Tag: Gas

A scramble for natural gas is creating pockets of scarcity in the global market, boosting prices for the fuel and for the electricity generated by burning it.Rampant demand in China is sucking in chilled cargoes of gas from the U.S., after a year in which American energy companies throttled ...

Police fired tear gas and detained several demonstrators in the Nigerian cities of Lagos and Abuja on Saturday during protests over the worsening security situation in Africa’s most populous country, Reuters witnesses said.Anger over mass kidnappings-for-ransom, a decade-long Islamist insurgency and a crackdown on protesters in Lagos last October ...

Russia has signed a deal with Pakistan to build a major gas pipeline linking the nation’s southern port of Karachi to industrial hubs in the north. The deal is set to be the biggest between Moscow and Islamabad since the 1970s. Russia’s Energy Minister Nikolay Shulginov and the Pakistani ...

World16:56 GMT 28.05.2021Get short URLhttps://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo-itemprop.pngSputnik Internationalhttps://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.pngSputnikhttps://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.pnghttps://sputniknews.com/world/202105281083021754-russia-pakistan-ink-deal-to-build-pakistan-stream-gas-pipeline/MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Moscow and Islamabad on Friday signed an agreement on the construction of the Pakistan Stream Gas Pipeline, the Russian Energy Ministry said."The signing will allow our companies to begin practical implementation of the project in the very near future, thereby helping ...

#Pakistan News Fast News The 1,100-km project, formerly known as North-South Pipeline, is expected to carry 12.4 billion cubic metres of natural gas annually. Companies of both countries will soon start to implement the project which will contribute to Pakistan's energy security, officials say. (AP) Russia and Pakistan have ...

ISTANBULRussia and Pakistan signed an agreement to build the Pakistan Stream natural gas pipeline, Russia's Energy Ministry said Friday.Russian Energy Minister Nikolai Shulginov and Shafqat Ali Khan, Pakistan’s ambassador in Moscow, signed the agreement, the ministry said.The 1,100-kilometer-long project, formerly known as the North-South Pipeline, plans to carry 12.4 ...

ISTANBULRussia and Pakistan signed an agreement to build the Pakistan Stream natural gas pipeline, Russia's Energy Ministry said Friday.Russian Energy Minister Nikolai Shulginov and Shafqat Ali Khan, Pakistan’s ambassador in Moscow, signed the agreement, the ministry said.The 1,100-kilometer-long project, formerly known as the North-South Pipeline, plans to carry 12.4 ...

Pakistan police used tear gas and water cannon on Monday on thousands of supporters of an Islamist anti-blasphemy party after the arrest of their leader, who has called for the expulsion of the French ambassador.Anti-French sentiment has been simmering for months in Pakistan since the government of President Emmanuel ...

New Delhi. Pakistan Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed is often in the limelight due to his disputed and rhetorical statements. Recently, Sheikh Rashid has made a very absurd statement about the protest against the salary hike. He has said, "It was necessary to test tear gas shells on the ...

 Rawalpindi: Days after the Pakistan police fired tear gas on protesting government employees for salary hike, Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed made light of the incident, stating that it was "necessary to test the tear gas as it had been unused for a long time".  Addressing a ceremony in Rawalpindi, ...