Aug102008
Energy news
Posted under News by Iskandar Makhmudov at 01:45 on Aug 10 2008
- August 6, 2008: An explosion on the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline has halted the oil supplies through one of the biggest pipelines in the world.
- July 22, 2008: The world’s second-largest utility company GDF Suez was formed by the merger of Gaz de France and Suez.
- July 11, 2008: The world largest LNG carrier Q-Max Mozah was named by and after Mozah Nasser al-Misnad, Sheikha of Qatar.
- July 1, 2008: Russian electricity holding company RAO UES completed the corporate reorganization and ceased to exist after its merger with and into UES FGC, the Federal Grid Company of Russia.
- June 20, 2008: The Chinese government announced an increase in petrol prices of more than 16%, reducing the subsidies available under its policy in reaction to globally rising oil prices.
- June 15, 2008: European Wind Day 2008 organised by EWEA, with over 100 wind farms across Europe open to the public.
- May 28, 2008: Indonesia announced decision to quit OPEC.
- May 27, 2008: An unplanned shutdown at Sizewell B nuclear power station causes power outages in London.
