As the disagreements between the Russian and British shareholders of TNK-BP increase, questions arise regarding not only the security, but also the role of foreign investors in the oil and gas...

As analysts forecast a sharp rise in the price of carbon emission allowances towards the end of the year, the question is how this might impact on gas demand from British power producers with...

As the Belgian parliament considers changes to the country’s gas transit legislation and the current tariff proposal still lacks the regulator’s seal of approval, network operator Fluxys has decided...

Continental suppliers are refusing to sell gas to industrial buyers on oil-indexed contracts if the gas is for delivery to the UK market, according to several companies.“The UK operates on a...

Eon Ruhrgas is becoming a partner in the Gate (“Gas Access to Europe”) LNG terminal in Rotterdam, the company announced this month. The German gas incumbent will acquire a 5% stake in the terminal...

The Czech natural gas market has been fully liberalised since 1st January 2007, when small customers, including households, became entitled to switch supplier alongside industrial users. Although 92...

Dutch TSO Gasunie wants to expand its business activities in Germany and become a hub for gas transports in northwestern Europe, the company’s c.e.o. Marcel Kramer said in an interview with the...

German gas import prices stood at EUR 26.68/MWh in June, a jump of 41.8% year-on-year, according to figures published by BAFA, the German office for economy and export control. Compared with May...

This month saw a major blow struck against the development of competition in Germany, as several network operators announced they would not proceed with zone mergers as planned. The planned merger of...

Italy may have an operational gas exchange by summer 2009 based on information published in a recent decree by the energy regulator. According to Delibera 112/08, the AEEG suggested redefining...

The Green Exchange, owned by US mercantile exchange Nymex, is set to launch two new contracts for the new US emissions trading scheme, the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI), on Monday. This...

The Polish government has decided that the construction of the proposed LNG terminal on the country’s Baltic coast should be considered a strategic investment, and therefore be built as soon as...

The vice president of Polish energy regulator URE, Marek Woszczyk, has said the watchdog is assessing a request by PGNiG, the Polish gas incumbent, to increase gas tariffs for the second time this...

A gas leak on a pipeline connecting StatoilHydro’s Kvitebjørn field to the Kollsnes gas processing terminal has suspended gas production at the Kvitebjørn platform in the Norwegian North Sea until...

The new shipping contracts for industrial customers to subscribe to daily capacity in order to respond to technical contingencies during tests at their sites, could be included in the next transport...

The third round of UN-led climate change talks ahead of a new deal to replace the Kyoto Protocol got under way in Accra, the capital of Ghana, on Thursday.Progress during the first two talks, held in...

James Owen, chief financial officer of Russian oil and gas major TNK-BP, resigned this month, days after Robert Dudley, the c.e.o. was disqualified from working in Russia for two years by a Moscow...

The business structure of the newly merged group GDF Suez could trigger some tension, according to analysts and market participants. The union between Gaz de France (GDF) and Suez has now come into...

Rough, the UK’s only long-range site, was 96.7% full at 06:00 hours (BST) on 21st August, with an estimated 3.21 billion cubic metres (Gm3), according to National Grid data. This is up from 3.16 Gm3...

British marketTrading on the front winter dominated activity over the past week, as the market experienced a classic squeeze following the unplanned shutdown of a Norwegian gas field.The NBP Winter...