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		<title>Managing Compliance in the Oil &amp; Gas industry</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Nov 2010 13:19:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Taz Burwaiss</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Managing compliance is essential in the oil and gas industry. However it is becoming increasingly difficult as the volume of asset information and engineering documents floating through gas &#38; oil companies is staggering. Violations can happen no matter how much effort is made to prevent them &#8212; and the consequences of a violation can be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gas storage plans off Norfolk coast given green light</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Oct 2010 07:48:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Darya.Manaenkova</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The first agreement in 27 years for a large-scale empty UK gas field to be used as a gas storage facility was given the go-ahead off the Norfolk coast yesterday. Energy firm ENI was given a Gas Storage Licence by the Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC) for its proposal to create a major [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Polish government approves gas agreement with Russia</title>
		<link>http://www.wtgnews.com/2010/10/polish-government-approves-gas-agreement-with-russia/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Oct 2010 07:47:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Darya.Manaenkova</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Polish government has approved a gas agreement with Russia, which increases gas deliveries to Poland, the government press office said on Tuesday. The government approved the agreement due to the Polish need for larger gas deliveries, which will build up national energy security, the press office said. It is planned to sign the intergovernmental [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gazprom agrees to launch feasibility study in Bulgaria</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Oct 2010 07:53:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Darya.Manaenkova</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gas giant Gazprom and Bulgarian Energy Holding (BEH) have sealed a deal to launch the feasibility study of the Bulgarian section of the South Stream natural gas pipeline, Bloomberg said, citing a statement published on the Russian company&#8217;s website. Gazprom has pledged to carry out the procedure &#8220;quickly&#8221;, the news agency added. The accord follows [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Russia&#8217;s president in Turkmenistan to discuss gas co-operation</title>
		<link>http://www.wtgnews.com/2010/10/russias-president-in-turkmenistan-to-discuss-gas-co-operation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Oct 2010 08:08:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Darya.Manaenkova</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Central Asian gas deliveries to Europe are at stake as Russia&#8217;s President Dmitry Medvedev visits Turkmenistan at the invitation of the Turkmen president. Dmitry Medvedev and his counterpart Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov are to discuss the proposed pipeline that will connect Caspian gas to the South Stream project. This would help bring the rich gas resources of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SOCAR improves Azerbaijan&#8217;s gas transportation system</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Oct 2010 10:36:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Darya.Manaenkova</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Energy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Sate Oil Company of the Azerbaijan Republic (SOCAR) carried out a repair work on the 3,736-meter stretch of the 1220-mm Astara-Kazimagomed pipeline in January-September, the company reported.  SOCAR transports gas to Iran through this pipeline under the swap operations to meet the needs of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic. The company also carried out a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Russia&#8217;s Gazprom says EU gas reform threat to company, Europe</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Oct 2010 07:44:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Darya.Manaenkova</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Russia&#8217;s gas giant Gazprom slammed European Union initiatives to reform its gas industry saying on Thursday that they pose a risk of underinvestment in Europe&#8217;s infrastructure and cause Gazprom problems in operational activities and threaten its property rights. The EU is trying to reform its energy market to guarantee security of supply, competitiveness and environmental [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BIS E.M.S. GmbH is sponsoring Gas Transport &amp; Storage Summit 2011</title>
		<link>http://www.wtgnews.com/2010/10/bis-e-m-s-gmbh-is-sponsoring-gas-transport-storage-summit-2011/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wtgnews.com/2010/10/bis-e-m-s-gmbh-is-sponsoring-gas-transport-storage-summit-2011/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Oct 2010 12:57:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Darya.Manaenkova</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[BIS E.M.S GmbH is a company that specialises in providing services for the entire lifecycle of industrial facilities. The services range from consulting, development, planning, assembly and installation to plant maintenance and operation.  Based in Buseck, Germany, they design, manufacture and deliver  metering pumps, loop mixers, odorisers and complex dosing systems. Source: www.ems-clp.de Original post [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kyiv, Paris stress importance of modernizing Ukrainian gas transport system</title>
		<link>http://www.wtgnews.com/2010/10/kyiv-paris-stress-importance-of-modernizing-ukrainian-gas-transport-system/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Oct 2010 08:06:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Darya.Manaenkova</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The presidents of Ukraine and France stress the importance of modernizing the Ukrainian gas transport system, Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych told journalists in Paris after meeting with his French counterpart Nicolas Sarkozy on Thursday, according to the press service of the Ukrainian president. &#8220;Of course, we spoke about this issue. We discussed the need to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Smarter computing developments needed for smart grid</title>
		<link>http://www.wtgnews.com/2010/10/smarter-computing-developments-needed-for-smart-grid/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wtgnews.com/2010/10/smarter-computing-developments-needed-for-smart-grid/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Oct 2010 08:02:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Darya.Manaenkova</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[PROFESSOR David Hill, incoming Energy Australian Chair in the University of Sydney’s School of Electrical and Information Engineering, says smart grids need smarter computing. Smart grids are currently poised to become big business both in Australia and internationally. Smart grids coordinate electricity demand and supply in order to allow more flexibility and efficiency in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Big deals in U.S. shale &#8211; CNOOC-Chesapeake and Statoil-Talisman</title>
		<link>http://www.wtgnews.com/2010/10/big-deals-in-u-s-shale-cnooc-chesapeake-and-statoil-talisman/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wtgnews.com/2010/10/big-deals-in-u-s-shale-cnooc-chesapeake-and-statoil-talisman/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Oct 2010 14:43:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Quinn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Click to see full size image North American shale E&#38;P will be a hot topic at this month&#8217;s 3rd E&#38;P Technology Summit at the JW Marriott, Houston on Oct 21st-22nd: www.exproevent.com China&#8217;s CNOOC tests U.S. with Chesapeake shale deal Mon, Oct 11 2010 HONG KONG/HOUSTON (Reuters) &#8211; China&#8217;s top offshore oil producer, CNOOC Ltd, will [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gazprom completes study for South Stream’s undersea section</title>
		<link>http://www.wtgnews.com/2010/10/gazprom-completes-study-for-south-stream%e2%80%99s-undersea-section/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wtgnews.com/2010/10/gazprom-completes-study-for-south-stream%e2%80%99s-undersea-section/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Oct 2010 14:03:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Darya.Manaenkova</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[MOSCOW, Oct 8 (PRIME-TASS) &#8212; Russian natural gas giant Gazprom has completed a feasibility study for the undersea section of its South Stream gas pipeline project, Gazprom CEO Alexei Miller said Friday at a meeting with Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. Feasibility studies for the overland part of the project are to be completed within [...]]]></description>
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		<title>EU cap-and-trade a burden on refineries</title>
		<link>http://www.wtgnews.com/2010/10/eu-cap-and-trade-a-burden-on-refineries/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wtgnews.com/2010/10/eu-cap-and-trade-a-burden-on-refineries/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Oct 2010 09:15:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Taz Burwaiss</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Energy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Zach Zeilman Although the industry has been curbing emissions for the past two decades, refiners are facing their most challenging target yet. The cap-and-trade system allows companies such as power plants, oil refineries, producers of steel and other polluting industries, to purchase an allowance for each ton of carbon dioxide that is emitted. Those [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Smart meters &#8216;may not cut energy use&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.wtgnews.com/2010/10/smart-meters-may-not-cut-energy-use/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Oct 2010 08:58:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Darya.Manaenkova</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Energy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Installing smart meters may not result in households saving energy, a study has suggested. Smart meters had been considered as one component in an infrastructure to help use energy more effectively, and cut bills and emissions. Research by a University of Oxford scientist found that the devices alone were unlikely to lead to an overall [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UK to need more shipped gas in winter</title>
		<link>http://www.wtgnews.com/2010/10/uk-to-need-more-shipped-gas-in-winter/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Oct 2010 08:46:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Darya.Manaenkova</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Britain is expected to import more liquefied natural gas (LNG) by ship to meet winter demand set to rise 3.8pc this year, according to National Grid. The power networks operator calmed fears that there would be a repeat of last year, when it was forced to issue a series of alerts forcing industrial customers to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Shale gas to offset world energy poverty; boost global economy</title>
		<link>http://www.wtgnews.com/2010/10/shale-gas-to-offset-world-energy-poverty-boost-global-economy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Oct 2010 14:30:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Quinn</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Energy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Click to see full size image Unconventional E&#38;P and shale play strategy will be a key topic explored at the 3rd E&#38;P Technology Summit at the JW Marriott Houston, Oct 21st-22nd &#8211; www.exproevent.com The exploitation of shale gas in emerging countries will help offset energy poverty by offering an affordable energy source, the chairman of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Speaker For the Gas Transport and Storage Summit 2011</title>
		<link>http://www.wtgnews.com/2010/10/new-speaker-for-the-gas-transport-and-storage-summit-2011/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wtgnews.com/2010/10/new-speaker-for-the-gas-transport-and-storage-summit-2011/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Oct 2010 14:08:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Darya.Manaenkova</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gundolf Schweppe , Product and Capacity Management, E.ON Gas Storage Germany will be presenting on the day 2 of the GTS Event 2011The topic that will be discussed is Storage Capacity Pricing. Changes in the underlying pricing structure for storage capacity: Developing storage capacity under the 3rd Directive, and the implications of this on pricing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Speaker Confirmed for GTS 2011</title>
		<link>http://www.wtgnews.com/2010/10/new-speaker-confirmed-for-gts-2011/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Oct 2010 13:50:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Darya.Manaenkova</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Energy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Michel Gouez, Technical VP at Storengy will be presenting during the Gas Transport and Storage Summit. Session to be covered:  Competencies and Skills necessary in UGS Facility Operations Technical, economical and safety aspects of successful UGS facility management and operation  Exploring the technical skills needed in reservoir modelling and geological evaluation Specific competencies and precautions [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MAN Diesel&amp;Turbo is sponsoring Gas Transport and Storage Summit 2011:</title>
		<link>http://www.wtgnews.com/2010/09/man-dieselturbo-is-sponsoring-gas-transport-and-storage-summit-2011/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wtgnews.com/2010/09/man-dieselturbo-is-sponsoring-gas-transport-and-storage-summit-2011/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Sep 2010 12:32:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Darya.Manaenkova</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The MAN Group is one of Europe&#8217;s leading manufacturers of commercial vehicles, engines and mechanical engineering equipment with annual sales of approximately €12 billion and circa 47,700 employees worldwide. MAN supplies trucks, buses, diesel engines as well as turbomachinery and holds leading market positions in all its business areas. MAN SE is one of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Senergy Group is sponsoring Gas Transport &amp; Storage Summit 2011</title>
		<link>http://www.wtgnews.com/2010/09/senergy-is-sponsoring-gas-transport-storage-summit-2011/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wtgnews.com/2010/09/senergy-is-sponsoring-gas-transport-storage-summit-2011/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Sep 2010 14:49:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Darya.Manaenkova</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Senergy Group will be presenting Technical Workshop 19th January 2011 at the Gas Transpot &#38; Storage Summit. Senergy delivers an integrated resource for the oil and gas industry with the expertise and flexibility to meet every need from reservoir evaluation through to full field development and well performance management. Background In January 2005, the subsurface consultancy, Reservoir [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Europeans will not have their gas turned off in a future crisis</title>
		<link>http://www.wtgnews.com/2010/09/europeans-will-not-have-their-gas-turned-off-in-a-future-crisis/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wtgnews.com/2010/09/europeans-will-not-have-their-gas-turned-off-in-a-future-crisis/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Sep 2010 07:43:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Darya.Manaenkova</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In an effort to avoid a repetition of the 2009 mid-winter gas crisis, the European Union took action last week to tighten its rules on gas supplies. European households can expect not to have their gas cut off in any future gas supply crisis, thanks to EU-wide coordination and interconnection arrangements laid down in legislation [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Petrobras the talk of global investment markets after the world&#8217;s largest share offering of $70 billion</title>
		<link>http://www.wtgnews.com/2010/09/petrobras-the-talk-of-global-investment-markets-after-the-worlds-largest-share-offering-of-70-billion/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wtgnews.com/2010/09/petrobras-the-talk-of-global-investment-markets-after-the-worlds-largest-share-offering-of-70-billion/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Sep 2010 13:49:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Quinn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Click to see full size image Petrobras are past and present speakers at WTG&#8217;s portfolio of oil &#38; gas summits including E&#38;P: www.exproevent.com and Refining: www.globalrefiningsummit.com next month in Houston. Brazilian state oil company Petrobras raised $70 billion in the world&#8217;s biggest share offering, giving the company the financial muscle it needs to tap vast [...]]]></description>
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		<title>4th annual Gas Transport &amp; Storage Summit: New Speaker</title>
		<link>http://www.wtgnews.com/2010/09/2689/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Sep 2010 08:39:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Darya.Manaenkova</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dr.Thomas Schrey, Senior Manager at EnBW AG and MD at Friedeburger Speicherbetriebs GmbH will be presenting at the 4th Gas Transport &#38; Storage Summit in Berlin.   Dr. Schrey will be  speaking on:  Technical Developments in Enhancing Gas Storage &#8211; The Crystal Gas Storage Facility Implementation of compression and treatment technologies in underground salt cavern storage · [...]]]></description>
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		<title>News Speaker Confirmed for the Gas Transport and Storage Summit 2011</title>
		<link>http://www.wtgnews.com/2010/09/news-speaker-confirmed-for-the-gas-transport-and-storage-summit-2011/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wtgnews.com/2010/09/news-speaker-confirmed-for-the-gas-transport-and-storage-summit-2011/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Sep 2010 07:56:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Darya.Manaenkova</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rumen Ognyanov, Head of Underground Natural Gas Storage Division of Bulgartransgaz has been confirmed as a speaker for the Gas Transport and Storage Summit 2011 in Berlin. Mr. Ognyanov`s specialty is “Petroleum Development Geology&#8221; and he has more than 35 years professional experience in petroleum exploration, production and underground storage &#8211; onshore and offshore Bulgaria and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Four countries team up for &#8216;LNG Nabucco&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.wtgnews.com/2010/09/four-countries-team-up-for-lng-nabucco/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wtgnews.com/2010/09/four-countries-team-up-for-lng-nabucco/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Sep 2010 08:56:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Darya.Manaenkova</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two EU members, Romania and Hungary, have joined forces with Azerbaijan and Georgia around a project to ship liquefied Azeri gas to their region. Supporters argue that the project could be implemented quickly, but critics point to high costs and vulnerability.The state-owned energy companies from Azerbaijan, Georgia and Romania have signed a memorandum of understanding [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gazprom Agrees to Buy 15 Cargoes of LNG From GDF Suez Starting in 2011</title>
		<link>http://www.wtgnews.com/2010/09/gazprom-agrees-to-buy-15-cargoes-of-lng-from-gdf-suez-starting-in-2011/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Sep 2010 07:43:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Darya.Manaenkova</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[OAO Gazprom’s LNG unit will buy 15 cargoes of liquefied natural gas from GDF Suez SA over 2 1/2 years as the world’s biggest gas producer expands beyond pipeline deliveries. The agreement covers about 900,000 metric tons of the fuel, Gazprom Global LNG said today in a joint statement. The first cargo is planned for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Analysis: Shale Gas to Play Long-Term Role in Global Gas Demand</title>
		<link>http://www.wtgnews.com/2010/09/analysis-shale-gas-to-play-long-term-role-in-global-gas-demand/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wtgnews.com/2010/09/analysis-shale-gas-to-play-long-term-role-in-global-gas-demand/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Sep 2010 13:19:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Quinn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[North American unconventional shale E&#38;P will be a primary focus of next month&#8217;s 3rd Exploration &#38; Production Technology Summit at the JW Marriott in Houston, TX: www.exproevent.com Click to see full size image Long-term growth in shale gas production is expected to play an important role in shaping North American, European and Asian natural gas [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Potash working on China-led buyout to top BHP Billiton’s hostile offer</title>
		<link>http://www.wtgnews.com/2010/09/potash-working-on-china-led-buyout-to-top-bhp-billiton%e2%80%99s-hostile-offer/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wtgnews.com/2010/09/potash-working-on-china-led-buyout-to-top-bhp-billiton%e2%80%99s-hostile-offer/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Sep 2010 13:33:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Quinn</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Food Manufacturing Summit NA]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Click to see full size image This is certainly shaping up to be an extraordinary deal in the making that will have repercussions on future M&#38;A ventures in the mining industry and also global commodity prices. At stake here is not just a vast investment which could take yet another of Canada&#8217;s leading companies out of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Shell spending billions to boost natural-gas development</title>
		<link>http://www.wtgnews.com/2010/09/shell-spending-billions-to-boost-natural-gas-development/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wtgnews.com/2010/09/shell-spending-billions-to-boost-natural-gas-development/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Sep 2010 12:30:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Quinn</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Energy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Click to see full size image Peter Voser, CEO WTG will be welcoming Paul Goodfellow, VP Development &#8211; Onshore Gas, Shell E&#38;P as one of our Keynote Speakers at next month&#8217;s 3rd E&#38;P Technology Summit &#8211; www.exproevent.com &#8211; at the JW Marriott in Houston. Paul will be addressing exactly the unconventional gas landscape that Shell [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cisco, Itron team on smart-grid networking</title>
		<link>http://www.wtgnews.com/2010/09/cisco-itron-team-on-smart-grid-networking/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wtgnews.com/2010/09/cisco-itron-team-on-smart-grid-networking/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 08:48:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Darya.Manaenkova</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Energy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Networking giant Cisco Systems announced Tuesday a deal with meter maker Itron to advance Internet Protocol-based communications for the power grid. The two companies will create a reference design for using the IPv6 Networking Protocol to connect everything from people&#8217;s homes to power distribution equipment on the grid. That reference design will form the basis for gear [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Regulators hold hearings on Xcel smart grid</title>
		<link>http://www.wtgnews.com/2010/08/regulators-hold-hearings-on-xcel-smart-grid/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wtgnews.com/2010/08/regulators-hold-hearings-on-xcel-smart-grid/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2010 08:58:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Darya.Manaenkova</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Since the utility announced the project in Boulder in 2008, its costs have nearly tripled from initial estimates. But the utility says it&#8217;s still learning valuable lessons in providing power. This week the Colorado Public Utilities Commission is holding hearings on the project and how much of its costs Xcel Energy can recover from customers [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Smart Grid Summit 2010: Regulatory Debate</title>
		<link>http://www.wtgnews.com/2010/08/smart-grid-summit-2010-regulatory-debate/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wtgnews.com/2010/08/smart-grid-summit-2010-regulatory-debate/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 10:57:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Darya.Manaenkova</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Energy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Should utilities be incentivised to meet low carbon targets or should traditional a mandate approach for regulation be imposed? Rachel Fletcher (Ofgem, UK), Hélder Milheiras (ERSE, Portugal) and Francis Ghigny (CWaPE, Belgium) will be discussing such topics as:  - Different forms of regulations in different regions &#8211; what can be learned and standardised  - Mechanisms and frameworks [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Smartcity Malaga Tour</title>
		<link>http://www.wtgnews.com/2010/08/smartcity-malaga-tour/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 10:16:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Darya.Manaenkova</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Malaga Smartcity Tour has now been confirmed as a part of the Smart Grid Summit 2010. Smartcity is a pioneer project where new systems and technologies are applied to reduce electricity consumption in Malaga, involving 11,000 homes and 1,200 businesses in the area of the Misericordia Beach. With this objective, energy generation systems based on renewable energy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Navigating between Nabucco and South Stream</title>
		<link>http://www.wtgnews.com/2010/08/navigating-between-nabucco-and-south-stream/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wtgnews.com/2010/08/navigating-between-nabucco-and-south-stream/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Aug 2010 10:45:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Ratcliffe</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Italian energy giant ENI has come up with a proposal to transport gas in the form of CNG (compressed natural gas) by ships across the Caspian Sea from Turkmenistan to Azerbaijan. This looks like a clever move to facilitate both the EU-backed pipeline and its Russian-backed competitor South Stream, in which ENI has a stake. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More bad news for U.S. offshore recovery: US restricts categorical environmental permits for offshore development</title>
		<link>http://www.wtgnews.com/2010/08/more-bad-news-for-u-s-offshore-recovery-us-restricts-categorical-environmental-permits-for-offshore-development/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Aug 2010 15:42:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Quinn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Who would want to be a North American offshore E&#38;P company right now? The inescapable irony of the Macondo Gulf of Mexico disaster is that the very industry that created the damage, is the industry that is vital for the economic survival of the Gulf states. This is a very complex situation for the Obama [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bulgaria closes in on Azeri gas deal</title>
		<link>http://www.wtgnews.com/2010/08/bulgaria-closes-in-on-azeri-gas-deal/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Aug 2010 10:39:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Jones</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bulgaria and Azerbaijan are inching closer to a deal that would allow Azeri gas deliveries of about 2 billion cubic metres to the Balkan country at the end of 2013, state gas company Bulgartransgaz said today. Bulgaria has stepped up efforts to reduce its almost complete dependence on Russian gas by diversifying routes and supplies [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BHP Billiton bids $39 bln for Potash Corp &#8211; things are suddenly heating up in the mining world again</title>
		<link>http://www.wtgnews.com/2010/08/bhp-billiton-bids-39-bln-for-potash-corp-things-are-suddenly-heating-up-in-the-mining-world-again/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Aug 2010 14:12:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Quinn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[PotashCorp has become one of the darlings of Canadian industry, and it now seems to be the target of one of the world&#8217;s largest mining companies. The deal has been rejected as one would expect, but usually in these situations the target is now &#8220;in play&#8221; and could quickly become the prize in a global [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Speaker Announced for Global LNG Tech Summit 2010: Steve Oslica, Global Director of Marketing Foamglas Industry</title>
		<link>http://www.wtgnews.com/2010/08/new-speaker-announced-for-global-lng-tech-summit-2010-steve-oslica-global-director-of-marketing-foamglas-industry/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wtgnews.com/2010/08/new-speaker-announced-for-global-lng-tech-summit-2010-steve-oslica-global-director-of-marketing-foamglas-industry/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Aug 2010 09:26:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Ratcliffe</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Steve Oslica has been with Pittsburgh Corning for 16 years. He currently serves as Director of Marketing / Global Industry. Oslica leads all industrial marketing initiatives including web based and print advertising, website development, corporate capabilities promotion, multi-media, market research, and brand development. He also directs the FOAMGLAS® North American Channel Partner Program, which involves [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Speaker Announced for the 3rd Exploration and Production Technology Summit, Houston, October 2010: Paul Goodfellow, VP Development &#8211; Onshore Gas, Shell E&amp;P</title>
		<link>http://www.wtgnews.com/2010/08/new-speaker-announced-for-the-3rd-ep-technology-summit-houston-october-2010-paul-goodfellow-vp-development-onshore-gas-shell-ep/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Aug 2010 14:45:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Quinn</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Energy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Click to see full size image I am delighted to announce that we will be joined by Paul Goodfellow, VP Development, North American Onshore Gas, Shell E&#38;P as a Keynote Speaker for October&#8217;s E&#38;P Technology Summit at the JW Marriott, Houston. Paul has held a number of key technical position in his rise at Shell [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New speaker announced for Pipe Tech Americas Summit 2011: Jesus Soto, Vice President, Operations, El Paso</title>
		<link>http://www.wtgnews.com/2010/08/new-speaker-announced-for-pipe-tech-americas-summit-2011-jesus-soto-vice-president-operations-el-paso/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wtgnews.com/2010/08/new-speaker-announced-for-pipe-tech-americas-summit-2011-jesus-soto-vice-president-operations-el-paso/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Aug 2010 14:20:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Helen Selby</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Energy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The El Paso Pipeline Group’s 42,000-mile interstate pipeline system is the nation’s leading interstate natural gas pipeline franchise as measured not only by mileage, but also by access to key supply regions and major consuming markets. Their pipelines reach deep into the traditional Gulf Coast supply areas, the prolific Rockies supply basins, and the shale plays [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Speaker Announced for the 4th Annual Gas Transport and Storage Summit 2011: Fazil Senel, Chairman and General Manager, BOTAS</title>
		<link>http://www.wtgnews.com/2010/08/new-speaker-announced-for-the-4th-annual-gas-storage-and-transport-summit-2011-fazil-senel-chairman-and-general-manager-botas/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Aug 2010 16:19:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Ratcliffe</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fazil Senel is Chairman and General Manager of BOTAS, Turkey’s state-owned energy company. He joined the company in 2007, where he began serving as group manager and later as technical assistant to the President.   Mr. Senel’s career history includes Project Engineer for Istanbul Gas Distribution Industry and Trade Inc., research assistant at Sakarya University and Iowa [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Speaker Announced for Global LNG Tech Summit 2010: Fredrik Savio, Vice President Concept Development, Flex LNG</title>
		<link>http://www.wtgnews.com/2010/08/new-speaker-announced-for-global-lng-tech-summit-2010-fredrik-savio-vice-president-concept-development-flex-lng/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Aug 2010 15:38:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Ratcliffe</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mr. Savio joined the FLEX LNG Group from Chevron Corp. in Houston, where he was responsible for management of interfaces between main EPC contractors during project execution, commercial bid evaluation and contract negotiations, preparation of FPSO EPC bid packages and field development cost estimates. Prior to that Mr. Savio held a leading position in ABB [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Apache Acquires BP&#8217;s Permian Basin Assets for $3.1B</title>
		<link>http://www.wtgnews.com/2010/08/apache-acquires-bps-permian-basin-assets-for-3-1b/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wtgnews.com/2010/08/apache-acquires-bps-permian-basin-assets-for-3-1b/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Aug 2010 13:06:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Quinn</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Energy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This follows a current trend in BP offloading &#8220;non-core&#8221; assets to pay for the Macondo disaster in the Gulf of Mexico. It is making things very interesting from an acquisition p.o.v. for companies operating in the uber-hot North American unconventional shale plays right now. Suddenly opportunities are arising which were off the table even a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>French power shortages to impact on UK</title>
		<link>http://www.wtgnews.com/2010/08/french-power-shortages-to-impact-on-uk/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wtgnews.com/2010/08/french-power-shortages-to-impact-on-uk/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Aug 2010 13:45:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Jones</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to a report by the UK’s largest energy consultancy, M&#38;C Energy Group, France is likely to see a power shortfall by as soon as 2013 which will in turn put greater pressure on the UK’s dwindling supply and force up prices.]]></description>
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		<title>The latest information on future projects in electricity transmission and distribution.</title>
		<link>http://www.wtgnews.com/2010/08/the-latest-information-on-future-projects-in-electricity-transmission-and-distribution/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wtgnews.com/2010/08/the-latest-information-on-future-projects-in-electricity-transmission-and-distribution/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Aug 2010 12:12:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurence Allen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From 13th -14th September, Europe’s leading grid distribution specialists will share their insights into the projects and challenges connected to realising the Smart Grid vision.]]></description>
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		<title>Smart grid investment will reach US$376 billion worldwide by 2025</title>
		<link>http://www.wtgnews.com/2010/08/smart-grid-investment-will-reach-us376-billion-worldwide-by-2025/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wtgnews.com/2010/08/smart-grid-investment-will-reach-us376-billion-worldwide-by-2025/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Aug 2010 08:39:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Darya.Manaenkova</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cumulative global capital expenditure by utilities on intelligent smart grid infrastructure will reach US$376 billion by the end of 2025, according to a new report by Innovation Observatory. This spend is in addition to basic upgrading of transmission and distribution infrastructure – it is for the intelligent smart grid alone.  Billions of dollars will be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>36 million more homes to get smart gas meters</title>
		<link>http://www.wtgnews.com/2010/08/36-million-more-homes-to-get-smart-gas-meters/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wtgnews.com/2010/08/36-million-more-homes-to-get-smart-gas-meters/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Aug 2010 08:24:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Darya.Manaenkova</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[36 million smart gas meter units, such as the EverBlu being trialed in France, could join the smart grid, further reducing energy consumption and allowing more consumers to monitor their power usage.   An August 9 report from market intelligence group Pike Research predicts that the global installation of smart gas meters will grow from around [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Siemens, Gazprom Join Forces On LNG Technology</title>
		<link>http://www.wtgnews.com/2010/08/siemens-gazprom-join-forces-on-lng-technology/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wtgnews.com/2010/08/siemens-gazprom-join-forces-on-lng-technology/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Aug 2010 16:20:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Ratcliffe</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Energy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[FRANKFURT (Dow Jones)&#8211;German engineering company Siemens AG (SI) said Thursday it has signed an agreement with Russian natural gas monopoly Gazprom OAO (GAZP.RS) to cooperate on liquefied natural gas, or LNG, technology. A memorandum of understanding signed by Siemens Chief Executive Peter Loescher and Gazprom CEO Alexey Miller foresees the construction of a demonstration LNG [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Groundbreaking Studies Show Gas Storage as Central to Energy Future</title>
		<link>http://www.wtgnews.com/2010/08/groundbreaking-studies-show-gas-storage-as-central-to-energy-future/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wtgnews.com/2010/08/groundbreaking-studies-show-gas-storage-as-central-to-energy-future/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Aug 2010 16:16:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Ratcliffe</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Energy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gas storage has been pinpointed as key to the future shape of the power market in the most far-reaching studies ever undertaken. Energy experts Pöyry Energy Consulting have revealed the impact that increasing amounts of wind will have on gas and electricity supplies and the need for the power industry to plan now to cope [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is South Stream losing steam?</title>
		<link>http://www.wtgnews.com/2010/08/is-south-stream-losing-steam/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Aug 2010 16:10:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Ratcliffe</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For the last few years there has been something of an ongoing pipeline battle underway between Russia’s South Stream natural gas pipeline and the Western-backed Nabucco pipeline.  The Brussels bureaucracy has favored the Nabucco project, a transit route that would bring gas from the Caspian and the Middle East (bypassing both Russia and Ukraine) to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Abu Dhabi eyes Nabucco pipeline stake &#8211; report</title>
		<link>http://www.wtgnews.com/2010/08/abu-dhabi-eyes-nabucco-pipeline-stake-report/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wtgnews.com/2010/08/abu-dhabi-eyes-nabucco-pipeline-stake-report/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Aug 2010 15:15:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Ratcliffe</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[GTS Event]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Botas]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[VIENNA Aug 9 (Reuters) &#8211; Abu Dhabi&#8217;s investment fund IPIC is considering taking a stake in the planned Nabucco pipeline that is supposed to deliver gas from the Caspian region to Europe, an Austrian newspaper reported on Monday. IPIC, which owns a stake of Nabucco leader, Austrian oil and gas group OMV (OMVV.VI: Quote), was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Speaker Announced for Global LNG Tech Summit 2010: Captain Mark L. Lane, Vice President Operations, Excelerate Energy USA</title>
		<link>http://www.wtgnews.com/2010/08/new-speaker-announced-for-global-lng-tech-summit-2010-captain-mark-l-lane-vice-president-operations-excelerate-energy-usa/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wtgnews.com/2010/08/new-speaker-announced-for-global-lng-tech-summit-2010-captain-mark-l-lane-vice-president-operations-excelerate-energy-usa/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Aug 2010 10:40:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Ratcliffe</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GTS Event]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[LNG TECH Global Summit 2010]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Captain Mark Lane]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Excelerate Energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gas transportation]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[LNG tech]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Captain Mark K. Lane, Vice President of Operations at Excelerate Energy, LLC, is a Master Mariner licensed by the United States Coast Guard (USCG) to command ships of unlimited size and unlimited horsepower on any waters of the world. Captain Lane has been sailing as a licensed merchant officer since 1979 accumulating over four thousand [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Unconventional Shale Gas will enhance Energy Security until 2050</title>
		<link>http://www.wtgnews.com/2010/08/unconventional-shale-gas-will-enhance-energy-security-until-2050/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wtgnews.com/2010/08/unconventional-shale-gas-will-enhance-energy-security-until-2050/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Aug 2010 09:14:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Ratcliffe</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GTS Event]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Energy security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gas Supply]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[security of supply]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[shale gas]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A recent report published by MIT’s Energy Initiative  (MITEI) outlines the future of natural gas and it’s relation to energy security worldwide. According to the report, unconventional shale gas deposits in the US and abroad will play a major role in developing the world’s low-carbon future. The 83 page report outlines and explores necessary steps [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Markey, Dems blast oil industry as unprepared for major spills</title>
		<link>http://www.wtgnews.com/2010/06/markey-dems-blast-oil-industry-as-unprepared-for-major-spills/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wtgnews.com/2010/06/markey-dems-blast-oil-industry-as-unprepared-for-major-spills/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jun 2010 16:48:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Fang</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bp spill]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Senior House lawmakers opened their hearing with oil company executives by blasting them as equally unprepared to cope with major offshore spills.

Rep. Ed Markey (D-Mass.), chair of the Energy and Environment Subcommittee holding the hearing, lambasted what he called lax industry-wide readiness to respond to spills.]]></description>
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		<title>How Will Solar Storms Affect Smart Power Grids?</title>
		<link>http://www.wtgnews.com/2010/06/how-will-solar-storms-affect-smart-power-grids/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wtgnews.com/2010/06/how-will-solar-storms-affect-smart-power-grids/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jun 2010 14:38:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Fang</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Energy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[People of the 21st century rely on high-tech systems for the basics of daily life. But smart power grids, GPS navigation, air travel, financial services and emergency radio communications can all be knocked out by intense solar activity.

A major solar storm could cause twenty times more economic damage than Hurricane Katrina, warned the National Academy of Sciences in a 2008 report, "Severe Space Weather Events—Societal and Economic Impacts."]]></description>
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		<title>Olivier Reitz, VP at GE Corporate, to headline OpEx summit</title>
		<link>http://www.wtgnews.com/2009/11/olivier-reitz-vp-at-ge-corporate-to-headline-opex-summit/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wtgnews.com/2009/11/olivier-reitz-vp-at-ge-corporate-to-headline-opex-summit/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 12:28:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fahim Afghan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Food and Beverage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Human Resources]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Manufacturing and Supply Chain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pharma]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[continuous improvement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Corporate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GE]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Olivier]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[operational excellence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reitz]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[transformation]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Olivier Reitz, VP Quality and Business Excellence at GE Corporate, has confirmed his participation as the opening keynote speaker at the 2010 Operational Excellence &#38; Business Transformation Leadership summit. Olivier will focus on the strategic nature of operational excellence, highlighting the role it plays in delivering business value, especially as we move into a period [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Big Oil Faces Headwinds In Return To Profit Growth</title>
		<link>http://www.wtgnews.com/2009/10/big-oil-faces-headwinds-in-return-to-profit-growth/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wtgnews.com/2009/10/big-oil-faces-headwinds-in-return-to-profit-growth/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:00:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Jones</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Crude oil]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[natural gas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[profit growth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[refining]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This year's rebound in the crude oil price means major oil companies' third quarter earnings could mark the last in a long sequence of crushing year-on-year profit falls. However, big oil's path back to growth faces stiff headwinds from continued weakness in two key markets.]]></description>
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		<title>Putin sees fresh Ukraine gas problems</title>
		<link>http://www.wtgnews.com/2009/10/putin-sees-fresh-ukraine-gas-problems/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wtgnews.com/2009/10/putin-sees-fresh-ukraine-gas-problems/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:43:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Jones</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[EU]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gas Supply]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[security of supply]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ukraine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Viktor Yushchenko]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vladimir Putin]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said today that Ukraine was likely to have new problems paying for Russian gas because Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko was blocking payments.]]></description>
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		<title>StatoilHydro Mulls Deepwater Luva Solutions</title>
		<link>http://www.wtgnews.com/2009/10/statoilhydro-mulls-deepwater-luva-solutions/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wtgnews.com/2009/10/statoilhydro-mulls-deepwater-luva-solutions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 11:38:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Jones</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Deep water]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Luva]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Norwegian Sea]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[StatoilHydro]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.wtgexpert.com/?p=1399</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Work on a development solution for the Luva find, which lies in 1,300 meters of water in the Norwegian Sea and 300 kilometers from land, is to be continued by operator StatoilHydro. Following the completion of a feasibility study, the licensees have resolved to spend almost two years considering possible approaches to bringing the discovery [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Arctic pipeline ‘never closer’</title>
		<link>http://www.wtgnews.com/2009/10/arctic-pipeline-%e2%80%98never-closer%e2%80%99/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wtgnews.com/2009/10/arctic-pipeline-%e2%80%98never-closer%e2%80%99/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 11:18:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Jones</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alaska pipeline project]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Arctic pipeline]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Beaufort Sea]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Denali project]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MacKenzie pipeline]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[natural gas]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Plans to build a pipeline along the MacKenzie Valley have been boosted by comments from Jim Prentice, who said he is confident that the panel set up to assess the socioeconomic and environmental impacts of the pipeline will be able to deliver its report on time.]]></description>
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		<title>Economic Rescue Still on The Horizon</title>
		<link>http://www.wtgnews.com/2009/10/economic-rescue-still-on-the-horizon/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wtgnews.com/2009/10/economic-rescue-still-on-the-horizon/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 10:02:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Jones</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[E&P]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Offshore]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[oil and gas]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The outlook remains positive. However, players big and small could have waves to sit out as the oil and gas industry builds itself up following the recession.]]></description>
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		<title>Energy sector regulation and policy is hindering UK performance</title>
		<link>http://www.wtgnews.com/2009/10/energy-sector-regulation-and-policy-is-hindering-uk-performance/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wtgnews.com/2009/10/energy-sector-regulation-and-policy-is-hindering-uk-performance/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:38:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Jones</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CO2]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[electricity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[emission targets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[UK]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The UK will miss its 2020 emission reduction targets by 150 million tonnes of CO2 per year unless it dramatically transforms the way it produces and consumes electricity.  "Energy regulation in the UK is still based on old technologies and needs to be transformed if the UK is to reduce energy consumption sufficiently,” said David Eurin, Head of Energy Consulting at Analysys Mason (www.analysysmasonenergy.com).]]></description>
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		<title>Global LNG production growth to be lower than anticipated</title>
		<link>http://www.wtgnews.com/2009/10/global-lng-production-growth-to-be-lower-than-anticipated/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wtgnews.com/2009/10/global-lng-production-growth-to-be-lower-than-anticipated/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:21:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Jones</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[LNG]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[LNG Production]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[According to the report ‘Global LNG Industry to 2015 Investment Opportunities, Analysis and Forecasts of All Active and Planned Liquefaction and Regasification Terminals’, in 2008, global LNG liquefaction capacity stood at 209.65 million t. According to earlier estimates, global liquefaction capacity was slated to touch 414.84 million tpy by 2012. However, delay in nine liquefaction projects with a total capacity of 70.93 million tpy will bring down the anticipated average annual growth rate (AAGR) from 17.06% to 14.61% between 2008 and 2012.]]></description>
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		<title>Global power sector shows signs of recovery</title>
		<link>http://www.wtgnews.com/2009/10/global-power-sector-shows-signs-of-recovery/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wtgnews.com/2009/10/global-power-sector-shows-signs-of-recovery/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:10:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Jones</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[EIC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New projects]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Power Sector]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Earlier this year, EIC Monitor was launched, a quarterly index that uses the EIC’s database EICDataStream to track the status of more than 7000 projects across the global energy supply chain. Looking specifically at the power sector, what this revealed at the end of Q2 this year, was a staggering 50% decline in the number, value and capacity of new projects since Q3 2008, when the credit crunch began to bite.]]></description>
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		<title>Russia agrees gas pipeline deals with China</title>
		<link>http://www.wtgnews.com/2009/10/russia-agrees-gas-pipeline-deals-with-china/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wtgnews.com/2009/10/russia-agrees-gas-pipeline-deals-with-china/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:00:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Jones</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[China]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[China National Petroleum Company]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CNPC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[energy co-operation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gas pipeline]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gazprom]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[natural gas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[refinery]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Vladimir Putin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wen Jiabao]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Russia has agreed to supply natural gas to China via two pipelines, as the two countries promised to foster energy co-operation.]]></description>
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		<title>Global exploration overview</title>
		<link>http://www.wtgnews.com/2009/10/global-exploration-overview/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wtgnews.com/2009/10/global-exploration-overview/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:17:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Jones</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australasia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Deep Water Exploration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[downstream]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Exploration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Far east]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gulf of Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[market conditions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Middle east]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Noth Sea]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[oil companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[South America]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[upstream]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The last 24 months have seen exploration activity fluctuate in different regions and for different operator types. In almost all instances this is driven by funding constraints and uncertainty over future market conditions. Particularly acutely hit by these two market dynamics are regions with a predominance of independent operators, who have small asset bases from which to raise capital.]]></description>
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		<title>Indian oil and gas market</title>
		<link>http://www.wtgnews.com/2009/10/indian-oil-and-gas-market/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wtgnews.com/2009/10/indian-oil-and-gas-market/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:07:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Jones</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global hub]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[india]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[oil and gas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[oil refining]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Oil and gas contributes to approximately 41% of India’s primary energy consumption and has been instrumental in fuelling the rapid growth of the Indian economy. According to a recent CII-KPMG report, India’s energy sector will provide investment avenues worth US$ 120 - 150 billion over the next five years. India is emerging as the global hub for oil refining with lower capital costs.]]></description>
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		<title>Cost for West African Gas Pipeline soars from US$ 600 million to US$ 1 billion</title>
		<link>http://www.wtgnews.com/2009/10/cost-for-west-african-gas-pipeline-soars-from-us-600-million-to-us-1-billion/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wtgnews.com/2009/10/cost-for-west-african-gas-pipeline-soars-from-us-600-million-to-us-1-billion/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 13:13:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Jones</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Benin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cost increase]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The West African Gas Pipeline (WAGP) will cost US$ 1 billion instead of the US$ 600 million earlier announced. This new cost is due to the apparent delay in the implementation of the project, which has seen costs soar by 70%.]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Europe will take the gas it&#8217;s ordered&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.wtgnews.com/2009/10/europe-will-take-the-gas-its-ordered/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wtgnews.com/2009/10/europe-will-take-the-gas-its-ordered/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 14:19:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Jones</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alexander Medvedev]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Europe]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Russian gas giant Gazprom expects its European customers to fully take volumes of contracted gas this year, avoiding the need to fine them for low consumption, the company's export chief Alexander Medvedev said.]]></description>
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		<title>Chinese LNG imports hit record high</title>
		<link>http://www.wtgnews.com/2009/10/chinese-lng-imports-hit-record-high/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wtgnews.com/2009/10/chinese-lng-imports-hit-record-high/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 13:11:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Jones</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chinese]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liquefied natural gas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[LNG]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[China imported 788,514 tonnes of liquefied natural gas in September, customs data showed today, the highest on record since China started its first imports of the super-cooled clean fuel three years ago. ]]></description>
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		<title>Helsinki weighs up Nord Stream nod</title>
		<link>http://www.wtgnews.com/2009/10/helsinki-weighs-up-nord-stream-nod/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wtgnews.com/2009/10/helsinki-weighs-up-nord-stream-nod/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 12:44:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Jones</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Finland]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Matti Vanhanen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nord Stream]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Finland's Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen said his country will take a decision on the Nord Stream gas pipeline routing by the end of the year, after talks with Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin.]]></description>
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		<title>Carole Plant to present at OpEx summit in March 2010</title>
		<link>http://www.wtgnews.com/2009/10/carole-plant-to-present-at-opex-summit-in-march-2010/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wtgnews.com/2009/10/carole-plant-to-present-at-opex-summit-in-march-2010/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 14:44:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fahim Afghan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Energy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Carole Plant, Head of Performance Improvement, Global Operations at Barclays has confirmed her position on the exclusive speaker panel for the Operational Excellence and Business Transformation Leadership Summit 2010.  Focusing on service excellence, Carole will detail how lean and six sigma are embraced at Barclays to ensure operational methodology plays a pivotal role in optimising customer [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Shingo Prize to support OpEx summit at Les Fontaines</title>
		<link>http://www.wtgnews.com/2009/10/shingo-prize-to-support-opex-summit-at-les-fontaines/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wtgnews.com/2009/10/shingo-prize-to-support-opex-summit-at-les-fontaines/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 13:28:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fahim Afghan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Dr. Robert Miller, Executive Director at the Shingo Prize for Operational Excellence will chair and present at the Operational Excellence and Business Transformation Leadership Summit 2010, in association with Capgemini. Taking place on the 3rd-4th March 2010 at Les Fontaines, France, over 150 senior executives will come together to hear how leading businesses are interpreting the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Opec hints at output rise</title>
		<link>http://www.wtgnews.com/2009/10/opec-hints-at-output-rise/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wtgnews.com/2009/10/opec-hints-at-output-rise/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 12:07:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Jones</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economic recovery]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Opec]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[output targets]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Opec ministers would raise the group's output targets at their December meeting if global oil inventories fall and the world economy continues recovering, the group's secretary-general Abdullah al-Badri said today.]]></description>
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		<title>Ahmadinejad sets up &#8216;oil task force&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.wtgnews.com/2009/10/ahmadinejad-sets-up-oil-task-force/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wtgnews.com/2009/10/ahmadinejad-sets-up-oil-task-force/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 12:03:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Jones</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ahmadinejad]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Iran's government has set up a special task force of top officials to decide on oil-related affairs on behalf of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, according to local media reports.]]></description>
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		<title>Food production must jump 70% &#8211; UN</title>
		<link>http://www.wtgnews.com/2009/10/food-production-must-jump-70-un/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wtgnews.com/2009/10/food-production-must-jump-70-un/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 09:12:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dora Walsh</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Food and Beverage]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[agriculture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[climate change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[farmers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[food production]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[organic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Production]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[UN]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wate]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Global food production must increase by 70% by 2050 if it is to meet the needs of the growing world population, the United Nations&#8217; Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) has suggested. Speaking at the opening of t two-day High-Level Expert Forum, called How to Feed the World in 2050, FAO director general Jacques Diouf said [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Just Food week in words</title>
		<link>http://www.wtgnews.com/2009/10/just-food-week-in-words/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wtgnews.com/2009/10/just-food-week-in-words/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 09:04:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dora Walsh</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Food and Beverage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Manufacturing and Supply Chain]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[ Speculation over what Cadbury CEO Todd Stitzer meant &#8211; or did not mean &#8211; when he addressed investors in London this week added grist to the mill of the &#8220;Kradbury&#8221; saga. EU politicians and milk farmers exchanged views on the ongoing dairy protests on the continent, while the UK organic sector discussed how to reignite sales [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Food security climbs the political agenda</title>
		<link>http://www.wtgnews.com/2009/10/food-security-climbs-the-political-agenda/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wtgnews.com/2009/10/food-security-climbs-the-political-agenda/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 08:52:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dora Walsh</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Energy]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[carbon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[environmental]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[food processing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[food production]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Food security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[food supply]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[government food strategy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hilary Benn]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[UK food security assessment]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The issue of food security for the UK is climbing up the political agenda as climate change and the steady rise in global population put pressure on the world&#8217;s ability to produce enough to go round. A government dossier published this week acknowledges that while the densely populated country is never likely to be self-sufficient, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Judge delays Eni Nigeria ruling</title>
		<link>http://www.wtgnews.com/2009/10/judge-delays-eni-nigeria-ruling/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wtgnews.com/2009/10/judge-delays-eni-nigeria-ruling/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 13:59:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Jones</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Eni]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nigeria]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[An Italian judge has put back a decision on a prosecutor's request to bar oil major Eni from doing business with the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), a lawyer for Eni said today. ]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Nabucco open for new partner&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.wtgnews.com/2009/10/nabucco-open-for-new-partner/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wtgnews.com/2009/10/nabucco-open-for-new-partner/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 13:55:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Jones</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Botas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bulgaraz]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GDF Suez]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MOL]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Nabucco gas pipeline consortium remains open to a seventh partner but is not in talks with any potential new entrant, including GDF Suez, according to reports. ]]></description>
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		<title>Europe &#8216;lagging&#8217; in CCS stakes</title>
		<link>http://www.wtgnews.com/2009/10/europe-lagging-in-ccs-stakes/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wtgnews.com/2009/10/europe-lagging-in-ccs-stakes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 13:45:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Jones</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Carbon Capture Storage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CCS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[EU]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[European Commission]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The European Union is taking too long to get up to 12 carbon capture and storage (CCS) demonstration plants operating by 2015, RWE npower's head of environmental strategy told a carbon conference today.]]></description>
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		<title>US oil chiefs silent in low-key meet</title>
		<link>http://www.wtgnews.com/2009/10/us-oil-chiefs-silent-in-low-key-meet/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wtgnews.com/2009/10/us-oil-chiefs-silent-in-low-key-meet/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 08:29:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Jones</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[API]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Democrats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Envromental policy]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Obama]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The US's leading oil company executives kept mostly silent during a uncharacteristically unpromoted annual meeting of their top industry association, which this year was at a gated resort east of Austin.]]></description>
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		<title>EU hopeful on no Russia-Ukraine brawl</title>
		<link>http://www.wtgnews.com/2009/10/eu-hopeful-on-no-russia-ukraine-brawl/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wtgnews.com/2009/10/eu-hopeful-on-no-russia-ukraine-brawl/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 08:23:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Jones</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[EU]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gas supplies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Russia]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Energy Commissioner of the EU, Andris Piebalgs, today raised hopes that gas supplies from Russia to western Europe during this year's heating season might flow without problems. ]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Next Iraq government likely to alter oil deals&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.wtgnews.com/2009/10/next-iraq-government-likely-to-alter-oil-deals/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wtgnews.com/2009/10/next-iraq-government-likely-to-alter-oil-deals/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 09:55:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Jones</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[barrels]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Iraq]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Iraq government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[oil deals]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[International oil companies signing deals with the Iraqi government are taking a big risk as the next government, to be elected in January, may revise or cancel those contracts, a senior lawmaker said today. ]]></description>
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		<title>New technique takes risk out of picking frac targets</title>
		<link>http://www.wtgnews.com/2009/10/new-technique-takes-risk-out-of-picking-frac-targets/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wtgnews.com/2009/10/new-technique-takes-risk-out-of-picking-frac-targets/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 09:03:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Jones</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Frac]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Production]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Target acquisition technique uses logs to identify the best targets for multistage frac jobs. Production results prove the technique’s value—by far.]]></description>
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		<title>Riding the economic rapids</title>
		<link>http://www.wtgnews.com/2009/10/riding-the-economic-rapids/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wtgnews.com/2009/10/riding-the-economic-rapids/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 08:38:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Jones</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economic crisis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[oil and gas industry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[volatility]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Volatility and uncertainty characterize today’s business climate, but prosperous companies are striking a balance between taking action and applying patient persistence to ride the economic rapids.]]></description>
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		<title>Energy will choke China&#8217;s growth</title>
		<link>http://www.wtgnews.com/2009/10/energy-will-choke-china/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wtgnews.com/2009/10/energy-will-choke-china/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 11:34:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Jones</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[China]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economic superpower]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[China is one of the biggest contributors to world energy demand growth, and even though that growth rate has slowed in the wake of the global recession, analysts continue to see China as one of the key figures.]]></description>
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		<title>Oil demand from developed countries has peaked</title>
		<link>http://www.wtgnews.com/2009/10/oil-demand-from-developed-countries-has-peaked/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wtgnews.com/2009/10/oil-demand-from-developed-countries-has-peaked/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 11:28:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Jones</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Developed Countries]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[OECD]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oil Demand]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oil demand peak 2005]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[World oil demand is poised for recovery driven by emerging markets but demand from OECD countries is unlikely return to its 2005 high.]]></description>
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		<title>OMV and RWE welcome France’s interest in joining the Nabucco pipeline project</title>
		<link>http://www.wtgnews.com/2009/10/omv-and-rwe-welcome-france%e2%80%99s-interest-in-joining-the-nabucco-pipeline-project/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wtgnews.com/2009/10/omv-and-rwe-welcome-france%e2%80%99s-interest-in-joining-the-nabucco-pipeline-project/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 11:20:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Jones</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Europe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[France]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[French]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nabucco]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[natural gas market]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[OMV]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RWE]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[security of supply]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Nabucco partners OMV and RWE are open towards the French initiative to join the consortium for the construction and operation of the Nabucco gas pipeline.]]></description>
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		<title>StatoilHydro hunts for smaller cheaper rigs</title>
		<link>http://www.wtgnews.com/2009/10/statoilhydro-hunts-for-smaller-cheaper-rigs/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wtgnews.com/2009/10/statoilhydro-hunts-for-smaller-cheaper-rigs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 11:13:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Jones</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cheaper rigs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[smaller rigs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[StatoilHydro]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Norwegian operator StatoilHydro says it wants to see smaller and cheaper drilling rigs, designed to work on intervention work, in a bid to reduce use of expensive deepwater units.]]></description>
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