farquar
05-05-2006, 06:11 AM
A recent gas row between Russia and Ukraine raised EU fears it was becoming overly dependent on Russia for supply.
US Vice-President Dick Cheney is also in Kazakhstan for talks on the issue.
Mr Cheney lashed out at Russia in a speech given in Lithuania on Thursday, accusing it of using its vast energy resources to blackmail its neighbours. Kazakhstan will be commissioning a feasibility study for a trans-Caspian gas pipeline, Kazakh Energy Minister Baktykozha Izmukhambetov told visiting EU Energy Commissioner Andris Piebalgs on Thursday.
Dick Cheney speaks in Vilnius, Lithuania
It is not clear if Dick Cheney's speech marked a US policy change
"A... pipeline from Kazakhstan to Azerbaijan, Georgia, Turkey and further to Europe is seen as one of the feasible routes," he said.
Kazakhstan, he added, should be pumping up to 45 billion cubic metres of natural gas a year by 2015. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4976106.stm
US Vice-President Dick Cheney is also in Kazakhstan for talks on the issue.
Mr Cheney lashed out at Russia in a speech given in Lithuania on Thursday, accusing it of using its vast energy resources to blackmail its neighbours. Kazakhstan will be commissioning a feasibility study for a trans-Caspian gas pipeline, Kazakh Energy Minister Baktykozha Izmukhambetov told visiting EU Energy Commissioner Andris Piebalgs on Thursday.
Dick Cheney speaks in Vilnius, Lithuania
It is not clear if Dick Cheney's speech marked a US policy change
"A... pipeline from Kazakhstan to Azerbaijan, Georgia, Turkey and further to Europe is seen as one of the feasible routes," he said.
Kazakhstan, he added, should be pumping up to 45 billion cubic metres of natural gas a year by 2015. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4976106.stm