Finland supports the Nord Stream pipeline being built under the Baltic Sea to pump Russian natural gas to Germany but will study its environmental consequences, the Finnish ambassador to Moscow said.

Dutch company Nederlandse Gasunie NV will be included in a Baltic Sea pipeline designed to bypass several European countries and ship Russian gas directly to Germany, according to an agreement signed by Russia and Netherlands on Tuesday.

The Nabucco project to build a trans-Caspian natural gas pipeline to Europe bypassing Russia is impracticable, the general secretary of the EU Energy Charter Secretariat said on Monday.

Worsening Russia-U.K. relations could be partly due to energy giant Gazprom's new role in the Sakhalin II project in Russia's Far East, the head of the Audit Chamber said Wednesday.

French Total SA was given a major role in developing the huge Shtokman gas field when it signed an agreement with Russia's Gazprom.

French oil major Total SA said Thursday it may be close to a deal with Russian energy giant Gazprom [RTS: GAZP] to participate in the first phase of the Shtokman natural gas project in the Barents Sea.

India, Iran and Pakistan failed to reach a compromise on tariffs on natural gas deliveries and will continue talks on signing a tripartite gas pipeline agreement in July, the Indian press said citing government sources.