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Centrica strikes a £4.4bn LNG deal with Qatar
Centrica, the company parent of British Gas, has inked a four-and-a- half agreement with Qatargas, implying the purchase of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Qatar to supply three million British households(13% of the UK’s gas needs).
read more... 07/11/2013
Spain to draft a reform of distorted natural gas market
Spain is envisaging a reform of its natural gas sector as part of tough austerity measures, aimed at halting incipient losses incurred by the state from triggering into a multi-billion-euro debt.
read more... 06/11/2013
Gazprom starts South Stream construction works in Bulgaria
Gazprom has started the construction of the Bulgarian section of the South Stream pipeline. The pipeline will go from Russia to Bulgaria through the Black Sea, and in Bulgaria it will divide in two, with the northern leg going through Serbia, Croatia, Hungary, and Slovenia to Austria and Northern Italy, while the southern leg going through Greece to Southern Italy.
read more... 04/11/2013
Public Health England: Shale gas is almost innocuous
According to a Public Health England (PHE) report, shale gas extraction represents a low risk to public health if it was properly managed and regulated.
read more... 01/11/2013
Ukraine and Chevron to collaborate in developing shale gas
Ukraine's government has approved on Tuesday a Production Sharing Agreement (PSA) with Chevron Corp. to explore and develop shale-gas deposits in the Lviv region. The objective is to reduce reliance on Russian gas as they thought that the price they pay for Russian gas is too high. The PSA would be signed on November 5 on the sidelines of an international economic forum in Kyiv.
read more... 31/10/2013