Finland will provide $31.5m in public funding to help finance a small-scale liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal at the Hamina port, on the Finnish south-east coast, as an energy security option. The EU has approved the project.

The UK MPs have voted to legalize fracking for extraction of shale gas trapped in underground shale rocks some 1,200m below national parks to offset declining North Sea oil and gas output.

Italian energy giant Eni issued a press release on the recent meeting held in Jerusalem between its CEO, Claudio Descalzi, and the Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, and the Infrastructure, Energy and Water Minister, Yuval Steinitz.

The King of Morocco Mohammed VI arrived at Indira Gandhi international airport to participate in the 3rd India-Africa Forum Summit

Massive projects currently underway will take Bahrain towards sustainable energy security, Energy Minister Dr Abdulhussain Mirza has said.