Centrica, one of U.K’s major energy suppliers, declared on Wednesday that it sealed a £2 billion deal with Qatar. The deal provides the delivery of 2.4 million tons of liquefied natural gas a year to the U.K. from Qatar during a period of three years.
read more... 25/02/2011
According to the Ministry of Energy and Coal Industry of Ukraine, the governments of Ukraine and the United States discussed a future collaboration in the nuclear energy sector and have signed a memorandum on cooperation to explore shale gas deposits in Ukraine.
read more... 23/02/2011
The British oil giant BP declared on Monday that it is interested in buying a stake in oil and gas blocks into India’s Reliance Industries. The total amount of the transaction is estimated to around $7.2 billion and with this acquisition BP hopes to gain a significant position in the Asian country after the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.
read more... 22/02/2011
The chief executive of Austrian OMW, Wolfgang Ruttenstorfer reported to the Austrian newspaper, Kurier that the Nabucco gas pipeline project will be implemented only if the project partners will be able to secure big gas deliveries from Azerbaijan in the next months.
read more... 21/02/2011
EU officials are interested in a fusion between Nabucco, a Turkey-Austria pipeline, and ITGI (Interconnector Turkey-Greece-Italy), two strategic gas projects in order to carry gas from Azerbaijan to Europe and to reduce the Russian dependence on gas supplies.
read more... 18/02/2011