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Scotland Proposes UK Oil And Gas Tax Breaks
January 12th, 2015
Scotland’s Energy Minister, Fergus Ewing, has published a new report calling for urgent reform of the UK’s oil and gas tax regime. In his January 8 discussion paper, Ewing said the recent fall in the oil price has increased ...
New U.S. oil and gas well November permits tumble nearly 40 percent
December 3rd, 2014
Plunging oil prices sparked a drop of almost 40 percent in new well permits issued across the United States in November, in a sudden pause in the growth of the U.S. shale oil and gas boom that started around ...
UK passes tough new transparency law for oil, gas and mining companies
December 1st, 2014
A historic law came into force in the UK today that will help fight poverty and corruption in resource-rich but poor countries said Global Witness, which has been campaigning for such measures for over 16 years. The new rules ...
Ukraine and Russia Reach Deal on Natural Gas Supplies
October 31st, 2014
The agreement, under European Union auspices, ends a standoff over payments for gas Ukraine had already consumed, and terms for future deliveries. Russian and Ukrainian officials reached an agreement on Thursday night to resume Russian deliveries of natural gas ...
Gas prices drop 18 cents in 2 weeks
October 27th, 2014
Price to fill up the tank has dropped 65 cents a gallon since May and is 29 cents cheaper than a year ago. A national survey of gas prices reports that the average cost of U.S. regular grade gas ...
EU leaders agree to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 40% by 2030
October 24th, 2014
European leaders have struck a broad climate change pact obliging the EU as a whole to cut greenhouse gases by at least 40% by 2030. But key aspects of the deal that will form a bargaining position for global ...
Gas Deal Eludes Russia and Ukraine, but talks will continue
October 22nd, 2014
The standoff between the two countries, in which Russian gas deliveries have been halted over Ukraine’s unpaid gas bill, has Europe worried about its winter supplies. Russian and Ukrainian officials meeting on Tuesday failed to reach a deal that ...
Gas Natural of Spain offers to buy Utility in Chile
October 13th, 2014
The company said in a regulatory filing that it was offering $7.93 a share, or $3.3 billion. As part of the offer, it said that shareholders that control 54.19 percent of the company had already agreed to sell their ...
Natural Gas Causing ‘Detour’ on Road to Cleaner Fuel
October 2nd, 2014
Natural gas is often promoted as a cleaner alternative to gasoline — a kind of “bridge fuel” between emission-heavy energy sources and zero-emission renewables like solar and wind. But a new study casts doubt on the benefits of natural ...
Former Amaranth star fined over gas trades
September 16th, 2014
Brian Hunter, the natural gas trader whose large bets helped precipitate the $6bn collapse of Amaranth, the hedge fund, has agreed to pay $750,000 to settle attempted market manipulation charges. The CFTC sued Mr Hunter and Amaranth in 2007, ...
