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Italian oil refineries at risk after Iranian oil embargo
The EU sanctions imposed on oil imports from Iran could drive to the closure of some Italian oil refineries, which are the most vulnerable refineries to closure in Europe, according to European oil industry sources.
read more... 06/02/2012
UK anaerobic digestion to be threatened by EU proposal
The new changes, known as End of Waste and proposed to the EU Waste Framework Directive, could affect the UK anaerobic digestion industry. It means, new procedures on the use of the digestate from the anaerobic digestion process could be enclosed.
read more... 01/02/2012
Canada approves hydraulic fracturing operational practices
The Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers has voluntarily approved officially industry wide fracturing practice on January 30, aimed to improve the environmental performance and transparency of hydraulic fracturing, an extraction method that has attracted a great deal of controversy.
read more... 01/02/2012
Russia reveals an ambitious coal-mining industry development program
Russia has recently revealed its plan to soar its annual coal production by 30% to 430 million tons by 2030, in order to meet the increasing domestic and international demand.
read more... 26/01/2012
Daily – oil prices down as industry data indicated an increase in U.S. stockpiles
NYMEX and ICE Brent crude oil futures decreased in post settlement trading on Tuesday following industry data indicating an increase of 7.3 million barrels in domestic crude stockpiles previous week overshadowing the forecast for an 800,000 barrel growth, according to a poll released by Reuters’ analysts.
read more... 25/01/2012