Russian energy firm Gazprom has reached an investment agreement on construction of the Slovenian portion of the South Stream natural gas pipeline, Voice of Russia reported Nov. 13.

Russia's Gazprom has agreed to lower the price of natural gas it delivers to Polish gas firm PGNiG by 10 to 20 percent, Polish Treasury Minister Mikolaj Budzanowski said, Warsaw Business Journal reported Nov. 12.

The Baltic Council of Ministers has expressed support for the Visaginas nuclear power plant project in Lithuania, Bloomberg reported Nov. 9.

The price Ukraine pays for Russian gas will fall if Kiev joins the Russia-led Customs Union, a Russian official said Nov. 9 in Moscow, Interfax reported.

Final deals on investment in the South Stream gas pipeline have been decided, Gazprom officials said, The Wall Street Journal reported Nov. 8.

The Bulgarian Energy Holding EAD will sign a contract with Russia's Gazprom to adopt a final investment decision on the South Stream natural gas pipeline project in Bulgaria, Sofia News Agency reported Nov. 7.

ExxonMobil informed the Iraqi government that it wants to sell its share in the West Qurna-1 oilfield, Iraqi officials said Nov. 7, Reuters reported. Baghdad will reply to the request by Nov. 11, an official said.

Gazprom has reached a deal on pricing of its gas deliveries to Poland with Polish natural gas firm PGNiG, closing out Gazprom's last major pricing dispute in Europe, Reuters reported Nov. 6.

A group of Japanese companies, including Tokyo Gas Co., Japan Petroleum Exploration Co. and Nippon Steel and Sumikin Engineering Co., have completed a feasibility study for a project to lay a 1,400-kilometer (870-mile) natural gas pipeline from Russia's Sakhalin island, QNA reported Nov. 5, citing sources from the companies.