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Gazprom Discusses Gas Sales, Ventures, Cooperation With India

March 16, 2006 13:59 EST -- OAO Gazprom, Russia's largest company by market value, will activate cooperation with India, Asia's fourth largest economy, in oil and gas, the company said.


 

Russian Stocks Rise, Led by Gazprom, Lukoil; Sberbank Slides

March 17, 2006 03:04 EST -- Russian stocks gained, led by OAO Gazprom, the world's biggest natural-gas producer, and OAO Lukoil, the country's largest oil company.  

Monday, March 20, 2006. Issue 3374. Page 5.


Gazprom Eyes Move Into Belgian Market

The Associated Press
BRUSSELS -- Energy giant Gazprom has spoken to the Belgian government about moving into the country's gas market as it opens up to competition, Belgium's energy minister said Friday.

Energy Minister Marc Verwilghen said that Gazprom was attracted by the country's gas transport links through Belgium's Zeebrugge port, which would allow it to export to other countries.

Eight or nine European energy firms have expressed interest in the Belgian gas and electricity markets, he said.

Belgium has to open its energy markets by July 2007 and is likely to face EU criticism in the coming months for not doing enough to meet that deadline because the country's energy sector is still controlled by a few major players.

The planned merger between two of those players, Suez and Gaz de France, worsens the situation.

Belgium Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt warned last week that the companies should sell off part of their business to avoid controlling Belgium's electricity market and becoming the country's major gas supplier.

The Suez-Gaz de France tie-up would create a major new European player in energy, water and waste services with a market capitalization of $86 billion. The deal is likely to face tough scrutiny from EU antitrust regulators.  

Monday, March 20, 2006. Issue 3374. Page 6.
 

Business in Brief


Total's Offer for Shtokman


Total offered Gazprom a stake in the Snohvit gas field and in a liquefied natural gas receiving terminal in the United States for 20 percent of the Shtokman gas project, Kommersant reported.

Total offered more than 10 percent of the Statoil-led Snohvit project in the Barents Sea and its entire stake in the Sabine Pass, Louisiana, natural gas terminal, the newspaper said. It cited a source close to the talks, whom it didn't identify.

A senior vice president, Menno Grouvel, confirmed the company offered Gazprom the terminal stake and said a stake in a North Sea gas field was also proposed, Kommersant said. (Bloomberg)  

Russia, China Sign Business Cooperation Agreements
Created: 21.03.2006 13:35 MSK (GMT +3), Updated: 13:35 MSK, 1 hour 10 minutes ago


MosNews


Documents on Russian-Chinese business cooperation were signed as part of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s state visit to China, which began on Tuesday, March 21. A total of 15 documents were signed.

President of state-owned Rosneft Oil Company Sergei Bogdanchikov and president of China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) Chen Geng signed an agreement to regulate the establishment of joint ventures in both countries to broaden bilateral cooperation in the oil sector, Interfax-China reported. Putin and his Chinese counterpart Hu Jintao attended the signing ceremony.

Among other projects, the document envisions Rosneft-CNPC joint ventures to refine crude oil and sell oil products, a Chinese source told the agency.

Chen and Simon Vainshtok, president of Russia’s oil pipeline monopoly Transneft, signed a protocol confirming the two companies’ agreement to carry out a feasibility study for a Chinese branch of the East Siberia-Pacific Ocean oil pipeline.

The CNPC head and Russian gas giant Gazprom CEO Alexei Miller signed a memorandum on the delivery of Russian natural gas to China, paving the way for negotiations on commercial issues related to such shipments.

Among other documents, Anatoly Chubais, CEO of Russia’s power grid monopoly UES and State Grid Corporation of China Director General Liu Zhenya signed an agreement on a feasibility study for sales of Russian electricity to China.

Russia’s Space Communications company acting General Director Yuri Izmailov and China Network (Group) Company Ltd. Vice President Zhao Jidong signed a memorandum on mutual understanding as part of plans to arrange international satellites broadcasts of the 2008 Olympic Games in China.

Russian Railways President Vladimir Yakunin and Chinese Railways Minister Liu Zhijun signed a contract on the mutual use of large-tonnage containers in export-import operations.

Chechen President Alu Alkhanov, head of the state-owned Vnesheconombank (Foreign Economy Bank) Vladimir Dmitriyev and State Development Bank of China manager Chen Yuan signed an agreement on investment cooperation.

St. Petersburg Governor Valentina Matviyenko, China Eximbank President Li Ruo Gu and Shanghai United Foreign Investment Company Cai Laixing signed an agreement on strategic cooperation as part of the Baltic Pearl project, a $1-billion neighborhood in St. Petersburg which is supposed to be built by Chinese companies.

In addition to this, the Russian President Vladimir Putin said that cooperation in nuclear power generation will continue between Russia and China. Apart from energy supplies, “our cooperation [in the energy sector] also involves the delivery of related equipment and nuclear projects, including our contribution to the creation of new nuclear power generation capacities in China,” he said.  

Gazprom Expansion Abroad


Gazprom plans to expand in the United States, Europe and China by buying local companies, Interfax reported, citing company documents.

Gazprom wants to buy companies and form joint ventures to supply "end users" of gas in Western Europe, its biggest market, Interfax said, citing material to be presented by Alexander Medvedev, the head of Gazprom's export arm, at this week's board meeting. (Bloomberg)  

Enel-Gazprom Talks


ROME -- Italy's Enel said that its chief executive and the head of gas giant Gazprom agreed in talks in Milan on Friday that both sides would keep exploring possible ways to work together on gas and energy development plans.

"During the meeting, the prospects of collaboration on a series of development initiatives in the sector of gas and electrical energy were discussed, both in Italy as well as in Russia and in third countries," Enel said. (AP)  

Gazprom, Eni Reach Accord


Gazprom said it reached a "preliminary accord" with Italy's Eni that would lead to cooperative ventures.

"Further development of long-term partnership relations between Gazprom and Eni has significant prospects in the frame of implementing projects," the gas monopoly said Friday in an e-mailed statement.

Earlier Friday, Eni CEO Paolo Scaroni met Gazprom counterpart Alexei Miller in Milan.

The companies agreed to another meeting next month. (Bloomberg)  

$1Bln Sibneft Debt Payment


Gazprom next week will pay another $1 billion of the money it borrowed from a group of foreign banks to buy Sibneft last year, Interfax reported, citing chief financial officer Andrei Kruglov.

The payment, scheduled for Monday, will reduce Gazprom's debt to the group to $3.1 billion, from the $13 billion it borrowed to buy Sibneft, the news agency said. Gazprom owed the banks $5.1 billion at the beginning of the year, Kruglov said. (Bloomberg)  

30/03/2006
14:08 Gazprom ready to attract third foreign partner.

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The attraction of the third partner within the SEG (North European gas pipeline) project apart from BASF and E.ON is under the Gazprom

consideration now, A.Miller, Gazprom chief executive informed.
At the same time he underlined that the number of participants is enough to realize the project. BASF and E.ON will have equal shares
whether one more participant is attracted or not.



"AK&M", 30.03.2006  

30/03/2006
13:51 Gazexport will sign a contract on gas shipment through SEG.

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Gazexport is going to sign a contract on the gas shipment through North-European gas pipeline in the nearest time, A.Medvedev,
director general of the company informed.
27.5bn cubc metres are to be delivered. One of the buyers is E.O.N.


"AK&M", 30.03.2006  

BERLIN (dpa-AFX) - Die Wirtschaft hat die Reformanstrengungen Russlands gelobt und vor ungerechtfertigter Kritik an der Energiepolitik des wichtigsten deutschen Gaslieferanten gewarnt. Die durch die Lieferkrise mit der Ukraine ausgelöste Debatte über die Vertragstreue Moskaus habe die "russische Befindlichkeit getroffen", sagte der Vorsitzende des Ost-Ausschusses der deutschen Wirtschaft, Klaus Mangold, am Mittwochabend in Berlin. Die Reformen bei Steuern, Zöllen, im Finanzmarkt und beim Eigentumsrecht würden nicht ausreichend gewürdigt. Der Warenaustausch mit Russland werde 2006 die Marke von 40 Milliarden Euro überspringen. Die deutschen Maschinenbauer könnten in den nächsten Jahren weiterhin zweistellige Zuwachsraten erzielen.

Der Chef des Versorgers E.ON Ruhrgas, Burckhard Bergmann, befürchtet nicht, dass Deutschland bei den Energie-Importen "in eine einseitige Abhängigkeit" von Russland gerate. Die russische Seite werde nicht leichtfertig die guten Geschäftsbeziehungen aufs Spiel setzen. Bergmann forderte den halbstaatlichen Energiekonzern Gasprom aber auf, mehr in die Transportinfrastruktur zu investieren. Dies sei in der Vergangenheit vernachlässigt worden. In den Verhandlungen mit Gasprom über die Beteiligung von E.ON Ruhrgas an einem großen Gasvorkommen in Westsibirien seien Fortschritte erzielt worden. Die Russen wollen als Tauschgeschäft in anderen Ländern Anteile des deutschen Konzerns erhalten. Ob Ruhrgas das Gasgeschäft in Ungarn abgeben werde, wollte Bergmann nicht kommentieren.

In der Diskussion um die umstrittene Kredit-Bürgschaftszusage des Bundes für Gasprom bezeichneten die Vertreter der Wirtschaft den Wechsel von Altbundeskanzler Gerhard Schröder (SPD) auf den Aufsichtsratschefposten der Ostsee-Pipeline-Betreibergesellschaft als normalen Vorgang. "Mir ist ein ehemaliger deutscher Bundeskanzler lieber als ein Schweizer Anwalt oder jemand aus Timbuktu oder Liechtenstein", sagte Mangold. Unglücklich sei aber der von Schröder gewählte Zeitpunkt kurz nach dem Ende von Rot-Grün gewesen. Deutsche-Bank-Vorstandsmitglied Tessen von Heydebreck betonte, das Geldinstitut habe bei dem geplanten Gasprom-Kredit weder bei Schröder noch bei einem anderen Mitglied der alten Bundesregierung um Intervention gebeten.

Die Deutsche Bank hatte gemeinsam mit der staatlichen KfW Gasprom einen Milliardenkredit für einen Zubringer der Ostsee-Pipeline angeboten, für den der Bund bürgen wollte. Schröder betont, er sei an der damaligen Entscheidung nicht beteiligt gewesen. Einen Zusammenhang mit seinem Pipeline-Job gebe es nicht. Zwischenzeitlich hat Gasprom Abstand von dem Kredit genommen. Allerdings hätten die Deutsche Bank und die KfW offiziell noch keine Absage von dem Konzern erhalten, sagte von Heydebreck. Die "erfreulichen Geschäftsbeziehungen" mit Gasprom würden fortgesetzt./tb/sk


(07:06 06.04.2006)  

April 6 2006 14:00
ON WORKING MEETING BETWEEN ALEXEY MILLER AND BERNARDO IVO CRUZ
Gazprom's Headquarters has hosted a working meeting between Alexander Medvedev, Deputy Chairman of Gazprom's Management Committee and Bernardo Ivo Cruz, Under Secretary of State Assistant to the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Portugal.  

Head of Media-MOST Vladimir Gusinsky who is under house arrest in Spain at present will not allow Gazprom to replace the management of the NTV television. The media tycoon is going to prevent Gazprom from any attempts to replace the NTV management at the next regular meeting of shareholders with the help of his stake in the company. According to Gusinsky, the management of NTV decided to hold a meeting of shareholders on March 12 in Gibraltar. This step is the last turn in the struggle for control over NTV, which Gusinsky calls a struggle for the freedom of speech. Last month Gazprom stated that it acquired control over a blocking share of NTV when a Moscow court froze 19 per cent of shares, which secures Gazprom’s control over 46 per cent of shares of NTV. That is why Gazprom summoned an emergency meeting of shareholders to replace the management and Gusinsky. Though according to Gusinsky, 19 per cent of shares in Media Most Capital&Management, a company registered in Gibraltar, were frozen by a decision of a court in Gibraltar according to Gusinsky’s demand, and as a result, he (Gusinsky) has the right to vote with these shares. If these shares are taken into account the media tycoon and his partners have 49 per cent of shares in NTV. Another 4.6 per cent of the blocking parcel belong to the American Capital Research Fund. Gusinsky has also appealed against the Moscow court that had seized the stocks and he hoped to win the case.
While Gusinsky is trying to save his empire, Rem Vyachirev expresses his disillusion at Gusinsky’s having abused his confidence, Gazprom’s investments failed to achieve the expected result, and Media-MOST has become bankrupt. He mentioned that Gazprom decided to make every effort to gain immediate control over Media-MOST’s subsidiaries. Vyachirev suggested that the shareholders in Media-MOST and its subsidiaries should unite their efforts to improve the management of the holding. Those who are dissatisfied with the current state of the company and unwilling to take part in the restoration of business may sell them.
The head of Gazprom is sure that “the current management of the company is not concerned about the financial prosperity of the company, receiving profits and reaching agreements with creditors. It is neither interested in meeting shareholders’ interest and continues using the company for its own political purposes.  

* Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said isolating Belarus would be a mistake and called for dialogue to ease concerns over the former Soviet country

* Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov signed a decree to increase customs duties on exports of petroleum products outside the member countries of the CIS Customs Union

* A senior official in Washington rejected claims that non-governmental organizations in Russia worked for the United States

* Russia's Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin said foreign investment in Russia's economy was expected to double by 2008 to reach $25 billion

* Sergei Storchak, a deputy finance minister, said Russia would repay $12 billion of debt to the Paris Club of Creditor Nations ahead of schedule in August

* Russia's nuclear power agency, and a nuclear materials exporter, plan to submit proposals on the establishment of an international uranium enrichment center in Russia to the government in June

* The Russian Prosecutor General's office has charged Vasily Aleksanyan, executive vice president of embattled oil company Yukos, following his arrest early in the day

* Energy giant Gazprom said it would supply natural gas to Armenia at $110 per 1,000 cu m until 2009 under an agreement signed with the country's authorities

* Alexei Ulyukayev, Russian Central Bank first deputy chairman, said inflation in April would be 0.6-0.7%

* The press service for the Nenets Autonomous Area in Russia's far north said state-owned oil pipeline monopoly Transneft had completed prospecting work for a new pipeline to link oil-rich parts of Siberia to northwestern Russia

* Pro-presidential bloc Our Ukraine said it had signed a protocol on forming a parliamentary coalition with the bloc of former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko and the Socialist party

* Viktor Yanukovych, the leader of Ukraine's pro-Russian Party of Regions and former prime minister warned against the formation of an "orange" coalition in the country's new parliament, saying that it could result in a catastrophe  

Gazprom says Russia needs to build gas refineries in the east



IRKUTSK, March 7 (RIA Novosti) - Russia should build a series of gas refineries in its east to produce and sell highly profitable natural gas derivatives including helium, a senior Gazprom official said Friday.

"We should not simply develop gas deposits and sell gas to domestic and foreign consumers," said Gazprom deputy board chairman Alexander Ananenkov, adding that development of large deposits of natural gas with high helium concentration located in eastern Siberia and Yakutia just to raise production of fuel gas was unacceptable.

Ananenkov said development of methane deposits should include production of other valuable gas components, including helium, ethanol and heavier hydrocarbon derivatives, to make more effective use of oil-dissolved gas contained in largest deposits in eastern Russia.

The Kovyktinsky field in the Irkutsk Region and the Chayandinsk field in Yakutia contain 80% of Russia's helium reserves, but full-scale development could start only from 2015, Ananenkov said. Demand for helium is expected to rise in the near future as the nuclear power and defense industries expand.

Ananenkov said 25% of Russia's gas reserves, or more than 59 trillion cubic meters, is concentrated in the eastern part of the country, where four large gas production centers could be formed in the future: in the Irkutsk Region, the Krasnoyarsk Region, on Sakhalin and in Yakutia. All four centers will be connected by a unified gas transportation system, as part of the national gas transportation network.  

hat Gazprom heute etwa gesplittet?  

1:2,5  

was bedeutet das jetzt genau?
ich bin aufgrund von sl mit verlust rausgeflogen.  

wenn du 100 Aktíen im Depo hast, bekommst du 150 stk dazu "Gesamt Aktien 250 Stk" Verlust gleich NULL.

Das heisst im Depo hättest du gleich 250 stk gehabt beim kurs von 33,20 EUR  

Chance und Verwirrung der Unwissenden nutzen, Gazprom jetzt kaufen!

Gute news, steigende Rohstoffpreise und so ein Split hat auch immer eine psychologische Wirkung. Also... worauf wartet ihr?

 

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Never argue with an idiot -- they drag you down to their level, then beat you with experience...

 

Gazprom said its Russian shares and American Depositary Receipts were now fully fungible, making the company's stock accessible to more investors. The shares rose.

Starting Tuesday, Gazprom's ordinary shares can be converted into ADRs and vice versa, Gazprom said in a statement.

The conversion ratio is 10 ordinary shares for each ADR. (Bloomberg)  

Shtokman Picks Due Next Week

Reuters
Gazprom may name its choice of partners to take an equity stake in the huge Shtokman project at the end of next week, deputy CEO Alexander Ryazanov said Tuesday, declining to give more details.

Shtokman is a Barents Sea field that has reserves of around 3.7 trillion cubic meters of gas, which Gazprom plans to develop and sell to the United States as liquefied natural gas.

Analysts estimate the total costs of the project at more than $20 billion.

Gazprom has named a shortlist of five potential partners: French oil major Total, Norway's Statoil and Hydro, and U.S. majors ConocoPhillips and Chevron.  

... wenn die USA in den Iran einfallen??

Gruß Flo  

wie das mit 17 Aktien ist? Rein rechnerisch sind 42,5 Aktien. nun bin ich aber schonmal von 35 Aktien auf 3,5 schön gerechnet worden, hatte auch 3,5 Aktien im Depot, aber die kann man ja nicht verkaufen, also verfällt der  0,5 Aktienanteil, bzw. verbleibt im Depot weil ich den nicht loswerde. wie geht das mit den ,5 Aktien? Bin für Antworten dankbar.  Ciao der Jens