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Eni to sell 10% stake in the supergiant gas field Zohr to BP

Eni has agreed to sell to BP a 10% participating interest in the Shorouk Concession, offshore Egypt, where the supergiant gas field Zohr is located. The deal was struck for 375 million USD and a 150 million USD pro-quota reimbursement … Read the full press release

Petrol’s subsidiary IGES to dispose an Interest in GEN-I d.o.o.

LJUBLJANA, 29-Nov-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Following the fulfilment of suspensive conditions, IGES d.o.o., a subsidiary of Petrol d.d., Ljubljana, has completed the disposal of its interest in GEN-I, d.o.o.  The buyer is GEN-EL d.o.o.; the amount EUR 45,100,000.00. IGES d.o.o. is … Read the full press release

RG Vanderweil Engineers, Ramboll to conduct low carbon energy supply study for Cambridge city

Together with US based RG Vanderweil Engineers, Ramboll will conduct a low carbon energy supply study for the city of Cambridge and strengthen the ties to the US mark COPENHAGEN, 28-Nov-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — The City of Cambridge located north … Read the full press release

LEGO Group: Burbo Bank Extension Offshore Wind Farm begins generating electricity

Electricity has been generated for the first time from the Burbo Bank Extension Offshore Wind Farm. The wind farm will help the LEGO Group reach its goal of balancing its energy consumption with production of renewable energy by 2020. BILLUND, … Read the full press release

German universities form Geothermal Alliance Bavaria (GAB) to study the utilisation of geothermal energy

Geothermal Alliance Bavaria: Three universities team up to study the utilisation of geothermal energy MUNICH, 24-Nov-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Temperatures in the Earth’s interior reach thousands of degrees Celsius. Geothermal technology makes use of this energy. It has enormous potential particularly … Read the full press release

PGNiG’s gas production in Pakistan now exceeds 0,5 mcm per day

WARSZAWA, 22-Nov-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Polish Oil and Gas Company (PGNiG SA) started gas production from Rizq deposit and drilling of another well in Rehman deposit. The company’s gas production in Pakistan exceeded 0,5 mcm per day. PGNiG extracts over 300 … Read the full press release

University of Birmingham, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) form joint centre for mechanical energy storage technologies

BIRMINGHAM, 18-Nov-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — The University of Birmingham has signed an agreement with the Institute of Engineering Thermophysics (IET) of Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) to form a joint centre for mechanical energy storage technologies. The agreement marks the start of … Read the full press release

US Supreme Court: Archangel Diamond Corporation (ADC) Liquidation Trust’s case against LUKOIL could not be pursued in the United States

MOSCOW, 18-Nov-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — The United States Supreme Court became the seventh separate court to agree with PJSC LUKOIL that Archangel Diamond Corporation (ADC) Liquidation Trust’s case against LUKOIL could not be pursued in the United States. By this decision … Read the full press release

AREVA and EDF sign for the sale of AREVA NP activities

PARIS, 17-Nov-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Following the memorandum of understanding signed on 28 July 2016, AREVA and EDF signed on 15 November the contract setting the terms of the sale of an interest conferring exclusive control by EDF of an entity (“NEW … Read the full press release

Aalborg University: CORPE accelerates transition to more renewable energy by developing necessary cheap and reliable power electronics

Key persons from companies in Japan, China, Germany, Italy and Sweden were in attendance when one of the major ventures in Danish energy research presented its first five years of results and future partnering opportunities at Aalborg University. AALBORG, 17-Nov-2016 … Read the full press release

Ocean Yield ASA to deliver 38,000 cbm liquefied ethylene gas carrier to Hartmann Group/SABIC Petrochemicals B.V.

LYSAKER, Norway, 15-Nov-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Ocean Yield ASA is pleased to announce the delivery of the 38,000 cbm liquefied ethylene gas carrier “Gaschem Beluga” from Sinopacific Offshore & Engineering, China. The vessel is the first of two sister vessels to be delivered, … Read the full press release

BKW sells its Swissgrid convertible loan to Credit Suisse for CHF 97 million

Sale of Swissgrid convertible bond BERN, 15-Nov-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — BKW sells its Swissgrid convertible loan to Credit Suisse at a nominal value of around CHF 97 million. The two companies have signed a contract to mark the deal. The … Read the full press release

Wintershall to showcase its activities and technological expertise at “Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exhibition and Conference” (ADIPEC)

Start of first offshore well in Abu Dhabi for Shuwaihat project / Own stand at the largest oil and gas conference in the Middle East region (Hall 6, Stand 6256) Kassel/Abu Dhabi, 14-Nov-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Germany’s largest internationally active oil … Read the full press release

Gamesa to 99 MW for a wind farm in the south central United States

The company will supply G114-2.0 MW and G114-2.1 MW wind turbines for a wind farm located in the central United States. Zamudio, Spain, 14-Nov-2016 — /EuropaWire/ —  Gamesa, a technological leader in the global wind industry, has been awarded a … Read the full press release

Energie Steiermark bekommt von den Standard & Poor’s erneut den Wert “A/Outlook stable/”

Experten von Standard & Poor’s vergeben erneut Top-Bewertung “A stable” “Starke Marktposition” – Auch für die kommenden Jahre “solide Geschäfts- und Finanzlage erwartet” GRAZ, 11-Nov-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Die internationale Rating-Agentur Standard & Poor‘s hat nach umfangreichen Analysen jetzt ihre neue … Read the full press release

Energie Steiermark led consortium orders 330,000 smart meters from Landis+Gyr for the Styria region in Austria

Energy consortium chooses Landis+Gyr smart metering for the Styria region ZUG, 10-Nov-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Landis+Gyr, a leading global supplier of energy management and smart grid solutions, will supply a consortium led by Austrian utility Energie Steiermark with 330,000 smart meters. … Read the full press release

Experts from Tunisia, Morocco and Russia debate on the role of nuclear technologies in achieving sustainable development

MOSCOW, 10-Nov-2016 — /EuropaWire/ —The round table on the role of nuclear technologies in achieving sustainable development, organized by the Arab Atomic Energy Agency, it was attended by a group of experts from Tunisia, Morocco and Russia with the purpose … Read the full press release

ROSATOM won 6 gold, 3 silver and 1 bronze medal at the world skills championship WorldSkills Hi-Tech 2016

MOSCOW, 10-Nov-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — The national team of ROSATOM won 6 gold, 3 silver and 1 bronze medal at the world skills championship WorldSkills Hi-Tech 2016, which was completed on November 3 in Yekaterinburg. This year, ROSATOM expanded the number … Read the full press release

ROSATOM’s ASE Group of Companies and Dassault Systèmes sign three-year cooperation agreement at IAEA in Vienna

MOSCOW, 10-Nov-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Dassault Systèmes, the 3DEXPERIENCE Company, world leader in 3D design software, and the leading Russian nuclear power plant engineering procurement and construction company ASE Group of Companies (ASE), part of ROSATOM, today announced the signing of … Read the full press release

China and Russia expand cooperation in the nuclear sector based on the principles of balance of interests and mutual benefits

MOSCOW, 10-Nov-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — A statement of Dmitry Medvedev, Prime Minister of the Russian Federation, and Li Keqiang, Premier of the State Council of the People’s Republic of China, on the development of the strategic cooperation in peaceful uses of … Read the full press release