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IAEA Urges Japan To Secure Permanent Sites For Radioactive Waste -Kyodo

IAEA Urges Japan To Secure Permanent Sites For Radioactive Waste -Kyodo

A team of experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency submitted a final report to the Japanese government on Tuesday urging Tokyo to secure permanent sites for radioactive waste from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear crisis, Kyodo News reported.

Syria Stops Oil Payments To Frances Total

Syria Stops Oil Payments To France's Total

Total SA (TOT) said Tuesday the Syrian government has stopped paying for oil the French energy giant produces in the country, which is the target of a European Union ban on oil exports.

Turkey Threatens To Cut Power To Syria, Halts Oil Search

Turkey Threatens To Cut Power To Syria, Halts Oil Search

Turkey said Tuesday it has halted joint oil exploration with Syria and threatened to cut energy supplies to its neighbor as relations sour over the Syrian regime's bloody crackdown on demonstrators.

KazMunaiGas Lays Out Growth Plan After Strike Hits 3Q Profits

KazMunaiGas Lays Out Growth Plan After Strike Hits 3Q Profits

KazMunaiGas Exploration Production (KMGq.L) Monday said new exploration in its home market, along with acquisitions, would position the company to move beyond a recent labor strike that marred third-quarter results.

E.ON Sues Germany Over Nuclear Exit Decision, Seeks Damages

E.ON Sues Germany Over Nuclear Exit Decision, Seeks Damages

E.ON AG (EOAN.XE) Monday became the first of Germany's four nuclear reactor operators to take the government to court over a decision earlier this year to accelerate the planned exit from nuclear energy, saying the company's proprietary rights have been affected and it should be compensated.

Alstom Signs EUR30M Contract In India

Alstom Signs EUR30M Contract In India

Alstom Grid, a unit of French power engineering company Alstom SA (ALO.FR), said Monday it was awarded contracts worth EUR30 million by Power Grid Corporation of India (532898.BY) for the supply and construction of a high voltage substation located at Bareily, in the Uttar Pradesh State of India.

Pentagon: US Shifts Predator Drones From Iraq To Turkey

Pentagon: US Shifts Predator Drones From Iraq To Turkey

The United States has deployed Predator drones to Turkey from Iraq for surveillance flights in support of Ankara's fight against Kurdish rebels, a Pentagon spokesman said Monday.

French Finance Minister Tells Areva To Speed Up Recovery Effort- Report

French Finance Minister Tells Areva To Speed Up Recovery Effort- Report

It is essential to speed up recovery efforts on profitability, French Finance Minister Francois Baroin told Jean-Cyril Spinetta, the president of French power and transport engineering group Areva SA (AREVA.FR) in a letter, published Monday by French Internet news site Owni.

Cyprus Hydrocarbons and Wealth Distribution

Cyprus Hydrocarbons and Wealth Distribution

The Friedrich Ebert Foundation (FES) and the PRIO Cyprus Centre (PCC) will host a one day conference on “Cyprus Offshore Hydrocarbons: Wealth Distribution and Regional Politics.”

Total Paid Novatek $425M For 20% Stake In Yamal LNG

Total Paid Novatek $425M For 20% Stake In Yamal LNG

Russia's biggest independent natural gas producer, OAO Novatek (NVTK.RS), Friday said French energy company Total SA (TOT) paid $425 million for a 20% stake in the Yamal liquefied natural gas project in northern Russia.

BPs Troubles Far From Over

BP's Troubles Far From Over

A week that began inauspiciously for BP after the collapse of its deal to sell its stake in Argentina's Pan-American Energy has ended somewhat more positively for the U.K. oil giant on news that a Siberian court has found in its favor and dismissed two cases brought against it by a minority shareholder in its Russian joint venture.