A proposed southern corridor gas route will not use any Iranian natural gas in the near future due to a row over Tehran’s disputed nuclear program, according to a top U.S. official. "There will be a southern corridor, but Iranian gas will not be part of it," Ambassador Richard Morningstar, special envoy of the U.S. Secretary of State for Eurasian Energy, said during the Black Sea Energy and Economic Forum in Istanbul on Thursday.

General cargo Cherokee ran aground in the morning hours Nov 2 2010 on river Don near Lisichansk, enroute Rostov-on-Don – Turkey with scrap. Vessel ran aground just above oil pipeline but didn’t damage it, as pipeline crossing Don is buried 2-3 meters below river bed.

Unloading the 37 tons of fuel that are on board the Efe Murat to avoid an environmental disaster, probably through the use of a mini-oil pipeline, made by hoses and pumps three hundred meters lon, is under project in Bari.

Canada, one of world's leading oil producers is looking for ways to enchance its presence in the global oil markets, especially through directing part of its production towards exports to Asian countries. This can only be done through a pipeline project, which as always could be perceived as a threat to the tanker market. However, according to the latest