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Statoil: 75% of gas sold to Europe at spot prices
Norway's Statoil, Europe's second major gas supplier, currently vends approximately 75% of its gas at spot prices, in a budge from oil-related prices that has aided it obtain market share but strike profits this year, as stated by its gas trading manager.
read more... 01/09/2014
Daily: European coal prices soar on nuclear and gas production outage
Brent crude slipped on Monday despite many geopolitical risks including U.S. air strike in Iraq, while U.S. crude increased on expectations of a draw in U.S. inventories. Brent crude dropped 34 cents to settle at $104.68 a barrel, while WTI crude rose 43 cents to close at $98.08 a barrel.
read more... 12/08/2014
Daily: UK natural gas prices climb amid Ukraine warning of "all types of transit" halting
Brent crude oil dropped toward $105 a barrel on Friday following the U.S. military air strikes in Iraq that may diminish the risk of oil supply disruptions from OPEC’s second largest producer, while U.S. crude gained support from reviving stock market. Brent crude rallied to a weekly high of $106.85 earlier in the session, but soon turned negative and settled 42 cents lower at $105.02 a barrel. U.S. crude boosted 31 cents to close at $97.65 a barrel, off an intraday high of $98.45.
read more... 11/08/2014
Italian state holding company Cassa Depositi e Prestiti to sell a 35% energy grid stake to China
The Italian state holding company Cassa Depositi e Prestiti (CDP) is close to strike a deal with China's State Grid Corp, including the sale of a 35 % stake in its electricity grid.
read more... 31/07/2014
Eni Italian workers face a strike over plants closure
Thousands of workers (about 90%) of the Italian multinational oil and gas company Eni joined to a strike call on Tuesday in an effort to save the jobs put at risk by the threatened closure or converting of some oil refiners owned by the Italian giant.
read more... 30/07/2014