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EU Parliament Sets Ambitious Green Energy Targets for Europe

EU Parliament Sets Ambitious Green Energy Targets for Europe

Τετ, 29 Νοεμβρίου 2017 - 19:36

The European Parliament’s Industry and Energy Committee (ITRE) voted on November 28 to reduce energy consumption by 40% by 2030 at EU level. MEPs wanted to be more ambitious than the EU Commission, which had proposed a 30% reduction

Romanian State-Owned Gas Producer to Invest Over EUR 136 mln in Gas Storage Facility

Romanian State-Owned Gas Producer to Invest Over EUR 136 mln in Gas Storage Facility

Δευ, 27 Νοεμβρίου 2017 - 18:59

Romanian state-owned gas producer Romgaz will invest over EUR 136 million in the gas storage facility in Sarmasel, Mures county, to increase its natural gas storage capacities. The facility will become operational in April 2024. The auction for the feasibility study will take place in February next year

Statoil Takes Over Operatorships in 2 Fields from Total

Statoil Takes Over Operatorships in 2 Fields from Total

Δευ, 27 Νοεμβρίου 2017 - 18:56

Norway's Statoil will acquire French Total's equity stakes in two fields on the Norwegian continental shelf for around $1.45 billion as per an agreement between the two companies, Statoil announced on Monday. The Norwegian company said it would take over both operatorships in the Martin Linge field and Garantiana discovery

Mediterranean Energy Demand to Rise 46 Percent By 2030

Mediterranean Energy Demand to Rise 46 Percent By 2030

Παρ, 24 Νοεμβρίου 2017 - 20:08

Achieving climate objectives are essential to manage Mediterranean energy security, the head of the Committee on Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energies at the Mediterranean Energy Observatory said on Thursday

Brazil is Third-Largest Oil Producer in Americas: EIA

Brazil is Third-Largest Oil Producer in Americas: EIA

Παρ, 24 Νοεμβρίου 2017 - 20:07

Brazil's production of 3.24 million barrels per day (b/d) of petroleum and other liquids in 2016 has made it the world’s ninth-largest producer and the third-largest in the Americas behind the U.S. and Canada, U.S Energy Information Administration (EIA) said in a report on Wednesday

EU Ambassadors Endorse ETS Reform Deal with European Parliament

EU Ambassadors Endorse ETS Reform Deal with European Parliament

Πεμ, 23 Νοεμβρίου 2017 - 19:37

EU ambassador met on November 22 endorsing the provisional deal reached between the Estonian presidency and the European Parliament on November 9 on the reform of the EU emissions trading system (ETS) for the period after 2020. The agreed text will now be submitted to the European Parliament for approval, the Council said on November 22

COP23 Climate Talks Accelerate Paris Agreement Implementation

COP23 Climate Talks Accelerate Paris Agreement Implementation

Τετ, 22 Νοεμβρίου 2017 - 18:46

This year’s United Nations climate conference, COP23, concluded on November 17 in Bonn, under the presidency of Fiji, with nearly 200 countries taking steps forward to ensure global climate action through implementation of the Paris Agreement, the European Commission said

IENE’s Annual Conference in Athens to Host Presentation of IEA’s World Energy Outlook 2017

IENE’s Annual Conference in Athens to Host Presentation of IEA’s World Energy Outlook 2017

Τρι, 21 Νοεμβρίου 2017 - 20:14

Athens will be one of the ten cities around the world to host a presentation of the World Energy Outlook 2017, IEA’s latest major publication. The presentation in the capital of Greece, on November 23- just three days after the initial launch event, in Brussels, Belgium - will take place during IENE’s annual "Energy and Development 2017” Conference, to be held on November 23-24, 2017

Turkeys Gas Imports Rise 20.12% in First 8 Months of 17

Turkey's Gas Imports Rise 20.12% in First 8 Months of '17

Πεμ, 16 Νοεμβρίου 2017 - 19:05

Turkey's natural gas imports increased by 20.12 percent to 35.98 billion cubic meters in the first eight months of 2017 compared to the same period of last year, Natural Gas Distribution Companies Association (GAZBIR) announced on Thursday

Bulgaria Will Work for an European Strategy for the Oil Industry

Bulgaria Will Work for an European Strategy for the Oil Industry

Πεμ, 16 Νοεμβρίου 2017 - 19:04

Bulgaria is going to work during its European presidency next year on developing a common vision for the development of the oil industry, Energy Minister Teamenuezhka Petkova said during a meeting of the Association of European Petroleum Organizations, held in Sofia on Wednesday

EU Achieves Progress on Talks With China on Steel Dumping

EU Achieves Progress on Talks With China on Steel Dumping

Πεμ, 16 Νοεμβρίου 2017 - 19:03

Brussels and Beijing have agreed to cooperate on trade and competition after the two sides set up a dialogue on state aid. The EU’s executive arm represented by the Commissioner for Competition Margrethe Vestager, met Chinese officials in Beijing on 15 November for the first time since they signed a memorandum of understanding in June, to enter into a new dialogue between the EU and China

Russias Rosatom to Start Turkish Akkuyu NPP Project Implementation Shortly

Russia's Rosatom to Start Turkish Akkuyu NPP Project Implementation Shortly

Τρι, 14 Νοεμβρίου 2017 - 19:46

Russian state-run nuclear corporation Rosatom will soon start work on the construction of the Akkuyu Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) project in Turkey. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan invited his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin to attend the ceremony to pour the first concrete at the Akkuyu NPP