Russia's plans to extend its gas link to Germany run counter to EU interests and risk further destabilising Ukraine, 10 European governments said in a letter to the European Commission that called for a summit-level debate on the issue.
Statoil's record-breaking Polarled gas pipeline has become the first to cross the Arctic Circle, opening a new "gas highway" from the Norwegian Sea to Europe.
Technip has secured a project management services contract with Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) to transport gas from the Shah Deniz field to the European market.
2009 is primed to become the most exciting year ever on the UK Atlantic Frontier, both on the development front and in the hunt for, and confirmation of, new resources.