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Fossil Fuels

Fossil Fuels

Soccer-Brilliant Belgium back on track with 2-0 win over Romania

An objective by Youri Tielemans after 73 seconds and a late one for Kevin De Bruyne gave Belgium a 20 win over Romania in an incredible, actionpacked game on Saturday that set up a last round face-off with all four groups in Group E on three points. It was a Euro 2024 Saturday night special played in an impressive atmosphere in Cologne, with the only secret being how there were only two objectives. It suggested that, for the very first time in European Champion history, all four teams in a group are on equal points after two rounds, following Ukraine's...

Refined Products

OMV raises 2030 assistance on favorable energy markets

Austrian energy group OMV raised its 2030 revenues and cashflow assistance during its capital markets day on Thursday, mentioning a more favorable market environment for oil, gas and refining margins. OMV is now targeting a tidy CCS operating result, which leaves out one-off products along with short-term energy inventory holding gains and losses, of a minimum of 6.5 billion euros ($ 7.03. billion) by 2030, compared to a goal of 6 billion euros. formerly. It also raised its projection for operating cash flow to at. least 7.5 billion euros, up from 7 billion euros previously,. partly assisted by a performance...

Oil & Gas

Offers of the day-Mergers and acquisitions

The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported by 0930 GMT on Tuesday: ** Hess Corp shareholders will vote on Chevron's. proposed $53 billion acquisition of the company, after. lots of financiers have actually called for a hold-up in hopes of obtaining a. much better deal for their shares. ** OTE Telecom, Greece's most significant telecoms. operator, remains in talks with West Network Invest for the capacity. sale of its Romanian mobile business, Telekom Romania Mobile, it. stated late on Monday. ** Japan's Asahi Kasei said it used to get. Calliditas Therapeutics for about 11.8 billion. Swedish crowns ($...

Fossil Fuels

Ukraine returns nuclear power system to grid, sees no electrical power curbs

Ukraine has actually brought a nuclear power unit back into operation ahead of schedule after repairs, that made it possible to avoid restrictions on energy materials to customers on Tuesday, nationwide power grid operator Ukrenergo said. Today, electrical power consumption limitations for industrial and family customers in all areas of Ukraine are not anticipated, Ukrenergo stated on the Telegram messaging app. Ukraine runs nine nuclear power units which cover around 60% of local electrical energy requirements. Russian rocket and drone attacks on Ukraine's energy sector have intensified since March, leading to blackouts in many areas and restrictions on power materials....

Natural Gas Utilities

Austria's significance as gateway to Europe for Russian gas

Austrian oil and gas market leader OMV said on Wednesday that gas materials from Russia's. Gazprom could be suspended in connection with a. foreign court ruling, without recognizing the case or. counterparties. Austria is now the European Union country that relies the. most on Russian gas, with lots of others having stopped purchases. considering that the energy crisis in 2022. Here are facts about Austria as a remaining gateway for. Russian gas into Europe. RUSSIAN GAS PATHS Land-locked Austria gets most of its gas from Russia. although it is trying to shift away after decades of reliance. A. German DIW...

Oil & Gas Transportation

Russia-Ukraine Black Sea shipping offer was almost reached last month, sources state

Russia and Ukraine worked out for 2 months with Turkey on a deal to guarantee the security of shipping in the Black Sea and reached arrangement on a. text that was to be revealed by Ankara but Kyiv all of a sudden pulled. out, 4 individuals knowledgeable about the matter told . The settlements were mediated by Turkey after pushing by. the United Nations, according to the sources who spoke to. on condition of anonymity due to the level of sensitivity of such. talks. A deal was reached in March to guarantee the security of. merchant shipping in the Black...

Renewable Fuels

Iveco focuses on partnerships to achieve a 20% growth in revenue by 2028

Iveco Group, a bus and truck manufacturer in Italy, said it would focus on developing new, deeper partnerships to drive future growth. The company unveiled its new five-year plan on Thursday that aims for a 20% increase in revenue by the year 2028. It said that the group, which is controlled by Exor, a family investment company, will invest 6 billion euros between now and 2028. The focus of this investment will be on the energy transition, software defined vehicles and artificial intelligence, as well as autonomous driving. On Thursday, it announced a preliminary agreement with Ford Trucks (the heavy...

Natural Gas

Romanian government reduces regulated energy rates in assistance scheme

Romania's government on Thursday reduced the price levels in its energy support scheme for homes, small companies and industry that partly controls its power and gas markets until March 2025. The government presented a centralised energy acquisition system in late 2022, to ensure it has enough supply, making power and gas manufacturers sell a part of their offered output at controlled costs from January 2023. Those prices, which are ceilings, were decreased on Thursday to 400 lei ($ 86.93) per megawatt hour for electrical power, from 450 lei formerly, and to 120 lei ($ 26.08) per megawatt hour for gas...

Wind Farms

Premier Energy aims to enhance Romanian green energy portfolio to 1.5 GW

Bucharestbased energy group Premier Energy aims to enhance its renewable energy portfolio by 50% to 1.5 GW over the next twotothree years, while continuing to buy neighbouring Moldova, its chief executives stated. The business, owned by Czech financial investment holding Emma Capital, has 1,000 MW of green jobs under ownership, management or in advancement in Romania, uniformly split between wind and solar and across the nation. It built 10 MW of solar power in Moldova in 2015 and is seeking to include another 20 MW in 2024. The company, which materials and distributes energy, is the 3rd biggest gas supplier...

Mineral Resources

Deals of the day-Mergers and acquisitions

The following quotes, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported by 1930 GMT on Friday: ** Sapiens International, an Israel-headquartered insurance coverage software firm with a market price of almost $2. billion, is exploring choices that consist of a potential sale,. according to people familiar with the matter. ** A consortium consisting of monetary corporation. Macquarie is buying a part of Digi Interaction NV's. fiber networks in Spain for up to 750 million euros. ($ 809.63 million), the Bucharest-based operator said. ** Allianz agreed to offer Firefighter's Fund, its. U.S. insurance coverage system for mid-sized corporations and home entertainment. industry customers,...

Fossil Fuels

EU investigates Chinese bidders over Romania solar tender

The European Union has opened 2 investigations into whether two Chinese bidders benefited excessively from aids in their offers in a public tender for a solar power park in Romania, the European Commision said on Wednesday. The first investigated consortium is composed of Romania's. ENEVO Group and a subsidiary of LONGi Green Energy Innovation Co . The 2nd involves subsidiaries of Chinese. state-owned Shanghai Electric Group Co. . According to an EU authorities, the overall contract deserved. about 375 million euros ($ 404 million). ENEVO and LONGi did not instantly react to ask for. remark, while Shanghai Electric might not...

Fossil Fuels

Ukraine to double power imports on Thursday after Russian attacks, ministry states

Ukraine prepares to double electrical power imports on Thursday after a powerful Russian attack on Ukraine's energy system, the energy ministry said. The imports are anticipated to increase to 16,699 megawatt hours ( Mwh) versus 7,600 Mwh on Wednesday, the ministry said on the Telegram messaging app. The prepared imports are close to the record high of 18,649 Mwh, which was tape-recorded at the end of March after the very first wave of Russian attacks on the Ukrainian energy sector. The state-run energy company Ukrhydroenergo said on Thursday that its two hydropower plants were badly damaged earlier this week and...

Electric Utilities

Electric Utilities

Eight EU nations call for limiting Russian diplomats' movement

Eight European Union foreign ministers contacted the EU to ban Russian diplomats from moving freely around the bloc and limit them to nations where they are certified, in a letter to EU's diplomacy chief Josep Borrell. Free motion of holders of Russian diplomatic and service passports, certified in one host state, throughout the entire Schengen location is alleviating malign activities, according to the letter, dated June 11, seen . The ministers said that intelligence, propaganda or perhaps preparation of sabotage acts are the main workload for a big number of Russian 'diplomats' in the EU, and while expulsions was essential,...

Electric Utilities

Deals of the day-Mergers and acquisitions

The following quotes, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported by 1945 GMT on Tuesday: ** Hess investors authorized the company's $53. billion merger with No. 2 U.S. oil business Chevron,. according to preliminary outcomes of the vote. ** BHP was struggling to find commonalities with. Anglo American in talks over its takeover deal, without any. brand-new concessions as a deadline nears for the world's biggest. miner to send a binding deal, 5 sources stated. ** Royal Mail's moms and dad business International Distributions. Services (IDS) is set to advise a company offer by. Czech billionaire Daniel Kretinsky, a person with...

Nuclear Power

Ukraine prepares record power imports after facilities damage

Ukraine prepares record electrical power imports from five European countries on Monday after reporting considerable energy infrastructure damage from Russian strikes, the energy ministry stated. Imports are expected to rise to 19,484 megawatt hours (Mwh),. beating the record of 18,649 Mwh at the end of March after the. Wave of Russian attacks on Ukraine's energy sector. The power system has been experiencing a substantial. electrical power shortage for most of the day, national power grid. operator Ukrenergo said on the Telegram messaging app. The factor for this is massive damage to Ukrainian. power plants, which means they can not produce...

Power Markets

Power Markets

Low Carbon, Rezolv Energy protect finance for Romanian wind farm

Renewable energy producer Rezolv Energy and British tidy power financial investment firm Low Carbon have actually secured loan centers of up to 291 million euros ($ 314. million) to finance the construction of an onshore wind farm in. Romania. The consortium of lenders included Erste Group, UniCredit. Group, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Advancement, as. well as the International Finance Corporation, Intesa Sanpaolo. Group, OTP Bank, Raiffeisen Bank International AG and Garanti. BBVA Romania. The first stage of the so-called VIFOR project in north-east. Bucharest will set up 192 megawatts (MW) of capacity and should. come online before the...

Wind Farms

Romania's Premier Energy shares surge 8% in stock market launching

Romaniabased solar and wind power developer Premier Energy increased more than 8%. in its launching on the Bucharest Stock Market on Tuesday, after a. flotation the business said would raise funds for further. financial investment. The shares were trading at 21.1 lei ($ 4.62) by 1120 GMT, up. from their IPO cost of 19.50 lei, which had valued the company. at 2.4 billion lei ($ 525 million). The listing of a 28.75% stake in the company, owned by Czech. financial investment company Emma Capital, follows the Bucharest listing last. year of state-owned hydropower manufacturer Hidroelectrica. , one of Europe's biggest...

Power Markets

Premier Energy aims to raise 100 mln euros in Bucharest May IPO

Bucharestbased energy group Premier Energy, owned by Czech financial investment firm EMMA Capital, said on Thursday it intends to secure 100 million euros ($ 107 million) from a going public (IPO) on the Bucharest Stock Market. One of the greatest renewable energy designers in Romania and Moldova, it anticipates to start trading on the Bucharest bourse in May. Premier Energy Group will look for to raise approximately 100 million euros, resulting from a capital boost with the exemption of pre-emptive rights, and its main investor ... EMMA. Capital plans to sell existing shares of roughly 25. million euros, the business...

Power Markets

Ukraine to double power imports on Monday without any exports, grid operator states

Ukraine prepares to almost double electrical energy imports on Monday and does not anticipate to export power, the nationwide grid operator Ukrenergo said. Ukraine greatly increased imports of electrical power and halted exports after a series attacks on the nation's energy system in late March and early April, but later decreased imports due to favourable warm and windy weather. Ukraine on Monday might import a total of 9,242 megawatt hours ( Mwh) from Romania, Slovakia, Poland, Hungary and Moldova, Ukrenergo stated on the Telegram messaging app. It said exports are not prepared. Ukraine imported 4,750 Mwh on Sunday, 833 Mwh...

Power Markets

Romania's Nuclearelectrica sees initial choice on SMR plant in 2025

Romania anticipates to make a preliminary last investment decision next year on whether to build a little modular reactor plant (SMR), which could end up being Europe's first project using the technology, Energy Minister Sebastian Burduja stated on Monday. State-owned nuclear power producer Nuclearelectrica stated in 2021 it will partner with U.S. energy company NuScale Power to build reactors as part of its efforts to boost low-emission power sources. Romania is aiming to decrease its carbon emissions to satisfy the EU's emissions decrease goals and to boost energy security, a. more immediate concern because Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February....

Power Markets

Chinese wind turbine makers participation in EU projects

The European Commission has requested information as part of a preliminary review of possible market distortions by Chinese wind turbine makers in 5 European Union countries, a move that China called discriminatory. EU competitors chief Margrethe Vestager said on Tuesday the Commission was investigating the conditions for wind park development in Spain, Greece, France, Romania and Bulgaria, without giving more details about why these nations in particular were highlighted. HOW MANY TURBINES ARE SUPPLIED BY CHINESE MAKERS? Around 2.6 gigawatts (GW) of Chinese-made wind turbines are currently set up or prepared to be set up in Europe, consisting of Britain,...

Power Markets

Romania's Nuclearelectrica sees preliminary decision on SMR plant in 2025

Romania expects to make an initial investment choice next year on whether to build a little modular reactor plant (SMR), which might end up being Europe's first project using the innovation, its energy minister said on Monday. State-owned nuclear power manufacturer Nuclearelectrica stated in 2021 it will partner with U.S. company NuScale Power to develop SMR reactors by 2029 as part of its efforts to boost low-emission power sources. The U.S. Ambassador to Romania, Kathleen Ann Kavalec, stated on Monday that the Romanian task could gain from U.S. financial backing worth $4 billion. Romania intends to cut its carbon emissions...

Power Markets

EU to drop probe into Chinese bidders for Romanian solar park

The European Commission will close its investigation into Chinese bidders in a public tender for a solar park in Romania after the companies withdrew from the process, European Market Commission Thierry Breton stated on Monday. The Commission launched 2 examinations on April 3 into whether the Chinese individuals benefited exceedingly from aids in bidding for an agreement worth about 610 million euros ($ 658 million). The very first investigated consortium was made up of Romania's. ENEVO Group and a subsidiary of LONGi Green Energy Innovation Co . The 2nd includes subsidiaries of Chinese. state-owned Shanghai Electric Group Co. Breton said...

Renewable Energy

Ukraine expects energy deficit to rise in summertime due to Russian attacks

Ukraine might deal with a boost in electricity lacks this summertime triggered by current Russian attacks on power stations in the middle of increasing usage and a repair campaign at nuclear reactor, the head of the country's grid operator said on Friday. Considering that late March, the Ukrainian energy sector has actually been the target of massive Russian rocket and drone attacks, triggering blackouts in lots of areas and raising the problem of decentralisation of producing capacity. We will certainly deal with obstacles in the summer season and these obstacles will be mainly related to capability scarcities due to damage...