Sarkozy Arrives In Tripoli For Joint Visit With Cameron: AFP Πεμ, 15 Σεπτεμβρίου 2011 - 14:40 French President Nicolas Sarkozy arrived in Tripoli on Thursday for a joint visit with U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron following the fall of Moammar Gadhafi's regime, an AFP correspondent said.
China August Oil Products Consumption Up 2.2% On Year - NDRC Πεμ, 15 Σεπτεμβρίου 2011 - 14:39 China's apparent consumption of refined oil products rose to 19.43 million metric tons in August, up 2.2% compared with the same month a year earlier, the National Development and Reform Commission said Thursday.
Shell May Face Prosecution For North Sea Spill - UK Minister Πεμ, 15 Σεπτεμβρίου 2011 - 14:39 Royal Dutch Shell PLC (RDSA.LN) may be prosecuted for the U.K.'s worst oil spill in a decade after Energy and Climate Change Secretary Chris Huhne confirmed an investigation into a 10-day leak from the oil major's Gannet Alpha platform last month will be sent to Scotland's public prosector.
EDF Energy To Up UK Retail Power, Gas Rates From Nov 10 Πεμ, 15 Σεπτεμβρίου 2011 - 14:38 EDF Energy, the U.K. arm of Electricite de France SA (EDF.FR), said Thursday it will raise its U.K. retail or residential electricity and natural gas prices from Nov. 10, becoming the last of the big six U.K. retail energy suppliers to raise its rates.
GDF SUEZ CEO: Euro Zone Debt Woes Won't Alter EUR11B/Yr Capex Plans Πεμ, 15 Σεπτεμβρίου 2011 - 14:38 Euro zone debt woes won't impact GDF SUEZ SA's (GSZ.FR) EUR11 billion a year capital expenditure plans for 2011 through 2013, Chairman and chief executive of GDF SUEZ Gérard Mestrallet said Thursday.
TNK-BP Shareholder: Barsky Still On Track To Be CEO Πεμ, 15 Σεπτεμβρίου 2011 - 14:37 TNK-BP Ltd., half-owned by BP PLC (BP), still intends to promote Deputy Chief Executive Maxim Barsky to CEO, shareholder and Vice President German Khan said Thursday.
Turkey is Planning 15000 MW Coal Based Power Generation Plants Τετ, 14 Σεπτεμβρίου 2011 - 19:20 Turkey is planning to set up some 15000 MW Coal based power generation plants and requested Indian companies to participate in the tenders.
Geopolitics at Play as Cyprus Gets Ready to Develop Offshore Natural Gas Deposits Τετ, 14 Σεπτεμβρίου 2011 - 15:05 At the start it was the Arab spring and the unrest that followed in the northern coastal strip of Africa which is a net oil and gas exporter. From a European energy point of view Libya is what really matters, although Egypt’s position is pivotal since a sizeable amount of oil and gas, a cumulative 2.0 to 2.5 bbl per day , flows through the Suez canal and the country itself is a net gas exporter.
Arctic Ice Coverage Shrinks to Near Record Low - Russian Meteorologists Τετ, 14 Σεπτεμβρίου 2011 - 14:44 Arctic sea ice coverage has shrunk to a near-record low this year, a deputy chief of Russian meteorological service Rosgidromet said on Wednesday.
Gazprom Forecasts 2011 Production at 520 bcm Τετ, 14 Σεπτεμβρίου 2011 - 14:44 Russian gas giant Gazprom expects to produce 520 billion cubic meters of gas in 2011, up from 515 bcm last year, Vsevolod Cherepanov, head of gas, gas condensate and oil production, said on Wednesday.
Saudi Aramco, Total Refinery JV Fully Operational In 4Q, 2013 Τρι, 13 Σεπτεμβρίου 2011 - 19:11 Saudi Aramco Total Refining and Petrochemical Co., or Satorp, said Tuesday its refinery complex at Jubail on the Persian Gulf coast is expected to be fully operational in the fourth quarter of next year.
Gadhafi Whereabouts A Mystery - NATO Τρι, 13 Σεπτεμβρίου 2011 - 19:10 NATO doesn't know whether Moammar Gadhafi is still in Libya as the fallen Libyan leader has disappeared from public view, an alliance spokesman said on Tuesday.
E.ON Shares Up On Possible Gas Grid Sale Τρι, 13 Σεπτεμβρίου 2011 - 19:10 E.ON (EOAN.XE) shares rise after a DJN report that the company is moving ahead with the sale of its gas grid, citing unnamed sources.
MOL, Slovnaft To Invest EUR80M In Adria Oil Pipeline Τρι, 13 Σεπτεμβρίου 2011 - 19:09 Hungarian oil and gas company MOL Nyrt. (MOL.BU) and its Slovakian unit Slovnaft (SLN.BS) will spend about EUR80 million to modernize the Adria oil pipeline that runs between the two countries, Hungarian state news agency MTI cited Slovnaft as saying Tuesday.
Brazil Petrobras In Talks With Venezuela's PdVSA On Refinery JV Τρι, 13 Σεπτεμβρίου 2011 - 19:09 Brazilian federal oil company Petroleo Brasileiro (PBR, PETR4.BR) said Tuesday that it was still in talks with Petroleos de Venezuela SA to complete a joint-venture deal to build a refinery in Brazil's Pernambuco state.
For Libyan Oil, Security Is Everything Τρι, 13 Σεπτεμβρίου 2011 - 19:09 On Monday, OPEC came out with a remarkably optimistic forecast for Libyan oil. Despite Libya's oil industry being almost completely shut down by the civil war, OPEC said the country could be producing 1 million barrels a day of oil again within six months.