Tag: Energy
EU: Commission says Serbia’s TurkStream branch to impede competition
The European Union’s energy watchdog said on Thursday a planned section of Gazprom’s TurkStream pipeline set to carry Russian natural gas across Serbia to...
Colombia: Gov fails to award renewable energy projects
Colombia on Tuesday, FEbruary 26, failed to award 23 energy generation and commercialization contracts in its first renewable energy tender, because the results would...
Thailand: Regulator blocks US$4b sale of Engie’s Glow to PTT
Thailand’s energy regulator has blocked PTT's bid to acquire power firm Glow Energy from France’s Engie for up to US$4 billion, reported Reuters.
The deal, first...
Germany sets up body to lead modernisation of competition law
Posted by Out-Law
Germany sets up body to lead modernisation of competition law
By Michael Reich
A new body tasked with proposing reforms to competition law to better...
UK: Ofgem proposes price cap on energy tariffs
On Thursday, September 6, Britain’s energy regulator Ofgem proposed a price cap on default energy bills to save households about a billion pounds a...
UK: Ofgem alleges energy firms breached competition law
UK energy regulator Ofgem has alleged that energy suppliers Economy Energy and ‘E’ (Gas and Electricity), along with consultancy firm Dyball Associates, have breached...
UK: SSE-Npower referred to Phase 2
Britain’s competition watchdog has ordered an in-depth investigation of the merger of SSE’s retail power and gas business in the UK with German rival...
China/Russia: Police take CEFC chairman, leave US$9b oil deal in limbo
According to Reuters, Chinese energy conglomerate CEFC had already started paying for a stake in Russian oil company Rosneft when China’s economic crime police...
Indonesia: ExxonMobil backs away from natural gas field
The Indonesian unit of ExxonMobil on Tuesday said it "no longer wishes to continue further discussions or activity" involving the country's East Natuna natural...
US: DOJ challenges illegal antitrust “gun jumping” in energy transaction
The Department of Justice Antitrust Division recently brought a civil antitrust lawsuit against Duke Energy, alleging that the electric power generator engaged in illegal...
