Ukraine and the world oil giant Royal Dutch Shell signed on January 24 a $10 billion shale gas production sharing agreement aimed at helping the ex-Soviet country to reduce its dependence on Russia.
read more... 31/01/2013
Brent and U.S. crude oil futures edged up on Friday during a choppy trading, supported by geopolitical threats brought to supply, Chinese economic data and the possibility to reach a deal which would temporarily increase the U.S. debt ceiling. Brent crude increased 79 cents, or 0.71 percent, to settle at $111.89 a barrel, having traded from $110.47 to $110.96. Meanwhile, U.S. crude climbed 7 cents, or 0.07 percent, to settle at $95.56 a barrel, having traded from $94.91 to $95.67.
read more... 21/01/2013
Gazprom, Russia’s natural-gas export monopoly has signed a deal with Plinacro to build a natural gas pipeline in Croatia.
read more... 21/01/2013
On Wednesday, Royal Dutch Shell and Ukraine approved the plans for Shell to develop the country’s huge shale reserves under a production sharing contract.
read more... 18/01/2013
The Italian oil and gas giant Eni has inked a three-party deal with Korea Gas Corporation and Japan's Chubu Electric Power Company envisaging selling 1.7 million tonnes of liquefied natural gas (LNG) to Japan and South Korea between 2013 and 2017.
read more... 14/01/2013