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Libya to Produce 10% of Power from Renewables by 2025

Libya to Produce 10% of Power from Renewables by 2025

Libya plans to get 10% of its power from renewable sources by 2025 to reduce its domestic reliance on fossil fuels and ensure it has enough oil to export, the country's Deputy Prime Minister Awad al-Baraasi said Monday.

Iraq, Eni Considering Zubair Oil Field Production Cut

Iraq, Eni Considering Zubair Oil Field Production Cut

Iraq and Italy's largest oil production company, the Eni SpA (E) group, are close to reaching a deal to cut the final production target for the giant Zubair oil field in southern Iraq to between 850,000 and 1 million barrels a day, an Iraqi oil industry official familiar with the matter said Thursday.

Vestas CFO to Quit

Vestas CFO to Quit

The chief financial officer for Vestas Wind Systems has stepped down after nine months on the job, dealing the troubled Danish wind-turbine maker another blow as it works to reverse a string of deep losses and build relationships with investors.

OMV Buys RWEs Nabucco Stake

OMV Buys RWE's Nabucco Stake

Austrian energy group OMV has bought German utility RWE's nearly 17% stake in the Nabucco pipeline project that aims to bring Caspian gas to Europe.

Nigerian Oil Thefts Prompt Shell To Act

Nigerian Oil Thefts Prompt Shell To Act

Nigeria -- Jacob Mandi says he failed to find work with Royal Dutch Shell PLC in Nigeria's oil-rich swamps. So now the 25-year-old ocean diver earns a rich living stealing crude oil from pipelines in an activity the company warned on Thursday is part of a "massive and growing problem of oil theft" in Africa's top crude-oil producer.

Japan March Power Output Down 7.1% on Year At 76.07 Bln KWh

Japan March Power Output Down 7.1% on Year At 76.07 Bln KWh

Electricity generated by Japan's 10 regional power utilities fell 7.1% on year in March to 76.07 billion kilowatt-hours, as the nation kept conservation efforts amid continued closure of most nuclear power plants, the Federation of Electric Power Companies said Friday.

Rosneft To Invest $1.5B In East Arctic Shelf Survey

Rosneft To Invest $1.5B In East Arctic Shelf Survey

The world's largest listed oil producer, Russia's Rosneft (ROSN.RS), plans to invest $1.5 billion to survey the East Arctic shelf, deputy general director at Rosneft-Shelf-Far-East said Friday, Interfax news agency reported.

GDF Suez Plans to Close French Gas-Fired Power Plants

GDF Suez Plans to Close French Gas-Fired Power Plants

French power utility GDF Suez SA (GSZ.FR) plans to close three of the four gas-fired power plants it operates in its home country because their profitability fell, the newspaper Les Echos reported Thursday, citing unidentified sources.

Iraq Raises Oil Reserves To 150 Billion Barrels

Iraq Raises Oil Reserves To 150 Billion Barrels

Iraq has raised its estimated proven crude oil reserves to 150 billion barrels from 143 billion barrels, with more oil discovered in oil fields being upgraded by international oil companies and from a new oil field in southern Iraq, the Iraqi oil minister said Wednesday.

Rosneft Expects Sakhalin LNG Production No Later Than 2018

Rosneft Expects Sakhalin LNG Production No Later Than 2018

Russian state-run oil company Rosneft (ROSN.RS) plans to begin producing liquefied natural gas on the island of Sakhalin no later than 2018, President Igor Sechin said Thursday, Interfax reported.

Turkey Has No Plans to Reduce Oil, Gas Imports From Iran - Minister

Turkey Has No Plans to Reduce Oil, Gas Imports From Iran - Minister

Turkey, a major buyer of oil and gas from Iran, has no plans to reduce its energy imports from the Persian country despite the growing prospect of tougher U.S. sanctions, Turkish energy minister Taner Yildiz said in remarks published Thursday.

Libya Wont Allow Foreign Security at its Oil Zones - NOC

Libya Won't Allow Foreign Security at its Oil Zones - NOC

Libya will not allow the presence of foreign security at its oil facilities, the chairman of the state-run National Oil Corp., or NOC, said after talks with BP PLC.(BP.LN) about protecting the company if it resumes operations in the North African country.

Russia to Fund the Construction of Serbian Section of South Stream Gas Pipeline

Russia to Fund the Construction of Serbian Section of South Stream Gas Pipeline

Russia will fund the construction of the Serbian section of the South Stream gas pipeline worth 1.7 billion Euro and Serbia will pay to Russia at the expense of gas pumping tariffs, Aleksei Miller, Gazprom President said after the Russian-Serbian talks in Gorki, newswires reported.