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Turkmenistan Completes China Pipeline Work

Turkmenistan Completes China Pipeline Work

Turkmenistan has completed construction on its part of a 7,000-kilometer (4,350-mile) natural gas pipeline from Turkmenistan to China, state media said Friday.

EU: EDF Offers Commitments To Buy Majority Stake In SPE

EU: EDF Offers Commitments To Buy Majority Stake In SPE

The European Commission Friday said French utility Electricite de France SA (EDF.FR) had offered commitments to gain regulatory clearance to buy a majority stake in Belgian energy company SPE.

Energy Plans

Energy Plans

Italy’s energy provider Petrolvilla plans to build a 100-million-euro hydropower cascade in Bulgaria and is also considering the construction of a 150-million-euro solar park, a company official said. It is also in talks with Italian utility Enel for joint participation in the planned hydro project along the Maritsa River in southern Bulgaria, Petrolvilla’s chief executive for Bulgaria, Plamen Dilkov, told Reuters.

A Strategic Alliance Between Hellenic Petroleum - Elpedison

A Strategic Alliance Between Hellenic Petroleum - Elpedison

Hellenic Petroleum S.A. announces today, within the framework of the agreement to form a strategic alliance with Italy’s Edison SpA that was signed on 3 July 2008, the merger through absorption of Thisvi S.A. (which was 65%-owned by Elpedison B.V. and 35%-owned by Hellenic Energy & Development S.A. and Halcor S.A.) with Energiaki Thessalonikis S.A., which has been renamed to Elpedison Power Generation S.A. (was 100%-owned by Elpedison B.V.).

Iran, Israel Traded Barbs At Nuclear Talks

Iran, Israel Traded Barbs At Nuclear Talks

Iranian and Israeli officials traded accusations during nuclear talks in Cairo, an Egyptian official who attended the first high-level contact between the two countries in 30 years said Thursday.

Czech Govt Wants To Increase Stake In Crude Oil Assets

Czech Govt Wants To Increase Stake In Crude Oil Assets

The Czech government wants to buy a stake in the country's leading crude oil refinery, Ceska Rafinerska AS, to enhance energy security, the Deputy Minister of Energy said Thursday.

Russias Putin: South Stream May Be Built Ahead Of Schedule

Russia's Putin: South Stream May Be Built Ahead Of Schedule

Construction of the South Stream gas pipeline, which will supply Russian and Central Asian natural gas to Europe under the Black Sea, may be finished before 2013 as originally planned, Russia's Prime Minister said Thursday.

Kazakhstan To Take Part In Samsun-Ceyhan Oilpipe Proj

Kazakhstan To Take Part In Samsun-Ceyhan Oilpipe Proj

Kazakhstan's President Nursultan Nazarbayev said Thursday his country is ready to participate in the Samsun-Ceyhan oil pipeline project together with Russia, the Ihlas News Agency, or IHA, reported.

Iran Uranium Talks Begins In Vienna

Iran Uranium Talks Begins In Vienna

Iran and world powers began a third round of talks here Wednesday to hammer out a deal on the supply of enriched uranium to Tehran in the hope of defusing tensions over its nuclear program.

Azerbaijan Must Diversify Econ Away From Oil, Gas

Azerbaijan Must Diversify Econ Away From Oil, Gas

World Bank Managing Director Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala urged Azerbaijan on Wednesday to diversify its economy away from the oil and gas sector as the ex-Soviet republic approaches peak energy production.

TNK-BP CFO: 2010 Capex May Total $3.4 Bln To $3.5 Bln

TNK-BP CFO: 2010 Capex May Total $3.4 Bln To $3.5 Bln

Russia's third-biggest oil producer TNK-BP Holding (TNBP.RS) may invest between $3.4 billion and $3.5 billion in 2010, the company's Chief Financial Officer Jonathan Muir told journalists Wednesday.