State-owned Gaz de France has retained its sales volumes to eligible customers in France in the first half of this year, having lost in the same period in 2003. It attributed the successful fending...

ConocoPhillips has acquired 7.6% of Lukoil from the Russian state for just over EUR 1.6 billion, slightly more than the reserve price. ConocoPhillips intends to raise its stake to 10% in the short...

A nuclear revival would obviously have major consequences for the future development of the European gas market, and should be resisted: not for its effect on the gas industry but because it would...

Eni’s chief executive Vittorio Mincato told an Italian parliamentary select committee on privatisation that further sales of shares currently held by the Italian government would leave Eni vulnerable...

Spain’s dominant gas distributor Gas Natural plans to increase its client base in Italy from 250,000 today to 800,000 in 2008. International director Alberto Toca said Gas Natural was in talks with a...

Russia’s Gazexport has signed a storage capacity leasing agreement with German gas transmission and storage group VNG. Injection of undisclosed volumes will start in October, and Gazexport will...

Sales by Gazprom export arm Gazexport during the first eight months of 2004 rose by more than 20% to Germany and nearly 30% to France, according to latest figures released by the company. Overall,...

Contrary to expectations, Dutch gas transmission company Gas Transport Services had more gas conversion capacity on offer during its recent release of repurchased Q4 ´04 capacity than shippers...

Competition in the German gas market sometimes reminds one of the Loch Ness monster, with only a few alleged sightings despite a long period of intense scrutiny. This was certainly the mood at a...

The Linea Group of northern Italian municipal utilities has reached an agreement with Spain’s Gas Natural to participate in the construction of two proposed LNG terminals at Taranto and Trieste in...

Centrica’s proposed Langeled gas reception terminal at Easington has received local authority planning permission. The terminal will be capable of processing 15-20% of UK gas demand by the time of...

Britain’s third long-term entry capacity auction was shut after two rounds this month due to low bidding interest, despite record high forward prices for gas in the UK and expectations of a tight...

European UnionPolicy – In balancing environmental concerns with ensuring security of supplythe EU must take care not to miss its emissions targets through an excessive long-term reliance on gas when...

Nederlandse Gasunie has appointed a new supervisory board at Gas Transport Services, which became a separate legal entity on 1st July. The nine-member board, whose majority has no direct ties with...

German gas merchant VNG and state-owned Polish Oil and Gas Company have agreed to set up gas trading and transportation joint ventures to implement Europe-wide activities on a joint basis. A formal...

Despite demand growth and a loosening of traditional commercial and logistical structures, the global LNG market is unlikely ever to become as flexible as the world oil market, according to a new...

Statoil has officially opened an office in Algerian capital Algiers. The opening was attended by Algerian representatives including Dr Chakib Khelil, minister of energy and mines, Mohamed Meziane,...

Total has signed a preliminary agreement for the purchase of 25% plus one share in the biggest Russian independent gas producer OAO Novatek, with reserves of 1.5 trillion m3 in the Yamal- Nenetsk...

Spanish power company Union Fenosa plans to build an additional 1,200 MW of combined cycle gas turbine (CCGT) capacity by 2007 in Spain, half of what it had originally planned between 2003 and 2007....

German gas majors Wingas and E.ON Ruhrgas have both registered as shippers on the Dutch Title Transfer Facility (TTF), according to the latest list of shippers released by operator Gas Transport...