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| Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
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| 02TEGUCIGALPA2660 |
HONDURAN ECON HIGHLIGHTS: SEPTEMBER 2002 [...] The Ministry of Finance projects that the GDP will grow by 2.5 percent in 2002 (most likely overstated) and that the central government's fiscal deficit as a percent of GDP will be 5.9 percent. This is higher than the GOH's earlier estimate of 5.6 percent of GDP and far higher than its targe [...] |
2002-09-20 22:28:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV EAIR ELTN PGOV PREL KPRV KTDB KPWR HO ENGR |
| 03BRASILIA602 |
UTILITIES' CONCERNS OVER BRAZIL'S NEW ELECTRICITY [...] (SBU) Summary. On February 6, Embassy hosted a Roundtable on Electricity Regulation in Brazil with participation by 16 executives from 8 U.S. and European companies from both the generation and distribution sides. Companies' main concerns were short-term liquidity issues, continued low elect [...] |
2003-02-21 15:49:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN BR ENGR |
| 03HARARE489 |
Zimbabwe May Dollarize Energy [...] (U) Summary: Another pillar of the GOZ's mind- withering, and failed, interventionist economic policies may crumble. Parastatal Zesa is negotiating U.S. dollar energy tariffs with selected exporters. End summary. Differentiated Tariffs ---------------------- 2. (SBU) While recently tourin [...] |
2003-03-10 09:16:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ETRD ZI ENGR |
| 03HARARE79 |
Top Coal Exec Throws in Towel [...] (SBU) Summary: Dominant coal producer Wankie suffers from an acute lack of foreign exchange that could ultimately hamper Zimbabwe's energy output. Top-of-the- line Caterpillar haulers and Bucyrus-Erie Draglines sit idle due to the costliness of imported parts. Meanwhile, the GOZ insists tha [...] |
2003-01-13 14:18:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EMIN ZI ENGR |
| 03TEGUCIGALPA1912 |
HONDURAN ECON HIGHLIGHTS: AUGUST 2003 [...] The GOH is running out of time to attain their goal of 3.2 percent economic growth for 2003, over 2002's growth of 2.5 percent. Goals proved difficult after unexpected high levels of bank liquidity and stagnant international prices of agricultural goods like coffee and bananas hindered the e [...] |
2003-08-13 21:14:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV EAIR ELTN PGOV PREL KPRV KTDB KPWR HO ENGR |
| 04MANAMA1487 |
MINISTER OF ELECTRICITY AND WATER UPDATES ON [...] (U) The Minister of Electricity and Water Shaikh Abdulla bin Salman Al Khalifa discussed with the Ambassador on September 20 Bahrain's water supply and the investigation into the recent national electricity blackout. Shaikh Abdulla stated that Bahrain's aquifer is becoming increasingly salty. [...] |
2004-09-28 07:24:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV BA ENGR |
| 05ANKARA4141 |
TURKEY'S LIBERALIZATION WOES: SMOKE, BUT NO FIRE [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite a modest but tangible political will to privatize, and efforts by the Privatization Administration, Competition Authority, and other sectoral regulatory bodies, Turkey's program of sectoral reform, liberalization, and privatization remains delayed and troubled. Across [...] |
2005-07-18 04:50:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV EFIN ECPS PGOV TU ENGR |
| 05BAGHDAD2468 |
NATIONAL ENERGY COMMITTEE ASKS, "WHAT'S IMPEDING [...] (C) SUMMARY: The sixth meeting of the National Energy Committee (NEC) was held on June 6 at the Ministry of Oil, where a discussion on issues currently impeding the flow of oil throughout the country took place. The primary subject discussed was costs associated with providing protection to [...] |
2005-06-11 10:40:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ MARR MOPS ECON PREL ENGR |
| 05MANAMA240 |
AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH NEW FINANCE MINISTER [...] (C) Summary. The new Bahraini Finance Minister Sheikh Ahmed bin Mohammed Al Khalifa told the Ambassador February 9 that new anti-money laundering legislation is being prepared for presentation to parliament. He noted that he and Treasury Under Secretary Taylor had discussed the development [...] |
2005-02-22 15:18:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EPET BA ENGR |
| 05NAIROBI3188 |
Kenya's Energy Future [...] Summary: Kenya is facing a significant power shortage and is being forced to turn to more expensive sources of energy. Future production will come from increased electricity generation from geothermal sources and likely new coal-fired plants. A World Bank-promoted East African regional ele [...] |
2005-08-05 11:59:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAID EINV BTIO SENV KE ENGR |
| 05PARIS2764 |
FRAMATOME/PARTNER IN NUCLEAR POWER [...] Please direct this message to the Commerce Department Advocacy Center. 2. Summary: On April 18, Embassy Science Officers visited Framatome headquarters, a subsidiary of GOF majority-owned Areva, which provides nuclear power reactors, fuel, and support services not only in France, but ar [...] |
2005-04-22 16:09:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | EIND BEXP TRGY FR CH ENGR |
| 05WELLINGTON10 |
INDUSTRY MAY FOOT BILL FOR COST OF BOOSTING NEW [...] (SBU) Summary: Oil companies are facing the prospect of shouldering the costly burden of bringing New Zealand's oil stocks up to an international standard. With the country's reserves well below the 90-day supply recommended by the International Energy Agency (IEA), New Zealand's Cabinet has [...] |
2005-01-07 04:51:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON NZ ENGR |
| 05WELLINGTON248 |
NEW ZEALAND GOVERNMENT CHOOSES OIL-STOCKPILE OPTION [...] (SBU) The New Zealand government announced March 23 that it would hold a tender for additional oil storage in an effort to meet an international standard to maintain 90 days of reserves. The decision pleased oil companies, which had feared that the government would significantly raise their c [...] |
2005-03-24 03:45:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON NZ ENGR |
| 05WELLINGTON859 |
IN DECISIONS ON ENERGY, NEW ZEALAND IS AT A [...] (SBU) With the days of abundant and cheap electric power over, New Zealand faces critical decisions on how to ensure its energy supplies keep pace with future demand. The task is complicated by years of under-investment, regulatory uncertainties and uneven government policies. New Zealand's [...] |
2005-11-03 04:52:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PREL NZ ENGR ETRC |
| 06ANKARA3324 |
TURKEY AND IRAQ FINALLY MEET ON REGIONAL WATER [...] (sbu) Summary: Tigris-Euphrates river flows and irrigation issues were the main subjects at an historic May 24 meeting in Ankara between Turkish and Iraqi water experts. Topics included use of "closed system" irrigation in Turkey and restoration efforts for the marshlands in Iraq. The Turki [...] |
2006-06-07 12:56:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENGR SENV EAGR TU IZ |
| 06ANKARA3691 |
TURKEY TRANS-BOUNDARY WATER AND ILISU DAM [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkey's DSI (State Hydraulic Works) provided additional information on the May 24 bilateral meeting in Ankara with Iraq (ref), characterizing it as a productive exchange of information, but disappointing in not covering new ground. Turkey is set on building the Ilisu Dam on th [...] |
2006-06-22 14:05:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENGR SENV EAGR TU IZ |
| 06ANKARA4462 |
TURKEY DETERMINED TO BUILD CONTROVERSIAL ILISU DAM [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ilisu dam project on the Tigris River has been one of the most widely criticized hydropower dam projects of the Southeast Anatolia Project (GAP). Despite the continued controversy, Turkey remains doggedly committed to building the dam. The Turkish press announced recently t [...] |
2006-08-03 11:01:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENGR SENV EAGR TU IZ SY |
| 06ANKARA6464 |
CSIS-SANDIA IN TURKEY FOR GLOBAL WATER PROJECT [...] Summary: Collaborating on policy and technology aspects of their "Global Water Futures" project, CSIS (Center for Strategic Studies) and Sandia National Laboratories sent a joint delegation to Turkey as one of five countries of focus in the second phase of the project. The Delegation met with [...] |
2006-11-21 10:10:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | ENGR SENV EAGR TU |
| 06ASHGABAT804 |
THE JULY 24-25 STATE VISIT OF IRANIAN PRESIDENT [...] (C) Iranian President Ahmadinejad was clearly in control, with President Niyazov playing only a secondary role, during the Iranian President,s July 24-25 state visit to Turkmenistan. Notwithstanding the local state media's assertions that the visit centered on developing economic links -- th [...] |
2006-07-27 12:30:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON ENGR ETRD PARM IR TX UNSC |
| 06ASUNCION201 |
PARAGUAY: MINISTER OF PUBLIC WORKS ON ANR [...] (C) In the Ambassador's introductory call on Minister of Public Works Jose Alderete, who was also President Duarte's campaign manager for the just concluded ANR internal elections, Alderete said the President's decisive win (with a margin of 31 points) was better than expected and provides Du [...] |
2006-02-22 16:54:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM KCRM ENGR ECON PINR PA |
| 06BEIJING16814 |
CODEL STEVENS DISCUSSES ENERGY POLICY WITH NDRC [...] (SBU) CODEL Stevens, accompanied by the Ambassador, discussed energy policy with new National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) Vice Chairman Chen Deming. Chen emphasized that China intends to maintain 90 percent energy self-sufficiency by relying on domestic coal resources and develop [...] |
2006-08-15 09:57:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ENGR KNNP TRGY CH |
| 06BOGOTA4125 |
COLOMBIA/VENEZUELA PIPELINE; PIPE DREAM BECOMING A [...] (C) Summary: GOC officials confirmed that a long-planned gas pipeline from La Guajira, Colombia to Lake Maracaibo, Venezuela is set to begin construction in July 2006. The pipeline is estimated to cost USD 300 million and will be financed entirely by the Venezuela's national petroleum company [...] |
2006-05-10 13:55:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | ENGR EPET CO VE |
| 06BRATISLAVA720 |
SLOVAKIA REMAINS FOCUSED ON REGAINING TRANSPETROL [...] (S) Summary - The Ministry of Economy continues to pursue a deal to buy back the 49 percent stake in Transpetrol from Netherlands-based Yukos Finance and/or its subsidiary Yukos International. This task was complicated when a Dutch judge appointed Yukos Oil Receiver and Russian Eduard Rebgun a [...] |
2006-08-25 14:33:00 | Embassy Bratislava | SECRET | ENGR ECON EPET PREL PGOV LO RS |
| 06BRATISLAVA816 |
SLOVAKIA PURSUES TRANSPETROL THROUGH MURKY LEGAL [...] (C) Summary - Slovakia's efforts to repurchase the 49 percent stake in Transpetrol have been hampered by legal uncertainties surrounding ownership and the right to sell the shares. Economy Minister Jahnatek has repeatedly tried to meet with Eduard Rebgun, the Yukos Oil receiver who was nomina [...] |
2006-10-06 14:46:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | ENGR ECON EPET PREL PGOV LO RS |
| 06DUBLIN266 |
COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO DOE/NNSA/DPTRAV RALPH [...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance to Department of Energy, National Nuclear Security Administration's (NNSA) Office of Defense Programs personnel: Ralph Henry Castain to travel to Cork, Ireland, from April 1 to 8, 2006. Purpose of the visit is to present talks on resilient computing [...] |
2006-03-14 09:37:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | ENGR TRGY KSCA OTRA KNNP EI |
| 06DUSHANBE1931 |
DESPITE THE CHAMPAGNE, NOT MUCH TO CELEBRATE IN TAJIKISTAN'S [...] (U) INTRODUCTION: During an October 17 visit to Shahrinau -- Persian for "New City" -- PolOffs found nothing new in tours of a wineless winery, a school with no electricity and talks with local government officials. The district, located 25 kilometers east of Dushanbe and 25 km west of the Uz [...] |
2006-10-20 05:58:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV ECON EAID ENGR ETRD TI |
| 06JOHANNESBURG338 |
THE SOUTH AFRICAN COAL INDUSTRY: PART III -- PLANS AND [...] (U) Introduction: This is the third of a four-part cable dealing with coal and the important role it plays in the South African economy. Part 3 provides information on some of the new and expansion projects underway and planned clean-coal developments. It reviews some of the policies and leg [...] |
2006-09-08 16:01:00 | Consulate Johannesburg | UNCLASSIFIED | EMIN ENGR ECON SENV SF |
| 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 |
| 06MANAGUA2741 |
DISCUSSIONS ON NEXT STEPS WITH FSLN INTERMEDIARY [...] (C) Summary: During Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) Foreign Affairs Secretary Samuel Santos' recent meeting with DCM and polcouns, he confirmed his appointment as Foreign Minister and requested to meet with State Department officials in Washington before President-elect Daniel Or [...] |
2006-12-21 16:12:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL KDEM ECON ENGR MARR PTER NU |
| 06MONTREAL622 |
UPDATE ON HYDRO-QUEBEC'S ENERGY PLANS [...] (U) Summary: On May 23, Embassy Ottawa EMIN Brian Mohler and ConGen Montreal Econoff Anne Coleman met with Marie-Jose Nadeau (please protect), Hydro Quebec's Executive Vice-President for Corporate Affairs, at the utility's Montreal headquarters. Ms. Nadeau provided an overview of Hydro Que [...] |
2006-06-02 18:03:00 | Consulate Montreal | CONFIDENTIAL | ENGR CA |
| 06NAIROBI1087 |
KENYA TO SELL 30% OF PARASTATAL POWER GENERATOR [...] Summary: The Kenyan government announced on March 3 its intention to sell 30% of the Kenya Electricity Generating Company (KenGen), the country's dominant power generating firm, through an initial public offering on the Nairobi Stock Exchange (NSE). The majority of the offered shares will b [...] |
2006-03-09 07:44:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | ENGR ECON EINV BTIO SENV KE |
| 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 |
| 06OSLO101 |
A/S FRIED´S VISIT: NORWAY AN ENERGY SECURITY PLAYER [...] (C) Summary. A/S Fried met with Foreign Minister Jonas Stoere and continued our "High North Dialogue" with Deputy Foreign Minister Kjetil Skogrand during his January 26-27 visit to Oslo to participate in an E-PINE Political Directors meeting (reported septel). Stoere enthusiastically presented the [...] |
2006-01-31 15:11:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NO ENGR |
| 06OSLO352 |
NORWAY DESK OFFICER VISITS OSLO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On March 9 and 10, Norwegian desk officer Ray Dalland visited Oslo and held meetings with officials at the Norwegian Ministries of Defense and Foreign Affairs. Lack of significant progress in Norway's border delineation dispute with Russia in the High North, and the impact on [...] |
2006-03-22 11:39:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ENGR RU NO |
| 06THEHAGUE119 |
COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY [...] Country clearnce is granted for January 23 - February 4, 2006 travel to The Netherlands of David Glenn Kostorowski, Lawrence Desonier, Timothy Gregoire, Walter Humphrey, Patrick Kolbas, Robbie York, Richard Mackoy, Mark Melany, and James Schol, from the National Nuclear Security Administration [...] |
2006-01-19 08:12:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | ENGR OTRA NL |
| 06THEHAGUE1232 |
COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY [...] Country clearnce is granted for Justin R. Swift, Deputy Assistant Secretary for International Affairs, Department of Energy, to travel to the Netherlands from June 5-9, 2006 to attend and participate in the 23rd World Gas Conference sponsored by the International Gas Union. 2. Embassy und [...] |
2006-06-01 09:55:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | ENGR OTRA NL |
| 06THEHAGUE1427 |
COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY [...] Country clearnce is granted for Slawomir M. Tkaczyk to travel to The Netherlands from June 26-27, 2006 to visit the Rheinisch Westfaelisch Technische Hochscule Instite in Amsterdam where tracker end cap detector is being assembled. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. [...] |
2006-06-27 10:40:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | ENGR OTRA NL |
| 06THEHAGUE1437 |
COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY [...] Country clearnce is granted for DOE delegation consisting of Patrick Joseph Kolbas, Robert Lawrence Martinez, Richard MacKoy, and Gregory Clyde Stihel, National Nuclear Security Administration, Office of Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation, DOE, to travel to the Netherlands from July 6-14, 2006 t [...] |
2006-06-28 08:41:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | ENGR OTRA NL |
| 06THEHAGUE1451 |
COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY [...] Country clearnce is granted for DOE delegation consisting of Aldo A. Zagonel, Thomas F. Corbet, James Ellison, and Leonard A. Malczynski to travel to the Netherlands from July 19-31, 2006 to attend and present at the International System Dynamics Conference in Nijmegen. 2. Embassy underst [...] |
2006-06-29 06:58:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | ENGR OTRA NL |
| 06THEHAGUE1550 |
COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY [...] Country clearnce is granted for Michael Williams and John David Wharton, National Nuclear Securtiy Administration's Office of Defense Programs to travel to the Netherlands from July 18-23, 2006 to conduct a site visit at Volkel Air Base in the Netherlands with USAFE staff at each location. [...] |
2006-07-13 16:24:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | ENGR TRGY OTRA KNNP NL |
| 06THEHAGUE1621 |
COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY [...] Country clearnce is granted for Marianne M. Francois, National Nuclear Security Administration Office of Defense Programs, to travel to the Netherlands from August 12-17, 2006 to attend the Euromech Colloquium 479 on Numerical Simulation of Multiphase Flows with Deformable Interfaces in Schev [...] |
2006-07-26 08:45:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | ENGR OTRA NL |
| 06THEHAGUE1640 |
COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY [...] Country clearance is granted for Wojciech H. Zurek, from Los Alamos National Laboratory, to travel to the Netherlands from September 4-8, 2006 to attend the Coslab 2006 Conference in Leiden. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. POST ACCESS: 3. Visitors who need u [...] |
2006-07-28 08:25:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | ENGR OTRA NL |
| 06THEHAGUE1672 |
COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY [...] Country clearance is granted for Herbert van de Sompel, from Los Alamos National Laboratory to travel to the Netherlands from August 19-23, 2006 to attend "Digital Libraries a la Carte - New Choices for the Future" Conference in Amsterdam. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is nece [...] |
2006-08-01 12:52:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | ENGR OTRA NL |
| 06THEHAGUE1730 |
COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY [...] Country clearnce is granted for Bette T. Korber, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Department of Energy, to travel to the Netherlands from August 29 - September 1, 2006 to speak on and discuss human immunodeficiency virus diversity and vaccine design at the acquired immune deficiency syndrome v [...] |
2006-08-08 10:59:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | ENGR TRGY OTRA KNNP NL |
| 06THEHAGUE2036 |
COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY [...] Country clearnce is granted for Ron L. Cutright, George W. Pukanic, and Diane R. Madden to travel to the Netherlands from Octuber 10-18, 2006 to meet with representatives of Shell Global Solutions, Shell Global Solutions Internation, UHDE GMBH, ELCOGAS SA, and Unon Power, to tour operating g [...] |
2006-09-19 13:45:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | ENGR TRGY OTRA KNNP NL |
| 06THEHAGUE2037 |
COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY [...] Country clearnce is granted for Ron L. Cutright, George W. Pukanic, and Diane R. Madden to travel to the Netherlands from Octuber 10-18, 2006 to meet with representatives of Shell Global Solutions, Shell Global Solutions Internation, UHDE GMBH, ELCOGAS SA, and Unon Power, to tour operating g [...] |
2006-09-19 13:46:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | ENGR TRGY OTRA KNNP NL |
| 06THEHAGUE2040 |
COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY [...] Country clearance is granted for William E. Hart, from the National Nuclear Security Administration's Office of Defense Programs, to travel to the Netherlands from September 23-30, 2006 to participate in a working group in order to develop understanding of how water resource issues affect ins [...] |
2006-09-19 13:46:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | ENGR OTRA NL |
| 06THEHAGUE2042 |
COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY [...] Country clearance is granted for Rajat Sapra, from the National Nuclear Security Administration's Office of Defense Programs to travel to the Netherlands from September 30 - October 5, 2006 to attend the metabolic engineering VI: from recnda towards engineering biological systems. The confer [...] |
2006-09-19 13:46:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | ENGR OTRA NL |
| 06THEHAGUE2051 |
COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY [...] Country clearnce is granted for Karina Yusim to travel to the Netherlands from September 30 - October 9, 2006 to wqork on collaborative projects at the University of Utrecht, Theorectical Biology and Bioformatics Department. 2. Embassy understands that no further assistance is requested. [...] |
2006-09-20 11:15:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | ENGR TRGY OTRA KNNP NL |
| 06THEHAGUE2070 |
COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY [...] Country clearance is granted for Richard D. Ivey from the National Nuclear Security Administration's Office of Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation, DOE, to travel to the Netherlands from October 1-5, 2006 in support of U.S. mixed oxide Program. Traveler will perform a Quality Assurance audit of [...] |
2006-09-22 10:37:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | ENGR OTRA NL |
| 06THEHAGUE2072 |
COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY [...] Country clearance is granted for Brady Alan Pompei, James A. Rivera and Terry L. Bisbee to travel to the Netherlands from September 23 - October 1, 2006 to conduct an annual exercise and computer study to access the security of U.S. assets and interests on foreign soil on behalf of the North [...] |
2006-09-22 10:42:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | ENGR OTRA NL |
| 06THEHAGUE2133 |
COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY [...] Country clearance is granted for John P. Hoffman, Patricia Ann Garcia and Richard B. Stump from the National Nuclear Security Administration's Office of Defense Programs, DOE, to travel to the Netherlands from October 10-14, 2006 to represent the Department of Energy and the NNSA with attenda [...] |
2006-09-29 09:47:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | ENGR OTRA NL |
| 06THEHAGUE2250 |
COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY [...] Country clearance is granted for Alan K. Burnham, U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Fossil Energy, to travel to the Netherlands from October 31 - November 4, 2006, to present an invited talk entitled "In-Situ Processing of Oil Shale and Heavy Oil" at the first annual Shell International Sc [...] |
2006-10-17 09:25:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | ENGR OTRA NL |
| 06THEHAGUE2254 |
COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY [...] Country clearance is granted for Patrick B. Davis, Office of Hydrogen, Fuel Cells and Infrastructure Technoligies Program, Safety Codes and Standards, DOE to travel to Petten, the Netherlands from November 5-10, 2006 to coordinate future IEA activities, and as the DOE representative to the IEA [...] |
2006-10-18 11:10:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | ENGR OTRA NL |
| 06THEHAGUE2461 |
COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY [...] Country clearance is granted for Senior Engineer II, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Gunjit S. Bir, to travel to Delft, The Netherlands to make a presentation. 2. Embassy understands that no further assistance is requested. POST ACCESS: 3. Visitors who need unescorted access [...] |
2006-11-16 13:47:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | ENGR OTRA NL |
| 06THEHAGUE2567 |
COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY [...] Country clearance is granted for Paul S. Veers to travel to the Netherlands from December 10-14, 2006 to attend the application for smart structures for large wind turbine rotor blades workshop, in Delft. 2. Embassy understands that no further assistance is requested. POST ACCESS: [...] |
2006-12-07 13:16:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | ENGR OTRA NL |
| 06THEHAGUE2644 |
COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY [...] Country clearance is granted for DOE official Alexander Heger to travel to the Netherlands from January 20-27, 2007 to collaborate with Dr. Norbert Langer of the University of Utrecht Sterrenkundig on the field of evolution of massive stars and their nucleosynthesis. This collaboration is in [...] |
2006-12-20 14:05:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | ENGR OTRA NL |
| 06THEHAGUE405 |
COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY [...] Country clearnce is granted for February 22- March 4, 2006 travel to The Netherlands of Robert Neal Newhouse, David Glenn Kostorowski, and Tracy Proctor Mustin from the National Nuclear Security Administration's Office of Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation, Department of Energy, to meet in Rotte [...] |
2006-02-23 12:07:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | ENGR OTRA NL |
| 06THEHAGUE456 |
COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY [...] Country clearnce is granted for Joseph Patrick Kolbas from the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, National Nuclear Security Administration Office of Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation, Department of Energy, to travel to The Netherlands from March 4-10,2006 to observe the operational procedu [...] |
2006-03-02 11:42:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | ENGR OTRA NL |
| 06THEHAGUE458 |
COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY [...] Country clearnce is granted for James M. Ohi from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Department of Energy to travel to the Netherlands from April 3-6, 2006 to participate in the first formal meeting with other participaants of the Hyapproval Project to Harmonize Hydrogen Fueling Station [...] |
2006-03-02 11:48:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | ENGR OTRA NL |
| 06THEHAGUE459 |
COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY [...] Country clearnce is granted for James M. Ohi from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Department of Energy to travel to the Netherlands from April 3-6, 2006 to participate in the first formal meeting with other participaants of the Hyapproval Project to Harmonize Hydrogen Fueling Station [...] |
2006-03-02 11:56:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | ENGR OTRA NL |
| 06THEHAGUE54 |
COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY [...] Country clearnce is granted for January 14-20, 2006 travel to The Netherlands of Eric Von Alderson, Second Line of Defense Megaports Initiative Project Manager, to meet with Israeli officials and observe the operational procedures employed by Dutch Customs at the Port of Rotterdam. 2. Emb [...] |
2006-01-10 14:47:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | ENGR OTRA NL |
| 06THEHAGUE542 |
COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY [...] Country clearnce is granted for Alexander Heger, from the Los Alamos National Laboratory, DOE, to travel to the Netherlands from March 19-25, 2006 to support the Nuclear Astrophysics (nuclearosynthesis) part of the lab-directed research and development project "Coming out of the cosmic dark a [...] |
2006-03-14 10:13:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | ENGR OTRA NL |
| 06THEHAGUE668 |
COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY [...] Country clearnce is granted for Dana Powers, Sandia National Laboratories, Ironton, Missouri, to travel to the Netherlands from April 22-29, 2006 to attend meetings and discuss vapor phase mass transport issues. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. POST ACCESS: 3. [...] |
2006-03-28 11:10:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | ENGR OTRA NL |
| 06THEHAGUE71 |
COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY [...] Country clearnce is granted for January 21-26, 2006 travel to The Netherlands of Kamlesh Patel to attend the International Symposium on Microscale Bioseparations Conference. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. POST ACCESS: 3. Visitors who need unescorted access [...] |
2006-01-12 08:37:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | ENGR OTRA NL |
| 06THEHAGUE787 |
COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY [...] Country clearnce is granted for Roland J. Otto, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Head of Center for Science and Engineering Education, to travel to the Netherlands from May 18-21, 2006 to give an invited talk on "Science and Technology Education for the 21st Century" at the Stichting Ha [...] |
2006-04-11 11:10:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | ENGR OTRA NL |
| 06THEHAGUE866 |
COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY [...] Country clearnce is granted for Michael J. Mosley, Nuclear Assurance Corporation International Engineer to travel to the Netherlands from May 18-21, 2006 to supervise the loading of spent fuel into LWR casks for transport to the U.S. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. [...] |
2006-04-19 11:21:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | ENGR OTRA NL |
| 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 |
| 06VIENNA664 |
AMBASSADOR RAISES RUE/RAIFFEISEN WITH FINANCE [...] (S) During a February 28 meeting with Finance Minister Karl-Heinz Grasser, Ambassador McCaw raised continuing USG concerns over the non-transparent RUE gas deal and the key involvement of an Austrian bank, Raiffeisen Investment Holding AG (RIAG), in the RosUkrEnergo (RUE) joint venture. The A [...] |
2006-03-03 17:11:00 | Embassy Vienna | SECRET | PREL EFIN AU ENGR |
| 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 |
| 06YEREVAN110 |
WITH GAS USAGE ACCELERATING, GOAM PREPARING FOR WORST [...] (C) ArmRosGazprom (ARG) has drawn roughly half of Armenia's useful reserves -- much quicker than initially expected -- since the January 22 cut off of natural gas supplies from Russia (reftel). Consumption accelerated after the GOAM temporarily reopened a 200-megawatt hydroelectric unit in Hraz [...] |
2006-01-26 04:36:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL RS GG IR AM ENGR AZ |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 07ANKARA1176 |
TURKEY LOOKS SERIOUSLY AT KYOTO PROTOCOL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Turkey is a signatory to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), but has never signed the Kyoto Protocol. Turkish officials are looking seriously at the Kyoto Protocol, both because adopting it is a requirement of the daunting environment chapter of the EU "acqu [...] |
2007-05-16 14:37:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENGR SENV EAGR TU |
| 07ANKARA639 |
TURKEY'S WATER WORRIES - WAITING FOR APRIL SHOWERS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: With only 1642 cubic meters/year per capita usable water, Turkey is far from a water-rich country and acutely subject to increased dryness due to global warming. Now a particularly dry winter has left many of Turkey's reservoirs at low levels. Although Ankara authorities have [...] |
2007-03-21 08:48:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | ENGR SENV EAGR TU |
| 07ATHENS1892 |
Athens "Challenge of Climate" Conference - Oct 14-16 [...] Summary. Details of the upcoming "The Challenge of Change" climate change conference are solidifying in wake of the recent national elections in Greece. As the list of confirmed speakers fills with prominent members of Government andthe Energy community, the conference has grown to include a [...] |
2007-09-20 04:58:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV KGHG SOCI ENGR EAID GR |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 07BERLIN121 |
GERMAN REACTION TO EUROPEAN COMMISSION'S ENERGY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On January 10, the European Commission unveiled its proposals for the EU's first common energy strategy, to be released in March. The German government's reaction was mixed. The Ministry of Economics criticized plans for "unbundling," i.e., the separation of energy generatio [...] |
2007-01-22 11:47:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENGR SENV PGOV PREL GM |
| 07BRASILIA1813 |
BRAZIL: UNDER SECRETARY JEFFERY'S MEETINGS WITH GoB [...] (SBU) Summary: Under Secretary Reuben Jeffery and delegation met with Acting Minister of Mines and Energy, Nelson Hubner; Vice President Jose Alencar; and senior Ministry of Finance officials during his August 20 visit to Brasilia. Hubner said he saw an immediate need to showcase a biofuels p [...] |
2007-09-24 13:17:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENGR ETRD ECIN EAIR ECPS TSPA SENV BR |
| 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 |
| 07BUCHAREST240 |
ROMANIA IN ADVANCE OF THE MARCH 5-6 GAERC [...] No summary [...] |
2007-03-02 15:26:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ENGR EUN KPAL RO |
| 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 |
| 07DUSHANBE381 |
TAJIKISTAN: LIGHTS OUT AND EVERYONE HOME-AND COLD [...] (U) SUMMARY: Even as Tajikistan seeks to become a regional energy exporter, most of Dushanbe has had only four to six hours of power each day for the last month. Many parts of rural Tajikistan have remained without any electricity throughout the winter, but the fact that the capital is exper [...] |
2007-03-20 12:17:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON ENGR EAID TI AF |
| 07GEORGETOWN211 |
MAKE HASTE SLOWLY - CARICOM INTER-SESSIONAL [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Rudy Insanally told the Ambassdor that the Heads of Government participating in the 18th CARICOM Inter-Sessional in St. Vincent on February 12-14 were determined to "make haste slowly" on a range of issues including governance, trade, economic development and re [...] |
2007-02-22 16:36:00 | Embassy Georgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECIN EAID EAGR ENGR EAIR SMIG CARICOM XL |
| 07HELSINKI690 |
FINNISH MINISTER WIRED ABOUT WIREC 2008 [...] (U) Minister of Trade and Industry Mauri Pekkarinen is very interested in participating in the 2008 Washington International Renewable Energy Conference (WIREC 2008) next March. According to Henri Backman, Senior Advisor in the Ministry of Trade and Industry, Pekkarinen would like to see a sa [...] |
2007-09-07 13:25:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV SOCI ENGR EAID EPET TRGY KPAO FI |
| 07HONGKONG1661 |
CLIMATE CHANGE DEMARCHE: ENGAGING HONG KONG AND [...] (SBU) Summary: AmConGen Hong Kong has actively engaged the governments and the general public of the Hong Kong and Macau Special Administrative Regions on U.S. climate change, renewable energy and other environmental programs. Post developed and actively promoted the Pollution Prevention and [...] |
2007-06-21 06:19:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ENGR SOCI EAID EPET TRGY KPAO CH HK MC |
| 07IRANRPODUBAI24 |
IRAN OIL OFFICIAL SHOPS AROUND FOR FOREIGN INVESTMENT [...] No summary [...] |
2007-04-19 10:48:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | SECRET | EINV EPET ENGR PREL IR |
| 07IRANRPODUBAI43 |
TIMING OF IRAN'S GASOLINE RATIONING TAKES ALL BY SURPRISE [...] No summary [...] |
2007-06-28 04:39:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENGR EPET PGOV IR |
| 07KABUL1206 |
Afghanistan Energy: Letter From Ministers of Finance and [...] (U) On April 4, Embassy received para 4 letter from Minister of Finance Dr. Anwar Ul-Haq Ahady and Minister of Economy Dr. Mohammad Jalil Shams regarding energy sector commitments the GOA is prepared to make. The Ahady/Shams letter is in response to the Ambassador's March 29 letter offering US [...] |
2007-04-11 11:50:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENGR EAID ECON ETRD KPWR PGOV AF |
| 07KABUL3908 |
Central Asia-to-South Asia Regional Energy Market [...] Summary. The four countries working to create an electricity transmission corridor between Central and South Asia took a major step forward in their Third Ministerial Conference in Kabul, November 14-16, 2007. Representatives agreed on the scope and preliminary technical definition of the p [...] |
2007-11-26 01:21:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | ENGR ECON EPET ETRD KPWR EAID PGOV AF |
| 07KABUL3993 |
Progress On Afghan Electricity from Uzbekistan? [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Discussion with Afghans and donors on the North East Power System (NEPS) connection to Uzbekistan, yielded signs of increased Uzbek commitment to provide 150 MW of electricity to Afghanistan by the end of 2008 (including completing 43 KM of transmission lines to the Afghan border [...] |
2007-12-04 13:02:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENGR ECON EPET ETRD KPWR EAID PGOV AF |
| 07KOLKATA215 |
URANIUM MINES IN INDIAN STATE OF JHARKHAND LACK PROPER [...] (SBU) Summary: As India seeks to develop its nuclear power industry, the GOI is expanding its uranium mines in India's eastern state of Jharkhand. The Jadugoda mines, located in East Singhbum district, are presently the sole fuel source for India's ten pressurized heavy water reactors (PHWR [...] |
2007-07-19 13:48:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENGR EMIN ELAB SENV TRGY ASEC IN |
| 07KUALALUMPUR1064 |
TRANS-PENINSULA PIPELINE: JUST A PIPEDREAM? [...] (U) Summary: According to recent press reports, the Malaysian Government has approved plans for a US$ 7 billion oil pipeline across northern peninsular Malaysia near the Thai border, with a large storage facility in the middle and a refinery at each end. The pipeline is portrayed as a shorte [...] |
2007-06-21 07:21:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENGR EPET SENV ECON IR MY SA PGOV |
| 07KUWAIT1314 |
KUWAIT COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DOE A/S KEVIN [...] (SBU) Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for DOE A/S Kevin Kolevar, and DOE employees Sarah K. Magruder and Patrick A. Willging to travel to Kuwait September 6-9 to meet with Kuwaiti Energy Officials. 2. (U) This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; [...] |
2007-08-31 13:25:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | SA KU KCIP OTRA PTER ASEC ENGR PREL |
| 07MANILA3619 |
MEGAPORTS DETECTS RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL IN MANILA [...] No summary [...] |
2007-11-08 05:50:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP ASEC ENGR RP |
| 07MEXICO5632 |
SUBJ: SUGAR WORKER EARN FAR LESS THAN THEIR UNION [...] SUMMARY: Mexican sugar is one of the most expensive to produce in the world; costing on average almost 2 1/2 times more to produce than its most efficient competitors. A number of reasons exist for this cost difference but one of the most frequently cited causes is Mexico,s largest sugar wo [...] |
2007-10-29 17:45:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EAGR ECON ENGR PGOV PINR MX |
| 07NAIROBI2144 |
KENYA: STILL IN THE HUNT FOR OIL AND GAS [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite coming up dry in a $100 million test well drilled earlier this year, Kenya's national oil company is pursuing additional exploration for oil and gas in the country. China's national offshore oil company is currently a big player, but has to decide soon whether to move f [...] |
2007-05-21 09:17:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENGR EPET EINV KE |
| 07NAIROBI4048 |
KENYA RACES TO AVERT ENERGY SHORTAGE IN THE FACE OF SURGING [...] (SBU) Strong economic growth, expanding trade, and rural electrification are driving demand for electricity and petroleum products in Kenya and the region beyond projected supplies, thus threatening an energy crisis that could slow economic growth. Kenya has plans to expand refinery and pipeli [...] |
2007-10-11 11:57:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENGR EPET ECON EINV BTIO SENV KE |
| 07NAIROBI4279 |
RESOURCE NATIONALISM - KENYA [...] (SBU) Summary: "Resource nationalism" is not an issue in Kenya, a country whose only commercially viable natural resources at the moment are its landscapes and abundant wildlife. End summary. 2. In response to ref A queries: -- Q: Report and describe examples of actions or policies that [...] |
2007-11-01 10:28:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENGR EPET EINV KE |
| 07PARAMARIBO491 |
SURINAME: WIREC 2008 DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] |
2007-09-14 20:09:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV SOCI ENGR EPET TRG KPAO NS |
| 07PORTOFSPAIN1203 |
TRINIDAD GASBAG - ENERGY SECTOR NEWS (#3-07) [...] bpTT, Energy Minister comment on Gazprom rumor 2. Gas audit: proven reserves down to 12 years 3. T&T Energy Conference charts policy directions 4. Chile joins the LNG queue 5. Uganda seeks T&T help to manage oil/gas reserves 6. Experimental methanol power plant commissioned 7. BG explor [...] |
2007-12-19 19:29:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | ENGR EPET EIND TD |
| 07PORTOFSPAIN556 |
TRINIDAD GASBAG - ENERGY SECTOR NEWS (#1-07) [...] LNG production down 25% 2. GE opens LNG service center 3. "T&T Gas to Barbados by 2009" 4. BG/Chevron sign gas supply deal with NGC 5. BG confirms small gas find 6. Petrotrin profits down 7. Petrotrin offshore platforms shut down 8. TOFCO labor woes ----------------------- LNG PRO [...] |
2007-06-06 18:07:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | ENGR EPET EIND EINV TD |
| 07PORTOFSPAIN826 |
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS - JULY PART 2 [...] T&T economy scores with IMF 2. Inflation continues to decline 3. Tobago inflation also down 4. Chinese labor for yet another construction project 5. Marginal increase in electricity rates 6. T&T should prepare for Africa, Middle East trade  [...] |
2007-08-17 11:24:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ELAB ENGR ETRD TD |
| 07PORTOFSPAIN891 |
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS - AUGUST PART 1 [...] Offers of more food suppliers for T&T 2. Weak US dollar ... businessman worried! 3. T&T/Barbados fishing talks begin 4. Tobago's Development - US$500 million to be spent 5. Global warming fears prompt desalination projects 6. Call for local content policy 7. T&T chambers seek tra [...] |
2007-09-07 19:49:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ELAB ENGR ETRD TD |
| 07TASHKENT1509 |
ENERGY AND AGRICULTURE EXPOS FAIL TO ATTRACT [...] (SBU) Summary: In April, the Agrominitech and Oil and Gas Expositions opened Uzbekistan's expo season, but attracted less foreign interest and attention than in 2006. On the whole, foreign companies continue to avoid investing in Uzbekistan. Even Russian companies are adversely affected by t [...] |
2007-08-17 09:29:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EIND ETRD EINV ENGR PREL UZ |
| 07WARSAW2381 |
POLAND'S REACTOR FUEL RETURN PROGRAM: REACHING [...] (C) Summary: Poland's stalled reactor fuel return program may finally be getting underway, thanks to an executive order establishing a new inter-ministry coordinating group. However, the Poles estimate transferring their reactor fuel waste to Russia could take until 2016 or 2017, beyond the [...] |
2007-12-17 13:25:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP KTIA TRGY ENGR PARM PL |
| 08ABUDHABI815 |
BP ENERGY PRESENTATION IN ABU DHABI [...] Summary: on July 10, 2008, Mark Finley, Head of Energy Analysis for BP P.L.C. in London, delivered a presentation on BP's annual statistical review of world energy. In attendance were representatives from ADNOC, Taqa, the British Embassy, Canadian Embassy, and the media. BP expressed the view t [...] |
2008-07-16 09:28:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | ENGR ECON AE |
| 08ABUDHABI950 |
UAE MARKET FLUCTUATIONS NOT AS DIRE AS EARLY PRESS REPORTS [...] (SBU) Summary: UAE markets have shown some signs of volatility over the past few weeks, contributing factors including fears of a real estate slowdown and media reports citing the likelihood of the Central Bank tightening its lending policies to hedge against inflation and speculative behavior [...] |
2008-08-21 13:03:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENGR ECON EFIN AE |
| 08ANKARA1477 |
ALL GAIN, NO PAIN: TURKEY'S KYOTO PROTOCOL [...] (C) MFA Department head for Environment Nursel Berberoglu said August 13 Turkey is ready to ratify the Kyoto Protocol. By delaying until now, Turkey believes it can ratify without incurring any binding obligation to reduce emissions (despite being an Annex 1 country), and still participate full [...] |
2008-08-15 14:06:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ENGR SENV EAGR TU |
| 08ASHGABAT1341 |
TURKMENISTAN: LOCAL CONSTRUCTION COMPANY COMPLAINS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The director of the only private Turkmen construction company has complained about nonpayment for its renovation of office space, allegedly at the behest of a U.S. energy firm. The energy firm, Midland Oil and Gas, is actually a UK entity with U.S.-based management. The work, p [...] |
2008-10-09 12:14:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON EINV ENGR EPET TX |
| 08BAGHDAD2860 |
IRAQI NSC AUGUST 31 DISCUSSES COUNTERING [...] (S/REL MCFI) Summary: Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki chaired the August 31 meeting of the Iraqi National Security Council (I-NSC) that followed up on the previous week's (reftel) discussion of preventing assassinations, detainee releases, and operations in Diyala. The Council also spent consi [...] |
2008-09-05 15:32:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | MOPS MASS MARR ENGR ECON IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD2936 |
CG DISCUSSES PESHMERGA-GOI CONFLICT, FORCE [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: In their regular weekly meeting on 4 September 2008, Commanding General MNF-I GEN David Petraeus and Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki (joined by CDA) discussed disposition of Kurdish forces (Peshmerga) near the city of Khanaqin and the Green Line, Iraqi military force struct [...] |
2008-09-11 11:45:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PREL MOPS MARR PTER ENGR EPET IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD2962 |
AMB, CG AND PM DISCUSS ELECTIONS, GOI/KRG [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: In the regular weekly meeting held on September 11 with Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, Ambassador and Commanding General MNF-I General David Petraeus discussed the elections law, relations between the KRG and GOI, foreign business investment in Iraq, crude oil processing [...] |
2008-09-14 13:07:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PREL MOPS MARR PTER ENGR EPET IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD3031 |
AMB, CG AND PM DISCUSS SOFA, SOI, AMBASSADOR'S [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: In the regular weekly meeting held on 18 September 2008, Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, Ambassador and Commanding General (CG) MNF-I General Raymond Odierno discussed the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA), Sons of Iraq (SOI), the Ambassador's trip to KRG and relations bet [...] |
2008-09-21 13:18:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PREL MOPS MARR PTER ENGR EPET IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD343 |
CHARGE AND CG MEET PM TO DISCUSS MOSUL SECURITY, [...] (C) MNF-I Commanding General (CG) David Petraeus and CDA Patricia Butenis met Thursday, January 31, 2008 with Prime Minister Maliki. In a cordial and relaxed hour-long meeting, they discussed security operations in Mosul, Turkish cut-off of electricity deliveries, implications for current GOI [...] |
2008-02-06 10:23:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | MOPS MARR PGOV PREL PTER EINV ENGR KU TU IZ |
| 08BELMOPAN336 |
WINDFALL PROFITS TAX ON BELIZE'S OIL INDUSTRY [...] (SBU) Summary: After months of difficult negotiations, on July 16, the GOB introduced a new windfall profits tax (aka petroleum surcharge) on the country's current and future domestic oil producers. Belize Natural Energy Ltd. (BNE) received a special arrangement on current production, accoun [...] |
2008-07-23 21:50:00 | Embassy Belmopan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ENGR EPET PREL EINV |
| 08BRASILIA1226 |
WHAT TO DO ABOUT BOLIVIA? BRAZIL'S PRESIDENCY, [...] No summary [...] |
2008-09-12 23:40:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON ENGR EPET EINV BR BL |
| 08BRASILIA1590 |
THE BRAZIL-RUSSIA PARTNERSHIP: COFFEE AND SYMPATHY [...] (C) SUMMARY. The late November visit to Brazil by Russian President Medvedev provided an opportunity for both countries to express their interest in enhanced economic ties, science and defense cooperation, energy and development of the BRIC grouping as a more regular international forum. Br [...] |
2008-12-12 15:52:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS ETRD EAGR ENGR BR RS |
| 08BUDAPEST891 |
DAS MERKEL SCENESETTER FOR BUDAPEST [...] (SBU) Welcome to Budapest. Your visit comes as the Hungarian Government slowly re-engages following the long summer "cucumber season" and offers an excellent opportunity for discussion of Georgia, energy security and the way forward on relations with Russia. While Hungary remains a committed [...] |
2008-09-08 16:20:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ENGR HU |
| 08CARACAS206 |
FM MADURO BLAMES USG FOR OIL DISPUTE, TERRORISM [...] (C) Summary. Foreign Minister Nicolas Maduro insisted to local media February 13 that the USG is behind ExxonMobil's dispute with the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (BRV). He also reiterated long-standing BRV accusations that the USG is working with the opposition and local media to destabi [...] |
2008-02-19 21:32:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ENGR SNAR VE |
| 08CARACAS213 |
AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH PODEMOS LEADERS - FEB 19 [...] (C) Summary. Podemos leaders told the Ambassador February 19 that their break with President Chavez is permanent. They now believe Chavez has abandoned principle in favor of perpetuating himself in power. They hope to make political gains by focusing on pressing national issues and capitali [...] |
2008-02-20 19:36:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PTER ENGR CO VE |
| 08CARACAS670 |
PORTUGAL PM SOCRATES WINS PLEDGE OF 30,000 BPD [...] (C) Summary: Portuguese Prime Minister Jose Socrates won pledges of 30,000 barrels of oil per day from Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez while on a May 13-15 state visit to the Bolivarian Republic. Portugal will pay for the oil, estimated by Chavez as having an annual value of USD 1 billion, [...] |
2008-05-15 21:01:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ENGR EINV ECON PO VE |
| 08IRANRPODUBAI11 |
THE POLITICS OF IRANIAN NATURAL GAS [...] No summary [...] |
2008-03-12 13:05:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | SECRET//NOFORN | ECON ENGR EPET PREL IR |
| 08IRANRPODUBAI21 |
CASPIAN SEA RESOURCES REMAIN AN ITEM OF CONTENTION BETWEEN [...] No summary [...] |
2008-04-24 08:43:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | SECRET | ECON EFIS EMIN ENGR EPET IR |
| 08KOLKATA167 |
TRIBES NEAR INDIA'S URANIUM MINES SUFFER FROM CONGENITAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Jadugoda, located in the mineral-rich Singhbum district of Jharkhand in Eastern India, supplies much of India's uranium needs. Mining uranium there, however, comes at a significant human and environmental cost according to a recent study by the non-government organization (NGO) [...] |
2008-06-06 09:04:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENGR EMIN PGOV PHUM ELAB SENV TRGY ASEC IN |
| 08PORTOFSPAIN574 |
TRINIDAD GASBAG - ENERGY SECTOR NEWS (#2-08) [...] Plants Hurt by Falling Commodity Prices 2. Energy revenue projections down, spending cut 3. Budget cuts spare projects, CARICOM fund 4. New Refinery still on track 5. Alutrint Smelter Underway ... Trinis Train in China 6. TT LNG for Canadian Plant 7. GOTT Looking Down the LNG Value Chai [...] |
2008-12-18 10:57:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | ENGR EPET EIND TD |
| 08PRAGUE339 |
COMMERCE SECRETARY GUTIERREZ VISIT TO PRAGUE [...] (SBU) Summary: Commerce Secretary Gutierrez visited Prague on June 3. His program included meetings with PM Topolanek, FM Schwarzenberg, Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry Hovorka, and a group of NGOs and other activists on Cuban issues. In addition to Cuba, discussion focused on missile [...] |
2008-06-06 15:46:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP PGOV PREL MARR ENGR NATO PHUM CU EZ XG |
| 08STOCKHOLM416 |
SWEDEN: TREASURY DEPUTY'S CLEAN TECHNOLOGY FUND DISCUSSIONS [...] (SBU) On May 28, Deputy Treasury Secretary Robert Kimmitt raised the Clean Technology Fund (CTF) with Gunilla Carlsson, Swedish Minister for International Development Cooperation; also in attendance were Per Jansson, State Secretary in the Ministry of Finance, and Anders Turesson, Sweden's Ch [...] |
2008-06-09 08:37:00 | Embassy Stockholm | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON ENGR ENRG SENV EAID TBIO TRGY SW |
| 08TASHKENT146 |
UZBEKISTAN TAKES ANOTHER SWIPE AT TAJIKISTAN OVER [...] (C) Summary: The recent publication in Uzbekistan's state-run press of an article critical of Tajikistan's hydroelectric power projects, and flagged by President Karimov in his January 24 meeting with CENTCOM Commander Admiral Fallon, is the latest move in Uzbekistan's longstanding efforts to [...] |
2008-02-04 08:58:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | ENGR EAID PREL TI UZ |
| 08TASHKENT453 |
UZBEKISTAN: ECONOMY MINISTER SEEKS U.S. [...] (C) Summary: On March 28, in a long and sometimes contentious meeting, Minister of Foreign Economic Relations Elyor Ganiev laid out his case for Uzbekistan's strong economic performance and promising investment prospects. He told A/DAS Pamela Spratlen that Uzbekistan is currently experiencing [...] |
2008-04-16 14:07:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL ECIN EINV ENGR EAGR PGOV UZ |
| 08TELAVIV1208 |
Israel Passes Incentives for Household Solar [...] (U) Israel's Public Utilities Authority under the Ministry for National Infrastructure approved a plan June 2 to buy electricity from independent power producers (i.e. private individuals or businesses) who install photovoltaic panel power systems on their roofs. Both corporate and individual [...] |
2008-06-06 08:54:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENGR EINV IS |
| 08TELAVIV1230 |
DOE A/S Karsner Explores Renewable Energy Research in [...] (SBU) Summary. U.S. Department of Energy Assistant Secretary Alexander Karsner visited Israel May 19-24 to explore alternative and renewable energy research and production. He and his team met with academic and private sector researchers, as well as companies already selling renewable energy [...] |
2008-06-11 13:09:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENGR EFIN EINV EAGR IS |
| 08UNVIEVIENNA647 |
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON NUCLEAR ENERGY IN IRAN [...] (C) Per an IAEA readout, the recent two-day nuclear power conference displayed negligible international involvement in Iran's nuclear sector (apart from Russia) and cannot have failed to reflect to the Iranian government the limitations on its relations with the Agency. IAEA official Christer [...] |
2008-12-09 16:27:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | ENGR KNNP IAEA RS IR |
| 08VIENTIANE184 |
APPLICATION FOR 2008 DENVER RESOURCE ECONOMICS COURSE [...] Per reftel, the following is Joshua Archibald's application for the 2008 Denver Resource Economics Course, PE-142, scheduled for July 7-11. Current Assignment: Economic/Commercial/ESTH/AID/UXO/ODC officer in Vientiane Laos until summer 2009. Phone: (856)-21-26-7156 (office) Mobile: (85 [...] |
2008-03-24 03:21:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED | AFSI APER ENGR EMIN ECON LA |
| 08WARSAW150 |
POLAND: RRRFR DIP NOTE RECEIVED [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified, and not for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Post received the following diplomatic note from the Polish Government. 3. (SBU) (Begin text) DPB 10-9-08 (Complimentary opening) in order to facilitate the provision of technical assis [...] |
2008-02-04 14:30:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP KTIA TRGY ENGR PARM PL |
| 08WARSAW223 |
POLAND SIGNS REACTOR FUEL RETURN CONTRACT [...] (C) Summary. Wlodzimierz Tomczak, chief of Poland's Radioactive Waste Management Plant (RWMP), signed a preliminary contract with Battelle Energy Alliance, a U.S. Department of Energy contractor, on February 8, putting into motion Poland's long-stalled participation in the Russian Reactor R [...] |
2008-02-19 13:49:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP KTIA PARM PL RS TRGY ENGR |
| 09ABUJA1076 |
NIGERIA: BI-WEEKLY POL/ECON UPDATES FOR JUNE 1-14, 2009 [...] (U) The Following is a joint Embassy Abuja, ConGen Lagos compilation of June 1-14, 2009 political/economic highlights, which did not feature in our other reporting, covering: --Economic News --Health --Political News --Delta Incidents --Oil and Gas ECONOMIC NEWS ------------- 2. (U [...] |
2009-06-16 13:38:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON SENV KGHG ENGR EAID ELAB EPET EFIN NI |
| 09ABUJA1438 |
NIGERIA: POL/ECON GRAB BAG [...] (U) The Following is an Embassy Abuja-ConGen Lagos compilation of July 23 through August 7, 2009 political/economic highlights not previously reported. ECONOMIC -------- 2. (SBU) GOVERNMENT OF NIGERIA MOVES TO CHECK E-WASTE DUMPING: On July 20, addressing an international conference on [...] |
2009-08-06 08:46:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON SENV KGHG ENGR EAID ELAB EPET EFIN NI |
| 09BAKU359 |
SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY ASSISTANCE SECRETARY OF [...] (SBU) Your visit comes as Baku is abuzz with analysis, sometimes speculative and alarming, of Turkey and Armenia,s recent announcement of a "roadmap" to reconcile differences over interpretation of events of 1915 and the eventual reopening of borders, and implications of the deal on Nagorno-K [...] |
2009-05-01 09:50:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON ENGR AJ |
| 09BRASILIA273 |
SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS: AMBASSADOR MORALES [...] (C) SUMMARY. On March 6, USG Summit of the Americas (SOA) Coordinator Ambassador Hector Morales met with a team from the Brazilian Ministry for External Relations (MRE) led by Secretary General for Political Affairs Ambassador Vera Machado and including Brazilian Summit Coordinator Carlos D [...] |
2009-03-10 13:53:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ENGR PREL ETRD EFIN EAGR |
| 09BUDAPEST113 |
HUNGARY: NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION TREATY (NPT) [...] (U) This is an action request, see paragraph 5. 2. (U) Post provides the following responses provided by the MFA's Security and Non-proliferation Department, keyed to questions outlined in ref A, paragraph 8. 3. A. (C) What are the host government's objectives for the NPT in general, and [...] |
2009-02-09 11:17:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PARM NPT MNUC ENGR HU |
| 09BUDAPEST855 |
DAS QUANRUD'S VISIT TO BUDAPEST [...] (SBU) Summary. During a November 24-25 visit to Budapest, EUR DAS Pamela Quanrud met with the Prime Minister, other senior Hungarian government officials, the opposition party's senior foreign policy expert, and media representatives to discuss USG priority issues. The Prime Minister indicate [...] |
2009-12-01 10:58:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL NATO ENGR AF HU |
| 09CARACAS339 |
VENEZUELA: LABOR UNREST ACROSS ECONOMIC SECTORS [...] (C) Summary. Labor unrest is growing in Venezuela, particularly since the January 21 expiration of the collective bargaining agreement for oil workers. Oil workers, whose benefits have lost ground to other unions, are openly expressing their dissent. The Government of the Bolivarian Republi [...] |
2009-03-18 21:12:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV ELAB ENGR PGOV VE |
| 09CHENGDU62 |
SOUTHWEST CHINA: DONGFANG ELECTRIC RECOVERS FROM EARTHQUAKE [...] (SBU) Summary: Dongfang Electric Corporation, a company based in Sichuan province that produces and sells billions of dollars in power generation equipment worldwide, told us its production of electric power generating turbines is increasing. Despite the economic impact of the May 2008 earthqu [...] |
2009-04-13 02:57:00 | Consulate Chengdu | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD ENGR TRGY ETTC PGOV CH |
| 09HONGKONG1944 |
CLIMATE CHANGE: CHINA WANTS GREATER HONG KONG [...] SUMMARY: At the Hong Kong-hosted Second Annual International Climate Change Conference, October 7-9, participating Guangdong and central government representatives repeatedly called on Hong Kong to speed up technology transfer to China by becoming a model low carbon city and a leader in gree [...] |
2009-10-20 05:40:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV ENGR KGHG SOCI HK CH |
| 09HONGKONG2225 |
COPENHAGEN CONFERENCE: HONG KONG WANTS GREATER [...] (U) SUMMARY: Hong Kong NGOs, business executives, academics, and civic organizations, although hopeful that the UN Copenhagen Conference will produce meaningful international commitments to enable a smooth transition to a low-carbon future, are frustrated that the Hong Kong Government is unwil [...] |
2009-12-07 10:48:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ENGR KGHG SOCI HK CH |
| 09KARACHI61 |
SINDH - WILL THAR COAL FINALLY MATERIALIZE? [...] (C) In a series of meetings in February, Embassy and Consulate EconOffs have heard Thar coal development described in both hopeful and skeptical terms. Sindh officials claim confidently that Pakistan is "three years away" from mining operations in Thar, adding that China and South Korea both [...] |
2009-02-25 09:27:00 | Consulate Karachi | CONFIDENTIAL | ENGR EINV EFIN ECON PREL PK |
| 09KIGALI158 |
READING THE TEA LEAVES - RWANDA'S ECONOMIC [...] No summary [...] |
2009-03-10 15:36:00 | Embassy Kigali | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD ENGR EINV PGOV RW |
| 09KIGALI514 |
RWANDA ECONOMIC REVIEW [...] (U) This issue of the Rwanda Economic Review covers: Investment: - Sorwathe Tea Factory Innovation - Starbucks Macroeconomic Issues: - Central Bank Addresses Rwandan liquidity shortfall - Fitch Ratings optimistic about Rwanda,s creditworthiness - Remittances to Rwand [...] |
2009-08-21 06:47:00 | Embassy Kigali | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV EFIN ENGR RW |
| 09KUWAIT894 |
DELAYED MEGA PROJECT NOW UNDER CONSTRUCTION: [...] (SBU) Summary and Key Points. On September 3, Econoff met with Engineer Adel Abdullah Al-Torke, Chief of Mega Projects Sector, Ministry of Public Works (MoPW)to discuss the status of the Bubiyan port project. Key points discussed: - Status of the Bubiyan port project: project delayed by on [...] |
2009-09-08 12:15:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV ENGR EWWT ELTN ECON KU |
| 09KUWAIT960 |
KUWAIT NATIONAL SECURITY BUREAU HAPPY WITH REVISED [...] (C) DCM and Econcouns met with Kuwait National Security Bureau Vice President Sheikh Thamer Ali Sabah Al-Salem Al Sabah and his team on October 5, to discuss a USG revised draft Critical Energy Infrastructure Protection MOU (ref a). DCM emphasized the joint interest in cooperation ) and in loo [...] |
2009-10-06 13:29:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | ENGR EPET PTER KCIP ECON KU |
| 09KYIV2124 |
YANUKOVYCH ACOLYTES PREACH ECONOMIC ORTHODOXY [...] (C) Summary. Viktor Yanukovych's top economic advisors are counseling liberal market reforms, despite the Party of Regions' pre-election populist appeals. Shadow Minister of Finance Mykola Azarov and shadow Minister of Economy Iryna Akimova separately told embassy officers that Yanukovych as [...] |
2009-12-10 14:08:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV ENGR PREL EFIN UP |
| 09KYIV2165 |
UKRAINE: TYMOSHENKO RUNS ON POPULIST ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) Summary. Although the presumed heir of the Orange Revolution's reform banner, Prime Minister Tymoshenko has not made a liberal economic platform a part of her current campaign for Ukraine's presidency. Instead, her platform promises a strong role for the state, both in the social secto [...] |
2009-12-17 15:31:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV ENGR PREL EFIN UP |
| 09MANILA1721 |
Philippine Renewable Energy Law a Regional Model [...] (SBU) Summary: Positioning to be a world leader in renewable energy, the Philippine has passed a new renewable energy law that improves the policy environment with fiscal and non-fiscal incentives to facilitate and expand investments in the sector. A recent USG visitor suggested the Philippi [...] |
2009-08-13 09:18:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENGR ECIN RP CN XE XD |
| 09MEXICO2195 |
INTERNATIONAL SOLIDARITY WITH MEXICO'S NATIONAL [...] SUMMARY: On July 8, an international delegation of legislators and union officials arrived in Mexico for a five-day visit to review the circumstances surrounding the long running dispute between Mexico's National Miners Union (SNTMMSRM), the Mexican mining industry and the GOM. The delegatio [...] |
2009-07-24 23:11:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB ECON PGOV ENGR PINR PHUM MX |
| 09MONROVIA662 |
LIBERIA: PRESIDENT DISMISSES OIL COMPANY HEAD AMID [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf dismissed the head of the state-owned Liberia Petroleum Refining Corporation (LPRC) on September 5, following a Ministry of Justice probe into the alleged acceptance of bribes in exchange for a USD 24.8 million concession. Sirleaf's sacking of a lo [...] |
2009-09-11 13:02:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ENGR LI |
| 09MONROVIA698 |
LIBERIA's OIL PROSPECTS INCREASE FOLLOWING DISCOVERY IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: An oil discovery September 16 at a deepwater exploration site in Sierra Leone along the Liberian border increases the prospects of unearthing oil along Liberia's geologically similar coast. The highly-publicized find coincides with the National Oil Company of Liberia's (NOCAL [...] |
2009-09-30 07:50:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENGR LI |
| 09MOSCOW2248 |
Progress on the Russian International Uranium Enrichment [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy representatives visited the Angarsk Electrolysis Chemical Complex (AECC) uranium enrichment facility on July 15, 2009 and received a briefing in Moscow on August 3, 2009 on the status of the International Uranium Enrichment Center (IUEC). The briefing was provided by re [...] |
2009-08-31 11:04:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP ENGR IAEA TSPL SENV KZ NO AM UP SW RS |
| 09MOSCOW2603 |
Ambassador and NASA Administrator Attend Launch and Docking [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: From September 28 through October 3, NASA Administrator Charles Bolden traveled to Russia and Kazakhstan for the first time as the NASA Administrator to participate in the launch and docking activities for the Soyuz 20S (TMA-16) flight to the International Space Station (ISS). [...] |
2009-10-19 04:07:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TSPA KNNP ENGR TSPL SENV PREL KZ RS |
| 09MOSCOW2838 |
MEETING OF DOE/ROSATOM CIVIL NUCLEAR ENERGY EXPERTS IN [...] (SBU) On November 17 and 18, 2009, U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) representatives met with technical experts from the Russian State Corporation for Atomic Energy (Rosatom) to discuss next steps in meeting the timelines for preparing a "60 Day Study" to identify specific areas for civil nuclear [...] |
2009-11-20 15:00:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENGR EU KNNP IAEA RU KU NO AE SW |
| 09PARIS294 |
SCENESETTER FOR FRENCH MINISTER OF STATE BORLOO'S VISIT TO [...] (SBU): Minister of State Jean-Louis Borloo arrives in Washington March 4 to engage the USG on climate change and energy policy. As the head of France's "super ministry" combining environment, transportation and energy under the rubric of sustainable development, Borloo is the third ranking off [...] |
2009-02-27 17:40:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ENGR TRGY KGHG PREL FR |
| 09PORTOFSPAIN117 |
TRINIDAD ENERGY SECTOR NEWS (#1-09) [...] India-T&T joint venture signs PSC for NCMA2 2. More PSCs and bid rounds coming in 2009? 3. Upstream companies look to cut costs 4. Petrotrin 2008 loss, credit rating downgraded 5. BG/Chevron have 4 TCF of uncommitted natural gas 6. Plastics project still on stream? 7. Aluminum: Venezue [...] |
2009-03-13 23:30:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | ENGR EPET EIND TD |
| 09PORTOFSPAIN302 |
TRINIDAD GASBAG - ENERGY SECTOR NEWS (#3-09) [...] GOTT signs two Production Sharing Contracts 2. Fewer energy investment dollars for TT 3. BG to purchase stake in TT gas field 4. TT to develop renewable energy framework 5. TT to revisit gas supplies to Jamaica 6. Partial Scope Agreement with U.S. on energy  [...] |
2009-07-21 19:35:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | ENGR EPET EIND TD |
| 09PORTOFSPAIN360 |
DROP IN T&T PROVEN GAS RESERVES [...] (U) Summary: Ryder Scott's annual audit of Trinidad and Tobago's gas reserves released on September 2 showed a decline in the country's proven gas reserves from 16.99 trillion cubic feet (tcf) in December 2007 to 15.37 tcf in December 2008. The audit found, however, an increase in the nation's [...] |
2009-09-04 10:47:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | ENGR EPET EIND TD |
| 09RIYADH1407 |
SAUDI FINANCE MINISTER CALLS FOR SPECIFIC STEPS TO [...] (C) Summary: Saudi Finance Minister Ibrahim Al-Assaf believes the Saudi economy is generally on track to meet its 2009 targets. Saudi Arabia will maintain its domestic investment program as part of international efforts to ensure that stimulus packages continue until the world economy recove [...] |
2009-10-24 12:28:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON ENGR ETRD PREL SA |
| 09ROME1409 |
ITALY-RUSSIA SUMMIT HIGHLIGHTS EVER STRONGER [...] (SBU) MFA officials view the December 3 summit between PM Berlusconi, Russian President Medvedev and numerous cabinet minsters a showcase for the bright future of Italian-Russian relations. Historically strong economic, political and cultural ties between Italy and Russia were reinforced by [...] |
2009-12-23 16:02:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENGR PGOV OSCE NATO AF RS IT EUN |
| 09SANAA1064 |
YEMEN: NATURAL GAS EXPORT LAUNCH PLAGUED BY [...] (C) SUMMARY. Shipments of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Yemen to South Korea and the U.S. originally intended to begin in December 2008 have been delayed until at least August 2009, resulting in costly penalties for the export company, Yemen LNG (YLNG), and more than USD 100 million in los [...] |
2009-06-08 11:49:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EPET ENGR EWWT FR KS YM |
| 09SANAA402 |
EMBASSY SANAA 2009 SCIENCE FELLOW PROPOSAL [...] Embassy Sanaa proposes the following spring/summer position for a Science Fellow. 2. Topic: Geological Survey Capacity-Building in Yemen. -- Relevant host country organizations: Geological Survey and Mineral Resource Board, Ministry of Oil and Minerals, Ministry of Water and Irrigation, a [...] |
2009-03-04 14:10:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV TSPL TBIO EAGR ENGR ECON AMGT APER EPA |
| 09SANJOSE586 |
GREASE TO GAS: COSTA RICAN FAST FOOD FRANCHISOR DISTILLS [...] SUMMARY: A Costa Rican fast food franchisor firm, The Aizenman Group, has successfully converted the majority of its delivery fleet from diesel to 100 percent biodiesel fuel. The company internally transforms refuse cooking oil into biodiesel. The project started small, but demonstrated the [...] |
2009-07-10 16:40:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED | ENGR ECON SENV CS |
| 09SEOUL1653 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED FOR IRAN SANCTIONS ACT: [...] (C) On October 20, the DCM delivered reftel demarche to Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Lee Yong-joon. The DCM told Deputy Minister Lee the reported USD 1.4 billion energy deal signed by Iran with the South Korean firm GS Engineering and Construction (GS E & C) raised concerns under the Ir [...] |
2009-10-20 08:04:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | ENGR EPET ETTC IR PREL KS |
| 09STATE37293 |
EEB A A/S NELSON DISCUSSES BIOFUELS AND ENERGY [...] (C) Summary: Brazilian U/S for Energy Andre Amado met with EEB A A/S David Nelson on March 4 to discuss ongoing cooperation on biofuels and cooperation on energy more broadly. Brazil and the U.S. remain enthusiastic about our cooperation on biofuels, particularly in assisting developing cou [...] |
2009-04-15 20:07:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SENV SG SN ENGR DR ES GB GM GT HO |
| 09TRIPOLI186 |
BASIC PEOPLE'S CONGRESSES DEBATE WEALTH DISTRIBUTION AND [...] No summary [...] |
2009-02-25 11:53:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV ECON ENGR LY |
| 09UNVIEVIENNA59 |
IAEA/U.S. SAFEGUARDS: IMPLEMENTATION OF U.S. [...] (SBU) IAEA Safeguards Department Operations B Director Herman Nackaerts and Section Head Chris Charlier are anxious to schedule discussions with the USG in advance of the U.S. submitting our Additional Protocol (AP) declaration, due on the 4th of July, 2009. The Safeguards Department had req [...] |
2009-02-11 08:57:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED | ENGR IAEA KNNP CVIS TRGY |
| 10UNVIEVIENNA48 |
IAEA/IRAN: IAEA SAFETY PEER REVIEW MISSION TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The IAEA continues its nuclear safety-related activities with Iran in anticipation of the start-up of the Bushehr nuclear power reactor. The Iranian Nuclear Regulatory Authority (INRA) requested a safety peer review mission from the IAEA in mid 2008 (ref A). INRA prepared a s [...] |
2010-02-11 08:19:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC KNNP IAEA IR ENGR |