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volume 15, Issue #3,  Tuesday, March 02, 2010

• European unconventional gas attracts firms
• Gazprom to extend Polish contract on gas transit to Europe till 2045
• Total and ERG form Italian refining joint venture
• Nord Stream cuts costs 38 % for second leg of gas pipeline
• Nord Stream awards steel piping contract
• Norway offers 38 production licenses in mature areas
• Lundin announces capital expenditure budget of EUR 368 mm in 2010
• Oil giants eye French shale player
• Gazprom finds buyers for half of Nord Stream pipeline gas
• Nord Stream compressor station under construction
• Aegean Energy successfully completes EA-H1 well in Greece
• Po Valley Energy marks maiden production with gas plant inauguration
• ExxonMobil, Petrobras and TPAO unit to explore offshore Black Sea
• Total inaugurates CCS pilot in southwest France
• The Slovenia-Russia South Stream gas pipeline agreement

volume 15, Issue #2,  Monday, February 08, 2010

• The UK awards licences for £ 100-bn wind farms project
• Northern starts production at Dutch Geesbrug gas field
• Bulgaria allows consortium to explore for oil and gas reserves
• Statoil restarts LNG output at Snoehvit
• Russia's Gazprom pumping more gas to Poland
• San Leon announces award of Nida concession in Poland
• Mediterranean Oil & Gas announces award of Italian concession
• Enagas is expanding pipelines in Europe
• Aurelian and PGNiG form Polish Carpathian exploration venture
• Aker and DNO complete merger
• Shell and Amerada accept Gabon-Norway-UK strategic asset exchange
• Nord Stream gas pipeline gets crucial German permit
• Castello gas field near Milan goes on stream
• Wintershall invests in domestic oil production
• GdF Suez unit to build new power plant in Poland
• Chevron gets green light to explore Polish shale gas
• OMV divests Italian subsidiary
• Northern starts production from Grolloo gas field
• Bankers Petroleum receives approval for Albanian acreage application

volume 15, Issue #1,  Thursday, January 07, 2010

• Total to spend EUR 12.6 bn in 2010
• Turkish refiner to invest EUR 1.4 bn in diesel production
• Polish PKN Orlen signs oil supply deal with Mercuria
• Gazprom Neft places EUR 100 mm investment in Serbia in 2009
• Saipem wins contracts worth around EUR 527 mm
• EdF and Gazprom sign MoU to participate in South Stream project
• Black Sea city readies for new plant
• Gazprom to buy out GdF's stake in VNG
• Gazprom to supply up to 6 bn cm of gas annually to French utility
• Saipem wins FPSO contract from ENI
• No need for haste on the Shtokman project
• Europe's utilities dash for gas
• Heritage Oil cancels merger with Turkey's Genel Energie
• Aker Solutions seals pact with ConocoPhillips for Ekofisk area
• Statoil delays start-up of Melkoya LNG
• North Sea Petroleum and Fluvia to acquire Vopak terminal in Switzerland
• Statoil adapting to new realities on the Norwegian continental shelf
• Electricity imports hit France's energy autonomy
• RWE Dea commences production at UK Topaz gas field
• Marathon and partners complete drilling in Norwegian North Sea
• Shtokman to produce 400 tankers of LNG per year
• ENI and INA begin gas production at Croatian platform
• Final details on South Stream gas pipeline
• Shtokman could hold more gas condensate than expected
• Repsol cuts 5-year E&P spending
• MOL sees less promise in Mako Trough gas exploration project

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