Monday, Jan 13, 2014 Gazprom Neft, operator of the Badra oilfield, Iraq, has reported the successful completion of well-testing at its BD4 appraisal well at the end of December, 2013. Potential production capacity was tested through the ...
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PD&MS Energy has secured a major engineering contract with BP – its third agreement with the global oil and gas operator in less than a year. The three-year contract will see the Aberdeen-based business provide platform engineering ...
A lot of attention and speculation has been brewing on GT Advanced Technologies' (GTAT) sapphire screens replacing Corning's (GLW) Gorilla Glass in the iPhone 6. Sapphire is one of the hardest materials on earth and is basically scratch ...
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On Monday, the CME Group's corn, soybean and wheat markets are expected to start mostly higher. The early calls for the commodities on Monday, January 13, 2014, are mostly higher. Corn is seen opening 1 to 2 cents higher, soybeans 5 to 7 ...
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After a mild opening, the CME Group soybean market has jumped double-digits Monday. At mid-session, the March corn futures contract is trading 1 1/4 cents higher at $4.34. The March soybean futures contract is trading 15 cents higher at ...
YRC Worldwide's truck drivers and other employees, represented by Teamsters Union, have rejected a proposal to extend the current labour contract to 2019. Members voted over the past several weeks and ballots were counted Thursday. The ...
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A molecule nobody thought to explore may unlock a potential therapeutic target for a debilitating connective tissue disorder, according to Western-led research. Western professor Dr. David O'Gorman and PhD student Christina Raykha have ...
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YRC Freight Teamsters at YRC Worldwide Inc. rejected a contract extension that the company said was crucial to refinancing its debt and ensuring long-term stability. The union announced the results of the vote late Jan. 9. A total of ...
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Although the trade was expecting a slight increase, USDA's January supply and demand report (WASDE) trimmed the size of the 2013 corn crop by 64 million bushels to 13.925 billion. They increased the number of acres harvested by 0.5 million, ...
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Both slaughter steer prices and beef carcass cutout values set new record highs this week. Through Thursday, the 5-area average price for slaughter steers sold on a live weight basis was $139.54/cwt, up $2.08 from a week ago and up $13.18 ...
Soybeans were mixed ahead of Friday's USDA numbers. USDA's expected to report a big crop Friday, but that may be moderated by an increase in their export estimate, with the reports out at Noon Eastern/11 AM Central. China bought more U.S. ...
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French dairy major Danone has commenced legal proceedings against New Zealand-based dairy co-operative Fonterra over losses from the recent whey protein concentrate (WPC80) contamination scare. The company has initiated proceedings in the ...
Gulf Keystone, a leading independent E&P operator in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, today provides an operational and corporate update. Significant progress has been made since the Field Development Plan ("FDP") for the Shaikan field was ...
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Haugesund, Norway – January 9, 2014 – DeepOcean AS, a subsidiary of DeepOcean Group Holding BV, today announces that company has been awarded the contract for inspection of the Nord Stream gas export pipelines in the Baltic Sea ...
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Activity Date: January 10th ~ January 31st (GMT+8:00) Happy New Year! Thank you for joining in our activity. Good luck for you to win a wonderful new year gift during the lucky draw! We will update the previous quiz answer every ...
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