Displaying 1 - 10 of 37 articles
Gas Natural Fenosa, the Spanish energy provider, will start taking liquefied natural gas (LNG) shipments from Cheniere Energy's plant in Louisiana in the second quarter of 2016, its chief executive said Tuesday. Chief executive Rafael Villaseca said Gas Natural, with a contract to receive up to 5 billion...
Frontera Energy, a subsidiary of San Leon Energy, has been awarded two new exploration licences in Spain. The Aquiles Licence, located in the Zaragoza and Navarro regions, covers 252,927 acres of the Zaragoza Basin. The Cronos Licence, situated in the Soria and Guadalajara regions, covers...
The rewards of shale gas are starting to outweigh the potential risks of getting the energy source out of the ground for a number of European countries. Reserves of the gas are now thought to be much larger in some states than previously estimated. In others, there is growing concern over the dominance...
The regional assembly of Cantabria in northern Spain has, as expected, voted to ban hydraulic fracturing in its territory. The vote was taken yesterday in the parliament, and was unanimous. Cantabria's ruling People's Party (PP), which has an absolute majority in the regional parliament, proposed the law.
Spanish energy major Repsol has made a significant gas discovery in south-eastern Algeria, the site of last November's terrorist attack on a Statoil-led facility.The discovery is in the Sud-Est Illizi block in southern Algeria, according to Spanish newspapers and Britain's Financial Times. The fiind...
A vote in a Spanish regional parliament on Monday will determine the fate of hydraulic fracturing in Spain's potentially richest shale gas area, at least in the short term. The parliament will decide on a proposed regional ban on fracking in the northern region of Cantabria. It is expected to yield to...
In a move to ease its debt burden, Spanish based Repsol has sold liquefied natural gas assets to Royal Dutch Shell. The $6.7 billion transaction includes LNG assets based in Bay of Biscay, Trinidad and Tobago, and Peru. The deal excludes Canaport, the Canadian LNG import and regasification terminal...
Enagás of Spain has completed the acquisition of 90% of Naturgas Energía Transporte for €245 million, following modifications during the negotiations. The deal was done via subsidiary company Enagás Transporte S.A.U. The emerging company will be called Enagás...
Hydrocarbons Regime The Spanish Energy Ministry, through the General Directorate of Energy and Mines, is granting exploration permits in various autonomous regions, mainly in the north of Spain, where there has been an increase in recent discoveries of shale gas deposits, and the appetite for this...
The European Union will co-finance a study on how to integrate liquefied natural gas (LNG) refuelling technology and infrastructure in Spain. This could demonstrate the potential of LNG as a more environmentally friendly and cost effective transport fuel for heavy goods vehicles. A sum of nearly €2...
