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UK Government will not subsidize new gas storage facilities
Energy Minister Michael Fallon has announced that the UK Government has rejected calls to subsidize new gas storage facilities, saying it would be too costly for bill payers. Ministers added that the UK gas market is functioning well in attracting gas from various sources in order to meet current and future demand and said that its decision will save bill payers more than 750 million pounds in the next 10 years.
read more... 11/10/2013
Chevron abandons the exploration of shale gas in Lithuania
U.S. oil and energy giant Chevron has announced it has decided to abandon the tender to explore shale gas in Lithuania because of the unfinished legislative base for hydrocarbon exploration in Lithuania.
read more... 09/10/2013
Chevron to sign a shale gas agreement with Ukraine
Ukraine has inked a draft production agreement for shale natural gas with US energy company Chevron.
read more... 08/10/2013
Noble Energy unveils gas discovery offshore Cyprus
Noble Energy, Texas-based energy company, unveiled it has discovered a deposit of natural gas at the Levant basin off the coast of Cyprus.
read more... 07/10/2013
Gazprom could face a 15 billion dollars fine from EU regulators
After a year-long investigation the EU regulators are preparing to charge Russian gas export monopoly Gazprom over suspected infringement of EU competition rules in member states including Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland and Slovakia, risking a fine of up to 15 billion dollars. Currently Gazprom supplies a quarter of Europe's gas consumption needs.
read more... 04/10/2013