European officials on Friday will take a step toward creating a web of natural gas pipelines across the region’s southeast as a way to reduce the threat of Russia choking off supplies. Some 17 nations, more than half of them from the former Soviet bloc, will endorse an action plan to improve energy infrastructure and […]
UK-headquartered consultancy Mott MacDonald has announced two major international environmental contract wins. Firstly, it has been appointed to investigate the impacts of climate change on Singapore’s energy and telecommunication infrastructure. The appointment by the country’s National Environment Agency falls within the second phase of the Singapore Government’s Second National Climate Change Study, which in the […]
Construction and rehabilitation work on access roads and bridges along the pipeline’s route in Albania has begun. The Trans Adriatic Pipeline AG (TAP) hosted an inauguration ceremony near Çorovoda, attended by the Prime Minister of Albania, Edi Rama, Minister of Energy and Industry, Damian Gjiknuri, and Managing Director at TAP, Ian Bradshaw, to mark this […]
* Germany lends Albania 106 million euros for power, water * Deals signed before visit by German Chancellor Angela Merkel TIRANA, July 6 – Germany lent Albania 106 million euros on Monday to back the country’s cash-strapped utilities, fund small and medium-size enterprises and bring water to rural areas. The agreements were signed by ministers of […]
Programme overview Day 1: Wednesday 23rd September 2015 Chairman’s Welcome & Introductions Costis Stambolis, Chairman, The Institute for Energy in South East Europe (IENE) Host Government Ministerial Address SOUTH EASTERN EUROPE ENERGY OVERVIEW: KEYNOTE PRESENTATIONS: “The Commercial and Strategic Landscape of Upstream Development in South Eastern Europe” Latest expert market analysis […]
Dear Member, Maximising upstream prospects in Black Sea and Mediterranean oil and gas projects The new Global Oil&Gas Black Sea and Mediterranean Oil and Gas Conference programme is now available to view here. The event will take place on 23 - 24 September 2015 in Athens, Greece. Supported by the Greek Ministry of Environment, […]
Developing and maximising upstream prospects in Black Sea and Mediterranean oil and gas projects – Overcoming technical challenges for success The Global Oil&Gas: Black Sea & Mediterranean Exhibition and Conference is officially supported by the Greek Ministry of Environment, Energy and Climate Change, and will focus on the latest hydrocarbons activity and developments in the […]
As it was made know in previous (mid May 2015) the AKBN in behalf of the Albanian Ministry of Energy invited all interested hydrocarbon companies, to apply for: – Free onshore blocks: Block 4, Block 5 and Block of Dumre with the deadline of application for the 15th of June 2015 (MEI order nr.124 12.05.2015). […]
Russia and Greece have signed a deal to create a joint enterprise for construction of the Turkish Stream pipeline across Greek territory, Russian Energy Minister Aleksandr Novak said. The pipeline will have a capacity of 47 billion cubic meters a year. The Greek extension of the Turkish Stream project is called the South European pipeline […]
At the end of 2014, Silicon Valley’s Progress Software Corporation acquired the Bulgarian software start-up Telerik for $262.5m, a huge amount for the EU’s poorest country. Two months later, Bulgaria’s large Varna coal power plant owned by the Czech energy company CEZ closed because it could not comply with EU environmental standards and remain competitive. […]