The two oil-gluggers' recent co-operation on energy was, after all, as unusual as it was tentative.
Joint operation of energy markets between different countries is common throughout Europe and is becoming increasingly important as the markets integrate at a European level.
Another rationalization under consideration: combining the oil and gas operation with PreussenElektra to form a single, integrated energy operation.
One is Russia, which is intensifying its co-operation with friendly energy companies in France, Germany and Italy.
Russia and India are also rapidly deepening co-operation in the energy sector.
The two countries also formalised a co-operation deal between Venezuelan energy firm PDVSA and Argentina's Enarsa.
The first piece was Sempra Commodities, a small energy trading operation launched at Drexel Burnham Lambert, then acquired by AIG.
Some of Africa's leaders have urged closer co-operation within the continent on energy and infrastructure projects to help its growth prospects.
Walmart currently has 180 renewable energy projects in operation or in development and as new projects go live, this figure will grow.
Chanceller Merkel described the project as a "milestone in energy co-operation" and the "basis of a reliable partnership" between Russia and Europe.
The TDI engine charges the battery while driving in order to store enough electrical energy for EV operation later in the journey-for instance, in an urban area.
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He said they were also discussing co-operation in the banking and energy sectors, adding that any deal to solve the island's debt crisis should also be in Russia's interests.
Earlier, Rosneft, another state-controlled oil firm, acquired the main production operation of Yukos, a private energy company that had been dismembered by Russia's state.
This has a role to play, especially in political co-operation and (pace Mr Kirchner) energy and transport integration.
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Italy has just apologised to Libya and paid reparations for colonialism (in exchange for energy deals and co-operation on migration).
Williams combined the operation with a similar effort at Duke Energy Corp.
And in the meantime, we have a thousand offshore platforms or mobile rigs in operation producing 30 percent of our domestic energy supply.
That can be understood by comparing the land use needs of a nuclear plant with those of a wind energy project or a corn ethanol operation.
The Energy Department contracts out day-to-day operation of the country's nuclear labs to the University of California and Lockheed Martin Corp.
Japan Nuclear Fuel's Mr. Fukushi stressed that the United Nations' nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency, will closely monitor Rokkasho's operation to guard against potential diversion of the weapons-usable plutonium.
Actual operation and booting of the device is responsive, silent and energy efficient -- the unit is quick to fade the screen to black after going unused for a minute or so.
Even normally cautious bodies like the International Energy Agency and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development are sounding the alarm, with the latter recently releasing a comprehensive report forecasting a world in 2050 that will be defined by resource constraint and its economic impacts.
In a recent survey conducted by Corenet, corporate real estate managers in the northeast corridor reported that Hurricane Sandy had affected a variety of functions, including the operation of mission-critical facilities, data storage, back up energy sources and access to transportation infrastructure.
It may even have jeopardised one of that government's biggest achievements, a civil nuclear co-operation deal with America that was expected to lead to big investments in nuclear energy.
If it connected its national grids together into a European one, argues Dieter Helm, an energy economist at Oxford University, that would lower the costs of operation by enough to transform the economics of the business.
It is all wood and glass, with one vast, expansive transparent wall, and received LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certification for its eco-friendly construction and operation.
"Co-operation between Russia and Asia is already very diverse and includes natural resources such as energy and ore, " says Alexander Abramov at the Far Eastern Centre for Economic Development.
Mr Putin, addressing relations between the UK and Russia, said that bilateral trade and wider co-operation were increasing, and London and Moscow would be collaborating to develop "promising" energy projects.
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Until recently he was Director of the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) Culham, with responsibility for the UK fusion programme and operation of the Joint European Torus (JET).
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