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Daily: Crude oil prices settle up on dollar depreciation
Crude oil prices recovered on Friday, with Brent snapping two consecutive weeks of losses and WTI crude boosting 4 percent following dollar depreciation on interest rate uncertainty. Oil prices also received support from Iran’s ambition to strike a nuclear deal with world powers. Brent price for front-month delivery rose by 89 cents, or 4 percent, to settle at $55.32 a barrel. It posted a 1.2 percent gain on the week. U.S. crude for April delivery increased by $1.76, or 1.6 percent, to close at $45.72. It gained 2 percent on the week.
read more... 23/03/2015
Energy companies BG and Woodside will invest $1.1 billion in four Myanmar blocks
Britain's BG Group and Australia's Woodside Petroleum Ltd will make an investment of about $1.08 billion to explore for oil and gas in four blocks off the coast of Myanmar's western Rakhine state, as declared by a senior Energy Ministry official on Sunday.
read more... 23/03/2015
EIB backs energy interconnection project between Armenia and Georgia
European Investment Bank (EIB) will give €10 million in loan for funding the building of an electricity transmission connection and a high voltage direct current station linking Armenia and Georgia.
read more... 20/03/2015
Daily: British prompt natural gas prices tumble as supply surpasses demand
Crude oil prices decreased on Thursday on the dollar appreciation and Kuwait’s statement that OPEC had no choice but to continue producing in an oversupplied market undermined the previous day’s hike. Benchmark Brent oil eased nearly 3 percent, while U.S. crude declined by almost 2 percent, weighed by the dollar's increase against most currencies. Brent lost 1.48$ to end at $54.43 a barrel, after slipping $2 at one point. WTI crude slipped 70 cents to settle at $43.96, sliding more than $1.90 earlier.
read more... 20/03/2015
ABB wins order of $900 million to link Norwegian, German electricity grids
ABB has won orders estimated at approximately $900 million from a conglomerate including leading utilities Statnett and TenneT as well as promotional bank KfW to provide on-shore high-voltage direct current (HVDC) converter stations and the cable system in the German sector that will ease the first ever interconnection between the Norwegian and German electricity grids.
read more... 20/03/2015