Energy news from elsewhere:
- Russia and US agree to start new nuclear-arms treaty talks (Bloomberg)
- The EU’s greenhouse gas emissions fall by 6 per cent (WSJ)
- French energy executive charged with spying on Greenpeace (Guardian)
- BP cuts 620 jobs from its solar business (Reuters)
- Iran, Syria got indirect US nuclear aid (WSJ)
- Cnooc to spend $6.5bn on oil refinery expansion (Bloomberg)
- Total sells Canadian oil sands stake to Sinopec (Reuters)
- Areva to start operations at 8 new factories in India (WSJ)
