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The Czech Ministry of the Environment has said that the country is considering imposing a two-year moratorium on shale exploration in the country until new legislation could be prepared to avoid legal and technical difficulties. Currently, the ministry said, it is not legally prepared for any potential...
RWE has confirmed that it still supports the Nabucco pipeline project, despite remaining cautious on the requirements for that support. Speaking in an interview with New Europe, spokeswoman Sabine Jeschke said that RWE was not considering withdrawing from the project and continued to give it its...
Czech pipeline operator Net4Gas has said that it is planning to extend pipelines in the Czech Republic to hook up to Poland's gas system. The expansion will go ahead, no matter the outcome of a planned sale by owner RWE, a spokesperson told Bloomberg yesterday, and will receive financing from the European...
State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic (SOCAR) has said that it its oil and gas production operations remain unaffected by recent severe weather conditions that have affected its peers. Yesterday, news emerged that Russian gas giant Gazprom was struggling to keep up with gas demand as extreme cold...
Czech oil and gas investment company, KKCG is preparing to take a 16 per cent stake in Gazprom's Czech subsidiary Vemex, a newspaper has reported. Economic daily newspaper Hospodářské noviny (HN) reports that KKCG is seeking to take the stake from Swiss shareholder EW EastWest Consult...
A north-south pipeline to connect a liquid natural gas (LNG) sea terminal in Poland with the Czech Republic and Slovakia has been labeled a priority energy project agreed by the EU’s energy ministers. The Czech Energy Regulatory Office (ERÚ), however, says the project may not be viable...
In 1992 at the Olympic games in Barcelona the US National Basketball Association lined up its best players, including Michael Jordan, to take on the world’s best basketball teams. Dubbed the “Dream Team, ” they won the gold, handily. Now, one E&P has assembled a top-notch, international...
The respective Prime Ministers of Poland and the Czech Republic formally inaugurated a natural-gas pipeline connecting the two nations today. "The Polish-Czech interconnector is a sign of the hope that gas problems will not afflict the two countries any more," Polish PM Donald Tusk said, referencing...
Hutton Energy Plc., the London based unconventional resource explorer, has announced an agreement with ExxonMobil Exploration and Production Poland Sp. z o.o to farm into 1.1 million acres comprised of four licenses in the Podlasie Basin in Poland.The transaction is subject to Polish regulatory clearances...
A new 0.5 billion cubic metre per year gas link between Poland and the Czech Republic has been completed earlier than expected.Polish gas pipeline operator Gaz System and Czech company Net4Gas, will launch the interconnector in September, one month ahead of schedule.Poland's gas monopoly PGNiG , a unit...