Latest news
Bulgaria and Greece ink agreement to begin constructing gas pipeline
Bulgaria and Greece on Thursday inked a final investment deal to construct a natural gas pipeline to aid Sofia reduce its almost complete dependence on Russian gas supplies.
read more... 11/12/2015
Azerbaijan's SOCAR hopes to restart negotiations with Greece over gas grid in December
Azerbaijan's state energy firm SOCAR hopes to restart negotiations over purchasing a stake in Greek gas grid operator DESFA in December, as stated by SOCAR's president on Monday.
read more... 15/09/2015
Greece finally assumes its €2bn gas pipeline agreement with Russia
Athens had admitted for the first time its plans to build a €2bn gas pipeline with Moscow, the so called 'Turkish Stream' in Greece, move which is like to intensify U.S. worries, as it stepped up its involvement in Greece’s debt negotiations with international creditors.
read more... 10/07/2015
Daily: European prompt power fell sharply on cold, windy weather
Crude oil futures tried to stabilize on Tuesday on the New York Mercantile Exchange (Nymex), after declining sharply the previous day to the level of mid-April, as the market was encouraged by the further extension of talks with Iran, worries about Greece's indebtedness and China's stock market losses. WTI crude fell 20 cents to settle at $51.98 a barrel, a three-month low, and extending to more than 8 percent its drop since Thursday's settlement. Brent rose 31 cents to end at $56.85. Both benchmarks increased in post-settlement trade, after the API indicated the higher-than-expected stockpile drop.
read more... 08/07/2015
Daily: Crude oil plunges 8% on Greek vote to reject austerity measures
Crude oil prices plunged by about 8 percent on Monday, registering the largest selloff since five months, as Greece’s vote to reject tough economic bailout conditions and China's stock market woes trigged a deepening spiral of losses. The slump was also encouraged by a potential nuclear deal in Iran, which could result in supply glut on oil market. U.S. crude closed at $52.53 a barrel, down $4.40 or 7.7 percent, from its settlement on Thursday and below the 100-day moving average, the biggest percentage drop in a day since early February. Brent crude crashed $3.78, or 6.3 percent, to settle at $56.54, also below the 100-day average.
read more... 07/07/2015