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EU approves stricter rules for nuclear waste storage
The EU Council of ministers has approved new regulations for nuclear fuel and waste storage which will make the conditions on exporting it outside EU borders more stringent.
read more... 27/07/2011
Energy market Trend for 2011-2021
Natural gas is becoming an attractive energy source for its relative low cost and rising trading demand. Due to fast economy growth, natural gas becomes the best alternative to reduce carbon dioxide emissions and be reliant from unpredictably oil price fluctuations and driven global demand. The natural gas and LNG storage market is estimated to worth $18.57bn in 2011.
read more... 22/07/2011
Four dead in an explosion at a British refinery
A storage tank belonging to Chevron blasted at a British oil refinery in western Wales, killing four workers and seriously injuring another, this being the U.K.’s worst refinery disaster since 1974.
read more... 06/06/2011
National Laboratory for clean energy to be opened in China
A National Laboratory for clean energy is expected to be opened in September in a maritime city in the Northeastern part of the Chinese Province of Liaoning. The laboratory activity will be focused on research of petroleum, natural gas, biomass energy, hydro energy, power storage and other areas.
read more... 22/04/2011
PetroChina to build the largest underground gas storage tank in Xinjiang
PetroChina Co, the country's biggest energy producer, eyes the building of underground natural-gas storage tank in northwestern Xinjiang province to ensure against supply disruptions.
read more... 07/04/2011