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Hungary Sees Launch Of Power Exchange In July 2010

Hungary Sees Launch Of Power Exchange In July 2010

BUDAPEST (Dow Jones)--The Hungarian power exchange could start operations in July 2010 after Hungarian electricity grid operator Mavir Zrt. and EPEX Spot SE., one of Europe's largest exchange service providers, signed a letter of intent to cooperate, the two parties said Thursday.

Turkish Agency: 43 Firms Apply For Grid Tenders - IHA

Turkish Agency: 43 Firms Apply For Grid Tenders - IHA

ISTANBUL (Dow Jones)--Turkey's privatization agency OIB said Thursday that 43 firms have applied for the pre-qualification in the tender of four state-owned power distribution grids, the Ihlas News Agency, or IHA, reported.

Fluxys: Buys 10% Stake In UK-Belgium Gas Pipeline From E.ON

Fluxys: Buys 10% Stake In UK-Belgium Gas Pipeline From E.ON

LONDON (Dow Jones)--Belgian gas network operator Fluxys SA (FLUX.BT) said Thursday it has bought a 10% stake in the Interconnector gas pipeline that links the U.K. and Belgium from Germany utility E.ON AG (EOAN.XE) for an undisclosed sum.

Exxon-XTO May Lead Way To Energy Independence

Exxon-XTO May Lead Way To Energy Independence

NEW YORK (Dow Jones)--Exxon Mobil Corp.'s (XOM) decision to buy XTO Energy Inc. (XTO) shows it can do something that the government cannot: Help bring energy independence to the U.S.

OPEC Wont Change Quotas At Angola Meet - Qatar Oil Min

OPEC Won't Change Quotas At Angola Meet - Qatar Oil Min

LONDON (Zawya Dow Jones)--The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries will agree to closely watch market conditions and improve compliance when they meet in Angola's capital Luanda Tuesday but they will not change their official quotas, Qatar's oil minister said Thursday.

German Cartel Office:Longer Gas Contracts Pose Competition Risk

German Cartel Office:Longer Gas Contracts Pose Competition Risk

FRANKFURT (Dow Jones)--Germany's Federal Cartel Office said Thursday that long-term bookings of transport capacity at cross-border gas grid entry points pose a risk for competition and that individual companies could eventually find themselves subject to market abuse investigations

Papandreou in Copenhagen for climate summit

Papandreou in Copenhagen for climate summit

Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou arrived in Copenhagen on Wednesday morning, where along with some 120 world leaders he will take part in the United Nations climate summit.

Bolivia Pres Morales Calls For Billions In Climate Reparations

Bolivia Pres Morales Calls For Billions In Climate Reparations

Bolivian President Evo Morales Wednesday called on industrialized nations to pay many billions of dollars in climate-change "reparations" to developing nations for the environmental impact of decades of pollution.

Greeces New PPC Chief Heralds Better Labor Relations

Greece's New PPC Chief Heralds Better Labor Relations

The election of Arthouros Zervos as head of Greece's dominant utility, Public Power Corporation SA (PPC.AT), may signal a new era of consensus at the company after two years of stormy--and sometimes violent--confrontation between management and the unions.

Exxon To Become Largest US Nat Gas Producer-EIA

Exxon To Become Largest US Nat Gas Producer-EIA

After acquiring XTO Energy Inc. (XTO), a strengthened Exxon Mobil Corp. (XOM) would be the largest natural gas producer in the U.S. - and the fourth largest producer of crude and liquids, says the U.S. Energy Information Administration.

China Will Let Poor Nations Take Climate Funding Priority

China Will Let Poor Nations Take Climate Funding Priority

China is willing to allow poorer developing nations take priority in receiving rich nations' funding to combat climate change, the nation's assistant minister of finance said here Wednesday.

Iran Missile Test Undermines Claim Of Peaceful Intent

Iran Missile Test Undermines Claim Of Peaceful Intent

Iran's medium-range missile test undermines the Islamic republic's claim of peaceful intentions and increases world resolve against Tehran's nuclear aims, the White House said Wednesday.

Rosneft CEO: 2010 Oil Output Seen 4%-5% Higher On Year

Rosneft CEO: 2010 Oil Output Seen 4%-5% Higher On Year

Russia's biggest oil producer OAO Rosneft (ROSN.RS) aims to increase its oil output in 2010 by between 4% and 5% on the year, the company's Chief Executive Sergey Bogdanchikov said Tuesday.