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<title><![CDATA[Fuels, 2011 costs up 15.8%]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[It is no accident that Italian oil consumption continues to fall year after year at a rhythm of at least 2mn t <a class="smalltext2" href="/staffetta_news/articolo.aspx?ID=11434">(see SN n. 4 2012)</a>: fuels' cost is higher and higher, as the data provided by the Centro Studi Promotor shows. “In 20 ... </b></i><br /><br />
<SMALL>(Oil Market | 02/02/2012)</SMALL><br /><br />   ]]>
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<pubDate>Thu,  Feb 02 2012 05:59:16 PM +200</pubDate>
<category domain='http://www.staffettaonline.com/staffetta_news/home.aspx'>News | Oil Market</category>
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<title><![CDATA[Gas distribution, criteria for competitions ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The ordinary supplement n. 20 of the Gazzetta Ufficiale n. 22 of Jan. 27 carries the Economic Development Ministry decree of 12 November2011, n. 226 “Regolamento per i criteri di gara e per la valutazione dell'offerta per l'affidamento del servizio della distribuzione del gas naturale, in attuazione ... </b></i><br /><br />
<SMALL>(Natural Gas - Lng - Lpg | 02/02/2012)</SMALL><br /><br />   ]]>
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<pubDate>Thu,  Feb 02 2012 05:58:53 PM +200</pubDate>
<category domain='http://www.staffettaonline.com/staffetta_news/home.aspx'>News | Natural Gas - Lng - Lpg</category>
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<title><![CDATA[Eni, in 2012 operating loss of 550mn in R&M
Rome refinery among those “at risk of closure”]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Eni estimates that in 2011 in the refining sector it lost 550mn euros. The report comes from a document the company consigned to the chamber of deputies' productive activities commission during the hearing on the refinery crisis. Executive vice president for international and government affairs, Leo ... </b></i><br /><br />
<SMALL>(Oil Market | 02/02/2012)</SMALL><br /><br />   ]]>
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<pubDate>Thu,  Feb 02 2012 05:58:25 PM +200</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Saipem, offshore contracts for $1.8bn ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Saipem has been awarded new E&C offshore contracts worth $1.8nm. In Australia, Saipem has signed an Epci contract with INPEX for the Gas Export Pipeline on the Ichthys Lng Project. Saipem's scope of work will include the engineering, procurement, construction and installation of 889 km of a 42-inch- ... </b></i><br /><br />
<SMALL>(Contracts | 02/02/2012)</SMALL><br /><br />   ]]>
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<pubDate>Thu,  Feb 02 2012 05:57:55 PM +200</pubDate>
<category domain='http://www.staffettaonline.com/staffetta_news/home.aspx'>News | Contracts</category>
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<title><![CDATA[Bulgaria, Technip awarded hydrocracking plant contract]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Technip has been awarded by Lukoil Neftochim Burgas a turnkey contract, with Technip's share a €600mn lump sum, for the construction of a 2.5mn tons/year hydrocracking complex to be built at their refinery in Burgas, Bulgaria. Nello Uccelletti, Technip senior vice president onshore stated: "We are p ... </b></i><br /><br />
<SMALL>(Contracts | 02/02/2012)</SMALL><br /><br />   ]]>
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<pubDate>Thu,  Feb 02 2012 05:57:25 PM +200</pubDate>
<category domain='http://www.staffettaonline.com/staffetta_news/home.aspx'>News | Contracts</category>
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<title><![CDATA[Truck transport strike ends ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[On midnight of Friday last week the trucker strike ended <a class="smalltext2" href="/staffetta_news/articolo.aspx?ID=11451">(see SN n. 4 2012)</a>, after having left dry many fuel stations. But protests in the transport business are to continue in February and again in March, because the truckers a ... </b></i><br /><br />
<SMALL>(Oil Market | 02/02/2012)</SMALL><br /><br />   ]]>
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<pubDate>Thu,  Feb 02 2012 05:56:44 PM +200</pubDate>
<category domain='http://www.staffettaonline.com/staffetta_news/home.aspx'>News | Oil Market</category>
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<title><![CDATA[Tar, minimum costs decision postponed to June 28 ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The administrative court Tar of Lazio has postponed until June 28 its decision concerning the recourse presented by Confindustria, Unione Petrolifera, Api and Esso against the minimum transport costs rule. Suspension, expected for January 12, was not granted. The recourse questions the constitutiona ... </b></i><br /><br />
<SMALL>(Energy Policy and Tariffs | 02/02/2012)</SMALL><br /><br />   ]]>
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<pubDate>Thu,  Feb 02 2012 05:56:01 PM +200</pubDate>
<category domain='http://www.staffettaonline.com/staffetta_news/home.aspx'>News | Energy Policy and Tariffs</category>
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<title><![CDATA[Edison, A2A-Iren agreement on reorganization]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Having resolved the difference of opinions with A2A last week, Iren has now approved the reorganization of Edison, with the conferral of Edipower on the Italian partners. The contracts are to be signed on Feb. 15 and the closing should be before June 30 after approval of stock exchange regulator Con ... </b></i><br /><br />
<SMALL>(Companies | 02/02/2012)</SMALL><br /><br />   ]]>
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<pubDate>Thu,  Feb 02 2012 05:55:34 PM +200</pubDate>
<category domain='http://www.staffettaonline.com/staffetta_news/home.aspx'>News | Companies</category>
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<title><![CDATA[Enel Green Power, Ebitda +23.1% to 1.6bn in 2011 ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Enel Green Power ended 2011 with preliminary revenues of 2.5bn euros, up 8.7%  and an Ebitda up 23.1% to 1.6bn. The positive results were influenced by the consolidation of Ecyr, which was acquired last March. Net financial debt rose 32.3% to 4.1bn. In its announcement, Egp stresses that the 2011 fi ... </b></i><br /><br />
<SMALL>(Companies | 02/02/2012)</SMALL><br /><br />   ]]>
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<pubDate>Thu,  Feb 02 2012 05:55:01 PM +200</pubDate>
<category domain='http://www.staffettaonline.com/staffetta_news/home.aspx'>News | Companies</category>
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<title><![CDATA[Biomass, 100mn Economic Development Ministry financing]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[From March 19 to April 17, it will be possible to make application for financing of projects in the biomass supply chain. The competion phases will be managed by Invitalia. Objects of the financing include the production of energy through cogeneration and trigeneration plants fed by wood biomass, li ... </b></i><br /><br />
<SMALL>(Electricity | 02/02/2012)</SMALL><br /><br />   ]]>
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<pubDate>Thu,  Feb 02 2012 05:54:34 PM +200</pubDate>
<category domain='http://www.staffettaonline.com/staffetta_news/home.aspx'>News | Electricity</category>
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<title><![CDATA[Enel's 50th anniversary]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Toward the end of this year, two important fiftieth anniversaries will be remembered: on Oct. 27 that of the tragic loss in Bascapé of Eni chairman Enrico Mattei, and on Dec. 6 that of the nationalization of electricity and the creation of Enel. Enel has begun its commemoration with a new publicity  ... </b></i><br /><br />
<SMALL>(Companies | 02/02/2012)</SMALL><br /><br />   ]]>
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<pubDate>Thu,  Feb 02 2012 05:54:11 PM +200</pubDate>
<category domain='http://www.staffettaonline.com/staffetta_news/home.aspx'>News | Companies</category>
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<title><![CDATA[Biofuels, criteria for sustainability]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[On Jan. 23, the ministers of the environment, of economic development and of agricultural policies signed the inter-ministerial decree setting up a national certification system for sustainability of biofuels and bioliquids. Certification is provided under legislative decree 31 March 2011, n. 55 in  ... </b></i><br /><br />
<SMALL>(Oil Market | 02/02/2012)</SMALL><br /><br />   ]]>
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<pubDate>Thu,  Feb 02 2012 05:53:50 PM +200</pubDate>
<category domain='http://www.staffettaonline.com/staffetta_news/home.aspx'>News | Oil Market</category>
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<title><![CDATA[Upstream, Assomineraria: “Strong concern regarding EU proposal” ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[“Strong concern” has been expressed by Assomineraria regarding the EU proposal on prospecting, research, and production of hydrocarbons, under discussion by the European Commission (act n. COM - 2011 - 688). <br />“There already exist in Italy robust and severe norms which regulate offshore hydrocar ... </b></i><br /><br />
<SMALL>(Exploration & Production | 02/02/2012)</SMALL><br /><br />   ]]>
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<pubDate>Thu,  Feb 02 2012 05:53:19 PM +200</pubDate>
<category domain='http://www.staffettaonline.com/staffetta_news/home.aspx'>News | Exploration & Production</category>
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<title><![CDATA[Economic Development Ministry, requests for San Gervasio field by April 1]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The mineral resources directorate of the Economic Development Ministry has set April 1 as the date for presentation of expressions of interest for allocation of the new “marginal” natural gas field San Gervasio, in the province of Brescia, with about 50mn m3 of reserves (v. Staffetta 6/11/11). Seven ... </b></i><br /><br />
<SMALL>(Exploration & Production | 02/02/2012)</SMALL><br /><br />   ]]>
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<pubDate>Thu,  Feb 02 2012 05:52:38 PM +200</pubDate>
<category domain='http://www.staffettaonline.com/staffetta_news/home.aspx'>News | Exploration & Production</category>
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<title><![CDATA[Electricity excise taxes, Democratic Party queries ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The new electricity excise taxes may hurt small and mid-size businesses, the Democratic Party thinks, and it has therefore presented an urgent query through parliamentarians Margherita Mastromauro and Michele Ventura asking the economy minister for clarifications. Their request presents simulations  ... </b></i><br /><br />
<SMALL>(Energy Policy and Tariffs | 02/02/2012)</SMALL><br /><br />   ]]>
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<pubDate>Thu,  Feb 02 2012 05:52:02 PM +200</pubDate>
<category domain='http://www.staffettaonline.com/staffetta_news/home.aspx'>News | Energy Policy and Tariffs</category>
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<title><![CDATA[Eni, fixed-rate bond issue ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Eni has given a mandate to Credit Agricole CIB, HSBC, J.P. Morgan, MPS Capital Services and UniCredit to organize an eight-year fixed rate bond issue for a reported billion euros. The bond will be listed on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange.  Eni's rating for long term debt is A1 (outlook negative) for  ... </b></i><br /><br />
<SMALL>(Companies | 02/02/2012)</SMALL><br /><br />   ]]>
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<pubDate>Thu,  Feb 02 2012 05:51:32 PM +200</pubDate>
<category domain='http://www.staffettaonline.com/staffetta_news/home.aspx'>News | Companies</category>
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<title><![CDATA[Porto Tolle, Enel: authorization procedure goes forward ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Enel has announced that the recourse of the region of Veneto to the Council of State concerning the Porto Tolle authorization will not in any way interrupt company activities necessary for new authorizations for the conversion of the plant. Its statement adds that Enel hopes for a definitive council ... </b></i><br /><br />
<SMALL>(Electricity | 02/02/2012)</SMALL><br /><br />   ]]>
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<pubDate>Thu,  Feb 02 2012 05:50:44 PM +200</pubDate>
<category domain='http://www.staffettaonline.com/staffetta_news/home.aspx'>News | Electricity</category>
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<title><![CDATA[Eni: Iran credits not subject to embargo ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Yet another confirmation that Eni's credits with Iran will continue to be paid in oil even after the embargo begins. The payments are worth about $1.4-1.5bn, Leonardo Bellodi, executive vice president for international and government affairs told journalists on the sidelines of a parliamentary heari ... </b></i><br /><br />
<SMALL>(Companies | 02/02/2012)</SMALL><br /><br />   ]]>
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<pubDate>Thu,  Feb 02 2012 05:48:01 PM +200</pubDate>
<category domain='http://www.staffettaonline.com/staffetta_news/home.aspx'>News | Companies</category>
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<title><![CDATA[Sorgent.e, Chile hydroelectric plant inaugurated]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Sorgent.e has announced that in Mariposas in Chile its second hydroelectric plant has been inaugurated, with the presence of Daniele Boscolo Meneguolo, Ceo of the Padua company, as well as Chilean energy minister Rodrigo Alvarez and Italy's ambassador, Vincenzo Palladino.<br />The 6.5 MW plant cost  ... </b></i><br /><br />
<SMALL>(Electricity | 02/02/2012)</SMALL><br /><br />   ]]>
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<pubDate>Thu,  Feb 02 2012 05:47:38 PM +200</pubDate>
<category domain='http://www.staffettaonline.com/staffetta_news/home.aspx'>News | Electricity</category>
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<title><![CDATA[Falck R, ok for wind farm in Scotland]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Falck Renewables has been authorized to go forward with its West Browncastle wind farm in Scotland. The farm will have 12 turbines for an installed power of 30 MW and will be completed in 2013. Falck R also signed two joint venture agreements for rooftop projects in Italy with renewable energy compa ... </b></i><br /><br />
<SMALL>(Renewables and Conservation | 02/02/2012)</SMALL><br /><br />   ]]>
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<pubDate>Thu,  Feb 02 2012 05:47:01 PM +200</pubDate>
<category domain='http://www.staffettaonline.com/staffetta_news/home.aspx'>News | Renewables and Conservation</category>
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<title><![CDATA[Eni, change of management Altergaz]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Altergaz, a French natural gas company controlled by Eni, has announced that on Jan. 13 the board accepted the resignation of Mauro Rinaudo and Alberto Pedrazzini as directors, and that their places have been taken by Mauro Fanfoni and Angelo Zaccari. The board also decided to separate the functions ... </b></i><br /><br />
<SMALL>(Companies | 02/02/2012)</SMALL><br /><br />   ]]>
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<pubDate>Thu,  Feb 02 2012 05:42:27 PM +200</pubDate>
<category domain='http://www.staffettaonline.com/staffetta_news/home.aspx'>News | Companies</category>
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<title><![CDATA[Staffetta News N. 5]]></title>
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<SMALL>(PDF Editions | 02/02/2012)</SMALL><br /><br />   ]]>
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<pubDate>Thu,  Feb 02 2012 06:10:31 PM +200</pubDate>
<category domain='http://www.staffettaonline.com/staffetta_news/home.aspx'>News | PDF Editions</category>
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