Legislative changes for local and regional energy security (Varinia Radu, CMS România)
VARINIA RADU Partner CMS, Head of Oil&Gas in Central and Eastern Europe Romania has the largest reserves of natural gas…
Experts advocate for a systematic geologic research of the Romanian unconventional resources
Romania has a quite large inventory of unconventional continuous plays in the Paleozoic, Mesozoic, and Cenozoic periods mainly in the…
First commercial announcement from the Black Sea – end of 2017, at best, first gas in 2019
At least 5 promising discoveries have been made in recent years at the Black Sea, starting from 2008, still no…
US natural gas market suggests a spectacular comeback of prices (Mihai Nichişoiu, Tradeville)
Mihai Nichisoiu – Senior Broker Tradeville Apparently, not much is happening. In the US, the natural gas quotes in the…
Results of an one year technocrat mandate at the ministry of Energy
Certainly, one of the most important achievements of Victor Grigorescu’s portfolio as a minister remains the completion of the energy…
The Financial Intelligencer: Attack on Rompetrol and foreign capital
Romania’s major energy company Rompetrol was on the verge of sale to a Chinese company when the country’s investigative agency,…
Decline in Romania’s attractiveness for investment in renewable energy projects (study by EY)
The European countries regain the ground they lost at the begining of the year in the ranking of investment attractiveness…
Energy storage technology delivers grid-scale benefits (an analysis by Cyrille Brisson, Eaton)
The global energy market is undergoing a low-carbon transformation, with grid-scale battery-based technologies providing reliable alternatives to traditional peaking power…
Energy companies disappointed stock exchange investors; no growth prospects for the moment (analysis by Tradeville)
Local producers have further marked falls in revenues and profitability, failing to capitalize on the opportunities in international markets, where…
On gas boilers market, over a third of purchases are replacements (Ariston Thermo study)
A lot of families who choose to install a gas boiler for heating make this decision because they want independence…
Energy pole moves to Asia (Oil and Energy Investor)
Even if WTI (West Texas Intermediate, set in New York) and Dated Brent (set in London) may offer the impression…
Romanian courts decide in favor of the oil operators
Varinia Radu – Partner CMS România Ramona Dulamea – Senior Associate CMS România Daniela Popescu – Senior Associate CMS România In…
The most profitable employees in the state-own energy companies
Over 60,000 employees work in energy companies subordinated to the Government. Almost half of these companies ended 2014 with losses,…
The household energy market in Romania is in a process of liberalization. Or is it not?
UPDATE 28 MARCH: Following the publication of the analysis below, NAER issued a document to energynomics.ro editors to further specify the…
7 causes for non-applicable Gas Network Code (an analysis by Dumitru Chisăliţă)
This article appeared on the author’s personal website. The Gas Network Code is planned as a set of rules able…
In Romania, the turbinated water tax is 300 times higher than in France
Andrei Covatariu This analysis focuses on the tax applied to the water used by hydroelectric power plants in Romania. This…
Cards on the table
On paper, Romania has electricity production capacities of over 22 thousand MW. For many years, no more than 10 thousand…
Investors in centralized heating services sector are discouraged by the legislative framework
The public heating services sector is frequently a hot topic in Romania. There are constant talks about the financial difficulties…
Producers require urgent measures to save the renewable industry
Renewable energy producers are in a state of clinical death. The personal experience of most of us, who work in…
About the new national energy strategy
Bright absentee, the new energy strategy of Romania appears to be a long-awaited document. Energy companies, academics and industry experts,…
Romania is the heaven of devaluated energy assets (energynomics.ro Magazine)
Fondul Proprietatea is “the cheapest fund in the world”, said Mark Mobius, executive chairman of Templeton Emerging Markets Group, in…