On Thursday, Latvia’s plan to separate Latvijas Gaze business has been delayed by the parliament until April 2017, after the gas utility, owned in proportion of about one third by Russia’s Gazprom, threatened to file a suit.
read more... 14/03/2014
Tougher rules have been voted on Wednesday by EU parliament on describing the impact of oil and conventional gas exploration on the environment, without including shale gas.
read more... 13/03/2014
European benchmark Brent prices posted a modest decline on Wednesday dragged down by geopolitical risk in Libya and signs that the European Union might impose more stringent sanctions on Russia.
read more... 13/03/2014
The German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, should try to reduce German and European reliance on Russian gas in order to avoid possible aggressive steps made by Russia in the near future, as stated by Donald Tusk, Poland’s prime minister.
read more... 11/03/2014
The major oil producer in Russia, Rosneft, plans to break domination of another energy important company, Gazprom, to export gas through pipelines, leading to an explosion between the major clans, according to some sources on Friday.
read more... 10/03/2014