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Plans to build LNG terminal in the Dutch port cancelled
Vopak, Dutch oil and chemicals storage company, together with the gas transport society Gasunie and the utility Essent, have cancelled the plans to build an LNG terminal in the northern part of the Dutch port Eemshaven with a storage capacity of 2 tanks, or 180,000 cubic meters capacity.
read more... 03/09/2010
Russia opens the section of the pipeline transporting oil to China
Russian oil sector obtained a new market for its oil with the opening of the East Siberian-Pacific Ocean oil pipeline.
read more... 01/09/2010
Decision of Federal administrative committee concerning the electricity transport costs in Switzerland
The Federal Administrative Board annulated EIcom’s decision dated on March 6, 2009, when the electricity independent regulatory decided to reduce the taxes for power plants grid utilization by 40%.
read more... 16/07/2010
A carbon tax to be set in the European Union
The European Commission proposed a “tax carbon” on road transport, buildings and agriculture as part of the new directive regarding energy taxation, which would be approved only if the member states of the European Union unanimously agreed on.
read more... 02/06/2010
Eni’s stake in GreenStream pipeline cut to 50%
The oil and gas most important company in Italy, Eni, has decided to cut its participation from 75% to 50% in the company GreenStream BV which manages a pipeline transporting gas from Libya to Italy, according to the officials of both societies.
read more... 25/05/2010