Energy Update

You are here

MOSCOW, March 19 (Reuters) - The rouble will probably be stronger than previously expected but is likely to remain weaker than 60 roubles per dollar, Russia's Economy Minister Alexei Ulyukayev said on Saturday.

TRIPOLI, March 19 (Reuters) - Heavy gunfire broke out in the Libyan capital Tripoli on Saturday after two rival armed groups clashed in the city, witnesses said.

ALGIERS, March 19 (Reuters) - Al Qaeda's North Africa branch has claimed responsibility for Friday's rocket-propelled grenade attack on an Algerian gas plant operated by Norway's Statoil and BP as part of its "war on the Crusader interests everywhere".

VANCOUVER, March 18 (Reuters) - Canada's Environment Minister on Friday approved a liquefied natural gas export project proposed by Woodfibre LNG in British Columbia, after an environmental review found the project was "not likely to cause significant adverse environmental effects."

PARIS, March 18 (Reuters) - Total said on Friday executive committee member and new energies head Philippe Boisseau, who led the oil major into solar power, would quit next month and confirmed a newspaper report it aims to produce solar energy within two decades.

March 18 (Reuters) - U.S. natural gas speculators cut their net short positions for the first week in five as the market started to focus on the upcoming summer when analysts expect prices to rise, shrugging off the last weeks of what has been a warmer-than-normal winter.

ReNew Power Ventures Pvt., the Indian clean-energy company backed by Goldman Sachs Group Inc, bested the competition at an auction on Thursday that awarded rights to build 1.2 GW of solar projects in the eastern state of Jharkand.

PARIS, March 18 (Reuters) - Total said on Friday executive committee member Philippe Boisseau, head of marketing, services and new energies, would leave the French oil company on April 15.

March 18 (Reuters) - U.S. natural gas speculators cut their net short positions for the first week in five as the market started to focus on the upcoming summer when analysts expect prices to rise, shrugging off the last weeks of what has been a warmer-than-normal winter.

Pages

GET IN TOUCH

  • 1875 I Street NW, International Square, 
       Washington, District Of Columbia, 20006
  • Phone: +1 (888) 317-3839
  • Email: info@mglllc.com

About

Misha Gerhard & Lewis LLC is International Strategic Consulting Firm with an extensive presence in the most rapidly developing regions of the world.