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Daily: British forward natural gas prices tumble as oil baffle pulls down commodities
Brent crude dropped to a four-year low under $76.30 a barrel on Thursday as it became more and more improbably that OPEC would curb oil production to increase prices during a meeting in Austria. Benchmark Brent futures declined by more than $1 to settle at $76.28 a barrel, the weakest level since September 2010. U.S. crude tumbled more than $1 to hit a session low of $72.61.
read more... 28/11/2014
Verbund nine-month profit drops by 86%
Austrian utility Verbund registered a decline of 86 percent in group profit for the first three quarters of 2014 to 63.8 million euros ($81.3 million) because of decreasing electricity prices, reduced water supply and impairment losses on its Romanian wind farms.
read more... 29/10/2014
OMV observes sluggish European gas market for years
Austrian energy group OMV anticipates limited growth in Europe's gas market for the rest of the decade since slow economies reduce demand, as stated by the manager of its gas business.
read more... 27/10/2014
Verbund leaves French market by vending electricity plants to KKR
U.S. private equity company KKR has decided to purchase two French power plants from Austria's Verbund for approximately 150 million euros ($188 million).
read more... 07/10/2014
Gazprom declares to be unable to satisfy increasing gas demand from Europe for the moment
Russia's Gazprom declared on Wednesday it is unable to satisfy increasing gas demand from Europe while it creates stockpiles prior to winter, weakening the ability of Europe to supply Ukraine with gas. Slovakia, Poland, Romania and Austria have all registered insignificant declines in shipments recently from Russia, which is involved in a dispute with the European Union over the crisis in Ukraine.
read more... 18/09/2014