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Closure of Longannet coal-fired power station brings the end of an era in Scotland
Scottish Power will on Thursday halt production at the country's last coal-fired power station, the 46 year old Longannet Power Station in Fife, blaming high carbon taxes and transmission charges made it “uneconomic”.
read more... 24/03/2016
Gazprom saw a record oil production of 10 million barrels at Prirazlomnoye field, in Arctic north
Russian giant Gazprom saw a milestone production at its Arctic Prirazlomnoye field in the Pechora Sea, 60 km offshore Russia with its 10 millionth barrel of oil.
read more... 23/03/2016
Daily: Crude oil soars 2 % following IEA report
Crude oil boosted 2 percent on Friday, with U.S. crude increasing for a fourth consecutive week, after the Paris-based International Energy Agency stated that the market may have hit bottom. Goldman Sachs remained pessimistic, declaring that prices could decline sharply in the next weeks with record U.S. stockpiles builds offsetting production falls in the country. Brent crude rose 34 cents, or nearly 1 percent, to settle at $40.39 a barrel. On the week, it posted a hike of 4 percent, heading for a third weekly gain in a row. WTI crude increased by 85 cents, or 2 percent, to close at $38.69 a barrel, after attaining a 2016 high at $39.02. It recorded an increase 7 percent on the week, a fourth consecutive week of gains.
read more... 14/03/2016
Algeria: Sonatrach will invest $3.2 billion in pipelines
Algerian energy firm Sonatrach will invest $3.2 billion over four years to raise pipeline capacity since natural gas production increases from new and current fields, a major company representative declared on Tuesday.
read more... 09/03/2016
UAE to back plan to freeze oil production at January levels
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) will back the initiative of top producers to freeze output levels in case of a deal by OPEC members and Russia, helping to halt a slide in crude prices that has pushed them to their lowest point in more than a decade.
read more... 19/02/2016