europe relies much on the gas tax goes from russia provides over forty percent of the natural gas used in households but when ukraine tried to reduce the price to pay for russian gas by blocking supplies to europe decided it needed tract. of delivery routes the north stream pipeline is expected to begin pumping gas in a year's time and south stream four years later construction of the european sponsored pipeline has yet to begin go ahead on schedule. by the end of two thousand and fourteen. thank you very much for being with us on the show my pleasure. first of all you were the u.s. state special envoy for european for eurasian rather energy why is this issue of eurasian energy so important for the state department and they have a special envoy to deal with these matters and you've been with it for food for some time now why fad experience really in all aspects of it because i did work in the caspian area in the ninety's i worked with russia earlier than that with respect to various programs that we've had in russia after the breakup of the soviet union and then i was ambassador to the

are you afraid that pressure on the gas and gas problem. on the e.u. market will. only intensify the the copper ration of the russian gas producers with china. stop pushing pushing the russian supplies to the east rather than working with the west well first of all i think russia is going to always play a major role in the west i do think that markets all over the world are going to become more competitive i think the european market will become more competitive look at what the effect right now is of ellen g. on on pricing with respect to your earth so just as you know we've always argued that europe needs to diversify i think russia's efforts to diversify are probably a problem it's probably the right thing for russia whether it be to china other parts of asia president medvedev was and. was in south korea recently and i think offered ten b.c.m. of gas to south korea that's the world that we live in today. and and i think it's healthy that markets speak competitive that companies from what ever countries whether it be russia the united states europe china india w

if in fact the gas that goes into south stream is gas that would otherwise going in otherwise go into the book oh i suppose you could argue that maybe they are there are rivals so it depends on where you're looking at it and you hear different and you hear different things from different from different people says richard morningstar spotlight shortly will continue this interview in less than a minute. no . i'm not trying to crop up and then spread it all over the country. virtually all terrorists today are muslim do we have the right to make such provoking of statements and a muslim schools have the right to exist. in new york city. for the full story we've got it for. the biggest issues get a human voice face to face with the news makers. welcome back to spotlight i'm just a reminder that my guests on the show today is the u.s. victory of state special envoy on here asia and the g. . morningstar. prime minister putin signed an agreement with his bulgarian counts of pot recently on this south stream project do you think that we might see investments from from western europe maybe fro

get the natural gas out. to test it you want to turn it an eighth of a turn and turn it back to the way it it was. notice the little thing? that's going straight with the flow of the pipe that means it's open. if it's across that means you turned off the gas. the eighth of a turn you didn't turn it off you just moved it. these are in better shape. if you can get to this valve, safely, the building's collapsed on it you can't get to it you have to use the one in the street. pg and e put all the meters outside the houses in a lot of the neighborhoods, these are pretty easy to get to. they are easy to find. if you can find the little round circle in the sidewalk. if you look directly at the house you will find this meter and this shut off on the ground floor. in is a closeup of the shut off. in is the wrench i recommend you you use it for other things. they are cheap and they will work. this is great because you can use it somewhere else if you have to. an adjustable open end wrench. a diagram are off/on. shut o

competition for the russian gas giant as global oil and gas majors increase gas production. reports. gazprom sales to your fell about twelve percent in two thousand and nine due to the financial downturn demand has somewhat recovered but at the same time the russian gas monopoly is now facing of a stiff a competition the european union favors diversity on the gas market and wants to liberalize the transportation networks russia dislikes the idea but some experts believe there's little to fear really price markets means that they really can't enter the market to continue but he's going to the market i think in this is in favor of gas probably because the other big fall off the supply of fuel and now they have also the chance to enter that into the market to go to the house some of the delay by the case to the cost. i think is a good development for europe this summer going to say so it's also good to trust in the customers to the gas gazprom is facing an increased competition in europe the tickling from alternative sources of gas production energy majors such as shell which t

and the stockmen gas field is home to one of the world's largest natural gas deposits in the world and was discovered twenty years ago but production has yet to start despite numerous attempts by various companies there are signs however that things could change for the better in two thousand and eleven r.t. correspondent tim if a crash has more. one of the biggest discovered natural gas fields in the world the stockmen fields hidden deep in the bering sea lion estimated three point nine trillion cubic meters of natural gas despite being discovered two decades ago the gas still remains untouched these combine these two factors that it is number one it is arctic and number two it is offshore makes us. globally unique i don't think there is. there is such a tough weather such a tough environment conditions as stop one but it does have its advantages the field is located significantly closer to its main consumer europe russia's gas giant gazprom partnered with french to tao and there we can start oil in two thousand and eight to have a go at developing the fields various attempts have bee

unnecessary competition for the russian gas giants as global oil and gas majors increase gas production. reports. gazprom since do you feel about twelve percent in two thousand and nine due to the financial downturn demand has somewhat recovered but at the same time the russian gas monopoly is now facing of a stiff competition the european union favors diversity on the gas market and wants to liberalize the transportation networks russia dislikes the idea but some experts believe there's little to feel really gross markets means to. come into the markets can deliver to the market i think this is in favor of because the owner of the supply of fuel in the. strength of your to the market to go to the customer to leave because to the customer. i think is a good development for europe this decision it's a good for the trust in the customers too because gazprom is facing an increased competition in europe particularly from alternative sources of gas production. majors such as shell which traditionally focused on oil production and now paying more attention to developing their gas businesses a

we will continue to use the oil and natural gas. the question is, where will we get it. >> the piece of legislation per se. >> later in the second phase of the conversation. we think initially we should stay focused on what do these decisions really mean. to have the open and candid dialogue between the congress and the administration and then from there decide what if necessary legislation might be required. >> tom doggett with rutgers. just a follow-up on that, so if the administration can't be convinced to allow drilling in the eastern gulf and all the atlantic in its five-year drilling plans, the second phase you're talking about camus to support or urge lawmakers to include language in the interior department spending bill to hold in these areas? >> that would be an option that can be looked at. i know there's some already talking about that. as you know, one of the last sales in the gulf of mexico is legislated. that's an option that's always out there. our hope is we can look long-term, look at the five-year plan and work wit

the gas price is the function of crude oil. if you watch them move in tandem over time the impact and pressure on crude oil are due to the demand around the world. the price of oil is sat on a global basis if you look at the increased demand coming out of china and other parts of the emerging world frankly hopefully increased demand coming from the united states as a result from our own economic recovery, the reality comes back to the law of supply and demand. as mentioned earlier the experts are telling us on a global basis by 2045, we will need 50% more energy than we produce and consume today. that is a big number. in order to achieve that, we are going to have to get started today. these are long-term multimillion-dollar investments. we need certainty today in the political will to provide that opportunity. what we can contribute longer-term to benefit consumers and hopefully keep those places where we would prefer them to be is to do our part to continue to bring supply to the question. >> do you think this year will be di

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gas prices are steadily rising. iran has assumed the presidency of opec and the rigs are leaving the goal for foreign countries like cuba, brazil and mexico taking american jobs with them. this isn't speculation. it's happening. my colleagues from the gulf can attest to the economic pain felt by people and businesses do to this administration struggling moratorium. production in the gulf of mexico has already fallen by more than 200,000 barrels per day and is predicted by the energy information administration to fall by more than 500,000 barrels per day by 2012 to date every barrel we don't produce from the gulf means more lost revenue to the federal government, more lost jobs in additional transfer of american wealth to hostile nations. i believe in american ingenuity, and i know that we can get this right. the answer is to address what went wrong and make smart reforms and allowing drilling to resume. the stakes are too high to give up. our economic competitiveness, american jobs and national security our online.

what should you do if you smell gas in your home?> make shower you leave the residence right away, call 911 and get authorities to inspect it, open up windows on your way out to ventilate. >> all the evacuees are back in their homes except the family whose home had the leak because the fire department damaged a valve trying to shut off the gas. people who live in this home here cannot return until the valve is repaired. >>> all right sonia shin live for us in san francisco. thank you. >>> 5:31 a.m. san bruno city council will consider a plan to start distributing money to victims of last september's deadly pipeline explosion. now details for handling the roughly $400,000 collected through donations they need to establish criteria for who is eligible and figure out whether varying amounts should be given to different families the checks could go out late they are week. >>> pg&e says it will stop spiking pressure in its pipelines that decision follow as report in the chronicle such a spike in 2008 might have weakened the san bruno pipe

that's what people have dun here to ventilate the gas. someone smelled gas. someone smelled gas or heard gas leaking in the middle of the night 37 the fire department arrived on the scene within minutes. while the fire department started evacuating residents from ten homes pg&e went through to find where the gas was leaking. normally crews turn off the gas but the valve wasn't working. the gas leak wasn't the only potential danger during the operation. >> it was a high percentage of gas in the home and so when you flip switches electrical switches and things like that it can create a spark. so we went up and had it shut off from the pole instead. >> reporter: that took about two hours to fix. about ten people in all were evacuated briefly from their homes. it will be a very chilly morning inside of the homes because the windows have been left open. coming up we will talk to some of the neighbors to find out just how they believe the gas was leaking and what they can do to prevent it in the future. the fire department says in a situation like this, you should

smell of gas. what can you do as nerts? turn off the gas. and what are the 3 situations when you want to shut the gas off? smell the gas, something -- oh, yeah, wheels are spinning and major building collapse. muni -- overhead muni wire, flopping around. what can you did as nerts? always assume all electricity is live and hot. so what can you do as nerts? cordon off the area, tell people to stay back. small fires reported in the rear of a building, what can you do as nerts? if it's still burning that small fire is now a very large fire. so all you can do is really notify the erd, evacuate the area, assist the fire department. five buildings have suffered heavy damage -- heavy damage, kind of a clue there. three of the buildings have collapsed. what can you do as nerts? not quite nothing. would you go in to search a heavily damaged building? no. you will -- very good, notify erd, if there's a gas smell, shut the gas off. you can do something. even if it means everyone stay back, no one is trying to rush in. you are going to have your yellow h