Gazprom Neft said on Thursday, its net profit calculated to Russian Accounting Standards increased 97% year-on-year to 22.6 billion rubles ($948 million) in January-March.

QUEBEC- The U.S.-based subsidiary of the Russian natural-gas giant Gazprom is buying into the Rabaska liquefied natural gas project in Lévis, across the St. Lawrence from Quebec City.

LEVIS, Que. - Russian energy giant Gazprom plans to enhance its North American presence by partnering with Canadian pipeline companies Enbridge Inc. (TSX:ENB) and Gaz Metro (TSX:GZM.UN) to supply the proposed Rabaska LNG terminal near Quebec City.

Russian gas giant Gazprom announced Thursday a tentative deal with a Canadian-French consortium to ship liquefied natural gas (LNG) to eastern Canada via a terminal in its Quebec province.

CALGARY, Alberta, May 15 - Russia's Gazprom is joining a consortium developing a Canadian liquefied natural gas terminal and will supply all of the C$840 million plant's gas needs from its huge Shtokman project, the companies said on Thursday.

CALGARY, Alberta, May 15 - Russia's Gazprom is joining a consortium developing a Canadian liquefied natural gas terminal and will supply all of the C$840 million plant's gas needs from its huge Shtokman project, the companies said on Thursday.

QUEBEC- The U.S.-based subsidiary of the Russian natural-gas giant Gazprom is buying into the Rabaska liquefied natural gas project in Lévis, across the St. Lawrence from Quebec City.

CALGARY, Alberta, May 15 - Russia's Gazprom is becoming a partner in a Canadian liquefied natural gas terminal and will supply all the plant's gas needs from from its Shtokman project, the companies said on Thursday.

MEDVEDEV KICKS OFF KAZAKHSTAN COURTSHIP
EurasiaNet, NY - 7 hours ago
Turkmenistani President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov, in turn, reportedly plans to attend the June 6-8 International Economic Forum in St. Petersburg. ...

Gazprom Marketing & Trading USA, Inc. and the Rabaska partners, Gaz Métro , Enbridge Inc. and Gaz de France announced today that they have signed a Letter of Intent outlining the major terms under which GMTUSA will become an equity partner in the proposed Rabaska liquefied natural gas regasification project and contract for 100 percent of the import terminal's capacity.

RBC, 15.05.2008, Moscow 19:59:08. Gazprom Neft's net profit under US GAAP grew 13.2 percent to $4.143bn in 2007 from $3.66bn a year earlier, the Russian oil producer reported.

MOSCOW, May 15 (RIA Novosti) - Gazprom Neft said on Thursday its net profit calculated to Russian Accounting Standards increased 97% year-on-year to 22.6 billion rubles ($948 million) in January-March.

MILAN, May 15 - Italy's fourth-biggest gas company Gas Plus said on Thursday it has suspended gas supply talks with Russia's gas giant Gazprom , but has been still evaluating a deal on natural gas imports and storage.

MILAN, May 15 - Italy's fourth-biggest gas company Gas Plus said on Thursday it has suspended gas supply talks with Russia's gas giant Gazprom , but has been still evaluating a deal on natural gas imports and storage.

MOSCOW, May 15 - Russian oil firm Gazprom Neft reported on Thursday a 12 percent increase in its 2007 net profits to $4.14 billion under US Generally Accepted Accounting Principles .

MOSCOW, May 15 - Russian oil firm Gazprom Neft , the oil arm of gas export monopoly Gazprom , reported on Thursday a 12 percent increase in its 2007 net profits, slightly exceeding analysts' expectations.

RUSSIA: Baltika acquires Baku-Castel brewery
just-drinks.com (subscription), UK - 7 hours ago
Baltika Breweries today (15 May) signed a contract with Brasseries Internationales Holdings (Eastern), for the purchase of Baku-Castel brewery. ...

IAOP Names DataArt World’s Top 100 Provider for the Third Year in ...
Business Wire (press release), CA - 9 hours ago
DataArt, a high-end software outsourcing company with development centers in Russia and the Ukraine, was named one of the world’s top 100 service providers ...

NETHERLANDS: Campina launches Control drink in Russia
just-drinks.com (subscription), UK - 8 hours ago
"We decided to launch into Russia because it is a booming market at present and Russian women are very conscious and interested in weight control," a ...

Auriga Named to “Best 10 Companies by Industry Focus: Health Care ...
Live-PR.com (Pressemitteilung), Austria - 15 hours ago
Auriga (www.auriga.com) is a software R&D and IT outsourcing services provider incorporated in the US that has been operating development centers in Russia ...

RIA Novosti
Tomsk Region to present development projects at St. Petersburg forum
RIA Novosti, Russia - 7 hours ago
Kress, who will lead the delegation from the Tomsk Region at the 12th St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, said the "Pravoberezhje" project ...

Reuters produced this story out of Moscow last week trumpeting the fact that Russian gas giant Gazprom, which is still chaired by new Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, had overtaken China Mobile to become the world’s third biggest company in terms of market capitalisation.

The weight of Gazprom, Russia amp x2019 s corporate leviathan, extends far beyond its fields of natural gas all the way to the Kremlin, now headed by Dmitri A. Medvedev, its chairman.

MOSCOW, May 14 - The Russian government has decided to award gas export monopoly Gazprom the rights to develop nine northern gas deposits without a tender, the government said on Wednesday.

Russian tycoon nets $10bn
Wealth Bulletin, UK - 16 hours ago
Prokhorov sold 25% in Norilsk Nickel to UC Rusal less than a month ago and received $5bn in addition to 11% in Rusal.

Rusal to invest over $700 million on Taishet aluminium smelter in 2008
Forbes, NY - 18 hours ago
LONDON (Thomson Financial) - United Company Rusal, the world's largest aluminium and alumina producer, said it plans to spend more than $700 million on the ...

MOSCOW, May 14 - Russia's former electricity monopoly UES will sell power firm TGK-7 on Thursday to billionaire Viktor Vekselberg and gas major Gazprom , sources close to the sale said on Wednesday.

MOSCOW, May 14 - Russia's former electricity monopoly UES will sell power firm TGK-7 on Thursday to billionaire Viktor Vekselberg and gas major Gazprom , sources close to the sale said on Wednesday.

Rusal's new Taishet plant on target for 2009 start-up
Metalbulletin.com (subscription), UK - 19 hours ago
United Company Rusal’s new 750000 tpy Taishet aluminium smelter is on schedule to start production by the end of next year, the Russian aluminium producer ...

DJ Rusal To Invest Over $700 Mln In Taishet Smelter In 2008
Trading Markets (press release), CA - 49 minutes ago
LONDON, May 14, 2008 (Dow Jones Commodities News via Comtex) -- -- The world largest alumna producer by volume, Russia's UC Rusal, said Wednesday it plans ...
DJ Russia Jun Raw Sugar Import Seen 0.5M Tons On Low Import Duty Trading Markets (press release)
all 2 news articles