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 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
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'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
The Chinese government has announced last month a new plan which deals with the air pollution problem. China intends to reduce the consumption of fossil fuels in its energy mix to below 65% by 2017, while in 2012 it recorded 66.8%.
read more... 30/10/2013