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Oil Pushes Lower, Undeterred by Bullish Jobs Report

Dec 06, 2014

U.S. crude oil closed at its lowest since July 2009 on Friday as Brent averaged below $70 a barrel in the week for the first time since 2010, as strong U.S. employment data did little to lift the oil market's bearish mood.Both contracts…

Zamakona Yards Join Forces with GS Hydro

Dec 06, 2014

Zamakona Yards signed a collaboration agreement with finish Multinational GS Hydro. The agreement, with an initial duration of two years, will include hydraulic services in the already extensive range of services offered by the Zamakona Yards group in the Canary Islands…

Rosneft Help Find Missing Population of Reindeer

Dec 06, 2014

The scientists of Siberian Federal University with the support of Rosneft found a missing population of Evenki wild reindeer. It became possible through implementation of the “Evenki reindeer” project, realized jointly with East-Siberian…

Petrobras Executive Extends Leave Amid Investigation

Dec 05, 2014

Brazil's state-run oil company Petroleo Brasileiro SA extended a leave of absence for the head of its tanker and pipeline unit, Transpetro, for 30 more days according to a filing on Friday.Transpetro President Sergio Machado stepped down…

Norway Plans $1.4 b Boost for Statkraft

Dec 05, 2014

Norway plans to boost the financial firepower of state-owned energy group Statkraft by $1.4 billion to support its renewable power expansion at home and abroad, the company said on Friday.Statkraft is Norway's biggest power firm in terms…

Gazprom & UniCredit Sign Agreement

Dec 05, 2014

Gazprom and UniCredit Bank signed a bilateral credit agreement worth a total of EUR 390 million in Vienna yesterday.The agreement is of great historical significance both for promoting the mutually beneficial relations between the two…

Keppel Listed on Global Sustainability Indices

Dec 05, 2014

Driven by a firm commitment to continuously strengthen its environmental, social and governance (ESG) management and strategy, Keppel Corporation's sustainability efforts have gained momentum, affirmed by inclusion on several global sustainability benchmarks in recent months…

SAL Heavy Lift Handles Ichthys LNG project

Dec 05, 2014

SAL Heavy Lift GmbH, the leading Heavy Lift operator, has successfully completed a series of complex and sensitive shipments totalling more than 100,000frtts for the Ichthys LNG Project near Darwin, NT.SAL Heavy Lift was contracted by the Project’s freight forwarder SDV…

Shell to Put Teekay’s LNG Newbuilds into service

Dec 05, 2014

Subsidiaries of Teekay LNG Partners L.P. and a wholly owned company of Royal Dutch Shell plc today announced that they have entered into time-charter contracts for five newbuild LNG carriers. The vessels will operate as part of Shell's global…

Update on Timing of Wressle-1 Well Testing

Dec 05, 2014

Europa Oil & Gas (Holdings) plc, the AIM quoted oil and gas exploration and development company with a combination of producing and exploration assets in Europe informed about Egdon Resources' timing of operations to test potential hydrocarbon…

Discovery of the Pobeda Field Confirmed

Dec 05, 2014

State commission on reserves confirmed the fact of discovery of the new arctic oil and gas field Pobeda on the Kara sea shelf. The field was discovered as the result of the drilling of the northernmost well in the world – the Universitetskaya-1 well…

Norec Summons to bondholders' meetings

Dec 05, 2014

In the previous stock exchange notices where Norwegian Energy Company ASA has informed of expected impairments of Oselvar and Huntington and negative developments in production performance, including its announcement on 19 November 2014 where…

Petrobras Starts Furnaces at RNEST Refinery

Dec 04, 2014

Petroleo Brasileiro SA began operating the furnaces in the atmospheric distillation unit at its Abreu e Lima or 'RNEST' refinery near Recife, said the state-run oil company in a statement on Thursday.The furnaces began operation Wednesday…

Canada's Harper Remains Confident of Budget Balance Despite Cheap Oil

Dec 04, 2014

The sharp decline in oil prices should not prevent Canada's Conservative government from balancing its next fiscal year budget according to Prime Minister Stephen Harper.He noted that the federal government does not get direct royalties from oil companies…

Powering Ahead with Wind Assist Technologies

Dec 04, 2014

No longer an abstract ‘pie-in-the-sky’ technology, wind assist propulsion could well be a game-changer in the ‘Carbon Wars.’ Wind assist technologies have come of age for shipping companies. A panel discussion entitled “Accelerating Adoption of Double Digit Fuel Saving Technologies…

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