*Cyprus gas could provide 40 pct of new EU needs. BRUSSELS/ NICOSIA, May 16- Cyprus could use its reserves of gas to meet up to 40 percent of Europe's additional gas needs over the next decade, helping to curb the European Union's reliance on Russia, the head of the island's national gas firm said.
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JERUSALEM, May 1- The U.S-Israeli consortium developing the Leviathan natural gas field off Israel's Mediterranean coast raised on Wednesday the field's estimated reserves to 18.9 trillion cubic feet.
CHICAGO, April 30 Fitch Ratings has affirmed the following ratings of Unit Corporation and revised the Rating Outlook to Stable from Negative:. UNT purchased 83,000 net acres in the Mid-Continent area of the U.S., plus four gas gathering systems from Noble Energy Inc. for $592.6 million.
April 29- Noble Energy Inc:. Gulf of Mexico, Africa and frontier. *The combined U.S. gom, Africa and frontier region allows the company to focus.
April 29- Noble Energy Inc:. *Global Hunter Securities raises price target by $5 to $130; rating buy. Reuters Station users, click. 1568.
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JERUSALEM, March 30- Natural gas from the Tamar field off Israel's Mediterranean shores began flowing on Saturday, the head of a partner in the field said in a statement.
*Cyprus finance minister says no deal on Russian aid yet. NICOSIA/ MOSCOW, March 20- Cyprus pleaded for a new loan from Russia on Wednesday to avert a financial meltdown, after the island's parliament rejected the terms of a bailout from the EU, raising the risk of default and a bank crash.
*Cyprus finance minister says no deal on Russian aid yet. *Austria says ECB won't fund Cyprus banks forever. NICOSIA, March 20- Cyprus's finance minister pleaded with Russia for help on Wednesday to avert a financial meltdown after the island's parliament rejected the terms of a European bailout, raising the spectre of a looming default and bank crash.
The rejection of an unprecedented levy on bank deposits, a condition of a 10 billion euro EU bailout, cast the 17- nation currency bloc into uncharted waters after Greece, Portugal, Ireland, Spain and Italy all accepted biting austerity measures over the last three years to secure European aid.
*Cyprus sitting on gas worth potentially 400 bln. NICOSIA, Feb 15- Huge untapped gas deposits almost 20,000 feet below the surface of the Levantine Sea could be a life-changer for debt-crippled Cyprus and candidates in Sunday's presidential election are rushing to reap political gains.