Review of International Energy News

◆International oil prices plummeted on Sept. 19 due to the relief of worrying about the oil supply influenced by Syria’s tense situation.

◆Ivory Coast predicts its crude oil’s total production this year will decrease 12.5% compared to last year’s.

◆India’s Directorate General Of Hydrocarbons (DGH) announced on Sept. 15 that the government probably will auction six areas of shale gas this year.

◆The engineers of Stanford University have designed a novel way to generate electricity when disposing sewage by microbes

Review of Domestic Energy News

◆The 2013-2020 Development Planning of China Southern Power Grid, the first domestic grid planning on the period of the 13th five year, has been released.

◆The Ministry of Environmental Protection released on Sept. 17 the urban air qualities in August of 74 cities.

◆To speed up the shale gas exploration of Qianjiang area, Chongqing Energy Investment Group (CQEIG) has signed a memorandum of understanding with America Natural Resources Group on development and cooperation on shale gas.

◆Ma Xingrui, the director of China Atomic Energy Authority, said on the conference of International Atomic Energy Agency in Vienna that China has determined the goal of the total nuclear power installed capacity of 58 million kW in 2020.