Le Maire plays down Iran hopes
Industry
Most French companies will find it impossible to continue doing business in Iran after the US imposes sanctions, France’s Finance
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EIB poised to reject Iran finance deal
Industry
The European Investment Bank (EIB) has rejected an EU proposal to do business in Iran to help offset US sanctions
PSA to pull out of Iran
Policy
Paris-based carmaker PSA, which owns Citroen and Peugeot, said it would pull out of two joint ventures selling its cars
China displaces Europe’s firms in Iran
Policy
As European companies retreat from Iran amid the threat of US sanctions, Chinese and Russian investment appears to be rising.
Total to buy 10% Arctic LNG stake
Industry
French oil and gas giant Total is due to buy a 10-per-cent stake in Novatek’s Arctic LNG-2 project on northern
US mulls Nord Stream sanctions: envoy
Production
Kurt Volker, the US special representative for Ukraine, says there is an ongoing debate in Washington on whether sanctions should
US threatens Nord Stream sanctions
Industry
Washington has stepped up its opposition to the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline linking Russia and Germany, saying the project
Total fears for South Pars stake
Policy
Total and other European oil giants which have invested in Iran are still formulating a response to Donald Trump’s threat
Oil giants count Iran costs
Policy
Donald Trump’s withdrawal from the nuclear deal with Iran threatens to put billions of euros worth of European trade in
EU firms flounder after Trump’s Iran move
Policy
Donald Trump’s removal of the US from the Iran nuclear deal has dismayed European allies and left existing oil and
Total’s Iran stake at risk: Tehran
Industry
French oil giant Total, the only western energy major investing in Iran, will lose its stake in the vast South
Novatek chief slams US sanctions
Policy
Russian gas extractor Novatek chief financial officer Mark Gyetvay says the latest US sanctions against Russia this month are “a
Trump’s OPEC tweet and the art of the Iran deal
Opinion
Donald Trump’s Twitter spat with the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) last week, in which the American President
Duma to ban US nuclear trade
Policy
A bill submitted to Russia’s State Duma would ban all trade between the state-owned nuclear utility Rosatom and US nuclear-power
BP hit by Russian sanctions
Policy
As global investors reeled from the announcement of new US sanctions on Russia, financial magnate Nat Rothschild was stirring up