The gas giant Gazprom announced it will cut pipeline gas prices for European clients this year amid strong competition from other natural gas suppliers and cash-strapped energy companies in Europe incapable to pay the old high prices listed in the long-term supply contracts.
read more... 06/06/2013
Since 2011, Eni is the second largest gas supplier in France, with total gas deliveries of 74 TWh, representing 14% of the overall market share. GDF Suez still leads the French retail gas market but will have to work harder to maintain its residential customers. Daily, about 500 French consumers sign up contracts with Italian company Eni.
read more... 23/05/2013
Gazprom Energy has achieved a 10% share of the UK business gas market becoming the fourth largest gas provider to businesses.
read more... 18/03/2013
Centrica, UK’s biggest household energy supplier envisages signing a long-term LNG import deal with U.S. companies, as UK is facing difficulties finding new natural gas supply sources to meet its increasing import demand as global price variations and new gas discoveries are favoring carrying the gas to Asia instead of Europe.
read more... 11/03/2013
Centrica has announced that it intends to abandon plans to build new nuclear power stations in the UK because of the rising costs following changes to regulations after the Fukushima disaster in 2011. Centrica had been planning to build four plants with the French supplier EDF, but has now pulled out of the partnership.
read more... 05/02/2013