EU’s Answer to Gas Crisis “Not Credible”

January 7, 2009By Andy RowellBlog Post

OK – hands up. I admit it. Yesterday I may have been too hasty to blame the European row on Russian and Putin, when there is increasing evidence that the Ukrainians are to partly to blame too. You could argue that the other countries in Europe are also to blame. Despite these annual spats between … Read More

Bolivia Seizes Control of Gas Pipeline

June 3, 2008By Andy RowellBlog Post

The Bolivian government has taken full control of a key gas pipeline company after talks with the foreign firm that held a controlling stake broke down. It is the latest move in the Bolivian president’s recent effort to nationalise key industries. President Evo Morales said Transredes had been seized after US company Ashmore Energy International … Read More