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Turkeys Ipragaz Predicts Brent at Around $65 in 2018

Turkey's Ipragaz Predicts Brent at Around $65 in 2018

Turkey's Ipragaz forecasts Brent oil prices to range between $65-$70 in the first half 2018 and below $65 per barrel in the second half of the year, the company's CEO Eyup Aratay said on Tuesday. Aratay told Anadolu Agency that Ipragaz expects a stabilized oil price graphic by the end of this year

Energean Israel, Stena Drilling in Development Contract for Karish Field

Energean Israel, Stena Drilling in Development Contract for Karish Field

Greece’s Energean Oil & Gas said on January 29 that Energean Israel has signed a contract with Stena Drilling for the development drilling of the Karish Field, off the Israeli coast. According to an Energean press release, pursuant to the contract, Scotland-based Stena Drilling will deploy the Stena Forth drillship, or any other substitute per the agreement between the parties, to drill three development wells in the first quarter of 2019 with a provision made for further options that is subject to Energean’s Final Investment Decision (FID) regarding the Karish and Tanin fields

Eurogroup Gives Greece Conditional Green Light for Third Review Conclusion

Eurogroup Gives Greece Conditional Green Light for Third Review Conclusion

Eurozone finance ministers approved a new €6.7 billion loan for Greece on Monday after Athens pushed through controversial reforms. The working group of EU finance ministers said, however, that disbursement is not possible until the Greek government fully follows through in adopting the final round of "prior actions” that international lenders have demanded before paying out new loans

Iraq to Supply 12 Million Barrels of Oil to Egypt

Iraq to Supply 12 Million Barrels of Oil to Egypt

Iraq renewed a contract with Egypt to supply 12 million barrels of crude oil for one year, Iraq's Ministry of Oil announced on Monday. The Iraqi Ministry of Oil and the Egyptian Ministry of Petroleum agreed to renew the agreement starting from January 2018, which will be based on the same conditions as the former deal, Asim Jihad, spokesman of the Iraqi Oil Ministry, was quoted as saying

Trans Adriatic Pipeline 65% Completed: TAP Comm. Head

Trans Adriatic Pipeline 65% Completed: TAP Comm. Head

The Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) is on schedule with 65 percent of the project completed at the end of 2017, including engineering, procurement and construction, TAP Head of Communications Lisa Givert said Monday

Turkeys Inosolar Seeks German Coop. for Solar Factory

Turkey's Inosolar Seeks German Coop. for Solar Factory

Turkey's Istanbul-based EPC contractor, Inosolar, plans to open a solar panel factory in a partnership with Europe's largest independent solar energy company SolarWorld, Inosolar's chairman of the board told Anadolu Agency on Friday. Inosolar and Solarworld reached an agreement of exclusivity on Jan. 12 which authorises Inosolar as German producer's sole distributor in Turkey with an option to build a solar panel factory in central Anatolia

Austria to Sue EU Over Paks-2 Nuclear Plant, Commission Says ‘See You in Court’

Austria to Sue EU Over Paks-2 Nuclear Plant, Commission Says ‘See You in Court’

Austria said on Monday (22 January) it planned to sue the European Commission for allowing Hungary to expand its Paks nuclear power plant, saying it did not view atomic energy as the way to combat climate change or as being in the common European interest. Austria, which shares a border with Hungary, prides itself on supporting clean energy and does not have any nuclear plants of its own

Greece, Cyprus, Jordan Heads of State Agree Renewable Energy Package

Greece, Cyprus, Jordan Heads of State Agree Renewable Energy Package

A tripartite "historical” meeting among the heads of government of Greece, Cyprus and Jordan in Nicosia on January 16 strengthened relations between the three countries and paved the way for political and economic cooperation, including energy

Turkey Plans Second Canal to Link Black Sea with the Mediterranean

Turkey Plans Second Canal to Link Black Sea with the Mediterranean

Turkey will begin the tendering process for a new 45km canal to link the Mediterranean with the Black Sea, the minister of transport Ahmet Arslan announced on Monday. The plan is to deliver the mega-project by 2023, that is, in time for the centennial anniversary of the Turkish Republic

Norway Announces New Oil Licensing Round for 2018

Norway Announces New Oil Licensing Round for 2018

Norway's Oil Ministry announced a new licensing round in predefined areas offering 47 blocks in the Norwegian Sea and 56 blocks in the Barents Sea for 2018, the ministry announced late Monday. The ministry said the deadline for applications is Feb. 28

As Deepwater Horizon Claims Near Closure, BP to Take $1.7 Billion Post-Tax Non-Operating Charge

As Deepwater Horizon Claims Near Closure, BP to Take $1.7 Billion Post-Tax Non-Operating Charge

On January 16, British energy giant BP said it expects to take a post-tax non-operating charge of around $1.7 billion in its fourth quarter 2017 results for the remaining Business Economic Loss (BEL) and other claims associated with the Court Supervised Settlement Program (CSSP) established as part of the Deepwater Horizon (DWH) class action settlement

EBRD Supports France’s Urbasolar in Kazakhstan

EBRD Supports France’s Urbasolar in Kazakhstan

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is supporting French company Urbasolar SAS in its plans to build a solar power plant in Kazakhstan, the bank announced Saturday. The EBRD will provide a loan in local currency, Kazakh tenge, up to an equivalent of US$8.8 million, and the Clean Technology Fund will lend up to $3.9 million for the solar plant in the South Kazakhstan region, near the city of Shymkent

Shell Announces Redevelopment of Penguins Field in UK

Shell Announces Redevelopment of Penguins Field in UK

Royal Dutch Shell Plc. (Shell) made a final investment decision on the redevelopment of the Penguins oil and gas field in the U.K. North Sea, the company announced on Monday. According to Shell, the decision authorizes the construction of a floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel -- the first newly manned installation for the company in the northern North Sea in almost 30 years

At Rome ‘Club Med’ Summit, Greece Gets A Line on TAP Gas to Italy

At Rome ‘Club Med’ Summit, Greece Gets A Line on TAP Gas to Italy

As heads of state and government of Cyprus, France, Greece, Italy, Malta, Portugal and Spain, or so-called "Club Med,’ convened in Rome on January 10 for the fourth Summit of the Southern European Union countries, Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades reportedly discussed energy issues with French President Emmanuel Macron and Italian Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni. Currently, Italian energy major ENI and France’s Total are drilling for natural gas in Cyprus’ exclusive economic zone (EEZ)