In an electrifying first, Stanford scientists have plugged in to algae cells and harnessed a tiny electric current. They found it at the very source of energy production – photosynthesis, a plant's method of converting sunlight to chemical energy.
President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan attended the opening ceremony of the Yerevan electrical station which operates based on the combined thermogas power cycle.
RTS Group and Saint Petersburg Exchange started providing their clients with an opportunity to trade in a new cash-settled futures contract on summer-grade gasoil (FORTS trading system code - DS) with settlement in June, July and August.
A session of the OAO LUKOIL Board of Directors took place in Moscow yesterday. Details were finalized regarding the Annual General Shareholders Meeting.
OJSC Varyoganneftegaz (a subsidiary of TNK-BP) has resumed development drilling at the Severno-Khokhryakovskoe field. This is one of the company’s largest licence blocks, with residual recoverable reserves of round 50 million tons of oil.
Due to expiration of the term of office of General Director V.Yu. Razdukhov, at today’s meeting of CPC-R Board of Directors and Extraordinary General Meeting of CPC-K Alexander Tarakanov was elected new General Director of both companies effective May 1, 2010.
The city of Oran (Algeria) hosted yesterday the 10th Ministerial Meeting of the Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF).
TNK-BP plans to continue working on its gas programme in the Orenburg region during the 2010—2013 period, with a total investment of over 13 billion roubles.
LUKOIL Overseas (100% subsidiary of LUKOIL) has completed the drilling of the first exploration well in the Orca structure of the block CI-401 in the Gulf of Guinea offshore the Republic of Cote d'Ivoire.
Gazprom Neft has introduced a new motor oil brand G-Energy to the market. The brand presentation was held in Turin (Italy) in the offices of Italdesign-Giugiaro, an industrial design leader who developed the brand’s visual concept.