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21.11.2012 13:02Statoil, Wintershall Sign 10-year Gas Contract with Spot Market Prices
Norway's Statoil signed a 10-year gas supply deal with Germany's Wintershall, based on spot gas prices that challenged Russian gas export monopoly Gazprom, which insists on oil-linked prices despite European Union opposition. This might21.11.2012 11:32Turkey Changed Its Customs System, Checkpoints Reopened Today
All checkpoints at the Bulgarian-Turkish border remained closed during the night of 20 November, until 5 a.m. in the morning on the 21st. The temporary closure was due to Turkey changing its customs system. The traffic jam of trucks and cars reached14.11.2012 14:28Workers' Riot Halts Work on Brazil's Belo Monte Dam
Work on the world's third largest hydroelectric dam was halted this week deep in the Amazon jungle after workers set fire to vehicles and smashed computers during labor talks, the consortium building the Belo Monte dam said. The controversial14.11.2012 12:32The Energy Efficiency Directive Is Officially Published
The Official Journal of the European Union published today the new Energy Efficiency Directive 2012/27/EU. The document was voted by the the European Parliament and the European Council of 25 October 2012 and is amending Directives 2009/125/EC and14.11.2012 11:57BASF and Gazprom Agree on Asset Swap
Dr. Kurt Bock, Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors of BASF SE, and Alexej Miller, Chairman of the Management Committee of OAO Gazprom, today (November 14, 2012) signed a legally binding basic agreement to swap assets of equivalent value. Through09.11.2012 12:425.3 Earthquake Shook Japan
An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.3 shook northern Japan on Friday, public broadcaster NHK said, as quoted by Reuters. No tsunami warning was issued, and there were no immediate reports of injuries or damage. According to reports08.11.2012 11:25BP, Statoil, and Total enter in the TANAP project
According to a Reuters report, British Petroleum (BP), the Norwegian company Statoil and the French one Total have agreed to acquire a combined stake of 29% in the Trans-Anatolian natural gas pipeline project (TANAP). As previously announced, this07.11.2012 16:54International Air Traffic Rises in Mixed Recovery
International air passenger traffic rose in September in a mixed recovery led by carriers in China, Latin America and the Middle East, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced, as reported by Reuters. Traffic rose 4.907.11.2012 10:24ACER reappointed its previous chairman and vice chairman
European Commission`s Agency for Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER) reappointed unanimously the previous chairman Lord John Mogg and vice-chairman Walter Boltz as heads of the organization. Election was held in the Cyprian city Limmasol in order06.11.2012 16:55Five Power Plants in Greece Stopped Due to National Strike
Five power plants of the Public Power Corporation S.A. (PPC) have been forced to stop operation because of the workers joining the 48-hour effective nation-wide strike against the austerity measures planned by the government, local newspaper Ethnos05.11.2012 12:36CEZ Might Sell Its Albanian Electricity Distribution Branch
Czech electricity company CEZ AS (BAACEZ.PR) Wednesday said it aims to make a final decision by the end of this year whether it will build a gas-fired power plant in Hungary and sell its troubled Albanian electricity distribution unit. CEZ02.11.2012 11:57Turkey Warns ENI over Cyprus Gas Exploration
Turkey's energy minister warned on Friday that the government would review Italian energy firm ENI's investments in Turkey if it went ahead with plans to explore for natural gas in Cyprus. Cyprus said on Tuesday it would start negotiations
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