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EU Gas Demand Shows Annual Rise for 7th Quarter in Row

EU Gas Demand Shows Annual Rise for 7th Quarter in Row

EU gas demand has shown a year-on-year increase for the seventh successive quarter, helped by the economic recovery and a continuous expansion of gas use in the power sector, the European Commission (EC) announced on Friday. According to the Quarterly Report on European Gas Markets, EU gas consumption increased by 14 percent year-on-year in the third quarter of 2017

Bulgaria Fines EVN, CEZ for Competition Breach

Bulgaria Fines EVN, CEZ for Competition Breach

Bulgaria’s competition watchdog fined Austria’s EVN and Czech CEZ a total of 5.99 million levs ($3.63 million) on Thursday for breaching competition rules. The Commission for Protection of Competition imposed a combined fine of 3.79 million levs on two Bulgarian power distribution and supply units of EVN. It also levied a combined fine of 2.19 million levs on two units of CEZ

Turkeys First Nuclear Plant Gets $19.9 Bln. Incentive

Turkey's First Nuclear Plant Gets $19.9 Bln. Incentive

Turkey's first nuclear plant, Akkuyu Nuclear Power Plant (NPP), will receive an incentive worth nearly $19.9 billion, according to Turkey's Economy Ministry data on Friday. In the ministry's release of monthly incentive approvals for November, Akkuyu NPP received for the first time an incentive of nearly $19.9 billion (76 billion Turkish liras)

Turkey Launches First Solar Cell Integrated Factory

Turkey Launches First Solar Cell Integrated Factory

Turkey's Renewable Energy Resource Zone Project (YEKA) inaugurated Turkey's first integrated solar module, cell and panel production factory at a ground-breaking ceremony in the capital Ankara on Thursday

Azeri SOCAR, Norways Statoil to Join Forces on Caspian

Azeri SOCAR, Norway's Statoil to Join Forces on Caspian

Azerbaijan's state energy company SOCAR signed an agreement with Norway's Statoil for a joint exploration project on the Karabakh offshore oil and gas field and for other fields in the Caspian Sea, SOCAR announced on Wednesday

Katakolo Oil Reserves in Greece ‘Four Times Larger than Expected’

Katakolo Oil Reserves in Greece ‘Four Times Larger than Expected’

The quantities of oil at Katakolo, western Peloponnese, are four times larger than initially estimated, Energean sources revealed on Thursday. Proven reserves amount to 10.7 million barrels, instead of the estimated three million barrels expected during the period of the tender

Eni Starts Production in Largest Gas Field in Mediterranean Sea

Eni Starts Production in Largest Gas Field in Mediterranean Sea

Italian Eni has produced its first gas from the supergiant Zohr field in a record time for this type of field of less than two and a half years, the company announced Wednesday. According to the statement, the field, with potential resources in excess of 30 trillion cubic feet of gas in place, or about 5.5 billion barrels of oil equivalent, started-up in less than two and a half years from its discovery

Qatargas Signs 5-Year LNG Deal With Austrias OMV

Qatargas Signs 5-Year LNG Deal With Austria's OMV

Qatargas and OMV signed a new agreement to supply 1.1 million tonnes of LNG per annum to the Austrian company for five years, Qatargas announced on Wednesday

TAP Likely to Attract European Bank Loans

TAP Likely to Attract European Bank Loans

Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP), which will initially deliver 10 billion cubic meters of Azeri gas to Europe, may find financing from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the European Investment Bank (EIB), according to statements from the banks

Potential European Market Rivals, Russia’s Gazprom, Iran’s NIOC Sign Gas Cooperation Deals

Potential European Market Rivals, Russia’s Gazprom, Iran’s NIOC Sign Gas Cooperation Deals

Gazprom said that the Russian gas giant has signed a deal with Iran to implement integrated projects for hydrocarbon production, transmission and processing in Iranian territory. Gazprom CEO Alexey Miller led a delegation from the Russian gas company to the Islamic republic on December 13 where he met with Iran’s Petroleum Minister Bijan Namdar Zangeneh

EU to Tackle Climate Change

EU to Tackle Climate Change

In an effort to drive Europe’s transition to a modern and clean economy, the European Parliament and Council on December 14 reached a provisional agreement on a key legislative proposal for implementing the EU’s 2030 climate objectives – on accounting of emissions from land use, land use change and forestry (LULUCF)

Turkey: Company Startups Up 25 % in November from 2016

Turkey: Company Startups Up 25 % in November from 2016

Turkey saw a nearly 25 percent annual rise in the number of newly established companies in November, the Turkish Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges (TOBB) announced on Friday

Greece: Cosco Interested in Second Thriasio Tender

Greece: Cosco Interested in Second Thriasio Tender

The government and Greece’s creditors have agreed that the contract for the concession to the ETVA BIPE - Goldair consortium of a freight center on a 0.59-square kilometer plot at Thriasio, western Attica, owned by state railway property firm Gaiaose, will be approved in Parliament by next month

Petrobras, Exxonmobil Form Oil & Gas Alliance

Petrobras, Exxonmobil Form Oil & Gas Alliance

Brazilian energy firm Petrobras and ExxonMobil inked a memorandum of understanding in Rio de Janeiro on Thursday for a strategic alliance to jointly identify and evaluate potential business opportunities

Israel Awards Greek Energean 5 Offshore Exploration Licenses

Israel Awards Greek Energean 5 Offshore Exploration Licenses

The Israeli Petroleum Commissioner awarded Greek Energean Oil & Gas five offshore exploration licenses within the Israeli Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), the company announced on Wednesday. The awarded licenses comprise blocks 12, 21, 22, 23 and 31, which were offered in Israel's first offshore bid round on Nov. 15