The world's biggest producer of carbon dioxide intends to set a cap on its greenhouse gas emissions for the first time. China is planning an absolute emissions cap for the period 2016-2020, and is also looking at emissions targets for 2030 and 2050.
read more... 26/12/2013
Yearly, this year, RWE announced it intends to mothball or to shutdown some of its gas and coal-fired power stations because of an increase in renewable energy. The company said a boom in solar energy meant many of its power stations were no longer profitable. A RWE spokesman said that a total of 3,100 megawatts of generating capacity will be taken off line, representing about 6% of RWE's total capacity.
read more... 24/12/2013
Greece agreed last week to sell the operator of its natural gas grid to the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic, SOCAR.
read more... 23/12/2013
Eni has signed a deal with GasTerra over long-term Dutch gas supply contracts following which the Italian oil and gas group would obtain a major price cut and would boost its results. Eni is currently renegotiating contract terms with a range of other companies amid weaker demand in Europe. The renegotiation of contracts with GasTerra will have a positive impact on 2013 results.
read more... 20/12/2013
Brent crude oil futures traded steady at over $109 a barrel on Thursday as the market ignored a move by the U.S. Federal Reserve to curb its monetary stimulus programme, and remained focused on U.S. crude stock withdrawals. Brent crude declined 17 cents to $109.46 a barrel by 09:22 GMT, after ending $1.19 higher on Wednesday. Meanwhile, U.S. oil eased 3 cents to $97.77, after ending 58 cents up.
read more... 20/12/2013