Germany, the UK and Poland have the dirtiest coal plants in the EU, where the share of coal in power generation is currently around 25%. The IEA says EU coal-fired generation needs to be below 4% by 2035 to combat climate change. Germany exported a record amount of power in 2013 as it generated more electricity with cheap coal. “Germany and the UK are the self-declared climate champions of the EU,” says the new report. “However, Germany uses more coal to generate electricity than any other EU country, while the UK comes third in absolute coal consumption for power after Poland.” [The Guardian]

Abu Dhabi’s recent onshore oil field bid round attracted several international majors, but ExxonMobil – a partner in the original ADCO concession – did not bid. BP, Shell and Total placed bids and “Others competing for the new deal include, US player Occidental Petroleum, Italy’s ENI , China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC), Norway’s Statoil, Japan’s Inpex and Korea’s National Oil Corporation, Reuters reported, quoting anonymous sources.” [Upstream]