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The countries already signed up in support of the Nabucco West project have declared that the pipeline could also supply the Western Balkans and the Visegrad group of countries. Visegrad comprises Poland, Slovakia, the Czech Republic and Hungary. The Nabucco consortium held a meeting in Bucharest Monday...
Ukraine has started tests of importing natural gas from Slovakia, its Minister of Energy said Wednesday. Minister Eduard Stavytsky announced that the process, part of a strategy to reduce Ukraine's dependence on Russia for energy, had begun and would last about a week. "We have started [gas imports].
The first quarter of 2013 was a time of fundamental ownership changes among the key gas companies in Central Europe. Those companies which underwent a change in ownership include the Czech and Slovak transmission system operators as well as some of the key gas shipping, distribution, and storage companies...
European Commissioner for Energy Guenther Oettinger has suggested that Ukraine could transit its gas from Slovakia within a matter of months. "I expect that next spring the corridor for reverse gas transit through Slovakia will be open," the European official said in an interview with Ukrainian...
Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan said Wednesday that construction of the Trans-Anatolian natural gas pipeline project (TANAP) could begin as early as this year. Reuters reported that Erdogan made the comment during a news conference with political leaders in Bratislava, the Slovakian...
Ukraine is considering importing gas from Slovakia, a government minister has indicated. Gas from the neighbouring country is one of two options for diversifying gas sources from Europe, Minister for Energy, Eduard Stavytskyi, said, quoted by agencies. At the same time, Russian media reports that...
French energy giant GDF SUEZ and Germany's E.ON have sold their combined 49% stake in Slovakia's main gas operator. The two western European companies signed an agreement to transfer the indirect stake to Energetický a Průmyslový Holding (EPH), a leading Czech energy player. GDF SUEZ and E.
Slovakian gas prices have inched up, while electricity in the central European country is becoming cheaper. The country's energy regulator decided that natural gas prices will go up by 0.46% from the start of 2013. Electricity prices are to decrease by an average 3.28%, the Office for Regulation of...
Aurelian Oil & Gas announced that it has entered into a merger with San Leon Energy, bring together two leading player in the European unconventional gas sector. San Leon will pay about 61.6 million pounds ($98 million) in stock for Aurelian, a 13 percent premium to last week’s closing price.
The Slovakian Prime Minister, Robert Fico, has unblocked the sale of a 49 per cent stake in Slovakian transport company SPP, a week after saying he would not allow the sale. Last week, Prime Minister Fico said that he would not allow the sale to go ahead if he did not get a guarantee from stakeholders...
