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Turkey Isnt Mulling Elec Price Rises In July

Turkey Isn't Mulling Elec Price Rises In July

Turkey isn't considering an increase in electricity prices in July, Turkish Energy Minister Taner Yildiz said Monday, the Ihlas News Agency, or IHA, reported.

Rosneft Plans To Significantly Up Oil Output In 10-11

Rosneft Plans To Significantly Up Oil Output In '10-11

Russian oil major Rosneft (ROSN.RS) plans to significantly increase its oil output and geological exploration in 2010-11, the company's President Sergei Bogdanchikov told reporters Friday, Prime-Tass news agency reports.

Iraq Starts Production From Nassiriyah Oil Field

Iraq Starts Production From Nassiriyah Oil Field

Iraq has started crude oil production from a giant oil field in southern Iraq for the first time, in a bid to increase the country's crude output, an official with the South Oil Co. said Monday.

Elinoil Expands Abroad

Elinoil Expands Abroad

Elinoil, a provider of liquid fuels and lubricants, has started to supply ports in the United Arab Emirates and the Persian Gulf with its products as part of expansion plans abroad, it said yesterday. Elinoil, whose shares are listed on the Athens bourse, said that, as of June, the company supplies vessels passing through ports such as Fujairah and Muscat, with its shipping lubricant, elin marine

Refinery launches voluntary retirement scheme

Refinery launches voluntary retirement scheme

An employee at one of Greece’s two oil refineries is pictured in a file photo. Greece’s biggest refiner, Hellenic Petroleum, said yesterday it has launched a voluntary retirement scheme for administrative staff in order to save costs, as it plans to add workers to its core refining business

Israelis Eye Gas Stations

Israelis Eye Gas Stations

Israeli conglomerate Delek Group is examining the possibility of participating in a tender to buy gas stations in Greece. Delek said in a statement to the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange on Sunday that there was no certainty that it would bid

Cyprus Protests Against Turkish War Games In North

Cyprus Protests Against Turkish War Games In North

The Cyprus government said Wednesday it has protested to the U.N. and European Union over Turkish search and rescue exercises in the breakaway north of the divided island.

Turkey Wants Right to Re-export Russian Gas

Turkey Wants Right to Re-export Russian Gas

Energy Minister Taner Yildiz said yesterday Turkey was seeking a re-export clause in its contract to import Russian natural gas. The Turkish government wants the right to re-export the fuel in its current contract to import an annual 6 billion cubic meters of Russian gas from a western trans-Balkan pipeline, Yildiz told reporters

Naftogaz: International Lenders May Consider $4.2B Gas Loan

Naftogaz: International Lenders May Consider $4.2B Gas Loan

Ukraine's state-owned natural gas company, Naftogaz, said Thursday that international financial institutions may provide a $4.2-billion loan to Ukraine to enable it to fill its underground storages with Russian gas.

Gazprom Neft Appoints Tsibelman As Sibir Energy CEO

Gazprom Neft Appoints Tsibelman As Sibir Energy CEO

Russia's OAO Gazprom Neft (SIBN.RS) Thursday appointed Igor Tsibelman as new chief executive of Sibir Energy PLC (SBE.LN) in a sign the state-controlled oil major is tightening its grip on the London-listed company.

Lukoil Head In Iraq To Discuss Reviving Oil Deal

Lukoil Head In Iraq To Discuss Reviving Oil Deal

The head of OAO Lukoil Holdings (LKOH.RS), Russia's second-largest oil firm, met Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki Wednesday and discussed reviving a multi-billion-dollar deal to develop one of Iraq's largest oil fields, an Iraqi government statement said.

Ahmadinejad Victory Seen Strengthening His Hand Over Economy

Ahmadinejad Victory Seen Strengthening His Hand Over Economy

Despite street protests against his contested election victory, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is getting a boost from an unexpected corner: rebellious lawmakers who had stymied some of his controversial economic initiatives.

EDF CEO Wants Moderate Regulated Tariffs Increase

EDF CEO Wants Moderate Regulated Tariffs Increase

French state-controlled power group Electricite de France SA (EDF.FR) will ask the government for a moderate increase in electrical regulated tariffs, Chief Executive Pierre Gadonneix said Wednesday in an interview with RMC radio.

Russia Has Paid Ukraine Total Gas Transit Fees For 2009

Russia Has Paid Ukraine Total Gas Transit Fees For 2009

Russia has already paid Ukraine in full for its 2009 gas transit fees, a payment that effectively amounts to a huge loan to the crisis-battered country, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said Wednesday.

China, Russia Finalize Long-Term Power Supply Deal

China, Russia Finalize Long-Term Power Supply Deal

China's State Grid Corp. has finalized a long-term deal with Russia for a gradually increasing supply of electricity to a peak level of 60 billion kilowatt-hours from 2016, the China Daily reported Wednesday, citing unnamed State Grid officials.