Azerbaijan’s oil supply is anticipated to average 0.87 million barrels per day, unchanged from the previous report, indicating minor growth of 10,000 barrels in 2016, OPEC said in its monthly oil market report. Azerbaijan’s crude oil output in August decreased by 30,000 barrels per day to average 0.86 million barrels per day, said the report.…
The Turkish Stream natural gas pipeline project is synchronized with expiration of Russia’s gas transit contract with Ukraine in December 2019, Energy Minister Alexander Novak reported. “Speaking of the Turkish Stream, the project’s implementation deadline is December 2019, which means that the infrastructure will be built until the end of 2019. It is in full…
Enefit Energy, subsidiary of Enefit, signed a contract with Amec Foster Wheeler to modify a Circulating Fluidized bed boiler so as to increase its capabilities to utilize retort gas for the generation of electricity and to reduce the environmental impacts of power production. “When oil is produced from oil shale, high-calorific gas is also generated,…
DTEK energy holding since early October has increased coal stocks at warehouses of thermal power plants (TPPs) by 173,000 tons, to 792,000 tons, DTEK Energo Generation Director Serhiy Kurylenko reported. Kurylenko said that at present DTEK’s TPPs burned 50,000 tons of coal a day on average. Around 65,000 tons of coal arrive every day to…
Belarus has chosen 22 suitable locations, where up to 2,000 wind power stations can be installed. First Deputy Minister for Natural Resources and Environment Protection Iya Malkina made a statement to this effect at the 21st Belarusian Energy and Ecology Congress. With 2,000 wind power stations made operational, Belarus could save up to 1 million…
Russia’s Rosatom is looking to get involved in the U.K. nuclear industry, spurred by Prime Minister Theresa May’s decision to approve a deal with China to build Britain’s first atomic plant in 20 years, Bloomberg reported. The state-owned nuclear company’s participation in future projects depends on how willing the U.K. is to financially support other…
Dominique Ristori, Director-General of the Directorate-General for Energy within the European Commission, visited a Klaipeda-based liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal controlled by AB Klaipedos Nafta. Ristori praised an alternative gas supply model chosen by Lithuania, Klaipedos Nafta says in a press release. During a two-day visit to Lithuania, Ristori was interested in the targets of…