]> http://www.energynewscentral.com/drupal A summary of recent energy industry news from a variety of sources. en http://www.platts.com/Coal/News/7571044.xml?src=Coalrssheadlines1 Washington (Platts) -- 5Jan2009 -- Platts weekly broker emissions indexes, along with its monthly broker emissions indexes and the daily OTC coal broker indexes are posted here so all market participants can evaluate our results. Our &quot;Methodology... Tue, 06 Jan 2009 05:24:36 +0000 http://www.platts.com/Oil/News/9758394.xml?src=Oilrssheadlines1 Auckland (Platts) -- 5Jan2009 -- Australia's AGL Energy has acquired a majority interest in Sydney Gas at 54.4% according to a release on the Australian Securities Exchange Tuesday. AGL Energy had announced a takeover bid for Sydney... Tue, 06 Jan 2009 05:24:28 +0000 http://www.platts.com/Petrochemicals/News/9758445.xml?src=Petrochemicalsrssheadlines1 Singapore (Platts) -- 5Jan2009 -- Spot prices in the Asian toluene market trekked $15/mt higher on Tuesday morning after receiving a boost from overnight crude oil gains and a surge in US toluene prices, but most industry observers considered... Tue, 06 Jan 2009 05:24:28 +0000 http://feeds.thestreet.com/~r/tsc/feeds/rss/energy/~3/qa3PGToKC0k/asian-stocks-trade-mostly-higher.html Stock markets in Asia mostly rose on growing optimism the world economy will recover later this year. Japan's Nikkei 225 stock average gained 0.9%. <p><a href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~a/Xqz1dNLKBCZvuyxAS__WWwX8SoI/a"><img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~a/Xqz1dNLKBCZvuyxAS__WWwX8SoI/i" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.thestreet.com/~f/tsc/feeds/rss/energy?a=Bu8PeuNx"><img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/tsc/feeds/rss/energy?d=41" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.thestreet.com/~f/tsc/feeds/rss/energy?a=2dusBGWk"><img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/tsc/feeds/rss/energy?i=2dusBGWk" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.thestreet.com/~f/tsc/feeds/rss/energy?a=37XWJd2U"><img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/tsc/feeds/rss/energy?d=52" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.thestreet.com/~f/tsc/feeds/rss/energy?a=UwqyXhNK"><img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/tsc/feeds/rss/energy?d=54" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.thestreet.com/~f/tsc/feeds/rss/energy?a=u7S6ayQc"><img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/tsc/feeds/rss/energy?i=u7S6ayQc" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/tsc/feeds/rss/energy/~4/qa3PGToKC0k" height="1" width="1"/> Tue, 06 Jan 2009 05:04:00 +0000 http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/29c2bf1c-db91-11dd-be53-000077b07658.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcompanies%2Fenergy Vincent de Rivaz , chief executive of EDF Energy, the UK division of the French power giant, has been rewarded for his successful year-long pursuit of British... Tue, 06 Jan 2009 02:00:00 +0000 http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/3c277ba2-db91-11dd-be53-000077b07658.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcompanies%2Fenergy Vladimir Putin, Russia's prime minister, yesterday ordered Gazprom, the Russian energy giant, to reduce gas supplies to Ukraine bound for Europe in a move that... Tue, 06 Jan 2009 02:00:00 +0000 http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/623b458e-db92-11dd-be53-000077b07658.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcompanies%2Fenergy Shares in Clean Air Power, the Aim-listed maker of equipment that enables trucks to run on a mixture of liquefied natural gas and diesel, rose 14 per cent to 14½p... Tue, 06 Jan 2009 02:00:00 +0000 http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/8e258182-db92-11dd-be53-000077b07658.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcompanies%2Fenergy Leading international oil and gas companies could emerge as winners from the financial crisis, as the steep drop in oil prices and asset valuations creates... Tue, 06 Jan 2009 02:00:00 +0000 http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/a33b0862-db92-11dd-be53-000077b07658.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcompanies%2Fenergy The most striking trend in oil and gas M&A in recent years has been the rise of bidders from emerging economies - a development that hit the headlines with the... Tue, 06 Jan 2009 02:00:00 +0000 http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/723ec524-db91-11dd-be53-000077b07658.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcompanies%2Fenergy Leading international oil and gas companies could emerge as winners from the financial crisis, as the steep drop in oil prices and asset valuations creates... Tue, 06 Jan 2009 02:00:00 +0000 http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/197ecde4-db91-11dd-be53-000077b07658.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcompanies%2Fenergy Crude oil prices closed above $49 a barrel yesterday as fighting between Israel and Hamas escalated. Nymex February West Texas Intermediate rose $2.47 to $48.81 a... Tue, 06 Jan 2009 02:00:00 +0000 http://www.forbes.com/energy/2009/01/05/chesapeake-energy-closer-markets-equity-cx_mp_0105markets29.html?feed=rss_business_energy Liquidity concerns motivate sale of natural gas assets to group of private investors. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 00:36:00 +0000 http://www.platts.com/Coal/News/6078574.xml?src=Coalrssheadlines1 Washington (Platts) -- 5Jan2009 -- The public water supply in eastern Tennessee towns near the site of the December 22 fly ash dike failure at Tennessee Valley Authority's Kingston coal-fired power plant is safe to drink, according to the... Mon, 05 Jan 2009 23:20:52 +0000 http://www.platts.com/Oil/News/6078395.xml?src=Oilrssheadlines1 Washington (Platts) -- 5Jan2009 -- The US oil and natural gas industry spent an all-time high of $226.4 billion in drilling expenditures in 2007, more than double the previous record of $109.8 billion set in 2006, the American Petroleum... Mon, 05 Jan 2009 23:20:48 +0000 http://www.platts.com/Oil/News/6078354.xml?src=Oilrssheadlines1 New York (Platts) -- 5Jan2009 -- Venezuelan state oil company PDVSA has &quot;suspended&quot; its winter heating oil assistance program to underprivileged communities in the US because of falling oil prices, the company's US partner, Citizens Energy... Mon, 05 Jan 2009 23:20:48 +0000 http://www.platts.com/Oil/News/6077395.xml?src=Oilrssheadlines1 London (Platts) -- 5Jan2009 -- The ongoing clashes between Israeli forces and Palestinians in the Gaza Strip are being closely monitored by the oil industry, sources said Monday. Jet fuel is of particular interest as the conflict... Mon, 05 Jan 2009 23:20:48 +0000 http://www.platts.com/Oil/News/6078144.xml?src=Oilrssheadlines1 New York (Platts) -- 5Jan2009 -- Moody's has downgraded the independent exploration and production industry to &quot;negative&quot; because of the &quot;precipitous&quot; decline in oil and natural gas prices expected to lead to low cash margins and &quot;fundamental... Mon, 05 Jan 2009 23:20:48 +0000 http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/5ca93584-db6c-11dd-be53-000077b07658.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcompanies%2Fenergy The UK arm of Oilexco is likely to go into administration within days, taking all the London and Toronto-listed exploration and production company's oil and gas reserves with it Mon, 05 Jan 2009 22:40:11 +0000 http://www.energybulletin.net/node/47632 <p>Remember the wall that environmentalists (like the 1972 "Limits to Growth" authors) have long been saying that industrial society would eventually hit? Permit me to make the formal introduction: Industrial society, meet wall; wall, meet industrial society.</p> <p><a href="http://www.energybulletin.net/node/47632">read more</a></p> Mon, 05 Jan 2009 20:44:15 +0000 http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/e7214b0c-db5d-11dd-be53-000077b07658.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcompanies%2Fenergy The French energy group gave a policy deadline if the first of a new generation of reactors is to be ready for 2017 Mon, 05 Jan 2009 19:42:42 +0000