While all eyes are turned to Russia’s natural gas pipeline projects – Nord Stream II, TurkStream and South Stream – which it intends to build in Europe in the upcoming years, comparatively less attention is paid to imminent changes that are set to reconfigure gas markets in eastern Europe and Turkey. The transformations are being […]
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Gas market link-ups in the Balkans are high on this summer’s agenda
South east European gas markets represent something of a ‘final frontier’ for energy companies and politicians alike, the former seeking out new business opportunities and the latter trying to promote greater security of supply and competitiveness. This summer several developments have turned the spotlight back onto the area, dangling the promise of greater gas interconnectivity […]
Yahoo switch an example of increased fragmentation to come
Friday 5 August will be the end of an era for energy traders that have relied on the Yahoo messenger over the years, as the tech company winds down the traditional service. A proliferation of companies have looked to step into the gap – read more on that here. The result is most energy traders […]
Take the city of Oxford to space, and other things you can do with the £33bn Hinkley Point subsidy pot
Energy news, often confined to the inside pages of UK national newspapers, led the front pages last week when the British government stunned French state-owned firm EDF by announcing a review of the contract underpinning the giant Hinkley Point C nuclear power plant. When discussing our coverage with ICIS colleagues, we made a back-of-the-envelope calculation […]