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Some 3% Of UK Gas Output Being Lost Because Of Elgin Leak

Some 3% Of UK Gas Output Being Lost Because Of Elgin Leak

Around 3% of the U.K. North Sea's gas output is being lost as a result of the continued shut-in of the Elgin field following a leak on a Total SA (TOT) platform, said U.K. Energy Minister Charles Hendry Friday.

Argus Launches Forward Price Assessments for Wholesale Electricity in Bulgaria and Greece

Argus Launches Forward Price Assessments for Wholesale Electricity in Bulgaria and Greece

Argus has become the first global energy price reporting organisation to provide forward price assessments for wholesale electricity in Bulgaria and Greece. The new weekly assessments are for physical month-ahead base-load power. They are published online and each Thursday in the daily Argus European Electricity report.

Cnooc 2011 Net Profit Rises 29% To CNY70.26 Bln

Cnooc 2011 Net Profit Rises 29% To CNY70.26 Bln

Cnooc Ltd. (CEO), China's biggest offshore oil and gas producer by output, Wednesday reported a 29% increase in 2011 net profit because of higher oil prices, though it set a conservative production output target this year following the shutdown of its Bohai Bay oil field in northeast China in September.

China To Reform Residential Power Pricing In 1H

China To Reform Residential Power Pricing In 1H

China will introduce a progressive pricing system for residential electricity in the first half of the year, China National Radio reported Wednesday, citing a government official.

Gazprom To Launch Sakhalin-3 This Year; Targets 4.2 BCM/Year

Gazprom To Launch Sakhalin-3 This Year; Targets 4.2 BCM/Year

Russian state gas firm OAO Gazprom (GAZP.RS) will begin production at its massive Sakhalin-3 offshore gas project in the Far East in the second half of the year and reach output of 4.2 billion cubic meters a year by 2015, the company said Wednesday.

Russian Energy Ministry Proposes New Oil Export Duty

Russian Energy Ministry Proposes New Oil Export Duty

Russia's energy ministry has proposed a new oil tax regime that will lower the export duty on crude oil and oil products starting in 2014, the Interfax news agency reported late Monday citing a letter from Deputy Energy Minister Sergey Kudryashov to the government.

New Iraq Oil Export Terminal Loads 3rd Vessel

New Iraq Oil Export Terminal Loads 3rd Vessel

Iraq's new single-point mooring, or SPM, terminal in the south is loading a third tanker Tuesday at a rate of 800,000-900,000 barrels a day, a senior Iraqi oil official said.

EnBW Seeks Advisors For Sale Of Power Transmission Grid

EnBW Seeks Advisors For Sale Of Power Transmission Grid

German utility EnBW Energie Baden-Wuerttemberg AG (EBK.XE) is seeking advisors for the sale of its power transmission network valued at over EUR300 million, three people familiar with the matter told Dow Jones Newswires.