Nuno Matias to lead new Portuguese energy and geology agency

Portugal's Environment and Energy Ministry has approved the installation committee for the new Agency for Geology and Energy (AGE), to be chaired by Nuno Matias with Antonieta Loureiro as vice-chair. The agency, created by decree-law in February, merges the DGEG, LNEG, EDM and EDMI, and abolishes ADENE, with full integration to run until June 2027. Separately, ENSE is being restructured into the Entidade Gestora de Reservas Estratégicas de Portugal. The ministry also named Alexandre Santos as acting director-general of DGEG, replacing Paulo Carmona, who left to head Infraestruturas de Portugal.