Germany

A report commissioned by the Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has recommended that hydraulic fracturing, or fraccing, operations should resume in the UK subject to careful... 2012-04-18

BMI View: Petroplus, Europe's largest independent refiner, has decided to shut down three mid-scale plants in a clear sign that the downstream sector is in disarray. With worsening... 2012-01-04

BNK's acquisition of conventional acreage in the proven oil and gas producing region of Thuringia is a counterbalance to the high-impact, high-risk unconventional strategy that it has... 2011-12-05

BMI View: The BDEW's statements on fraccing suggest that Germany is still wary of the technology. Given the role of the green and mining lobbies in the country, we expect the Germany... 2011-11-22

The subsea Nord Stream pipeline system was officially inaugurated on November 8 2011 by the Russian Prime Minister Dmitri Medvedev and German Chancellor Angela Merkel, in a ceremony... 2011-11-08

Russian gas export monopoly Gazprom is preparing to start feeding gas into the subsea Nord Stream gas pipeline following testing of the pipeline's gas treatment unit.

US major ConocoPhillips has agreed to sell its mothballed 260,000 barrel per day (b/d) Wilhelmshaven refinery in northern Germany to private Dutch midstream player Hestya Energy.

Belgian pipeline operator Fluxys is in talks to buy two gas pipeline systems from Italian major Eni, the general secretary of principal Fluxys shareholder Publigas told Reuters on August... 2011-08-02

BMI View: At a time when many European countries are keen to reduce their dependence on Russian gas, BMI believes an enhanced partnership with Gazprom could benefit both E.ON and... 2011-06-07

A tougher regulatory burden is weighing down Germany's highly mature fuels retail sector following a move by the country's cartel regulator to prevent further service station acquisitions... 2011-05-25