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GDF Suez:15% Stake In Offshore License With Lukoil, Azeris

Παρ, 5 Σεπτεμβρίου 2008 - 12:34

French utility giant GdF Suez (GSZ.FR) said Thursday it has acquired a 15% stake in an offshore exploration-production license in Azerbaijan.

Edison To Sign A Gas Deal With Azerbaijan By Yr-End

Παρ, 5 Σεπτεμβρίου 2008 - 12:29

Edison SpA (EDN.MI) plans to sign a gas supply agreement with Azerbaijan by the end of the year, Chief Executive Officer Umberto Quadrino told Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera in an interview published Friday.

IEA Urges EU Unity In Dealing With Energy Suppliers

Παρ, 5 Σεπτεμβρίου 2008 - 12:27

European Union member countries should deal collectively with their most important energy suppliers, particularly Russia, so that individual countries are less vulnerable to supply disruptions caused by foreign conflicts, the International Energy Agency said in a report Thursday.

Nabucco Pipeline 'On Track' Despite Georgia-Russia Conflict

Παρ, 5 Σεπτεμβρίου 2008 - 12:26

The Nabucco gas pipeline, which seeks to link central Asia's gas fields with Europe, is on track despite the Russia-Georgia conflict, the project's chief executive said in an interview published Friday.

BP Retains Its Stake In TNK-BP

Παρ, 5 Σεπτεμβρίου 2008 - 12:24

BP PLC signed a deal to end a bitter conflict with its Russian partners in TNK-BP Ltd., loosening its grip on Russia's third-largest oil producer but retaining its 50% stake.

Ukraine Pres Firm On Foreign Policy Despite Govt Collapse

Παρ, 5 Σεπτεμβρίου 2008 - 12:23

Ukraine will push ahead with efforts to join the European Union and North Atlantic Treaty Organization despite Wednesday's collapse of Kiev's pro-western coalition, President Viktor Yushchenko said in an interview with the Financial Times published Friday.

Iraq Invites Bids For 40,000 Tons Fuel Oil

Παρ, 5 Σεπτεμβρίου 2008 - 12:21

Iraq's State Oil Marketing Organization, or SOMO, has invited local and foreign companies to bid for a four-month term contract to lift 40,000 metric tons of fuel oil from its Baiji refinery, the Oil Ministry's Web site says.

Gazprom Resumes Full Gas Supply Via Yamal-Europe Pipe

Παρ, 5 Σεπτεμβρίου 2008 - 12:19

Russian natural gas giant OAO Gazprom(GAZP.RS) has fully resumed gas supplies through the Yamal-Europe gas pipeline to the European Union, a spokesman for Gazprom told Prime-Tass news agency Thursday.

Bosnia Oil

Παρ, 5 Σεπτεμβρίου 2008 - 11:53

A Bosnian oil company is looking for international partners to explore domestic oil fields that may contain more than 100 million barrels, officials said yesterday. Bosnia’s biggest energy company, state-run Energoinvest, invited foreign companies to explore five already identified sites in the next five years.

Argolida Looks for Clean Water

Παρ, 5 Σεπτεμβρίου 2008 - 11:48

Authorities in the Peloponnesian prefecture of Argolida, where thousands of residents have been drinking bottled water since July due to the high level of toxic nitrates in their tap water, are seeking approval to exploit the freshwater springs of Anavalos. But recent studies suggest that the Anavalos water too is far from pure.

No Οutlet for Τoxic Ιndustrial Waste

Παρ, 5 Σεπτεμβρίου 2008 - 11:43

Hundreds of thousands of tons of toxic industrial waste is festering outside factories and in makeshift dumps across the country as authorities have failed to create the necessary facilities to process it and exporting the waste to countries that have the technology to do so is too costly.

EU To Put Brakes On Quick Membership For Ukraine

Πεμ, 4 Σεπτεμβρίου 2008 - 12:51

Ukraine's hopes of becoming a candidate for E.U. membership, which had increased amid the conflict in Georgia, are likely to be deflated at an E.U.-Ukraine summit next week, European diplomats said Wednesday.

Russia Sets Terms For Pulling Out Troops From Georgia

Πεμ, 4 Σεπτεμβρίου 2008 - 12:49

Russia will withdraw its troops from its "buffer zone" in Georgia when they are replaced by international peacekeepers and once the Georgian government has signed non-aggression pacts with the breakaway regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia, the Guardian newspaper quotes Moscow's ambassador to the U.K., Yuri Fedotov, on its Web site Wednesday.