Energy Update
CHICAGO, April 13 (Reuters) - CME Group Inc will
shutter its New York trading floor at year's end due to low
volume, closing options pits for metals and oil a year after
most futures pits met their end.
BRASILIA, April 13 (Reuters) - Brazil's President Dilma
Rousseff pledged on Wednesday to form a government of national
unity if she survives an impeachment vote in Congress this
weekend, but the odds against her lengthened as even remaining
allies wavered in their support.
Sovereign fund China Investment Corp., Malakoff Corp. and Ormat Technologies Inc. are among companies weighing bids for Chevron Corp.’s Asian geothermal assets, which could fetch as much as $3 billion, people with knowledge of the matter said.
ABUJA, April 13 (Reuters) - Nigerian lawmakers said on
Wednesday they planned to hold talks with the presidency over
the 2016 budget bill, which has yet to be signed into law by
President Muhammadu Buhari after being passed by parliament last
month.
EL FASHER, Sudan, April 13 (Reuters) - Darfuris concluded
voting on Wednesday in a referendum on whether to reunite the
states of their arid western region, amid a boycott by rebel
groups that accuse the government of rigging the vote to keep
Darfur divided.
BayWa AG, a German commodities trader, is still evaluating a long list of potential buyers for six of its U.K. solar farms that could have a combined value of more than $160 million.
MOSCOW, April 13 (Reuters) - Russian Economy Minister Alexei
Ulyukayev said on Wednesday his ministry envisages an average
oil price of $40 per barrel this year in its new economic
development scenario, Russian news agencies reported.
* Italy banks help sector index to best day in 4 years
The latest technology advances in demand for residential solar PV plus energy storage systems have been a key attraction for U.S. solar installers attending the annual North American Board of Certified Energy Practitioners (NABCEP) conference in San Diego the week of April 3. Among the estimated 500 attendees at this year’s certification/recertification event were 25 percent more storage vendors, according to Kathryn Casey, the program manager for NABCEP, based in Clifton Park, N.J.
MOSCOW, April 13 (Reuters) - Russia will sell a blocking
stake in mid-sized oil producer Bashneft on the stock
market and is holding talks with strategic investors as part of
privatisation plans, Economy Minister Alexei Ulyukayev was
quoted as saying by TASS news agency on Wednesday.
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