Month: January 2018
- Opinion
Oil, gas and coal: New support schemes?
Remember that in 2010 the global support scheme for the production of energy from renewable sources was worth around 66…
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Considerations upon the new draft offshore law
The Draft Law intends to regulate a number of aspects that have raised in the last years sensitive legal discussions…
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One or two gas exchanges? This is not the question
A scandal on the gas market regarding the legislative initiative that seeks to impose a single gas exchange on the…
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Digitalization – business as usual
Digitalization is certainly something you have been talking about for a while and now it happens to be changing the…
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OMV Petrom invests over EUR 130mn in two gas treatment plants
OMV Petrom completed construction works at two new gas treatment plants located near important production zones. The two projects, which…
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Roxtec transits ensure EMI protection on new LNG carriers
Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding Group and power system provider ABB specified Roxtec EMC solutions for the new-build of four LNG carriers. State-owned…
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Gazprom and LUKOIL discuss cooperation prospects
A working meeting between Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee, and Vagit Alekperov, President of LUKOIL, took place…
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Weatherford completes sale of hydraulic fracturing business
The parties agreed to revised deal terms that reflect an asset sale, as compared to the previously announced OneStimSM joint…
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Romanian-Kazakh trade relations
A meeting has taken place recently at the headquarters of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Bucharest (CCIB), between…
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Gazpromneft-Lubricants and KPI to cooperate in R&D
Gazpromneft-Lubricants, operator of the Gazprom Neft lubricants business, has signed an agreement with Kuwait Petroleum International (KPI, part of Kuwait…
Read More » - Renewables
CMS Renewables Guide: A Sector in Transition
CMS’s Energy group recently published a major new guide on the renewables sector. The comparative study compares and contrasts the…
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ROPEPCA’s point of view
The Romanian Association of Petroleum Exploration and Production Companies (ROPEPCA) expresses its concern about the harsh and unjustified accusations brought…
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Romania no.7 in energy security
The World Energy Council’s Energy Trilemma Index tool, produced in partnership with Oliver Wyman, ranks countries on their ability to…
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IoT-based Well Surveillance solution to optimize production and reduce costs
Siemens recently announced a scalable, end-to-end IoT solution, designed to help oil and gas companies optimize production and reduce costs…
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BSOG to receive additional investment from EBRD
Black Sea Oil & Gas SRL (BSOG), currently backed by The Carlyle Group, recently announced that the European Bank for…
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OPEC keeps in 2018 the agreement to cut oil output
The cartel of the oil exporting countries (OPEC) and other major producers, including Russia, have decided to extend by nine…
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Harald Kraft: Romania benefits from a strong upstream industry
Harald Kraft is the President of Romanian Petroleum Exploration and Production Companies Association (ROPEPCA) and has over 38 years’ experience…
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Gazpromneft-Lubricants and KPI to cooperate in R&D
Gazpromneft-Lubricants, operator of the Gazprom Neft lubricants business, has signed an agreement with Kuwait Petroleum International (KPI, part of Kuwait…
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