AFP quoted British oil giant BP saying that it had agreed to sell its stake in China's Yacheng gas field to the state owned Kuwait Foreign Petroleum Exploration Company as part of a divestment program. BP said that it has agreed the sale ...
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Harvard University researchers have developed a squishy robot that can disguise itself or change its color to stand out from its background. Those features, scientists say, could help surgeons plan complicated operations or aid search and ...
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Brazil's Rio de Janeiro state environment agency Inea plans to announce a fine to local steelmaking group Cia Siderúrgica Nacional SA for failing to comply with terms of an accord to clean up an oil spill in 2010. The agency said ...
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Chevron has proposed a deal to Brazilian prosecutors to resolve Real 40 billion ($19.17 billion) in outstanding legal actions over the Frade Field oil spill. In the proposal, discussed at a public hearing at federal prosecutors' offices ...
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Reuters reported that oil major BP will outline growth plans for its oil and gas production arm on Monday in its first strategy update since striking a series of deals aimed at getting its Russian and US operations back on track. Like all ...
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BP has appointed the current head of its US operations, Lamar McKay, to oversee the company's existing upstream oil and gas divisions, which were created in the wake of the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill, the company said Friday. McKay, ...
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The market for air/gas/water/fluid treatment and control will rise to $492 billion in 2017 based on the normal expansion of the world’s economy but also on the reaction to new regulatory developments and the creation of new industries ...
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A federal court will soon assess damages and lay blame for the massive Deepwater Horizon oil disaster that sent hundreds of millions of gallons of crude oil into the Gulf of Mexico, and that killed 11 people, back in April 2010. And BP, ...
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