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Russian UES Sells 25% Stake In Power Machines For $486M

Russian UES Sells 25% Stake In Power Machines For $486M

Power utility RAO Unified Energy System of Russia, or UES, said late Tuesday it has agreed to sell its 25% stake plus one share in turbines maker OAO Siloviye Mashiny , or Power Machines.

French Govt Considers Freezing Natural Gas Tariffs - Report

French Govt Considers Freezing Natural Gas Tariffs - Report

French president Nicolas Sarkozy is considering freezing natural gas tariffs to help boost French households' spending power, French daily Le Figaro reported Wednesday, citing a source close to the French government.

Some OPEC Members Seek Non-Dlr Payment For Oil-Venezuela Min

Some OPEC Members Seek Non-Dlr Payment For Oil-Venezuela Min

Venezuela will continue to push a proposal within the OPEC to find a new reference measure for crude prices and to eventually demand payment for crude in some other currency than the dollar, the country's oil minister said Tuesday.

Gazprom, Sibur, Dow Chemical Ink Memo To Set Up JV

Gazprom, Sibur, Dow Chemical Ink Memo To Set Up JV

Russia's natural gas monopoly OAO Gazprom , petrochemical company Sibur Holding and U.S.-based Dow Chemical signed a memorandum on cooperation, Gazprom said Tuesday.

Kozloduy Is Back

Kozloduy Is Back

Bulgaria’s nuclear power plant Kozloduy reconnected a 1,000 megawatt reactor to the national grid after it was shut down following a steam leak on Saturday, it said yesterday.

PPC Presents Plan, Defends Hikes

PPC Presents Plan, Defends Hikes

The Public Power Corporation (PPC), Greece's power utility, is open to cooperation with third parties for the production of power apart from the 3,500 megawatts provided by its business plan. PPC will also seek at all cost penetration into the natural gas market, even if the state, the main shareholder, vetoes its acquisition of 30 percent of the Public Gas Corporation (DEPA).

PPC Rate Rise Can Open Market

PPC Rate Rise Can Open Market

The government is determined to handle the hot potato of electricity rates in order to resolve, once and for all, the problems associated with the liberalization of the power market.

OPEC, Facing Balancing Act, Keeps Policy Options Open

OPEC, Facing Balancing Act, Keeps Policy Options Open

The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries is choosing to keep its policy options open a week before a closely watched meeting, despite growing market expectations of a pledge to increase production.

Oil Falls On Hopes For A Production Rise

Oil Falls On Hopes For A Production Rise

Oil fell on Tuesday on expectations that OPEC may increase output and following a decline in global stock markets. U.S. oil dropped 59 cents to $97.11 a barrel by 2:16 a.m. EST, after shedding more than $1.00 earlier in the session.

Iraqi Kurds Brush Off Baghdad Govt Nullifying Oil Deals

Iraqi Kurds Brush Off Baghdad Gov't Nullifying Oil Deals

The Kurdistan Regional Government brushed off a statement by Iraqi Oil Minister Hussein al-Shahristani in which he declared all oil contracts signed by the Kurdish regional authorities with foreign companies null and void.

Kazakh Oil Company Turns To BG In Search For Ally - Report

Kazakh Oil Company Turns To BG In Search For Ally - Report

BG Group PLC is in talks with the London-listed subsidiary of Kazakhstan's national oil company over new joint ventures in oil and gas, the London-based Times newspaper reports Tuesday, citing the subsidiary's chief executive.

Iran Eyes Deal Over Kuwait Sea Border Before Year End

Iran Eyes Deal Over Kuwait Sea Border Before Year End

Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said Sunday Tehran hopes to resolve a decades-old dispute with neighboring Kuwait over their maritime border before the end of the year.

RWE Gives Up Plan To Build Coal-Fired Power Plant In Ensdorf

RWE Gives Up Plan To Build Coal-Fired Power Plant In Ensdorf

RWE AG Monday said it has given up plans to build a coal-fired power plant in Ensdorf, western Germany. The plan for the construction of two blocks with a combined capacity of 1.6 gigawatts failed in light of a residents' vote against the project Sunday.