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Daily: European spot power prices trade higher on weak German wind power output
Crude oil boosted on Wednesday backed by a considerable increase in U.S. gasoline stocks, encouraged by gains in the stock market and heavy spread trading. Brent crude for August delivery rose 40 cents to settle at $101.66 a barrel, while U.S. crude traded 18 cents up to settle at $95.50 a barrel. The Brent benchmark traded down 8.5 percent for the quarter, its third quarterly consecutive loss, having declined after Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke performed a roadmap last week to slow bond buying and on concerns about an economic slowdown in China.
read more... 27/06/2013
End of Gazprom’s Russian gas export monopoly approaches
Russian President Vladimir Putin signalled the gradual end of state-controlled Gazprom's monopoly on exports of natural gas, opening the way for rivals Novatek and Rosneft to compete for huge new Asian markets.
read more... 25/06/2013
ENEL to sell its Marcinelle power plant in Belgium to Gazprom
Italy's Enel SpA has decided to sell its Marcinelle power plant in Belgium to Russia's OAO Gazprom, for 227 million euro on a cash and debt free basis, as the biggest Russian company intends to enhance its presence in Europe's power production sector where it supplies 25% of gas requirements.
read more... 24/06/2013
Daily: UK gas prices dropped to the lowest level since October 2012 on oversupply
Oil crude prices slipped for a second straight day in choppy trade on Friday, with Brent registering its highest two-day decline since September as the U.S. dollar rallied, raising traders’ concerns over slower oil demand in China and reduced investor demand in the Unites States.
read more... 24/06/2013
EIA: Natural gas demand to slow by 2018
The IEA has currently released a new report according to which the natural gas demand for power generation will slow in the next five years because of a decline in EU demand and problems in the Middle East and Africa with upstream production boost.
read more... 21/06/2013