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William NicholsPresident
William Nichols Consulting![]()
William Nichols, P.Eng, is the President of William Nichols Consulting, a Calgary, Alberta based firm providing consulting services in the oil and gas industry. Dr. Nichols has over 29 years of experience in managing drilling, production, reservoir simulation,...
Owner
Raza Service![]()
Jens Rasmussen is the Owner of Raza Service. Mr. Rasmussen has 28 years of professional experience in the marine and offshore industry. He is site manager for Floatel International's newbuilding of two deep water semisubmersible accommodation units in...
Roger VernonFounder
Vernon Associates Ltd![]()
Roger Vernon is the Founder of Vernon Associates; a firm providing consulting services in the oil and gas industry. Mr. Vernon has more than 33 years of experience in managing offshore drilling operations. He specializes in sub sea exploration and production...
Chris Le FevreBoard Member
Northern Ireland Authority for Energy Regulation![]()
Chris Le Fevre is an independent consultant specializing in natural gas markets, Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) and gas storage projects, utility regulation, and energy acquisitions. He is also on the Board of the Northern Ireland utility regulator and the...
Mike MaddenManaging Director, Senior Consultant
MJMEnergy Ltd![]()
Mike Madden is the Managing Director and Senior Consultant at MJMEnergy, a UK based firm providing training, publishing, and consultancy services in the gas and electricity industries. Mr. Madden is responsible for providing consultancy services to oil...
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EU may be in for a long wait for new sources of pipeline gas from Central Asia
April 24, 2008
EU and Central Asian gas | www.upi.com
The EU, which relies on Russia for around 29% of its gas supplies, is keen to develop new sources of supply. The countries of Central Asia (and Turkmenistan in particular) have long been targeted as potential suppliers though there are major obstacles which include lack of alternative infrastructure and questions over the availability of sufficient gas reserves. Turkmenistan is keen to build stronger relations with the EU though at present most gas exports are sold under long term contracts to Gazprom which has recently agreed to pay market related prices to Turkmenistan - this in turn reduces the potential benefit to Turkmenistan from selling direct to Europe. At the recent meeting Turkmenistan "promised" to supply 10bcm/a to Europe though the practicalities of construcitng new infrastructre on this basis are huge. Whilst Turkmenistan is likely to continue to develop new supply routes to protect its position the markets of China and maybe India may prove more attractive than Europe.
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