Bulgaria initiated the adoption of a common legislation for exploration and production of shale gas in the EU at a forum on non-conventional gas extraction which took place on November 11 in Sofia, organized by the Bulgarian Industrial Association.
read more... 22/11/2011
Centrica Plc agreed to purchase from Statoil ASA Norway’s largest oil and Natural Gas Company assets in Norway gas fields for 1.6 billion dollars. The act of transaction implies sale of Statoil stakes in the Kvitebjorn, Heimdal, Valemon, Skrine-Byggve, Fulla, Frigg-Gamma- Delta, Vale and Rind fields.
read more... 21/11/2011
Recently, the Iraqi Government confirmed an agreement with Mitsubishi Corporation and Royal Dutch Shell creating a joint venture, called Basrah Gas Company (BGC) for gathering raw gas from three large oil fields, Rumaila, Zubair, West Qurna 1 and Majnoon situated in the southern part of the country. This is an important move toward reducing greenhouse-gas emissions, building a reliable energy supply and attracting more investments in the country.
read more... 17/11/2011
World’s largest gas exporters leaders, among which the Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Algerian leader Abdelaziz Bouteflika and the head of Libya’s National Transitional Council, Mustafa Abdul Jalil, participated at their first summit on Tuesday in the capital of Qatar, Doha, two days after a ministerial meeting of the 12-nation Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF) took place.
read more... 15/11/2011
The British Energy secretary, Chris Huhne, asked Ofgem, the British energy regulator, for a further action in order to secure the medium and long term gas supplies.
read more... 11/11/2011