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CNPC Offers Help To South Sudan To Build Alternate Oil Pipeline

CNPC Offers Help To South Sudan To Build Alternate Oil Pipeline

China has signaled an interest in a long-term role in South Sudan's oil sector, and has offered to help build an export pipeline and provide technical help once the crisis with neighboring Sudan eases, a South Sudanese official said Tuesday.

Russian Minister Says TNK-BP To Speed Pipeline Modernization

Russian Minister Says TNK-BP To Speed Pipeline Modernization

TNK-BP Holding (TNBP.RS) has promised the Russian government to speed modernization of its pipelines after the state's criticism of the company's ecological policy, Yury Trutnev, Russia's natural resources and environment minister, said Tuesday, Interfax reported.

Turkey May Purchase Natural Gas from Qatar

Turkey May Purchase Natural Gas from Qatar

Turkey’s energy and natural resources minister said on April 21 that Turkey was willing to purchase natural gas from Qatar to meet its growing natural gas needs.

E.ON Eyes Link With Batistas Oil Group

E.ON Eyes Link With Batista's Oil Group

Brazil's richest man, Eike Batista, is in talks with German utility E.ON AG (EOAN.XE) over the creation of a joint venture to exploit Brazil's oil and gas reserves, the Financial Times reported on its website Sunday.

Mediterranean Oil & Gas Makes Solid Start To 2012, Plans To Repay Debt

Mediterranean Oil & Gas Makes Solid Start To 2012, Plans To Repay Debt

Mediterranean Oil & Gas PLC (MOG.LN), a central Mediterranean producer, developer and explorer of oil and gas assets, said Monday it has made a solid start to 2012 having delivered reliable cash flow from its producing assets in Italy, and acquiring the seismic data required to evaluate prospective resources offshore Malta.

Iran Oil Ministry Under Cyber Attack

Iran Oil Ministry Under Cyber Attack

Iran's oil ministry and its affiliates have come under a "cyber attack" and a specialized team has been assembled to confront it, Iranian media reported Monday.

China March Coal Imports Rise 93% To 17.08 Mln Tons

China March Coal Imports Rise 93% To 17.08 Mln Tons

China's March coal imports nearly doubled from a year ago, mainly due to rising electricity consumption, higher domestic coal prices--which made imports more attractive--as well as a buying spree by coal suppliers looking to stock up for peak power demand in summer.

German Power Demand Falls In Jan-Feb, Gas Demand Rises

German Power Demand Falls In Jan-Feb, Gas Demand Rises

Electricity demand in Germany fell around 3.7% on the year in the first two months of 2012 due to mild temperatures and weak economic activity abroad, said the country's main energy industry group BDEW Monday.

Total: Decrease In Gas Leak Rate Confirmed At Elgin Platform

Total: Decrease In Gas Leak Rate Confirmed At Elgin Platform

Total SA (TOT) Friday said that the latest scientific flights over its North Sea platform of Elgin confirmed the decrease in the gas leak rate that forced the oil major to abandon and power down the platform.

Iran Accuses Saudi Arabia Of Breaching OPEC Ceiling

Iran Accuses Saudi Arabia Of Breaching OPEC Ceiling

Iran Thursday accused Saudi Arabia of breaching a collective OPEC agreement, reviving fears that the producer group's fractious meeting last year could be repeated.