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UAE Aabar May Complete Pearl Energy Sale By End April

UAE Aabar May Complete Pearl Energy Sale By End April

Abu Dhabi-based Aabar Energy (AABAR.AD) hopes to conclude the sale of its Pearl Energy exploration and production unit for $833.3 million to Mubadala Development Co. by late April, a top executive said Monday.

E.ONs Kingsnorth In UK Govt CO2 Capture Competition

E.ON's Kingsnorth In UK Govt CO2 Capture Competition

E.ON UK, the U.K. arm of German utility E.ON AG (EOA.XE), said Monday its Kingsnorth coal-fired project will be one of the projects to apply for funding under the U.K. government's carbon capture and storage competition.

Gazprom Plans To Make Buyout Offer To TGK-1 Shareholders

Gazprom Plans To Make Buyout Offer To TGK-1 Shareholders

Russian gas monopoly OAO Gazprom (GAZP.RS) is planning to make a buyout offer to shareholders in regional power generator OAO TGK-1 (TGKA.RS), a spokeswoman for Gazprom subsidiary Mezhregiongaz said Monday.

Libyan Oil Output Seen At 2M B/D By 2010

Libyan Oil Output Seen At 2M B/D By 2010

Libya will produce 2 million barrels a day of oil by 2010, from the current 1.6 million-1.7 million barrels a day, a government official told Dow Jones Newswires.

Iraq Oil Exports Cut In Half On Technical Issues

Iraq Oil Exports Cut In Half On "Technical" Issues

Crude oil exports from Iraq's key southern Basra terminal have been cut in half from its normal level due to technical problems, shipping agents told Dow Jones Newswires Monday.

New Turk Sell-Off Strategy

New Turk Sell-Off Strategy

Turkey may change its privatization strategy to sell off both its electricity distribution grids and power generation plants at the same time, government officials told Reuters yesterday. The government may decide to accept bids in the two sell-offs until the last quarter of this year, the officials said.

Turkish Exports Soar in Q4

Turkish Exports Soar in Q4

Turkey’s economic growth probably accelerated in the fourth quarter from a five-year low, as exports hit record levels and farming recovered from a drought. Gross domestic product (GDP) expanded 5.1 percent, up from 3.3 percent in the previous three months, according to the median estimate of eight economists surveyed by Bloomberg. Forecasts ranged from 3.6 percent to 5.5 percent.

Gazprom Sees 2009-10 Capex At $65B; Cut Investments

Gazprom Sees 2009-'10 Capex At $65B; Cut Investments

Russian gas monopoly OAO Gazprom's (GAZP.RS) capital expenditure in 2009-2010 will reach $65 billion while its investments will drop significantly, the newspaper Vedomosti reported Monday.

France To Keep Regulated Power Prices After 2010

France To Keep Regulated Power Prices After 2010

France will keep its system of below-market electricity prices beyond 2010, defying pressure from European Union regulators, a person close to the administration of President Nicolas Sarkozy said late Friday.

GCC Finishes Nuclear Energy Feasibility Study

GCC Finishes Nuclear Energy Feasibility Study

The Gulf Cooperation Council has entered the next stage of its program to develop nuclear power to help it meet soaring energy requirements in the region, GCC Secretary General Abdulrahman Bin Hamad Al Attiyah said Monday.

Polish Regulator To OK PGNiGs 10%-20% Tariff Hike This Week

Polish Regulator To OK PGNiG's 10%-20% Tariff Hike This Week

Poland's market regulator, Urzad Regulacji Energetyki, or UKE, will approve an increase in natural gas tariffs for the gas monopoly Polskie Gornictwo Naftowe i Gazownictwo SA (PGN.WA), or PGNiG, the Polish Press Agency, or PAP, reported Monday, citing a UKE official.

PV Investment Soars

PV Investment Soars

Development Minister Christos Folias yesterday froze the submission of more applications for licenses to produce power from photovoltaic systems, as the total capacity of submitted proposals has exceeded the goals of the respective program by far.

Specter of slower growth, and higher inflation

Specter of slower growth, and higher inflation

The Greek economy is facing the serious prospect of a slowdown in its growth rate and a significant rise in inflation, requiring an intensification of efforts toward fiscal consolidation and an acceleration of reforms, the Foundation for Economic and Industrial Research (IOBE) said in its quarterly report yesterday.

Postpones Hearing In Rosneft Case Against TGK-11

Postpones Hearing In Rosneft Case Against TGK-11

A Moscow arbitration court has postponed until May 7 a preliminary hearing in a lawsuit filed by OAO Rosneft (ROSN.RS) unit Neft Aktiv against regional generation company OAO TGK-11 (TGKK.RS), news agency Prime-Tass reported Friday.

Mediterranean Oil & Gas Tunisia Rig Drills At 2400 Metres

Mediterranean Oil & Gas Tunisia Rig Drills At 2400 Metres

Mediterranean Oil & Gas Friday announced as part of its operational update on its exploration well Teboursouk 1 in Tunisia (Range Operator; MOG 25%) that the CTF - Rig 06 is currently drilling at about 2400 metres of depth.