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MOL Says It Bought 21,300 Treasury Shrs Mon At HUF20,053/Shr

MOL Says It Bought 21,300 Treasury Shrs Mon At HUF20,053/Shr

Hungarian oil and gas company MOL Magyar Olaj- es Gazipari Nyrt. (MOL.BU) said Tuesday that it bought 21,300 treasury shares Monday at an average price of HUF20,053/share on the Budapest stock exchange through OTP Nyrt. (OTP.BU).

Global Energaz Offers Top Bid for Ankara’s Gas Grid

Global Energaz Offers Top Bid for Ankara’s Gas Grid

Global Energaz was the highest bidder in an auction to buy one of Turkey’s state-owned natural gas networks, offering $1.61 billion (–1 billion) for one of the most valuable assets in the country’s privatization program.

Iran, Switzerland Sign Gas Export Deal

Iran, Switzerland Sign Gas Export Deal

Iran and Switzerland on Monday signed a major gas agreement for the export of Iranian gas to a Swiss company, in a rare energy deal between Tehran and the West amid the continued nuclear crisis.

Saudi Elec Be Split Into 4; Power Sector To See Competition

Saudi Elec Be Split Into 4; Power Sector To See Competition

Saudi Electricity Co., the country's largest power producer, is set to be broken up into four entities that will be open to foreign investment amid plans to create competition in the country's electricity sector.

Shell Quells Reserve Fears; Boosts Oil Sands, LNG

Shell Quells Reserve Fears; Boosts Oil Sands, LNG

Royal Dutch Shell PLC (RDSB.LN) eased fears that it risked a repeat its oil reserves crisis of 2004 when it announced Monday that its net reserves at the end of last year were stable.

Kazmunaigas EP 2007 Net Pft KZT157B, Up 28% On Year

Kazmunaigas EP 2007 Net Pft KZT157B, Up 28% On Year

London-listed Kazakh oil and gas producer KazMunaiGas Exploration Production (RDGZ.KZ) said Monday that its net income rose 28% to 157 billion tenge ($1.28 billion) last year on higher crude oil prices and increased production.

Gazprom To Create Europes Largest Gas Exchange

Gazprom To Create Europe's Largest Gas Exchange

Russia's state gas monopoly OAO Gazprom (GAZP.RS) is planning to create what it says will become Europe's largest gas trading platform, the Kommersant daily reported Monday, citing unnamed sources in the industry.

Bulgarian Economic Growth Seen as Gaining Ground in Q4 2007

Bulgarian Economic Growth Seen as Gaining Ground in Q4 2007

Bulgaria’s economic growth probably accelerated in the fourth quarter of 2007, following a slowdown in the previous three months, driven by industry, services and consumption in the first year of European Union membership.

E.ON, Turcas Get License

E.ON, Turcas Get License

E.ON AG, Germany’s biggest utility, and its Turkish partner Turcas Petrolculuk AS got a license to build a gas-fired power plant in the western Turkish city of Denizli.

PPC wins case

PPC wins case

Public Power Corporation (PPC), Greece’s biggest power producer, said it has been allowed to cancel a contract to sell electricity to aluminium smelter Aluminium of Greece at a reduced rate.

Oil Fuels Rise in Living Costs

Oil Fuels Rise in Living Costs

Skyrocketing oil prices are expected to cost household budgets an extra 800 million euros this year, at a time when higher-than-expected inflation has helped to depreciate the average income by -170.