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Shell Quells Reserve Fears; Boosts Oil Sands, LNG

Shell Quells Reserve Fears; Boosts Oil Sands, LNG

Royal Dutch Shell PLC (RDSB.LN) eased fears that it risked a repeat its oil reserves crisis of 2004 when it announced Monday that its net reserves at the end of last year were stable.

Kazmunaigas EP 2007 Net Pft KZT157B, Up 28% On Year

Kazmunaigas EP 2007 Net Pft KZT157B, Up 28% On Year

London-listed Kazakh oil and gas producer KazMunaiGas Exploration Production (RDGZ.KZ) said Monday that its net income rose 28% to 157 billion tenge ($1.28 billion) last year on higher crude oil prices and increased production.

Gazprom To Create Europes Largest Gas Exchange

Gazprom To Create Europe's Largest Gas Exchange

Russia's state gas monopoly OAO Gazprom (GAZP.RS) is planning to create what it says will become Europe's largest gas trading platform, the Kommersant daily reported Monday, citing unnamed sources in the industry.

Bulgarian Economic Growth Seen as Gaining Ground in Q4 2007

Bulgarian Economic Growth Seen as Gaining Ground in Q4 2007

Bulgaria’s economic growth probably accelerated in the fourth quarter of 2007, following a slowdown in the previous three months, driven by industry, services and consumption in the first year of European Union membership.

E.ON, Turcas Get License

E.ON, Turcas Get License

E.ON AG, Germany’s biggest utility, and its Turkish partner Turcas Petrolculuk AS got a license to build a gas-fired power plant in the western Turkish city of Denizli.

PPC wins case

PPC wins case

Public Power Corporation (PPC), Greece’s biggest power producer, said it has been allowed to cancel a contract to sell electricity to aluminium smelter Aluminium of Greece at a reduced rate.

Oil Fuels Rise in Living Costs

Oil Fuels Rise in Living Costs

Skyrocketing oil prices are expected to cost household budgets an extra 800 million euros this year, at a time when higher-than-expected inflation has helped to depreciate the average income by -170.

TAQA Talking To Shell, ExxonMobil On N Sea Field Buy

TAQA Talking To Shell, ExxonMobil On N Sea Field Buy

The Abu Dhabi National Energy Co. PJSC (TAQA.AD) is in exclusive talks to buy stakes in several U.K. North Sea oil and gas fields from Royal Dutch Shell PLC (RDSB) and ExxonMobil Corp. (XOM), the company, known as TAQA, said in a statement Friday.

EDF Could Stop Fuel Delivery To Areva Recycling Plant

EDF Could Stop Fuel Delivery To Areva Recycling Plant

Electricite de France (1024251.FR) has threatened to stop delivering used nuclear fuel for reprocessing by Areva (CEI.FR) at its recycling plant in Marcoule, French weekly magazine Challenges reports Friday on its Web site.

DNO Intl Shares Surge On Kurdish Contracts, Well Test

DNO Intl Shares Surge On Kurdish Contracts, Well Test

Shares in Oslo-listed oil company DNO International (DNO.OS) surged more than 13% Friday as it announced it has finalized revised production agreements on its controversial Kurdish oil assets in northern Iraq, and has successfully tested for oil and gas at new well.