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High Saudi Oil Prices Seen Drawing Crude East

High Saudi Oil Prices Seen Drawing Crude East

A steep hike in oil prices for Asian buyers of Saudi Arabian crude in January could prompt more oil to flow east from the West African market and Atlantic Basin, analysts said Tuesday.

UNs Ban: Leaders Must Take Responsibility For Climate Talks

UN's Ban: Leaders Must Take Responsibility For Climate Talks

The slow pace of progress in United Nations-led climate talks is the fault of leaders distracted by domestic political crises, the United Nations' secretary-general said Tuesday, as he urged them to continue work toward a binding climate deal.

Credit Crunch Stalls Solar Energy Deals

Credit Crunch Stalls Solar Energy Deals

Lack of credit in the market is likely to see the deadline for the installation and operation of photovoltaics to the capacity of 200 megawatts being missed.

Iran OPEC Governor: Producers, Consumers Like Current Oil Prices

Iran OPEC Governor: Producers, Consumers Like Current Oil Prices

A top Iranian oil official said Monday that both producers and consumers are happy with the current oil prices and that the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries will have to discuss demand in the first half of next year when it meets in Vienna Dec. 14.

China Sets Tough Conditions For Binding Climate Agreement After 2020

China Sets Tough Conditions For Binding Climate Agreement After 2020

China could agree to binding emissions cuts after 2020 if developed countries take far-reaching steps to mitigate climate change by then, a top Chinese official said Monday, in a subtle shift that could put the onus on countries such as the U.S. to take action.

Greenpeace Fuels Concern About Nuclear Power

Greenpeace Fuels Concern About Nuclear Power

Even though it was short-lived and ended peacefully, Greenpeace activists' infiltration of one of France's nuclear plants Monday proved a point: the country's nuclear plants' security might not be as tight as it should be.

Vattenfall Stops EUR1.5B Investment In German CCS Plant

Vattenfall Stops EUR1.5B Investment In German CCS Plant

Swedish state-owned utility Vattenfall AB Monday announced the energy company will stop its plans for a carbon capture and storage demonstration plant in Germany due to lack of political will in the country, abandoning a EUR1.5 billion investment.

Cyprus Approves Delek Units Block 12 Rights

Cyprus Approves Delek Units Block 12 Rights

Delek Group Ltd. units Delek Drilling LP and Avner Oil and Gas LP received Cypriot government approval for 30% of Block 12 rights, held by US exploration company Noble Energy Inc., to be transferred to them, Cypriot website "inews" reports.

Delek to Hold Energy Exploration Talks in Greece

Delek to Hold Energy Exploration Talks in Greece

Delek Group Ltd. executives are expected in Athens this week to hold initial talks with the Greek government over energy exploration south of Crete, Greek financial website "Capital" reports.

E.ON Sells its Bulgarian Power Utility E.ON Bulgaria

E.ON Sells its Bulgarian Power Utility E.ON Bulgaria

German company E.ON has decided to shed its Bulgarian power utility E.ON Bulgaria due to an overregulated market and political attacks by senior government officials, according to Bulgarian comentators.

China To More Than Double Wind Power Capacity By 2015

China To More Than Double Wind Power Capacity By 2015

China plans to more than double its wind power capacity to 100 million kilowatts by 2015, the official Xinhua news agency said Friday, citing a report from China's State Electricity Regulatory Commission.

IEAs Birol: Recession, Arab Spring Pose Major Energy Risks

IEA's Birol: Recession, Arab Spring Pose Major Energy Risks

The Arab Spring and the possibility of a double-dip recession pose significant risks to the world's ability to have secure energy supplies and mitigate climate change, the chief economist of the International Energy Agency said Friday.