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Gazprom Not In Talks To Buy Control Of BPs JV TNK-BP-Sources

Gazprom Not In Talks To Buy Control Of BP's JV TNK-BP-Sources

OAO Gazprom (GAZP.RS) is not in talks to take control of BP PLC's (BP) joint-venture TNK-BP (TNBP.RS), people familiar with both companies said, undermining a press report saying the price for the acquisition has already been set.

Eni Holding Launches Mandatory Offer For 20% Of HOEC

Eni Holding Launches Mandatory Offer For 20% Of HOEC

Eni Holding, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Eni SpA (E), has launched a mandatory open offer for 20% of the shares of Hindustan Oil Exploration Limited (HOEC) at a price of 144.2 rupees per share.

EdF Energies Nouvelles Signs Pact For Crane Creek Project

EdF Energies Nouvelles Signs Pact For Crane Creek Project

French renewable power company EdF Energies Nouvelles (EEN.FR) announced Thursday the signing of a new agreement for the development and construction of the Crane Creek project in Iowa on behalf of a third party.

Spanish Govt Asks Iberdrola, Gas Natural To Merge

Spanish Govt Asks Iberdrola, Gas Natural To Merge

Spanish Finance Minister Pedro Solbes and Industry Minister Miguel Sebastian have asked the main shareholders of Iberdrola SA (IBE.MC) and Gas Natural SDG SA (GAS.MC) to put together a plan to merge, reports Cinco Dias in its Thursday Internet edition, citing people familiar with the talks.

OMV Committed To MOL-Takeover Plan Despite Discouraging AGM

OMV Committed To MOL-Takeover Plan Despite Discouraging AGM

Austrian oil and gas company OMV AG (OMV.VI) remains committed to its intention of taking over Hungarian peer MOL Nyrt. (MOL.BU) it said late Wednesday, following a discouraging MOL annual meeting.

Terna Says Still Distant From Enel On Power-Lines Price

Terna Says Still Distant From Enel On Power-Lines Price

Terna SpA (TRN.MI) Chief Executive Flavio Cattaneo said Wednesday the group is considering the option to buy Enel SpA's (ENEL.MI) power lines, but the two companies are still "distant" over price.

Gazprom Delays LNG Exports From Sakhalin To End 2009

Gazprom Delays LNG Exports From Sakhalin To End 2009

Russia's state-run gas monopoly OAO Gazprom (GAZP.RS) will delay its first exports of liquified natural gas, or LNG, from its Sakhalin-2 project in Russia's Far East to the end of 2009, Alexander Medvedev, head of Gazprom's export arm, said Wednesday.

PPC Board Signs off on RWE Albania Plant and Gas Deals

PPC Board Signs off on RWE Albania Plant and Gas Deals

Electricity utility Public Power Corporation’s board yesterday signed off on a cooperation deal with Germany’s RWE AG under which they will jointly build a coal-fired power plant in Albania, PPC said.

EU Presses Greece on Gases

EU Presses Greece on Gases

Greece risks ending up before the European Court of Justice if it fails to come up with a reliable way of testing its pollution levels within the next three months and winning its way back into a United Nations carbon emissions trading program, European Union officials have told Kathimerini.

Russia Claims RUB6B In Back Tax On TNK-BP

Russia Claims RUB6B In Back Tax On TNK-BP

Russia's tax authorities have claimed 6 billion rubles ($256 million) in back taxes on TNK-BP (TNBP.RS), BP PLC's (BP) Russian joint venture, for the 2004-05 tax period, the Vedomosti daily reported Wednesday, citing an unnamed source close to the company.

Oman In Talks To Finalize Two Gas Deals With Iran

Oman In Talks To Finalize Two Gas Deals With Iran

Oman hopes to finalize agreements to develop two Iranian natural gas fields jointly with the Islamic republic within three months, the Iranian oil ministry's official Shana Web site reported Tuesday.