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Centrica in the process of vending Canada oil and gas assets
Centrica, Britain's biggest utility firm, is in the process of vending all of its Canadian oil and gas assets and abandoning operations in the country, as stated by a company spokesman on Monday.
read more... 27/09/2016
Daily: Crude oil dips 4 percent as no output freeze deal expected for OPEC
Crude oil prices plunged 4 percent on Friday as Saudi Arabia and its rival Iran were making little progress in achieving preliminary deal ahead of OPEC talks aimed at freezing production. The United States was on the track to increase the number of oil rigs in a quarter, move that weighed on sentiment. Another bearish factor was weaker equity prices on Wall Street. Brent crude futures lost $1.76, or 3.7 percent, to settle at $45.89 a barrel. For the week, it added 0.3 percent. U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude futures declined $1.84, or 4 percent, to close at $44.48. On the week, WTI rose 3 percent.
read more... 26/09/2016
EDF and Britain will ink Hinkley Point contracts on Thursday
French state-controlled utility EDF has decided to ink agreements with the British government for its Hinkley Point nuclear project on Thursday, as mentioned by French financial daily Les Echos.
read more... 26/09/2016
Algeria and ENI ink solar plant agreement
Algerian state energy firm Sonatrach has inked an agreement with Italian company ENI for a solar power plant, as declared by a state news agency APS on Friday, since the North African state looks to reduce domestic consumption of gas for electricity and export more.
read more... 26/09/2016
Lithuania restarts fight for 1.4 billion euros compensation from Gazprom
Lithuania initiated a fresh try on Thursday to obtain 1.4 billion euros ($1.57 billion) in damages from Russia's Gazprom in a gas pricing row, requesting a court based in Sweden to upturn an earlier regulation that went against it.
read more... 26/09/2016