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Myanmar Oil gas blocks to be explored by Shell, Statoil, Total and others
The most important international oil companies, such as Statoil, Conoco Phillips, Royal Dutch Shell and Total, have been awarded with the rights to perform explorations for oil and gas off Myanmar, as stated by the Ministry of Energy in the Southeast Asian country.
read more... 27/03/2014
Croatia to aid EU diversify energy supply options
Croatia is on the way to turn into a regional hub for energy production and transport, helping other EU members to diversify supply, according to the declaration made on Thursday by Alen Leveric, the deputy economy minister. EU leaders consider this move very important since they want to reduce reliance on Russian gas.
read more... 21/03/2014
RWE: oil and gas division likely to be sold to group managed by Russia’s Fridman
RWE, the indebted German utility, intends to sell its oil and gas output division DEA to a group of investors managed by Mikhail Fridman, the Russian magnate. The arm is estimated at almost 5.1 billion euros (or $7.10 billion), counting the debt.
read more... 17/03/2014
Exxon plans to launch production at 10 new projects
ExxonMobil Corp., the super giant oil company, has the intention to reduce expenditures and to begin production simultaneously at 10 significant projects this year, adding to its portfolio a net capacity of 300,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day.
read more... 11/03/2014
France: EDF to shut down oil-fired plants for half a year
EDF French group will shut down its oil-fired plants for half a year starting from April, taking offline a power capacity of 5,000 MW, because the plants turned out to be uncompetitive among huge overcapacities in the European electricity sector.
read more... 06/03/2014