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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 |
06LAPAZ406 | ECONOMIC PLANNING MINISTER VAGUE ON PLANS [...] (SBU) Summary: In a courtesy call with the Ambassador on February 10, Minister of Development Planning Carlos Villegas, President Morales' paramount advisor on economic issues, spoke of the GOB's plan to achieve "productive development and social inclusion," but gave few concrete details about [...] | 2006-02-15 18:14:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PGOV ENGR EPET EAIR 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 |
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 |
06LAPAZ644 | MORALES TO FOCUS ON ECONOMIC ISSUES WITH SECRETARY [...] (C) Summary: In a March 8 meeting, President Evo Morales told the Ambassador he would raise Bolivia's threatened soy markets, the extension of U.S. trade preferences and the Millennium Challenge Account in his discussion with Secretary Rice in Chile. The Ambassador said the Secretary would l [...] | 2006-03-09 21:12:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON EPET EINV ELAB PMAR 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 |
06LAPAZ859 | CONTINUED GOVERNMENT INSINUATIONS OF U.S. ROLE IN [...] (C) Summary: Bolivian Government officials, including President Morales, have continued to suggest a possible USG role in the deadly La Paz bombings March 21 (ref). While Morales has persisted in professing ignorance about any formal expression of U.S. displeasure, March 26 news articles out [...] | 2006-03-28 14:00:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON EPET SOCI ELAB PTER 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 |
06LIBREVILLE222 | GOG EXPERT ON EG-GABON BOUNDARY NEGOTIATIONS [...] (C) Summary: Ministry of Foreign Affairs Legal Advisor Michel Biang reports the GoG and GREG will renew ministerial level maritime boundary negotiations May 2 in New York. The GoG is no longer optimistic about an expeditious resolution. Biang fears that declining Gabonese oil production will [...] | 2006-04-06 14:29:00 | Embassy Libreville | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EPET GB EK |
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 |
06LIBREVILLE515 | COMMENTS ON GABON-EG BORDER DISPUTE MEDIATION [...] (C) On August 2, MFA Legal Advisor Michel Biang gave DCM his perspective on the status of efforts to resolve the Gabon-Equatorial Guinea border dispute before UNSG Annan's mandate concludes. He said that the Geneva meeting of heads of state in June was to convene under joint French and Spanis [...] | 2006-08-07 14:26:00 | Embassy Libreville | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EPET GB EK |
06LIBREVILLE580 | SECRET EG-GABON BOUNDARY MEDIATION FAILS [...] (C) According to MFA Legal Advisor Michel Biang, the draft schedule for EG President Obiang's September 8 visit to Libreville included the surprise signing of a maritime boundary agreement. Biang said the deal, which he did not see until a short time before Obiang's arrival, gave EG most of t [...] | 2006-09-11 12:36:00 | Embassy Libreville | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EPET GB EK |
06LIBREVILLE585 | CHINESE OIL EXPLORATION THREATENS GABON'S FLAGSHIP [...] (C) Summary: Chinese oil company Sinopec's petroleum exploration in Gabon's flagship Loango National Park fails to meet minimal standards for environmental protection. Sinopec's impunity is just one example of recent GoG failure to live up to natural resource commitments; Gabon risks losing GE [...] | 2006-09-13 14:36:00 | Embassy Libreville | CONFIDENTIAL | SENV EFIN EPET PGOV GB |
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 |
06LIBREVILLE627 | MBANIE-GATE KEEPS GABON-EQUATORIAL GUINEA BORDER [...] (U) The failed effort to conclude a Gabon-EG maritime boundary agreement in early September (Ref A) continues to dominate the headlines in Gabon; it is now known as the "Mbanie-gate" scandal. Foreign Minister Ping held a press conference on September 29 to explain the history of the border di [...] | 2006-10-12 11:53:00 | Embassy Libreville | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM EPET GB EK |
06LIBREVILLE691 | PRESIDENT BONGO TWISTS ARMS, ENDS STRIKE [...] (C) Summary: The imminence of legislative elections has contributed to a rash of strikes, since workers expect the government to act to resolve strikes quickly at election time. Following a three-day strike by oil workers, President Bongo instructed Mobil Oil Gabon to grant a wage increase and [...] | 2006-11-29 14:34:00 | Embassy Libreville | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET EINV ELAB PGOV GB |
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 |
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 |
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 |
06LONDON8441 | INITIAL UK REACTION TO NIYAZOV'S DEATH [...] (C) Summary. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office intends a "correct, but very restrained" response to the death of Turkmen President Niyazov: No senior FCO official will travel to Sunday's planned funeral; the UK will likely be represented by the UK Ambassador and a short condolence message [...] | 2006-12-21 11:35:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET CASC PHUM PREL TX UK |
06LUANDA1241 | ANGOLA TO JOIN OPEC [...] (SBU) Summary. On November 29, Angola's Council of Ministers approved full membership for Angola in the Organization of Petroleum Exporting States (OPEC). The Council's public announcement said Angola's increase in oil production to more than 1.4 million barrels per day drove its decision. [...] | 2006-12-04 14:17:00 | Embassy Luanda | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ETRD ECON AO |
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 |
06LUANDA464 | ANGOLA: A REALITY CHECK ON THE CHINESE CREDIT LINE [...] (SBU) Since the announcement of a USD 2 billion credit line from the PRC to GRA in March 2004, reports of increases to the credit line, ranging from USD 1 billion to USD 10 billion, have proliferated. Regardless of the promised value, actual implementation of the credit line is gradual and un [...] | 2006-05-03 11:53:00 | Embassy Luanda | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV EPET ETRD PREL CH AO |
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 |
06MANAGUA2453 | VENEZUELAN DIESEL SALES - NOT MUCH BEEF [...] (SBU) Summary: As of October 24, Venezuela delivered two shipments of diesel fuel to Nicaragua. The first delivery of 84,000 gallons eventually went to mayors for local distribution and sale. Five Managua bus cooperatives agreed to buy the second phantom shipment of 800,000 gallons in exchan [...] | 2006-11-03 20:26:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ECON PGOV EINV NU |
06MANAGUA394 | OIL PROFITS TAX: GON HAVING IT BOTH WAYS [...] (C) Summary: The February 13 political &deal8 that ended the week-long Managua bus strike over rate increases continues to reverberate in the political sphere and the business community. Representatives of the FSLN, Alternativa Cristiana, and Camino Cristiano signed a document with the FSLN [...] | 2006-02-17 23:15:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET EINV PREL PGOV NU |
06MANAGUA764 | PETROLEUM EXPLORATION CONCESSIONS ON THE MOVE IN [...] (SBU) Summary: The President and Vice President of MKJ Exploration Inc. - a small, independent gas and petroleum exploration company - announced to the Ambassador on March 30 that MKJ is approaching the end of a hopefully successful three-and-a-half-year effort to obtain two concessions for [...] | 2006-04-06 14:54:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV EIND EPET PGOV BMGT 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 |
06MANILA3656 | NEW SECRETARY OF EDUCATION EMPHASIZES STRONGER MANAGEMENT [...] Summary. President Arroyo's impressive new Education Secretary outlined his priorities and received a briefing on USG support for education in the Philippines during a call on Charge August 28. Given President Arroyo's strong desire to improve English-language education to enhance Philippine [...] | 2006-08-31 09:43:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EPET PGOV EAID SCUL RP |
06MANILA3991 | EDUCATION ON THE MOVE WITH INCREASED FUNDING AND NEW [...] (U) As interest in education reform and English language training continues to make headlines, the Ambassador called on Secretary of Education Jesli Lapus September 15. The Secretary reported on his ambitious plans to revitalize the deteriorating education system by taking advantage of increas [...] | 2006-09-21 06:20:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EPET PGOV EAID SCUL 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 |
06MANILA4848 | JOINT SEISMIC SURVEY IN SOUTH CHINA SEA MAKES [...] (C) Summary: The first phase of a joint seismic survey for hydrocarbon deposits undertaken by the national oil companies of the Philippines, China, and Vietnam in an 143,000 square kilometer zone of the South China Sea is near completion. After its partners conducted a "reconnaissance" surv [...] | 2006-11-30 01:14:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS BTIO EPET ECON CH VM RP |
06MAPUTO1500 | Mozambique: Fifth Annual Africa Oil and Gas [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-17 11:44:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG EPET ECON OTRA MZ |
06MAPUTO1625 | Mozambique - Anadarko Petroleum Signs $300 Million [...] (U) On December 20 U.S. oil company Anadarko Petroleum and the government of Mozambique signed an exploration and production agreement for one offshore (mostly) block in the Rovuma basin, in northern Mozambique (see reftel for details of the block). Under the agreement, Anadarko will shoot se [...] | 2006-12-21 15:44:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ETRD EINV ECON MZ |
06MAPUTO326 | TEXAS TEA FOR TWO - MOZAMBIQUE AND US COMPANY [...] (U) Summary. On March 8th the Government of Mozambique and the U.S. oil company Anadarko Petroleum announced that Anadarko had won its bid for exploration and production rights to an offshore block in the Rovuma Basin, off the Mozambique - Tanzania border. Anadarko's concession is expected t [...] | 2006-03-14 12:57:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EPET EINV 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 |
06MEXICO1429 | THE COMPETITIVENESS FORUM: A FRANK LOOK AT [...] SUMMARY. The Special Commission for Competitiveness and Regional Development for the Mexican Chamber of Deputies held a forum to discuss the "Agenda to Promote the Competitiveness of the Nation" on March 7-9 in Mexico City. Attendees heard a wide range of viewpoints regarding the challenges [...] | 2006-03-16 18:12:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN EINV ECON EPET |
06MEXICO1470 | THE COMPETITIVENESS FORUM: A FRANK LOOK AT [...] SUMMARY. The Special Commission for Competitiveness and Regional Development for the Mexican Chamber of Deputies held a forum to discuss the "Agenda to Promote the Competitiveness of the Nation" on March 7-9 in Mexico City. Attendees heard a wide range of viewpoints regarding the challenges [...] | 2006-03-17 21:20:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN EINV ECON EPET |
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 |
06MEXICO1798 | MEXICAN RESPONSE TO HONDURAN FUEL IMPORT ANNOUNCEMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-06 15:32:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG EPET HO MX |
06MEXICO2888 | MEXICO: OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM'S CONCESSION IN [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-30 18:57:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ECON ETRD EINV PREL MX |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
06MINSK1116 | EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - OCTOBER 16, [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS ELECTIONS --------- - Opposition Parties Agree on Campaign Cooperation (para. 2) - Authorities Approves Election Deadlines, Restrict Media (para. 3) CIVIL SOCIETY ------------- - Lower Chamber [...] | 2006-10-17 03:14:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON KTDB EPET BO |
06MINSK1159 | EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - OCTOBER 31, [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS CIVIL SOCIETY ------------- - Milinkevich Wins European Parliament's Sakharov Award (para. 2) - Skrebets Will Be Released in November (para. 3) - Activist Arrested Near Presidential Administration ( [...] | 2006-10-31 10:15:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON KTDB EPET BO |
06MINSK1187 | EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - NOVEMBER 9, [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. This edition includes events thru the November 6- 7 Revolution Day holiday. The next edition will cover items thru November 17. TABLE OF CONTENTS INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS ----------------------- - U.S. and EU Ambassa [...] | 2006-11-09 13:51:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON KTDB EPET BO |
06MINSK1231 | RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR IN MINSK: GAS PRICE TO INCREASE [...] (C) During an introductory courtesy call, Ambassador was told by her Russian counterpart that the price of natural gas will be going up "right away" and that the Belarusian opposition was still in early stages of development. Russian Ambassador Surikov also noted that efforts continue behind [...] | 2006-11-30 13:49:00 | Embassy Minsk | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EPET PINR BO RS |
06MINSK1283 | LUKASHENKO, UNDER RUSSIAN PRESSURE, TRIES TO SHORE [...] (C) News Russia would begin charging full export duties on oil shipments to Belarus effective January 1 caught Lukashenko off guard, necessitating a hastily planned December 15 visit to Moscow. Although the GOB has downplayed the significance of the decision, the imposition of 100 percent of [...] | 2006-12-15 14:03:00 | Embassy Minsk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EPET BO RS |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
06MUSCAT1015 | OMAN FM UPDATE ON IRAN, GULF SECURITY [...] (C) In a June 20 meeting, FM Yusuf bin Alawi again voiced optimism that Iran would respond positively to the West's latest offer, but noted that several Arab states were angry that details on security assurances to Iran were not discussed with them first. He sees a 1987 Security Council resol [...] | 2006-06-26 07:03:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ELNT EWWT EPET XF IR MU |
06MUSCAT126 | OMAN FM IN IRAN: CARROTS, NOT STICKS [...] (C) On January 29, Omani FM Yusuf bin Alawi began an official visit to Iran, meeting with President Ahmadi-Nejad, FM Mottaki, and other officials. His active discussions on invigorating bilateral trade relations, particularly in the oil and gas sector, transport and industrial investment, rai [...] | 2006-01-31 09:16:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EPET ETTC ETRD IR MU |
06MUSCAT130 | OMAN FM IN IRAN: CARROTS, NOT STICKS [...] (C) On January 29, Omani FM Yusuf bin Alawi began an official visit to Iran, meeting with President Ahmadi-Nejad, FM Mottaki, and other officials. Publicly, Bin Alawi endorsed Iran's right to peaceful nuclear energy while calling for a peaceful solution to the current stand-off. He also spok [...] | 2006-01-31 13:31:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EPET ETTC ETRD IR MU |
06MUSCAT134 | YBA POSES QUESTION RE IRAN [...] (U) Please note action request in para 8. 2. (C) Begin Summary: Notwithstanding the January 30 P5 2 Statement, the Omanis believe the key to a diplomatic solution to the Iranian nuclear crisis may lie in a slight delay before referring the Iranian case to the UNSC, even if no action is cal [...] | 2006-02-01 14:21:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EPET ETTC IR MU UN UNSC |
06MUSCAT1685 | OIL AND GAS ADVISOR UPBEAT ON OMAN PRODUCTION [...] (SBU) On December 10, Econoff discussed Oman's energy outlook with Khalifa bin Mubarak al-Hinai, technical advisor to the Minister of Oil and Gas. Hinai commented that contrary to popular concerns, Oman still had significant reserves to exploit. He noted that of the approximately 50 billion [...] | 2006-12-13 09:49:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EPET EIND ECON MU |
06MUSCAT298 | TAIWAN REP ON WHO, OMAN TIES [...] (U) See bio notes in para 4. 2. (C) In a February 28 meeting in a neutral location, Paul Yung-feng Hsu, head of the local "Taipei Economic and Cultural Office," solicited Pol/Econ Chief's help to encourage Oman to support Taiwan's bid for observer status at the World Health Assembly in May [...] | 2006-03-01 15:39:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR EFIS EPET TW MU |
06MUSCAT577 | CONFERENCE SPOTLIGHTS OMAN'S ENERGY CHALLENGES [...] At the Muscat-hosted 2006 Oil and Gas West Asia Exhibition and Conference on April 9, Omani government and oil company officials focused remarks on meeting Oman's energy needs and oil production challenges through increased investment in technology and human resources. Meanwhile, the Dolphin [...] | 2006-04-10 13:26:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET ECON EINV ETRD MU |
06MUSCAT66 | OMAN'S 2006 BUDGET: SURPLUS FUELS INVESTMENT [...] (U) High oil prices in 2005 led to a record Omani budget surplus of $3.8 billion and a blistering GDP growth of 21.7 percent. The 2006 budget, announced on January 1, projects massive government spending on industrial and tourism projects that could produce a deficit as large as 6 percent of [...] | 2006-01-18 09:39:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EPET MU |
06MUSCAT852 | COMMERCE MINISTER CONCERNED ABOUT FTA, DESCRIBES [...] (C) Minister of Commerce and Industry Maqbool Sultan, long impatient over the slow pace of Free Trade Agreement ratification in Congress, claims he has abandoned hope of any progress and is contemplating suspending the work of Oman's expensive advisers in Washington until prospects improve. Th [...] | 2006-05-31 09:54:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD PREL ELAB KBCT EPET PINR IR MU |
06NAIROBI1637 | KENYA BULLISH ON EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRY TRANSPARENCY [...] (SBU) Summary: Deep-sea oil exploration is scheduled to begin in late-2006 off the coast of Kenya. In preparation for a possible discovery, key donors and the Australian company in charge of exploration are encouraging the Government of Kenya (GOK) to start planning now on how to avoid the "r [...] | 2006-04-13 12:32:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID EFIN EPET ENGR KCOR KE |
06NASSAU325 | GOVERNOR BUSH'S VISIT STRENGTHENS TIES BETWEEN [...] SUMMARY: During a productive February 20 visit to The Bahamas, Florida Governor Jeb Bush met with Prime Minister Christie and members of his Cabinet, launched a cooperative educational program between Florida and The Bahamas, visited a primary school and addressed the Chamber of Commerce and [...] | 2006-02-24 16:49:00 | Embassy Nassau | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EPET PHUM SMIG CU BF |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
06NDJAMENA57 | PROMOTING A PEACEFUL TRANSITION IN CHAD [...] (C) SUMMARY: As we define a strategy for advancing our growing interests in Chad, it is important that we work to convince President Deby to arrange for a peaceful handover of power. Our interests would be damaged by the spread of violent civil unrest, a prospect that is becoming dangerousl [...] | 2006-01-18 07:09:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EPET KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL CD |
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 |
06NDJAMENA737 | CHAD: OPPOSITION MEMBERS HOPE U.S. WILL PLAY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During recent meetings two opposition leaders of the CPDC coalition reiterated that the May 3 presidential election was a farce and said it was "too late" to negotiate with President Idriss Deby Itno, at least without the significant involvement of and pressure from the interna [...] | 2006-05-23 06:41:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL EPET 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 |
06NDJAMENA867 | CHAD: MULTI-DONOR MISSION ON PUBLIC FINANCE AND [...] (SBU) The second Multi-Donor Mission to Chad since April opened on June 21. A week of meetings with the GOC will seek to settle on the framework of a "global agreement" on the issues of public finance and oil revenue management. This would replace the "interim agreement" the GOS and World Ban [...] | 2006-06-22 15:33:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID EPET PGOV PREL KDEM KCRS 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 |
06NDJAMENA882 | CHAD: CREDIBLE OIL REVENUE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM IN [...] (C) Senior Chadian government officials have succeeded in blocking any discussion of capturing all or some indirect oil revenues generated by taxes and customs fees into an "improved" revenue management scheme for poverty reduction. They see no need to change the current distribution of funds [...] | 2006-06-27 14:34:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON EAID EPET KDEM PREL PGOV KCRS CD |
06NDJAMENA893 | CHAD: DOES THE GOVERNMENT WANT THE WORLD BANK OUT [...] (SBU) Tough talk in the Multi-Donor Mission's oil revenue management working group seems to indicate a Government of Chad desire to cut the World Bank out of the oil sector all together. If the GOC shows continued inflexibility over the World Bank's status as a senior creditor, it could be an [...] | 2006-06-29 08:43:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID EPET PREL PGOV KDEM KCRS CD |
06NDJAMENA908 | CHAD: OIL REVENUE MANAGEMENT AND THE PRICE OF [...] (SBU) The ten-day intensive talks between a Multi-Donor Mission and the Government of Chad (GOC) ended June 29. A good start was made on revisions to Chad's Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP),and on defining urgent actions needed to improve public finance management. The World Bank's m [...] | 2006-07-04 11:39:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID EPET PGOV PREL KDEM KCRS 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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
06NEWDELHI3382 | GOI FAVORS NEPAL CEASE-FIRE MONITORING UNDER UN [...] (C) Summary: Noting that that India does not want to be unilaterally involved in maintaining the peace in Nepal, MEA Under Secretary (Nepal) Manish Gupta indicated on May 16 that the GOI would not oppose UN involvement in monitoring the cease-fire between the Maoists and Government of Nepal. [...] | 2006-05-16 12:04:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER AORC ECON EPET MASS KDEM IN NP |
06NEWDELHI3433 | POLITICAL AND DIPLOMATIC SUPPORT TO NEPAL VITAL, [...] (U) This is an ACTION REQUEST for G, IO and USUN. Please see paragraph 10. 2. (C) Summary: The international community needs to provide full diplomatic and political support to the Government of Nepal (GON) and be ready to provide aid when requested, MEA Joint Secretary (North) Pankaj Sa [...] | 2006-05-18 06:46:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PTER AORC ECON EPET MASS KDEM IN NP |
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 |
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 |
06NEWDELHI553 | IRAN EAGER FOR INDIAN TIES, DELHI WORRIED ABOUT [...] (C) Summary: Joint Secretary (Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran) Dilip Sinha told PolCouns and Poloffs on January 25 that India is worried about losing overland access to Afghanistan via Iran if its relations with Tehran sour further, but did not appear worried about the energy security impact of t [...] | 2006-01-25 13:29:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KNNP EPET ELTN IR IN AF |
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 |
06NEWDELHI5621 | TWO GRUMPY OLD MEN HIJACK NATIONAL POLITICS AND [...] (C) Summary: Two grumpy old men, Natwar Singh of Congress and Jaswant Singh of the BJP, have made unwise decisions that will likely end their political careers. Too proud to admit to poor judgment, both men have blamed Congress for their problems and taken the offensive. Ordinarily, their f [...] | 2006-08-11 11:28:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL KDEM EPET IN |
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 |
06NEWDELHI5929 | IRANIAN FM SAFARI TO VISIT INDIA AUGUST 28 [...] (C) Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Under Secretary for Iran Anil Sharma confirmed Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Mehdi Safari will visit India beginning August 28. Stressing this is not a replacement for the canceled FM Mottaki visit of July 19, Sharma noted the visit materialized quickly [...] | 2006-08-25 13:00:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KNNP EPET IAEA IR 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 |
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 |
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 |
06NEWDELHI803 | UNPRECEDENTED INDIA VISIT BY SAUDI KING BOOSTS [...] (C) Summary: MEA Joint Secretary Sanjay Singh told PolCouns and Poloff on February 2 that Saudi King Abdullah's January 25-28 New Delhi visit - the first in 50 years by a Saudi monarch - was a great success, and far broader in scope than was reported in the media. The visit highlighted energy [...] | 2006-02-03 14:18:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EPET ETTC PTER UNGA IN SA PK IR IS |
06NEWDELHI8365 | PIPELINES, EDUCATION AND SECURITY IN CENTRAL ASIA: [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a Dec. 13 meeting, Joint Secretary (Eurasia) Jaimini Bhagwati expressed concerns to P/DAS Steven Mann about whether Turkmenistan could live up to its obligations in a proposed Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) natural gas pipeline. Citing the Indo-Pak relationsh [...] | 2006-12-15 06:52:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR KISL EPET ELTN TX KZ TI KG |
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 |
06NICOSIA1361 | CYPRUS TO AUCTION OFF EXPLORATION RIGHTS FOR POSSIBLE [...] Summary: The Government of Cyprus intends to auction off drilling rights for possible off-shore deposits of oil and gas at the end of 2006 or beginning of 2007. The Norwegian company Petroleum Geo-Services (PGS) is preparing both a "2-D" and "3-D" analysis of 60,000 square kilometers of seabe [...] | 2006-08-11 09:49:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET ETRD EINV ECON 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 |
06NOUAKCHOTT111 | OIL DISPUTE PROCESS BEGINS; FIRST OIL STARTS FEB. [...] (U) On February 3, Woodside published a "Notification of Dispute" to the Australian stock market stating that Woodside is continuing discussions to resolve the dispute. Post understands that the PSCs allow for a 90-day "cooling off" period before the dispute goes to arbitration. 2. (U) I [...] | 2006-02-06 17:22:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | BBSR EINV EPET ECON EFIN MR |
06NOUAKCHOTT170 | WOODSIDE DISPUTE CONTINUES AS CEO SET TO ARRIVE [...] (C) Woodside Director of Corporate Affairs Gary Gray called on Ambassador twice during his February 7-10 visit to Mauritania. Gray said his role is to "create a space for dialogue" but maintained that Woodside did nothing wrong in negotiating the amendments and that they are consistent with c [...] | 2006-02-17 12:51:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | BBSR EINV EPET ECON EFIN ASEC MR |
06NOUAKCHOTT322 | UPCOMING IMF BOARD MEETING--USG SUPPORT FOR [...] (C) Prime Minister Sidi Mohamed Ould Boubacar called in Ambassador on March 20 to seek USG support for Mauritania's efforts to convince the IMF Board to waive or delay any reimbursement of non-complying payments because of Mauritanian misreporting in 2002. The Board is scheduled to take up th [...] | 2006-03-21 17:34:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV BBSR EINV EPET ECON EFIN EAID MR |
06NOUAKCHOTT330 | COMPROMISE NEAR ON WOODSIDE OIL DISPUTE? [...] (C) Both publicly and privately, the Embassy is seeing signs that the two sides are moving toward resolution of the dispute that has marred the otherwise positive development of first oil and first cargo from Mauritania. However, what is more telling is what we are not seeing, in that the gove [...] | 2006-03-23 18:49:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | BBSR ECON EFIN EINV EPET MR |
06NOUAKCHOTT365 | DISPUTE ENDS BETWEEN MAURITANIA AND WOODSIDE [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-31 15:49:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | BBSR EINV EPET ECON EFIN MR |
06NOUAKCHOTT377 | MAURITANIA'S PRESIDENT AND PRIME MINISTER RELEASE [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-04 19:05:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | BBSR ECON EFIN EINV EPET MR |
06NOUAKCHOTT469 | NEW OIL AGREEMENT MAINTAINS WOODSIDE'S EXPLORATION [...] (C) Woodside's Country Manager John Ozturgut told Ambassador April 12 that the terms of agreement that Prime Minister Boubacar described in his March 30 speech (Ref A) were essentially accurate, but that Woodside as well gained significant concessions. Most significantly, Woodside retained it [...] | 2006-04-20 18:07:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | BBSR ECON EFIN EINV EPET MR |
06NOUAKCHOTT599 | SUBJECT: IMF STAFF TO GIVE GREEN LIGHT TO DEBT CANCELLATION [...] (U) IMF Deputy Division Chief of Middle East and Central Asia Department Jean Le Dem told heads of missions May 8 that after a two week mission here to assess Mauritania's progress on macro-economics and budgetary reform, the staff will recommend to the board to cancel Mauritania's IMF debt dur [...] | 2006-05-17 16:19:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON BBSR EFIN EPET MR EINV |
06NOUAKCHOTT606 | MAURITANIAN OIL PRODUCTION FALLS DUE TO POSSIBLE [...] (U) The Mauritanian oil production in the Chinguetti Field suddenly fell last week and this trend is likely to continue in the coming weeks. After a boom in March and April, production dropped during the first week of May from 70,000 barrels a day to 45,000 barrels. This decline is attribut [...] | 2006-05-19 09:20:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | BBSR EINV EPET ECON EFIN MR |
06NOUAKCHOTT701 | WOODSIDE AND MAURITANIA SIGN REVISED PRODUCTION [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-08 11:15:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | BBSR EINV EPET ECON EFIN MR |
06NOUAKCHOTT898 | SUBJECT: GAZ DE FRANCE INCREASES PRESENCE IN [...] No summary [...] | 2006-07-19 15:53:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | UNCLASSIFIED | BBSR EINV EPET ECON EFIN MR |
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 |
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 |
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 |
06OSLO2 | NORWEGIAN ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS, NOVEMBER- DECEMBER 2005: [...] (SBU) Summary of combined November-December monthly highlights: * The past year was an exceptionally good one for the Norwegian economy: mainland real GDP grew by 3.9 percent; offshore petroleum investments reached a record high; the value of exports soared on account of rising crude oil p [...] | 2006-01-01 12:00:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ELAB EPET ETRD NO |
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 |
06OSLO400 | AMBASSADOR'S VISIT TO NORWEGIAN CENTRAL BANK: [...] (SBU) On March 28, Ambassador Whitney and Pol/Econ Officers visited the Norwegian Central Bank (Norges Bank),meeting with Central Bank Governor Svein Gjedrem, Deputy Governor Jarle Bergo and Knut Kjaer, Executive Director of the Pension Fund (formerly the Petroleum Fund). Discussions center [...] | 2006-03-31 12:41:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EPET EFIN 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 |
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 |
06OTTAWA1634 | DEMARCHE: USG RESPONSE TO ECUADOR'S ACTIONS ON [...] (C)Econ officers spoke to DFAIT officials Flavie Major (Ecuador desk officer) and Gilles Gauthier (Director for Investment Trade Policy) about our concerns over Ecuador's actions against Occidental Petroleum, and noted that we were making these points to other trading partners as appropriate. [...] | 2006-05-26 22:21:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV EPET ETRD PREL EC CA |
06OTTAWA2294 | CANADA TAKES STEPS TO ESTABLISH SOVEREIGNTY OVER [...] (U) Summary: The GOC is taking steps to secure sovereign rights over seabed resources that extend to the edge of the continental shelf. On July 20 the GOC announced a C$2 million effort to identify and map the outer edge of the continental shelf. Under the UN Convention on the Law of the S [...] | 2006-07-31 21:32:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | CA EMIN EPET PBTS PREL SENV DE UN |
06OTTAWA2356 | Canadian Coast Guard to conduct Seismic Surveys in Disputed [...] Canada's Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) in a telephone conversation on August 3, informed the Embassy that the Canadian Coast Guard icebreaker Louis St. Laurent is proceeding to the disputed area of the Beaufort Sea where its crew will conduct seismic studies ove [...] | 2006-08-04 17:34:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | PBTS EMIN EPET PREL SENV UN CA |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
06PARIS6211 | IRAN AND LIBYA SANCTIONS ACT (ILSA): FRANCE ON [...] No summary [...] | 2006-09-15 13:59:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC EINV EPET FR IR |
06PARIS6326 | IRAN AND LIBYA SANCTIONS ACT (ILSA): TOTAL ON ITS [...] (C) Summary. Total has not yet made irrevocable decisions to invest in the Azadegan Project. Until the UN Security Council agrees on international sanctions, however, Total would consider geographical, technical, and political risks in evaluating investment possibilities in Iran, a senior To [...] | 2006-09-20 15:32:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC EINV EPET FR IR |
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 |
06PARIS6921 | TOTAL DISCUSSES PROSPECTIVE IRANIAN INVESTMENT [...] (SBU) Summary. On October 16, EB DAS for Energy, Sanctions, and Commodities Paul Simons met with Total International Relations Senior Vice President Hubert Loiseleur des Longchamps on Total's prospective investments in Iran. Simons explained that Congress had recently passed the Iran Freedom [...] | 2006-10-20 11:07:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC EINV EPET FIR IR |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
06PORTLOUIS587 | MAURITIUS BACKS GUATEMALA FOR UNSC [...] (C) During a brief tour d'horizon (septel) with Charge October 3, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Trade, and Regional Cooperation Madan Dulloo said that Mauritius would support Guatemala's candidacy for the UN Security Council. He said Mauritius had established diplomatic relations with Guatemala [...] | 2006-10-04 09:58:00 | Embassy Port Louis | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EPET UNSC VE GT MP |
06PORTLOUIS627 | MAURITIUS SUPPORTS GUATEMALA FOR UNSC [...] (C) Charge d'Affaires, a.i. delivered UNSC demarche (ref A) to Mauritian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Regional Cooperation Madan Dulloo on October 17. The Minister confirmed Mauritius will continue to support Guatemala's candidacy for the Security Council in subsequent rounds of bal [...] | 2006-10-17 13:12:00 | Embassy Port Louis | SECRET | PREL EPET UNSC VE GT MP |
06PORTLOUIS628 | SUPPORT OF GUATEMALA FOR UNSC - SEYCHELLES RESPONSE [...] (C) Charge d'Affaires, a.i. delivered UNSC demarche (ref A) to Seychelles Principal Secretary for Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Claude Morel on October 17. Morel declined to comment on GOS position regarding the vote and only stated he wishes Guatemala success. SEMILOTA [...] | 2006-10-17 13:21:00 | Embassy Port Louis | SECRET | PREL EPET UNSC AA GE VT SE |
06PORTLOUIS634 | MAURITIUS INQUIRIES ON BREAKING IMPASSE [...] (SBU) Mauritian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Regional Cooperation Madan Dulloo contacted post to inquire as to the U.S. position on the impasse and asked if Uruguay is being considered as alternate to break the impasse. Charge d'Affaires expressed points made in Ref A and requested G [...] | 2006-10-19 13:31:00 | Embassy Port Louis | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EPET UNSC VE GT MP |
06PORTLOUIS752 | MAURITIUS DENIES PLAN TO CEDE AGALEGA ISLANDS TO INDIA, BUT ISSUE SHOWS MAURITIAN SUBORDINATION [...] (C) Summary: Mauritian officials deny any intention to cede Agalega islands to India, as alleged in an Indian newspaper report. They have said that India agreed to help with economic development and infrastructure improvement but they were unable to deny categorically that India has no ulterior mot [...] | 2006-12-15 08:26:00 | Embassy Port Louis | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR EPET PBTS ECON PHSA PINS IN MP IO |
06PORTOFSPAIN1125 | PM MANNING SAYS T&T IS A RELIABLE ALLY, SO U.S. [...] (C) SUMMARY: Reprising public remarks from several days earlier (reftel),PM Manning characterized T&T as a reliable ally and energy supplier that was not receiving sufficient attention from the U.S. during a September 8 meeting with DOE A/S Harbert and State/WHA DAS Duddy. He praised bilater [...] | 2006-09-22 21:10:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ETRD EPET MARR SNAR EAID TD |
06PORTOFSPAIN1126 | PM MANNING FRUSTRATED OVER CARICOM RESPONSE TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a September 8 meeting with DOE A/S Karen Harbert and WHA DAS Patrick Duddy, PM Manning voiced frustration with CARICOM colleagues over their stance on Petrocaribe but at the same time said he would go along with a "CARICOM decision" to support Venezuela's bid for a UNSC seat. [...] | 2006-09-22 21:14:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET UNSC PREL PGOV VE TD |
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 |
06PORTOFSPAIN164 | T&T'S FOREIGN MINISTER PREVIEWS CARICOM [...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Gift previewed the agenda for the February 9-10 CARICOM Intersessional meeting. Gift expects PetroCaribe will generate significant debate at the meeting. He also anticipates that CARICOM's relations with Haiti will warm some after the meeting. Gift inquired ab [...] | 2006-02-02 19:29:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EPET XL TD |
06PORTOFSPAIN203 | ATLANTIC LNG LAUNCHES PRODUCTION TRAIN 4 [...] SUMMARY: Atlantic LNG Train 4 has been officially launched. The train, a production facility with a capacity of 5.2 million tons (MT)/year, is the largest in the world. It will increase by 50 percent overall T&T production of LNG to 15 million MT, all of which presently is destined for U.S. [...] | 2006-02-13 17:46:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET EINV TD |
06PORTOFSPAIN217 | CARICOM INTER-SESSIONAL WRAP-UP: PETROCARIBE AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: At the final press conference of the 17th CARICOM Inter-sessional Heads of Government meeting, members announced that they had resolved two of the most contentious issues, Haiti's status in CARICOM and PetroCaribe. On PetroCaribe, T&T decided to support suspension of the common [...] | 2006-02-14 20:11:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECIN ETRD EPET XL TD |
06PORTOFSPAIN268 | TRINIDAD PETROLEUM CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS [...] The 2006 Trinidad & Tobago Petroleum Conference (TTPC),held on February 6-7 in Port of Spain, chose the theme "Harnessing the Gas Economy" to recognize the change in status of Trinidad and Tobago as an oil producing economy to a gas producing one. The conference, organized by the South Trini [...] | 2006-03-01 20:09:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET EFIN TD |
06PORTOFSPAIN295 | TRINIDAD ABOUT-FACE ON PETROCARIBE AND CARICOM [...] (U) SUMMARY: Trinidad's opposition to Petrocaribe softened at the February 9-10 CARICOM summit, as it agreed to lifting the CARICOM common external tariff so other member states could go ahead with their individual agreements with Venezuela. One reason why T&T acquiesced is its interest in jo [...] | 2006-03-08 18:11:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ETRD ECIN TD |
06PORTOFSPAIN529 | JAMAICAN PRIME MINISTER VISITS TRINIDAD [...] SUMMARY: Energy dominated the visit of Jamaican Prime Minister Portia Simpson-Miller to Trinidad April 24-26. Regional crime, drug trafficking and security concerns relating to the 2007 Cricket World Cup also figured in discussions she had with T&T PM Patrick Manning. No new agreements came [...] | 2006-04-28 19:06:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET ETRD PREL TD XL |
06PORTOFSPAIN587 | TRINIDAD GASBAG - ENERGY SECTOR NEWS (#2-06) [...] U.S. company signs MOU for ethylene complex ------------------------------------------ Texas-based Westlake Chemical plans to build a US$1.5 billion ethylene plant in T&T. Westlake CEO Albert Chao signed a memorandum of understanding with Energy Minister Lenny Saith on April 18 for the plan [...] | 2006-05-10 19:10:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET EINV EIND TD |
06PORTOFSPAIN848 | GAO VISITS TRINIDAD TO STUDY MARITIME ENERGY [...] (U) SUMMARY: Officials from the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO),Homeland Security and Justice Team, visited Trinidad June 19-23 to observe the security of energy transport infrastructure into the United States. Through meetings with ministry officials, including the T&T Coast G [...] | 2006-07-17 14:21:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AGAO EPET EWWT PINS TD |
06PORTOFSPAIN863 | TRINIDAD/VENEZUELA CLOSER TO TREATY ON USE OF [...] (U) The June 19 edition of daily paper "Trinidad & Tobago Newsday" reported on a Ministry of Foreign Affairs release that addressed a future agreement between the governments of T&T and Venezuela on shared gas reserves. Full text of the release follows in next paragraph. 2. (U) Begin Text [...] | 2006-07-21 19:42:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ECIN PREL TD |
06PORTOFSPAIN931 | TRINIDAD ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS - JULY 15-31 [...] Alcoa clears another hurdle 2. Alcoa partners with Bechtel 3. Laqtel launching soon 4. IMF calls for spending cuts in T&T 5. T&T leads economic growth in the region 6. Possible privatization for BWIA ------------------------------ Â [...] | 2006-08-08 13:57:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | EAVI ECON EIND EPET ETRD TD |
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 |
06PRETORIA5039 | SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER DECEMBER 15, [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 6, issue 27 of US Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News weekly newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - DTI rolls out B-BBEE Scorecard; - SARB Governor complains about credit madness; - South Africa's technological innovation; - The Compet [...] | 2006-12-15 13:53:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET BEXP KTDB SENV PGOV |
06PRETORIA5114 | SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER DECEMBER 22, [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 6, issue 28 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News weekly newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - AMCHAM study on impact of U.S companies; - Eskom warns about rising capital costs; - Net foreign exchange reserves increase to $22.17 b [...] | 2006-12-22 11:09:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET BEXP KTDB SENV PGOV |
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 |
06QUITO106 | A REVIEW OF THE NEVER-ENDING OXY SAGA [...] (C) Summary. Nearly six years after the GOE first refused to rebate VAT taxes to Occidental Petroleum (Oxy),we are not much closer to resolving the dispute. USG pressure, Oxy entreaties, and well-meaning GOE officials have produced some progress, but there have also been missteps and miscom [...] | 2006-01-13 18:26:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET EINV ETRD ECON EC |
06QUITO125 | NEW ECUADORIAN FINANCE MINISTER PLEDGES FISCAL [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with the Ambassador, new Ecuadorian Minister of Finance Diego Borja affirmed his commitment to responsible fiscal policy and expressed his interest in promoting microfinance. The Ambassador expressed U.S. support for holding the spending line in a difficult elector [...] | 2006-01-17 22:42:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EPET PGOV EINV EC |
06QUITO1438 | ECUADOR SOLICITS OIL HELP FROM ABROAD [...] (C) Summary. There are nearly daily press reports that the GOE is about to get assistance from a variety of countries to manage or invest in Ecuador's oil sector, especially the fields previously managed by Occidental Petroleum. Private reports we have received indicate the rush to invest in [...] | 2006-06-12 21:31:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET EINV ECON PREL EC |
06QUITO1612 | ECUADOR SIGNS MORE ENERGY AGREEMENTS WITH VENEZUELA [...] (U) Summary. Ecuador's and Venezuela's state energy companies PetroEcuador and PDVSA yesterday signed a pair of energy agreements, following a series of technical meetings this month. Venezuela's Energy Minister Rafael Ramirez and acting PetroEcuador President Walter Lopez were joined by Ec [...] | 2006-06-30 20:03:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EC EPET ETRD PREL VZ EINV |
06QUITO1722 | REGULATION FOR HYDROCARBONS REFORM REVISED [...] (SBU) Summary: President Palacio issued a decree July 11 correcting the implementing Regulation of the April Hydrocarbons Law that had been published in the Official Register on June 29. The previous regulation offered potentially important opportunities for companies to mitigate the law's m [...] | 2006-07-14 18:28:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EPET 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 |
06QUITO1824 | UPDATE ON OPERATIONS OF OXY'S FORMER BLOCK [...] (C) Summary: Occidental Petroleum (Oxy) cleared its first legal hurdle July 13 when the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) officially registered its case against the Government of Ecuador (GOE). More than two months after the GOE declared caducity (reftel A),s [...] | 2006-07-25 19:44:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON EPET EINV |
06QUITO2138 | A THOUSAND CHARIOTS IN THE FIELDS: CHINESE PLAYERS [...] (C) Summary: With their $1.4 billion acquisition of Canadian EnCana, China's state oil companies announced their entrance as major players in Ecuador's and the region's petroleum industry. Now with active participation in at least five of Ecuador's petroleum blocks, and with further investmen [...] | 2006-08-25 12:31:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EPET PINR PREL ETRD EC CN |
06QUITO2386 | ECUADOR EVALUATES HURRIED CONCESSION OF [...] (C) Summary: Ecuador's Hydrocarbons Vice-Minister reports that Chinese company Sinopec has made a strong offer to develop Ecuador's large ITT oil fields and the GOE is considering soliciting bids for the field before the Palacio government leaves in January. Post and industry insiders view [...] | 2006-09-27 15:55:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EPET EINV |
06QUITO2444 | OCCIDENTAL FOCUSES ARBITRATION AGAINST GOE; GOE [...] (C) Summary: Occidental Petroleum (Oxy) is dropping its arbitration case against Petroecuador while maintaining its case against the Government of Ecuador (GOE) to facilitate it management of the arbitration. In addition, the GOE has stated it will not appoint its arbiter by Oct. 12, as req [...] | 2006-10-05 12:05:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV EPET ETRD EC |
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 |
06QUITO2497 | OF PIPELINES AND LIFELINES: PETROECUADOR AND THE [...] (U) Summary: On August 19 a story broke in the Ecuadorian media about a pipeline leak and oil spill near the environmentally sensitive Cuyabeno Animal Reserve in Ecuador's Amazon region. In extensive coverage, the media has speculated on the causes and environmental effects of the spill. The [...] | 2006-10-11 21:29:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | SENV EPET ECON EAGR EAID PGOV SOCI EC |
06QUITO259 | UNREALISTIC HUAORANI CONFRONT LOGGING AND [...] Summary: With an agenda focusing on illegal logging, their relationship with the petroleum industry, and institutional corruption, the Huaorani indigenous group held a general assembly in the jungle community of Nemonpari. While laudable in its effort to tackle these pressing issues, the new [...] | 2006-02-01 13:30:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EAID SOCI EPET ECON PGOV PHUM EC |
06QUITO3062 | ENERGY INTEGRATION, AERIAL SPRAYING AND DEBT ON [...] (C) Summary. President-elect Rafael Correa has crisscrossed South America in recent weeks to establish contact with his counterparts in the region, pursuing Ecuadorian interest in oil refining and infrastructure projects under the guise of regional cooperation and integration. Basking in a [...] | 2006-12-19 22:58:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD EPET EFIN EWWT EAIR EC CO |
06QUITO579 | STATE OF EMERGENCY DECLARED FOR OIL WORKER STRIKE [...] Summary: President Palacio declared a state of emergency on March 7 in the three provinces of Napo, Orellana, and Sucumbios after 4,000 oil workers went on strike and took over installations at five PetroEcuador oil fields. On March 8, the military retook control of the oil wells and the go [...] | 2006-03-09 22:21:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM EPET ELAB EC |
06QUITO705 | CHEVRON CLOSE TO FILING BIT NOTICE [...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador met March 17 with Chevron local representative Jaime Varela for an update of Chevron's legal cases. Varela gave the status of the case in the Lago Agrio court, the AAA arbitration, and the U.S. Federal Court case and said Chevron would soon file a notice requesting [...] | 2006-03-21 21:03:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET EINV ETRD ECON EC |
06QUITO809 | HYDROCARBON LAW SPELLS TROUBLE FOR EVERYONE [...] (U) Summary. The Ecuadorian Congress passed a law March 29 that would require private oil companies with participation contracts in Ecuador to share additional revenue with the GOE. If President Palacio signs the law, the GOE could face numerous legal actions because it clearly changes the t [...] | 2006-03-31 18:41:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET EINV ETRD ECON PREL EC |
06QUITO977 | VFM FRIENDLY BUT FIRM ON ECUADORIAN CONCERNS [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with visiting WHA/AND Director Philip French on April 18, Vice Foreign Minister Diego Ribadeneira expressed GOE commitment for continued bilateral cooperation, but stressed the view that the USG needs to take into account some of the unique pressures of Ecuador's sit [...] | 2006-04-20 22:18:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC ETRD EPET EINV ECON PGOV SNAR CO EC |
06RIGA855 | Remaining state shares in Ventspils Nafta sold to Vitol [...] On October 5, the Latvian government sold its entire 38.62% stake in Ventspils Nafta (VN),a large holding company known mainly for its oil terminal and extremely convoluted shareholding structure. Besides the oil transit business, VN owns a number of real estate businesses, several printing a [...] | 2006-10-18 14:03:00 | Embassy Riga | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET ETRD PGOV 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 |
06RIODEJANEIRO445 | AMBASSADOR'S ENERGY AND BIO-FUELS DISCUSSIONS IN RIO DE [...] (SBU) Summary: Some oil and gas companies in Brazil, notably Shell and Petrobras, are embracing bio-fuels as part of a diversified energy product mix, Shell Brazil CEO Diaz told the Ambassador in an August 21 meeting. On August 22, Petrobras CEO Gabrielli said his company is expanding its etha [...] | 2006-09-06 14:06:00 | Consulate Rio De Janeiro | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET PGOV SENV PREL EINV BR |
06RIODEJANEIRO446 | AMBASSADOR'S BRAZIL-BOLIVIA-VENEZUELA GAS DISCUSSIONS IN [...] (SBU) Summary: Petrobras CEO Sergio Gabrielli and Shell Brazil CEO Vasco Dias told Ambassador Sobel in meetings on August 22 that Brazil's priority in upcoming negotiations over gas supplies from Bolivia was to ensure continuity of supply. Despite its unhelpful role in Bolivia, the CEOs did no [...] | 2006-09-06 14:08:00 | Consulate Rio De Janeiro | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET PGOV PREL EINV 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 |
06RIYADH1542 | POST-ABQAIQ MINISTER OF INTERIOR FORMALLY REQUESTS [...] (U) This is an action request. 2. (S) Summary and Action Request: Post requests Department's prompt review and guidance in responding to the Saudi government's formal request for helicopter support and security consultations, for the security of oil facilities in the Kingdom. Foreign Mini [...] | 2006-03-12 15:23:00 | Embassy Riyadh | SECRET | PTER MASS MARR ASEC PREL EPET ETRD 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 |
06RIYADH5314 | DHAHRAN DIGEST 7 [...] (SBU) Dr. Abdullah Al-Kadi, director of Al Bir, the largest charitable organization in the Eastern Province (EP),estimated to the CG that there were 3.7 million residents in the EP, of whom 20 percent (740,000) were expatriates. Al-Kadi, a U.S.-trained architect and urban planner, has constr [...] | 2006-07-05 05:51:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EPET SOCI PINR 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 |
06RIYADH8811 | UNPRECEDENTED MEETING BETWEEN USG AND SAG ON [...] (S/NF) In light of recent threats to petroleum infrastructure in Saudi Arabia, on 31 October Vice Admiral Walsh, Commander U.S. Naval Forces Central Command/Commander, U.S. Fifth Fleet, and Dhahran Consul General Kincannon met Saudi Arabian representatives from the Royal Saudi Naval Forces [...] | 2006-11-12 04:38:00 | Embassy Riyadh | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC EPET PTER ENERG SA |
06RIYADH8813 | UNPRECEDENTED MEETING BETWEEN USG AND SAG ON [...] (S/NF) In light of recent threats to petroleum infrastructure in Saudi Arabia, on 31 October Vice Admiral Walsh, Commander U.S. Naval Forces Central Command/Commander, U.S. Fifth Fleet, and Dhahran Consul General Kincannon met Saudi Arabian representatives from the Royal Saudi Naval Forces [...] | 2006-11-12 04:41:00 | Embassy Riyadh | SECRET//NOFORN | EPET ENERG PTER 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 |
06RIYADH8839 | SAUDI ARAMCO CRUDE ALLOCATIONS FOR NOVEMBER DECLINE [...] (S) In line with recent announcements by Saudi Aramco regarding cuts in crude oil allocations to major oil company customers (reftel),a contact from another major energy firm who has reported consistently and reliably in the past, informed us Saudi Aramco had cut crude allocations to his fi [...] | 2006-11-13 14:53:00 | Embassy Riyadh | SECRET | EPET ENERG SA |
06RIYADH8900 | A SAUDI'S VIEWS ON THE U.S. AND RULE OF LAW IN KSA [...] (S) Echoing several other commentators and analyses, Saudi commercial lawyer and diplomat Dr. Waleed Nasser Al-Nuwaiser (strictly protect) told PolOff on November 8 that the heart of most problems in Saudi Arabia is the absence of rule of law. He stressed that the USG should emphasize the n [...] | 2006-11-21 07:27:00 | Embassy Riyadh | SECRET | PHUM PGOV KISL EPET SA IZ |
06RIYADH8989 | MOI UNDERSCORES NEED FOR BROAD AND FLEXIBLE ENERGY [...] (S) Economic Counselor Silverman and Energy Attache Ross met with Dr. Saad al-Jabri, Advisor to the Assistant Minister of Interior, on November 26 to discuss the draft Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on cooperation to improve security at critical infrastructure facilities. Dr. al-Jabri und [...] | 2006-12-04 13:38:00 | Embassy Riyadh | SECRET | EPET PGOV PINR PREL PTER SA |
06RIYADH8990 | MOI UNDERSCORES NEED FOR BROAD AND FLEXIBLE ENERGY [...] (S) Economic Counselor Silverman and Energy Attache Ross met with Dr. Saad al-Jabri, Advisor to the Assistant Minister of Interior, on November 26 to discuss the draft Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on cooperation to improve security at critical infrastructure facilities. Dr. al-Jabri und [...] | 2006-12-04 14:35:00 | Embassy Riyadh | SECRET | EPET PGOV PINR PREL PTER SA |
06RIYADH9085 | DHAHRAN DIGEST 8 [...] (U) This cable is a continuation of a regular series of updates from the Eastern Province (EP) designed to capture some of the EP's local color and items of USG interest that are not necessarily appropriate for a topical cable. ---------------------------------------- PRINCE MOHAMMED BIN FA [...] | 2006-12-15 09:06:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EPET KIRF PA PGOV PHUM PREL SA |
06RIYADH9106 | PLANS FOR THE FEBRUARY JOINT WORKING GROUP ON [...] (S) On 16 December, Economic Counselor Silverman and Energy Attache Ross met with Dr. Saud al-Semari, Director of the Ministry of Interior's (MOI) modernization program, and Khaled al-Ageel, Manager of the MOI's Industrial Security Directorate, to discuss plans for a February 2007 meeting of [...] | 2006-12-18 13:44:00 | Embassy Riyadh | SECRET | EPET PGOV PREL PTER SA |
06RIYADH9155 | KATRINA ASSISTANCE, COMING TO CLOSURE [...] (U) As per reftel request, on 17 December, Mission delivered a diplomatic note to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) formally requesting information on the status of disbursements of the outstanding $48 million of $100 million the SAG pledged for Hurricane Katrina assistance. We request [...] | 2006-12-24 10:15:00 | Embassy Riyadh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREL EPET 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 |
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 |
06ROME3159 | ITALIANS CLOSE-MOUTHED ON AZADEGAN PROJECT IN IRAN [...] (C) Ecmin delivered ref A points regarding possible Italian investment in Iran's Azadegan oilfield to Amadeo Teti, Ministry of Foreign Trade Director General for Commercial Agreements, and Claudio Spinedi, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Deputy Director General for Multilateral Financial and Eco [...] | 2006-11-22 14:46:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC EPET PREL IR IT |
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 |
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 |
06SANAA146 | DONORS CALL FOR ROYG PARTICIPATION IN EITI, OTHER [...] On January 24, post participated in the second of a series of ROYG-donor dialogues on governance reform objectives. The meeting focused on measures to improve the business enabling environment in Yemen, and allowed the donors an opportunity to present specific reforms the ROYG could take in th [...] | 2006-01-28 11:32:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ECON EINV EPET KMCA YM COM |
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 |
06SANAA2255 | SANAA ATMOSPHERICS: LOCAL IMAMS CALL FOR JIHAD, [...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 30, President Saleh suggested in a televised interview with Al-Jazeera that Yemen and other Muslim countries should send volunteer fighters, as well as financial and material support, to the "resistance" against Israel in Lebanon and Palestine. Average Yemenis were stron [...] | 2006-08-07 08:41:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER EPET PINR KPAL KISL YM |
06SANAA835 | IMF OFFERS GLOOMY PROGNOSIS FOR YEMEN'S ECONOMY [...] (C) SUMMARY: On March 20, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) completed its Article IV Consultation for Yemen. In a briefing for donors, the Fund's macroeconomic projections were decidedly bleak, emphasizing an impending fiscal crisis caused by declining oil reserves and increased spending. [...] | 2006-03-25 13:56:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EFIN ECON EPET EINV KALR KMCA KMPI 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 |
06SANAA916 | POST SUPPORTS OPIC INVESTMENT IN YLNG [...] SUMMARY: In this cable, Post provides comments on the Overseas Private Investment Corporation,s (OPIC) support for the Yemen Liquefied Natural Gas (YLNG) project, as requested in Ref A. YLNG is crucial for Yemen's economy, with considerable benefits for American companies. The ROYG has gener [...] | 2006-04-03 09:35:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EINV EPET ECON YM |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
06SANTODOMINGO3655 | SCENESETTER FOR CODEL ENGEL VISIT TO THE DOMINICAN [...] (SBU) The United States Mission in the Dominican Republic warmly welcomes your planned December 8-10 visit to Santo Domingo. Space permitting, Ambassador Hans Hertell will greet you in Washington, DC on the day of your departure, and travel with you via milair to Santo Domingo. We have arrange [...] | 2006-12-06 11:00:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EAGR EPET PHUM PREF PREL ETRAD ECON DR |
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 |
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 |
06SAOPAULO505 | A BUSY TWO WEEKS FOR LULA'S PARTY: PT READIES FOR CAMPAIGN [...] (SBU) The ruling Workers Party (Partido dos Trabalhadores - PT) held its National Encounter in Sao Paulo, April 28-30, in preparation for the election campaign. Delegates authorized President Lula and party leadership to enter into electoral alliances with any willing partners, excluding only [...] | 2006-05-10 18:55:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR ELAB EPET 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 |
06SAOPAULO722 | SAO PAULO MAYOR DISCUSSES PCC VIOLENCE, ELECTIONS, BOLIVIA [...] (SBU) Sao Paulo Mayor Gilberto Kassab told the Consul General (CG) June 29 that the recent gang violence in the city was a wake-up call to the public, which has responded in solidarity with the police. Kassab believes opposition candidate Geraldo Alckmin will have a hard time catching up with [...] | 2006-06-30 12:18:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR ECON ETRD EPET BR |
06SECTIKN01OF03MINSK1223 | EMBASSY EINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - NOVEMBER 21, [...] The following are brief items of interest cmmpiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS INTERNATIONAL RELATIKNS ----------------------- - Foreign Military Experts Confirm Belarus' Compliance (para. 2) - Belarus Still 67th in UN Human DEvelopment Ranking (para. 3) CIVIL SOCIETY ----- [...] | 2006-11-27 04:30:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON KTDB EPET BO |
06SECTIO03OF03MINSK1128 | EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - OCTOBER 20, [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-20 13:13:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON KTDB EPET BO |
06SINGAPORE1430 | DEPUTY SECRETARY OF COMMERCE SAMPSON CALLS ON PRIME [...] (SBU) Summary: Dr. David A. Sampson, Deputy Secretary of Commerce, met with LEE Hsien Loong, Prime Minister, and LIM Hng Kiang, Minister for Trade and Industry, during a one-day visit to Singapore on April 26, 2006. During the two meetings, the Deputy Secretary focused on the importance of U [...] | 2006-05-03 04:31:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EINV ETTC ECPS EPET EAGR KIPR SN |
06SINGAPORE1916 | SINGAPORE CONSIDERS BUILDING LIQUEFIED NATURAL GAS [...] Summary: Singapore expects to decide by year's end whether to construct Southeast Asia's first liquefied natural gas (LNG) import terminal. The GOS hopes that the US$500 million project would help diversify the country's natural gas sources and prevent potentially disruptive shutdowns, which [...] | 2006-06-11 23:18:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET TRGY ECON EINV SN |
06SINGAPORE2547 | SINGAPORE TO BUILD LIQUEFIED NATURAL GAS TERMINAL [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-11 02:46:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET BEXP ECON EINV SN |
06SINGAPORE277 | AMBASSADOR'S CALL ON TRADE AND INDUSTRY MINISTER [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador told Minister for Trade and Industry LIM Hng Kiang that, short of an immediate solution, the United States would again raise Singapore's fulfillment of its telecom-related commitments at the upcoming second annual review of our bilateral Free Trade Agreement (FTA [...] | 2006-02-02 03:05:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EINV ETTC ECPS EPET EAGR KIPR SN |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
06TEGUCIGALPA1393 | (C) HONDURAS: RECENT HONDURAS ENERGY DISCUSSIONS [...] (S/NF) The following responds to tasker C-AL6-01066 transmitted ref M. All responses are keyed to questions contained in reftel and repeated below. A. (U) PRESIDENT ZELAYA. 1) (C) WHERE DOES ZELAYA STAND WITH RESPECT TO THE VENEZUELA OIL TALKS? WHAT ARE HIS MOTIVATIONS FOR INVOLVE [...] | 2006-08-04 23:16:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | SECRET//NOFORN | PINR EPET PGOV HO VE |
06TEGUCIGALPA1427 | HONDURAS: DIPPSA NOT SOLD YET, BUT BOTH RECA AND [...] (C) Henry Arevalo, President and owner of Honduran gasoline distribution company DIPPSA, confirmed to Ambassador and EconChief on August 8 that he had not concluded the sale of his company and continues to seek a buyer. According to Arevalo, uncertainty surrounding the pending national fuel [...] | 2006-08-09 19:18:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EPET PINR PGOV HO VE |
06TEGUCIGALPA1430 | (C) HONDURAN VICE PRESIDENT SEEKS TO SUPPORT U.S. [...] (S) Summary: Honduran Vice President Elvin Santos reached out to Post August 8 to better understand U.S. strategy and concerns on the upcoming national fuel bid. In the next few days Santos stated he will be trading his unwilling public support of the bid process for a strict evaluation of [...] | 2006-08-09 21:21:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | SECRET//NOFORN | EPET HO PGOV PINR |
06TEGUCIGALPA1469 | HONDURAN VP SAYS PRESIDENT SEEKS CLIMATE OF [...] (S) Summary: Vice President Elvin Santos, an outsider within his own government, continues to work to moderate the influence of President Jose Manuel "Mel" Zelaya Rosales' leftist advisors. At Zelaya's request, Santos recently again publicly pledged loyalty, but remains true to his free-mark [...] | 2006-08-14 20:52:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PINR EPET HO VE |
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 |
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 |
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 |
06TEGUCIGALPA2136 | (S) HONDURAN FUEL BID COULD SUPPORT FMLN, LEAD TO [...] (S/NF) Summary: This cable presents Post's best assessment of the current state of play and the political intent behind recent and upcoming steps in the bid solicitation process for fuel imports into Honduras. Among potential pitfalls are: (a) the threatened expropriation of millions of dolla [...] | 2006-11-09 22:32:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | SECRET//NOFORN | EPET EINV BBSR ES VE HO |
06TEGUCIGALPA2232 | HONDURAS: PRICE CONTROLS ON OIL AND CEMENT [...] (SBU) Price controls -- existing or proposed -- continue to be a worrisome topic in Honduras, as recent developments leave both the private sector and the consuming public unsatisfied. In the last few days, talk has centered on challenging a private sector price increase in corn flour, a sta [...] | 2006-11-27 22:54:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV ETRD ECON EPET PGOV HO |
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 |
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 |
06TEGUCIGALPA622 | HONDURAN PRESIDENT ZELAYA ON FUEL BID, CAFTA, [...] (C) Summary: On March 28, Ambassador and DCM met with Honduran President Mel Zelaya and Foreign Minister Milton Jimenez regarding Zelaya's June visit to Washington. DEA agents later joined the meeting for a candid anti-narcotics briefing. A relaxed Zelaya appeared to waiver somewhat on a [...] | 2006-03-30 22:33:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD PGOV EPET SNAR MOPS PINR 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 |
06TEGUCIGALPA872 | POTUS Meeting June 5 With Honduran President Mel [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: One hundred days into his term, President Mel Zelaya remains somewhat of an enigma. On the positive side, he has strongly supported CAFTA; cooperated fully with the DHS/ICE deportation of illegal immigrants (nearly 200 daily); acted - with limited resources - to combat the expl [...] | 2006-05-12 12:19:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON PGOV EPET SNAR EAID SENV KJUS HO |
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 |
06TEGUCIGALPA985 | (S) HONDURAS: USG SHOULD KEEP ZELAYA NERVOUS ABOUT [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 6. 2. (S) Summary: In preparation for his June 5 meeting with POTUS, President Jose Manuel Zelaya Rosales is explicitly seeking USG reassurance that we will not object to a GOH deal with Venezuela for oil. Zelaya has on several recent occasi [...] | 2006-05-31 21:57:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | SECRET | EPET ENRG PGOV PREL PINR VE HO |
06TELAVIV4234 | MODEST DISCOVERY OF OIL IN DEAD SEA BASIN COULD [...] (U) Genco Oil and Gas Exploration, an Israeli company that has been drilling in the Dead Sea basin for ten years, recently struck oil at Zuk Tamur 3 -- a 1,800 meter deep drill site -- and discovered reserves the company estimates at between four and six million barrels, worth about $300 mill [...] | 2006-10-24 15:12:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET EINV PREL IS |
06TELAVIV4703 | ISRAEL SEEKS TO DIVERSIFY ITS ENERGY SUPPLY TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: IN ORDER TO MEET THE ENERGY DEMANDS OF A GROWING POPULATION AND A RISING STANDARD OF LIVING, ISRAEL WILL NEED TO DOUBLE ITS GENERATING CAPACITY OVER THE NEXT DECADE. IN AN EFFORT TO REDUCE ITS HEAVY DEPENDENCE ON IMPORTED OIL -- 90 PERCENT OF WHICH COMES FROM RUSSIA AND THE FOR [...] | 2006-12-01 15:05:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG PREL EPET PGOV ETRD IS |
06TELAVIV4853 | ISRAEL-JORDAN ENVIRONMENTAL AND RELATED COOPERATION [...] (SBU) Summary: The Israeli Ministry of Environmental Protection welcomes cooperation and exchange with Jordan's Green Police. The GOI also welcomes the upcoming World Bank feasibility study of the proposed Red Sea-Dead Sea water conveyance project. Two kibbutzim have helped the GOI fulfill t [...] | 2006-12-15 14:23:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ECON PREL EAID EPET JO IS |
06THEHAGUE1750 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR BURTON, DANENBERGER, [...] The Hague grants country clearance for Johnnie Burton, Elmber Danenberger, Chris Oynes, Lars Herbst of the Minerals Management Service (MMS) of the Department of the Interior to travel to the Netherlands on September 30- October 7, 2006. The purpose of the visit is to attend the 2006 meeting [...] | 2006-08-10 12:53:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | TPHY TSPL EPET OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE2261 | DUTCH ON INVESTIGATION OF AMCITS IN YUKOS CASE [...] (C) Econoff delivered on October 10 reftel points regarding the GOR criminal investigation against the American and former Yukos executives Steven Theede, Bruce Misamore and David Godfrey to Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) officials Natascha Soons, Policy officer, Eastern Europe and C [...] | 2006-10-18 12:44:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EPET RS NL |
06THEHAGUE2316 | SHELL/SAKHALIN II: A VIEW FROM THE NETHERLANDS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. A Shell representative recently offered his version of events at Sakhalin II and confirmed that the Government of Russia (GOR) had not revoked the project's environmental permit. Shell will continue to meet project deadlines and commitments without seeking to use political cha [...] | 2006-10-26 07:13:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG ECON PREL NL |
06THEHAGUE2561 | NETHERLANDS/BOLIVIA: GONL REMAINS POSITIVE ON [...] (C) Summary: Bolivian President Evo Morales, on his second visit to the Netherlands this year, continued to impress hopeful GONL officials with his goal of social justice and his ability to reach political solutions. The Dutch say Morales understands the need for good relations with the U.S b [...] | 2006-12-06 14:23:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID ECON EPET BO NL |
06THEHAGUE2654 | ILSA: DUTCH, SHELL ON YADAVARAN, IRAN, SAKHALIN II [...] (SBU) Summary. The Dutch government supports targeted sanctions against Iran but not actions that limit Shell's activities there. Shell does not plan a final Yadavaran investment decision until 2008 and will keep State abreast. The government continues to follow negotiations between Gazprom an [...] | 2006-12-21 16:21:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC EPET ENRG PREL NL CH IR |
06TIRANA281 | MAJOR LNG AND POWER PROJECT NEARER REALIZATION; [...] (C) SUMMARY: ASG Power, a U.S.-Swiss consortium, received GoA permission on March 13 to undertake final feasibility and environmental studies to build a 1.9 billion LNG re-gasification facility and 1200 megawatt power plant near Fier. Gas and electricity will mostly be exported to Italy, b [...] | 2006-03-20 08:00:00 | Embassy Tirana | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV ENRG EPET AL |
06TOKYO5208 | REPORTED TOTAL INTEREST IN AZADEGAN PROJECT [...] (C) Regarding Total interest in the Azadegan project, we spoke to Shin Hosaka, director of the Petroleum and Gas Division at ANRE, who said that he was not privy to INPEX's private negotiations. We noted that METI was a major shareholder in INPEX but he insisted he would be getting his inform [...] | 2006-09-11 08:14:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC EINV EPET ENRG JA |
06TOKYO5488 | JAPAN QUESTIONS RUSSIAN MOTIVES REGARDING [...] (C) Summary. MOFA and Russian Embassy officials provided alternative interpretations of Russia's July 18 decision to revoke approval of a key environmental study on the Sakhalin-2 energy project, which has effectively stopped progress on the joint venture. Russia's motives for rescinding the [...] | 2006-09-22 10:34:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EPET ENRG RU JA |
06TOKYO5490 | JAPAN QUESTIONS RUSSIAN MOTIVES REGARDING [...] (C) Summary. MOFA and Russian Embassy officials provided alternative interpretations of Russia's July 18 decision to revoke approval of a key environmental study on the Sakhalin-2 energy project, which has effectively stopped progress on the joint venture. Russia's motives for rescinding the [...] | 2006-09-24 22:40:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EPET ENRG RU JA |
06TRIPOLI557 | PROJECT LIBYA: EXHIBITION TO PROMOTE INFRASTRUCTURE AND [...] The 4-7 December Project Libya exhibition is underway following a well-attended press launch on September 17. Organizers Montgomery Libya and Sahara Expo Libya presided over a packed house of reporters, businessmen and local embassy staff at the Corinthia Hotel. Jeremy Sale, Montgomery Libya' [...] | 2006-10-01 13:43:00 | Embassy Tripoli | UNCLASSIFIED | CMGT ECON EIND EINV ENRG EPET ETRD LY |
06TRIPOLI563 | LIBYA: COMMERCIAL ROUND UP, AUGUST-SEPTEMBER 2006 [...] Sources indicate that the National Oil Corporation (NOC) plans to introduce measures to require foreign companies operating in Libya to offer Libyans salaries equal to those paid to non-Libyans. (Source: NOC, 8/21) 2. Libya and Japan signed a memorandum of understanding on cooperation bet [...] | 2006-10-03 12:46:00 | Embassy Tripoli | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP BTIO ECON EFIN EIND EINT EINV ENRG EPET |
06TRIPOLI600 | LIBYAN NOC CHAIRMAN GHANEM'S VIEWS ON PETROLEUM ISSUES [...] (C) Summary: Charge met with National Oil Corporation (NOC) Chairman (and former Prime Minister) Shukri Ghanem on October 15 to discuss US-Libyan energy sector cooperation. Ghanem expressed confidence in Libyan efforts to boost oil production and defended the establishment of the Cabinet-leve [...] | 2006-10-19 14:43:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV ENRG EPET PREL LY |
06TRIPOLI686 | QADHAFI ISSUES ANTI-CORRUPTION WARNING TO LIBYA'S WEALTHY [...] (U) Libyan leader Muammar al-Qadhafi recently issued a particularly stark warning against official corruption, calling on the wealthy to declare their holdings and income sources and "repent" for any ill-gotten gains. In a November 13 speech before the General Council for Planning broadcast l [...] | 2006-11-23 11:25:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | ECIN ECON EFIN ENRG EPET LY |
06TUNIS12 | TUNISIA ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS [...] (SBU) Following criticism of Tunisia's freedom of information and internet access during its November 2005 hosting of the World Summit on the Information Society, the Chamber of Deputies is debating plans to privatize Tunisia's master internet service provider (ISP) and sole international inte [...] | 2006-01-03 15:50:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV EPET EINT ELAB TS |
06TUNIS2861 | TUNISIA ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS: Nov. 1 - Nov. 30 [...] (U) This cable contains highlights of recent economic developments in Tunisia on the following topics: A. Tunisia Plans to Build Nuclear Power Plant by 2020 B. Tunisie Telecom Privatization Receipts To Reduce External Debt C. Central Bank Intervenes in Bank Lending D. GOT Subsidies R [...] | 2006-12-07 09:08:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EFIN ENRG EAID EPET TS |
06TUNIS2950 | TUNISIA ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS: Dec. 1 - Dec. 15 [...] (U) This cable contains highlights of recent economic developments in Tunisia on the following topics: A. Tunisia to Increase Transit Capacity of Algerian Gas to Italy B. FDI Up Nearly Ten Percent in 2006 C. Inflation Down in November ------------------------------------ Tunisia to Inc [...] | 2006-12-21 07:31:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EINV EPET EAIR TS |
06TUNIS2970 | EXXONMOBIL STIFLED BY EXCESSIVE GOT REGULATION, [...] (C) Summary: In a December 20 meeting with EconOff, ExxonMobil Tunisia Director General Arnaud Blouin lamented the difficulty of doing business in Tunisia and questioned whether ExxonMobil has a future in Tunisia. Blouin presented a laundry list of complaints ranging from Central Bank currenc [...] | 2006-12-27 15:03:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EINV EPET ETRD BEXP TS |
06TUNIS635 | WORKING-CLASS OPINIONS AND COMMENTS IN TUNISIA [...] SUMMARY: Throughout 2005 and early 2006, Tunisians have complained about rising price levels. Everything from olive oil, to gasoline, to automobile insurance has seen price increases in recent months, and there is a rise in official and actual inflation. Middle-class to lower-income Tunisia [...] | 2006-03-17 15:44:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EPET TS |
06USNATO643 | NATO ECONOMICS COMMITTEE: "HEADS" AND "SECURITY & [...] (C) Summary: The NATO "Heads of Economic Intelligence" was convened by Defense & Economic Security Director Patrick Hardouin who reviewed the Committee's program over the past year. He then turned to the issue of the UK,s decision not to support the Committee's work in future and how to better [...] | 2006-10-27 13:06:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EPET NATO PGOV RU UP |
06VIENNA1190 | RAIFFEISEN BANK ANNOUNCES INTENTION TO OPT OUT [...] During an April 24 briefing for journalists, Herbert Stepic, Chairman of the Board of Raiffeisen International Bank-Holding (RI),a holding company for Raiffeisen Zentralbank (RZB),announced that RZB's subsidiary Raiffeisen Investment AG (RIAG) will opt out as a 50% shareholder of the Ukrain [...] | 2006-04-26 06:34:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ENRG EPET PREL PGOV AU |
06VIENNA1195 | AUSTRIAN FOREIGN MINISTER WILL ATTEND DUTCH [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-26 08:16:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG EPET ECON PREL EU AU |
06VIENNA1474 | MAJOR MERGER IN THE WORKS IN AUSTRIAN ENERGY SECTOR [...] (SBU) The Austrian oil and gas giant OMV and Austria's leading electricity provider, Verbund, announced on May 10 their intention to form a new company, OMV-Verbund, by the end of 2006 or early 2007. The GoA, which holds a 51% share in Verbund and a 31% share in OMV, has blessed the merger. [...] | 2006-05-19 11:30:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV ENRG EPET AU |
06VIENNA1939 | GOVERNMENTS COMMIT TO NABUCCO PIPELINE -- INDUSTRY [...] (C) At a June 26 conference, senior government officials from Austria, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, and Turkey, as well as EU Energy Commissioner Andris Piebalgs, signed a joint declaration to initiate the Nabucco pipeline project. Construction of the Euro 4.6 billion ($5.8 billion) pipeline s [...] | 2006-06-30 10:59:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET PGOV EUN AU |
06VIENNA2475 | NABUCCO PIPELINE: AUSTRIA'S OMV CONSIDERS [...] (C) Summary. On August 10, State Department (S/P) Energy Advisor Steve Hellman, accompanied by Charge and Acting EconPolCouns, met with senior executives from Austria's main oil and gas company, OMV, to discuss the status of the Nabucco pipeline and ways to move the project forward. The dis [...] | 2006-08-18 15:58:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET ECON PREL AZ AU |
06VIENNA3105 | OMV ON NABUCCO AND GAZPROM [...] (C) OMV Gas executives Werner Auli and Reinhard Mitschek told emboffs on October 12 that Nabucco Pipeline International had formally requested exemptions from the EU's Gas Directive -- restricting initial third-party access to the pipeline to 50% and insulating the project from tariff reducti [...] | 2006-10-19 13:26:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET ECON PGOV PREL AU |
06VIENNA3208 | STEVE HELLMAN'S DISCUSSIONS WITH OMV ON NABUCCO, [...] (C) During an October 23 meeting with Werner Auli, CEO of OMV Gas, and Reinhard Mitschek, Managing Director of Nabucco Gas Pipeline International, S/P Steve Hellman updated OMV on Russia's continuing pressure, via its gas exports, on Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Turkey. Hellman noted that Russia' [...] | 2006-11-02 10:28:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET ECON EINV PREL AU |
06VIENNA3394 | RAIFFEISEN ON BELARUS, UKRAINE, THE SALE OF BAWAG, [...] (C) Summary: Friedrich Sommer, Raiffeisen Zentralbank's General Counsel, confirmed to us on November 17 that no senior Belarus officials have accounts with Raiffeisen's Belarus subsidiary, Priorbank. Raiffeisen International Bank-Holding has definitively ended its controversial trusteeship [...] | 2006-11-24 07:47:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EPET ENGR BO UKR AU |
06VIENNA3417 | EUR DAS BRYZA DISCUSSES NABUCCO WITH OMV [...] (C) During a November 16 meeting with EUR DAS Matt Bryza, OMV CEO Wolfgang Ruttenstorfer acknowledged that Azeri gas is the most politically and commercially attractive source for the startup of the Nabucco pipeline scheduled in 2011. However, Ruttenstorfer questioned whether Azeri reserves w [...] | 2006-11-28 15:40:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET ECON PGOV PREL AU |
06VIENNA350 | RAIFFEISEN ON URKAINE-RUSSIAN GAS DEAL [...] (C) Raiffeisen International Bank AG (RIAG) Chairman Herbert Stepic told us January 30 that Gazprom was the "driving force" behind the RosUkrEnergo (RUE) joint venture with RIAG. RIAG, according to Stepic, has exerted little influence on pricing decisions, but rather was providing financing [...] | 2006-02-06 13:10:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET ECON PREL AU RS UP |
06VIENNA41 | AUSTRIAN EU PRESIDENCY UPS THE ANTE ON ENERGY [...] (U) Summary: In response to the dispute over natural gas supplies between Ukraine and Russia, Austrian officials have given new weight to their plan of making energy a focal point of Austria's EU presidency. Foreign Minister Ursula Plassnik said in a public statement that the EU would discuss [...] | 2006-01-05 17:16:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ENRG EPET PREL PGOV AU |
06VIENNA42 | AUSTRIAN RAIFFEISEN IN THE MIDDLE OF RUSSIA- [...] According to Austrian and international media reports, the Austrian Raiffeisen Investment Group (RIAG),a subsidiary of Raiffeisen Zentralbank (RZB),played a pivotal role in the Russian-Ukrainian gas deal. At the core of the deal (reportedly) is an arrangement for the Ukrainian Naftogaz com [...] | 2006-01-05 17:48:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ENRG EPET PREL PGOV AU |
06VIENNA789 | RUE GAS DEAL: FURTHER INFORMATION FROM RAIFFEISEN, [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-15 15:31:00 | Embassy Vienna | SECRET | ENRG EPET ECON PREL AU RS UP |
06VIENNA941 | AUSTRIAN ENERGY INITIATIVES - BEST PRACTICES [...] Post solicited information about domestic and international energy initiatives from Herbert Lechner, Scientific Director from the quasi-governmental "Austrian Energy Agency" (AEA),and from Aloisia Woergetter, head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Sustainable Development Unit. The GoA pro [...] | 2006-03-30 11:18:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV SOCI ENGR EAID EPET TRGY AU |
06VILNIUS1008 | EU DECISION HELPS REFINERY DEAL BUT SIGNIFICANT [...] (C) Summary: Poland's PKN Orlen has overcome the main legal obstacle hindering its purchase of Lithuania's Mazeikiu Nafta oil refinery (MN) -- approval of the EU's competition authority -- but other hurdles remain. The investigation into the October 12 fire will not conclude before February 1 [...] | 2006-11-09 13:14:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET PREL LH RS PL |
06VILNIUS1017 | LITHUANIAN REFINERY BOARD RESIGNS AFTER FAILING TO [...] (C) Nelson English, the Amcit General Director of Mazeikiu Nafta (MN),Lithuania's only oil refinery, called us late on November 9 to say that that MN's board of directors had resigned after failing to oust him at a board meeting earlier that evening. He said that the GOL's three representativ [...] | 2006-11-13 14:52:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET PREL LH RS PL VE |
06VILNIUS1111 | SALE OF LITHUANIA'S REFINERY NEARS COMPLETION [...] (C) Summary: The official closing of the sale of Lithuania's Mazeikiu Nafta (MN) oil refinery to Poland's PKN Orlen should occur on December 15. The GOL will receive nearly USD 852 million and Yukos International USD 1.5 billion for its majority stake. MN will also fire six high-level manage [...] | 2006-12-14 14:18:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET PREL LH RS PL VE NL |
06VILNIUS224 | LITHUANIA'S REFINERY LOOKS TO VENEZUELA TO BALANCE [...] (U) ACTION REQUEST: This cable contains an action request; please see paragraph seven. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Nelson English, General Manager of the Mazeikiu Nafta (MN) oil refinery in the Baltics, told the Charge that his company is considering a supply deal with the Venezuelan state-owned oil [...] | 2006-03-03 12:15:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET PREL LH VE RS |
06VILNIUS279 | EUR DAS KRAMER AND EU REPS COORDINATE BELARUS [...] (C) SUMMARY: EUR DAS David Kramer participated in an informal meeting on Belarus with EU officials and representatives from EU capitals March 14 in Vilnius. The participants agreed that the USG and the EU will coordinate their statements and actions in the immediate post-election period. EU [...] | 2006-03-17 14:27:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EPET RS UP BO KZ LH |
06VILNIUS459 | POLISH COMPANY SURGING IN BID TO BUY LITHUANIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Polish energy company PKN Orlen has emerged as the frontrunner to secure a controlling interest in Lithuania's oil refinery, according to a reliable government source. Court challenges in the United States and Netherlands continue and may yet derail the sale of the refinery. [...] | 2006-05-18 14:09:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON EPET PREL PGOV ETRD NL RS LH |
06VILNIUS512 | PARLIAMENT APPROVES AGREEMENT TO SELL LITHUANIA'S [...] (C) Lithuania's parliament on June 1 approved the sale of Lithuania's Mazeikiu Nafta (MN) oil refinery to the Polish oil company PKN Orlen. Next, the EU's competition authority must approve the deal, a process that could take months. With the question of the next owners now answered, MN will [...] | 2006-06-02 14:12:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ENRG ECON EPET PREL PGOV LT RS |
06VILNIUS618 | TWO RUSSIAN OIL SUPPLIERS CANCEL JULY CRUDE [...] (C) SUMMARY: RosNeft and Vitol have cancelled their crude shipments to Lithuania's Mazeikiu Nafta oil refinery (MN) for July, leaving the refinery with only half of the crude it expected to process this month. The shortfall will affect Latvia and Estonia as well as Lithuania. MN, which curre [...] | 2006-07-03 13:46:00 | Embassy Vilnius | SECRET | PREL EPET ECON LH RU VE |
06VILNIUS645 | LITHUANIAN OIL REFINERY CONTINUES SEARCH FOR CRUDE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Well-placed GOL officials told us July 10 that Lithuania's Mazeikiu Nafta oil refinery (MN) was on the brink of signing a contract with TNK-BP to bring a shipment of crude from Primorsk via tanker to MN's Baltic Sea terminal. MN's general manager (protect) says that MN is still [...] | 2006-07-11 13:55:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PREL ECON LH RU |
06VILNIUS891 | RUMORS CONTINUE TO SWIRL ABOUT THE FATE OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: Rumors about the fate of Lithuania's Mazeikiu Nafta (MN) oil refinery continue to circulate. Most of them appear false. A front-page article in Lithuania's largest newspaper proclaiming that MN was "sliding again into Moscow's hands" was a near-total fabrication, according to o [...] | 2006-09-26 14:55:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET PREL KZ VE LH |
06VILNIUS939 | LARGE FIRE BLAZES AT LITHUANIA'S OIL REFINERY [...] (U) Local press reported on October 12 that a fire had broken out at Lithuania's Mazeikiu Nafta oil refinery (MN) at approximately 1430 local time. The report said that the fire was "very big" and that it could be seen from several kilometers away. The report also said, however, that only on [...] | 2006-10-12 14:12:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET PREL LH RS |
06VILNIUS944 | PROSECUTORS AND GOL WILL INVESTIGATE CAUSE OF [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-13 12:48:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET PREL LH RS PL |
06VILNIUS962 | LITHUANIAN REFINERY FIRE LOOKS LIKE ACCIDENT [...] (C) Summary: There is no evidence yet to suggest that the October 12 fire at Lithuania's oil refinery was anything other than an unfortunate accident. Five different investigations into the blaze continue. The fire will delay finalization of the purchase of the refinery by Poland's PKN Orle [...] | 2006-10-20 14:06:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET PREL LH RS PL |
06WARSAW1167 | POLAND: UPDATE ON ENERGY SECURITY [...] (C) The Government of Poland continues to pursue its goal of diversifying energy resources. On May 31, the Cabinet of Ministers approved a resolution prioritizing construction of a gas pipeline from Norway, liquified natural gas (LNG) terminal, and extension of the Odessa-Brody oil pipeline [...] | 2006-06-13 14:39:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET GG PO PREL RS SA SL UR AJ EZ |
06WARSAW1314 | GOP REQUESTS US CONTACT SLOVAK GOVERNMENT ABOUT [...] (C) This cable contains an action request, para 2. (C) Summary: During a meeting with visiting S/P Director Stephen Krasner, officials at the Ministry of Economy requested U.S. assistance in contacting the government of Slovakia about Polish interest in acquiring from Yukos its 49 perc [...] | 2006-06-28 13:59:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET PL UR RS KZ LH LO EZ PGOV |
06WARSAW1592 | DEPARTMENT ENERGY ADVISER HELLMAN'S ENERGY [...] (C) Economics Ministry State Secretary Piotr Naimski told visiting State Department Energy Advisor Steve Hellman August 1 that Poland is very concerned by the cut-off of Russian oil shipments to Lithuania's Mazeikiu Nafta refinery due to alleged 'accidents and technical difficulties.' The Pole [...] | 2006-08-04 08:59:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET LH PL PREL |
06WARSAW2199 | POLAND WAITING FOR ANSWERS ON MAZEIKIU FIRE [...] (C) Cezary Filipowicz, PKN Orlen (PKNO) Deputy President told Deputy Econ Counselor that while he can't say with 100 percent certainty that the PKNO purchase of Mazeikiu Nafta oil refinery (MN) will proceed following the October 12 fire, it is PKNO's intention to complete the purchase. A tea [...] | 2006-10-13 15:49:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET PREL LH RS PO |
06WARSAW2418 | POLAND FINALIZES GAS DEALS WITH ROSUKRENERGO AND [...] (U) Polish Oil and Gas Company PGNIG signed a contract with RosUkrEnergo for gas imports beginning January 1, 2007. The contract is for 2.5 BCM of gas per year for three years with the possibility of prolonging the deal for another two. The price is based on the price of oil derivative produc [...] | 2006-11-20 10:55:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET ECON PO RS UR |
06WARSAW2525 | WHY POLAND DOESN'T WANT A GAS INTERCONNECTION TO [...] (C) EconOff discussed Poland's lack of enthusiasm for building a new gas interconnection to Germany with Pawel Konzal, PGNiG Board Advisor and Krzystof Rogala of the Office of Oil and Gas Supply Diversification in the Ministry of Economy. Konzal explained that Poland opposed the constructio [...] | 2006-12-07 13:59:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET ECON PL GM RS NO |
06WARSAW325 | UKRAINIAN PRIME MINISTER FAILS TO CLARIFY GAS [...] (C) Energy issues dominated the discussions during the February 16-17 visit to Poland by Ukrainian Prime Minister Yuriy Yekhanurov and the separate February 21 visit by Anatolij Kinach, Secretary of the Ukrainian Office of National Security and Defense. According to the MFA, however, the Po [...] | 2006-02-27 14:47:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EPET ENRG PL UP |
06WARSAW380 | POLAND'S PROPOSED EUROPEAN ENERGY SECURITY TREATY [...] (C) Poland continues to consult with EU partners on its proposed European Energy Security Treaty. Deputy Minister of Economy Naimski requests a meeting with Under Secretary for Political Affairs Nicholas Burns March 20 or 21 to discuss mechanisms in the NATO Treaty that can be transferred to [...] | 2006-03-03 16:25:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET PREL PL |
06WARSAW525 | POTENTIAL AREAS OF ENERGY SECURITY COOPERATION [...] (C) The Government of Poland continues to consider energy security a top priority. Deputy Minister of Economy Naimski plans to travel to the U.S. in mid-April to discuss energy topics with USG officials. Naimski told us that the GOP is flexible with regard to the content, form and scope of i [...] | 2006-03-21 13:17:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET PL PREL |
06WARSAW789 | DUTCH ENERGY CONFERENCE - POLISH RESPONSE [...] (SBU) Econ Counselor and Dutch Econ Officer jointly demarched Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director for North America Ambassador Henryk Szlajfer per reftel instructions. Szlajfer stated that Foreign Minister Meller is considering attending the dinner on the evening of May 17 and the first hou [...] | 2006-04-28 09:55:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG EPET ECON PREL NL PL EUN |
06WARSAW791 | POLAND FAST-TRACKING IEA MEMBERSHIP [...] (C) Pawlel Konzal, Advisor to Minister of Economy told us on April 28 that Poland is fast-tracking IEA membership. The GOP recently held discussions with the IEA's Deputy Executive Director Bill Ramsey concerning membership requirements, telling him that Poland would like to become a full m [...] | 2006-04-28 10:05:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON EPET PL |
06WARSAW980 | POLAND'S ORLEN ANXIOUS FOR COURT DECISION IT CAN [...] (C) Summary: PKN Orlen's Wojciech Wroblewski, told us that PKN Orlen is waiting for U.S. court approval of the sale by YUKOS of its controlling stake in the Mazeikiu refinery for the purchase to go through. PKN Orlen aggressively pursued the sale both as a strategic asset and as a way to b [...] | 2006-05-25 15:16:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON EPET PREL PGOV ETRD LH PL RS KZ |
06YAOUNDE1566 | CAMEROON: EXXON FEARS EMPLOYEE UNREST IN SALE TO [...] (U) Summary. ExxonMobil representatives told Charge October 11 that they feared their 85 employees in Cameroon might take "illegal action," possibly to include violence, to pressure Exxon to make cash concessions to its employees as part of the pending share sale of Exxon's Africa operations [...] | 2006-10-12 15:10:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED | EINT ENRG ELAB ETRD EPET LY CM |
06YAOUNDE1847 | U.S. OPPORTUNITIES IN CAMEROON'S AMBITIOUS POWER [...] (U) Summary. Cameroon is "thirsty" for new investments in the oil, gas, and power sectors, and eager to establish partnerships with American companies and relevant USG agencies, according to Dudley Achu Sama, the seniormost technical advisor at the Ministry of Water and Energy (French acron [...] | 2006-12-15 12:38:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG EPET EINV ETRD ECON PGOV PINR CM |
06YEREVAN1476 | BRYZA AND PRIME MINISTER DISCUSES DEMOCRACY, [...] (C) EUR DAS Bryza met with Armenian Prime Minister Andranik Markarian on October 4 to encourage Armenia to work towards free and fair elections in 2007 and 2008 and to discuss energy security and other regional issues. Markarian was open and engaged. He welcomed U.S. assistance on elections [...] | 2006-10-20 13:47:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EPET ENRG IR TU AM |
06YEREVAN1537 | GAZPROM MOVING TO TAKE CONTROL OF IRAN-ARMENIA [...] (C) Russian energy giant Gazprom strengthened its hold over the Armenian energy sector yesterday when it purchased all of the additional shares ArmRosGazprom (ARGP) issued to raise capital for the purchase of the Fifth Unit of the Hrazdan Thermal Power Plant (Hrazdan 5). With the share purcha [...] | 2006-11-01 15:20:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET PREL AM |
06YEREVAN1673 | FM OSKANIAN UPBEAT ON N-K NEGOTIATIONS, WARNS [...] (C) In a December 1 briefing to Chiefs of Diplomatic Missions resident in Yerevan, FM Oskanian said that the November 28 meeting between Presidents Kocharian and Aliyev was "positive and productive." He went into limited detail about new elements which will be the basis of future discussions [...] | 2006-12-04 11:42:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EPET UNGA AM |
07ABIDJAN1036 | IFIS, DONORS DISCUSS FISCAL GOVERNANCE AND [...] (C) Summary. International Financial Institutions (IFIs) staff convened top bilateral donors September 28 to discuss their negotiations with the Government of Cote d'Ivoire (GOCI) on fiscal controls and next steps. Cote d'Ivoire is staying current with the July 2007 arrears financing packa [...] | 2007-10-07 10:27:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN IMF ECON PGOV PREL EMIN EAGR ENRG EPET |
07ABIDJAN1208 | GROWTH OF RESOURCE NATIONALISM - COTE D'IVOIRE [...] Summary. Because of its lucrative potential, Cote d'Ivoire's oil and gas sector is vulnerable to resource nationalism and signs of the government's willingess to abuse its position are evident. U.S. firm Devon Energy reports the parastatal PETROCI has attempted to strong-arm it into selling [...] | 2007-12-07 15:06:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET EINV ECON PGOV IMF IV |
07ABIDJAN753 | COTE D'IVOIRE ON EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRIES [...] (C) Emboff met with Presidential diplomatic advisor Ambassador Ottra Toure on July 10 to follow up a June 19 delivery of reftel letter and points to President Gbagbo by the U.K.'s DFID. During the conversation, Ambassador Ottra Toure appeared siezed with the issue, although she said that ne [...] | 2007-07-11 16:30:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | EMIN ENRG EPET PGOV PREL ECON IBRD IV |
07ABUDHABI1021 | WILL UAE ENERGY NEEDS PROMPT IRAN-UAE GAS DEAL? [...] (C) Summary: The Government of Iran has expressed interest in improving energy cooperation with the UAE and has had "on again off again" discussions with the Emirate of Abu Dhabi about gas purchase agreements. However, Abu Dhabi authorities are skeptical about the reliability of the Iranians [...] | 2007-06-20 10:12:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG PREL ECON IR AE |
07ABUDHABI1128 | THREE U.S. COMPANIES SHORT LISTED FOR SOUR GAS [...] (C) We have been told that the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) has invited four companies to re-bid on its on-shore sour gas development project: Occidental Petroleum, ExxonMobil, ConocoPhillips, and Shell. BP was not invited to re-bid. According to ConocoPhillips Abu Dhabi President, [...] | 2007-07-05 12:30:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EPET ENRG EINV PINR AE |
07ABUDHABI1162 | UAE CONCERNS ABOUT "NOPEC" AND LAW SUITS [...] (C) On July 10, Econchief met with Ministry of Energy Director of Economic Affairs Hamdan Al-Akbari to discuss NOPEC legislation and oil market issues. Econchief explained administration opposition to "NOPEC," but also stressed the context underlying Congressional consideration of the legisla [...] | 2007-07-12 11:22:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG EINV AE |
07ABUDHABI1163 | DOLPHIN GAS ARRIVES IN UAE & ABU DHABI CONSIDERS [...] (SBU) Dolphin Energy announced on July 10 that it was now sending natural gas from its production wells in Qatar's North field to the UAE. According to the press release, Dolphin Energy is now processing the gas at its "dedicated gas processing plant in Qatar's Ras Laffan Industrial City - th [...] | 2007-07-12 14:45:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON AE |
07ABUDHABI1306 | OMV AND THE UAE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-06 14:25:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET ETTC PREL IR AU AE |
07ABUDHABI1454 | IPIC SHARES CONCERN ABOUT IRAN [...] (C) Summary: International Petroleum Investment Company (IPIC) Managing Director told Econchief that he shared USG concerns about Iranian nuclear ambitions and the problems with oil and gas deals with Iran. He said that he had raised these concerns with the board of the Austrian company OMV a [...] | 2007-08-30 13:11:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET ETTC PREL IR AU AE |
07ABUDHABI1859 | RESOURCE NATIONALISM IN THE UAE [...] (C) The question of resource nationalism in the UAE is complicated by the federal nature of the country. Constitutionally, natural resources belong to the individual emirates rather than the UAE Federal Government. Each emirate, therefore, sets its own policies with regard to oil and gas deve [...] | 2007-11-07 09:46:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG EINV PGOV AE |
07ABUDHABI1922 | UAE ENERGY MINISTER ON OPEC AND OIL PRODUCTION [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador, accompanied by Econchief, met with UAE Energy Minister Mohammed bin Dha'en Al-Hamili on November 25. Al-Hamili argued that OPEC was not setting prices and that there was a USD 15-20 per barrel "political" premium on oil prices. He stated that price volatility complic [...] | 2007-11-26 05:25:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON AE |
07ABUDHABI474 | UAE AGREES IN PRINCIPLE TO VISIT BY USG ASSESSMENT [...] (S) Summary: The commander of UAE's Critical National Infrastructure Force told Ambassador and visiting Department Senior Coordinator for Critical Energy Infrastructure Policy that he -- in principle -- welcomed a visit from a U.S. assessment team. He said that the UAE was creating a unified [...] | 2007-03-20 08:31:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | EPET ENRG EINV PTER KCIP AE |
07ABUDHABI490 | EXXON REQUEST FOR ADVOCACY ON SOUR GAS [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 18, Exxon Al-Khaleej President Kemnetz presented Ambassador with suggested advocacy points on ADNOC's sour gas tender. The tender is for gas reservoirs beneath two on-shore oil fields. Reserves of gas in each field are estimated to be extensive (around seven trillion [...] | 2007-03-22 07:12:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG EINV AE |
07ABUDHABI564 | SHEIKH AHMED DEFERS DECISION ON CEIP ASSESSMENT [...] (S) Embassy has received a formal response from the Commander of the UAE's Critical National Infrastructure Force, Sheikh Ahmed bin Tahnoun Al-Nahyan to our written proposal to have a team of experts visit Abu Dhabi's two largest oil facilities. 2. (S) Begin Text Your Excellency, Than [...] | 2007-04-05 09:29:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | EPET ENRG EINV PTER AE |
07ABUJA1157 | NIGERIA: SENATOR NELSON MEETS WITH PRESIDENT [...] (C) SUMMARY. On June 2, Senator Bill Nelson met with Nigerian newly-elected President Umaru Musa Yar'adua. Yar'adua said that poverty alleviation is a priority in his administration in order to stop the spread of Islamic fundamentalism. He looked forward to greater intelligence cooperation b [...] | 2007-06-08 07:02:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EPET ENGR PTER NI |
07ABUJA1162 | AMBASSADORIAL MEETING WITH NSA MUKHTAR ON HOSTAGES [...] (C) SUMMARY: In response to their request, Nigerian National Security Advisor General Abdullahi Mukhtar convened a meeting of Ambassadors from countries currently affected by hostage taking in the Niger Delta. He stressed that the GON knows the identities of the expatriates in captivity and [...] | 2007-06-08 11:00:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC CASC EPET PGOV PTER NI |
07ABUJA1263 | NIGERIA: SEN. NELSON MEETS WITH OIL EXECS [...] (C) SUMMARY. During Senator Nelson's June 1 meeting with John Chaplin, Managing Director of ExxonMobil in Nigeria (EM) and Anne Pickard, Regional Executive Vice President for Shell Exploration and Production in Africa, the executives lamented that criminal gangs have slowed oil production and [...] | 2007-06-18 09:05:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENGR EPET PREL PGOV PTER NI |
07ABUJA1509 | CHEVRON'S NEW OFFSHORE FACILITY BRINGS OIL [...] (S) SUMMARY: Ambassador Campbell on June 18 met with Chevron's Chief Nigeria Security manager Peter Williams to discuss Chevron's operations in the Niger Delta region and security challenges facing oil production. Williams outlined Chevron's Agbami production system scheduled to come online [...] | 2007-07-13 13:44:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET//NOFORN | EPET ENRG ASEC PREL NI |
07ABUJA1534 | NIGERIAN JTF EXACERBATES CHEVRON'S OIL BUNKERING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Campbell on June 18 met with Chevron's Chief Nigeria Security manager Peter Williams (strictly protect) to discuss Chevron's operations in the Niger Delta region and security challenges facing oil production. Williams remarked many Nigerian security operators were not [...] | 2007-07-18 12:39:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ASEC EPET KJUS ENRG NI |
07ABUJA1555 | NORWEGIAN TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE IN OIL SECTOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Norway has an MOU with the Nigerian Government to provide technical assistance in the oil sector to make available Norway's experience and expertise as an oil producing nation in managing the resource for national benefit. The framework includes public/private institutional coo [...] | 2007-07-20 12:29:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET EAID PHUM EITI NI |
07ABUJA1575 | NIGERIA: OIL COMPANIES SHARE CONCERNS WITH DOE A/S [...] (C) SUMMARY: Gas exploration is necessary to meet supply commitments for both export and domestic use and the Government of Nigeria (GON) should provide adequate fiscal terms for international oil companies (IOCs) to invest in gas development for domestic use, according to IOCs Total, Shell, [...] | 2007-07-24 15:30:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET | ENRG EPET ECON PREL |
07ABUJA164 | NIGERIAN PARADOX - PETROL SHORTAGES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Long gasoline queues have become endemic in the past two months. The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) insists that the product stock available is enough to serve the entire country and that pipeline vandalisms is causing the supply hiccups. Pipeline sabotage has [...] | 2007-01-25 16:22:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EPET ENRG EINV PGOV NI PETROL |
07ABUJA1779 | NIGERIA: NORTHERN ELITES TAKE OVER OIL SECTOR [...] (SBU) Summary. Northern elites have added another key position in the oil sector with the appointment of Engineer Abubakar Lawal Yar'adua as the Acting Group Managing Director (GMD) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC). Critics question his competency noting that Lawal Yar'a [...] | 2007-08-17 09:01:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ECON EPET PGOV NI |
07ABUJA1954 | THE FOURTH AND FINAL IMF REVIEW OF NIGERIA'S PSI [...] (SBU) Summary. In its fourth Nigeria review, the IMF will recommend a positive outcome and noted satisfaction with overall macroeconomic figures. The third review had a few benchmarks that were not met, one of which questioned a $200 million loan from the Chinese Export Import Bank. Data from [...] | 2007-09-10 13:04:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETRD ECON EPET PINR NI |
07ABUJA1973 | GON WILL CONSIDER DEBT RELIEF FOR LIBERIA [...] (SBU) Summary. On September 12, 2007 Ambassador Gribbin, accompanied by EconCouns and EconOff, delivered reftel demarche to the Minister of State for Finance, Aderemi Babalola. Babalola said the GON would consider the USG request that Nigeria forgive $44 million in arrears that Liberia owes t [...] | 2007-09-12 14:51:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EPET LI NI PREL |
07ABUJA2059 | NIGERIA: TEXTILE AND APPAREL PRODUCTION 2006 DATA [...] The following are statistical data for 2006 on textile and apparel production in Nigeria. At this time, 2007 data are unavailable: -- Total industrial production - $59.5 billion, comprising crude petroleum ($55 billion),mining and quarrying ($181 million),and manufacturing ($4.3 billion) [...] | 2007-09-24 06:56:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON KTEX ELAB ENRG EPET NI |
07ABUJA217 | NIGERIA: SHELL PETROLEUM DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION [...] (C) Shell Managing Director Ann Pickard telephoned the Ambassador on February 2 to report that the Shell Petroleum Development Corporation (SPDC) is bankrupt because of the failure of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) to pay arrears that Shell believes it is owed from their j [...] | 2007-02-02 13:30:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENERG ASEC PTER NI |
07ABUJA2177 | NIGERIA ADJUSTING OIL REFERENCE PRICE IN 2008 [...] (SBU) The GON has announced that it plans to use an oil reference price of USD 53.8 per barrel in the upcoming 2008 Budget for allocations to the Excess Crude Account (ECA). The upcoming budget will make more conservative assumptions regarding oil production to take into account supply disrupt [...] | 2007-10-10 14:53:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EPET ECON PGOV PREL NI |
07ABUJA2191 | NIGERIA: INDUSTRY HURTING IN THE NORTH [...] (SBU) Summary. Northern business leaders were unanimous in voicing their displeasure with current economic conditions in the region. The supply of electricity is epileptic, requiring expensive generators run on expensive fuel to operate businesses. An energy expert provided a dire overview o [...] | 2007-10-17 12:29:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ENRG EPET PGOV PREL NI |
07ABUJA2309 | SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY NEGROPONTE [...] (C) Mr. Secretary, U.S. Mission Nigeria welcomes your November 11-13 visit to Abuja. Your visit comes during a period of relative political calm as President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua nears the end of his first six months in office. With his cabinet finally in place, Yar'Adua's new administration [...] | 2007-10-31 16:40:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PMIL ECON EPET KDEM NI |
07ABUJA2450 | DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH NIGERIAN NATIONAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Nigerian National Security Advisor Mukhtar welcomed Deputy Secretary Negroponte's November 12 visit as USG recognition of Nigeria's importance and the Yar'Adua government's efforts to correct problems associated with the April 2007 elections. Mukhtar described the GoN's efforts to [...] | 2007-11-28 06:54:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PINR MASS EPET KPKO KCRIM NI |
07ABUJA2589 | NIGERIA-IMF ARTICLE IV CONSULTATION, ECONOMIC DIAGNOSTIC AND ADVISORY DISCUSSION [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-18 12:53:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETRD ECON EPET EAID PINR NI |
07ADANA123 | TURKEY: ADANA'S STAGNANT ECONOMY STILL AWAITING BTC-FUELED [...] (U) SUMMARY. Adana's business leaders are starting to develop alternatives to the big business-driven model that characterized the city's early growth. While an overvalued lira, financial mismanagement and removal of textile quotas in 2005 have led to closures of several large textile busin [...] | 2007-10-31 10:16:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EPET PREL ENRG TU |
07ADDISABABA1308 | ETHIOPIA: ONLF KILLINGS/KIDNAPPINGS OF CHINESE OIL [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. The Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF) has for the past six months threatened attacks on economic development projects in Ethiopia's Somali (Ogaden) Region being conducted by foreign workers, especially oil exploration. In a shift in tactics in recent months, NGO workers [...] | 2007-04-27 09:52:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | SECRET | PTER PINS ECON EPET ASEC PREF ET CH |
07ALGIERS1035 | PRICE HIKE FEARS LEAD TO DIESEL SHORTAGES [...] Rumors that private gas distributors would strike in response to an expected cut in state subsidies of diesel prices led to fuel shortages and long lines at filling stations throughout Algiers beginning July 11. Private distributorships have accounted for roughly half of the filling stations [...] | 2007-07-21 06:41:00 | Embassy Algiers | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EPET KNRG AG |
07ALGIERS1096 | SONATRACH GOES GLOBAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: As speculation mounts regarding the date of the next international licensing round for Algerian exploration blocks, Sonatrach has signaled that either downstream market access or partnership in foreign projects will be a precondition for foreign firms wishing to partake in Algeri [...] | 2007-08-01 18:19:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG EINV ECON PREL AG |
07ALGIERS1694 | RESOURCE NATIONALISM IN ALGERIA ON THE RISE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Algerian official behavior since 2005, in terms of the country's hydrocarbons law, tax systems, contracting policies and customs enforcement, strongly suggests a growing sentiment of resource nationalism. Government actions indicate a conscious effort to gain greater control of h [...] | 2007-11-21 10:18:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET PGOV ECON EINV AG |
07ALGIERS1783 | COMING UP SHORT: ALGERIA'S GLOOMY GAS OUTLOOK [...] (C) SUMMARY: Algeria will likely be unable to meet its natural gas production goals or fulfill its contract supply obligations in the coming years. Expansion of Algeria's gas production has been hampered by delays in high-profile projects like the Medgaz undersea pipeline and the Gassi Touil [...] | 2007-12-12 15:09:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET PGOV ECON EINV AG |
07ALGIERS1804 | U.S. OIL WONDERS ABOUT ITS FUTURE IN ALGERIA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Several U.S. companies have signaled their growing dissatisfaction with Algeria's oil sector. Windfall profit taxes, burdensome customs fines and practices, hiring difficulties and a general lack of cooperation by the Algerians have caused several large American oil producers [...] | 2007-12-19 10:17:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET PGOV ECON EINV AG |
07ALGIERS628 | FOREIGN COMPANIES LAMENT IMPEDIMENTS TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Representatives of foreign oil companies operating in Algeria are increasingly voicing concern about the ambiguously worded -- and apparently hastily drafted -- amendments to Algeria's hydrocarbon legislation in effect since the beginning of the year. Although Sonatrach has begu [...] | 2007-05-07 08:31:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET EINV ECON AG |
07ALGIERS708 | ENERGY MINISTER UNMOVED BY CRITICISM OF CHANGES TO [...] (C) Summary: Minister of Energy and Mines Chakib Khelil told Ambassador May 19 that the new hydrocarbon amendments were intended to slow oil development to maintain natural resources for future generations while redressing "unfair gains" made by foreign partners on certain contracts. He si [...] | 2007-05-23 08:45:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET ECON EINV AG |
07ALGIERS710 | ENERGY MINISTER DETAILS DIFFICULTIES WITH SPAIN [...] (C) Minister of Energy and Mines Chakib Khelil told the Ambassador May 21 about the difficulties Algeria was experiencing with Spain regarding European market access. He described how the Spanish gas authority CNE (Comision Nacional de Energia) had decided to limit the amount of gas Sonatrach [...] | 2007-05-23 09:02:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET EINV ETRD ECON AG |
07AMMAN2752 | Jordan's Electricity Sector Prepares to Meet Increasing [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Jordan's national electric utility expects the country's electricity needs to grow by 10 percent annually due to increases in real economic growth and population (especially of Iraqis),and a rising standard of living for some Jordanians. To meet growing demand, electricity tra [...] | 2007-06-26 11:53:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET ECON JO |
07AMMAN3557 | FINANCE MINISTER RESIGNS OVER DECISION TO MAINTAIN [...] (S) Summary: A government decision to maintain fuel subsidies, for now, has prompted the August 21 resignation of Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Ziad Fariz. Fariz had sought an immediate end to the subsidy in favor of direct cash payments to low-income families, to lessen the di [...] | 2007-08-23 09:44:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | EFIN EPET EAGR PGOV SOCI JO |
07AMMAN3626 | RESIGNATION OF FINANCE MINISTER SETS BACK [...] (SBU) Summary: The resignation of Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Ziad Fariz and the government's decision to postpone liberalization of fuel prices do not bode well for the future plans of the Jordan Petroleum Refinery Company (JPRC),according to Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Dr. [...] | 2007-08-28 12:52:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET ECON JO |
07AMMAN3656 | JORDAN WELCOMES MOU ON NUCLEAR ENERGY AND PROPOSES [...] (U) This is an Action Request. See para 4. 2. (SBU) Summary: Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research Dr. Khaled Touqan will represent the Government of Jordan (GOJ) at the September 16 Global Nuclear Energy Partnership (GNEP) Ministerial, and has proposed signing the Memora [...] | 2007-08-30 11:26:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG PGOV EPET JO |
07AMMAN3819 | Jordan Still Waiting for Iraqi Oil [...] (SBU) Jordan has been anticipating oil shipments from Iraq since August 2006, when an agreement was signed with the Iraqi government for Jordan to import an initial 8,000 barrels/day (approximately 1,370 tons/day) with an eventual target of 30,000 barrels/day. Reportedly the agreement set a sp [...] | 2007-09-13 15:42:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET ECON EINV JO |
07AMMAN4217 | OVER 40 TRUCKS OF IRAQI OIL HAVE ARRIVED AT [...] (SBU) During October 17 meetings with Econoff, senior officials at the Jordanian Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (MEMR) confirmed that 40 trucks carrying approximately 1,200 metric tons of Iraqi crude oil had reached the Jordan Petroleum Refinery Company (JPRC) in Zarka as of Septemb [...] | 2007-10-17 14:51:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON PGOV JO IZ |
07AMMAN4235 | Strong Jordanian Interest in Attending WIREC 2008 [...] Post highly recommends that Jordan be invited to join the Washington International Renewable Energy Conference (WIREC) scheduled for March 2008. The Government of Jordan (GOJ) has expressed strong interest in attending the WIREC, as renewable energy is key to its national energy strategy, and [...] | 2007-10-18 12:58:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG EPET ECON EINV SOCI JO |
07AMMAN4278 | Iraqi Jordanian Transport Company Claims Lack of Security [...] (SBU) Summary: Director General of the Iraqi Jordanian Land Transportation Company (IJLTC) Ghassan Farkouh confirmed that as of October 18, 40 of 166 trucks of Iraqi oil had reached Jordan's sole refinery in Zarka, and another 23 were about to cross the border (reftels). The whereabouts of t [...] | 2007-10-21 15:11:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ETRD JO IZ |
07AMMAN4378 | Jordan Completes First Privatization Deal in its Energy [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 17, the Government of Jordan (GOJ) finalized the privatization sale of the Central Electric Generating Company (CEGCO) - the first in Jordan's energy sector as part of a privatization program underway since 1996 (ref A). No immediate lay-offs of CEGCO's 1,600 employe [...] | 2007-10-30 09:49:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET ECON EINV KPRV JO |
07AMMAN4545 | NO CLEAR EVIDENCE OF THE GROWTH OF RESOURCE [...] (SBU) Jordan, unlike its southern and eastern neighbors, is virtually devoid of natural resources. Reports of probable oil reserves have not been proven, and the GOJ is hopeful that eventual development and exploitation of shale deposits will help to alleviate its dependence on imported fuel [...] | 2007-11-13 08:38:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EPET PGOV JO |
07ANKARA1034 | TURKEY AND SOMO TALK - BUT FUEL TRADE STILL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Iraqi SOMO and Turkish officials met in Ankara on April 16-18 and reached agreement to move forward in reinstating blocked fuel trade, albeit in a reduced amount, but next action steps lie with SOMO. Turkish suppliers are not optimistic about new contracts and question SOMO's i [...] | 2007-05-02 14:53:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET ETRD PREL IZ TU |
07ANKARA1178 | TURKEY-IRAQ BUSINESS COUNCIL IS BULLISH [...] (SBU) Summary: In a May 8 meeting, Turkey-Iraq Business Council Chairman Ercument Aksoy asked for help on accessing Japanese soft loans for Iraq, gaining good attendance at the Iraq Trade Fair in Gazientep later this month, and removing onerous performance bond requirements on bidders for Iraq [...] | 2007-05-16 15:22:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET BEXP TU IZ |
07ANKARA1199 | TURKEY STILL SEEKS CLARITY ON POST-SHARM WORKING [...] (C) MFA Undersecretary (D-equivalent) Apakan told the Ambassador May 15 that GOT Special Envoy Celikkol will soon travel to Baghdad. Celikkol hopes to finalize arrangements with the Iraqis on the Neighbors-plus working groups agreed at Sharm el-Sheikh and also consult with Amb. Crocker. Apaka [...] | 2007-05-18 10:26:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID ENRG EPET TU IZ |
07ANKARA1207 | TURKEY ASKS FOR ASSISTANCE ON TURKMEN GAS [...] (C) Summary: MFA U/S Apakan expressed concern about the Turkmenistan-Kazakhstan-Russia gas deal and told Ambassador that Turkey wants closer collaboration with the US on access to Turkmen gas. Ambassador offered to provide what information we have about the Russian agreement and encouraged Ap [...] | 2007-05-18 14:16:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ECIN PREL AJ TX KZ RS TU |
07ANKARA1215 | TURKEY-RUSSIA RELATIONS: INTO THE BEAR'S DEN? [...] (C) Summary: Deepening economic and political ties between Russia and Turkey bear watching, but they do not signal a fundamental shift in Ankara's foreign policy orientation. Contacts believe Russia offers Turkey a sympathetic ear as both feel buffeted by a critical west. However, on key Turk [...] | 2007-05-21 07:35:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ENRG EPET TU RS |
07ANKARA1283 | TURKISH-AMERICAN PROJECT LAUNCHES GAS PRODUCTION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. With political speeches and fireworks alarmingly close to a heroic gas plume, the U.S. oil development company Toreador feted new gas production at its Black Sea facility on May 20. Toreador has overcome significant problems in bringing its production on line and connecting i [...] | 2007-05-25 11:15:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET BEXP EINV TU |
07ANKARA1286 | TURKEY - PUSHING ON THE SOUTHERN GAS CORRIDOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkish officials express concern about the announced Russia-Turkmenistan-Kazakhstan gas agreement, worried that momentum is shifting away from the "southern gas corridor" and Turkey's transit role. Turkish officials want to redouble efforts to work with Turkmenistan, Iraq, Aze [...] | 2007-05-25 11:20:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET PREL TU AJ RS IZ TX KZ |
07ANKARA1310 | TURKEY PLANS BLACK SEA OIL SPILL RESPONSE EXERCISE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Private industry, the Turkish Government, and other Black Sea littoral states are planning a comprehensive oil spill response exercise September 19-20 at Eregli on the Turkish Black Sea coast, preceded by a series of planning workshops. Industry observers give the Government of [...] | 2007-05-30 09:55:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV EPET EWWT MARR TU RS GG RO |
07ANKARA133 | U/S BURNS' MEETING WITH TURKISH NATIONAL SECURITY [...] (C) Turkish National Security Council President Yigit Alpogan told U/S Burns January 19 that 2007 would be a challenging year for bilateral relations. The Turkish government hopes passage of an Armenian genocide resolution in the U.S. Congress can be averted, fears relations with the U.S. wil [...] | 2007-01-24 08:20:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER NATO IZ IR KPAL EPET ENRG ZK |
07ANKARA1412 | TURKEY-IRAN ADVANCE ENERGY DISCUSSIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Although negotiations have been long and difficult, Turkey continues to dally with Iran on energy cooperation. The visit of the Iranian Energy Minister (who is responsible for energy and electricity, but not oil and gas, issues) and a possible reciprocating visit by Guler to Ira [...] | 2007-06-06 12:58:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET PREL TU IR |
07ANKARA1481 | TURKEY - COVERING OLD GROUND ON TRANSIT TO EUROPE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador and Energy Minister Hilmi Guler covered familiar ground on gas transit in a June 9 meeting. Ambassador pushed for Turkey and Azerbaijan to meet to resolve issues on the current gas contract, and even more importantly to establish the transit approach for future gas to [...] | 2007-06-12 08:14:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET PREL TU AJ RS IZ TX KZ IR |
07ANKARA15 | TURKEY'S WINTER GAS WOES AND MEASURES [...] No summary [...] | 2007-01-05 10:15:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET BEXP TU IR RS |
07ANKARA1535 | EU-TURKEY ENERGY CONFERENCE - MISSED OPPORTUNITY ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Expectations for a strong European statement in support of Turkey's role in gas transit to Europe were unrealized at the June 5 "Turkey and the EU: Together for a European Energy Policy" Conference in Istanbul, which was attended by Commissioners Rehn and Piebalgs and senior GOT [...] | 2007-06-15 13:12:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET EINV TU |
07ANKARA1608 | TURKEY - ENTHUSIASM FOR TURKENISTAN AND IRAQ GAS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a June 13 meeting with EUR DAS Matt Bryza, Turkish Energy Minister Hilmi Guler gave a positive and enthusiastic read-out of his recent trip to Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan. Guler was confident that an off-shore Turkmenistan-Azerbaijan connection was workable and wants Turkey [...] | 2007-06-25 09:10:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET PREL TU AJ RS IZ TX KZ |
07ANKARA17 | TURKEY'S WINTER GAS WOES AND MEASURES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Occurring each winter at Turkey's peak need, the Iranian announcement January 3 that it had to stop natural gas exports to Turkey in order to meet its own requirements was not unexpected. Turkey had already embarked on compensating measures after Iran's initial December reducti [...] | 2007-01-05 10:59:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET BEXP TU IR RS |
07ANKARA1709 | Azeri Gas Arrives, Contract Issue Unresolved [...] (SBU) Summary. After months of delay, Turkish officials confirm that natural gas from Azerbaijan's Shah Deniz field should begin flowing into Turkey in the next few days despite the lack of resolution to the issue of the contract period. The head of Azerbaijan's SOCAR is coming to Turkey wi [...] | 2007-07-05 05:02:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET EINV TU |
07ANKARA1723 | CERA Energy Conference Highlights Caspian Gas Transient and [...] (SBU) Summary. Over 250 government and industry representatives attended the tenth annual "East Meets West" Executive Conference in Istanbul, June 26-27, for two full days of presentations and discussions of energy security, resource access, oil and gas transit, and the impact of climate cha [...] | 2007-07-06 09:41:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET EINV TU |
07ANKARA1735 | Turks Positive on Iraq Neighbors Energy Group [...] (SBU) Summary. In separate July 5 meetings, MFA Iraq Special Envoy Oguz Celikkol and Iraq desk official Yagmur Guldere gave positive readouts of the June 28-29 Energy Working Group (EWG) experts meeting of the neighboring countries of Iraq. The Iraqi participants gave detailed presentations [...] | 2007-07-06 14:50:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET PREL TU IZ |
07ANKARA174 | SOMO STOPS FUEL PURCHASES FROM TURKEY [...] (C) Summary. Iraq's state oil company SOMO cut off without warning all imports of fuel products via Turkey at the start of 2007. About 200 fuel tankers are stuck in the Iraqi border town of Zakho since December 28 while SOMO refuses to accept delivery of their loads. Efforts of Turkish tra [...] | 2007-01-26 16:04:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD EPET PREL TU IZ |
07ANKARA1756 | Second Turkey-Iraq-US Gas Study Meeting in Istanbul [...] (SBU) Summary. During the second trilateral gas working meeting held in Istanbul on Saturday June 30, Turkey's Under Secretary for Energy Sami Demirbilek reassured Iraqi PM Maliki's oil advisor Abd al-Ilah al-Amir and the Iraqi Ambassador, Dr. Jawad al Hindawi, of Turkey's intention to find way [...] | 2007-07-10 13:03:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET EINV PREL TU IZ |
07ANKARA1761 | REGIONAL ENERGY COM CONFERENCE, SEPTEMBER 20-22 IN [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-11 12:36:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG TU |
07ANKARA1785 | REGIONAL ENERGY COM CONFERENCE, SEPTEMBER 20-22 IN [...] (SBU) As discussed in ref email to many of you and based on the widespread interest among chiefs of mission in the area, Mission Turkey proposes to host a Regional Energy COM Conference in Istanbul on September 20-22, 2007. Its purpose will be to consider our Caspian energy strategy and how we [...] | 2007-07-12 14:03:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG TU |
07ANKARA1787 | TURKEY U/S FOR ENERGY SAMI DEMIRBILEK BLAMES [...] (C) Summary: Turkey's Under Secretary for Energy Sami Demirbilek discussed stalled negotiations with Greece and Italy for Turkish transit of Azeri gas. Demirbilek voiced frustration with the Greek position, which insists on excluding Greek gas distributors from the requirement of 15 percent " [...] | 2007-07-13 05:15:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET EINV TU |
07ANKARA1789 | REGIONAL ENERGY COM CONFERENCE, SEPTEMBER 20-22 IN [...] (SBU) As discussed in ref email to many of you and based on the widespread interest among chiefs of mission in the area, Mission Turkey proposes to host a Regional Energy COM Conference in Istanbul on September 20-22, 2007. Its purpose will be to consider our Caspian energy strategy and how we [...] | 2007-07-13 07:10:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG TU |
07ANKARA1809 | IRAN-TURKEY NATURAL GAS MOU [...] (C) Summary: Turkish MFA officials MFA confirm that Energy Minister Hilmi Guler signed a preliminary MOU with Iranian Oil Minister Kazem Variri-Hamaneh that, after further study, may involve (1) construction of pipelines and the transit of gas from Turkmenistan through Iran to Turkey, (2) devel [...] | 2007-07-16 16:39:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET PREL TU IR |
07ANKARA1850 | TURKEY-IRAN GAS MOU: AMBASSADOR RAISES U.S. [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador conveyed Washington's serious concern over the Turkey-Iran gas MOU with MFA U/S Apakan (D equivalent) on July 18. Apakan urged the U.S. not to over-interpret, saying there is a real question whether the MOU will be implemented and stressing that Turkey's Iran policy h [...] | 2007-07-19 14:10:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET PREL TU IR |
07ANKARA187 | TURKEY REVITALIZES ITS PETROLEUM CODE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a long-awaited good news story for its investment environment, Turkey finally passed a new petroleum code, intended to provide more attractive incentives to encourage foreign investment in oil and gas exploration and production. The U.S. company Toreador, which will start pr [...] | 2007-01-30 11:46:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET BEXP TU IZ |
07ANKARA1945 | TURKISH ENERGY MINISTER ON GAS TRANSIT AND [...] (C) Summary: On July 24, Energy Minister Hilmi Guler met with Ambassador to discuss gas transit, energy security, and the preliminary Iran-Turkey gas memorandum of understanding (MOU). Guler expressed frustration with negotiations with Azerbaijan about gas purchase and transit. Guler defended [...] | 2007-07-31 03:49:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG TU |
07ANKARA2135 | TURKEY'S RECENT ENERGY DIPLOMACY WITH IRAN, [...] (U) Summary: GOT officials say that Turkey intends to continue its energy cooperation with Iran, Iraq, Azerbaijan, and Turkmenistan as potential future sources of gas to meet Turkey,s growing domestic needs and supply European markets. We have on several occasions firmly reiterated U.S. polic [...] | 2007-08-17 14:22:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | AJ ENRG EPET IR IZ KZ RS TU |
07ANKARA218 | TURKEY-IRAQ: SOMO CRISIS ABATES, FOR NOW [...] (C) SUMMARY: The trade crisis unleashed when SOMO advised Turkish fuel product suppliers seeking to renew 2006 contracts to deal with the KRG (as opposed to the central GOI) seems to have abated. Contacts confirm press accounts that the GOI has assured the GOT that its suppliers should conti [...] | 2007-02-01 16:38:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD EPET PREL TU IZ |
07ANKARA2206 | TURKEY DECLARES CYPRIOT TENDERS FOR OIL [...] (U) We met this week with the TPAO (Turkish Petroleum Corporation) Acting General Director Mehmet Uyusal, MFA Acting Deputy Director General for Cyprus Huseyin Muftaoglu, Maritime Department Head Mehmet Poroy, and Norwegian Charge Stian Christensen to discuss the recent Cypriot announcement of [...] | 2007-08-27 14:05:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | AJ ENRG EPET IR IZ KZ RS TU |
07ANKARA221 | TURKEY-IRAQ: SOMO CRISIS ABATES, FOR NOW [...] (C) SUMMARY: The trade crisis unleashed when SOMO advised Turkish fuel product suppliers seeking to renew 2006 contracts to deal with the KRG (as opposed to the central GOI) seems to have abated. Contacts confirm press accounts that the GOI has assured the GOT that its suppliers should conti [...] | 2007-02-02 06:16:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD EPET PREL TU IZ |
07ANKARA2491 | US EUROPEAN/CASPIAN/EURASIAN ENERGY STRATEGY [...] (SBU) On September 20-22, Istanbul hosted a Eurasia regional energy Chiefs of Mission conference. Participants included representatives from the supplier country posts of Ashgabat, Astana, Baghdad and Baku; posts in countries that are on key transit routes and/or are major buyers, including t [...] | 2007-10-05 15:53:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET XF XG ZK TU |
07ANKARA2626 | Turkish Response to Washington International Renewable [...] This is an Action request. See paragraph 3. 2. There was a Turkish Holiday in mid-October that delayed the Turkish Government's response to the invitation to the WIREC Conference. The MFA informed us October 16 that the GOT would like to participate in the conference, and has one confirmed [...] | 2007-10-24 10:37:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ENRG EPET SENV SOCI TRGY KPAO KGHG KSCA TU |
07ANKARA2696 | EXPANSION OF BTC PIPELINE CONTINGENT ON NEW OIL [...] (SBU) Summary and comment: On October 5, we met with local BP representatives Djan Suphi, Director for Exploration and Production in Turkey and Norman Rodda, Project Manager for Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) pipeline company to discuss two projects to increase the capacity of the line to 1.2 and [...] | 2007-11-01 11:49:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | AJ ENRG EPET IR IZ KZ RS TU |
07ANKARA2720 | DAS BRYZA AND TURKISH ENERGY MINISTER GULER ON [...] (C) Summary: On October 25, EUR DAS Matt Bryza met with Turkish Energy Minister Guler and reaffirmed their commitment to a shared U.S. )Turkey strategic vision to help Europe diversify its natural gas supplies away from dependence on Russia. Guler warmly welcomed positive news from Bryza on [...] | 2007-11-06 09:58:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | AJ ENRG EPET IR IZ KZ RS TU |
07ANKARA2742 | SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF SECRETARY OF ENERGY [...] (SBU) Summary. Your first official visit to Turkey will be an opportunity to reaffirm U.S ) Turkish shared strategic vision on the development of Caspian oil and gas resources and diversification of transit routes to lessen Europe's dependence on Russia. You will need to encourage Turkey to [...] | 2007-11-08 15:56:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET IR IZ KZ RS TU |
07ANKARA2955 | TURKISH THINKING ON AZERI GAS VOLUMES AND TRANSIT [...] (C) Summary: Turkey's energy priorities are increasing gas supply and diversity of suppliers, and reducing its energy costs. The Turkey-Greece-Italy Intergovernmental Agreement that allows Turkey to buy 15% of transiting gas at a netback price plays a central role in meeting these needs. Netba [...] | 2007-12-13 15:33:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET TU EINV AZ |
07ANKARA407 | ENERGY MIN TELLS A/S SULLIVAN READY TO TRANSIT [...] (C) SUMMARY: In February 10 meetings with EEB A/S Dan Sullivan on the margins of U.S.-Turkey Economic Partnership Committee meetings, Energy Minister Hilmi Guler and state-owned pipeline company (BOTAS) acting Director General Saltuk Duzyol emphasized that Turkey is ready facilitate transit [...] | 2007-02-26 10:36:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET PREL TU GG AJ RS IZ |
07ANKARA474 | TURKEY FOCUSED ON POLITICAL PRESSURE TO STOP [...] (C) Summary: Recently announced plans by the Republic of Cyprus to move ahead with a licensing round for offshore oil exploration (reftel) are of great concern to Turkey. Although Turkey claims rights to the area in question under the Law of the Sea, Foreign Ministry officials say they will [...] | 2007-03-02 14:03:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET EWWT PGOV PREL TU CY |
07ANKARA518 | TURKEY ENERGY MINISTER ON EXPANDING SOUTHERN GAS [...] (C) On March 6 Ambassador and Turkish Energy Minister Hilmi Guler discussed state of play on the "southern gas corridor," including the potential roles of Iraq, Azerbaijan, and Turkmenistan. The Minister looked forward to the March 9 meeting with Iraqi gas experts in Istanbul as a start on a [...] | 2007-03-07 15:48:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET PREL TU AJ TX IZ IR |
07ANKARA614 | TRILATERAL IRAQ GAS GROUP MEETS FOR FIRST TIME IN ISTANBUL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: U.S., Turkish, and Iraqi officials met March 9 in Istanbul to discuss potential development of Iraq natural gas production for domestic use and export via the "Southern Corridor" network of gas pipelines to Europe. The group agreed to cooperate on attracting gas sector investme [...] | 2007-03-19 07:39:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET PREL TU IZ |
07ANKARA662 | TURKEY SEEKING TO HOST WORLD PETROLEUM [...] SUMMARY: The government-supported Turkish Organizing Committee seeks U.S. support for its candidacy to host the 20th World Petroleum Congress in 2011 in Istanbul. Turkey's Organizing Committee will meet U.S. World Petroleum Council (WPC) members (Chevron, API, Schlumberger) in Houston April [...] | 2007-03-23 11:38:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET ENRG AORC TU |
07ANKARA722 | TURKEY: MUBARAK VISIT LONG ON RHETORIC, SHORT ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkish MFA and Egyptian embassy officials described the March 22-23 visit of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak to Turkey as "symbolically important" and "a useful exchange between two regional powers." Despite agreement by both countries to establish a structured "strategic dialo [...] | 2007-03-29 15:07:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EPET ENRG EG TU |
07ANKARA756 | TURKEY: ADVANCING BYPASSES AND IRAQ GAS/OIL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Turkish public and private sector officials are eager to move forward on consideration of Iraqi gas for export to and via Turkey. The GOT is ready to discuss scheduling the second meeting of the Iraq Gas Working Group, but expects to receive a draft from the USG on conclusions [...] | 2007-04-03 08:17:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET EINV TU IZ |
07ANKARA803 | TURKEY-IRAN: ENERGY PARTNERS OR WARY NEIGHBORS? [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Turkish press reports April 6 that the GOT is moving forward on energy cooperation with Iran, including investment in it upstream energy production. Ambassador delivered a strong warning on Iran to the Energy Minister last month, just after the visit of the Iranian Foreign Mi [...] | 2007-04-06 16:28:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET PREL TU IR |
07ANKARA894 | KAZAKHSTAN FM VISIT TO TURKEY -- BOSPORUS BYPASS [...] (c) During a recent meeting on various subjects, Turkish MFA Deputy U/S for Eurasia Unal Cevikoz described the results of Kazakh FM Murat Tazhin's visit to Turkey on April 5. Cevikoz attached significance to the fact that this visit was the first by a Kazakh foreign minister to Turkey since 199 [...] | 2007-04-16 14:32:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EPET KZ TU |
07ANTANANARIVO881 | ENERGY, THE FOUNDATION FOR DEVELOPMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Energy Minister Ramiaramanana is pursuing multiple partnerships to revitalize the state electric utility company. He explained to the Ambassador August 30 his ambitious plans to improve electricity supply in major coastal cities and in Antananarivo. The Minister is also keen [...] | 2007-08-31 06:16:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET PGOV PREL ECON MA |
07ANTANANARIVO892 | EITI: CAN MADAGASCAR AVOID THE RESOURCE CURSE? [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Madagascar's Government and mining companies joined August 28 in making public declarations for the Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative (EITI). Much work remains for the GOM to meet all conditions, but the Presidency and Ministers of Energy and Mines are committed to m [...] | 2007-09-04 11:05:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EMIN EFIN EPET ECON PGOV EAID MA |
07ASHGABAT1014 | TURKMENISTAN: A TURKISH BUSINESSMAN WORRIES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkish Businessman and Turkmenistan insider Ahmet Chalik (protect throughout) describes President Berdimuhamedov as weak because he is beholden to outside interests, principally Russian. He says Turkey's Prime Minister Erdogan and President Gul are eager to promote a trilatera [...] | 2007-09-24 11:35:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR ECON EPET KDEM TU AJ KZ RS TX |
07ASHGABAT1033 | TURKMENISTAN: PRESIDENT SHOWS SOME LEG ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a September 20 meeting with UK Minister of Energy Malcolm Wicks, President Berdimuhamedov for the first time expressed Turkmenistan's support for a Nabucco pipeline, and even promised to guarantee Turkmen gas reserves for the Nabucco project. This formulation, which woul [...] | 2007-09-25 12:37:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EPET PBTS UK AJ TX |
07ASHGABAT1053 | TURKMENISTAN PRESIDENT PLEASED WITH NEW YORK TRIP; [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to Foreign Minister Meredov, President Berdimuhamedov left New York with a strongly positive reaction to his bilateral, business, and UN meetings. Meredov said the president asked him to thank the United States for its high level of professionalism in organization and [...] | 2007-10-01 07:20:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EPET SCUL KPAO KIRF TX |
07ASHGABAT1054 | TURKMENISTAN: NAVCENT COMMANDER OFFERS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. During a September 29 meeting, the U.S. Navy Commander of the Combined Maritime Forces (NAVCENT),Vice Admiral Kevin Cosgriff, offered Minister of Oil and Gas Baymyrat Hojamuhamedov assistance with improving Turkmenistan's capacity to deal with a variety of security threats to [...] | 2007-10-01 07:37:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PINR EPET MARR TX |
07ASHGABAT1066 | TURKMENISTAN: STATE AGENCY FOR HYDROCARBON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Just back from a week-long orientation trip to the United States hosted by the U.S. Trade Development Agency (USTDA),the Executive Director of Turkmenistan's State Agency for Management and Use of Hydrocarbon Resources, Bayrammurat Muradov, told Charge October 2 that the trip ha [...] | 2007-10-03 10:49:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EPET AJ TX |
07ASHGABAT1067 | TURKMENISTAN: CHEVRON PLANS TO OPEN OFFICE, HOPES [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to two Chevron security officers, the oil company plans to open an office in Ashgabat in November or December, with an expatriate staff of four or five persons. Chevron is yet to name a country director. The company has proposals to work two sectors of Serdar off-shore [...] | 2007-10-03 11:40:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EPET EINV ASEC TX |
07ASHGABAT1070 | TURKMENISTAN ACCEPTS ENERGY DEPARTMENT'S PROPOSAL [...] The Government of Turkmenistan has finally informed the United States by diplomatic note that the Cabinet of Ministers has approved the Department of Energy's (DOE's) 12-month plan proposed during the May 30-June 2 Energy Delegation for promoting bilateral cooperation in the hydrocarbon secto [...] | 2007-10-03 13:43:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EPET TX |
07ASHGABAT1073 | TURKMENISTAN: NARYSHKIN VISIT PROBABLY FOCUSED ON [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) According to press reports, during an October 3 meeting in Ashgabat, Sergei Naryshkin, Russian Deputy Prime Minister and Co-Chairman of the Turkmenistan-Russia Intergovernmental Economic Cooperation Commission, told Turkmeni [...] | 2007-10-04 13:05:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EPET RS TX |
07ASHGABAT1074 | TURKMENISTAN: BURREN ENERGY MANAGER DISCUSSES THE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Over dinner, the Amcit operations manager for Burren Energy talked about many of the challenges that his company -- and most foreign firms doing business in Turkmenistan -- are facing, including problems with the [...] | 2007-10-05 04:55:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EPET TX |
07ASHGABAT1076 | PETRONAS IN TURKMENISTAN: FULL OF GAS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Petronas, which unexpectedly hit substantial (an estimated 20 billion cubic meters at maximum production) reserves of ethane- and propane-rich natural gas in the Caspian Sea, is looking at gas export options. The [...] | 2007-10-05 06:46:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EPET RS AJ TX |
07ASHGABAT1104 | TURKMENISTAN: CONSIDERING NEW HYDROCARBON OPTIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a September 22-29 orientation visit to Washington and Houston sponsored by the U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA),a high-level delegation of Turkmenistan hydrocarbon officials stressed they will be making substantial changes to Turkmenistan's hydrocarbon structure [...] | 2007-10-12 08:00:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EPET EINV TX |
07ASHGABAT1106 | EU SOLANA'S TURKMENISTAN VISIT: INTENSIFYING [...] (C) SUMMARY: French Ambassador Christian Lechervy briefed the non-EU diplomatic corps October 12 (the EU ambassadors' briefing was October 11) on the October 9 Ashgabat visit by European Union High Representative for Common Foreign and Security Policy Javier Solana. The United States, Ukrai [...] | 2007-10-15 05:12:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM EINV EPET SNAR EU IR AF RS TX |
07ASHGABAT1141 | TURKMENISTAN: PETRONAS HAS BIG PLANS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Petronas plans to ramp up operations in Turkmenistan and hopes to process 10 bcm of natural gas per year by 2012. According to Petronas' Turkmenistan general manager, Russia is a much more reliable business partner than Turkey, Azerbaijan, or Iran. Plans to sell gas to Russia [...] | 2007-10-22 09:16:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON EPET TX |
07ASHGABAT1159 | TURKMENISTAN: KARIMOV VISIT FOSTERS EXPANSION OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: Uzbekistan Embassy Deputy Chief of Mission Rakhman Rasulov described President Islom Karimov's October 18-19 visit to Turkmenistan as very successful in that it marked the first formal warming of the two countries' relationship since Niyazov's death. The new relationship can o [...] | 2007-10-26 09:53:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON ENRG EPET UZ TX |
07ASHGABAT1164 | TURKMENISTAN'S 16TH INDEPENDENCE DAY: THE PAGE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Rather than simply a family picnic in the park to watch fireworks, Independence Day in Turkmenistan was really Independence Week (and more) -- an elaborate, undeniably expensive, and highly choreographed series of events calculated to extol Turkmenistani contemporary sovereignty [...] | 2007-10-29 08:29:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ECON EPET SOCI EU RS TX |
07ASHGABAT1167 | TURKMENISTAN: RUSSIAN ENERGY COMPANIES [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 25, Turkmenistani government media reported that a rich gas deposit that will produce 4 bcm per year had been tapped at South Yoloten. On October 26, the eve of Turkmenistan's Independence Day, Presiden [...] | 2007-10-30 07:04:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EINV EPET RS TX |
07ASHGABAT1172 | TURKMENISTAN: MAJOR INTERNATIONAL OIL PLAYERS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) With the Turkmen International Oil and Gas Exhibition less than two weeks away, post provides the following compendium of the major foreign companies cooperating with the Turkmen government on oil exploration and developmen [...] | 2007-10-31 12:41:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EPET EINV ETRD TX |
07ASHGABAT1181 | TURKMENISTAN: GAC MARINE FACES THE HURDLES OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: GAC Marine S.A. plays a vital role in Turkmenistan's hydrocarbons industry as the only contractor offering shipping and marine services to companies in offshore drilling. Gregory Flint (please protect),General Manager of the Turkmenistan office, recognizes the profitability [...] | 2007-11-01 09:29:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EINV EPET SOCI TX |
07ASHGABAT1185 | TURKMENISTAN/AZERBAIJAN: COMPENSATION, NOT JUST [...] (S) SUMMARY: According to Foreign Minister Meredov, Turkmenistan's problem with Azerbaijan is more fundamental than bilateral Caspian Sea delimitation. He accuses Azerbaijan and British Petroleum of stealing Turkmenistan's wealth from the disputed Osman/Chirag natural gas deposit. He also q [...] | 2007-11-02 10:27:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | SECRET | PGOV PREL EPET AJ TX |
07ASHGABAT1192 | SCENESETTER FOR THE ADJUTANT GENERAL, NEVADA [...] Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public internet. SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) Your visit to Turkmenistan follows the celebration on October 27th of Turkmenistan's 16th Anniversary of its independence. This visit helps continue the ongoing, bilateral dialogue on security issues, while r [...] | 2007-11-05 12:14:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EPET MARR PGOV PREL TX |
07ASHGABAT1208 | TURKMENISTAN: TOO MUCH PRESS ADO ABOUT BILATERAL [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) "The Times of London" and Dow Jones International News separately ran stories November 6 stating that, during a September 22 visit to Turkmenistan, UK Energy Minister Malcolm Wicks had signed a memorandum of understanding ( [...] | 2007-11-07 12:25:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EPET UK TX |
07ASHGABAT1209 | TURKMENISTAN: U.S. FIRMS SEEKING TO ENTER HYDROCARBON [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Business Sensitive. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: Moderate reforms and a promise of a better investment climate in Turkmenistan by the country's new leadership have attracted renewed serious interest from U.S. oil majors, including both old an [...] | 2007-11-07 12:29:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EINV EPET RS AJ TX |
07ASHGABAT1210 | TURKMENISTAN RECEPTIVE TO CHINESE CALL FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao's November 4 official visit to Turkmenistan, which focused on implementing the agreements that Berdimuhamedov signed during his July visit to Beijing, appears to have gone well, and the Turkmenistan-PRC bilateral relationship seems to be on the upsw [...] | 2007-11-08 05:20:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR EPET SCUL CH TX |
07ASHGABAT1211 | SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF SECRETARY OF ENERGY [...] Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Your visit to Turkmenistan, the first by a cabinet-level official since 2002, will add value to the newly reinvigorated Turkmenistan International Oil and Gas Exhibition (TIOGE). This visit will advance our bilateral [...] | 2007-11-08 07:43:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EPET ECON TX |
07ASHGABAT1213 | TURKMENISTAN'S OIL AND GAS EXHIBITION LEAVES NO [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) The administrative officer at Turkmenistan's Ministry of Oil and Gas (please protect) told an embassy employee that foreign interest in the November 13-15 Turkmenistan International Oil and Gas Exhibition (TIOGE) has far e [...] | 2007-11-08 11:44:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EPET TX |
07ASHGABAT1221 | ADB IN TURKMENISTAN: OUT OF TOUCH BUT LOOKING FOR [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Asian Development Bank (ADB),long dormant in Ashgabat, especially after the Government of Turkmenistan failed to respond decisively to the bank's initial feasibility study for a Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakis [...] | 2007-11-09 07:17:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EPET EAID EFIN EINV TX |
07ASHGABAT1222 | TURKMANISTAN TRIANGULATES: CONOCOPHILLIPS/LUKOIL TANDEM [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Business sensitive. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: ConocoPhillips and Lukoil are in the very final stages of negotiating a product-sharing agreement (PSA) for the Ordekli (Block 21) and Ogurji (Blocks 19 and 20) offshore fields. The PSA for t [...] | 2007-11-09 09:21:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EINV EPET RS TX |
07ASHGABAT1227 | TURKMENISTAN'S BERDIMUHAMEDOV IN BRUSSELS: A BRIEF [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: President Berdimuhamedov's November 5-7 visit to Brussels seemed to reinforce that Turkmenistan is following its own path and, as yet, has little interest in the kinds of outward-looking compromises that could mak [...] | 2007-11-13 04:42:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM EINV EPET SCUL EU TX |
07ASHGABAT1235 | TURKMENISTAN: RESOURCE NATIONALISM EXISTS, BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Although the Government of Turkmenistan up to now has pursued a policy of resource nationalism by banning foreign companies from its gas fields in the East (foreign companies are working the Caspian oilfields),Turkmenistan may be reconsidering this policy. At the heart of this [...] | 2007-11-15 10:51:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EPET ECON TX |
07ASHGABAT1252 | DRAFT TURKMENISTAN-EU MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) On November 19, the EU-TACIS office in Ashgabat informally passed to the Embassy a copy of the draft MOU, dated November 9, 2007, for further cooperation between the EU/EC and the Government of Turkmenistan. According to E [...] | 2007-11-20 12:16:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON ENRG EPET TX |
07ASHGABAT1256 | SECRETARY OF ENERGY SAMUEL W. BODMAN'S MEETING [...] (U) U.S. PARTICIPANTS: Secretary of Energy Samuel W. Bodman SIPDIS Senior Adviser Molly Williamson Assistant Secretary Karen Harbert Public Affairs Director Andrew Beck Charge d,affaires Richard Hoagland TURKMENISTAN PARTICIPANTS: President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov Deputy Prime M [...] | 2007-11-21 10:11:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EPET EINV AF AJ IR KZ RS TX |
07ASHGABAT1258 | TURKMENISTAN'S PRESIDENT BERDIMUHAMEDOV AND SCA [...] (U) U.S. PARTICIPANTS: SCA PDAS Steven Mann Charge d,affaires Richard Hoagland TURKMENISTAN PARTICIPANTS: President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov Deputy Prime Minister/Foreign Minister Rashit Meredov 2. (C) SUMMARY: During a nearly 90-minute meeting on November 16 with SCA PDAS Steve [...] | 2007-11-21 10:11:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR EPET EINV RS TK AJ KZ TX |
07ASHGABAT1259 | TURKMENISTAN: UNUSUALLY OUTGOING DEPUTY PREMIER [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a November 16 meeting with Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Steven Mann, Turkmenistan's Deputy Chairman of the SIPDIS Cabinet of Ministers for hydrocarbon issues, Tachberdi Tagiyev, was unusually forthcoming, even acknowledg [...] | 2007-11-21 10:11:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EPET TX |
07ASHGABAT1260 | SECRETARY OF ENERGY SAMUEL W. BODMAN'S MEETING [...] (U) U.S. PARTICIPANTS: Secretary of Energy Samuel W. Bodman SIPDIS Senior Adviser Molly Williamson Assistant Secretary Karen Harbert Public Affairs Director Andrew Beck Charge d,affaires Richard Hoagland TURKMENISTAN PARTICIPANTS: Deputy Prime Minister for Oil and Gas Tachberdi Tag [...] | 2007-11-21 11:03:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EPET EINV AF AJ KZ RS TX |
07ASHGABAT1262 | ENERGY SECRETARY BODMAN PRESS CONFERENCE AT TURKMENISTAN [...] (U) On November 15, Energy Secretary Bodman held a press conference at the Turkmenistan International Oil and Gas Exhibition. The following is the transcript of the press conference: BEGIN TEXT: Secretary Bodman: Hello everyone. I'm Sam Bodman, the United States SIPDIS Secretary of [...] | 2007-11-23 04:31:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ECON ENERG EPET TX |
07ASHGABAT1283 | TURKMENISTAN INTERNATIONAL OIL AND GAS EXHIBITION AND [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: This year's Turkmenistan International Oil and Gas Exhibition (TIOGE) and conference had the highest attendance since 2000 and attracted unprecedented interest from major petroleum companies, regional stakeholders [...] | 2007-11-26 13:57:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ENERG EPET TX |
07ASHGABAT1293 | SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT TO TURKMENISTAN OF DRL [...] Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Ashgabat warmly welcomes the visit of Deputy Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Rights and Labor Erica Barks-Ruggles to Turkmenistan. Your visit will help to reinforce the U.S. government's message as it has [...] | 2007-11-27 13:38:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM ECON EPET TX |
07ASHGABAT1297 | TURKMENISTAN/RUSSIA: BERDIMUHAMEDOV AGREES TO NEW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: After a hardcore blitz campaign by Russia and Gazprom, headed by Russia's Prime Minister Victor Zubkov and Gazprom CEO Alexei Miller, President Berdimuhamedov agreed on November 23 to move up the timeline for construction of a Caspian littoral pipeline to Russia, and to sign a [...] | 2007-11-28 14:05:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EPET ETRD RU TX |
07ASHGABAT1301 | UNDP MAKES CLIMATE CHANGE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) At the official launch event on November 28 in Turkmenistan for UNDP's 2007/2008 Global Human Development Report entitled "Fighting climate change: Human solidarity in a divided world," UNDP Resident Representative in Tur [...] | 2007-11-29 13:37:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV EPET ECON TX |
07ASHGABAT1302 | UK ENERGY OFFICE PLANS STUDY TOUR FOR TURKMEN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The British government is moving forward with plans to provide training to Turkmen officials in the oil and gas industry in January. Foci will include energy sector regulation, licensing, and the current Turkmen policy of selling hydrocarbon product at the border. The U.K. gov [...] | 2007-11-29 13:42:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EPET PREL TX UK |
07ASHGABAT1306 | TURKMENISTAN: EUROPEAN COMMISSION-FUNDED STUDY ON [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The European Commission has concluded from a just completed a study on establishing a gas transit corridor from Kazakhstan to the EU region that the project is feasible. The 400-page feasibility study looked at a [...] | 2007-12-01 08:43:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EPET ECON ENRG TX |
07ASHGABAT1307 | TURKMENISTAN: "THE DOOR IS OPEN, BUT WE FOLLOW [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a wide-ranging discussion with SCA PDAS Mann on November 16, Foreign Minister Meredov: -- reaffirmed Turkmenistan welcomes proposals from world-class energy companies; -- agreed more work needs to be done to reform the economy and improve the business climate; -- tout [...] | 2007-12-01 08:58:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON EPET ETRD SOCI TX |
07ASHGABAT1311 | TURKMENISTAN: ENI PURCHASES ONSHORE OIL COMPANY [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) Burren Energy, a second-tier hydrocarbon company registered in the UK that is the holder of one of the the few onshore production sharing agreements (PSAs) in Turkmenistan, has just been sold to the Italian-based hydrocarbon [...] | 2007-12-03 08:43:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EPET ECON TX |
07ASHGABAT1316 | TURKMENISTAN/INTERNATIONAL ENERGY AGENCY: [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During a November 28-30 visit to Turkmenistan, the Deputy Executive Director of the International Energy Agency (IEA) Ambassador William Ramsay, found a country in the process of transition. Although there were [...] | 2007-12-03 15:24:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EPET PGOV TX IEA |
07ASHGABAT1318 | TURKMENISTAN: MARATHON TRIES TO INTEREST [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) Marathon Oil Corporation Senior Vice President told the Charge December 3 that his company wants to interest Turkmenistan in its proprietary gas-to-fuels technology, a gas-conversion process that he claimed is more carbon [...] | 2007-12-04 10:09:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EPET TX |
07ASHGABAT1335 | "DUBAI ON THE CASPIAN" LIKELY TO STILL BE "LAKE ERIE ON A [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: A December 3 business forum showcased multi-billion dollar, world-class plans for the Avaza Tourism Zone. World-renowned design companies, architectural firms, and developers are involved in the project, guaranteeing [...] | 2007-12-10 11:42:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EPET ECON ETRD TX |
07ASHGABAT1353 | TURKMENISTAN: REPORTS ABOUT LUKOIL/CONOCOPHILLIPS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) On December 12, Moscow's Interfax news agency issued a report, cited to Lukoil board member Richard Matske, that Lukoil had signed an agreement with Turkmenistan to develop three Caspian Sea blocks. The following day, Int [...] | 2007-12-14 12:10:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EPET TX |
07ASHGABAT1359 | RUSSIAN DCM PLAYS UP GREAT GAME TO EXPLAIN U.S. [...] (C) SUMMARY: In what was supposed to be a briefing by Russian DCM Aleksey Demin on the recent visit of Prime Minister Viktor Zubkov to Turkmenistan, we instead got an earful regarding American favoritism toward Ukraine and the U.S. hidden agenda on a trans-Caspian pipeline. He also alleged t [...] | 2007-12-14 16:05:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON ENERG EPET SOCI TX |
07ASHGABAT1364 | TURKMENISTAN: CONOCO-PHILLIPS AND CHEVRON UPDATE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The new year is approaching with the two U.S. hydrocarbons firms -- ConocoPhillips and Chevron -- just a few months ago were bullish on perceived new opportunities in Turkmenistan but now resigned to the reality that ageements may still be at least a few months away. In ConocoP [...] | 2007-12-17 12:11:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EPET PGOV TX |
07ASHGABAT1371 | TURKMENISTAN: FRENCH AMBASSADOR ON EU ENERGY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Charge met with French Ambassador Christian Lechervy December 18 for a read-out of European Union Special Representative for Central Asia Pierre Morel's December 10-11 visit to Ashgabat for the opening of the UN Preventive Diplomacy Center. As the contact representative for t [...] | 2007-12-18 10:30:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM EPET KDEM EU FR TX |
07ASHGABAT1376 | TURKMENISTAN/RUSSIA: PRESIDENTS PUTIN AND [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) According to Turkmenistan's state media, Turkmenistan's President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov and Russia's President Putin agreed during a December 18 telephone call to sign the tripartite agreement on construction of a new Ca [...] | 2007-12-19 09:24:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EPET RU TX |
07ASHGABAT1381 | TURKMENISTAN: PRESIDENT NOTES REFORM PROGRESS, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. During an unusually wide-ranging December 18 Cabinet of Ministers meeting, Turkmenistan's President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov reviewed his government's accomplishments over the past year. Although the president said he was generally pleased with the pace of reforms, he noneth [...] | 2007-12-19 12:53:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EPET EINV EFIN ECON TX |
07ASHGABAT140 | TURKMENISTAN APPARENTLY MOVES TO RELEASE EX-OIL [...] (C) According to the usually well-informed Turkish Ambassador, the Government of Turkmenistan is taking steps to release former Oil and Gas Deputy Chairman Yolly Gurbanmyradov, who has been in prison since October 2005 on charges of embezzlement and corruption. The ambassador also said the m [...] | 2007-02-05 14:07:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET PGOV PHUM PIA PINR PREL TX |
07ASHGABAT259 | PRESIDENT BERDIMUHAMMEDOV RECEPTIVE TO PIPELINE [...] (C) President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhammedov showed sincere interest in Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Steven Mann's detailed March 5 presentation of SIPDIS alternative paths to developing the country's energy sector. In the context of stressing his concern for development [...] | 2007-03-05 13:23:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EPET ENRG PGOV AF KZ TX US UZ TI IR |
07ASHGABAT261 | MEREDOV: TURKMENISTAN READY TO EXPLORE PIPELINE [...] (C) During a March 5 meeting with SCA PDAS Steven Mann, Turkmenistan Foreign Affairs Deputy Chairman/Minister Rashit Meredov stated that Turkmenistan was reexamining its gas pipeline options and was ready to move forward with new gas relationships. He and Mann agreed to hold expert-level bil [...] | 2007-03-05 13:53:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PGOV PHUM PREL TX US |
07ASHGABAT285 | TURKMENISTANI AND AZERBAIJANI PRESIDENTS TALK FOR [...] (C) Turkmenistan's President Gurbanguly Berdimuhammedov called Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev March 13, and, according to Foreign Affairs Deputy Chairman/Minister Rashit Meredov, had a "very productive" conversation and agreed to exchange visits. Ashgabat-based diplomats from FSU missions [...] | 2007-03-14 13:54:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | AJ EPET GG PREL RS TX |
07ASHGABAT291 | FORMER SOVIET UNION AMBASSADORS TELL MANN THAT [...] (C) Ashgabat-based Former Soviet Union ambassadors told South Central Asia Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Mann during a March 5 dinner that it was clear that President Berdimuhammedov would introduce welcome reforms to Turkmenistan, though he would be slow to de-Niyazov the trappings o [...] | 2007-03-15 10:57:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PREL TX US AF |
07ASHGABAT309 | Information on Malaysian Oil Company Petronas [...] (SBU) Malaysian oil company Petronas, which signed a 25-year production sharing agreement (PSA) in 1996 to develop the offshore Block 1 in the Caspian Sea, has a large and expanding presence in Turkmenistan. Block 1 resources have been estimated at a level of: 1 trillion cubic meters (tcms) o [...] | 2007-03-21 11:32:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ECON ENRG TX MY |
07ASHGABAT326 | Turkmenistan's President Focuses on Hydrocarbons in Cabinet [...] (SBU) President Gurbanguly Berdimuhammedov mapped out the short-term petroleum sector development objectives for 2007 during his weekly cabinet meeting on March 24. The president emphasized Turkmenistan's need to work with foreign investors and companies to improve the country's internal infra [...] | 2007-03-29 11:09:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV EPET PGOV TX |
07ASHGABAT371 | RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTER LAVROV PROMISES [...] (SBU) During an April 5 meeting in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan,s President Gurbanguly Berdimuhammedov and Russia,s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov expanded the traditional Russian-Turkmenistani state dialog, touching on economic cooperation, but focusing a majority of the time on "humanitarion," [...] | 2007-04-12 14:02:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET PGOV PHUM PREL RS TX |
07ASHGABAT408 | RUSSIA FIGHTS BACK: TURKMENISTAN'S BERDIMUHAMMEDOV [...] (C) President Berdimuhammedov's upcoming April 23-24 visit to Moscow, reported yesterday in Russian press, comes amidst growing signs that Russia is pushing hard to preserve its influence -* politically, economically, and in the cultural sphere -* in post-Niyazov Turkmenistan. Berdimuhammedov [...] | 2007-04-20 14:24:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PGOV PINR PREL RS TX US |
07ASHGABAT430 | BERDIMUHAMMEDOV AND PUTIN DISCUSS INCREASED GAS [...] (C) Turkmenistan President Gurbanguly Berdimuhammedov's April 23-24 working visit to Moscow, described by local press as "a political sensation," resulted in no written agreements but represented a step forward in the bilateral relationship. Energy discussions topped the Russian agenda, with R [...] | 2007-04-27 13:44:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PGOV PREL RS SCUL TX |
07ASHGABAT436 | ASHGABAT AMBASSADORS ON POLITICS, GROWING RUSSIAN [...] (C) Visiting Deputy National Intelligence Officer for Russia and Eurasia Dionisio de Leon, Charge, and embassy officers met with Ashgabat-based ambassadors on April 26-27 to solicit their impressions of the current political situation in Turkmenistan. Georgian Ambassador Alexy Petriashvili, U [...] | 2007-04-30 13:39:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET GG PGOV PREL RS TU TX UP |
07ASHGABAT464 | PUTIN, NAZARBAYEV AND BERDIMUHAMMEDOV TO MEET IN [...] (C) Local press this morning confirmed the weekend rumor that Russian President Putin and Kazakhstan President Nazarbayev would join Turkmenistan President Berdimuhammedov May 11 at a one-day summit in Turkmenistan's Caspian port of Turkmenbashy (formerly Krasnovodsk). Discussions are certain [...] | 2007-05-07 12:48:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG PREL RS TX |
07ASHGABAT489 | BERDIMUHAMMEDOV, PUTIN, AND NAZARBAYEV: BACK IN [...] (C) In a May 12 tripartite summit in Turkmenistan's western port of Turkmenbashy, President Berdimuhammedov -- along with visiting Russian President Putin and Kazakhstani President Nazarbayev -- agreed in principle to expand the Caspian littoral pipeline route (including possible construction [...] | 2007-05-14 14:18:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL TX RS KZ EPET ENRG |
07ASHGABAT549 | TURKMENISTAN'S GAS PROSPECTS [...] (C) Deputy Chairman for Oil and Gas Tachberdi Tagyev was clear during his March 31 meeting with Principle Deputy Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs, accompanied by senior-level representatives from four USG agencies, that his task in President Berdimuhammedov's administrat [...] | 2007-06-01 13:50:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET PREL SOCI TX US |
07ASHGABAT55 | Gazprom's Turkmenistan Contract Secure [...] (SBU) A December 12 visit to Turkmenistan by Gazprom Board Member Valeriy Golubev, a December 21 conversation with the local Gazprom representative, and statements by Turkmenistan's Acting President Gurbanguly Berdimuhammedov and Russian President Vladimir Putin after Niyazov's death, confirm [...] | 2007-01-16 13:33:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ECON ENRG ETRD PREL PGOV RU TX |
07ASHGABAT550 | TURKMENISTAN'S PRESIDENT BERDIMUHAMMEDOV PROMISES [...] (C) Turkmenistan's President Berdimuhammedov offered PDAS Mann and a high-level USG delegation on May 31 a mix of openness and old thinking. After hearing detailed USG proposals for technical assistance, feasibility studies and experts' exchanges -- all contributing to making Turkmenistan a [...] | 2007-06-01 13:54:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET PGOV PREL TX US |
07ASHGABAT551 | TURKMENISTAN FOREIGN AFFAIRS DEPUTY SECRETARY [...] (C) Deputy Chairman for Foreign Affairs Rashit Meredov, in a separate May 31 meeting, told SCA PDAS Mann that Turkmenistan had removed a few names from its travel "blacklist" and that Turkmenistan was re-examining the law on migration to see whether the law could be "eased" to better accommod [...] | 2007-06-01 14:14:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | SECRET | PREL PHUM EPET ENRG TX US |
07ASHGABAT559 | HEAD OF TURKMENISTAN'S GAS "COMPETENT BODY" TELLS [...] (SBU) Bayrammyrat Myradov, the recently appointed Executive Director of Turkmenistan's Executive Administration of the State Agency for Management and Use of Hydrocarbon Resources, told the members of the delegation led by SCA PDAS Steven Mann on June 1 that his agency was in charge, from sta [...] | 2007-06-05 13:31:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PINR PREL TX US |
07ASHGABAT598 | SCA PDAS MANN MEETS WITH BRIDAS CEO DURING VISIT [...] (C) During a May 31 meeting, the CEO of Argentine energy firm Bridas, Carlos Bulgheroni, told SCA PDAS Steven Mann that he was nearing resolution on a deal to recover the $1 billion in arbitration awards owed his company by the Government of Turkmenistan for nationalization of Brida's Turkmen [...] | 2007-06-15 13:37:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EPET AR TX |
07ASHGABAT636 | CENTCOM COMMANDER GENERATES INTEREST IN CASPIAN [...] (C) During 20 June meetings with President Gurbanguly Berdimuhammedov, Defense Minister GEN Agageldi Mammetgeldiyev, and State Border Service Chief GEN-MAJ Bayram Alovov the Commander of U.S. Central Command, Admiral William J. Fallon, found Turkmenistan's government open to energy pipeline [...] | 2007-06-29 12:41:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS PINR ASEC PREL PGOV SNAR EPET IR |
07ASHGABAT637 | TURKMENISTAN'S PRESIDENT TELLS CENTCOM COMMANDER [...] (C) Turkmenistan's President Gurbanguly Berdimuhammedov reaffirmed to the Commander, U.S. Central Command, Admiral William J. Fallon, during a 20 June meeting in Ashgabat that U.S. military aircraft could use Mary Military Airfield in emergency situations or in bad weather, but firmly refused [...] | 2007-06-29 12:44:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS PINR PREL PGOV SNAR EPET IR AF RS |
07ASHGABAT690 | TURKMENISTAN ENERGY: MONOSYLLABLES FROM DEPUTY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: After many postponements, SCA PDAS Steven Mann, EUR DAS Matt Bryza, and EEB Rob Garverick met late in the day July 11 with Tachberdi Tagyev, the Government of Turkmenistan's Deputy Chairman for Gas and Oil. In contrast to other productive meetings during this visit (septels) [...] | 2007-07-13 09:34:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ENRG EPET CH TX |
07ASHGABAT699 | TURKEMISTAN ENERGY: FM MEREDOV SAYS U.S. [...] (C) SUMMARY: SCA PDAS Steve Mann met for nearly two hours on July 11 with Turkmenistan's Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers and Minister of Foreign Affairs Rashit Meredov. Meredov: -- insisted Turkmenistan has significant gas deposits in its off-shore Caspian blocks that are open [...] | 2007-07-16 12:43:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EPET EINV RS CH AZ |
07ASHGABAT711 | PRESIDENT OFFERS UP NEW REFORMS DURING HALF-YEAR [...] (SBU) A July 13 meeting of Turkmenistan's Cabinet of Ministers, a half-year review of government activities, delivered major personnel overhauls and a series of significant new initiatives, many of which Turkmenistan's citizens will welcome. In the meeting, President Berdimuhamedov not only [...] | 2007-07-18 12:41:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PINR ECON EFIN EPET TX |
07ASHGABAT715 | TURKMENISTAN: FM MEREDOV DENIES REPORTS OF GAS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkmenistan,s Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers and Foreign Minister Rashit Meredov firmly denied reports that Turkmenistan plans to sell natural gas via Iran to Turkey and onward to Europe. He said, &Our relationship with the United States is very important. We wou [...] | 2007-07-19 12:31:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EPET ENRG IR TU TX |
07ASHGABAT728 | TURKMENISTAN ENERGY: MYRADOV AVERS AMU DARYA BASIN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: At an hour-long meeting on July 12 with Executive Director of Turkmenistan's State Agency for Management and Use of Hydrocarbon Resources Bayrammyrat Myradov, SCA Principal Deputy Secretary Steven R. Mann, EUR DA [...] | 2007-07-23 11:48:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM EPET EINV RS CH AZ TX |
07ASHGABAT729 | TURKMENISTAN ENERGY: "YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE GAZPROMISTAN" [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In a lively exchange of views between USDEL and First Deputy Minister of Economy and Finance Jeparov, the U.S. side championed multiple export routes for Turkmenistan,s hydrocarbon resources, explained the economi [...] | 2007-07-23 12:02:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ENRG EPET EINV TX RU |
07ASHGABAT749 | CHEVRON PREPARING TO OPEN FOR BUSINESS IN [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified -- not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During a July 26 meeting, Chevron's Director of Business Development for the CIS, Gerry Harris, told A/DCM that his company had just submitted two proposals to Turkmenistan's State Agency for Hydrocarbon Manageme [...] | 2007-07-27 10:49:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EPET EINV ECON TX |
07ASHGABAT76 | PETRONAS IN TURKMENISTAN: FULL OF GAS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Petronas, which unexpectedly hit substantial (an estimated 20 billion cubic meters at maximum production) reserves of ethane- and propane-rich natural gas in the Caspian Sea, is looking at gas export options. The [...] | 2007-10-05 06:46:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EPET RS AJ TX |
07ASHGABAT769 | TURKMENISTAN'S HYDROCARBONS: TOTAL JOINS THE RUSH [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) Olivier Bouygues, Vice President of French construction firm Bouygues, Senior Bouygues Vice President Aldo Karbonaro, and Yves-Louis Darricarrere, the president for exploration and production of the French hydrocarbons compa [...] | 2007-08-02 09:35:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON EPET EINV FR TX |
07ASHGABAT774 | TURKMENISTAN ENERGY: BP IN THE MIX, EXPRESSES [...] (C) SUMMARY: BP officials are serious about entering the hydrocarbon sector in Turkmenistan, focusing on oil. In two meetings, they left a mixed message about the potential role of TNK/BP. The BP advance team indicated three possibilities: BP alone, TNK/BP alone, or the two together in so [...] | 2007-08-03 11:54:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EPET EINV UK RS TX |
07ASHGABAT825 | TURKMENISTAN'S OIL AND GAS AGENCIES NOT YET READY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Deputy Minister of Oil and Gas Baramgeldy Nedirov, pinch-hitting for the Minister of Oil and Gas and other key oil sector officials who were in Kazakhstan, listened to an August 6 presentation by U.S. Trade Development Agency (USTDA) Regional Director Dan Stein and Contractor [...] | 2007-08-09 12:11:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EPET ENRG PGOV TX |
07ASHGABAT826 | TURKMENISTAN AND CASPIAN CONNECTOR: "DON'T [...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkenistan does not want to be mentioned in the Terms of Reference for the TDA-funded Caspian feasibility study for transporting hydrocarbons from Kazakhstan to Azerbaijan, but insists the door remains open for experts to study the connector idea. Timing may be an issue becaus [...] | 2007-08-10 09:52:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EINV EPET AJ KZ TX |
07ASHGABAT829 | TURKMENISTAN ENERGY: CONOCOPHILLIPS/LUKOIL HOPE [...] (C) Charge met briefly late evening August 9 with ConocoPhillips Russia Inc. executives President for Russia and Caspian Region Don Wallette and Vice President for Exploration Tim Wallace. Houston-based Vice President for Upstream Bill Berry had already departed Turkmenistan. The meeting wa [...] | 2007-08-10 11:37:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EPET EINV RS TX |
07ASHGABAT852 | TURKMENISTAN: A FURTHER STEP TOWARD ENERGY [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a series of recent meetings with U.S. Trade Development Agency (USTDA) contractor Bronek Dutkiewicz, officials in Turkmenistan's hydrocarbon agencies -- and particularly the State Agency for Management and Use of Hydrocarbons (State Agency) -- enthusiastically embraced USTDA' [...] | 2007-08-21 08:01:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EPET EINV TX |
07ASHGABAT853 | TURKMENISTAN ENERGY: SEANA ENERGY ENTERS THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: A curious player has emerged in the current Klondikeskyy race to develop Turkmenistan's hydrocarbon wealth -- Seana Energy, a Singapore-registered, Ankara-based consortium of international private investors that purportedly includes significant U.S. private-sector participation. [...] | 2007-08-22 05:58:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EINV EPET AJ KZ TU TX |
07ASHGABAT865 | TURKMENISTAN'S HYDROCARBON AGENCY: "HELP!" [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In a remarkable meeting with EEB Assistant Secretary Sullivan, Turkmenistan's top energy negotiator, who is close to Berdimuhamedov, made crystal clear he is feeling overwhelmed by his responsibility and lack of [...] | 2007-08-23 06:17:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAID EPET TX |
07ASHGABAT866 | TURKMENISTAN: BERDIMUHAMEDOV SAYS HE WANTS U.S. [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During his meeting with EEB A/S Sullivan, President Berdimuhamedov -- expressed thanks to Secretary Rice for her attention to Turkmenistan and the region, particularly regarding her vision of Central/South Asia [...] | 2007-08-23 06:26:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EPET SNAR SCUL IR TX |
07ASHGABAT873 | TURKMENISTAN: NEXT STEPS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkmenistan has decided at the highest level it wants to cooperate with the United States on economic reform and energy policy. We need to take advantage of this historic opportunity with a tiger-team response. If we can be nimble enough to be successful, we will have three o [...] | 2007-08-23 10:41:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EAID EPET KDEM KIRF IR |
07ASHGABAT877 | TURKMENISTAN ENERGY: SENIOR BP OFFICIALS MEET THE [...] (SBU) Senior British Petroleum (BP) officials called on Charge August 23 for a U.S. policy briefing: CEO of BP Exploration and Production, Group Vice President for Exploration and New Business Development Michael Daly, and BP Exploration Operating Co. Ltd. President for Business Development [...] | 2007-08-24 09:16:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EPET EINV AJ TX |
07ASHGABAT895 | AHMEDINEJAD'S VISIT TO ASHGABAT YIELDS MOSTLY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Following on the heels of President Berdimuhamedov's official visit to Tehran two months ago, Iranian President Ahmadinejad made an official visit to Ashgabat August 14-15 on his way to the Shanghai Organization Summit in Bishkek. Although Iranian ministers arriving in Turkmen [...] | 2007-08-28 13:30:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ENRG EPET ETRD IR TX |
07ASHGABAT903 | TURKMENISTAN OFFICIALS TELL HELSINKI COMMISSION [...] (C) SUMMARY: During an August 12-15 visit, a delegation of Helsinki Committee staffers saw evidence that Turkmenistan is beginning a slow and uneven, but undeniable, process of transition. In probably their best meeting, Turkmenistan's Deputy Foreign Minister Wepa Hajiyev offered a compellin [...] | 2007-08-31 08:00:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM EPET ECON TX |
07ASHGABAT922 | TURKMENISTAN: SEANA ENERGY PREPARES ITS OFFER [...] (C) SUMMARY: A new international consortium of experts and investors is preparing to bid for the on-shore Yoloten gas field. The two founders of Seana Energy, an intentional consortium, are former but now-disaffected employees of Turkey's Chalik Energy. Seana Energy has significant U.S. pa [...] | 2007-09-05 10:25:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EINV EPET TX |
07ASHGABAT930 | TURKMENISTAN: SCENE-SETTER FOR TREASURY VISIT, [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) Embassy Ashgabat warmly welcomes you to Turkmenistan. You are coming to Turkmenistan in the early months of a bilateral dialogue directed toward encouraging Turkmenistan to make the economic and finance reforms that will [...] | 2007-09-06 12:51:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON EFIN ENRG PHUM KIRF PGOV EPET TX |
07ASHGABAT967 | TURKMENBASHY REFINERY WILL SOON PRODUCE MORE JET FUEL [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) Charge called on Turkmenbashy Refinery General Director Tagangeldi Mamedov September 11. Mamedov confirmed the refinery currently produces 6M tons of refined petroleum products a year, although the current capacity is 7.5M t [...] | 2007-09-13 10:30:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EPET EINV ETRD MARR AF TX |
07ASHGABAT990 | TURKMENISTAN: NAZARBAYEV VISIT YIELDS GOODWILL, [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Nazarbayev and President Berdimuhamedov held expansive meetings on strengthening economic ties between the two countries, focusing extensively on establishing hydrocarbon development joint ventures in the Caspian and improving land transportation networks between the [...] | 2007-09-19 10:17:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON ENRG EPET IR TX |
07ASHGABAT997 | TURKMENISTAN: CONOCO-PHILLIPS TESTING THE WATERS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) Conoco-Phillips is looking at the feasibility of opening an office in Ashgabat, the company's General Counsel for Upstream Finance, Chuck Ferree, told Pol/Econ Chief on September 19. Ferree said he was doing research into th [...] | 2007-09-21 12:02:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ENERG EPET TX |
07ASHGABAT999 | TURKMENISTAN: FOREIGN MINISTER MEREDOV TELLS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Although Turkmenistan's President Berdimuhamedov continues to say publicly that the option of a Trans-Caspian pipeline (TCP) remains on the table, both Deputy Chairman/Foreign Minister Rashit Meredov and Executive Director of the State Agency for Management and Use of Hydrocarbo [...] | 2007-09-21 12:28:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PREL PGOV TX AJ |
07ASTANA1038 | KAZAKHSTAN ECONOMIC AND ENERGY UPDATE, April 1 - 14, 2007 [...] Summary: This information is drawn primarily from the Kazakhstani local press, and has not been checked for accuracy. The opinions and policies expressed in this report are those of the authors, not the U.S. Government. -- Nazarbayev Meets Lord Mayor of London -- 30 Leading Corporations to [...] | 2007-04-23 03:48:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EIND ENRG EPET EFIN KZ |
07ASTANA1063 | KAZAKHSTAN INVESTIGATES DEATH OF SEALS [...] Summary: Nearly 700 dead seals have been found on the shores of the Caspian Sea in Kazakhstan's Mangystau Oblast since the end of March. Kazakhstan's Ministry of Environment has established an interagency commission to investigate the deaths, but no final conclusions have been reached. Local [...] | 2007-04-25 14:54:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON SENV ENRG EPET KZ |
07ASTANA1074 | KAZAKHSTAN ECONOMIC AND ENERGY UPDATE, [...] Summary: This information is drawn primarily from the Kazakhstani local press, and has not been checked for accuracy. The opinions and policies expressed in this report are those of the authors, not the U.S. Government. -- Nazarbayev Meets Lord Mayor of London -- 30 Leading Corporations to [...] | 2007-04-26 03:19:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EIND ENRG EPET EFIN KZ |
07ASTANA1110 | KAZAKHSTAN: CHEVRON MANAGER DISCUSSES ORENBURG [...] (C) Summary: Luis Coimbra, Marketing and Transportation Manager of Chevron's Eurasia Business Unit, briefed Energy Officer on April 24 on Chevron's vision for the Kazakhstan Caspian Transportation System (KCTS) and the status of the Gazprom-KazMunaiGaz (KMG) joint venture to expand the Orenbur [...] | 2007-04-26 09:38:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ENRG EPET KZ |
07ASTANA116 | KAZAKHSTAN'S PETROCHEMICAL AMBITIONS: [...] (C) Summary: The Government of Kazakhstan (GOK) is aggressively encouraging foreign investment in a domestic petrochemical industry as part of its strategy to diversify the economy and to "climb the value chain" of hydrocarbon production. The GOK has authorized a predictable set of tax benef [...] | 2007-01-12 12:04:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ENRG EPET KZ PGOV PREL |
07ASTANA1234 | KAZAKHSTAN ECONOMIC AND ENERGY UPDATE, APRIL 15 - 28, [...] Summary: This information is drawn primarily from the Kazakhstani local press, and has not been checked for accuracy. The opinions and policies expressed in this report are those of the authors, not the U.S. Government. -- WTO Accession Process Underway -- Pakistan Extends Cooperation with [...] | 2007-05-07 10:57:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EIND ENRG EPET EFIN KZ |
07ASTANA1240 | KAZAKHSTAN: PRIME MINISTER DISCUSSES OIL SECTOR [...] (C) Summary: In back-to-back April 26-27 conversations with Commercial and Business Affairs Special Representative (S/R) Frank Mermoud and the Ambassador, Prime Minister Masimov discussed his government's strategy for developing Kazakhstan's oil and gas sector, its intent to audit existing sub [...] | 2007-05-08 07:28:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ENRG EPET KZ |
07ASTANA1243 | KAZAKHSTAN: MERMOUD DISCUSSES PUBLIC-PRIVATE [...] (C) Summary. In April 24-26 meetings with Prime Minister Masimov, other Kazakhstani government officials, and private sector representatives, Special Representative for Commercial and Business Affairs J. Frank Mermoud discussed the Kazakhstani government,s fast-evolving approach to economic d [...] | 2007-05-08 10:33:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON EPET ETRD PGOV KZ |
07ASTANA1302 | KAZAKHSTAN: PRIME MINISTER AND FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) Summary: Both Prime Minister Masimov and Foreign Minister Tazhin downplayed the significance of the gas pipeline deals announced during the May 12 tripartite summit in Turkmenistan (Ref A) in separate May 15 conversations with Ambassador Ordway. Masimov told the Ambassador that "all we ag [...] | 2007-05-15 11:04:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ENRG EPET KZ RS TX |
07ASTANA1430 | KAZAKHSTAN ECONOMIC AND ENERGY UPDATE, APRIL 29 - MAY 12, [...] Summary: This information is drawn primarily from the Kazakhstani local press, and has not been checked for accuracy. The opinions and policies expressed in this report are those of the authors, not the U.S. Government. -- "Kazakhgate" Funds to Go to Charity -- Kazakhstan's External Debt o [...] | 2007-05-28 10:47:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EIND ENRG EPET EFIN KZ |
07ASTANA1438 | KAZAKHSTAN SIGNS AGREEMENT ON CREATION OF [...] (C) Summary: On May 10 representatives of the Government of Kazakhstan and the Government of Russia signed an Inter-governmental Agreement to set up an international uranium enrichment center, under International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) control, in Angarsk, Russia. For Kazakhstan's state- [...] | 2007-05-29 03:14:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ENRG EPET KZ RS |
07ASTANA161 | KAZAKHSTAN ECONOMIC AND ENERGY UPDATE, January 1 - 14, [...] Summary: This information is drawn primarily from the Kazakhstani local press, and has not been checked for accuracy. The opinions and policies expressed in this report are those of the authors, not the U.S. Government. -- Finance Minister Nominates Deputies -- National Holding Company "Ka [...] | 2007-01-19 10:02:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EIND ENRG EPET EFIN KZ |
07ASTANA1614 | KAZAKHSTAN ECONOMIC AND ENERGY UPDATE, MAY 27- [...] Summary: This information is drawn primarily from the Kazakhstani local press, and has not been checked for accuracy. The opinions and policies expressed in this report are those of the authors, not the U.S. Government. -- Latest Developments from Nurbank -- Aliev's Case Has No Impact on I [...] | 2007-06-13 05:11:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EIND ENRG EPET EFIN KZ |
07ASTANA1639 | KAZAKHSTAN REACTION TO EITI VALIDATION DEADLINE [...] (SBU) Summary: Per Ref A action request, Kazakhstan appears well on its way to meeting the September 2007 deadline for completing the four Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative (EITI) "sign-up" indicators, with the last criteria -- publication of a work plan -- likely to be fulfilled late [...] | 2007-06-15 06:58:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID ENRG EPET KZ |
07ASTANA1851 | KAZAKHSTAN ECONOMIC AND ENERGY UPDATE, JUNE 10 - 23, 2007 [...] Summary: This information is drawn primarily from the Kazakhstani local press, and has not been checked for accuracy. The opinions and policies expressed in this report are those of the authors, not the U.S. Government. -- Samgau's Board of Directors is Formed -- Kazakhstani Banking Sector [...] | 2007-07-09 07:10:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EIND ENRG EPET EFIN KZ |
07ASTANA1994 | KAZAKHSTAN ECONOMIC AND ENERGY UPDATE, JULY 8-21, 2007 [...] Summary: This information is drawn primarily from the Kazakhstani local press, and has not been checked for accuracy. The opinions and policies expressed in this report are those of the authors, not the U.S. Government. -- Amendments to Budget 2007 Signed -- Amendments to Budget Code Appro [...] | 2007-07-24 05:01:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EIND ENRG EPET EFIN KZ |
07ASTANA2315 | KAZAKHSTAN ECONOMIC AND ENERGY UPDATE, JULY 29 - AUGUST [...] Summary: This information is drawn primarily from the Kazakhstani local press, and has not been checked for accuracy. The opinions and policies expressed in this report are those of the authors, not the U.S. Government. -- Inflation in July and Tenge Depreciation -- Legalization Campaign i [...] | 2007-08-26 09:27:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EIND ENRG EPET EFIN KZ |
07ASTANA2586 | KASHAGAN: THUS FAR, COMMERCIAL DISPUTE, NOT [...] Summary: (SBU) Spurred on by further delays and rising costs at Kashagan, the Government of Kazakhstan (GOK) has made clear to the international consortium developing the huge oil field of its dissatisfaction with the current profit-sharing scheme. The GOK leadership has indicated that it see [...] | 2007-09-18 23:57:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON EIND ENRG EPET EFIN EINV KZ |
07ASTANA293 | KAZAKHSTAN ECONOMIC AND ENERGY UPDATE, January 15 - 28, [...] Summary: This information is drawn primarily from the Kazakhstani local press, and has not been checked for accuracy. The opinions and policies expressed in this report are those of the authors, not the U.S. Government. -- New Halyk Bank Shareholders -- Development of Textile Cluster -- E [...] | 2007-02-04 02:16:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EIND ENRG EPET EFIN KZ |
07ASTANA2931 | KAZAKHSTAN'S PROPOSED SUBSOIL AMENDMENT RATTLES FOREIGN [...] (SBU) Summary: On 27 September 2007, the Kazakhstani Parliament approved an amendment to the "Law on Subsoil and Subsoil Use" which, if signed into law, may have substantial negative consequences for the investment climate in Kazakhstan. The draft amendments give the Government of Kazakhstan [...] | 2007-10-24 13:11:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EIND ENRG EPET EFIN KZ |
07ASTANA2932 | KASHAGAN PARTIES ESTABLISH FRAMEWORK FOR CONTINUED [...] (C) Agip KCO and the Government of Kazakhstan signed a memorandum of understanding on October 22 establishing the framework for continued negotiations to resolve a dispute over the exploration of the Kashagan oil field. The memorandum calls for further talks "in a spirit of positive and constr [...] | 2007-10-24 13:12:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EIND ENRG EPET EFIN KZ |
07ASTANA3177 | KAZAKHSTAN ECONOMIC AND ENERGY UPDATE, NOVEMBER 5 - 18, [...] Summary: This information is drawn primarily from the Kazakhstani local press, and has not been checked for accuracy. The opinions and policies expressed in this report are those of the authors, not the U.S. Government. -- UniCredit Group Finalizes Purchase of ATF Bank -- British Compani [...] | 2007-11-23 07:52:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EIND ENRG EPET EFIN KTDB KZ |
07ASTANA3318 | CONOCOPHILIPS CEO SEES PROSPECTS FOR JOINT [...] (C) ConocoPhillips CEO James Mulva told the Ambassador on December 13 that he sees prospects for a deal under which Eni will be replaced as Kashagan operator, with three of the larger consortium members developing the field as joint operators. All companies in the Kashagan consortium except E [...] | 2007-12-14 09:27:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV ENRG EPET PREL KZ |
07ASTANA3379 | RESOURCE NATIONALISM IN KAZAKHSTAN: SOME [...] (C) Summary: With a burgeoning self-confidence fostered by impressive economic growth, Kazakhstan is exercising tighter control over the exploitation of its natural resources. New laws,including an amendment to the law on subsoil use which allows for the termination of a subsoil use contract [...] | 2007-12-28 05:19:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EPET ECON KZ |
07ASTANA443 | KAZAKHSTAN: OIL AND GAS AMENDMENTS SLIGHTLY TIGHTEN [...] (SBU) Summary: On January 12, Kazakhstan adopted new amendments to its "Petroleum" and "Subsoil" laws, the most notable of which prohibits the transfer of subsoil rights for two years following signature of a subsoil contract. While this amendment has received considerable attention in the pr [...] | 2007-02-20 12:18:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG EPET KZ |
07ASTANA457 | KAZAKHSTAN ECONOMIC AND ENERGY UPDATE, January 29 - [...] Summary: This information is drawn primarily from the K%' [...] | 2007-02-22 05:23:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EIND ENRG EPET EFIN KZ |
07ASTANA460 | KAZAKHSTAN: A/S SULLIVAN DISCUSSES ENERGY, [...] (C) Summary: In February 4-6 meetings in Astana with Prime Minister Masimov and GOK cabinet members, A/S Sullivan and delegation communicated strong USG support for multiple oil and gas export routes (including potential Trans-Caspian pipelines),Kazakhstan's efforts to diversify its economy, [...] | 2007-02-22 08:13:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ENRG EPET KZ PGOV PREL |
07ASTANA562 | KAZAKHSTAN: CONOCOPHILLIPS' "N BLOCK" BID ON HOLD [...] (C) Summary: Don Wallette, ConocoPhillips' (CP) Russia and Caspian Region President, told the Ambassador on February 28 that the GOK had decided to postpone, indefinitely, its selection of foreign partners to participate in the development of the offshore "N" block, in order to re-evaluate th [...] | 2007-03-02 10:53:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ENRG EPET KZ |
07ASTANA563 | KAZAKHSTAN: KMG EXECUTIVE DISCUSSES KCTS PROCESS [...] (C) Summary: Arman Darbayev, KazMunaiGaz (KMG) Executive Director of Transportation Infrastructure, discussed KMG's vision of the Kazakhstan Caspian Transportation System (KCTS) process with Energy Officer on March 1. Darbayev (strictly protect) acknowledged that the Kazakhstanis intend to use [...] | 2007-03-02 10:58:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ENRG EPET KZ AJ |
07ASTANA684 | KAZAKHSTAN: GOK CONFIRMS "N BLOCK" PROCESS DELAYED [...] (C) Summary: On March 15, ConocoPhillips (CP) executives briefed Energy Officer on CP CEO Jim Mulva's March 5 meetings in Astana, during which GOK officials reiterated the recent bad news about CP's "N Block" bid due to a GOK desire to re-evaluate "N Block" reserves, all commercial negotiations [...] | 2007-03-16 10:37:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ENRG EPET KZ |
07ASTANA691 | KAZAKHSTAN ECONOMIC AND ENERGY UPDATE, February 25 - March [...] Summary: This information is drawn primarily from the Kazakhstani local press, and has not been checked for accuracy. The opinions and policies expressed in this report are those of the authors, not the U.S. Government. -- Kazakhstani-Israeli WTO Protocol Signed -- New Deputy CEO in Nurban [...] | 2007-03-19 01:32:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EIND ENRG EPET EFIN KZ |
07ASTANA753 | KAZAKHSTAN TO BUILD COAL-FIRED POWER PLANT IN THE [...] (C) Summary: Spurred by recent analysis forecasting a significant electricity deficit in Southern Kazakhstan by 2015, the Government of Kazakhstan (GOK) has reportedly decided to build a 2000 MW coal-fired plant at the southern tip of Lake Balkhash. Energy Ministry sources report that Presid [...] | 2007-03-28 02:26:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ENRG EPET KZ |
07ASTANA848 | KAZAKHSTAN: EXXONMOBIL PURSUING ONSHORE [...] (C) Summary: Rick Vierbuchen, Vice President of ExxonMobil Exploration Company, informed Ambassador Ordway on March 28 that ExxonMobil is negotiating a long-term partnership with KazMunaiGaz's (KMG) onshore exploration and production subsidiary (KMG E&P) to evaluate, acquire acreage, and poten [...] | 2007-04-03 08:58:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ENRG EPET KZ |
07ASTANA856 | GE SEEKS TO BUILD ON SUCCESSES IN KAZAKHSTAN [...] (SBU) Summary. On March 13 and 29, high-ranking GE executives discussed with Ambassador Ordway the company's plans for Kazakhstan. Six months after signing a contract, valued at about $700 million, with Kazakhstan Temir Zholy (KTZ, Kazakhstan's national railroad company),the company held in [...] | 2007-04-04 09:32:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV ENRG EAIR ETRD EPET KZ |
07ASTANA861 | KAZAKHSTAN ECONOMIC AND ENERGY UPDATE, March 18 - 31, [...] Summary: This information is drawn primarily from the Kazakhstani local press, and has not been checked for accuracy. The opinions and policies expressed in this report are those of the authors, not the U.S. Government. -- Kazakhtelecom Sells Shares to Pension Funds -- GOK to Sell Share in [...] | 2007-04-05 10:42:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EIND ENRG EPET EFIN KZ |
07ASTANA984 | KAZAKHSTAN: AES UPDATES AMBASSADOR ON BUSINESS [...] (C) Summary: AES's Dale Perry told the Ambassador on April 12 that "business is great" in Kazakhstan, despite ongoing legal disputes initiated by regional and local officials, and a general disagreement with regulators over the proper definition of monopoly power. Perry noted that a draft Go [...] | 2007-04-18 02:29:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ENRG EPET KZ |
07ASTANA986 | KAZAKHSTAN FLOATS IDEA OF CHINA-CASPIAN ENERGY / [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOK is floating the idea of an "energy transportation corridor" running from China to the Caspian through Southern Kazakhstan, which would consolidate oil and gas pipelines, railroad tracks, highways, electricity transmission lines and generating plants, and telecommunicati [...] | 2007-04-18 03:10:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET KZ |
07ASUNCION743 | PDVSA EXPANDING INTO PARAGUAY AND ELSEWHERE? [...] (C) Hermes Rafael "Rambo" Saguier, current advisor to pre-presidential candidate Fernando Lugo, provided DCM with a July 13 letter from PDVSA, Venezuela's state owned petroleum company, which sought Saguier's legal services. The letter, written "within the framework of the international policy [...] | 2007-09-06 19:03:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EPET PGOV PREL PA VE |
07ATHENS2375 | GREEK PM IN MOSCOW: RHETORIC (APPARENTLY) [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a December 17-18 visit to Moscow, Greek PM Karamanlis signed with Russian President Putin and Bulgarian President Parvanov an agreement establishing a company to construct the Burgas-Alexandroupolis oil pipeline through Bulgaria and Greece. Press reports also indicate Puti [...] | 2007-12-19 14:01:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EINV ENRG EPET GR KPRV PGOV PREL RS |
07ATHENS2386 | KARAMANLIS IN MOSCOW: PAR@THENS 2375 [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-20 14:42:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EINV ENRG EPET PGOV PREL KPRV GR |
07BAGHDAD1070 | NINEWA AND THE BRINKLEY GROUP -- FUEL CRISIS [...] (SBU) Deputy U/S of Defense Paul Brinkley visited Mosul 10-11 March 2007 in his capacity as Director of the Task Force to Improve Business and Stability Operations, Iraq. He was briefed by Ninewa PRT Economics Section staff on state- and privately-owned industries in Ninewa suitable for priva [...] | 2007-03-27 18:43:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EPET PGOV IZ |
07BAGHDAD1095 | DCM ENGAGES SCIRI'S AL HAKIM ON DETENTIONS [...] (S) Summary: On March 22, DCM and MNF-I Deputy Commanding General (DCG) told SCIRI leader Abdul-Aziz al-Hakim that Coalition Forces (CF) had detained Qais Khazali, a JAM member close to Moqtada al-Sadr, and had evidence Qais was involved in the January attack on the Karbala JPCC that killed [...] | 2007-03-28 18:18:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL PGOV PINS EPET IZ |
07BAGHDAD1122 | DCM DISCUSSES HYDROCARBON LEGISLATION STATUS WITH [...] (C REL GBR) Summary. On March 25, the Deputy Chief of Mission met with Minister of Oil Husayn al-Shahristani to discuss the status of the package of hydrocarbon legislation. Shahristani said that drafts of all companion laws were ready -- revenue management, reconstitution of the Iraq National [...] | 2007-04-01 06:10:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG EPET KCOR EIND IZ |
07BAGHDAD1142 | COUNCIL OF REPRESENTATIVES (COR) OIL AND GAS [...] (C) Summary In a March 28 meeting with econoffs, Dr. Ali Husayn Belu, the Chairman of the Council of Representatives (CoR) Oil and Gas Committee, indicated that: 1) the opposition to the framework Hydrocarbon Law did not have sufficient votes to alter the law as forwarded to the CoR by the Cou [...] | 2007-04-02 13:50:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET IZ |
07BAGHDAD1150 | DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER ON HYDROCARBON LAWS [...] (C) Summary: At an April 2 dinner with Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs Barham Salih, the Ambassador noted President Bush,s frustration with the GOI,s failure thus far to complete the hydrocarbon-related package of laws to send to the Council of Representatives. The DPM responded w [...] | 2007-04-03 15:30:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG EPET IZ |
07BAGHDAD1155 | PM ADVISOR, THAMIR GHADHBAN'S ADDRESSES STATUS OF [...] (C) SUMMARY. In an April 2 meeting with emboffs, PM Advisor, Thamir Ghadhban, described a series of actions that the GOI has taken to move the framework Hydrocarbon and related laws forward. The framework Hydrocarbon Law is currently being reviewed by the Shura Council. Because the Shura Co [...] | 2007-04-04 08:57:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET IZ |
07BAGHDAD1193 | AMBASSADOR MEETS MINISTER OF OIL DR. HUSAYN [...] (C) Summary: On April 4, Ambassador Crocker held his first meeting with Minister of Oil Dr. Husayn Shahristani. Shahristani briefly outlined the state of the oil industry, and admitted that Iraq should be pumping more oil. He blamed the failure to do so completely on the security situation, c [...] | 2007-04-07 10:16:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG EPET IZ PREL |
07BAGHDAD1262 | IRAQ EXECUTIVE STEERING COMMITTEE [...] (C) Summary: The Iraq Executive Steering Committee met April 6 to review recent progress by its six committees. Prime Minister Maliki underscored the importance of the ICI, noting that all international partners had signed on except for Syria. Minister of the Interior Bolani said that MOI had [...] | 2007-04-12 10:05:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ENRG EPET KPAO PGOV PREL |
07BAGHDAD1266 | KRG MINISTER OF NATURAL RESOURCES DISCUSSES [...] (C) SUMMARY. In an April 9, 2007, meeting with econoffs and the Energy Attach, the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Minister of Natural Resources, Ashti Hawrami identified issues to be addressed by KRG and Government of Iraq (GoI) negotiators working on the hydrocarbon Revenue Management ( [...] | 2007-04-12 11:00:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET IZ |
07BAGHDAD1352 | FUEL TANKERS FROM BAYJI REFINERY TO SULAIMANIYAH, [...] (C) SUMMARY: The three main issues facing tanker companies charged with delivering refined fuel from Bayji refinery in Salah al-Din Province to Sulaimaniyah Province are: the number of authorized tankers, security and corruption. The number of scheduled tankers is authorized by the Ministry [...] | 2007-04-19 15:19:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ECON KCOR IZ |
07BAGHDAD1393 | IRAQ-IRAN PIPELINE PROJECT AND OIL/FUEL SWAP [...] (C)In an April 21 meeting, the State Oil Marketing Organization's head of the Crude Oil Marketing Commission told econoffs that he was under pressure to conclude a contract with Iran to swap crude oil for refined fuel products. The contract stems from Memoranda of Agreement signed by Oil Mini [...] | 2007-04-23 19:15:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG EPET IR IZ |
07BAGHDAD153 | MINOIL RESPONDING TO PRESSURES TO ADVANCE [...] (C REL GBR) Summary: On January 14, emboffs and USG hydrocarbon legal advisor met with Minister of Oil Husayn al-Shahristani and senior Ministry of Oil (MinOil) officials to discuss the status of the national hydrocarbon law. Shahristani has stepped-up efforts to produce a draft for presentat [...] | 2007-01-15 15:48:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EPET IZ KJUS KCOR PGOV EINV PBTS |
07BAGHDAD1614 | DCM VISITS KRG LEADERS, ADVANCING HYDROCARBON [...] (C REL GBR) Summary. On May 14-15, the Deputy Chief of Mission and Economic Minister Counselor met with Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani, KRG Minister of Natural Resources Ashti Hawrami, and the KRG Ministers of Interior and External Affairs to express US co [...] | 2007-05-17 17:46:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG EPET KCOR EIND IZ |
07BAGHDAD1659 | DCM VISITS KRG LEADERS, ADVANCING HYDROCARBON [...] (C REL GBR) Summary. On May 14-15, the Deputy Chief of Mission and Economic Minister Counselor met with Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani, KRG Minister of Natural Resources Ashti Hawrami, and the KRG Ministers of Interior and External Affairs to express US co [...] | 2007-05-21 13:55:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG EPET KCOR EIND IZ |
07BAGHDAD1665 | DCM MEETS WITH GOI LEADERS IN ADVANCE OF [...] (C REL GBR) Summary. On May 20, the Deputy Chief of Mission (DCM) and Economic Minister Counselor discussed the hydrocarbon revenue management law and upcoming hydrocarbon legislation negotiations with Vice President Adel Abdul Mehdi, Chief of Staff to the Prime Minister Tarik Abdullah, Minist [...] | 2007-05-21 17:52:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG EPET KCOR EIND IZ |
07BAGHDAD1850 | NINEWA'S FUEL CRISIS -- EASED BUT STILL SEVERE [...] (C) The Manager of the Northern Oil Distribution Company, Mohammed al-Zibari, reports that up to 40 per cent of Ninewa's fuel needs are now being met by fuel deliveries from Bayji refinery. New fuel contracts with Syria and Turkey are pending; renewed deliveries from those countries are requ [...] | 2007-06-04 14:18:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ECON PGOV SY TU IZ |
07BAGHDAD1994 | DEPUTY SECRETARY CALLS ON VP ABDEL MEHDI FOR [...] (C) Summary. The Deputy Secretary pressed Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq (ISCI) Vice President Adel Abdel Mehdi June 12 that Iraqis needed to make this the "last minute" in the effort to achieve progress on key reconciliation legislation. Abdel Mehdi replied that principles of the hydrocar [...] | 2007-06-17 16:57:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | ECON EPET IR IZ PGOV PINS PNRG PREL SY XF |
07BAGHDAD2083 | BAGHDAD SECURITY PLAN - FUEL SUPPLIES FROM KUWAIT [...] (C) Summary: Insufficient fuel for electric power generating units threaten to continue electricity shortages in Baghdad this summer, thus undermining a top priority of the Baghdad Security Plan (BSP). The planned completion this summer and fall of up to 20 additional diesel generators at Mus [...] | 2007-06-25 15:30:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG EPET IZ PREL |
07BAGHDAD2146 | DCM MEETS SUNNI LEADERSHIP ON HYDROCARBON [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Chief of Mission Daniel Speckhard met separately with three Sunni leaders to enlist their support for the framework Hydrocarbon Law and the Revenue Management Law. The latter was due to be presented to the Council of Ministers (CoM) on June 26 (see para 19),with both laws [...] | 2007-06-29 15:25:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG EPET IZ PREL |
07BAGHDAD2158 | PRT TIKRIT: BAYJI REFINERY SHUTS DOWN AMID RISING [...] (U) This is a PRT Tikrit, Salah ad Din cable. 2. (C) This cable has been cleared by the intelligence section, 3 BCT, 82nd Airborne Division. 3. (C) SUMMARY. The Bayji oil refinery closed its distribution gates on June 25 in accordance with the qada-wide general movement curfew decreed b [...] | 2007-06-30 14:18:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EIND ENRG EPET IZ KCOR |
07BAGHDAD2189 | PRIME MINISTER DIRECTS MINISTER OF PLANNING TO [...] (C REL GBR) Summary: In a meeting with the Deputy Chief of Mission on Sunday, July 1, Minister of Planning Ali Baban said that the Prime Minister called him back from a visit with his family in England to help solve "the problem he created," with regard to Tawafuq's denial of support for the [...] | 2007-07-02 17:43:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ PGOV PREL ECON ENRG EPET |
07BAGHDAD2278 | ACTIVITIES OF WESTERNZAGROS IN IRAQI KURDISTAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Canadian-based petroleum exploration and development company, WesternZagros, has been operating in the Iraqi Kurdistan Region since 2005. It signed an Exploration and Production Sharing Agreement (EPSA) with the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) that was ratified on March 2 [...] | 2007-07-09 16:35:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON IZ |
07BAGHDAD2363 | ACTING COR SPEAKER OPTIMISTIC ON LEGISLATIVE [...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 15 Council of Representatives Deputy Speaker al-Attiya told us he was optimistic about making progress on the framework Hydrocarbon Law and Provincial Powers Law before the August recess, provided there was quorum during the next two weeks. He said that in a recent conve [...] | 2007-07-16 10:12:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON ENRG EPET IZ |
07BAGHDAD2372 | EMBASSY ECONOMIC MINISTER DISCUSSES HYDROCARBON [...] (C) Summary: On July 15, Minister of Oil Husayn Shahristani met with MIN Charles Ries, ECONCOUNS Dan Weygandt and econoff to discuss hydrocarbon legislation, Daura refinery, fuel supplies from Kuwait and crude exports via fuel swaps with Iran. Sharistani said that there are two major issues t [...] | 2007-07-17 02:11:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG EPET IR IZ KU |
07BAGHDAD2499 | PRT TIKRIT: CORRUPTED FUEL DISTRIBUTION PROCESS [...] (U) This is a PRT Tikrit, Salah ad Din cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT. A corrupted refined fuel distribution process in Salah ad Din (SaD) guarantees severe shortages across a large swathe of the southern area of the province, including strategic cities such as Samarra, Balad, and Ad Du [...] | 2007-07-29 07:03:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EIND ENRG EPET IZ KCOR |
07BAGHDAD2616 | MINISTER OF OIL SHAHRASTANI'S TRIP TO MOSCOW [...] (C) EMIN telephoned Minister of Oil Shahrastani August 6 to ask him what his objectives would be on a trip the press is reporting he would be taking to Moscow August 7-10. Despite a bad mobile phone connection, Shahrastani explained that he will now first accompany the Prime Minister to Turkey [...] | 2007-08-07 10:16:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG EPET IZ |
07BAGHDAD2634 | COM SECGEN BLAMES SHAHRISTANI FOR HYDROCARBON [...] (C) On August 7, EMIN made an introductory call on Council of Ministers (CoM) Secretary-General Ali al Alaq. Al Alaq recounted the chain of events that led to the confused July 3 initial introduction of the Framework Hydrocarbon law to the Council of Representatives (CoR). According to al Alaq, [...] | 2007-08-08 08:38:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG EPET PGOV IZ |
07BAGHDAD2693 | CODEL BAIRD DISCUSSES IRAQ'S ENERGY NEEDS WITH [...] (SBU) Begin Summary: Electricity Minister Dr. Karim Wahid al-Hassani outlined Iraq's energy needs to CODEL Baird (Rep. Brian Baird (D-WA),Rep. Christopher Shays (R-CT),and Rep. Ralph Hall (R-TX)) in an August 11 meeting. Highlighting security and fuel shortages as the two most pressing issues [...] | 2007-08-13 13:01:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENGR EPET IZ |
07BAGHDAD2729 | NINEWA: FUEL CRISIS UPDATE [...] (C) SUMMARY: PRT TL Hyland along with other PRT members met August 8 with Northern Oil Company Distribution Director Dr. Mohammed al-Zibari in his Dahuk offices for a lengthy discussion of the energy crisis in Ninewa province. He claimed the Bayji Oil Refinery,s current operations are ineffi [...] | 2007-08-16 12:16:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EPET ENRG PGOV IZ |
07BAGHDAD2747 | OIL MINISTER UPDATE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Minister of Oil al-Sharastani touched on a number of issues in an August 16 meeting. He expressed disappointment that the USG was not providing more aid on the kidnapping case of his Deputy Minister. He was pleased with the results of his trips to Ankara and Moscow. He professe [...] | 2007-08-17 15:01:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON EFIN PGOV PREL IZ |
07BAGHDAD2752 | PRT TIKRIT: CHAIRMAN OF OIL MINISTRY IRAQ-CHINA [...] (U) This is a PRT Tikrit, Salah ad Din cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY. During an August 6 meeting in Bayji, Abdel Khader Sabah, the chairman of the Iraq-China Committee for the Ministry of Oil (MoO),claimed that the China National Petroleum Company (CNPC) is reneging on agreements made in earlier [...] | 2007-08-19 05:18:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENGR EPET KCOR EIND IZ CH |
07BAGHDAD2809 | CODEL VOINOVICH STRESSES POLITICAL PROGRESS AND [...] (C) Summary: In an August 20 meeting with Vice President Tariq al-Hashimi, CODEL Voinovich -- Sen. George Voinovich (R-OH),Sen. Bob Corker (R-TENN),Sen. David Vitter (R-LA),Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TENN) -- stressed with VP al-Hashimi concern regarding the withdrawal of the Tawafuq party and [...] | 2007-08-21 19:02:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS EPET IZ |
07BAGHDAD292 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH DPM BARHAM SALIH ON [...] (S)Summary: Ambassador met January 23 and again on the 24th with DPM Barham Salih to seek a way to get the Hydrocarbon Law process back on track. The latter meeting included Minister of Oil Shahristani, the PM,s Oil Adviser, Thamir Ghadhban, and, briefly, other members of the Energy Committe [...] | 2007-01-29 09:20:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | ENRG EPET IZ |
07BAGHDAD2947 | INTERNATIONAL COMPACT WITH IRAQ'S SLUGGISH [...] (C) Summary: Iraqi implementation of the International Compact with Iraq (ICI) is in danger of losing momentum following its May 3 launch. The GoI named a director on May 28 to its ICI Secretariat, but has not staffed the Secretariat, nor formed most of the ICI working groups. The SIPDIS [...] | 2007-09-03 15:18:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECIN ECON ENRG EPET ETRD IZ PREL |
07BAGHDAD2976 | INAUGURAL IRAQ ECONOMIC CONTACT GROUP MEETING IN [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-05 13:23:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECIN ECON EFIN EINT EINV ENRG EPET ETRD |
07BAGHDAD3006 | CORRECTED COPY: INAUGURAL IRAQ ECONOMIC CONTACT [...] (U) This is a corrected copy of Baghdad 02976. Previous transmission sent in error. 2. (C) SUMMARY: On August 21 Economic Minister Charles Ries convened a meeting of senior diplomatic, military, and international institution officials in Baghdad interested in economic issues. EMIN told th [...] | 2007-09-08 11:41:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECIN ECON EFIN EINT EINV ENRG EPET ETRD |
07BAGHDAD301 | AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES HYDROCARBON LAW, FUEL ISSUES [...] (C REL GBR) Summary. Ambassador Khalilzad met January 28 with Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) Barham Salih, Oil Minister Shahristani and the PM's oil adviser Thamir Ghadhban to discuss how to resolve final differences in the draft Hydrocarbon (HC) Law, as well as fuel supply issues and the IMF's r [...] | 2007-01-29 19:33:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EPET IZ KJUS KCOR PGOV EINV PBTS |
07BAGHDAD3038 | PROSPECTS FOR HYDROCARBON LAW PASSAGE - NOT SO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Iraqi leaders are pessimistic about the speed at which Iraq can pass the framework hydrocarbon and revenue management laws, but believe the GOI already has the parliamentary majority needed to ultimately enact the laws. END SUMMARY. VP thinks passage likely, but not soon ----- [...] | 2007-09-11 04:31:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PREL IZ |
07BAGHDAD3071 | HUNT OIL SIGNS AGREEMENT WITH KRG UNDER KRG OIL LAW [...] (SBU) The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) recently signed a production sharing contract (PSC) with Hunt Oil Company that covers oil exploration and production in "the Dohuk area." Comments by Hunt officials indicate that the block is actually in the Ninewa Governorate's northern administr [...] | 2007-09-12 06:02:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET EINV ENRG IZ |
07BAGHDAD3088 | INITIAL 2008 BUDGET OFFERING SEEKS TO MINIMIZE [...] (C) Summary: The 2008 central budget negotiating season has begun. The Ministry of Finance (MoF) started the process in July with an austere first offer. Based on a very pessimistic oil export revenue forecast, the MoF's budget straight-lines security ministries and sharply cuts elsewhere, inc [...] | 2007-09-13 07:53:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EPET PGOV IZ |
07BAGHDAD3095 | DEPUTY OIL MINISTER HAS SECTARIAN WORRIES [...] (S) SUMMARY: A senior GOI official warned EMIN about Iranian influence within the Oil Ministry, and conveyed his fear that the Ministry is falling apart due to sectarian tension. If left unchecked, he warned that USG officials in 4-5 months would no longer find it safe to visit or even be we [...] | 2007-09-13 15:35:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | EPET ENRG PREL PGOV IZ |
07BAGHDAD3096 | WHITHER IRAQI HYDROCARBONS FRAMEWORK? [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Prime Minister Barham Salih told Charge and EMIN September 13 that implication of that day's New York Times article on the hydrocarbon law ("Compromise on Oil Law Seems to be Collapsing") was wrong. In fact, he said, discussion the previous day of the hydrocarbon framework [...] | 2007-09-13 15:47:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV ENRG EPET IZ PGOV PREL |
07BAGHDAD3117 | OIL MINISTER COURTS ENAMORED OIL FIRMS WHILE KRG [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-17 00:58:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EPET IZ |
07BAGHDAD3129 | STATUS REPORT ON THE ENERGY FUSION CELL [...] SUMMARY: The Energy Fusion Cell has revised its original strategy on infrastructure integrity in Iraq, and is helping Iraq maximize its petroleum export revenue; meet domestic fuel needs; meet domestic power needs; transition to market-based energy policy decisions; and transition to self-capa [...] | 2007-09-17 14:19:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET ENRG ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PREL IZ |
07BAGHDAD3139 | UPDATE: OIL MINISTER ON HYDROCARBON FRAMEWORK LAW [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-18 13:29:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ECON IZ KU ENRG PREL |
07BAGHDAD3176 | UPDATE ON INTERNATIONAL COMPACT WITH IRAQ [...] (C) The Iraqis have made additional progress in implementing the International Compact with Iraq (ICI) since post's in-depth reftel. ICI Secretariat head Ahmed Salman (Deputy Prime Minister Barham Salih's Chief of Staff (COS)) will be moving to the United States within the month, and the curr [...] | 2007-09-21 13:39:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECIN ECON EFIN EINT EINV ENRG EPET ETRD |
07BAGHDAD3254 | NATURAL GAS FROM IRAQ [...] (SBU) Iraq has world class reserves of natural gas, although most of it is associated with oil deposits and will become available only with oil development over the coming decade. In the medium term, however, Iraq may be able to export 4-10 billion cubic meters per year (BCM/yr) of gas. Depe [...] | 2007-09-28 13:20:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET EINV ENRG PREL IZ |
07BAGHDAD3298 | KURDISTAN REGIONAL GOVERNMENT SIGNS NEW PRODUCTION SHARING [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Ministry for Natural Resources announced that the Regional Oil and Gas Council executed four new production sharing agreements (PSAs) and endorsed two new refinery projects in the Iraqi Kurdistan Region. The combined initial exploration inve [...] | 2007-10-03 03:22:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG ECON IZ |
07BAGHDAD3312 | Jordan Gets Crude Oil from Iraq [...] (U) The Iraq Ministry of Oil confirms that it has resumed exporting crude oil to Jordan at a discounted price. Shipments are being arranged via truck from Kirkuk. 2. (SBU) Iraq had reached agreement with Jordan in August 2006 to export an initial 8,000 barrels/day of crude oil. Deputy Mi [...] | 2007-10-05 13:09:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG ECON EINV IZ |
07BAGHDAD3349 | NINEWA: FUEL DELIVERIES UP, BUT IMPORTS NEEDED TO [...] (C) Ninewa's fuel supplies have increased since the end of last winter but remain critically short of the province's needs. Despite improvements in kerosene, diesel and gasoline deliveries from the Baiji Oil Refinery, Northern Oil Distribution Company (NODC) General Director Mohammed al-Zib [...] | 2007-10-08 12:37:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EPET ENGR PGOV IZ |
07BAGHDAD3397 | RECLASSIFIED COPY (C REL UK): OIL MINISTER COURTS [...] (U) This reclassified cable replaces Baghdad 3117. The cable is otherwise unchanged. 2. (C REL UK) SUMMARY: Iraq Oil Minister Hussain al-Shahristani assured a Dubai conference hall of international oil company (IOC) executives that the Government of Iraq (GOI) would welcome IOC investment [...] | 2007-10-11 06:29:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EPET IZ |
07BAGHDAD3528 | IRAQ 2008 OIL PRODUCTION LIKELY TO GROW MARGINALLY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Iraq oil production and export levels (in volume) for the first half of this year were below forecast levels, but assuming no major interdictions, should grow marginally over the next year, from 1.6 million barrels per day (mmbd) in 2007 to around 1.8 mmbd in 2008, mainly thanks [...] | 2007-10-24 10:08:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PREL IZ |
07BAGHDAD3599 | SCENESETTER FOR U/S JEFFERY'S VISIT TO IRAQ [...] (C) Welcome to Iraq. The time is ripe for senior level economic engagement with Iraqis, as security improves in areas like Anbar and Baghdad. It is vital that security gains be cemented in place with jobs and investment. This will only happen if Government of Iraq (GOI) decision makers make the [...] | 2007-10-30 07:29:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EPET PREL PGOV IZ |
07BAGHDAD3750 | KURDISTAN REGION PRIME MINISTER ON PKK AND OIL [...] (S) Ambassador Crocker told Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani on November 8 in Erbil that violent acts by the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) must now be permanently stopped, and that the KRG must take strong, visible and effective actions against the PKK throu [...] | 2007-11-14 18:02:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PTER EPET ENRG TU IZ |
07BAGHDAD3753 | DPM BARHAM SALEH OPTIMISITIC ABOUT THE BUDGET, [...] (S/NF) Summary: In a November 12 meeting, DPM Barham Saleh told the Ambassador and S/I Satterfield the budget is almost ready and will go to the "core" cabinet November 13 for approval. He is optimistic the Presidency Council will support sending the de-Ba'athification law (leadership version [...] | 2007-11-14 19:01:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET//NOFORN | EFIN EPET PREL PGOV IZ |
07BAGHDAD3770 | HYDROCARBON FRAMEWORK LAW REMAINS ELUSIVE [...] (C) SUMMARY: PM Maliki on November 7 promised Under Secretary Jeffery that GOI action on the hydrocarbon SIPDIS framework law would begin within two weeks, but discussions with a multitude of other officials in Baghdad revealed that bridging the remaining gaps between the political partie [...] | 2007-11-15 16:46:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG PGOV PREL IZ |
07BAGHDAD3817 | IRAQ-IRAN OIL TRADE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Iraq's oil trade with Iran at present is composed mainly of legitimate imports of refined fuels, and seems to represent Iraq's attempt to address consumer demand rather than Iran's attempt to exert economic power over Iraq. The proposed Iraq to Iran crude oil pipeline may, howeve [...] | 2007-11-21 15:43:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EPET IZ |
07BAGHDAD3837 | BUILDING CAPACITY AT THE MINISTRY OF OIL [...] Summary and Comment: Capacity building at the Ministry of Oil is a high mission priority. A modern, capable ministry would be better able to make the sound investment decisions that will affect the future economic and political viability of the Iraqi state. Alternatively, a dysfunctional cen [...] | 2007-11-25 02:31:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV ECON EPET IZ |
07BAGHDAD3842 | IRAQ-JORDAN OIL HITS TECHNICAL PROBLEMS [...] (C) We received a translation of an undated letter signed by Ghassan Farkuh, Director General of the Iraqi Jordanian Land Transport Company, addressed to the Ministry of Oil, concerning the reasons for the delay in tankers transporting crude oil from Kirkuk to Jordan. 2. (C) The first rea [...] | 2007-11-25 15:19:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ECON PREL PGOV IZ |
07BAGHDAD3852 | OIL MINISTER ON HYDROCARBON LAW [...] (C) SUMMARY: Oil Minister Shahristani on November 26 agreed in principle to the idea of proceeding with a technical committee to clear up the few remaining brackets in the July draft of the hydrocarbon framework legislation, as long as the result is completely consistent with the principles [...] | 2007-11-26 16:00:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EPET IZ |
07BAGHDAD3863 | DEPUTY OIL MINISTER ON HYDROCARBON LAW [...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Oil Minister Motasim on November 27 revealed that Oil Minister Shahristani had not been entirely convinced about the idea of proceeding with a technical committee to clear up the few remaining brackets in the July draft of the hydrocarbon framework legislation, as discussed [...] | 2007-11-27 15:20:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ECON IZ |
07BAGHDAD3893 | OIL MINISTER ANNULS KRG OIL CONTRACTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Oil Minister Shahristani has written to at least two international oil companies that entered into production sharing agreements (PSAs) with the Kurdish Regional Government to declare the annulment of their contracts, and intends to annul others. END SUMMARY. Oil Minister: Cont [...] | 2007-11-29 15:08:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | ECON EPET IZ |
07BAGHDAD3915 | KRG OFFICIALS DISCUSS WITH DEPUTY SECRETARY LACK [...] (C) In November 28-29 meetings with Deputy Secretary Negroponte, S/I Satterfield, Ambassador Charles Ries, and Senior Advisor David Pearce, KRG PM Barzani and VP Rasoul praised Iraq,s improved security while criticizing PM Maliki,s failing performance and cautioning that security gains could [...] | 2007-12-02 17:13:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER EPET ENRG TU IZ |
07BAGHDAD395 | MEETINGS IN ERBIL ADVANCE HYDROCARBON LAW, ENERGY [...] (S//NF) Summary: On February 3-4, meetings took place in the Kurdistan Region (KR) on the draft national hydrocarbon framework law to resolve the four outstanding areas of dispute between the central government and the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG). These issues included a) the mechanis [...] | 2007-02-06 13:52:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | ENRG EPET IZ |
07BAGHDAD4005 | U/S JEFFERY'S MEETING WITH DPM BARHAM SALEH [...] (C) Summary: During his December 5 meeting with U/S Jeffery, DPM Saleh underscored the importance of achieving needed political reforms to consolidate economic gains. U/S Jeffrey said KRG/oil company contracts give the impression of a lack of progress on hydrocarbons legislation. Saleh said [...] | 2007-12-10 12:34:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV EPET ETRD PREL IZ |
07BAGHDAD4024 | U/S JEFFERY'S MEETING WITH PM ADVISOR ON [...] (U) SUMMARY: Thamir Ghadban, Advisor to the Prime Minister, on December 5 discussed the "way forward" for hydrocarbon law enactment with a delegation led by Under Secretary Jeffery. END SUMMARY. SIPDIS 2. (U) Participants: U/S Jeffery, Thamir Ghadban, Ron Jonkers, Tom Pierce, Abdulilah [...] | 2007-12-11 15:21:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV EPET ETRD PREL IZ |
07BAGHDAD4044 | KRG PRESIDENT BARZANI ON THE HYDROCARBON LAW [...] (C) SUMMARY: During an 8 December meeting with Under Secretary Reuben Jeffrey, KRG President Masoud Barzani SIPDIS expressed concern with what he described as the centralization of power amongst a certain few in Baghdad. President Barzani said that the hydrocarbon law had become a politica [...] | 2007-12-12 15:55:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON PREL IZ |
07BAGHDAD4045 | KRG PM BARZANI ON THE HYDROCARBON LAW [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an 8 December meeting with U/S Jeffery, Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani requested U.S. support as an "honest broker" between the central government and the KRG on the national hydrocarbon law. PM Barzani also outlined his plans to travel to [...] | 2007-12-12 15:57:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON IZ |
07BAGHDAD4046 | DEPUTY SECRETARY KIMMITT,S DECEMBER 3 MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary: Iraqi Oil Minister Hussein Shahristani told Treasury D/S Kimmitt that Prime Minister Maliki and President Talibani have written a joint letter to KRG President Barzani stating that the KRG,s PSA arrangements with foreign companies are unconstitutional until they are reviewed by f [...] | 2007-12-13 06:00:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG EPET IZ |
07BAGHDAD4052 | GOI ASKS KRG TO STOP SIGNING NEW PSCS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Maliki and President Talabani jointly sent a letter dated December 2 to Kurdish Regional Government President Barzani, asking that the KRG comply with the Constitution and existing federal oil laws and cease executing oil production contracts with private intern [...] | 2007-12-13 10:59:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EPET ENRG IZ |
07BAGHDAD4090 | KRG WASHINGTON REP REPORTS ON PM MALIKI-KRG OIL [...] (C) SUMMARY: KRG Washington representative (and son of Iraq President Jalal Talibani) Qubad Talibani called on EMIN December 15 to convey Kurdish impressions of the "serious" bilateral meeting earlier that day between Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) Prime M [...] | 2007-12-17 06:00:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON IZ |
07BAGHDAD462 | PRT TIKRIT: WHO REALLY RUNS THE REFINERY? [...] (U) This is a PRT Tikrit, Salah ad Din cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY. A shadowy group of influential sheiks and politicians appears to exert a significant measure of influence over operations at the Bayji oil refinery. The exact composition of the group - possibly including the Governor of Salah [...] | 2007-02-12 02:14:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EPET KCOR EIND IZ |
07BAGHDAD539 | PRT TIKRIT: BAYJI OIL PRODUCTION GRINDING TO A NEW [...] (U) This is a PRT Tikrit, Salah ad Din cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY. During interviews conducted on February 6-7, officials at the Bayji oil refinery discussed continuing production challenges which greatly hamper production and threaten to completely shut down the facility within several days. [...] | 2007-02-15 10:58:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EPET KCOR EIND IZ |
07BAGHDAD550 | DRAFT NATIONAL HYDROCARBON LAW TO GO TO COUNCIL OF [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-16 15:51:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET IZ |
07BAGHDAD558 | NINEWA: TURKISH CONSULATE STANDS UP IN MOSUL [...] (C) Turkish Consul General for Mosul Huseyn Botsali arrived in Mosul 10 February to assume permanent residence at the new GOT Consulate in Mosul. He met PRT Team Leader Knight at PRT offices 11 Feb to review administrative and support matters arising from his new status as our permanent int [...] | 2007-02-17 13:45:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF EPET EAID MARR TU IZ |
07BAGHDAD622 | POLITICAL AGREEMENT REACHED ON HYDROCARBON LAW ) [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-20 19:34:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET IZ PREL |
07BAGHDAD666 | ACTIVITIES OF TAQ TAQ OPERATING CO. LTD (TTPOCO) [...] (C) SUMMARY. The General Manager of the oil company, Mr. Leslie Blair, General Manager, told RRT Off that drilling commenced in the Taq Taq field but production would not occur for two and half years. Infrastructure needs and security risks require Taq Taq Operating Co. Limited (TTPOCO) to [...] | 2007-02-22 15:56:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG EFIN IZ TU |
07BAGHDAD677 | PRT TIKRIT: A BALANCING ACT: THE OPF AND 4TH IA IN [...] (U) This is a PRT Tikrit, Salah ad Din cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY. The Oil Protection Force at the Bayji oil refinery, normally overseen by the Ministry of Oil (MoO),is now nominally under the command of the 4th IA according to a January 29 directive by PM Maliki. In practice, however, the OP [...] | 2007-02-23 18:45:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET KCOR EIND IZ |
07BAGHDAD681 | PRT TIKRIT: MINISTERS OF OIL, ELECTRICITY, AND 4TH [...] (U) This is a PRT Tikrit, Salah ad Din cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY. During a February 19 meeting at the refinery, Minister of Oil Al Shahristani, Minister of Electricity Al Hasan, and the deputy commander of the 4th IA, BG Nabeel, revealed their plan to improve oil infrastructure security and in [...] | 2007-02-24 15:31:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET KCOR EIND IZ IR |
07BAGHDAD682 | PRT TIKRIT: NEW BAYJI REFINERY CHIEF LAYS OUT PLAN [...] (U) This is a PRT Tikrit, Salah ad Din cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT. On February 14, the incoming director of the Bayji Oil Refinery Ali Obeydi discussed his plan to address the refinery,s numerous operational challenges with the Salah ad Din Governor Hamad Hamoud al Shakti al-Qaisi, [...] | 2007-02-24 16:02:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET KCOR EIND IZ |
07BAGHDAD70 | KURDISTAN PRESIDENT DISCUSSES OIL REVENUE SHARING, [...] This message is from the Iraqi Kurdistan Regional Reconstruction Team (RRT). 2. (C) Summary: Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) President Massoud Barzani told the Regional Coordinator on December 29 that he had not reached an agreement on contracting details in his talks over oil-reven [...] | 2007-01-08 10:52:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EPET PREL IZ |
07BAGHDAD720 | HYDROCARBON LAW "COVER LETTER" AGREED, PATH [...] (C REL GBR) Summary. The Ambassador traveled to Lake Dokan on February 24 to get Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) endorsement of a compromise text of the cover letter to the hydrocarbon framework law, setting the stage for approval of the draft law by the Council of Ministers (CoM) at a meet [...] | 2007-02-26 15:56:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET IZ |
07BAGHDAD775 | NINEWA'S FUEL CRISIS -- STILL BAD AND GETTING WORSE [...] (C) Despite constant iteration of the ongoing fuel crisis across Ninewa on the part of Provincial authorities to GOI Ministries in Baghdad and equally insistent efforts by Coalition authorities, shortages of all consumer fuels -- gasoline (benzene),diesel, kerosene, and LPG -- remain critic [...] | 2007-03-04 13:57:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EPET PGOV IZ |
07BAGHDAD780 | NINEWA: DCM DISCUSSES FUEL SHORTAGE, JUSTICE, WITH [...] (C) Ninewa PRT hosted Embassy Baghdad Deputy Chief of Mission Daniel Speckhard to assess current conditions in Ninewa Province and Ninewa PRT operations. DCM Speckhard was accompanied by National Coordination Team Director Olson and Acting USAID Director Harvey. At DCM Speckhard's meeting [...] | 2007-03-04 17:51:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON EPET PTER KJUS IZ |
07BAGHDAD8 | PRT TIKRIT: GOVERNOR, DEPUTY GOVERNOR MEET WITH VP [...] (U) This is a PRT Tikrit, Salah ad Din cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY. The Governor and Deputy Governor of Salah ad Din (SaD) province met with Vice-President Al Hashemi and the Ministers of Oil and the Interior during a trip to Baghdad on December 27-28. As the second in a series of trips (the fi [...] | 2007-01-02 13:51:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG EPET PGOV IZ |
07BAGHDAD882 | PRT TIKRIT: BAYJI OIL REFINERY: WHERE ARE THE [...] (U) This is a PRT Tikrit, Salah ad Din cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY. A new breakdown in the distribution system of refined fuel from the Bayji oil refinery is exacerbating already dire shortages in many areas of north-central Iraq. This is occurring several weeks after the commencement of Operat [...] | 2007-03-13 13:31:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG EPET KCOR EIND IZ |
07BAKU1060 | EEB A/S SULLIVAN'S ENERGY DISCUSSIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: During his August 15-16 visit to Baku, GOAJ officials echoed President Aliyev's frustration with Turkey for reaching a deal with Greece and Italy on "Caspian gas;" Finance Minister Sharifov also complained that Turkish Energy Company BOTAS was not empowered to negotiate the many [...] | 2007-08-23 05:45:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | AJ ENRG EPET KZ PBTS PGOV PREL TU TX |
07BAKU1066 | EEB A/S SULLIVAN'S ENERGY DISCUSSIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: During his August 15-16 visit to Baku, GOAJ officials echoed President Aliyev's frustration with Turkey for reaching a deal with Greece and Italy on "Caspian gas;" Finance Minister Sharifov also complained that Turkish Energy Company BOTAS was not empowered to negotiate the many [...] | 2007-08-24 04:42:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | AJ ENRG EPET KZ PBTS PGOV PREL TU TX |
07BAKU1070 | BP COMPLAINS OF DETERIORATING RELATIONS WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: During an August 21 meeting, BP Azerbaijan President Bill Schrader expressed frustration with GOAJ efforts to collect certain taxes from BP and its subcontractors, an action Schrader characterized as a violation of BP's Production Sharing Agreement (PSA). Managing Director of th [...] | 2007-08-24 11:58:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | AJ ECON ENRG EPET IR PGOV PREL TX |
07BAKU1385 | ACTION REQUEST: LIMITING AZERBAIJAN'S ENERGY [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 2. 2. (C) Embassy requests that the Critical Energy Infrastructure Interagency group chaired by S/CT consider possible modalities for assisting the GOAJ to identify and design a plan for minimizing its energy infrastructure vulnerabilit [...] | 2007-11-16 11:40:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET PTER MARR MASS PBTS IR AJ |
07BAKU147 | ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP COMMISSION SCENESETTER FOR EB [...] (SBU) The inaugural Economic Partnership Commission comes at a critical time as we look to elevate the U.S.-Azerbaijan bilateral economic dialogue. Azerbaijan's rapid economic growth, the fastest in the world, and its expected USD 250 billion in energy revenues over the next decade, highlight [...] | 2007-02-01 10:30:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREL PGOV EFIN EPET ENRG AJ |
07BAKU155 | SCENESETTER FOR A/S SULLIVAN'S FEBRUARY 7 ENERGY [...] (C) SUMMARY: The U.S-Azerbaijani Energy dialogue comes at a crucial time in the development of Azerbaijan's energy sector, when production from major oil and gas projects has either started or will start soon, and when Azerbaijan needs to make strategic decisions that will affect both the fut [...] | 2007-02-01 15:06:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET PREL ECON ETRD RU TU AJ |
07BAKU256 | PRESIDENT ALIYEV ON TRANS-CAPSIAN AND EUROPEAN GAS [...] (C) Summary: During a February 6 meeting with the US delegation to the Economic Partnership Commission (septel),President Aliyev outlined the changing regional energy picture. Touting Azerbaijan's refusal to bow to Russian gas policies as "an example for the region" and an act that "destroy [...] | 2007-03-01 15:23:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG EPET PREL PGOV RU TU TX AJ |
07BAKU287 | ENERGY AND RELATIONS WITH EU AT THE FOREFRONT OF [...] (C) Summary: Polish Foreign Minister Anna Fotyga's February 28 - March 1 visit to Azerbaijan focused on energy cooperation and assisting Azerbaijan in its relations with the EU. These two issues are highlighted in a bilateral Memorandum of Cooperation (text below) that was signed during the [...] | 2007-03-09 13:43:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET PGOV PREL PL UP AJ |
07BAKU316 | FOREIGN MINISTER MAMMADYAROV'S TRIP TO KAZAKHSTAN [...] (C) Summary: During a February 27-28 visit to Kazakhstan, Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov signed agreements on visa-free travel and a strategic partnership; he also discussed Trans-Caspian energy cooperation and the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railroad project. Official statements expre [...] | 2007-03-16 06:05:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ENRG EPET KZ AJ |
07BAKU360 | SCENESETTER FOR CODEL HOEKSTRA'S VISIT TO [...] (SBU) President Aliyev's April 28, 2006 meeting with President Bush laid the foundation for advancing U.S. interests through a strengthened bilateral relationship, and the relationship has never been stronger. As you know, Azerbaijan is a key partner to the U.S. because of its geopolitical sit [...] | 2007-03-30 13:14:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ENRG EPET MARR MASS PTER KDEM AJ |
07BAKU371 | AZERBAIJAN'S NEW ENVIRONMENTAL PLANS PRESENTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a March visit by the Regional Environment, Science, Technology and Health (ESTH) HUB Officer, a range of officials provided more details on the GOAJ's new five-year, USD 500 million environmental clean-up plan. Although implementation of the September 2006 Presidentia [...] | 2007-04-04 06:39:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG EPET PREL SENV AJ |
07BAKU39 | AZEBAIJAN: GOVERNMENT RAISES PRICES ON FUEL AND [...] (U) On January 7 the Government of Azerbaijan (GOAJ) increased prices for fuel (gasoline and diesel oil),electricity, water, sewage and industrial use of gas. The new fuel tariffs are on average 50 percent higher. The new prices are as follows (USD 1 equals 0.88 manats): -Gasoline 95 oct [...] | 2007-01-09 12:35:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON AMGT EID EFIN ETRD EPET ENRG AFIN AJ |
07BAKU410 | AMBASSADOR'S APRIL 6 MEETING WITH FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) Summary: In an April 6 meeting with the Ambassador, Foreign Minister Mammadyarov clarified recent press rumors that Iran closed the border with Azerbaijan in early April, explaining that Iranian passport machines had malfunctioned and caused a brief delay for those crossing the border. Th [...] | 2007-04-11 10:18:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KDEM ENRG EPET AMGT ABLD CASC AJ |
07BAKU411 | PRESIDENT ALIYEV DISCUSSES RUSSIA, IRAN, ISLAM, [...] (C) Summary: In an April 3 meeting with Representative Hoekstra and the Ambassador, President Ilham Aliyev provided a tour d'horizon of Azerbaijan's foreign policy, regional geopolitics, energy policy and domestic development. Aliyev argued that Azerbaijan was unique, bordered by its former co [...] | 2007-04-11 11:44:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ENRG EPET KDEM PHUM ABLD AMGT CASC |
07BAKU446 | AZERBAIJANI FINANCE MINISTER ON EPC, CO-FINANCING, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Derse called on Finance Minister Sharifov April 14 to discuss next steps for the Economic Partnership Commission, including the creation of the Co-Financing Working Group and a proposed June DVC with A/S Sullivan. Sharifov said that upon receipt of the U.S. Proposal fo [...] | 2007-04-17 11:32:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EAID EPET ENRG AJ |
07BAKU459 | PRESIDENT ALIYEV DISCUSSES AZERBAIJAN'S RELATIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a March 29 meeting with visiting USOSCE Ambassador Julie Finley, President Aliyev praised Foreign Minister Mammadyarov's recent trip to Washington, and said that the signing of the energy MOU signified a "new stage" in the bilateral relationship. He expressed satisfaction with [...] | 2007-04-18 14:13:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM ENRG EPET RS KZ AJ |
07BAKU474 | AZERBAIJAN INVESTMENT COMPANY STARTS TO PURSUE ITS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Azerbaijan Investment Company (AIC),established by the Government of Azerbaijan (GOAJ) in 2006 to promote the development of Azerbaijan's non-oil sectors, is beginning to identify specific multi-million-dollar domestic and regional investment projects. After a slow start, AIC is [...] | 2007-04-20 07:32:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EAGR EPET KCOR AJ |
07BAKU477 | AZERBAIJAN CREATES NEW SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONES [...] (SBU) Summary: Azerbaijani President Aliyev signed a decree March 6 creating Special Economic Zones (SEZ). The decree aims to create favorable conditions for Azerbaijan's economic development, streamline more investments in high-priority sectors, create new jobs, apply modern management practi [...] | 2007-04-20 11:50:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EAID ETRD ENRG EPET AJ |
07BAKU489 | RUSSIAN BANKING GIANT EYES AZERBAIJAN'S BANKING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Russia's second largest state-owned bank, Vneshtorgbank (VTB),is reportedly interested in purchasing 50 percent of Azerbaijan's stated-owned Kapital Bank. Kapital Bank is currently the second largest bank in Azerbaijan with USD 186 million in assets. VTB has been keen to enter t [...] | 2007-04-23 11:07:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ENRG EPET AJ RU |
07BAKU50 | IMPLICATIONS OF UNSC SANCTIONS ON IRAN-AZERBAIJAN [...] (S) Summary - While growing, trade between Azerbaijan and Iran is relatively insignificant and is unlikely to be affected by current UNSC sanctions. According to official GOAJ trade statistics, trade between the two countries totaled USD 256.7 million (imports from Iran amounting to USD 63 m [...] | 2007-01-11 11:59:00 | Embassy Baku | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PINR PREL ECON EINV ENRG EPET IR AJ |
07BAKU554 | AMBASSADOR UNDERSCORES IRAN SANCTIONS ACT CONCERNS [...] (U) SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED; NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (SBU) The Ambassador took the opportunity of a May 2 meeting with Austrian Ambassador to Azerbaijan Marius Calligaris (resident in Ankara) to raise US concerns regarding reports of any agreement between OMV and Iran to dev [...] | 2007-05-04 06:58:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ETTC PREL EPET EINV AU IR AJ |
07BAKU603 | NEARLY USD 1 BILLION BUDGET INCREASE WORRIES [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to the IMF Resident Representative, the Government of Azerbaijan may be planning a huge supplemental increase to the 2007 budget totaling between USD 750 and 1 billion, a 15 percent increase over the current budget that the IMF finds "worrisome." In a subsequent convers [...] | 2007-05-18 07:04:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EPET ENRG PREL AJ |
07BAKU688 | SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY SAMPSON'S VISIT [...] (SBU) We warmly welcome your upcoming visit to Baku and believe it will advance U.S. energy, commercial, and economic reform objectives. Since President Aliyev's successful visit to Washington in April 2006, we have been engaged in an intensive effort to elevate and strengthen the bilateral r [...] | 2007-06-01 12:59:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREL PGOV EFIN EPET ENRG AJ |
07BAKU735 | CITIGROUP CONSIDERING REPRESENTATIVE OFFICE IN [...] (C) SUMMARY. Citigroup Europe Chairman Sir Winfried Bischoff told the Ambassador June 6 that Citigroup is seriously considering opening a representative office in Azerbaijan. There currently are no large international financial institutions with active offices in Baku and Citigroup's presence [...] | 2007-06-12 11:22:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL EPET ENRG AJ |
07BAKU760 | FOREIGN MINISTER MAMMADYAROV ON ENERGY AND HUMAN [...] (C) Summary: During a June 14 meeting with the Ambassador, Foreign Minister Mammadyarov said he recently sent a letter to Turkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul to push for a transit agreement, suggesting an agreement was possible within one month. Mammadyarov said SOCAR will negotiate the a [...] | 2007-06-19 05:01:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV ENRG EPET PGOV PREL PHUM AJ |
07BAKU766 | PRELIMINARY INFORMATION ON THE IRAN-ARMENIA [...] (U) This cable has been cleared by Embassy Yerevan. 2. (C/NF) Summary: According to the Armenian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Armenian diaspora community in Iran numbers approximately 300,000 and is centered in and around the cities of Tehran and Esfahan. An officially recognized re [...] | 2007-06-20 06:59:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ENRG EPET ETRD PGOV PINR PREL IR GG AM AJ |
07BAKU855 | AZERBAIJAN’S RITICAL ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE [...] (C) Summary: Senior BP officils believe that the Sangachal energy terminal and offshore platforms are vulnerable to terrorism. As BP Azerbaijan President Bill Schrader routinely tells U.S. officials, "all it would take is one guy with a mortar or six guys in a boat" to wreak havoc in Azerbaijan's c [...] | 2007-07-09 12:41:00 | Embassy Baku | SECRET//NOFORN | ENRG EPET PTER MARR MASS PBTS IR AJ |
07BAKU89 | AZERBAIJAN: PUBLIC REACTION TO RECENT PRICE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The social and economic effects of the recent surprise increases for fuel prices and utilities tariffs (ref) continue to resonate throughout Azerbaijan. Despite calls for public protests by opposition political parties and local newspapers, there have been no organized demonstra [...] | 2007-01-19 05:54:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON AMGT EAID EFIN ETRD EPET ENRG AFIN AJ |
07BAKU919 | AZERBAIJAN ON AN AHMADINEJAD VISIT AND ENERGY [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador delivered reftel demarche to all key Government of Azerbaijan (GOAJ) interlocutors involved in Iran-related foreign and energy policy decisions except President Aliyev, who is away on vacation. Foreign Minister Mammadyarov assured the Ambassador that the GOAJ had [...] | 2007-07-20 14:10:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET ETTC PREL IR BA AJ |
07BAKU954 | DFM KHALAFOV ON IRAN AND TURKMENISTAN [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador delivered reftel demarches to Azerbaijani Deputy Foreign Minister (DFM) Khalaf Khalafov on July 26. Reiterating the Iran and UN Security Council resolution (UNSCR)-related talking points raised with Foreign Minister Mammadyarov, the Ambassador impressed upon Khala [...] | 2007-07-30 05:21:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET ETTC KNNP PARM PREL IR TX AJ |
07BAKU98 | AZERBAJAIN'S FOREIGN MINISTER DISCUSSES ECONOMIC [...] (C) This contains an action request; see paras 17 and 18. 2. (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Mammadyarov underscored to the Ambassador on January 18 GOAJ interest in a formal memorandum launching the February 7 Economic Partnership Commission (EPC),echoing Finance Minister Sharifov's reque [...] | 2007-01-22 11:37:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON ETRD ENRG EPET AJ |
07BAKU992 | AZERBAIJAN: ENERGY-EFFICIENT, EARTHQUAKE [...] (U) At the inaugural US-Azerbaijan Earthquake-Resistant, Energy-Efficient Building Materials Workshop on July 16-17, experts from the Azerbaijani Ministry of Emergency Situations (MES) and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) highlighted growing U.S.-GOAJ cooperation in non-oil related sectors. [...] | 2007-08-08 10:26:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | AJ ECON EPET PGOV PREL SENV |
07BAMAKO167 | ALGERIAN OIL COMPANY LANDS EXPLORATION RIGHTS FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-14 15:54:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EFIN ECON EPET ETRD ML |
07BANDARSERIBEGAWAN194 | BRUNEI-MALAYSIA OFFSHORE OIL DISPUTE -- RESOLUTION [...] (C) In recent weeks we have picked up a number of hints that the long-running dispute between Brunei and Malaysia over delineation of offshore oil exploration zones may finally be nearing a compromise settlement. There has been no exploration activity in the zones, designated as Blocks "J" [...] | 2007-07-09 08:22:00 | Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET BX MY PREL |
07BANDARSERIBEGAWAN230 | BRAVO ZULU FOR DV FLYOUT TO USS NIMITZ [...] (U) BRAVO ZULU to the USS Nimitz for outstanding support for a DV flyout by the Minister of Energy of Brunei, Pehin Yahya Bakar on August 2. Pehin Yahya, the Commander of the Royal Brunei Air Force and acting CHOD Pehin General Mahmud Saidin, the Permanent Secretary in the Prime Minister's Of [...] | 2007-08-03 06:03:00 | Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR OVIP PREL EPET BX |
07BANDARSERIBEGAWAN246 | BRUNEI AND MALAYSIA CLOSER TO RESOLVING OFFSHORE [...] (C) At the annual Malaysia-Brunei Leaders Consultations, Prime Minister Abdullah and Sultan Bolkiah made progress toward resolving a maritime border dispute that has prevented exploration of potentially large offshore oil and gas fields located in areas claimed by both countries. Officials hop [...] | 2007-08-16 07:49:00 | Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PREL MY BX |
07BANGKOK5154 | THAILAND MAKES PLANS FOR NUCLEAR POWER [...] Summary. With increasing energy demand and dwindling domestic natural gas reserves, Thailand will face energy shortages unless new sources are developed. The RTG's long-term energy policy strategy calls for nuclear energy to play a significant role, with plans to have 4000 MW of generating capa [...] | 2007-09-30 23:57:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG EPET KNNP TH SENV TSPL TRGY |
07BANGKOK5267 | THAI ENERGY IN BURMA: BUSINESS AS USUAL [...] (C) Despite the turmoil of the past two weeks, Thai energy executives do not foresee any significant impact on their activities in Burma, which supplies 25 percent of Thailand's natural gas. Executives from the government's huge oil conglomerate PTT told econoff that the unrest in Burma will [...] | 2007-10-05 07:35:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG EPET BM TH IR |
07BANGKOK6233 | MESSAGE ON SINOPEC-YADAVARAN DELIVERED TO RTG [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-21 07:28:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC PREL ENRG EPET IR CH |
07BANJUL126 | THE GAMBIA: PRESIDENT JAMMEH'S SPEECH TO NATIONAL [...] (C) An unusually subdued President Jammeh delivered his annual address March 2 marking the National Assembly's opening session for 2007. Providing a broad overview of GOTG actions in 2006 and plans for 2007, he highlighted the GOTG's getting back on track with the IMF, while omitting any menti [...] | 2007-03-09 17:06:00 | Embassy Banjul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON SOCI KMCA EPET GA |
07BANJUL251 | THE GAMBIA: PRESIDENT'S TRIP TO VENEZUELA AND CUBA [...] (C) Gambian President Jammeh came away from his recent trip to Venezuela with a grant of $30 million and an unknown amount of oil-related assistance, according to our source. We are told that Jammeh, in his aid pitch to Venezuelan leader Chavez, claimed that the U.S. had "abandoned" him -- cit [...] | 2007-05-15 18:09:00 | Embassy Banjul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KMCA EPET GA VE CU |
07BASRAH109 | IRAN AND OIL IN SOUTHERN IRAQ: TAKING NOT GIVING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Basrah governor Wa'eli (Fadhila) told REO Basrah on November 19 that virtually no imports of oil or derivatives from Iran enter southern Iraq. Rather Iran needs derivative imports. Oil smuggling to Iran is rampant. Wa'eli claimed that PM Maliki was allowing Iran to unfairly ben [...] | 2007-11-19 16:38:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EPET ENRG ECON PGOV IR IZ |
07BEIJING1438 | NDRC VICE CHAIRMAN ZHANG GUOBAO: CHAMPION OF [...] (C) Summary. National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) Vice Chairman Zhang Guobao outlined China's growth in energy consumption and plans for expansion of production of a variety of energy sources at a luncheon hosted by the Ambassador on February 8. Zhang expressed his bureaucratic [...] | 2007-03-05 08:20:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET EINV ETTC PGOV CH IR |
07BEIJING1734 | CHINA/ENERGY: REFINING HOW OIL IS PRICED [...] (SBU) China presently has in place an interim oil pricing mechanism that will eventually lead to the integration of domestic prices with global prices, according to National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) Vice Chairman Bi Jingquan, as quoted by media on March 11. Bi's comment caps ye [...] | 2007-03-15 03:07:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG EINV EPET EFIN CH |
07BEIJING2436 | ILSA: CHINA: MFA SAYS NO OIL DEAL IN THE WORKS [...] (C) China understands the United States' concerns about sending the "wrong signal" to Iran and is well aware of its obligations under UN resolutions, stated MFA West Asia and North Africa Affairs Acting Director for Iran Xu Wei. During an April 12 meeting, Xu said China's representative to th [...] | 2007-04-12 09:02:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PREL ENRG EPET NL CH IR |
07BEIJING3083 | CHINA/ENERGY: PETROCHINA ANNOUNCES MAJOR BOOST TO CHINA'S [...] (SBU) China's largest oil producer, PetroChina, announced a major oil discovery in the Bohai Bay (water near Beijing-Tianjin) last week. The oil is considered to be of high quality and is easily recoverable, according to our contacts. Although estimated by the company to be around 7 billion b [...] | 2007-05-09 08:57:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG EINV EPET EFIN CH |
07BEIJING3155 | CHINA/ENERGY: WESTERN ENERGY COMPANIES DISCUSS MECHANICS OF [...] (SBU) Assistant Secretary of State for Economics, Energy, and Business Affairs Daniel Sullivan held a roundtable discussion in Beijing with representatives from several United States energy companies on April 24, 2007. The companies noted problems in the nature of their ties with Chinese partn [...] | 2007-05-11 09:01:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG EINV EPET EFIN CH |
07BEIJING3411 | ILSA: CHINA: MFA CHARACTERIZES YADAVARAN OIL DEAL [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-21 08:42:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PREL ENRG EPET NL CH IR |
07BEIJING3512 | CHINA/ILSA: SINOPEC REITERATES YADAVARAN DEAL [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-24 07:57:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PREL ENRG EPET NL CH IR |
07BEIJING3765 | CHINA/STEEL: MERGER EFFORTS HIGHLIGHT PROTECTIONIST [...] (SBU) Reflecting concerns about energy, environmental efficiency, and competitiveness in the steel industry, China's State Council recently adopted policies aimed at eliminating excess capacity, facilitating mergers, and reducing resource intensity. Econoff's recent meetings with industry reps [...] | 2007-06-05 09:34:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG EINV EPET EFIN CH |
07BEIJING4331 | CHINA/ENERGY - PDAS FREDRIKSEN HOLDS WIDE-RANGING ENERGY [...] BEGIN SUMMARY: United States Department of Energy (DOE) Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and International Affairs Katharine Fredriksen discussed a wide range of bilateral energy issues during a meeting with National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC)/Energy Bureau Deputy [...] | 2007-06-27 23:31:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG EINV EPET EFIN SENV TRGY KNNP CH |
07BEIJING5556 | CHINA/SED: SECRETARY PAULSON AND NDRC CHAIRMAN [...] (C) BEGIN SUMMARY: Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and National Development and Reform Commission Chairman Ma Kai met on August 1, 2007, to discuss the Strategic Economic Dialogue, currency reform, and investment policy. Secretary Paulson emphasized the need to make the Strategic Economic Di [...] | 2007-08-22 07:55:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ENRG EPET PREL SENV EINV CH |
07BEIJING5639 | CHINA/SOE REFORM: THE LOCAL VIEW, AS SEEN FROM QINGDAO [...] (SBU) Coverage of state-owned enterprise (SOE) reform in China tends to focus on the 155 large national firms managed from Beijing by the central State Assets Supervisory and Administration Commission (SASAC). Easily overlooked, however, are the tens of thousands of companies run by the 32 pro [...] | 2007-08-28 08:31:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG EINV EPET EFIN CH |
07BEIJING6114 | ILSA: IRAN-CHINA YADARAVAN OIL FIELD AGREEMENT [...] (C) Per reftel instructions, PolOff conveyed U.S. concerns about new reports that Sinopec plans to sign an agreement to develop the Yadavaran oil fields in Iran to Xu Wei, Deputy Director of the MFA West Asian and North African Affairs Department Iran and Turkey Division on September 18. Xu r [...] | 2007-09-18 08:50:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PREL ENRG EPET IR NL CH |
07BEIJING6580 | ILSA: IRAN-CHINA YADAVARAN OIL FIELD AGREEMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-10 10:16:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PREL ENRG EPET NL IR CH |
07BEIJING6936 | CHINA/ENERGY: TENSION AMID SHORTAGES AND PRICE HIKES [...] (SBU) Amidst fuel shortages and even the death of a line-jumper at a gas station in Henan Province, China's National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) has raised refined oil prices by USD 9/barrel and gasoline/diesel prices at the pump by 20 US cents per gallon. The goal is to encourage [...] | 2007-11-01 09:06:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG EINV PGOV EPET EFIN CH |
07BEIJING7052 | CHINA/ENERGY: FUEL SHORTAGES TIED TO INDEPENDENT COMPANIES' SWING CAPACITY [...] (SBU) China's ongoing struggle with fuel shortages underscores the role of both independent refiners, which control approximately 15 percent of capacity, and independent retailers, which run half of the country's filling stations. Experts we spoke with believe that last week's gasoline and die [...] | 2007-11-09 08:26:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG EINV EPET EFIN CH PGOV |
07BELMOPAN313 | FUEL SECTOR COMPETITION IN BELIZE [...] (SBU) Summary. With the recent discovery of oil in Belize and the anticipated delivery of PetroCaribe fuel, a privately-owned marine terminal has recently constructed in the south of Belize. Esso, the sole importer of fuel in Belize, believes that up to forty percent of its future imports may [...] | 2007-05-07 20:08:00 | Embassy Belmopan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG ETRD EINV ECON EFIN PREL BH |
07BELMOPAN624 | (C) CORRUPTION ALLEGATIONS IN THE BELIZE OIL SECTOR [...] (C) Summary: Several U.S. firms have complained to the Embassy that bribes are determining which companies are being awarded oil exploration contracts in Belize. One company claims to have recorded several government ministers soliciting bribes. The opposition party has taken the informat [...] | 2007-10-23 20:53:00 | Embassy Belmopan | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PGOV ECON EFIN ENRG KCOR BH |
07BELMOPAN713 | (C) BELIZE OIL: CORRUPTION ALLEGATIONS REACH PRIME [...] (C) Summary: Two U.S. energy firms have complained to the Embassy that bribes determine who receives oil exploration contracts in Belize. One company official who claims to have actually paid a bribe and has electronically recorded numerous conversations, alleges that the Prime Minister's d [...] | 2007-12-13 20:42:00 | Embassy Belmopan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON EFIN ENRG EPET SOCI BH |
07BERLIN2007 | GERMANY DRYING OUT TRADE WITH IRAN THROUGH [...] (C) Summary: Due to the German government's quiet tightening of export controls and credit guarantees, increased political risk, and banks' market withdrawals, Germany's exports to Iran have markedly fallen. Iranian purges of state-owned companies and regulators and rising extortion and bure [...] | 2007-11-02 10:56:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETRD EPET ETTC KNNP PREL IR GM |
07BERLIN335 | LESS EXPOSURE IN IRAN: GERMANY DECREASES EXPORT [...] (C) Summary: EMIN and Econoff met with Dr. Hans-Joachin Henckel February 12 to discuss Germany's policy regarding export credit guarantees for German companies doing business with Iran. Henckel said official export credit guarantees for 2006 dropped to 900 million euro compared to 1.6 billion [...] | 2007-02-16 20:07:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETTC GM PREL IR EPET ETRD |
07BISHKEK1368 | RESOURCE NATIONALISM IN THE KYRGYZ REPUBLIC [...] (C) Summary: To the extent it exists here, resource nationalism in the Kyrgyz Republic has focused on gold mining operations. Political grievances over the Canadian-run Kumtor gold mine concession have generated demands for greater Kyrgyz ownership, additional tax assessments, environmental [...] | 2007-11-15 11:56:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PGOV EMIN KG |
07BOGOTA6862 | COLOMBIA AUCTIONS NINE OFFSHORE BLOCKS ON [...] (U) On September 18, Colombia's National Hydrocarbons Agency (ANH) successfully auctioned nine exploration blocks totaling $50 million. The nine blocks represent part of 13 oil and gas blocks off the coast of Atlantico, Bolivar, Magdalena, and La Guajira departments offered in ANH's 2007 Cari [...] | 2007-09-19 20:12:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG EPET ECON EINV CO |
07BOGOTA7423 | ECOPETROL OUTLINES ITS APPROACH TO HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 10, Jose Rafael Unda, Ecopetrol's Director for Social Responsibility, confirmed his company's incorporation of the Voluntary Principles (VPs) into its human rights policies. Unda said Ecopetrol added Spanish translations of the text of the Voluntary Principles to its [...] | 2007-10-16 23:10:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON ENRG EPET PHUM ETRD CO |
07BOGOTA7575 | COLOMBIA INTERESTED IN WIREC 2008 [...] Post delivered reftel demarche separately to Minister of Mines and Energy Hernan Martinez and Ministry of External Relations (MRE) Director for Multilateral Economic, Social, and Environmental Issues Maria Alban Duran. Post also presented WIREC 2008 information to officials at the Ministries [...] | 2007-10-19 21:40:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG EAID EPET SENV SOCI TRGY KPAO KSCA EAGR |
07BOGOTA7581 | COLOMBIA BULLISH ON WIREC 2008, REQUESTS SPOT ON [...] This is an action cable. See para. 4. 2. Post delivered reftel demarche on the Washington International Renewable Energy Conference (WIREC) separately to Minister of Mines and Energy Hernan Martinez, Ministry of External Relations (MRE) Director for Multilateral Economic, Social, and Envir [...] | 2007-10-19 22:21:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG EAID EPET SENV SOCI TRGY KPAO KSCA EAGR |
07BOGOTA8658 | BOGOTA AIR QUALITY AMONG WORST IN LATIN AMERICA [...] SUMMARY: Bogota's seven million plus inhabitants breathe some of the worst air in the region. Air quality falls below safe levels over 95 percent of the time. Low-quality fuel, poor driving practices, and urban deforestation are largely to blame. GOC officials expect an agreement to improv [...] | 2007-12-26 21:32:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ELTN EPET SENV SOCI ENRG CO |
07BRASILIA1540 | DEPT OF ENERGY'S BRADLEY BARTON AND DAN ARVIZU BRING A [...] (U) THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED. NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Department of Energy's Bradley Barton, Director of the Office of Commercialization and Deployment, and Dan Arvizu, Director of DOE's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL),led panels on [...] | 2007-08-10 17:09:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TRGY ENRG EAGR ETTC EPET PREL BR |
07BRASILIA2044 | BRAZIL: INTERESTED IN THE WASHINGTON INTERNATIONAL [...] (U) THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED AND NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (SBU) Drawing on REFS, ESTH Counselor Driscoll had a series of conversations in mid- and late-October with Brazilian Ministry of Exterior Relations (MRE) Chief of the Division of Division for New and Renewa [...] | 2007-10-29 09:39:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ENRG EPET SENV SOCI TRGY KPAO KGHG BR |
07BRASILIA282 | BRAZIL TO PAY MORE FOR BOLIVIAN GAS [...] (SBU) An agreement reached February 15 between Brazil and Bolivia created a formula that could oblige the parastatal Brazilian energy company, Petrobras, to pay up to four percent more each year for the Bolivian natural gas that primarily supplies the state of Sao Paulo. The increase--althoug [...] | 2007-02-16 15:03:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG ECON BR BL |
07BRASILIA544 | BRAZIL: PETROBRAS AND IRAN [...] (C) Summary: Drawing on ref A, the Ambassador raised USG concerns over potential Petrobras investments in oil and gas exploration in Iranian waters on the Caspian Sea with Energy Minister Silas Rondeau, Petrobras Southern Cone Manager Deccio Oddone and Foreign Ministry Under Secretary for Polit [...] | 2007-03-28 11:00:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC EPET EINV BR IR |
07BRATISLAVA183 | SLOVAKIA FEELING PRESSURE TO FINALIZE A DEAL ON [...] (C) Summary - Economy Minister Lubomir Jahnatek met 3/23 with representatives from Yukos International, one of two Yukos Dutch subsidiaries with a legal claim to the 49 percent stake in the Transpetrol oil pipeline, for the first time in almost eight months. With Slovak veto authority over any [...] | 2007-03-26 12:43:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON EPET PREL PGOV LO |
07BRATISLAVA308 | SLOVAKIA PURSUING A TRANSPETROL DEAL WITH RUSSIA [...] (C) Summary - Minister Jahnatek followed up the May 4 Putin/Fico meeting (Ref A) with detailed discussions with Russian-controlled Yukos Finance (YF) and Gazpromneft on the eventual sale of the 49 percent stake plus management control in the Slovak oil pipeline Transpetrol. In return for agre [...] | 2007-05-22 13:32:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON EPET PREL PGOV LO RU |
07BRATISLAVA40 | SLOVAKS LOOK TO RUSSIA FOR TRANSPETROL SOLUTION, [...] (C) Summary - In stark contrast to the strong concerns about Russia's reliability as an energy partner expressed this past week throughout Central Europe, Slovak Economy Minister Lubomir Jahnatek believes the Russian-Belarus spat illustrates the need to strengthen ties with Moscow. Jahnatek ha [...] | 2007-01-19 16:30:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON EPET PREL PGOV LO RS |
07BRATISLAVA420 | YUKOS FINANCE AUCTION SHIFTS DYNAMICS OVER [...] (C) Summary - Yukos Oil Receiver Eduard Rebgun announced July 13 that Russian-controlled Yukos Finance (YF) will be auctioned off on August 15 in Moscow at a starting price of approximately USD 300 Million. The announcement followed one day after a Dutch court overturned an appeal by Rebgun th [...] | 2007-07-23 15:19:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON EPET PREL PGOV LO RU |
07BRATISLAVA453 | SLOVAKS RECONSIDERING TRANSPETROL OPTIONS [...] (C) Summary - Economy Minister Lubomir Jahnatek maintained the status quo at the July 31 Transpetrol Annual General Assembly (AGA) by removing any discussion of personnel changes to the Transpetrol Board and Supervisory Board from the agenda. In conversations with Yukos International (YI) rep [...] | 2007-08-09 14:07:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON EPET PREL PGOV LO RU |
07BRATISLAVA561 | SOLVING TRANSPETROL WITHOUT THE RUSSIANS [...] (C) Summary - The August 15 sale of Yukos Finance to an American investment group, Monte Valle, has reduced Russia's role in the future of the Transpetrol oil pipeline, leaving the Slovak government without its preferred partner. Economy Minister Jahnatek remains confident that any future buye [...] | 2007-10-10 13:41:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON EPET PREL PGOV LO RU |
07BRATISLAVA631 | TRANSPETROL NEGOTIATIONS OFF TO SLOW START [...] (C) Summary - As a result of the October 31 Dutch Court decision that returned control of Yukos Finance (YF) to the Khodorkovsky-appointed directors Dave Godfrey and Bruce Misamore, YF and Slovak government officials have restarted negotiations that were halted in 2006. The court decision will [...] | 2007-11-30 07:56:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON EPET PREL LO RS |
07BRIDGETOWN1195 | ON BOARD, ALMOST: BIOFUELS INITIATIVE IN ST. KITTS [...] (SBU) A successful biofuels conference hosted in St. Kitts on August 28 encouraged the Government of St. Kitts and Nevis (GOSKN) to move forward on a biofuels development plan. However, with tourism development competing for scarce land and resource dollars on the island, continued USG engageme [...] | 2007-09-13 15:27:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG EAGR EINV KPAO EAID EPET SENV |
07BRIDGETOWN1224 | INTEREST IN BARBADOS OFFSHORE OIL BIDS HIGH [...] (SBU) P/E Chief and Deputy met with the country managers for Simpson Oil (SOL) and Shell Trading Company (Eastern Caribbean) on September 13, 2007 to discuss the energy market in the Eastern Caribbean, prospects for renewable energy and the upcoming bid for oil block exploration, announced by t [...] | 2007-09-19 20:16:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG EAGR ETRO EAID EPET EINV PGOV PREL BB |
07BRIDGETOWN1348 | WIREC DELEGATION: ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA [...] (U) Post enthusiastically supports the nominations of individuals from Antigua and Barbuda for participation in WIREC in March 2008. Antigua and Barubda ------------------- -- Honorable Wilmoth Daniel, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Works -- Honorable Trevor Walker, Minister with [...] | 2007-10-22 12:59:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG EPET SENV EAID XL |
07BRIDGETOWN1372 | DOMINICAN CABINET RESHUFFLE TO INCREASE EFFICIENCY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Dominica Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit reshuffled his cabinet October 16, taking the Foreign Minister portfolio himself and shifting previous Foreign Minister Charles Savarin to Public Utilities and Energy. According to one official, this will separate Housing from Public Util [...] | 2007-10-30 18:18:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL ENGR EPET XL DO |
07BRIDGETOWN162 | PETROCARIBE UPDATE #30: ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA [...] (C) The Prime Minister of the Government of Antigua and Barbuda (GOAB),Baldwin Spencer, continues to portray Hugo Chavez as an altruistic benefactor and a friend of the Caribbean. To date, both governments have signed agreements with an estimated value of USD 48 million allocated betweenthe [...] | 2007-02-09 13:13:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET PGOV PREL XL |
07BRIDGETOWN178 | BARBADOS RELEASES DRAFT ENERGY POLICY [...] The Ministry of Energy and the Environment of the Government of Barbados (GOB) recently unveiled its draft National Energy Policy and invited a wide range of stakeholders to provide comments and suggestions. The proposed policy's priorities include energy conservation, alternative energy dev [...] | 2007-02-12 12:34:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG EAGR ETRO EAID EPET EINV PGOV PREL BB XL |
07BRIDGETOWN213 | PETROCARIBE UPDATE #31: CHAVEZ TO VISIT DOMINICA [...] (C) Summary: Various media report that Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez will visit Dominica and St. Vincent on February 16 and 17, respectively, to open fuel storage tank facilities. Despite the reality of several logistical and technical setbacks with fuel delivery and storage for the Petro [...] | 2007-02-16 20:36:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG EPET PGOV PINR VE DO ST XL |
07BRIDGETOWN228 | PETROCARIBE #32: CHAVEZ VISIT UNEVENTFUL [...] (C) Summary: On February 16-17, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez visited Dominica and St. Vincent and the Grenadines. The visit was light on substance and heavy on atmospherics, as he reiterated past Petrocaribe-related promises and resorted to his usual vitriolic anti-American talking points. [...] | 2007-02-21 19:39:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG EPET PGOV PINR VE DO ST XL |
07BRIDGETOWN286 | AMBASSADOR OURISMAN'S INTRODUCTORY VISIT TO ST. [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Ourisman presented her credentials to the government of St. Lucia on February 20. In meetings with the Governor General, Prime Minister, Foreign Minister, and leader of the opposition, the Ambassador discussed crime in St. Lucia, Article 98, Petrocaribe, the Advance Pa [...] | 2007-03-05 23:11:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KCRM CASC ENRG EPET EFIN ASEC |
07BRIDGETOWN737 | E. CARIBBEAN AND VENEZUELAN FOREIGN AID: RHETORIC [...] (C) Summary: Five Eastern Caribbean countries have signed Petrocaribe agreements. St. Lucia nullified its agreement with Venezuela under the new Compton administration in 2006. Barbados also turned down the Petrocaribe offer, but it is still a beneficiary of other Venezuelan assistance. Hugo [...] | 2007-06-07 19:30:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET PREL PGOV XL |
07BRIDGETOWN739 | MEETING WITH ST. VINCENT FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 1, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Sir Louis Straker, paid a courtesy call on DCM Mary Ellen T. Gilroy. Key points of their discussion included the upcoming Caribbean Conference, LIAT's perceived monopolistic posture, Petroc [...] | 2007-06-07 20:22:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAIR EPET EINV EWWT CU VE VC XL |
07BRUSSELS2348 | REGIONAL ENERGY COM CONFERENCE, SEPTEMBER 20-22 IN [...] This message is to confirm the participation of Ambassador C. Boyden Gray in the Regional Energy COM Conference in Istanbul September 20-22, 2007. He will be traveling alone. 2. We look forward to hearing further from Embassy Ankara as the program and logistics are finalized. We will pro [...] | 2007-07-24 13:39:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG TU |
07BRUSSELS2748 | BELGIAN MFA EXPANDS ON IRNA REPORT OF ALLEGED [...] (C) MFA Director for Multilateral Affairs Jean-Arthur Regibeau called post on Aug. 31 to clarify and provide additional information to Reftel on the August 28 Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) report that MFA Undersecretary Jan Grauls said in a visit to Tehran that Belgian small- and medium- [...] | 2007-08-31 12:51:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ETTC EPET IR BE |
07BRUSSELS3343 | EU-EGYPT ENERGY FORUM AND ARAB GAS PIPELINE [...] (C) IN RESPONSE TO REFTEL REQUESTING INFORMATION ON THE RECENT EU-AFRICA-MIDDLE EAST ENERGY CONFERENCE IN SHARM EL SHEIKH, MISSION CONTACTED EU COMMISSION OFFICIALS IN DG RELEX (FOREIGN AFFAIRS) AND DG TREN (ENERGY) WHO ATTENDED THE CONFERENCE. EU-AFRICA-ENERGY CONFERENCE ------------------ [...] | 2007-11-15 15:02:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET EUN XF XG |
07BRUSSELS3417 | WIREC 2008: EUROPEAN COMMISSION HAS QUESTIONS, [...] (U) Summary: On November 20, 2007 ESToffs met with DG Environment to discuss preparations for the Washington International Renewable Energy Conference (WIREC),March 4-6, 2008 in Washington. DG Environment is interested in participating in the EU delegation and queried about the possibility [...] | 2007-11-29 15:23:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ENRG EPET SENV EU |
07BUENOSAIRES1369 | APACHE ENERGY EXPANDS ARGENTINE HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION AND [...] (SBU) Apache Energy is expanding exploration and development activities in Argentina's southern most Tierra del Fuego province, with $100 million invested in new production in 2006 and an additional $150 million budgeted in 2007. This expansion comes despite shrinking profit margins caused by [...] | 2007-07-18 13:46:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV EPET ENRG ECON AR |
07BUENOSAIRES1415 | ARGENTINE ENERGY SHORTAGE - A CRISIS FORETOLD [...] (SBU) A combination of an unusually cold winter, unseasonably low water levels at hydro-electric facilities, and a 5-year post-crisis legacy of under-investment in basic electricity and natural gas infrastructure has resulted in significant energy shortages in Argentina. The consequence: Ove [...] | 2007-07-20 21:12:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EINV EPET ECON AR |
07BUENOSAIRES1456 | PLANNING MINISTER DE VIDO ON ENERGY CRISIS AND [...] (SBU) Argentina will successfully weather current and future energy shortages, according to Planning Minister De Vido, via a combination of short term fixes (including imports of Brazilian electricity and GoA subsidies for the import of diesel fuel for generators),plans for a post-election nat [...] | 2007-07-27 19:21:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ENRG EPET EAIR BEXP AR |
07BUENOSAIRES1514 | PRESIDENT CHAVEZ'S AUGUST 6 VISIT TO ARGENTINA: BONDS, [...] (SBU) President Chavez arrives in Buenos Aires August 6 for a meeting with President Kirchner en route to Bolivia. The agenda will be principally economic: the issuance of a third tranche of the joint GoA/GoV "Bono del Sur" valued at up to US$1 billion will be announced. Other likely announc [...] | 2007-08-03 19:36:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON ENRG EPET PREL AR |
07BUENOSAIRES1726 | ARGENTINA: ENERGY SECRETARY CAMERON ON U.S. BUSINESS [...] (SBU) Energy Secretary Daniel Cameron, a leading candidate to replace Planning Minister De Vido in a likely Cristina Kirchner administration, told Ambassador the Planning Ministry will be re-engineered to better administer its Energy, Transportation, Communications, Mining and Public Works resp [...] | 2007-08-30 17:56:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET EINV ECON PREL AR |
07BUENOSAIRES1892 | ARGENTINA: FRUSTRATED EXXON-MOBIL PUTS ASSETS IN [...] (C) After 96 years in Argentina, Exxon-Mobil is shopping its refining and retail assets. Company officials call this part of a region-wide "internal valuation exercise" that follows Exxon's recent decision to exit the Venezuelan market. It also reflects growing company frustration with a com [...] | 2007-09-21 16:58:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV EPET ENRG ECON VZ AR |
07BUENOSAIRES311 | PRESIDENT KIRCHNER'S FEB 21 VISIT TO VENEZUELA: ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) President Kirchner travels February 21 to Puerto Ordaz, Venezuela with an agenda that is principally economic: He will seek to confirm GoV assistance in placing up to $2 billion in new Argentine sovereign debt; finalize $135 million GoV rescue funding for SanCor, an emblematic Argentine d [...] | 2007-02-16 16:28:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON ENRG EPET AR |
07BUENOSAIRES360 | ARGENTINE PERSPECTIVE ON KIRCHNER'S VENEZUELA VISIT [...] (SBU) Deliverables from President Kirchner's February 21-22 visit to Venezuela included $750 million in bond financing, a $135 million rescue package for emblematic Argentine dairy cooperative SanCor, a raft of largely symbolic bilateral MOUs that included creation of a regional development ban [...] | 2007-02-23 20:29:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON ENRG EPET AR VZ |
07BUENOSAIRES403 | U/S BURNS IN ARGENTINA: DISCUSSES U.S. INVESTMENT [...] (C) Summary. U/S Burns and A/S Shannon, accompanied by Ambassador, met February 9 with Minister of Planning and Infrastructure Julio De Vido and discussed the public controversy over Embassy support for a proposed U.S. company's investment, broader investment concerns, and respective pli [...] | 2007-03-01 21:29:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EINV ENRG ETRD EPET PGOV BL VE AR |
07BUENOSAIRES540 | U.S. INVESTORS ON ARGENTINA: BOOM CONTINUING BUT [...] (SBU) U.S. executives predicted Argentina's economic boom would continue through 2007 and 2008, during the Ambassador's March 7 lunch for Hector Morales, USED to the IDB. Representatives of major U.S. financial, energy, and agroindustrial companies operating in Argentina agreed that the growth [...] | 2007-03-21 17:00:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON ENRG EPET AR |
07BUENOSAIRES85 | EMBASSY ADVOCACY WITH MINISTER DE VIDO ON BEHALF OF U.S. [...] As part of ongoing Embassy efforts to advocate on behalf of U.S. companies in Argentina, the Ambassador asked Planning Minister De Vido to participate in investor roundtables for U.S. electricity/gas and civil aviation sector players. Ambassador also noted (1) Turner Broadcasting's recent $23 [...] | 2007-01-18 19:22:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON ENRG EPET AR |
07BUJUMBURA337 | CONSULTANT TO US TRADE DEVELOPMENT AGENCY VISITS BURUNDI TO [...] Summary. An energy consultant for the U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) met May 2-3 with senior Government of Burundi (GOB) officials and private energy officials to discuss a feasibility study for a petroleum pipeline to Burundi. Burundian government officials and private concerns res [...] | 2007-05-08 05:29:00 | Embassy Bujumbura | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EINV EMIN ENRG EPET PREL PBTS RW KE TZ UG BY |
07CAIRO2846 | OIL DISCOVERY IN UPPER EGYPT [...] (SBU) Egypt's Petroleum Minister is hailing a crude oil discovery in Upper Egypt as a potential economic savior for the region, but some industry experts, citing questions over recoverable reserves, quality, and local refining capability, have their doubts. Their skepticism meshes with broader [...] | 2007-09-20 13:22:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG ECON PINR EG |
07CAIRO542 | GAZA MARINE GAS FIELD: EGYPT DEAL UNLIKELY [...] (C) As a prelude to his meeting with NEA A/S Welch in Washington on February 27, British Gas (BG) Head of International Government and Public Affairs provided Econoff with an update on the current status of BG's efforts to develop the Gaza Marine offshore gas field. The update was a follow-up [...] | 2007-02-28 12:25:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ECON KPAL EG IS GZ |
07CARACAS1011 | CTV TO WAGE ILO CREDENTIAL FIGHT/PDVSA BEGINS [...] (C) Summary. The opposition-linked Confederation of Venezuelan Workers (CTV) plans to contest the seating of leaders of the pro-government National Workers Union (UNT) at the May 30-June 15 International Labor Conference in Geneva. CTV Secretary General Manuel Cova, in his capacity as an inte [...] | 2007-05-23 18:59:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB PHUM PGOV EPET ENGR EINV VE |
07CARACAS102 | CONOCOPHILLIPS' CUBAN CONCERNS [...] (U) Action Requested: Please see Paragraph 5. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Petroleum Attache (Petatt) met with ConocoPhillips (CP) executives at their request to discuss a recent visit by a Cuban delegation to the Petrozuata strategic association. CP is concerned that PDVSA will try to use Petrozuata [...] | 2007-01-17 21:01:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG EINV ETTC ECON CU VE |
07CARACAS1030 | FAJA NEGOTIATIONS: NO NEWS IS BAD NEWS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The BRV and international oil companies (IOCs) have not started negotiations to migrate the four Faja strategic associations despite the rapidly approaching June 26 deadline. ExxonMobil (XM)(strictly protect throughout) will send the BRV and PDVSA a red-lined draft contract. Howe [...] | 2007-05-25 20:21:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG EINV ECON ASEC VE |
07CARACAS112 | STATOIL'S OPTIMISM FADES [...] No summary [...] | 2007-01-18 20:27:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG EINV ECON VE |
07CARACAS1157 | EXXONMOBIL AND CONOCOPHILLIPS DISCUSS FAJA [...] (C) SUMMARY: ExxonMobil (XM) and ConocoPhillips (CP) in a series of meetings on June 12 stated the June 26 deadline for negotiations on migrating the four Faja strategic associations as well as the profit sharing agreement projects to PDVSA-controlled joint ventures appear to be firm. Compani [...] | 2007-06-14 12:28:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG EINV ECON VE |
07CARACAS1197 | CNPC: DON'T BELIEVE WHAT YOU READ IN THE PAPERS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Senior China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) executives stated recent press reports of the formation of a new joint venture are exaggerated. The executives stated negotiations over the migration of Sinovensa, the entity that produced Orimulsion, to a PDVSA-controlled joint [...] | 2007-06-18 14:19:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG EINV ECON CH VE |
07CARACAS1241 | CONOCOPHILLIPS CLOSE TO EXITING VENEZUELA [...] (S) SUMMARY: ConocoPhillips (CP) has been unable to reach agreement with the BRV on the terms for migrating its share of two strategic associations (Petrozuata and Hamaca) and a profit sharing agreement (Corocoro) to a PDVSA-controlled joint venture. Principal sticking points are compensation [...] | 2007-06-22 15:51:00 | Embassy Caracas | SECRET | EPET ENRG EINV ECON VE |
07CARACAS1281 | EXXONMOBIL AND CONOCOPHILLIPS EXIT VENEZUELA [...] (C) SUMMARY: The BRV held a signing ceremony on June 26 to convert the remaining private sector oil projects into PDVSA-controlled joint ventures. Representatives from Chevron, Total, Statoil, BP, ENI, Inelectra and Sinopec signed memorandums of understanding (MOU) for their respective invest [...] | 2007-06-26 20:44:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG EINV ECON VE |
07CARACAS1314 | CHEVRON, EXXON, AND CNPC COMMENT ON RECENT EVENTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Chevron claims the final deal to migrate the Hamaca strategic association to a joint venture was a good one from its perspective. The project's area was not reduced and Chevron personnel will occupy key posts in the new joint venture. In addition, all investment decisions require [...] | 2007-07-02 11:58:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG EINV ECON VE |
07CARACAS1365 | A PEAK INSIDE CITGO [...] (C) SUMMARY: A senior Citgo representative stated the sale of two asphalt refineries has been delayed due to concerns over supply contracts. Citgo president Alejandro Granado has adopted an extravagant lifestyle and is not accessible to employees. Citgo executives focus on the company's fuel o [...] | 2007-07-09 19:56:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG EINV ECON VE |
07CARACAS1393 | FURTHER DETAILS ON THE FAJA MIGRATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: PDVSA has done a better than expected job running the Cerro Negro upgrader. However, it has requested BP supply additional personnel. BP is happy with the governance terms it received. The remaining international oil companies (IOCs) may still have the right to go to arbitratio [...] | 2007-07-12 20:05:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG EINV ECON VE |
07CARACAS1434 | OIL TRADING: SKELETONS IN PDVSA'S CLOSET [...] (C) SUMMARY: A senior PDVSA executive who was forced into retirement in March 2007 stated PDVSA exports 38 million barrels of oil per month excluding crude from the former Faja strategic associations. President Chavez ordered PDVSA to stop exporting to the United States before the November el [...] | 2007-07-18 15:58:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG EINV ECON VE |
07CARACAS1466 | PDVSA'S "IMPORTANT OPERATIONAL EMERGENCY" [...] (C) SUMMARY: Luis Vierma, PDVSA's Vice President for Exploration and Production, testified before the Comptroller Committee of the National Assembly on July 18 that PDVSA was facing an "important operational emergency" due to the failure of two bid rounds for drilling rigs. PDVSA's rig count [...] | 2007-07-23 21:32:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG EINV ECON VE |
07CARACAS1467 | THE OIL SECTOR AND THE PUBLIC BIDDING LAW [...] (C) SUMMARY: Service companies have long complained that the Public Bidding Law has greatly decreased the effeciency of PDVSA's operations. A legal expert describes the law as "sub-standard" and politicized. Private sector partners in joint venture companies have argued the law does not appl [...] | 2007-07-23 21:35:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG EINV ECON VE |
07CARACAS1481 | CONOCOPHILLIPS DISCUSSES ITS NEXT MOVES [...] (C) SUMMARY: ConocoPhillips (CP) has presented a proposal to the BRV setting out what it considers to be fair compensation for its expropriated assets. Energy Vice Minister Bernard Mommer stood up CP executives as well as Chinese Petroleum Corporation executives in Houston last week. CP want [...] | 2007-07-26 20:40:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG EINV ECON VE |
07CARACAS1544 | A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE: NOTHING'S CHANGED, [...] (C) In analyzing Venezuela's history of boom and bust cycles, a series of patterns emerge that offer predictive value for the end of the current cycle. Links between oil prices, government spending, inflation, and devaluation are clearly evident over the past 35 years as oil booms have led to [...] | 2007-08-02 15:19:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON EFIN EPET VE |
07CARACAS157 | OIL COMPANIES WEIGH THEIR OPTIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: All six international oil companies (IOCs) with stakes in the four strategic associations met with the BRV last week and received a written proposal regarding the transition to PDVSA controlled joint ventures. The BRV is expected to give companies its estimates on the value of t [...] | 2007-01-24 13:52:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG EINV ECON VE |
07CARACAS1577 | CHEVRON DISCUSSES JOINT VENTURES' STRUCTURE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Due to concerns over Washington's understanding of its Venezuelan investments and the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, Chevron met with Post on August 7 to discuss the nature of its Venezuelan investments. Chevron's two joint ventures are equity companies that are subject to Venezue [...] | 2007-08-08 16:41:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG EINV ECON VE |
07CARACAS1622 | PDVSA: NEW LIFE IN THE EMBERS? [...] (C) SUMMARY: The president of the Petroleum Chamber of Venezuela believes significant new investments will occur in the Faja in the near future beginning with de-bottlenecking projects in the existing upgraders. Leading candidates for new projects in the Faja are Petrobras, Shell, and the Chi [...] | 2007-08-14 20:31:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG EINV ECON VE |
07CARACAS1655 | SINCOR'S ROCKY TRANSITION TO PETROCEDENO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Strategic association Sincor's transition to Petrocedeno, a PDVSA-controlled joint venture, has been fraught with labor problems. Labor union members have blocked the road to the upgrader 33 days so far this year. Approximately 100 employees have quit their jobs. A work plan is [...] | 2007-08-20 20:39:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG EINV ECON VE |
07CARACAS1664 | SERVICE COMPANIES DISCUSS CURRENT OPERATING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Service companies report an increase in the number of signed contracts with PDVSA. The increase is despite the fact that service company bids frequently include substantial premiums. However, PDVSA's ability to implement new projects appears to be quite limited. At this point, [...] | 2007-08-21 13:29:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG EINV ECON VE |
07CARACAS1672 | CONOCOPHILLIPS UPDATE: STILL FAR APART [...] (C) Econ Counselor and Petroleum Attache met with ConocoPhillips (CP) Latin America President Roy Lyons (strictly protect throughout) and Government Affairs Manager Alex Martinez (strictly protect throughout) on August 22 to discuss the current status of CP's negotiations on compensation for e [...] | 2007-08-22 19:14:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG EINV ECON VE |
07CARACAS1765 | BP: STABILITY BEGINS TO EMERGE FROM CHAOS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Cerro Negro's acreage has been reduced from 290 square kilometers to 210 and BP paid the BRV 50 million USD in notes as part of the reduction. Cerro Negro operations are running in a surprisingly smooth manner and PDVSA is not moving senior managers around as much as it did befor [...] | 2007-09-06 20:08:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG EINV ECON VE |
07CARACAS1808 | AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH CONOCOPHILLIPS [...] (C) SUMMARY: ConocoPhillips (CP) and the BRV's positions on the valuation of CP's expropriated assets differ by a factor of six or seven to one. PDVSA continues to honor two long-term supply contracts that supply CP refineries in the U.S. CP believes an arbitration case would take five to se [...] | 2007-09-12 15:22:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG EINV ECON VE |
07CARACAS1812 | EXXONMOBIL FILES FOR ARBITRATION [...] (C) David Perez (strictly protect throughout),the remaining ExxonMobil (XM) executive in Venezuela, met with the Ambassador on September 12 (ref. A) to inform him that XM filed for arbitration on September 6 with the International Center for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID). XM file [...] | 2007-09-13 14:48:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EPET ENRG EINV ECON VE |
07CARACAS1819 | PDVSA REVENUES UP, PROFITS DOWN FOR 2006 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: PDVSA reported 2006 gross revenues of 99.3 billion USD, a 19.7% increase over 2005, and net profits of 5.5 billion USD, a decline of 16%. The principal reason for the decline in net profits was an almost 100% increase in social development expenditures. Administrative expenses [...] | 2007-09-14 14:21:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG EINV ECON VE |
07CARACAS1822 | STATOIL: A GOOD DEAL [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-14 16:38:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EPET ENRG EINV ECON VE |
07CARACAS183 | BRV BEGINS TO REAP WHAT IT HAS SOWN [...] (C) SUMMARY: PDVSA reportedly told tax authorities in August 2006 that it was unable to pay its royalties and taxes due to cash flow problems stemming from social development expenditures. President Chavez' recent statements regarding an increase in gasoline prices appear to stem from PDVSA's [...] | 2007-01-26 20:22:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG EINV ECON VE |
07CARACAS1948 | SERVICE COMPANIES FACE USG IRANIAN AND CUBAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Baker Hughes (BH) has three contracts with PDVSA in various stages of execution that they believe appear to violate USG Iranian and Cuban sanctions legislation. According to BH, other U.S. service companies have similar contracts that raise the same issues. BH will meet with PDVS [...] | 2007-10-02 16:17:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG EINV ECON PREL KFPC ETTC CU IR VE |
07CARACAS1977 | AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH CHEVRON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Chevron remains optimistic on Venezuela and believes that the Chavez administration has begun to realize that it cannot divorce Venezuela from the United States. Chinese oil company CNPC has approached Chevron about signing a cooperation agreement for projects in Venezuela. Chevro [...] | 2007-10-09 11:57:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG EINV ECON VE |
07CARACAS2000 | MITSUBISHI HOPES TO CLOSE MAJOR REFINERY DEAL BY [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Mitsubishi trading company hopes to complete a USD 3 billion financing deal for a deep conversion project at the Puerto La Cruz refinery by year-end. The Itochu trading company is working on a similar deal for the El Palito refinery. JBIC's participation in the projects and [...] | 2007-10-11 18:13:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EPET ENRG EINV ECON JA CH VE |
07CARACAS2103 | CONOCOPHILLIPS HEADS TO ARBITRATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: ConocoPhillips (CP) Chairman, President and CEO James Mulva told the Ambassador on October 30 that CP will file an arbitration claim with ICSID against the BRV. Negotiations regarding compensation have proved unsuccessful to date but CP still holds out hope that the BRV may eventu [...] | 2007-10-31 13:24:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG EINV ECON VE |
07CARACAS2104 | LUKOIL DEEPLY PESSIMISTIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to a senior Lukoil executive, Lukoil is highly pessimistic about investment opportunities in Venezuela. The Russian company is particularly concerned about constitutional reforms such as the definition of private property and the six hour workday. In addition, the comp [...] | 2007-10-31 13:25:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG EINV ECON VE |
07CARACAS2128 | PETROCEDINO'S COMPLICATED BIRTH [...] (C) SUMMARY: The creation of Petrocedino, the joint venture formed from the former Sincor strategic association, poses a variety of challenges for its private sector participants. The new company will extract and upgrade extra-heavy crude oil in the Faja region. Venezuelan state oil company [...] | 2007-11-05 16:53:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG EINV ECON ELAB VE |
07CARACAS218 | CONOCOPHILLIPS MEETS WITH ENERGY VICE MINISTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: ConocoPhillips (CP) executives met with Energy (MEP) Vice Minister Bernard Mommer on January 31 to discuss the shipment of Cuban oil to the Petrozuata upgrader and the migration of the Petrozuata and Hamaca strategic associations to PDVSA controlled joint ventures. Mommer stated [...] | 2007-02-01 15:45:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG EINV ECON VE |
07CARACAS2207 | CHINA LOANS VENEZUELA USD FOUR BILLION TO BE [...] (U) SUMMARY: BRV President Hugo Chavez and PRC Vice Minister of the National Committee and Reform Zhang Xiaoqiamg presided over a televised signing ceremony for energy, financial and technology agreements on Tuesday, November 6, 2007 at the presidential palace. The main agreement established [...] | 2007-11-20 14:34:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EPET CH VE |
07CARACAS2221 | AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH SHELL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Shell Venezuela President Sean Rooney paid a courtesy call on the Ambassador November 21 to discuss the current operating environment in Venezuela. In contacts with Shell, Energy Ministry and PDVSA working level contacts have significantly increased proposals for new projects and [...] | 2007-11-23 19:22:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EPET ENRG EINV ECON VE |
07CARACAS2228 | BALANCE OF PAYMENTS DATA MAY FORESHADOW CHALLENGES [...] (C) Summary: The Central Bank of Venezuela's (BCV's) third quarter balance of payments data illustrate two important trends: a declining volume of petroleum exports and rapidly growing imports. Imports over the first three quarters of 2007 have grown a hefty 36 percent relative to the same p [...] | 2007-11-26 12:57:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EPET VE |
07CARACAS2243 | CHEVRON'S NEXT MOVES [...] (C) SUMMARY: The BRV has approached Chevron with a proposal to significantly increase production at the former Ameriven strategic association. Petrochina has also offered to partner with Chevron in a Faja project. Chevron is not in a hurry to make additional investments in Venezuela. Labor [...] | 2007-11-27 20:48:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EPET ENRG EINV ECON CH VE |
07CARACAS2346 | PDVSA CASH FLOW PROBLEMS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Multiple oil sector contacts have stated that PDVSA is not paying service companies and has told a number of them that they will not be paid until mid-January or even February. A local analyst also stated that PDVSA had not paid the missions prior to the December 2 constitutional [...] | 2007-12-14 16:19:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EPET ENRG EINV ECON VE |
07CARACAS241 | JAPANESE AMBASSADOR WORRIED ABOUT INVESTMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador met with Japanese Ambassador Matsui, at Matsui's request, on February 2 to discuss the current investment environment in Venezuela. Matsui was clearly concerned about the Japan Bank for International Cooperation's (JBIC) one billion USD loan to PDVSA. Matsui opin [...] | 2007-02-05 21:14:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG EINV ECON VE |
07CARACAS305 | A BILLION HERE, A BILLION THERE, AND PRETTY SOON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Econoffs met with the BNP Paribas Representative to discuss the recent announcement of a USD 1 billion revolving credit facility arranged by BNP for PDVSA. The Minister of Finance recently announced plans for up to a USD 3.5 billion PDVSA bond issue, and PDVSA has also arranged fo [...] | 2007-02-13 13:20:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON EPET ENRG EFIN VE |
07CARACAS359 | SHELL'S OIL SECTOR OUTLOOK: WAIT AND SEE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Shell has been monitoring the strategic association migration negotiations closely and will base future investment decisions on their outcomes. It believes the strategic association partners' decision not to engage the BRV and offer opening negotiating positions was a grave erro [...] | 2007-02-16 21:29:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG EINV ECON VE |
07CARACAS38 | CNPC'S VENEZUELAN WOES [...] (C) SUMMARY: CNPC executives stated Sinovensa, the joint venture between PDVSA and CNPC that produces Orimulsion, no longer produces the product on orders of the Ministry of Energy and Petroleum (MEP). CNPC views the situation as an expropriation and has reserved its rights to arbitration. T [...] | 2007-01-08 14:04:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG EINV ECON VE |
07CARACAS411 | OIL NATIONALIZATION DECREE RAISES QUESTIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Chavez stated on February 26 that the oil nationalization decree required the four strategic associations, the three profit sharing agreements, the Chinese Orimulsion company Orifuels Sinoven S.A. and any other companies "that carry out commercial activities in the Faja [...] | 2007-02-27 16:09:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG EINV ECON VE |
07CARACAS426 | BRV PUBLISHES OIL NATIONALIZATION DECREE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The oil nationalization decree, which was published on February 26 but publicly available on February 27, requires the four strategic associations, the three profit sharing agreements, the Chinese Orimulsion company Orifuels Sinoven S.A. and any related entities "that carry out c [...] | 2007-03-01 16:16:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG EINV ECON VE |
07CARACAS448 | INSIGHT INTO 3.5 BILLION USD JAPANESE LOAN TO PDVSA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mitsui & Co. Ltd., Marubeni Corporation, and the Japan Bank of International Cooperation (JBIC) announced the closing of an agreement with PDVSA on February 23 for 3.5 billion USD, 15 year loan facilities in exchange for contracts that gave both companies rights to negotiate and [...] | 2007-03-02 20:05:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG EINV ECON VE |
07CARACAS472 | STATOIL: VERY ANNOYED VIKINGS [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to Statoil, the three key issues in the strategic association migrations are compensation, governance, and taxes. Statoil believes it has six months to negotiate the terms of the migration. Financing arrangements will not be a serious issue. Senior BRV energy official [...] | 2007-03-05 20:41:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG EINV ECON VE |
07CARACAS504 | EXXONMOBIL: OUT BY JULY 1? [...] (C) SUMMARY: ExxonMobil (XM) appears to be edging closer to going to arbitration with the BRV over the migration of the Cerro Negro strategic association. However, it still holds out hope that it will be able to sell its stake in the association. XM does not expect to be in Venezuela by July [...] | 2007-03-08 15:35:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG EINV ECON VE |
07CARACAS511 | MITSUBISHI GOES AFTER MAJOR REFINERY DEAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Mitsubishi trading company is putting together a USD 1.795 billion financing deal tied to the deep conversion project at the Puerto La Cruz refinery. The company believes the deal will come to fruition in one to two years. Mitsubishi also is involved in the shipment of base [...] | 2007-03-08 20:04:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG EINV ECON JA VE |
07CARACAS512 | PDVSA AND MPPEP ANNOUNCE 2006 RESULTS: BEWARE THE [...] (SBU) Minister for People's Power of Energy and Petroleum (MPPEP) and PDVSA President Rafael Ramirez presented a consolidated financial report on their 2006 results on March 4. The end of year report details PDSVA's activities this past year, including much of its social participation. Accor [...] | 2007-03-08 21:07:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EPET EINV VE |
07CARACAS526 | CUBAN OIL CONCERNS RESURFACE [...] (U) Action Requested. Please see paragraph 10. 2. (C) SUMMARY: A senior PDVSA official indicated that the Petrozuata upgrader, which is operated by ConocoPhillips, would be required to process non-Venezuelan crude in the near future. It is not clear where the crude would come from, but [...] | 2007-03-09 16:06:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG EINV ECON VE |
07CARACAS528 | BP: TRYING TO KEEP A STIFF UPPER LIP [...] (C) SUMMARY: The USD 250 million in crude that BP and Total received for the Jusepin field was based on capital recovery rather than book or market value. The deadline for negotiations on the strategic associations appears to be June 26 instead of May 1. BP is concerned about support service [...] | 2007-03-09 17:17:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG EINV ECON VE |
07CARACAS59 | CHAVEZ ANNOUNCES PLANS TO NATIONALIZE STRATEGIC [...] (SBU) President Chavez took the opportunity during the swearing-in ceremony for new ministers on January 8 to announce plans to "nationalize telecommunications and strategic areas such as water, (and) electrical energy." He added, "all that was privatized, nationalize them" and specifically s [...] | 2007-01-09 22:10:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG PGOV EPET EINV VE |
07CARACAS610 | VENEZUELA SIGNS TREATY WITH TNT ON SHARED GAS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: President Chavez and Trinidad and Tobago (TNT) Prime Minister Patrick Manning signed an accord to unify the reserves of two offshore gas fields on March 20. The accord is the first unitization agreement signed in the Western Hemisphere. The agreement will permit both countries [...] | 2007-03-22 17:24:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG EINV ECON VE |
07CARACAS659 | BRV DRAMATICALLY REDUCES EXXONMOBIL'S OPTIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The BRV dramatically reduced ExxonMobil's (XM) options in the strategic association migration negotiations by ruling out the sale of XM's stake in Cerro Negro to third parties. The BRV also stated that the only Citgo/PDVSA asset that could be used to compensate XM is the Chalmet [...] | 2007-03-29 18:53:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG EINV ECON VE |
07CARACAS66 | BRV CONTINUES PRESSURING OIL COMPANIES [...] (C) SUMMARY: The BRV ordered strategic associations to cut production in order to meet OPEC cuts. The order violates the associations' contracts. Continued rhetoric about nationalization raises questions about the development of the Faja. END SUMMARY. ----------------------- ADDING INSU [...] | 2007-01-11 19:28:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG EINV ECON VE |
07CARACAS666 | SERVICE COMPANIES: THE NOOSE BEGINS TO TIGHTEN [...] (C) SUMMARY: PDVSA is considering the formation of one or more service companies that will compete directly with the private sector. In addition to this threat, service companies still face payment delays and a myriad of administrative hurdles in dealing with PDVSA. As a result, private sec [...] | 2007-03-30 17:34:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG EINV ECON VE |
07CARACAS667 | PDVSA'S MEGA USD 5 BILLION BOND ISSUE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On April 12 PDVSA is scheduled to issue USD 5 billion in debt. This bond sale represents the largest issuance of debt in Venezuelan history, and one of the largest for emerging markets. The bonds are dollar-denominated Eurobonds and will almost certainly be resold by most loca [...] | 2007-03-30 18:03:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EPET VEN |
07CARACAS669 | CHINESE POLITBURO COMES TO TOWN [...] (SBU) Summary: During Chinese Politburo Member Li Changchun's visit to Caracas March 25-27, Venezuela and China signed six new cooperative agreements in the petroleum sector and reaffirmed a USD 6 billion joint development fund. Chavez assured China that Venezuela would be a trustworthy oil s [...] | 2007-03-30 20:04:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENIV ENRG EPET PGOV VE CH |
07CARACAS700 | CNPC'S TAKE ON RECENT BILATERAL AGREEMENTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: CNPC was guardedly optimistic about the recent signing of bilateral petroleum agreements between China and Venezuela (Reftel A). CNPC believes the BRV is still open to foreign investment in the hydrocarbon sector. However, the company is frustrated with negotations to migrate Si [...] | 2007-04-04 21:18:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG EINV ECON VE |
07CARACAS718 | EVERYTHING YOU EVER WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT THE [...] (SBU) The BRV is spending more money than ever before on the back of historically high oil prices. Despite these high oil prices, PDVSA appears to have cash flow problems stemming from its role as the BRV's cash cow. Official production figures exceed most analyst estimates, and PDVSA's abili [...] | 2007-04-11 16:01:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EPET EINV ENRG VE |
07CARACAS721 | CONOCOPHILLIPS HANGS TOUGH FOR NOW [...] (C) SUMMARY: ConocoPhillips (CP) Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Jim Mulva told Energy Minister Rafael Ramirez that CP will turn over operational control of the Petrozuata and Hamaca strategic associations as well as the Corocoro project in the Gulf of Paria on May 1. CP will not contin [...] | 2007-04-11 20:58:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG EINV ECON VE |
07CARACAS733 | ENERGY MINISTER RAMIREZ' MAY 3 SPEECH IN HOUSTON [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see Paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) Energy Minister Rafael Ramirez is scheduled to give a major speech on May 3 at the 2007 Offshore Technology Conference in Houston, Texas. The speech will occur two days after PDVSA assumes operational control of the four strat [...] | 2007-04-12 21:23:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG EINV ECON VE |
07CARACAS781 | THE FIRST SOUTH AMERICAN ENERGY SUMMIT [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Chavez described the First South American Energy Summit (Summit),which was held on Margarita Island on April 17, as a "perfect summit." Chavez ducked a fight with Brazil over ethanol and used the event to showcase his vision of South American integration -- effectively [...] | 2007-04-18 23:09:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECIN ECON ENRG EPET EINV VE |
07CARACAS825 | OIL COMPANIES SIGN "MOU'S" TRANSFERRING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ten foreign oil companies signed documents on April 25 transferring operational control of their respective projects to PDVSA or one of its affiliates. Chevron and ExxonMobil broadly differ in their interpretations of the nature of the documents. The documents do not deal with a [...] | 2007-04-26 20:35:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG EINV ECON VE |
07CARACAS83 | BRV RAISES STAKES IN THE FAJA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Energy Minister Rafael Ramirez announced at a press conference on January 15 that the BRV would enact a law that "nationalized" the four strategic associations in the Faja. Ramirez's comments appeared to confuse the concepts of "control" and "nationalization" to take advantage o [...] | 2007-01-16 15:49:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG EINV ECON VE |
07CARACAS833 | CHEVRON PROVIDES MORE DETAILS ON MOU [...] (C) SUMMARY: Chevron believes production at the Hamaca strategic association will decline 30% due to morale issues related to uncertainty among employees. Chevron expects the BRV to adopt a more private sector friendly hydrocarbons policy by 2009 due to production declines and fiscal pressure [...] | 2007-04-27 18:51:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG EINV ECON VE |
07CARACAS967 | UPDATE ON THE FAJA STRATEGIC ASSOCIATION MIGRATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: International oil companies (IOCs) believe PDVSA's assumption of operational control on May 1 went relatively smoothly. IOCs stated production numbers are holding stable, but the companies believe PDVSA will begin having problems operating the upgraders by the end of the year. A [...] | 2007-05-15 13:12:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG EINV ECON ELAB VE |
07CARACAS988 | VENEZUELAN PRODUCTION AND OPERATING TRENDS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Private sector contacts place overall Venezuelan production at 2.1 to 2.3 million barrels a day, down from previous estimates of 2.4 to 2.6. The BRV has lifted OPEC production cuts on the four Faja strategic associations. PDVSA has been unable to find additional drilling rigs d [...] | 2007-05-18 20:34:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG EINV ECON VE |
07CHENGDU83 | TIBET FEELING THE IMPACT OF RAILROAD LINK FROM QINGHAI [...] (SBU) Summary: The Tibetan Autonomous Region (TAR) is already feeling the impact of the Qinghai-Tibet rail link that opened in July. Inland Chinese laborers, military personnel and tourists bunk side-by-side on the train as they take advantage of rail travel at a fraction of the cost of air [...] | 2007-03-28 00:34:00 | Consulate Chengdu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON SENV ELTN EMIN EPET PGOV SOCI CH |
07COLOMBO632 | SRI LANKA: OIL EXPLORATION PROSPECTS REAL, BUT CONSTRAINED [...] (SBU) Summary: U.S. experts who have looked at recent geological survey data believe that significant petrochemical deposits lie off the coast of Sri Lanka. On May 1, the Ambassador will join Sri Lanka's Petroleum minister and others at the Offshore Technology Conference in Houston to describ [...] | 2007-04-27 12:29:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID ENRG EPET ETRD CE |
07CONAKRY1243 | GROWTH OF RESOURCE NATIONALISM IN GUINEA [...] (C) SUMMARY. The information and analysis provided herein is in response to reftel request regarding resource nationalism in Guinea. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) Over the last year, resource nationalism has become increasingly evident in Guinea since the country,s new consensus government declar [...] | 2007-11-15 11:28:00 | Embassy Conakry | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EPET GV |
07COTONOU135 | NIGERIA'S SHORTAGES AID BENIN'S EFFORT TO CRACK DOWN ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Recent gas shortages in Nigeria are helping to shift gasoline consumption patterns in Benin from the black market to the legitimate, and taxed, retail sector. Street vendors of "kpayo" were compelled to shut down in late January due to the sky-high price of gas smuggled in from [...] | 2007-02-20 12:55:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ETRD ECON EINV KCOR PGOV BN |
07COTONOU890 | BENIN DOES NOT PRACTICE RESOURCE NATIONALISM [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-23 04:32:00 | Embassy Cotonou | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EPET PGOV BN |
07CURACAO65 | CHAVEZ ASKS ANTILLEAN PM "WHAT ABOUT INDEPENDENCE?" [...] (C) Netherlands Antilles PM Emily de Jongh Elhage told COM that upon meeting Chavez at recent Ortega inauguration that Chavez immediately asked her "what about independence for Curacao." Somewhat stunned, the PM responded that Curacao and the Netherlands Antilles had no intention of leaving t [...] | 2007-01-18 20:41:00 | Consulate Curacao | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EPET ECON EINV NA VZ |
07DAKAR2268 | NOT MUCH RESOURCE NATIONALISM IN SENEGAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Resource nationalism is not a significant issue in Senegal at this time and the GOS has not attempted to directly manage the exploitation of the country's potential oil, gas, or mining reserves. The government's history to date is to negotiate exploitation rights with a wide ra [...] | 2007-11-19 14:33:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ECON EINV PGOV SN |
07DAKAR2288 | NOT MUCH RESOURCE NATIONALISM IN SENEGAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Resource nationalism is not a significant issue in Senegal at this time and the GOS has not attempted to directly manage the exploitation of the country's potential oil, gas, or mining reserves. The government's history to date is to negotiate exploitation rights with a wide ra [...] | 2007-11-21 17:23:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ECON EINV PGOV SN |
07DAMASCUS1075 | SYRIANS WAKE UP TO GASOLINE PRICE HIKE [...] (SBU) Syrians awoke on November 1 to find that the SARG had increased the price of gasoline by 20 percent overnight, from 30 to 36 SP/liter (USD 2.27 to 2.72/gal). The increase was less than the 40 SP/liter price many economists had predicted during a heated public debate over the need to eli [...] | 2007-11-01 15:11:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET SY |
07DAMASCUS111 | SYRIA'S ECONOMY CONTINUES TO STRENGTHEN [...] (SBU) Summary. Syria,s economy is starting 2007 much stronger than it began 2006. Growth rates, which increased modestly the last two years, are generally expected to continue upwards if current trends continue. Still, the SARG faces a number of economic challenges in 2007, including incre [...] | 2007-02-01 16:03:00 | Embassy Damascus | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV ENRG EPET ETRD PGOV SY |
07DAMASCUS596 | THE SARG OPENS A NEW BID ROUND FOR OIL AND NATURAL [...] (SBU) Summary. The SARG opened seven on-shore blocks for oil and natural gas exploration, but only two have not been previously offered. Royal Dutch Shell and PetroCanada are the largest international oil companies (IOC) involved in the current on-shore round which is set to close on July 12 [...] | 2007-06-13 12:16:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV ENRG EPET ETRD ETTC PREL SY |
07DAMASCUS78 | TALABANI'S MARATHON VISIT TO DAMASCUS [...] (C) Summary. During his six-day visit to Damascus, President Talabani met with most Syrians of significance, including four separate meetings with President Asad including two one-on-ones. Talabani was accompanied by some 20 Iraqi officials in addition to four ministers who signed unspecifi [...] | 2007-01-22 15:08:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER EPET SY |
07DAMASCUS865 | SARG ECONOMIC INTEREST IN IRAQ [...] (C) Summary. It is still open to debate how much Syria is benefiting from improved relations with Iraq as the pluses of increased transit revenues, investment, and trade are off-set by the costs of hosting an ever-growing number of Iraqis. Still, an increasing number of Syrians are focusing [...] | 2007-08-23 14:32:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PREL SY |
07DAMASCUS931 | SYRIA,S GAS SECTOR UNABLE TO COMPENSATE FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: The SARG routinely expresses confidence that its supply of natural gas -- when fully on-line ) will offset dwindling oil production. In preparation for this switch the SARG has been encouraging the substitution of natural gas for oil in electrical power generation. There is alre [...] | 2007-09-13 12:17:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV ENRG EPET ETRD ETTC PREL SY |
07DAMASCUS949 | SARG SENDING MIXED SIGNALS ON FUEL SUBSIDIES [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-18 16:38:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ETRD EPET SY LE |
07DAMASCUS951 | SARG SENDING MIXED SIGNALS ON FUEL SUBSIDIES [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-19 04:53:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ETRD EPET SY LE |
07DHAKA1219 | CHEVRON'S ARBITRATION ORDERED STAYED BY BANGLADESHI COURT [...] SUMMARY. Chevron Bangladesh, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Chevron USA, was recently ordered by a local court in Bangladesh to halt international arbitration against the GOB stemming from a gas pipeline dispute with Petrobangla, a GOB corporation charged with oil, gas & minerals exploration an [...] | 2007-07-26 09:08:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EPET PREL BTIO BG |
07DHAKA1265 | CHEVRON'S INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION [...] (C) SUMMARY. Chevron Bangladesh filed for international arbitration of a dispute with Petrobangla pursuant to their contracts and treaties signed by Bangladesh. In response, Petrobangla filed a local case in Bangladesh seeking to stay that arbitration and recently received a court order gran [...] | 2007-08-06 02:14:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV ECON ETRD EPET PREL KTIA BG |
07DHAKA1349 | ACTION REQUEST IN CHEVRON / PETROBANGLA ARBITRATION [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 8 and 9. 2. SUMMARY. (C) Petrobangla finds itself between a rock and a hard place with respect to its upcoming arbitration hearing with the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) scheduled for August 20 in [...] | 2007-08-16 08:31:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV ECON ETRD EPET PREL KTIA BG |
07DHAKA1642 | BANGLADESH MINISTERIAL DELEGATION TO WIREC 2008 [...] (U) Post has engaged with the Government of Bangladesh to solicit nominations for the official Bangladesh delegation to the Washington International Renewable Energy Conference (WIREC 2008). 2. Through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, we are likely to invite the Caretaker Government Advisor [...] | 2007-10-15 11:28:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ENRG EPET SENV SOCI TRGY KPAO KGHG KSCA |
07DILI166 | NATIONAL BUDGET PLAGUED BY EXECUTION CHALLENGES AND [...] Summary: During an informal briefing for donors last week, the International Monetary Fund's Resident Representative in East Timor painted a bleak picture of budget execution to date for the fiscal year (FY) 2006-2007. Of a $329 million budget, while $211 of it has been committed, only $84 mil [...] | 2007-04-27 17:06:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECON EPET EFIN TT |
07DOHA163 | SECURITY GAPS IN QATAR'S ONSHORE OIL FACILITY [...] (U) Summary. On January 30 Ambassador and Emboffs visited Qatar Petroleum's Dukhan compound and oil field. Qatar Petroleum is undertaking a major infrastructure upgrade at Dukhan to improve the administrative and living spaces. No armed guards were present at the compound and the area was prot [...] | 2007-02-14 13:39:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EPET QA ASEC PTER |
07DOHA168 | PUTIN VISITS DOHA BUT NO TANGIBLE RESULTS [...] (C) Summary. Russian president Vladimir Putin met with the Qatari Amir in Doha February 12. The two agreed on the need for a Middle East peace conference, the date and locale of which was undefined. The two also agreed on holding discussions on an OPEC-like organization for gas producers at th [...] | 2007-02-14 14:45:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL EPET UNSC RU IR QA |
07DOHA174 | C-TN6-01921: SASOL CHEVRON FIRST OF MANY IN QATAR [...] (U) Summary. Sasol Chevron's Qatar Country Manager and Public Relations Executive told Emboffs February 6 that the GTL industry is in the phase that liquefied natural gas was 15 years ago, and they expect GTLs will follow the same course. Sasol's Oryx plant will produce 34,000 barrels per day [...] | 2007-02-19 10:38:00 | Embassy Doha | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EPET QA EINV |
07DOHA201 | QATAR PETROLEUM'S CONFIRMATION OF SECURITY PROCEDURES [...] Saad al-Kaabi, director of oil and gas ventures at Qatar Petroleum (QP),submitted by e-mail the following document in response to reftel. The QP document confirms, line by line, all of the security procedures noted during the January 31 videoconference between QP and U.S. energy, transportatio [...] | 2007-02-22 13:12:00 | Embassy Doha | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG EPET ETRD ASEC QA |
07DOHA202 | RISING COSTS END EXXONMOBIL GTL PROJECT [...] (U) On February 21 Exxon Mobil and Qatar Petroleum (QP) terminated plans to build a gas-to-liquids (GTL) plant because of increasing costs to build the facility. The plant was supposed to be become the world's largest GTL plant, producing 154,000 barrels per day of base oils and synthetic fuel [...] | 2007-02-22 14:31:00 | Embassy Doha | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EPET QA |
07DOHA285 | INTERNATIONAL COMPANIES ON QATAR'S ENERGY SECURITY [...] (C) Summary. Security officials from ExxonMobil, ConocoPhillips, and KBR operations in Qatar told Emboffs of their current security measures and future plans. The companies do not have direct influence on the security of the plants they are invested in but some hope to change this in the futur [...] | 2007-03-15 14:24:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC ECON EPET QA |
07DOHA311 | POST ACTION PLAN FOR ENGAGING QATAR ON ENERGY [...] (C) Qatar's intention to become the world's liquefied natural gas (LNG) and gas-to-liquids (GTL) leader by 2012 necessitates a robust energy infrastructure security program that it currently lacks. While the Qataris have adequately prepared a production and shipping infrastructure for the boom [...] | 2007-03-25 13:35:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ASEC ECON PREL QA |
07DOHA321 | QATAR GAS SLOWLY MOVING FORWARD ON SECURITY [...] (C) Summary. QatarGas is in the midst of improving its security procedures with new equipment, better training, and more security personnel, the goal is to be ISO 28000 compliant in the next two years. While undergoing physical improvements, the QatarGas head of security is also trying to rais [...] | 2007-03-26 13:39:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EPET ASEC EWWT QA |
07DOHA359 | SECURITY OBSERVATIONS AT QATAR'S ENERGY PORTS [...] (C) Summary. Security at Qatar's most important ports, Ras Laffan and Mesaieed, currently meet the basic standards for infrastructure protection but many improvements could be made. Both ports are in the process of upgrading security with new equipment including x-ray units for passenger cars [...] | 2007-04-04 14:37:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ASEC PGOV QA |
07DOHA385 | GAS EXPORTING COUNTRIES FORUM: NO GAS CARTEL [...] (U) Summary. Ministers at the Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF),representing the world,s top gas producers, rejected the idea of forming an OPEC-style gas cartel. The decision came after member countries, which together hold more than 70 per cent of natural gas reserves, discussed a propos [...] | 2007-04-10 13:56:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PGOV RU IR QA |
07DOHA388 | LAUNCH OF RASGAS TRAIN 5 MAKES QATAR WORLD'S [...] Summary. Qatar recently launched RasGas Train 5, the world,s largest liquefied natural gas (LNG) production facility. The start-up of Train 5, which will produce 4.7 million tons of LNG per annum (mtpa),will increase Qatar's total LNG production capacity to approximately 30.7 mtpa, making it [...] | 2007-04-12 10:31:00 | Embassy Doha | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET ECON PGOV QA |
07DOHA575 | QATARI-U.S. GULF SECURITY DIALOGUE MAY 24 [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-31 14:32:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR KNNP EPET IR ASEC IZ SU LE QA |
07DOHA581 | QATARI-U.S. GULF SECURITY DIALOGUE MAY 24 [...] (C) Summary. State/DOD Gulf Security Dialogue delegation met with Qatari MFA, MOD, and MOI officials May 24 in Doha. The Qataris acknowledged the importance of maintaining ambiguity on whether there might be a military attack in response to Iranian plans to develop a nuclear weapon. Noting per [...] | 2007-06-03 08:25:00 | Embassy Doha | SECRET | PREL MARR KNNP EPET IR ASEC IZ SU LE QA |
07DOHA713 | DEMARCHE TO OIL EXPORTERS: QATAR "ON THE SAME PAGE" [...] (C) Minister of State for Energy and Industry Mohamed al-Sada agreed with Charge in a meeting July 9 that statements in support of high oil prices made it difficult for the U.S. Administration to oppose the No Oil Producing and Exporting Cartels Act (reftel). Al-Sada nevertheless made the poin [...] | 2007-07-09 14:28:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PREL QA |
07DUBLIN907 | SUSTAINABLE ENERGY: A NEW OPPORTUNITY FOR [...] (U) Summary: Ireland is moving quickly to increase its use of renewable energy and position its business sector to take advantage of the boom in green technology. Rising dependence on foreign sources of energy, EU environmental obligations, and growing energy costs that threaten to diminish Ir [...] | 2007-12-14 16:04:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET ECON EI |
07GEORGETOWN141 | GUYANA PREPARES FOR FIRST PETROCARIBE OIL DELIVERY [...] (U) Petrocaribe is making its formal debut in Guyana in May amid unrealistic expectations. Optimistic Guyanese government leaders are prepared to reap its promised benefits but unprepared for the logistics and ramifications of doing business under the untested program. GoG officials also exp [...] | 2007-02-07 20:16:00 | Embassy Georgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PREL ENRG PBTS XL VE GY |
07GRENADA157 | GRENADA WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT OCTOBER 28 - NOVEMBER 03, [...] (U) Embassy Grenada's weekly activity report (GWAR) provides a little detail about events of interest that do not merit longer reporting at this time. 2. (U) Begin GWAR Text: A. Cuba's Ambassador In Grenada Attacks Embargo Unchallenged The Cuban ambassador to Grenada, Margarita Delgado [...] | 2007-11-07 15:58:00 | Embassy Grenada | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EPET EINV PGOV GJ CU VE |
07GRENADA160 | GRENADA WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT FOR NOVEMBER 4-10 [...] (U) Embassy Grenada's weekly activity report (GWAR) provides a little detail about events of interest that do not merit longer reporting at this time. 2. (U) Begin GWAR Text: A. PM calls for speed from World Bank During a recent World Bank team's visit to Grenada, Prime Minister Mitchel [...] | 2007-11-15 16:30:00 | Embassy Grenada | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EFIN SOCI EPET ECON GJ |
07GUANGZHOU418 | Natural Gas in South China (Part 1 of 2): Delayed LNG Plans [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Recent progress in negotiations with Indonesia and other LNG suppliers suggest that the Chinese government has adjusted its expectations and renewed its interest in putting LNG projects back into the energy mix in South China. The government's unwillingness earlier to adjust nego [...] | 2007-04-02 10:33:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET ECON EMIN SENV CH |
07GUANGZHOU419 | Natural Gas in South China (Part 2 of 2): Chinese Taking [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Chinese government has renewed efforts to diversify the nation's energy mix and improve the environment by bringing anticipated large offshore gas reserves in the South China Sea (which had previously been ignored, vented or flared) to production. As offshore oil and gas fie [...] | 2007-04-03 03:11:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET EMIN ECON SENV KIPR CH |
07HALIFAX61 | NEWFOUNDLAND-LABRADOR PREMIER ANNOUNCES MULTI-BILLION DOLLAR [...] SUMMARY: Newfoundland-Labrador will see a much-welcome new offshore oil development project now that Premier Danny Williams has worked out a deal on the Hebron project. With an anticipated 400-700 million barrels of oil, Hebron promises to be a massive boost for the province, both for the loc [...] | 2007-08-24 11:49:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG EPET ETRD PGOV CA |
07HALIFAX9 | NEW BRUNSWICK USING U.S. REGULATORY PROCESS TO FIGHT MAINE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a meeting in Fredericton on March 2, a senior New Brunswick official told the Consul General (CG) that the province will continue to challenge the two Maine liquified natural gas (LNG) terminal projects using the legal avenues afforded by its intervener status within the Fede [...] | 2007-03-06 21:56:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG EWWT EPET CA |
07HANOI1062 | CPV GENERAL SECRETARY STOKES FRATERNAL TIES HALF A WORLD [...] (SBU) Vietnam's State-run press has characterized Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) General Secretary Nong Duc Manh's official visits to Venezuela and Cuba from May 30 to June 1 and June 1 to June 3, respectively, as "successes" that have enhanced Vietnam's "solidarity, friendship and traditiona [...] | 2007-06-06 10:18:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SOCI ETRD EPET ETTC VM CU VE |
07HANOI1119 | CONOCO PHILLIPS AND BP CONCERNS ABOUT PROJECTS IN [...] (C) Summary. In separate meetings, officials of Conoco Phillips (CP) and the UK Ambassador briefed the Ambassador on the latest developments regarding China's pressure to stop work on gas projects licensed by Vietnam in the South China Sea in the vicinity of the Spratly Islands. According to [...] | 2007-06-15 09:44:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG EPET PREL VM CH |
07HANOI1379 | CHEVRON VIETNAM EXECUTIVES DISCUSS ENERGY PROJECT [...] (SBU) Summary: Chevron Vietnam Ltd has been negotiating for several years with Vietnam's Ministry of Industry (MOI) and the state-owned energy firm, PetroVietnam, over the Malay-Tho Chu Basin Natural Gas Concession Project. Chevron seeks to extract and sell a portion of the gas into regional m [...] | 2007-08-03 17:35:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ECON ENRG TRGY EINV ETRD VM |
07HANOI1454 | ARRIVAL OF PETROVIETNAM LETTER ADVISING TRANSOCEAN TO CEASE [...] (SBU) On August 8, Dr. Tran Ngoc Canh, President and CEO of Petrovietnam, sent a letter to executives of the U.S. oil company, Transocean, advising Transocean to cease exploration drilling activities in block 2/4 in the South China Sea (reftel). Petrovietnam addressed the letter to Mr. J. Micha [...] | 2007-08-14 08:51:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ECON EINV EPET MARR PREL CN VM |
07HANOI1475 | GVN'S PETROL PRICE LIBERALIZATION - A SHORT-LIVED [...] (SBU) Summary: A May 1 Government of Vietnam (GVN) regulation on oil and petrol management allows enterprises greater autonomy in setting retail petrol prices. The GVN made it clear, however, that this autonomy only extended so far - with Hanoi reserving the right to step in if petrol price in [...] | 2007-08-17 17:29:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EPET ETRD ENRG VM |
07HANOI1570 | Vietnam Starts to Organize Oil Pollution Policy [...] (SBU) Summary. Government of Vietnam (GVN) environmental officials say that the GVN has begun to better coordinate its response to oil pollution that plagued the nation's coastlines in the first half of 2007. The Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment (MONRE) now chairs an inter-ag [...] | 2007-09-04 08:13:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ENRG EPET VM |
07HANOI1599 | SINO-VIETNAM TERRITORIAL DISPUTE ENTANGLES [...] (C) Summary. The Sino-Vietnam territorial dispute in the South China Sea has now entangled multiple multinational energy companies, including four American and eight other foreign firms. Chinese coercion has persuaded British Petroleum (BP),ConocoPhillips, and Chevron-Petronas/Carigali to p [...] | 2007-09-07 16:46:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG EPET PBTS PREL VM |
07HANOI1623 | FOREIGN MINISTRY SUMMONS AMBASSADOR TO DISCUSS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Vietnam's Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs, Vu Dzung, called in the Ambassador on September 10 to discuss the ongoing Sino-Vietnamese territorial dispute in the South China Sea. The Vice Foreign Minister urged the Ambassador to press Chevron to resume operations in Block 122; spe [...] | 2007-09-11 17:06:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG EPET PBTS PREL VM |