Sentence examples for big gas fields from inspiring English sources

Wintershall, a German oil producer, and e.ON, a German utility, recently swapped shares in various downstream businesses for a stake in one of Gazprom's big gas fields.

At the same time, native groups that once opposed development of the big gas fields near here now spy chances for economic development, and are campaigning for royalties and jobs.

For a time, he capitalized on his connections to high-ranking officials at the Russian natural gas monopoly Gazprom, acquiring Gazprom assets, including big gas fields, for next to nothing.

That left Greater Sunrise, another big gas field that lies more problematically only partly inside the area.

Rhum, a big gas field in the northern North Sea, was first discovered by BP in 1977, but the high pressure and temperature in the field meant that gas was not produced until December of last year.

The details are to be spelt out in secret appendices, yet to be negotiated.Pemex hopes to use these contracts to attract $8.8 billion of private investment to develop the Burgos basin, a big gas field in the Gulf of Mexico.

Western energy companies are also leery, following a recent reversal for Exxon Mobil, which lost the rights to develop a big gas field in less-than-transparent circumstances.That is unlikely to stop the Asian invasion.

Soon after the referendum was announced, opposition governors, most of whom have won local ballots supporting regional autonomy, launched a campaign of civil disobedience that quickly descended into violence.On the night of September 10th, hundreds of protesters overpowered soldiers protecting a big gas field.

The country receives energy revenues of around $158m a year, and their sustainability has been underpinned by a recent deal with Australia to divide the proceeds from a big gas field in the sea between the two countries.However, the government has so far spent most of its money in Dili, the capital.

It also includes a stake in Britain's biggest gas field, stakes in seven other oil and gas fields, and more than 30 exploration licenses.

Qatar's eagerness to expand abroad is driven by the kingdom's robust foreign policy, a moratorium on new projects in its single biggest gas field, and a desire to protect itself from fluctuating demand and prices for natural gas.