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British Energy Prepares To Push French To Raise Bid

British Energy Prepares To Push French To Raise Bid

Shareholders in British Energy Group PLC (BGY.LN) will meet in Scotland this week with the future of the nuclear generator hanging on a battle of wills between the board and Electricite de France SA (1024251.FR) over the French company's bid for British Energy, U.K. newspaper The Guardian reports Monday.

Red Tape Blocking Energy Investments

Red Tape Blocking Energy Investments

Bureaucracy is putting the brake on investments worth 2.5 billion euros in the sector of renewable energy sources (RES), representatives of four leading Spanish companies said yesterday, as Greece trails its European peers in developing alternative power systems.

Kazakh KazMunaiGas Starts Managing MangistauMunaiGas

Kazakh KazMunaiGas Starts Managing MangistauMunaiGas

Kazakh state oil and gas company KazMunaiGas has taken management control over MangistauMunaiGas whose 51% it was planning to buy by the end of this year, a spokesman for the state company said Friday.

Hungary To Organize Nabucco Gas Pipeline Summit By Year End

Hungary To Organize Nabucco Gas Pipeline Summit By Year End

Hungary's government said Thursday it planned to organize a summit this year to give new momentum to the slow-moving Nabucco pipeline project, aimed at bringing gas to Europe while bypassing Russia.

E.ON: Nuclear Energy Experiencing Revival In Germany

E.ON: Nuclear Energy Experiencing Revival In Germany

Nuclear energy has experienced a "impressive renaissance" in Germany due to the high price of other energy sources, Wulf Bernotat, E.ON AG's (EOA.XE) chief executive, said Thursday.

Iran Says EU Solana Nuclear Talks July 19 In Geneva

Iran Says EU Solana Nuclear Talks July 19 In Geneva

Iran said Friday that its top nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili and E.U. foreign policy chief Javier Solana would hold talks on ending the atomic standoff on July 19 in Geneva, the official IRNA news agency reported.

OMV Tells Croatian Govt It Wants To Buy INA Stake

OMV Tells Croatian Govt It Wants To Buy INA Stake

Austrian oil and gas company OMV AG (OMV.VI) has said it's interested in participating in the upcoming part-privatization of Croation peer INA Nafte d.d. (INA.ZG) in a letter to the Croatian government, reports Austrian financial daily Wirtschaftsblatt Friday.

IEA Revises Up World Oil Demand,But Still Below Trend

IEA Revises Up World Oil Demand,But Still Below Trend

For the first time in several months, the International Energy Agency Thursday slightly raised its 2008 world oil demand growth forecast but cautioned that global crude consumption will remain well-below trend into 2009 amid declining economic conditions.

Gazprom Could Spend $20B On Central Asian Gas In 09

Gazprom Could Spend $20B On Central Asian Gas In 09

Russia's state-controlled gas firm OAO Gazprom (GAZP.RS) could spend $20 billion in 2009 to buy Central Asian gas, instead of the $8 billion it will pay this year, the Kommersant daily said Wednesday citing the company's Chief Executive Alexei Miller.

Total Steps Back From Investing In Iran

Total Steps Back From Investing In Iran

Iran has lost the last major western energy group that had been considering making a significant investment to develop the country's huge gas reserves in a victory for Washington's efforts to isolate Tehran over its nuclear ambitions, the Financial Times reported on its Web site Thursday.

Turkish PM Erdogan Set For First Visit To Iraq Thu

Turkish PM Erdogan Set For First Visit To Iraq Thu

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is set to make his first visit to Iraq Thursday aimed at boosting security and reconstruction efforts and to discuss the thorny cross-border issue of Kurdish rebels.

Gazprom Urged To Declare Spare Capacity At Pipelines

Gazprom Urged To Declare Spare Capacity At Pipelines

Russia's Federal Anti-Monopoly Service has said the country's state gas firm OAO Gazprom (GAZP.RS) should publicly declare spare capacity in its gas pipelines and accept all applications for long-term gas-supply contracts, the Vedomosti daily said Thursday.