Energy Source

Danish groups claim biofuel breakthrough (FT)

Citi sells Phibro after government pressure (FT)

ONGC may invest up to $30bn on overseas assets (WSJ)

Gold regains $1,100 level (FT)

JPMorgan said near to $1.7bn purchase of RBS sempra units (Bloomberg)

Yara agrees deal to buy Terra for $4.1bn (FT)

Lex: Yara/Terra (FT)

Delhi’s green rickshaws need a kickstart (FT)

Green bonds unlikely to catch on soon in UK, Eversheds says (Bloomberg)

Climate scientist says Himalayan report is ‘robust’ (Guardian)

Scaroni defends Eni’s rising debt load (FT)

Demand set to boost margins at Formosa (FT)

Nomura agrees to buy Nexen’s European natural gas unit (Bloomberg)

Kea Petroleum faces market after successful Aim launch (FT)

Few options for Argentina in oil dispute (FT)

India refiners fall as government defers fuel price decision (Bloomberg)

Chevron outlines refinery shake-up (FT)

Brazil opens world’s first ethanol-fired power plant (Reuters)

Indian scientist says he was misquoted on melting glaciers (Bloomberg)

Brent recovers as JAL hedges are unwound (FT)

India veers from usual compensation to oil firms (WSJ)

Fisker raises $115m to fuel electro-car plant (FT)

Chinese demand pumps up Aim newcomer (FT)

Areva and EDF spat shows nuclear tensions (FT)

Rusal ‘runs out of time’ with listing plan
Oleg Deripaska is likely to have to give up his attempt to raise $2bn (FT)

Felix shareholders approve Yanzhou’s $3.2bn offer
Investors will receive A$18 a share, including A$16.95 in cash from Yanzhou (Reuters)

Secondary issues boost junior miners
Aim-traded companies raised £234m (FT)

PetroChina to Double Production at Domestic Ventures
Output to increase to at least 15m metric tons a year by 2015 (Bloomberg)

Distributors fear rules will harm grid investment
New pricing could strangle vital investment (FT)

OPG doubles interim revenues
Pre-tax profits rose from £2m to £3.5m (FT)

Enoc fears backlash from Dragon’s tail
Shareholders decision could have big implications for Dubai (FT)

Lex: London-istan (FT)

China sets targets for 2020 carbon cuts
Plans to slash emissions per unit of economic output by 40-45% (FT)

Editorial comment: Obama goes to Copenhagen
The US president is right to attend the climate talks (FT)

India’s ONGC eyeing stake in Iran gas field
Seeking a 20-25% stake in a $7.5bn project of South Pars (Reuters)

Ghana petroleum says it had Oil deal with Kosmos before Exxon
GNPC is still in talks with Kosmos over the purchase of assets (Bloomberg)

Nuclear plant group’s safety move
Solution will ‘in principle’ meet safety, says UK regulator (FT)

Building hiatus eroded expertise
France’s nuclear watchdog warns on erosion of skills (FT)

Obama to offer cuts at Copenhagen
US set to reduce emissions by 17% from 2005 levels by 2020

China’s Wen will join Obama at Copenhagen climate talks
China and US are the biggest biggest producer of greenhouse gasses (Bloomberg)

EnCana shareholders agree on split
Canadian group to be divided into two publicly traded companies (FT)

Lower oil hurts Rosneft’s net
Russia’s number-one oil producer posted a 66% drop (WSJ)

Brookfield Renewable Power sells C$300m
Toronto-Dominion, Bank of Nova Scotia and CIBC to advise (Reuters)

How saving the planet adds up
Despite the downturn, green has remained the new black for retailers (FT)

Buildings are key to tackling emissions
Good news is that greening buildings are not rocket science (FT)

UK chemicals sector bids for support
Sector has suffered a wave of plant closure (FT)

English winemaker toasts climate change
This year has produced another bountiful harvest (FT)

Shell says $80 oil will halt debt rise
Oil group signalled that the steep rise in its debts is ending (FT)

Sinopec, TPG said to have weighed LyondellBasell bid
Move to challenge Reliance’s $10-12bn offer (Bloomberg)

Carbon will mature as inflation hedge
Green credit will replace oil and gold (Reuters)

Australians strike carbon deal
Hopes of playing a lead role at Copenhagen summit boosted (FT)

Canberra faces legal challenge on carbon scheme
Power groups to act if compensations won’t rise (FT)

Tories admit no new cash for green Isa
The shadow chancellor has not yet committed any new funding (FT)

China farmers face climate woes, says McKinsey (FT)
Tens of millions could face dramatic losses of income

EU competition officials raid CEZ offices
Czech energy utility suspected to have push up electricity prices (FT)

California unveils draft cap-and-trade rules
Effort to use the market to address global warming (Reuters)

Nuclear to add £40 to bills, says EDF
Move to persuade the private sector to build new stations (FT)

E-mail tirade boosts climate sceptics’ cause
Climate change deniers seize chance (FT)

Lex: A vitriolic climate
The debate over climate change is becoming more vitriolic by the week (FT)

Oil majors race to seal deals in Nigeria
Firms want to beat possible law what would raise tax (WSJ)

Lex: Reliance Industries / LyondellBasell
The move makes a lot of sense for the Indian giant (FT)

Heritage Oil backs out of talks with Genel
$6bn merger deal called off (FT)

Reliance to offer about $10bn for Lyondell
Scale of the bid highlights the growing confidence of Indian groups (FT)

Shell in talks to by 10% of Essar Oil
At current market prices, the stake would be worth $364m (Reuters)

Europe looks to lead green revolution
Future of manufacturing to revolve around green products (FT)

Lex: Fight to be eco top dog hots up
General Electric, Siemens and Philips have long been rivals (FT)

China Longyuan said to seek up to $2.3bn in IPO
China’s biggest wind power producer to sell 2.14bn shares (Bloomberg)

Business coalition calls for firm CO2 treaty
No action without a clear regulatory framework (FT)

Heritage to sell Ugandan fields to Eni
Deal worth about $1.3bn (FT)

Lex: Commodity prices
In spite of analysts’ buy calls, oil, copper and cotton price halved (FT)

CNPC, Sudan sign oil refining agreement
China’s largest oil company to expand a refinery in Khartoum and swap assets (Bloomberg)

CIC buys 20% stake in solar operator
Chinese group bought GCL-Poly Energ for $705 (FT)

Russia’s Putin says Ukraine gas deals ensure supplies
Neighbours on freindlier terms (Reuters)

Statoil says US drops bribery probe into Iran case
Horton case brought down previous Statoil executives (Reuters)

New California rules to make TVs greener
State sets US first energy-efficiency standard for TVs (WSJ)

Regal’s fine puts focus on Aim regulation
Spotlight on to London’s junior stock market (FT)