Below is a summary of the main energy-related events in Russia, the CIS and neighboring countries on December 2, 2005
* Russian natural gas monopoly Gazprom issued a 1-billion euro bond to come to maturity in seven years
* Russian oil company Surgutneftegaz and the Norwegian company Statoil agreed at recent talks to increase the volume of oil transit via the Primorsk port in the Leningrad region in 2006
* Natural gas production in Russia increased 1%, or 6.2 billion cu m, to 581.2 billion cu m in January-November
* President of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) Sheikh Ahmad al-Fahd al-Sabah said OPEC should maintain the current oil output regime
* The work to survey the seafloor segment of the North European Gas Pipeline (NEGP) will be completed by the end of the year
* Authorities of Siberia's Irkutsk Region may resell their 11.3% stake in the Verkhnechonskneftegaz oil company to state-owned oil giant Rosneft
* The Russian Federal Agency for Nuclear Power is planning to consider a number of contracts on supplies of uranium raw materials and nuclear fuel with Ukraine's state-run nuclear agency
* The World Bank intends to provide a $6 million loan to Georgia for constructing the Khudon hydroelectric power plant
* Georgia is facing a hike in gasoline prices as supplies from neighboring Azerbaijan are scheduled to be temporarily cut off early next year
