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French Prosecutors Open Probe Into Total CEOs Death

French Prosecutors Open Probe Into Total CEO's Death

French prosecutors opened a probe into the death of Christophe de Margerie, head of French oil group Total, following his death in a plane crash in Russia, local media reported Tuesday

TAP Invites Bids for Onshore Pipeline Contract

TAP Invites Bids for Onshore Pipeline Contract

The Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) project company said on Wednesday it has issued its first major invitation to tender (ITT) for the construction of the onshore section of the pipeline

Greece Will Seek Algerian LNG If Russian Gas Supply Cut

Greece Will Seek Algerian LNG If Russian Gas Supply Cut

Greece is discussing additional liquefied natural gas supply from Algeria to cover shortages and help neighboring nations if a gas dispute between Russia and Ukraine disrupts pipeline deliveries

OPEC Producers Fight for Market Share

OPEC Producers Fight for Market Share

With global oil prices falling, OPEC-kingpin Saudi Arabia has cut prices instead of cutting production

Junckers Chassé-Croisé

Juncker's Chassé-Croisé

Tired of looking for complicated solutions, and after finding that the new Slovene Commissioner-designate Violeta Bulc was “excellent" (maybe with a hint to her deep passion for the occult and extra-sensorial perception) Jean-Claude Juncker decided to do things in a simple way

Turkish Firms to Supply 80% of Pipes to TANAP Project

Turkish Firms to Supply 80% of Pipes to TANAP Project

The Turkish government is determined to create energy co-operation instead of energy rivalries, Davutoglu said at the ceremony for signing the pipe supply contracts, according to a statement published on the website of Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (Ak Parti)

AES Corp Agrees to Shed Assets in Turkey

AES Corp Agrees to Shed Assets in Turkey

US power generation and utility company AES Corp said today it had entered into an agreement to sell its 49.62% stake in its Turkish joint venture AES Entek Elektrik Uretimi AS to its local partners Koc Holding AS and Aygaz AS for USD125m (EUR98.5m)

South Streams Offshore Section May Cost Over 10 Bln Euro

South Stream's Offshore Section May Cost Over 10 Bln Euro

The cost of the offshore section of the South Stream gas pipeline is estimated to grow to over 10 billion euro ($12.7 billion), Russian media reported, quoting the spokesman of the company in charge of the project

Rosatom Units EdF Agree Study to Extend Lifespan of Bulgarian N-plant Unit

Rosatom Units EdF Agree Study to Extend Lifespan of Bulgarian N-plant Unit

A consortium of units of Russian nuclear group Rosatom and France's Electricite de France (EdF) have signed with Bulgaria's sole nuclear power plant (NPP) Kozloduy an agreement to prove the feasibility of extending the lifespan of one of its two operational units,Rosatom's Rosenergoatom said