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Lithuania and a U.S. Company to strengthen shale gas cooperation
The Ministry of Energy announced on June, 14 in a press release that it led negotiations with an US company concerning the extraction of natural gas from its shale rock layers and starting production of shale gas in Lithuania. But the official refused to reveal the name of the US company, due to a confidentiality request by the US company representatives.
read more... 21/06/2011
Iran and Armenia to boost energy cooperation
The Iranian newspaper Teheran Times reported that Iran and Armenia will start the construction of a third electricity transmission line between the two countries within two weeks. The project is estimated to cost about $110 million and will have a capacity of 800-900MW between the two countries.
read more... 01/06/2011
Stronger energy cooperation between China and US accomplished
A new stage was accomplished at the third round of the China Strategic Economic Dialogues that took place in Washington (USA) on May 10th at which several “energy subjects” were discussed, mainly focused on the joint development of innovative power grids and large scale wind power projects, as well as establishing commercial activities tied to natural gas, shale gas and bio-jet fuel and information share in energy management experience.
read more... 25/05/2011
Russia and China to boost energy cooperation
China National Petroleum Corp (CNPC) and the Russian energy giant Rosneft agreed to build a Sino-Russian oil refinery in Tianjin, northern China, until the end of this year. The refinery will be built by the Russian-Chinese joint venture and is estimated to cost about 4.62 billion U.S. dollars.
read more... 24/05/2011
EU's new Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators
The EU’s Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators was launched in Ljubljana, Slovenia, during a ceremony at which have participated high officials such as the EU energy commissioner, Gunther Oettinger and the prime minister of Slovenia, Borut Pahor.
read more... 20/05/2011