Hercules Offshore (NASDAQ: HERO) announced that it has entered into an agreement with a wholly-owned subsidiary of Perisai Petroleum Teknologi Bhd ("Perisai") to act as operations and maintenance manager of the Perisai Pacific 101 and ...
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New Zealand Energy Corp. (TSX VENTURE:NZ)(OTCQX:NZERF) ("NZEC" or the "Company") today announced that it has received approval from New Zealand Petroleum & Minerals ("NZPAM") to extend the Alton Permit (Petroleum Exploration Permit 51151) ...
Three of the five transportation modes carried more US-NAFTA trade in August 2013 than in August 2012 as the value of overall US trade with its North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) partners, Canada and Mexico, rose 2.0 percent from ...
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China National Petroleum Corporation has brought the final branch line of its Lanzhou-Zhengzhou-Changsha oil products pipeline on stream, transporting 150,000 cubic meters of diesel (equivalent to around 126,000 mt for zero-pour gasoil) ...
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Rimera Group, a services division of Russian steel pipe producer ChTPZ, has announced that its shipments to CIS customers were up by more than 30 percent year on year in the first nine months of the current year. During this time, the ...
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A Russian business delegation went on a fact-finding tour to Vietnam's central Binh Dinh province late last week to have a better look at the Nhon Hoi Oil Refinery Complex, which will be built in the locality, state-run Vietnam News Agency ...
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In a panel discussion on fuel surcharges at the CITT's National Conference on Supply Chain & Logistics today, Lou Smyrlis, editorial director of Truck News, asked shippers, carriers, and oil industry experts to weigh in on the discussion ...
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Chinese bunker supplier Sinopec Zhejiang Zhoushan Petroleum, or Sinopec Zhoushan, aims to start supplying low sulfur bunker fuel with no more than 1% sulfur content in East China, such as Shanghai and Zhoushan, in the first quarter of 2014, ...
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The National Energy Administration announced new guidelines for shale gas on Wednesday that aim to increase output of the fuel and thus improve China's energy security. The NEA's guidelines encourage local governments to subsidize shale ...
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The Gulf Petrochemicals and Chemicals Association (GPCA) is all set to host its 8th Annual GPCA Forum, scheduled to be held from November 19 to 21, 2013, in the city of Dubai in United Arab Emirates (UAE). According to GPCA, the 8th ...
U.S. crude-oil futures dropped to a four-month low Wednesday after government data showed inventories rose more than expected last week. The Energy Information Administration said crude oil stocks rose by 4.1 million barrels, compared ...
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Oil giant PetroChina Company Limited on Tuesday announced a 9.6-percent increase in its net profit for the first three quarters of 2013 as the company managed to adapt to market changes. Net profit during the Jan.-Sept. period came in at ...
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Using an entire chunk of wood, such as 0.6 inch (1.6 mm) thick sheet of wood to make furniture is not feasible and economical. Such a single sheet of wood often tends to be fragile and there is a possibility that such a sheet of wood may ...
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Honeywell announced it will establish a new manufacturing campus in Zhangjiagang, China, to support growing demand in Asia for energy technology and advanced materials produced by its Performance Materials and Technologies (PMT) business. ...
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Chinese oil giants China Petroleum & Chemical (Sinopec; 600028.SHA) and PetroChina (601857.SHA) reported strong results in the third-quarter on China's new oil-pricing system, The Wall Street Journal reported. Sinopec on Tuesday posted a ...
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