Sales in Europe's decorative paints market have been sluggish this year and are likely to show an even slower pace of growth in 2012. Meanwhile in the Gulf area of the Middle East—close to Europe's doorstep—the decorative ...
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The Board of EITI (Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative) has declared Iraq to be ‘Compliant’ with the EITI Standard. There are now 18 countries that are ‘EITI Compliant’. EITI compliance means that the ...
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Mr Gurbanguly Berdimuhammadov president of Turkmenistan said that the country has all the prerequisites to increase the volume of gas production and exports in the coming years. Mr Berdimuhammadov said that "The presence of the richest ...
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RIA Novosti reported that Russian British oil JV TNK-BP has won a tender to buy one of Russia’s last three major unexploited Soviet era oilfields in a deal likely to benefit oil giant Rosneft. The Federal Subsoil Agency said that ...
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Mr John Dizard said that it is profitable to explore and produce gas in Ukraine now. Gas is cheaper in America and to get sizeable returns companies search for more cost effective deals elsewhere. The Ukrainian gas prices are high enough to ...
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MNA reported that Iran and Pakistan gas pipeline will be completed on schedule in 2014 despite the US pressures to head off the project. Mr Mahmoud Ahmadinejad president of Iran remarks vowing completion of a multi billion dollar gas ...
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MNA reported that the Iranian Offshore Oil Company has managed to boost output at oilfields to a great extent. Mr Mahmoud Zirakchianzadeh MD of IOOC said that output at the Siri and the Salman regions have been increased by 25% and 50% ...
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Gulf oil heavyweights and other hydrocarbon producers in the Middle East and North Africa have around 88 trillion cubic meters of proven natural gas deposits which can last more than 30 years at current production growth rates. While the ...
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(i)GDP In 2005, The GDP of Hebei province reached 1,009.61 billion yuan, of which the primary, secondary and tertiary industries were RMB 150.31 billion yuan,RMB 523.25 billion yuan and RMB 336.05 billion yuan respectively and per capita ...
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The Sultanate has made unprecedented progress in developing tight and acid gases as it dug the deepest well in the Middle East region more than 7 kilometers deep in a bid to look for the non traditional gas resources. An official at the ...
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A contract for the construction of a major gas pipeline that will supply natural gas from central Oman to a new industrial and maritime hub under development at Duqm is due to be awarded by the end of 2013. Oman Gas Company, the state ...
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Bahrain is to step up efforts to conserve its strategic oil and gas reserves and upgrade facilities. His Royal Highness Prime Minister Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa urged viable initiatives to preserve stocks. Chairing a work ...
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MNA reported that Iran has started drilling the first exploratory well at the Afshar-1 gas field, which is shared with Turkmenistan. The Iranian section of the gas field measures around 9 square kilometers in area, equaling half the total ...
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RIA Novosti reported that Russian gas monopoly Gazprom is restarting gas supply talks with China as a high level Chinese delegation led by Prime Minister Mr Wen Jiabao arrives in Russia to discuss bilateral economic cooperation. Talks ...
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UK gas giant BG Group is still looking to develop a third production train at its Queensland Curtis LNG project in eastern Australia, although the timing of the expansion is uncertain, according to a senior company executive. Martin ...
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