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Czech government clears takeover of gas grid operator

Bulgaria’s Chiren gas storage full at record-high 96.2% ahead of winter

France welcomes first floating storage regasification unit

France has joined the list of European countries beefing up their LNG capacity with new terminals following the arrival of the country’s first floating storage regasification unit at the northern port of Le Havre.

Plans for doubling Azerbaijan's gas flows to Europe on hold

Expansion of the Southern Gas Corridor pipelines carrying Azerbaijani gas to Europe is on hold pending confirmation that Europe will buy the gas. Baku's offensive to retake Nagorno-Karabakh could further complicate things.

Poland’s Orlen accused of manipulating fuel prices for government’s gain ahead of election

Croatia's Janaf secures diesel storage deal with Adria Oil

Turkey strikes deal to export natural gas to Romania

Hungarian government mulls imposing fuel price caps again

EurOil: BP could hire externally to replace ex-CEO Looney

BP could hire externally to replace ex-CEO Looney

DNO reports gas condensate find off Norway

The discovery is preliminarily estimated to contain 25-130mn boe in gross recoverable resources on a P90-P10 basis, with a mean of 70mn boe, DNO said. The resources were located in a Jurassic reservoir zone with high-quality sandstones.

Norwegian gas flow continued to decline in August

Norwegian natural gas production continued to decline in August, according to the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD), in an unwelcome development for European customers ahead of next winter.

Equinor files $374mn development plan for Eirin gas field

Norway’s state-owned Equinor announced last week a NOK4bn ($374mn) development plan for the Eirin gas discovery in the North Sea, the country’s petroleum ministry announced at the end of last week.