Reviews of offshore oil and gas exploration plans and approval of drilling permits may be delayed by mandatory across-the-board budget cuts known as a "sequester," US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management Director Tommy Beaudreau said ...
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Basque Country, Spain-based seamless stainless steel pipe producer Tubacex has announced its financial results for 2012. Net profit totaled €11.86 million in the given period, up from €3.66 million in the previous year, continuing ...
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Workers at Dead Sea Works Ltd have stepped up their campaign against the proposed sale of Israel Chemicals to Potash Corp of Saskatchewan, union officials said on Friday. Dead Sea Works committee chairman Armond Lankry said on state ...
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania-based specialty steelmaker Allegheny Technologies Incorporated reported Q4 2012 sales of $1.1 billion and net income of $10.5 million, which includes a "special charge" or $8.8 million. The special charge reflects ...
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Facebook has proposed a new model for designing servers that it says will give businesses more choice in selecting components and a smarter way to upgrade systems when needs change, though it remains to be seen how widely its method will be ...
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Crude oil production by Norway, the world's eighth largest exporter, is expected to fall 4% in 2013 to 1.47 million b/d, from 1.53 million b/d in 2012, the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate said on Friday. The NPD also said it expected gas ...
France-based pipe manufacturer Vallourec has announced that it has renewed its main frame agreement with Brazilian national oil company Petrobras. Accordingly, Vallourec's Brazilian subsidiary V & M do BRASIL and Petrobras have signed a ...
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Reuters reported that Lebanon ill seewk bids from February 1st from companies wanting to pre qualify for oil and gas exploration drilling in its Mediterranean waters and has set a May 2nd date for formal applications. Seismic surveys ...
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Cloud computing will move supercomputers out of the research labs and into c, it was claimed this week. Dial-up supercomputing services are making it possible for smaller companies to analyse vast quantities of data, run engineering ...
Global oil and gas transactions have suffered a modest decline in both deal count and total value in the H1 of 2012. According to Mergers and Acquisitions in the Oil and Gas Industry, however, increasing merger & acquisition interest by ...
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Rolls Royce, the global power systems company announced an order worth more than GBP 100 million to supply integrated power and propulsion systems for seven offshore drilling vessels in Brazil. The ships will be built at the ...
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Birmingham Business Journal reported that Energen Corp announced that Ms Frances Powell Hawes will join the company’s board of directors. Ms Powell Hawes is chief financial officer of New Process Steel in Houston, and her ...
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Rolls-Royce secures £100 million contract with Atlantico Sul to equip seven drill ships for Petrobras Thursday, Dec 13, 2012 Rolls-Royce, the global power systems company, today announced an order worth more than £100 million ...
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Economy (i) GDP Through rough calculation, the GDP of Hainan province in 2005 is 90.36 billion RMB. Converted by the present rate of exchange, the GDP per capita of Hainan is about 1,357 US dollar. Sketch Map on GDP Growth Rate of ...
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Reuters reported that Brazil's Vale SA is in no rush to sell its stake in Norwegian aluminum group Norsk Hydro ASA. Mr Murilo Ferreira CEO of Vale said that the company which is scaling back investments and focusing more on core iron ore ...
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