Azerbaijan’s state energy company Socar is running into problems concerning its stake in Greece’s natural gas grid operator, Desfa, with the Greek parliament expected to vote imminently for a crucial change concerning the value of Desfa. As a result, Socar is expected to send a delegation of senior officials to hold talks in Athens this […]
Nord Stream 2 is likely to benefit rather than hurt energy security in Central and Eastern Europe and in the UK and Germany. The gas pipeline, which Gazprom and five major Western European energy companies want to build from Russia to Germany through the Baltic Sea, can only be credibly stopped by the EU if […]
SUMMARY World Bank set to fund Azerbaijan and Turkey part of Southern Gas Corridor to Europe Concerns raised over significant risks due to geopolitical context, fossil fuel dependency Defined as “the biggest infrastructure project of our times“ by the European Commission and a priority for the European Union, the Southern Gas Corridor was always going […]
Expenditures of the Southern Gas Corridor CJSC within the framework of the Trans Anatolian Natural Gas Pipeline (TANAP) construction project will exceed $6 billion, a senior official of the Azerbaijan’s state oil company SOCAR told Trend. “Expenditures of the Southern Gas Corridor CJSC, the main share in which belongs to the government of Azerbaijan will […]
IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, and the Albanian Ministry of Energy and Industry have signed a Memorandum of Understanding designed to establish the day-ahead electricity market in Albania, bolster country’s electricity supplies and better connect it to the rest of Europe. IFC will advise the Albanian government on the creation of the […]
Investment in Electricity Generation and Transmission Decision Making under Uncertainty Authors: Conejo, A.J., Baringo Morales, L., Kazempour, S.J., Siddiqui, A.S. This book provides an in-depth analysis of investment problems pertaining to electric energy infrastructure, including both generation and transmission facilities. The analysis encompasses decision-making tools for expansion planning, reinforcement, and the selection and timing of investment […]
Solar Domestic Water Heating: The Earthscan Expert Handbook for Planning, Design and Installation Solar Domestic Water Heating is a comprehensive introduction to all aspects of solar domestic water heating systems. As fossil fuel prices continue to rise and awareness of climate change grows, interest in domestic solar water heating is expanding. Solar water heating technology […]
The book covers in detail the ways to understand how to use oil and gas show information to find hydrocarbons. It covers the basics of exploration methodologies, drilling and mud systems, cuttings and mud gas show evaluation, fundamental log analysis and pitfalls to log-calculated water saturations. A complete overview of the use of pressures to […]
This book examines the physical and economic characteristics of the global oil resource to explain why peak oil has been so poorly understood. The author draws on information held in oil industry datasets that are not widely available outside of the specialist literature, and describes a number of methods that have been successfully used to […]
A series of agreements in areas ranging from trade to civil aviation will be on the table during President Xi Jinping’s upcoming visit to Serbia and Poland, diplomats said yesterday. Central and east European countries are competing for Chinese investment in everything from banking to beer, looking to lure firms in need of new markets […]