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<title><![CDATA[Lng, authority approves 2010-11 rates]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The Energy Authority has approved the 2010-2011 rates for the regasification service proposed by Gnl Italia (Snam) for the Panigaglia terminal and itself set rates for the Rovigo terminal of Adriatic Lng (Exxon-Qatar-Edison). The ruling is ARG/gas 102/09. Rates for the Eni-affiliated Panigaglia term ... </b></i><br /><br />
<SMALL>(Natural Gas - Lng - Lpg | 30/07/2010)</SMALL><br /><br />   ]]>
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<pubDate>Fri,  Jul 30 2010 09:43:56 AM +200</pubDate>
<category domain='http://www.staffettaonline.com/staffetta_news/home.aspx'>News | Natural Gas - Lng - Lpg</category>
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<title><![CDATA[Lng Falconara, Environment Ministry okays Api's project]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The Environment Ministry has granted a positive Eia, with prescriptions, to the Lng terminal project of Api Nòva Energia offshore Falconara Marittima in the province of Ancona, Staffetta has learned from business sources. The project is for a 4bn m3 plant which will supply gas to the new 520 MW powe ... </b></i><br /><br />
<SMALL>(Natural Gas - Lng - Lpg | 30/07/2010)</SMALL><br /><br />   ]]>
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<pubDate>Fri,  Jul 30 2010 09:42:50 AM +200</pubDate>
<category domain='http://www.staffettaonline.com/staffetta_news/home.aspx'>News | Natural Gas - Lng - Lpg</category>
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<title><![CDATA[Lng Brinidisi, Eia published in Gazzetta Ufficiale]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The Gazzetta Ufficiale n. 168 of July 21 has published the decree of the Environment Ministry on the environmental compatibility of the project for the Brindisi regasification terminal presented by Brindisi Lng. The decree DVA-DEC-2010-366 of July 1, 2010, registers the positive judgment on the proj ... </b></i><br /><br />
<SMALL>(Natural Gas - Lng - Lpg | 30/07/2010)</SMALL><br /><br />   ]]>
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<pubDate>Fri,  Jul 30 2010 09:42:16 AM +200</pubDate>
<category domain='http://www.staffettaonline.com/staffetta_news/home.aspx'>News | Natural Gas - Lng - Lpg</category>
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<title><![CDATA[Lng Rovigo, four unloading slots available in August and September]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Adriatic Lng, the Edison, Exxon and Qatar Petroleum joint venture which owns the Rovigo Lng terminal, has made two slots available on a spot basis for Aug. 5-7 and Aug. 21-23 with deadlines for requests respectively of July 27 and Aug. 12; another two slots are to be granted on a monthly basis for S ... </b></i><br /><br />
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<pubDate>Fri,  Jul 30 2010 09:41:46 AM +200</pubDate>
<category domain='http://www.staffettaonline.com/staffetta_news/home.aspx'>News | Natural Gas - Lng - Lpg</category>
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<title><![CDATA[Lng Panigaglia, unloading slots in August]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Gnl Italia, the Snam affiliate which owns the Panigaglia Lng terminal, is offering two slots for unloading natural gas tankers on Aug. 2 and 18, respectively for volumes of 63,000 and 52,000 m3. The deadline for requests, which for the first date has already expired, for the second is Aug. 4. The no ... </b></i><br /><br />
<SMALL>(Natural Gas - Lng - Lpg | 30/07/2010)</SMALL><br /><br />   ]]>
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<pubDate>Fri,  Jul 30 2010 09:41:27 AM +200</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Solar power, Cipe grants 49mn to Enel/Sharp/Stm]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Cipe, the inter-ministerial committee for economic planning, has approved a financing of 49mn for the Catania production plant in the context of the overall revision of the planning program of ST Microelectronics (now Numonyx Italy). The plant is to produce photovoltaic modules for 480 MW a year, an ... </b></i><br /><br />
<SMALL>(Renewables and Conservation | 30/07/2010)</SMALL><br /><br />   ]]>
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<pubDate>Fri,  Jul 30 2010 09:40:49 AM +200</pubDate>
<category domain='http://www.staffettaonline.com/staffetta_news/home.aspx'>News | Renewables and Conservation</category>
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<title><![CDATA[Nuclear power, Cesi and Enea awarded Iter project contracts]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Enea and Cesi have won two contracts for the experimental Iter reactor being built in Cadarache (France). Enea, along with Criotec Impianti and Tratos Cavi, has been awarded the order for superconducting cables of the Cable-In-Conduit (CIC) type to be used in construction of the magnets for the Iter ... </b></i><br /><br />
<SMALL>(Contracts | 30/07/2010)</SMALL><br /><br />   ]]>
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<pubDate>Fri,  Jul 30 2010 09:40:16 AM +200</pubDate>
<category domain='http://www.staffettaonline.com/staffetta_news/home.aspx'>News | Contracts</category>
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<title><![CDATA[Transitgas, flow interrupted because of rockslide]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The flow of northern European gas through the Swiss pipeline Transitgas was interrupted last Friday because of a rockslide near Guttanen. The news was announced by the Economic Development Ministry undersecretary for energy, Stefano Saglia, who added that the interruption had not yet affected Italy. ... </b></i><br /><br />
<SMALL>(Natural Gas - Lng - Lpg | 30/07/2010)</SMALL><br /><br />   ]]>
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<pubDate>Fri,  Jul 30 2010 09:38:53 AM +200</pubDate>
<category domain='http://www.staffettaonline.com/staffetta_news/home.aspx'>News | Natural Gas - Lng - Lpg</category>
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<title><![CDATA[Tag gas pipeline, RWE grants capacity for 18 years]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[RWE is selling continuous transport capacity on the Austrian gas pipeline Tag from the border with Slovakia to that with Italy for 15,000 m3/hour, or 131.4mn m3 a year, for 18 years beginning Oct. 1, 2011. The total capacity being offered is 2.36bn m3. The notice is available on the Staffetta websit ... </b></i><br /><br />
<SMALL>(Natural Gas - Lng - Lpg | 30/07/2010)</SMALL><br /><br />   ]]>
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<pubDate>Fri,  Jul 30 2010 09:38:23 AM +200</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Brindisi Sud, new ministerial conditions ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[With decree n. 02/2010 MD of July13, the Economic Development Ministry has authorized Enel to build and operate the coal-fired “Federico II” power plant in Brindisi Sud. Prescriptions now have been added to the project described in the May 25, 2009 document n. 0020371 on covering coal yards <a class ... </b></i><br /><br />
<SMALL>(Electricity | 30/07/2010)</SMALL><br /><br />   ]]>
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<pubDate>Fri,  Jul 30 2010 09:36:43 AM +200</pubDate>
<category domain='http://www.staffettaonline.com/staffetta_news/home.aspx'>News | Electricity</category>
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<title><![CDATA[Terna, revenues and profit up in first six months]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Terna ended the first half of 2010 with revenues up 13.9% to 760.8mn euros, Ebitda of 568.8mn (+12.2%), Ebit up 9.2% to 396.3mn and a profit, net of Brazilian operations which have been discontinued, up 26.9% to 233.5mn. Growth of the economic indicators resulted mainly from the new rate structure,  ... </b></i><br /><br />
<SMALL>(Companies | 30/07/2010)</SMALL><br /><br />   ]]>
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<pubDate>Fri,  Jul 30 2010 09:44:27 AM +200</pubDate>
<category domain='http://www.staffettaonline.com/staffetta_news/home.aspx'>News | Companies</category>
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<title><![CDATA[Edison: six-month revenues +10.9%, net profit +16.4%, Ebitda -14.5%]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[In a scenario characterized by a slight increase in power demand compared to 2009 (+1.8%), and a strong increase in natural gas demand (+10.6%) in turbulent market conditions caused by the increase in US gas production from non-conventional sources and a big increase in spot supplies (especially of  ... </b></i><br /><br />
<SMALL>(Companies | 30/07/2010)</SMALL><br /><br />   ]]>
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<pubDate>Fri,  Jul 30 2010 09:36:04 AM +200</pubDate>
<category domain='http://www.staffettaonline.com/staffetta_news/home.aspx'>News | Companies</category>
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<title><![CDATA[Upstream, Pve cuts Castello reserve estimate]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Po Valley Energy has finished the checkup on the Castello project in the province of Milan, which was one of two natural gas production operations launched recently by the Australian company, interrupted in May so as to analyze an abrupt fall in pressure. The examination showed that the project's es ... </b></i><br /><br />
<SMALL>(Exploration & Production | 30/07/2010)</SMALL><br /><br />   ]]>
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<pubDate>Fri,  Jul 30 2010 09:35:18 AM +200</pubDate>
<category domain='http://www.staffettaonline.com/staffetta_news/home.aspx'>News | Exploration & Production</category>
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<title><![CDATA[Upstream Adriatic, court judges in favor of Pve ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The administrative court Tar has ruled in favor of Po Valley Energy concerning the gas exploration permit “Azzurra” (AR168PY, 526 km2) in the Adriatic offshore Ravenna, granted to the Australian company in 2008 but opposed by unsuccessful rival bidder Apennine. <br />Pve also reported the nomination ... </b></i><br /><br />
<SMALL>(Exploration & Production | 30/07/2010)</SMALL><br /><br />   ]]>
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<pubDate>Fri,  Jul 30 2010 09:34:21 AM +200</pubDate>
<category domain='http://www.staffettaonline.com/staffetta_news/home.aspx'>News | Exploration & Production</category>
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<title><![CDATA[Eni, Scaroni: talks with Azerbaijan for return to upstream ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Eni may again operate in the upstream in Azerbaijan by assuming a central role in the compressed natural gas project for the transmission of Turkmen gas across the Caspian Sea to the coast of Azerbaijan, to be transported then elsewhere. “We are thinking of 2-3bn m3 of gas a year which will go mainl ... </b></i><br /><br />
<SMALL>(Exploration & Production | 30/07/2010)</SMALL><br /><br />   ]]>
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<pubDate>Fri,  Jul 30 2010 09:33:49 AM +200</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Usa: Eni and new obligations for upstream payments]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[As a company listed on Wall Street, Eni too will have to fulfill the new obligation that upstream companies communicate all payments made to foreign governments and to the US government. The recent financial reform promoted by Barack Obama includes a rule proposed by senators Lugar and Cardin requir ... </b></i><br /><br />
<SMALL>(Exploration & Production | 30/07/2010)</SMALL><br /><br />   ]]>
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<pubDate>Fri,  Jul 30 2010 09:32:54 AM +200</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Nuclear power, Veronesi: five reasons to say yes to the agency]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[“Dear Editor, I insist on clarifying some things concerning my possible nomination as chairman of the nuclear agency”. Thus begins the letter sent by Democratic Party senator Umberto Veronesi to Il Corriere della Sera, for the purpose of stating the conditions for his acceptance. “Firstly, the decis ... </b></i><br /><br />
<SMALL>(Electricity | 30/07/2010)</SMALL><br /><br />   ]]>
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<pubDate>Fri,  Jul 30 2010 09:32:26 AM +200</pubDate>
<category domain='http://www.staffettaonline.com/staffetta_news/home.aspx'>News | Electricity</category>
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<title><![CDATA[Energy service, Cofely/Macerata agreement]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Cofely (Gdf Suez affiliate) has signed a six-year contract with the city of Macerata for management of the energy service for 76 buildings owned by the municipality, including theaters and a library. Cofely will also convert the traditional heating systems to natural gas and make other improvements, ... </b></i><br /><br />
<SMALL>(Contracts | 30/07/2010)</SMALL><br /><br />   ]]>
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<pubDate>Fri,  Jul 30 2010 09:31:37 AM +200</pubDate>
<category domain='http://www.staffettaonline.com/staffetta_news/home.aspx'>News | Contracts</category>
<link>http://www.staffettaonline.com/staffetta_news/articolo.aspx?ID=9962</link>
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<title><![CDATA[TotalErg: labor unions on unemployment plan ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The labor unions have asked, after eight hours of strike, that Total-Erg create a Milanese headquarters more important than the office provided for in the two companies' merger agreement, an economic commitment for transfers greater than the 900 euros proposed by the company for two years, plus an a ... </b></i><br /><br />
<SMALL>(Companies | 30/07/2010)</SMALL><br /><br />   ]]>
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<pubDate>Fri,  Jul 30 2010 09:31:17 AM +200</pubDate>
<category domain='http://www.staffettaonline.com/staffetta_news/home.aspx'>News | Companies</category>
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<title><![CDATA[Kupit, 51mn net profit despite crisis ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Kupit shareholders have approved the company's 2009-2010 financial statement, which closed on March 31 with a post-tax operating profit of 51mn euros (about -70% y/y). As chairman and Ceo of the company, Alessandro Gilotti, observed, the success was especially impressive “considering the highly nega ... </b></i><br /><br />
<SMALL>(Companies | 30/07/2010)</SMALL><br /><br />   ]]>
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<pubDate>Fri,  Jul 30 2010 09:30:35 AM +200</pubDate>
<category domain='http://www.staffettaonline.com/staffetta_news/home.aspx'>News | Companies</category>
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<title><![CDATA[Vinyls, new tender]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Undersecretary of the Economic Development Ministry Stefano Saglia is organizing publication of a new international tender for acquisition of Vinyls and the whole chlorine production line, with a joint declaration on the part of Eni and the ministry which reiterates Eni's commitment to sell assets f ... </b></i><br /><br />
<SMALL>(Companies | 30/07/2010)</SMALL><br /><br />   ]]>
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<pubDate>Fri,  Jul 30 2010 09:29:52 AM +200</pubDate>
<category domain='http://www.staffettaonline.com/staffetta_news/home.aspx'>News | Companies</category>
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<title><![CDATA[Staffetta News N. 30]]></title>
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<SMALL>(PDF Editions | 30/07/2010)</SMALL><br /><br />   ]]>
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<pubDate>Fri,  Jul 30 2010 09:46:14 AM +200</pubDate>
<category domain='http://www.staffettaonline.com/staffetta_news/home.aspx'>News | PDF Editions</category>
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