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Germany's Wintershall Holding GMBH has restarted oil production in the Libyan desert in concessions 96 and 97, which it operates together with Russia's state owned…
Spain’s Abengoa Corp. announced that it will construct a bio-ethanol plant in Uruguay’s Paysandu department, for Alcoholes de Uruguay. The $120 million contract includes constructing…
Massive natural gas discoveries in northern Spain are reportedly sufficient to supply the country’s requirements for five years. Spain’s Basque regional premier Patxi Lopez says…
Kenyan solar power projects are designed to be available to individual consumers in rural areas, but funding remains scarce despite the market’s potential. Importing a…
The Paris newspaper Le Monde has speculated on what the impact would be if France followed Germany’s lead and decided to phase out its nuclear…
Belarus has announced that it is seeking foreign tenders to construct two nuclear power plants within the next decade in a contract worth $9 billion.…
Uganda’s Energy Ministry passed a resolution urging it to expedite preparation of the country’s Oil Resource Law and the Revenue Management Law is working with…
British auditors Gaffney, Cline and Associates have reported that Turkmenistan's South Iolotan natural gas field is the world's second largest, estimated to hold up to…
Ukraine's Ukrhazvydobuvannya state-owned gas mining company, a subsidiary of the state run Naftohaz oil and gas company, has finished drilling the 3.7 mile deep exploration…
Ethiopian Minister of Water and Energy Alemayehu Tajno says that the country’s proposed Millennium Dam will not harm Egypt or Sudan Speaking to journalists on…
The National Iranian Offshore Oil Company has announced plans to begin the development of six new offshore natural gas fields in the Persian Gulf, whose…
Small independent Kenyan energy firms are selling their stakes to large Western-based exploration companies as interest in the east African country’s energy potential increases. Underpinning…
Joint venture Belarusian-Venezuelan Petrolera BeloVenezolana company is stating that it will increase oil production in 2012. Petrolera BeloVenezolana was established in 2007. Belarusian state oil…
The Russian Federation has agreed to provide Venezuela with a two year $4 billion loan for armaments purchases in return for increased access to developing…
Israel Electric Corp. has signed contracts to build a $1.3 billion 240 megawatt solar energy project in China. The facility, to be situated in northern…
Ethiopia is deepening its power links with neighboring Djibouti. Ethiopia and Djibouti have opened a 230-kilovolt electric power transmission line, which will allow Djibouti to…
A number of Iraqi oil specialists have criticized the government’s proposed new national oil law as “unconstitutional,” castigating attempts by the federal government to be…
Indian activists are seeking the closure of the Kudankulam nuclear power plant. Tamil Nadu politicians are merely seeking to halt work on the Kudankulam nuclear…
Israel intends to explore Mediterranean offshore natural gas fields that it claims are within its territorial waters, and Sedco now has its Express rig in…