Several European countries, including powerful Germany, are already under the thumb of Russia in terms of access to energy, especially of natural gas.
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Cyprus is one of a handful of countries in the Eastern Mediterranean with a firm claim on one of the largest natural gas finds in the region, offering access to an estimated 50 to 60 tcf of gas and 1.7 billion barrels of crude in waters off its southeastern coast.
Reports in the Russian media said that the Kremlin was considering a bailout-for-gas type of deal, where Russia would gain access to Cyprus natural gas reserves.
Despite the difficulty of access, inspectors had uncovered tons of deadly chemicals, among them mustard gas.
The pattern partly reflects access to gas heating, with much of northern Scotland off the gas grid.
So too are fears that American interests would be damaged if China gained access to a limited amount of oil and gas reserves (Unocal is not even one the world's top 40 oil companies).
The policy stance of the Obama Administration throughout 2009 a year of severe economic weakness was to ignore the overwhelming desires of the American people and do nothing to move forward on the no-cost, genuine, stimulus policy of allowing access to offshore oil and gas.
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The Energy Department now reports that with the current technology that the United States has access to 1, 744 trillion cubic feet of natural gas.
Cyprus currently boasts access to almost half of an estimated 122 tcf of natural gas below waters in the Eastern Mediterranean.
Among the targets of Unit 61398 was Telvent Canada, which provides remote-access software for more than 60% of the oil and gas pipelines in North America and Latin America.
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But today, companies with access to feed stocks that are associated with the production of natural gas, such as propane and ethane, will see a boost in their performance.
One such stock is Newpark Resources ( NR), a Texas-based provider of drilling fluids, temporary worksites and access roads for oil and gas drillers.
Currently older people can qualify for the winter fuel allowance on the third Monday in September, but Mr Weir is proposing that homes in England, Wales and Scotland not connected to the mains gas should have access to their money in the third week of July instead.
When parked, owners can view a lifetime of information about the motorcycle and have access to compelling statistics such as how much gas money they have saved.
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Part of his energy plan just released says that the United States can be energy independent by 2020 if oil and gas companies are allowed unfettered drilling access to public lands while limiting the rights of environmental organizations to sue to prevent such development.
Beyond Nicosia, the Eastern Mediterranean gas issue has been the subject of increasingly tense interactions about conflicting maritime claims and access to what, in a politically less charged world, could offer energy independence of some sort to much of the region for years to come.
The reinvestment of revenues from oil and gas extraction into the permanent protection of parks, open spaces, wildlife habitat, and access for recreational activities.
The entire city of Fort Worth sits over a gas dense layer of black rock called the Barnett Shale that only recently became possible to access.
For years the company liked having control and access to the maze of pipelines that crisscross the continental shelf because it made it cheaper to bring oil and gas to market from the deepwater fields.
Cazalot says he'd trade some of Marathon's 55% stake in the proposed second plant to those countries for access to their oil and gas fields.
Gil Perez is president and chief executive officer of Arcadian Networks, a wireless broadband access provider for critical infrastructure organizations, such as electricity utilities, oil and gas companies as well as other market players.
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