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DECC: UK carbon emissions rose 3.1 % in 2010
According to the latest statistics released by the Department for Energy and Climate Change, UK greenhouse gas emissions rose by 3.1% in 2010, the rise being attributed to increased home heating during a cold winter, meaning a greater use of fossil fuels and shutdowns at nuclear power plants after technical problems.
read more... 10/02/2012
Statoil doubled its net income in 2011
Statoil ASA, Norway’s largest oil and natural gas company is aiming to spend about $3 billion for the completion of approximately 40 wells during 2012, following its plans to raise production to 2.5 million barrels of oil equivalent a day in 2020, as it expands abroad and seeks to maintain production at home.
read more... 09/02/2012
EIA: US gas production to increase by 2.3 % in 2012
In its February Short-Term Energy Outlook, the US Energy Information Administration on Tuesday slightly boosted its forecast for domestic natural gas production growth in 2012, expecting output this year to be 2.3% higher from 2011's record levels.
read more... 08/02/2012
Is Europe well supplied with gas to overcome the cold snap?
Gas supplies to the frozen European Union from Russia improved at the weekend but have not fully recovered, the European Commission said, as Italy convened a crisis committee to handle what it called critical shortages of Russian gas.
read more... 08/02/2012
Russian gas supplies returning to normal levels in the most European states
Russian gas flows to Bulgaria, Slovakia, Austria, Hungary, Poland and Greece have been reinstated to normal volumes over the weekend, while the gas deliveries to Romania, Germany, and Italy are increasing, European Commission press secretary Marlene Holzner said on Monday.
read more... 07/02/2012