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Scottish sales of oil and natural gas hit 9 year high
Scottish Energy Minister Fergus Edwig stated that Scottish oil and gas supply chain exports increased by 8.4 % in 2012 if compared to 2011 levels, to 12.7 billion dollars.
read more... 08/05/2013
Norway plans to increase oil taxes
Norway has recently announced that it plans to increase taxes on oil companies by about 3 billion kroner (500 million dollars) while it plans also lowering taxes for traditional industries and close a tax loophole for multinational firms that shifted profits to lower-tax countries.
read more... 07/05/2013
DECC: UK’s oil and gas output down in 2012
New annual statistics offered by the Department of Energy and Climate Change revealed that UK’s oil and gas output dropped by 10.3% in 2012 to 122.9 million tons of oil equivalent.
read more... 29/04/2013
China to lower fuel prices due to declines of global oil prices
China, the world’s second-biggest oil consumer has announced it intends to lower oil prices in its first change under a new fuel price mechanism that is more tightly linked to the cost of crude oil.
read more... 25/04/2013
Eni’s quarterly profits registered a drop of 57%
Italy's largest energy company, Eni SpA said its profits dropped 57% in the first quarter due to the weaker results to rising taxes and a poor operating performance. Eni said that net profit for the first three months to March was €1.5 billion, compared with €3.62 billion in 2012.
read more... 25/04/2013