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France’s President Emmanuel Macron’s Plan to Transform Europe

EnergiesNet — Tue, 14 May 2024 14:15:26 +0000

William Horobin, Bloomberg News VERSAILLES, FranceEnergiesNet.com 05 14 2024 Following is a transcript of French President Emmanuel Macron’s interview with Bloomberg Editor-in-Chief John Micklethwait. John Micklethwait: President Macron, thank you for talking to Bloomberg. We’re here at your annual Choose France conference for foreign investors. And as long as I’ve known you, you have always wanted …

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Latam Brief: Lula and Macron, sitting in a tree

EnergiesNet — Fri, 29 Mar 2024 18:47:23 +0000

Latin America Daily Briefing French President Emmanuel Macron’s three-day trip to Brazil this week was fruitful. Macron and his host, Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, announced a $1.1 billion public-private investment program to protect the Brazilian and Guyanese Amazon rainforest. They signed a series of cooperation agreements that aim to underscore warm relations …

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Macron says EU-Mercosur proposal is ‘very bad deal’ on visit to Brazil

EnergiesNet — Thu, 28 Mar 2024 08:32:41 +0000

Sarah Morland, Reuters MEXICO CITY/SAO PAULO EnergiesNet.com 03 28 2024 French President Emmanuel Macron said on Wednesday during his visit to Brazil that a potential agreement between the European Union and the South American Mercosur trade bloc as it stands is a “very bad deal” and more climate commitments are needed. “As it is negotiated …

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Venezuela, France’s M&P Sign Chevron-Style Deal for Oil – Bloomberg

EnergiesNet — Thu, 09 Nov 2023 08:47:06 +0000

Fabiola Zerpa and Nicolle Yapur, Bloomberg News CARACAS Energiesnet.com 11 09 2023 Venezuela signed a contract with Etablissements Maurel & Prom SA that will allow the French driller to triple production following the easing of US oil sanctions, according to people with knowledge of the situation. The contract between the Paris-based company and state-owned Petróleos …

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France Rejects Extension of Exceptional Tax on Refineries – Bloomberg

EnergiesNet — Sun, 22 Oct 2023 09:29:54 +0000

William Horobin, Bloomberg News PARIS EnergiesNet.com 10 19 2023 The French government opted not to extend a windfall tax on the profits of oil refiners into next year, a Finance Ministry official said. Lawmakers at the National Assembly’s finance committee had proposed amendments to the 2024 budget bill to extend levies to help fund relief …

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France’s EDF to withdraw from solar project in Colombia – Reuters

EnergiesNet — Fri, 06 Oct 2023 08:14:54 +0000

Reporting by Nelson Bocanegra, Reuters BOGOTA EnergiesNet 10 06 2023 French energy company EDF Renewables on Thursday said it will withdraw from a solar energy project in central Colombia due to delays in permits, as well as regulatory and tax changes. The announcement represents the latest setback for Colombia’s energy transition, where many renewable projects …

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France, Brazil and Colombia Seek to Break Venezuela Deadlock – Bloomberg

EnergiesNet — Tue, 18 Jul 2023 10:48:57 +0000

Patricia Laya, Bloomberg News CARACAS Energiesnet.com 07 18 2023 The presidents of France, Colombia, Brazil and Argentina met with Venezuelan government and opposition negotiators on Monday, in a bid to find a way out of the nation’s political impasse. The meeting took place on the sidelines of a summit in Brussels in the hopes of …

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Anger Against Macron Spills Onto Streets of Paris on May Day – Bloomberg

EnergiesNet — Tue, 02 May 2023 08:49:02 +0000

Albertina Torsoli, Ania Nussbaum and Samy Adghirni, Bloomberg News PARIS EnergiesNet.com 05 02 2023 Anger over President Emmanuel Macron’s pension reform spilled into the streets of Paris as more than half a million people marched across France to challenge a law raising the retirement age. The May Day protest marks a rare event since World …

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TotalEnergies to Boost Returns on Sale of Canadian Oil Sands – Bloomberg

EnergiesNet — Mon, 01 May 2023 10:09:58 +0000

Francois de Beaupuy, Bloomberg News PARIS EnergiesNet.com 04 27 2023 TotalEnergies SE reported a smaller-than-expected decline in first-quarter profit and offered more generous shareholder returns after announcing the sale of its carbon-intensive Canadian oil sands business to Suncor Energy Inc. The French company kicks off a Big Oil earnings season that’s expected to deliver sizable cash …

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EDF, Billionaire Break Ground on Biomass Plant in Colombia – Bloomberg

EnergiesNet — Thu, 30 Mar 2023 21:59:46 +0000

Andrea Jaramillo, Bloomberg News BOGOTA EnergiesNet.com 03 29 2023 France’s largest electric company and a Colombian-American billionaire are pushing ahead with a biomass project in Colombia as the country’s leadership moves to boost power from newer energy sources. A company backed by Alejandro Santo Domingo, a member of Colombia’s richest family, and Electricite de France SA broke …

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France’s Strikes Hit Oil Refineries, Rippling Across Crude Markets – Bloomberg

EnergiesNet — Thu, 23 Mar 2023 21:58:07 +0000

Bill Lehane and Sharon Cho, Bloomberg News LONDON/SINGAPORE Energiesnet.com 03 23 2023 Labor strikes in the French refining sector are causing ripple effects across the global oil market as the resulting lost demand adds to weakness caused by turmoil in the banking sector. More than half a million barrels a day of oil processing capacity …

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French Energy-Sector Union Calls for Open-Ended Pension Strikes – Bloomberg

EnergiesNet — Mon, 20 Mar 2023 17:23:08 +0000

James Regan, Bloomberg News PARIS EnergiesNet.com 03 20 2023 France’s FNME-CGT union called on workers in the electricity, gas and broader energy sector to pursue open-ended strikes to protest President Emmanuel Macron’s reform of the pension system. Labor representatives urged strikers to gather at strategic sites, including the country’s four liquefied natural gas terminals and 13 …

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