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Energy, Gas & Oil Press Releases & News distributed via EuropaWire

Changes in Fortum Corporation’s Management Team

Posted on 26, October 2012 by

Anne Brunila to leave Fortum Management Team – Helena Aatinen to be appointed as member of the Management Team 26-10-2012 — /europawire.eu/ — Helena Aatinen, MSc Econ., has been appointed as Senior Vice President, Corporate Communications and a member of Fortum Corporation’s … Read the full press release →

Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Finland, Management

RWE Technology und Dubai Electricity and Water Authority gründen Joint Venture in Dubai

Posted on 25, October 2012 by
Dr. Leonhard Birnbaum Vorstandsmitglied RWE AG, H.E. Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer CEO DEWA, Waleed Salman EVP strategy & business development und Dr. Michael Fübi CEO RWE Technology beim unterzeichnen des Vertrages in Dubai

Essen, 25-10-2012 — /europawire.eu/ — Die RWE Technology GmbH, Kraftwerksbauspezialist des RWE Konzerns, und die staatliche Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) haben ein gemeinsames Joint Venture gegründet. Am 22. Oktober 2012 setzten RWE-Vorstandsmitglied Leonhard Birnbaum, RWE Technology CEO Michael Fübi und … Read the full press release →

Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Germany, Investment, Technology

BP Agrees Heads of Terms to Sell its TNK-BP Shareholding to Rosneft

Posted on 25, October 2012 by

Payment by Rosneft to be a mix of $17.1 billion in cash, and shares representing 12.84 per cent of Rosneft BP intends to use $4.8 billion of the cash consideration to purchase a further 5.66 per cent of Rosneft from … Read the full press release →

Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Financial, Investment, Russia, United Kingdom

Deutscher Waldpädagogikpreis geht erstmals nach NRW

Posted on 25, October 2012 by
Projekt der Initiative "draußenzeit"

draußenzeit aus Münster gewinnt 5.000 Euro Preisgeld Thema für 2013: Nachhaltigkeit erleben und gestalten Düsseldorf, 25-10-2012 — /europawire.eu/ — In diesem Jahr geht der Deutsche Waldpädagogikpreis zum ersten Mal nach Nordrhein-Westfalen. Die Natur- und Wildnispädagogen von „draußenzeit“ aus Münster haben mit ihrem … Read the full press release →

Posted in Awards, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Germany, Society

BP Statement re: TNK-BP

Posted on 25, October 2012 by

25-10-2012 — /europawire.eu/ — At the request of the UK Listing Authority, BP confirms that the 90 day period as set out in the TNK-BP shareholder agreement has concluded. If and when BP reaches any agreement, it will make an announcement … Read the full press release →

Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Financial, Government, Investment

Fortum at the top in the Nordic climate index

Posted on 25, October 2012 by

25-10-2012 — /europawire.eu/ — Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) has ranked Fortum in the shared first place in the Nordic Carbon Disclosure Leadership Index assessing the disclosure of climate change information. Fortum ranked best for the second consecutive year and received its highest scoring ever: … Read the full press release →

Posted in Awards, Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Finland

BP Again Confirms Macondo Wells Secure

Posted on 25, October 2012 by

25-10-2012 — /europawire.eu/ — BP today announced it has once again confirmed the integrity of the Macondo well and its associated relief wells following an extensive subsea survey this week to identify potential sources of a surface sheen near Mississippi Canyon … Read the full press release →

Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Industrial, Society, United Kingdom

RWE startet bundesweite Initiative „3malE – Bildung mit Energie“

Posted on 25, October 2012 by

Initiative will für Energiethemen sensibilisieren und begeistern Online-Portal bietet Energiestoff für Schüler, Studenten und Lehrer Essen, 25-10-2012 — /europawire.eu/ — RWE startet die deutschlandweite Bildungsinitiative 3malE – Bildung mit Energie. 3malE heißt: Energie entdecken, erforschen und erleben. Die Initiative will Wissen … Read the full press release →

Posted in Education, Energy, Gas & Oil, Germany, Internet & Online, Society, Technology

BASF subsidiary Wintershall and Statoil agree on asset swap

Posted on 25, October 2012 by
BASF subsidiary Wintershall and Statoil agree on asset swap

Companies swap stakes in the North Sea oil and gas fields Brage, Vega, Gjøa and Edvard Grieg / Wintershall substantially expands production in Norway 25-10-2012 — /europawire.eu/ — BASF Group company Wintershall is substantially expanding its production and reserves of oil … Read the full press release →

Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Germany, Norway

Vattenfall to present third quarter 2012 results

Posted on 25, October 2012 by

25-10-2012 — /europawire.eu/ — Vattenfall will release its quarterly report on Tuesday, October 30. The report will be published on www.vattenfall.com at 09:00 CET. Conference call for analysts and investors Commencing at 10:00 (CET), Vattenfall’s President and CEO Øystein Løseth and … Read the full press release →

Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Financial, Sweden

Major Emil Nolde exhibition for the first time in Norway

Posted on 25, October 2012 by
Major Emil Nolde exhibition for the first time in Norway

Norwegian foreign minister Espen Barth Eide opens the exhibition in Oslo’s National Gallery / Exhibition of the Expressionist on view until January 2013 Oslo, 25-10-2012 — /europawire.eu/ — As the main sponsor, Wintershall is supporting the first major exhibition of Emil Nolde … Read the full press release →

Posted in Art & Culture, Energy, Gas & Oil, Germany, Norway

BP Meets Socar President in London

Posted on 25, October 2012 by

25-10-2012 — /europawire.eu/ — The president of the Azerbaijan state oil company SOCAR, Rovnag Adbullayev, and his senior executive team met BP group chief executive Bob Dudley and the BP upstream executive team in London today.They agreed to continue working closely … Read the full press release →

Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, United Kingdom

Annual outages on Fortum’s Loviisa Nuclear Power Plant completed

Posted on 25, October 2012 by

25-10-2012 — /europawire.eu/ — Both units of Fortum’s Loviisa nuclear power plant are back in production after their annual outages. The approximately 54-day outage on Loviisa 1 ended on 29 September 2012, and the outage on Loviisa 2 ended on 13 October after … Read the full press release →

Posted in Energy, Gas & Oil, Finland

Neue Demonstrationsanlage zur Stromspeicherung am Energiestandort Ibbenbüren

Posted on 25, October 2012 by

Strom aus erneuerbaren Energien wird zur Gaserzeugung genutzt „Power to Gas“-Technologie als innovatives Speicherverfahren Gemeinsames Projekt von RWE Deutschland und CERAM HYD 25-10-2012 — /europawire.eu/ — Im münsterländischen Ibbenbüren ist der Startschuss durch RWE Deutschland und CERAM HYD für den Bau … Read the full press release →

Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Germany, Science, Technology

Statoil ASA (OSE: STL, NYSE: STO) has signed an agreement to exit the Brage licences, farm down in Gjøa and Vega and acquire a 15% stake in the Edvard Grieg licence near the Johan Sverdrup field in the North Sea

Posted on 24, October 2012 by
This transaction with the German oil and gas company Wintershall gives Statoil net proceeds of USD 1.45 billion, and begins a strategic partnership between Statoil and Wintershall.

Transaction to realise value and secure long-term growth on the NCS  24-10-2012 — /europawire.eu/ — The consideration to be paid by Wintershall includes a contingent consideration of USD 100 million relating to the production on Vega. “This transaction realises significant value … Read the full press release →

Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Germany, Norway

Pose de la première pierre du terminal méthanier de Dunkerque

Posted on 24, October 2012 by

24-10-2012 — /europawire.eu/ — Henri Proglio, Président Directeur Général d’EDF, a procédé aujourd’hui à la pose de la 1ère pierre du terminal méthanier en présence de Michel Delebarre, Sénateur Maire de Dunkerque et Président de la Communauté urbaine de Dunkerque. Le … Read the full press release →

Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, France

Ecomobilité Ventures annonce ses trois premières prises de participation

Posted on 24, October 2012 by

Paris, 24-10-2012 — /europawire.eu/ — Ecomobilité Ventures premier fonds d’investissement européen dédié à l’innovation dans la mobilité durable, annonce son entrée dans le capital des sociétés MOVE ABOUT, EZ WHEEL et ZILOK AUTO pour un montant global de 5 millions d’euros. … Read the full press release →

Posted in Automotive, Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, France, Transportation & Logistics

Innovative BP Employee Program Reaches $20 Million Milestone

Posted on 24, October 2012 by

24-10-2012 — /europawire.eu/ — BP employees celebrated a historic milestone today, reaching $20 million donated to more than 14,500 US-based non-profit organizations through The Fabric of America Fund since the program launched in October 2007. All full-time US-based employees can designate … Read the full press release →

Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Non Profit, Society, United Kingdom

E.ON kommt bei Umwandlung in SE gut voran

Posted on 24, October 2012 by

Vereinbarung über Beteiligung der Arbeitnehmer geschlossen Künftig höherer Frauenanteil und Vertreter verschiedener Länder im Aufsichtsrat 24-10-2012 — /europawire.eu/ — E.ON kommt bei der Umwandlung in eine Europäische Gesellschaft (SE) weiter gut voran. Deutlich vor Ablauf der gesetzlichen Frist konnte eine Vereinbarung über … Read the full press release →

Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Germany

RWE: 2.000 Ladepunkte für E-Autos in Europa

Posted on 24, October 2012 by
Öffentliches Laden

Dortmund/München, 24-10-2012 — /europawire.eu/ — RWE wird in dieser Woche in Dortmund den 2.000. intelligenten Ladepunkt für Elektrofahrzeuge ans Netz anschließen. Damit setzt das Unternehmen sein Engagement für die Elektromobilität fort. RWE hat bereits vor vier Jahren mit dem Aufbau einer nutzerfreundlichen … Read the full press release →

Posted in Automotive, Business, Electronics & Machinery, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Germany, Technology, Transportation & Logistics