The government of Neuquen, a southwestern province of Argentina, said Monday it has approved ExxonMobil's investment plan for developing shale resources in the Bajo el Choique and La Invernada blocks. The company will work with Gas y ...
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Sanctions on Iran's oil and gas sector could be lifted in the first week of January, according to Amir Hossein Zamaninia, Iran's deputy oil minister for international affairs Saturday, as the country seeks an agreement with OPEC to ...
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Iran unveiled its hotly anticipated new petroleum contracts to dozens of international oil companies in Tehran Saturday, and the first set of new tenders could be released by late January, a senior Iranian oil official said. The two-day ...
Tags: Oil, LNG, Iran Petroleum
Crude oil is flowing through the Kurdish-controlled Iraq-Turkey pipeline at 650,000-700,000 b/d and the line's pumping capacity will be lifted to 1 million b/d by 2016, the Kurdistan Regional Government's natural resources minister said ...
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Pakistan is set to regain ground in the Asian beverage-grade ethanol market amid recent surge in Brazilian ethanol -- the predominant source of grade B product currently, market sources said Tuesday. With several Pakistani sellers set to ...
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China's independent teapot refiners are showing little interest in participating in Russian M100 tenders that are set to be issued in late September or early October, market sources said Thursday. Only two 40,000 mt cargoes of Russian ...
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The Oman Oil Company (OOC) together with its subsidiary, the chemical company Oxea, has signed an agreement with the German University of Technology (GUtech) in Maskat, Oman. According to this agreement, GUtech, a private university that is ...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced a settlement with three companies affiliated with Shell Oil Company to resolve Clean Air Act violations, including selling gasoline and diesel fuel that did not conform to ...
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The market for olive oil is the fastest growing in the oil and fats market in the UK, and has the potential to appeal to those aged 55 and over due to its age-aligned benefits, according to market research organisation Canadean. Older ...
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Russia exxon mobil oil companies and the United States announced that the two sides had reached an agreement, a joint exploration and mining of the Russian arctic shelf oil and gas on August 30. This is the most important cooperation ...
Russia-based TMK, one of the world's leading oil and gas steel pipe producers, has announced that it has signed an agreement for a research and development cooperation program for 2014-2016 with Lukoil, Russia's second-largest oil company, ...
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Brazil's government is expected to announce Wednesday an increase to the volume of biodiesel mixed with diesel sold at the pump, boosting demand for the biofuel and likely lifting the flagging fortunes of local producers, officials for two ...
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ABS secures Prestigious FLNG classification contract Tuesday, May 06, 2014 ABS, a leading provider of classification and technical services to the global offshore industry, has been awarded the classification contract from PETRONAS, ...
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Ukraine has closed its anti-dumping investigation into imports of suspension PVC from the US without imposing any duties, the interagency commission for international trade said in a report published by the government's official Uriadoviy ...
Tags: Anti-Dumping, PVC, Imposing Duties
AkzoNobel has introduced the shipping industry's first digital tool that enables operators to accurately assess and predict the risk of hull fouling, depending on which routes are being traded. Developed by the company's Marine Coatings ...
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