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The prime ministers of Poland and the Czech Republic have proposed a common gas market in Central Europe that would span from the Baltic sea to the Adriatic. "Our countries are interested by the possibility of a new diversification of sources and means of energy transmission," Czech Prime Minister...
RWE AG has agreed to sell its Czech natural gas pipeline division in a deal worth about €1.2 billion ($1.5 billion). German utility signed an agreement for the sale of 100% of its shares in NET4GAS, s.r.o., the independent Gas Transmission Operator in the Czech Republic, to a consortium of Allianz...
Gazprom and MND Group have announced plans to to build a new gas storage facility in the Czech Republic. The underground facility in Damborice, in the South Moravian region of the Czech Republic, would have an active capacity of 448 million cubic meters and will be "one of the largest facilities...
Natural Gas Europe was pleased to have the opportunity to speak with Jakub Groszkowski of the OSW (Centre for Eastern Studies) on the Czech Republic and Central Europe. Mr. Groszkowski is co-author of the recent work Shale gas in Bulgaria, the Czech Republic and Romania. Political...
Belgian natural gas infrastructure company Fluxys and private equity firm Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) have launched a joint bid for Net4Gas, the Czech gas transmission system. Belgian business daily De Tijd reported the approach, although Fluxys would not comment. Net4Gas is one of the assets...
Czech-based Power Exchange Central Europe, or PXE, is to launch a spot market for trading natural gas this year. The venture will be established in cooperation with Austria's Central European Gas Hub (CEGH). The two partners announced they had signed a co-operation agreement to cover derivatives...
On 14 January, Prime Minister Petr Necas opened the Gazelle gas pipeline at the Czech-German border in the presence of representatives from Germany and Russia. Gazelle is the extension of Nord Stream’s branch running through the Czech Republic. Gazelle, with an annual capacity of 30 billion m3...
RWE AG has announced the commissioning of the GAZELLE gas pipeline, opening up the "new northern route" for the transportation of natural gas to western Europe. The official commissioning ceremony held in Primda, Czech Republic was attended by Czech Prime Minister Petr Necas, Anne Ruth Herkes, State...
The International Institute of Political Science (IIPS) at Masaryk University in Brno (Czech Republic) has recently released a new study named "Shale Gas in Poland and the Czech Republic: Regulation, Infrastructure and Perspectives of Cooperation." This study focuses on the current...
The sale of RWE AG’s Czech natural gas pipeline division has been delayed. RWE is reported to be pushing back the November bidding deadline for NET4GAS, as a result of a recent court ruling in which RWE Transgas, the Czech unit of Germany energy company, received a favorable ruling over Gazprom...
