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Novatek Inks 2 Deals for Arctic LNG 2 Proj. With China

Novatek Inks 2 Deals for Arctic LNG 2 Proj. With China

Novatek signed agreements with Chinese National Petroleum Company (CNPC) and the China Development Bank to cooperate in implementing the Arctic LNG 2 project, the Russian company announced on Wednesday

Rouhani Declined Meeting with Trump

Rouhani Declined Meeting with Trump

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani refused a request by U.S. President Donald Trump for a meeting on Sunday. According to the Fars News Agency, the request came from President Trump on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly meeting in New York in September. At the time, the White House chief of Staff, John Kelly, contacted the deputy foreign minister of Iran, Javad Zarif, to request a meeting

Greece’s Energean Inks More Gas Supply Deals from Israeli Fields

Greece’s Energean Inks More Gas Supply Deals from Israeli Fields

Greece’s Energean Oil & Gas announced on October 30 that Energean Israel has signed three new Gas Sales and Purchase Agreements (GSPAs) with Dorad Energy Ltd, and with Ramat Negev Energy Ltd and Ashdod Energy Ltd, both subsidiaries of the Edeltech Group, for natural gas supply from the Karish and Tanin Fields, offshore Israel

CEZ Electro Bulgarias 9-Mo Net Profit More Than Doubles

CEZ Electro Bulgaria's 9-Mo Net Profit More Than Doubles

CEZ Electro Bulgaria [BUL:1CZ], a subsidiary of Czech power utility CEZ, said on Monday its net profit rose to 38.8 million levs ($23.1 million/19.8 million euro) in the first nine months of 2017, compared to 17.1 million levs in the like period of last year

Europe’s Largest Unsubsidized Solar Project to Be Constructed by WElink

Europe’s Largest Unsubsidized Solar Project to Be Constructed by WElink

Welink Energy is to construct a 221MW Solar Project located in Vagueiros, Southern Portugal. When it becomes operational, the project named Solara4 will be the largest unsubsidised solar PV plant in Europe, generating enough power to provide 150,000 homes with electricity. It will be made up of 850,000 solar modules and is expected to employ around 300 people during its construction. The plant is scheduled for completion in mid-2019

Is Turkish Stream Able to Change the Energy Developments in Europe?

Is Turkish Stream Able to Change the Energy Developments in Europe?

Following the Russian-Turkish "reconciliation” after the downing of a Russian SU-24 military aircraft by a Turkish military jet on the border between Turkey and Syria, Moscow is now seeking to revive the Turkish Stream gas pipeline

Vestas Receives 55 MW Wind Order from China

Vestas Receives 55 MW Wind Order from China

Vestas, a Danish renewables company, received a 55-megawatt wind order in eastern China, the company announced on Thursday. Delivery and commissioning of the order for the project in eastern China's Jiangsu Province is expected begin in the first half of 2018

EU Approves Hungary’s Investment Aid to MOL Petrochemical Plant

EU Approves Hungary’s Investment Aid to MOL Petrochemical Plant

The European Commission said on October 25 that the EC has found Hungary’s €131 million investment aid to MOL Petrolkémia Zrt plant, for its existing plant in Tiszaújváros, to be in line with EU State aid rules

Russian Company Ready to Invest in Belene NPP

Russian Company Ready to Invest in Belene NPP

The Russian company Rosatom is open to the possibility to participate in the financing of the Belene NPP if the project is resumed. This was announced by Vadim Titov, who is the director of Rosatom International Network for Central Europe. He participated in a conference dedicated to nuclear energy in Bulgaria

Turkeys Enerjisa to be Ready for IPO in 2018: CEO

Turkey's Enerjisa to be Ready for IPO in 2018: CEO

Enerjisa, owned by Turkey's Sabanci and German E.ON, will be ready for its initial public offering (IPO) at the beginning of 2018, however, shareholders will have the final say on the timing of the offering, the company's CEO said in Barcelona

Luxembourg Closer to 2020 Climate, Energy Targets

Luxembourg Closer to 2020 Climate, Energy Targets

Luxembourg is making good progress towards its 2020 climate and energy targets, European Commission Vice-President for Energy Union Maroš Šefčovič has said

Renault Group Hires 300 People in Romania

Renault Group Hires 300 People in Romania

French car manufacturer Renault wants to hire 300 people in Romania, according to an announcement the company made on Friday. It needs people in the research & development sector, business services, manufacturing, procurement and finance department

Iraqi-Kurdish Battles Send Oil Prices Gushing, Retreating

Iraqi-Kurdish Battles Send Oil Prices Gushing, Retreating

Oil prices surged from October 13 through October 18 as fighting between Iraqi and Kurdish forces intensified, threatening supplies from northern Iraq, while markets await changes from US Congress on sanctions targeting Iran demanded by US President Donald Trump to stave off a US withdrawal from the deal