New delays threaten investments estimated at USD 22.3 billion
Offshore Law approaches adoption in Parliament. Streamlining the clearance process for the energy projects at the Black Sea would blaze…
Change of paradigm on the natural gas market in the region
The Romanian oil and gas industry is enthusiastically living the dawn of a new era – the commercial exploitation of…
Preventing imbalances on the gas market
A few days of freezing weather have uncovered the lack of flexibility in the national natural gas system and have…
The Tarniţa project – a synthesis of administrative inability
The Tarnița project dates back to the 1930s and was rewritten according to the technologies from the middle of the…
Industrial networks of energy were the first target for cyberattacks in H2, 2017
The most cyber-attacks targeted energy organizations and engineering & ICS integration networks in the second half of 2017, shows a…
Natural gas trading obligations on centralized markets in Europe (a Deloitte analysis)
Romania is one of the three European states with obligations related to centralized trade of natural gas. In Europe, the…
Fighting energy poverty through integrated upgrading of public buildings (analysis by Andrei Ceclan)
Andrei Ceclan, Doctor Engineer, Technical University of Cluj-Napoca We use energy in buildings for conditioning the indoor microclimate in such…
Three Energy Policy Priorities for Romania in 2019 (proposals by Energy Policy Group and CEPS)
Authors: Radu Dudău and Christian Egenhofer Three line of energy policy stand out as particularly suitable to be promoted by…
The new royalties’ framework in the Romanian O&G Upstream
The Economy Ministry published in October the draft law for mineral, petroleum, and hydro-mineral resources. The document includes a much…
Issues of major importance for the future of the Romanian energy industry
The rethinking of the regulatory framework in the entire energy and mineral resources field is in process of redefinition, with…
The shares of the energy companies – between unprecedented growths and political decisions
The most consistent advance of quotations for the energy titles listed at the Bucharest Stock Exchange has been recorded this…
The Chinese model for developing a low-carbon industry
Aida Szilagyi, president of the National Center for Sustainable Production and Consumption Alex Petrovici, Director of the Cities Association in…
Hungary – its “perfect” play on the gas market (analysis by Dumitru Chisăliţă)
Dumitru Chisăliţă The construction of monofilar national transport systems is no longer an option to develop the national transport systems…
The Oil Market’s Fall Upswing (analysis by Radu Dudău)
Radu Dudău, EPG Director Early September saw the beginning of a significant price increase for Brent, the international crude oil benchmark,…
An analysis of the evolution of electricity prices in January 2017
AUTHOR: VICTOR GRIGORESCU, RADU DUDAU, LUCIAN INDRIES The accelerated growth of electricity prices on the OPCOM electricity exchange in January…
Stop blaming the DAM! 5 facts suggesting that electricity prices rise for other reasons
The dysfunctionalities of the electricity market were called into question to explain the market price increases in the Day Ahead…
Aristotel Jude defends the key provisions in the GEO 64/2016
The Committee for Industries and Services has finalized the Report on the DRAFT of Law on the approval of Government…
The global oil market in 2017: contango or backwardation? (analysis by Radu Dudău)
Radu Dudău, EPG Director More than four months after the November 30, 2016 deal between OPEC and eleven non-OPEC producers to…
Legislative and regulatory challenges in the energy sector
Although we have listed here only a small part of the challenges faced by the energy industry, a common denominator…
The program for electric vehicle charging infrastructure development
The money is enough, more flexibility is needed Romanian authorities initiated an ambitious plan to support the development of the…