July 21 to have purchased DIPPSA. Reca admitted, however, that he continues seeking to purchase DIPPSA, [...] | 2006-08-03 14:17:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | SECRET//NOFORN | EPET ENRG PGOV PREL PINR HO |
06TEGUCIGALPA1559 | OIL COMPANIES AND GOH NOW TALKING, THOUGH NO [...] (C) Summary. Throughout the week of August 18, President Jose Manuel "Mel" Zelaya Rosales reverted to his former style of publicly hurling invectives, largely blaming the international oil companies, particularly Esso and Texaco, for his continuing difficulties in implementing the proposed fue [...] | 2006-08-25 18:43:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | SECRET//NOFORN | PINR EPET ENRG PGOV HO VE |
06TEGUCIGALPA1649 | HONDURAS: CONGRESS REVIEWS FUEL BID TERMS; DIPPSA [...] No summary [...] | 2006-09-05 23:40:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET HO PGOV PINR PREL |
06TEGUCIGALPA1747 | HONDURAS: VENEZUELAN FUEL SCHEME IN EL SALVADOR [...] (C) Summary: A recent meeting in San Salvador has detailed a potential deal involving Venezuelan fuel that may be used to influence upcoming elections. The deal involves oil trading company Trafigura Beheer SV, which has links to Venezuelan fuel company PDVSA and has been in serious negotiati [...] | 2006-09-18 16:27:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET HO PGOV PINR PREL |
06TEGUCIGALPA1881 | (S) HONDURAS UNDER CAFTA: AFTER SIX MONTHS, [...] (S) Summary: Six months have passed since CAFTA entered into force for Honduras. President Zelaya's support was key to getting Honduras on board, and he continues to profess his support for capitalism and free markets. Yet when faced with making the reforms necessary to let a free market dev [...] | 2006-10-04 16:37:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | SECRET//NOFORN | ETRD EPET ENRG PGOV VZ HO |
06TEGUCIGALPA1921 | HONDURAS: BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION: LEION "LEO" [...] (S) Biographical Note: Leion Starkman Milla (DPOB 17 May 1968, San Pedro Sula, Honduras) served until recently as Minister without portfolio for Investment Promotion and later simultaneously as Director General of the parastatal electric company ENEE. Starkman has been criticized for failin [...] | 2006-10-11 21:38:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | SECRET//NOFORN | PINR TBIO ENRG PGOV HO |
06TEGUCIGALPA1930 | HONDURAS: CORRUPTION, ELECTRICITY, AND RELATIONS [...] (C) Summary: Honduras is heading for rolling blackouts within year, according to Leion "Leo" Starkman, outgoing head of national electric company ENEE. GOH officials resist reducing their costs for electricity purchases from as high as USD 0.25 cents per KWh (for thermal generation) to just [...] | 2006-10-11 23:33:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ENRG PREL ECON EPET PGOV HO |
06TEGUCIGALPA1935 | HONDURAS: FUEL BID FAILURE AN INCREASINGLY LIKELY [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-12 21:22:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET HO PGOV PINR PREL |
06TEGUCIGALPA2030 | Honduras: Latin American-Caribbean BioFuels Initiative [...] Summary: This cable responds to ref (A). Despite confusion and controversy in the traditional energy sector, Honduras has made real progress in biofuel development. Efforts are focused primarily on biodiesel, mainly through the cultivation of African Palm oil, and a consumer trial is now unde [...] | 2006-10-26 14:32:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON ENRG PREL PGOV SENV TRGY ETRD HO |
06TEGUCIGALPA2048 | HONDURAN FUEL BID: TRAFIGURA MAY INCREASE STAKE [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-28 15:44:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET HO PGOV PINR PREF |
06TEGUCIGALPA2265 | HONDURAS: CONOCOPHILLIPS WINS CONTROVERSIAL FUEL [...] No summary [...] | 2006-12-02 00:14:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET HO PGOV PINR PREL |
06TEGUCIGALPA2309 | HONDURAS: CONOCOPHILLIPS FUEL BID MAY BE IN [...] No summary [...] | 2006-12-13 20:49:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET HO PGOV PINR PREL |
06TEGUCIGALPA2372 | HONDURAS: FUEL BID MISSES KEY DEADLINE; FREE [...] No summary [...] | 2006-12-27 20:08:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ENRG EPET HO PGOV PINR PREL |
06TEGUCIGALPA2392 | Can Fish Oil Scale? Honduran Biodiesel Initiative Could [...] Summary: A GOH initiative to develop more energy independence may be in danger due to U.S. incentives that provide up to USD $1 in tax credits for biodiesel refined in the U.S. The GOH plan to import over 1 million African Palms could conceivably meet about 30 percent of Honduras' diesel requ [...] | 2006-12-29 21:50:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON ENRG PREL PGOV SENV TRGY ETRD HO |
06TEGUCIGALPA326 | HONDURAS CONTINUES TO SUPPORT MEXICAN ENERGY PLAN; [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Vice President Elvin Santos reiterated Honduras, strong support for the proposed Mexican fuel initiative, echoing the GOH,s positive comments to A/S Wayne in January. Meanwhile former minister of Trade and Commerce Irving Guerrero has initiated talks with an American company ov [...] | 2006-02-22 13:36:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC CASC ECON EFIN ELAB ENRG EPET HO PGOV |
06TEGUCIGALPA521 | HONDURAN PRESIDENT ZELAYA NOW CLAIMS HE SECRETLY [...] (U) This is an action cable. Please see para 11. 2. (S) Summary: In a private meeting, President Zelaya told Ambassador he was solely responsible for the decision to move to a state-run fuel import regime, but that he had done so in the hopes the affected companies could convince the Hondur [...] | 2006-03-15 23:23:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | SECRET | EPET ENRG PGOV PREL PINR VZ HO |
06TEGUCIGALPA534 | HONDURAN FUELS: THE SEARCH FOR A CALM DIALOGUE [...] (C) Summary: At present the decision on if and how to implement the recent decision to have the GOH itself offer a public fuel tender rests with the GOH. Over the coming weeks, however, Post plans to encourage both GOH and private sector interlocutors to engage in a process of calm and reason [...] | 2006-03-17 23:01:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG PGOV PREL PINR VZ HO |
06TEGUCIGALPA623 | HONDURAN FUEL BID CONSULTANT REPORTEDLY HIRED; [...] (C) Summary: Honduran press reports that the GOH has signed a one-year contract with U.S. citizen consultant Robert Meyeringh to develop a national fuels bid strategy; other sources consulted by Post doubt the deal is completed yet. Comments from key GOH officials on the proposed bid were mix [...] | 2006-03-30 23:09:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET HO PGOV PINR PREL |
06TEGUCIGALPA676 | HONDURAS: FUEL BID CONSULTANT LEAVES WITHOUT [...] (SBU) Summary: The main fuel consultant pushing for an international fuel bid left the country abruptly March 31 when agreement was not reached on his contract to run a proposed international fuel bid. Honduran President Jose Manuel &Mel8 Zelaya continued to support the hiring of the consulta [...] | 2006-04-07 19:52:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET HO PGOV PINR PREL |
06TEGUCIGALPA809 | HONDURAN-PETROCARIBE DEAL MAY BE SIGNED FOR POWER [...] (C) Summary: Rumors continue to swirl that a deal for bunker fuel for electricity generation has been signed between Honduran parastatal energy company ENEE and PetroCaribe, the Venezuelan fuel sales scheme. The unconfirmed deal may involve Honduran gasoline distributor DIPPSA. Meanwhile, th [...] | 2006-05-04 00:56:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET HO PGOV PINR PREL |
06TEGUCIGALPA897 | HONDURAS: ALLEGED PETROCARIBE - ELECTRICITY FUEL [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-16 21:14:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET HO PGOV PINR PREL |
06TEGUCIGALPA972 | HONDURAN PRESIDENT SIGNALS PETROCARIBE DEAL [...] (C) Summary: In a private lunch, President Zelaya signaled to Ambassador that a PetroCaribe deal was likely, reiterated the many areas that GOH worked closely with the USG, and asked for "reciprocity" of support from the USG for the GOH in its time of need. Zelaya stressed that any such deal [...] | 2006-05-30 12:22:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG PGOV PREL PINR HO |