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Italy's: Major gas companies Italgas and 2i Rete Gas might merge
Italian state lender CDP is thinking about a potential merger of Italy's two most important gas distributors with joint assets of approximately 8 billion euros ($8.7 billion) since the sector gears up for major reform, as stated by four people familiar with the matter.
read more... 11/01/2016
Russia’s Gazprom Neft stops purchase in Vietnam’s Dung Quat refinery
Russia's Gazprom Neft, the oil division of major global gas producer Gazprom, has stopped negotiations to purchase a 49 percent stake in the operator of Vietnam's sole oil refinery, as indicated in a business report of the state-owned oil firm PetroVietnam seen by Reuters on Monday.
read more... 11/01/2016
Israeli companies in negotiations to acquire natural gas from Leviat
The associates in Israel's offshore Leviathan natural gas site declared on Thursday they were in negotiations to provide gas to a number of Israeli firms.
read more... 08/01/2016
Ukraine: gas imports from EU doubled in 2015
Ukraine doubled imports of natural gas from the European Union in 2015 and sharply decreased acquisitions from Russia, as stated by gas transport monopoly Ukrtransgaz on Wednesday.
read more... 07/01/2016
Nord Stream 2 compromise probable if transit through Ukraine maintained
The intended Nord Stream 2 pipeline which would double Russia's gas export capacity to Germany might continue as long as Russia does not stop gas flowing through Ukraine, as stated by Czech Industry Minister Jan Mladek on Tuesday.
read more... 07/01/2016