In January-October Russian coal exports climbed by 20.2% YoY, to 135,772,130 tons, the Ministry of Energy statistics said. In October, coal exports totaled 14,683,100 tons. Coal production in October totaled 33,186,500 tons (27,907,900 tons supplied). (Portnews/Business World Magazine)
Enefit Energiatootmine AS (fully owned subsidiary of Eesti Energia Group) has reached a settlement with GE (including Alstom Estonia AS, GE Power Sp.z o.o and Alstom Power Systems) regarding the new Auvere power plant. The plant was due to be handed over to Eesti Energia by GE in November 2015 but acceptance has been delayed…
Ukraine’s Cabinet of Ministers has approved of a procedure for moving spent nuclear fuel and radioactive materials across the state border. The procedure is approved in the government resolution No. 772 dated September 27, posted on the government’s website. The procedures sets requirements and organization basis for moving spent nuclear fuel from Ukrainian nuclear power…
An exploration is underway at Turkmenistan’s largest Galkynysh gas field and the adjacent areas, Oil and Gas Complex of Turkmenistan said in a message. Turkmenistan’s Turkmengeology State Corporation has finished drilling of the first exploration well at the Chelekbay site, located close to the Galkynysh field. As a result, a commercial flow of high-pressure natural…
Kazakh National Oil and Gas Company KazMunaiGas (KMG) plans to liquidate some of its subsidiaries and take its functions, KMG chairman Sauat Mynbayev announced. “KazMunaiGas – Refinig and Marketing” will be liquidated probably until the yearend, “KazTransGas” will be liquidated in the first half of 2017″, Mynbayev said. He noted that subsidiaries of KazTransGas –…
Participants of the session of the Council of Ministers Presidium discussed the concept of the bill on power engineering. The session was chaired by Prime Minister of Belarus Andrei Kobyakov, the press service of the Belarusian government reported. The Prime Minister pointed out that it was the second time the matter had been submitted for…
Ukrainian Energy and Coal Industry Minister Ihor Nasalyk has proposed to put shelf fields seized by Russia to sign product sharing agreements (PSA) with foreign companies. “If we let courts hear all these things, nothing would happen and nothing would be taken from Russia. We have another proposal. I think that it would settle the…