Saudi Arabia's oil minister told fellow OPEC members they must combat the U.S. shale oil boom, arguing against cutting crude output in order to depress prices and undermine the profitability of North American producers.Ali al-Naimi won the argument at Thursday's meeting…
Sweden's Vattenfall will drop plans to build new nuclear reactors because a new government, which includes the Green Party, doesn't support them, the company said on Friday.The previous centre-right government overturned a policy of phasing out nuclear power…
Electrabel temporarily closed a nuclear reactor on Sunday after an electrical fire, Belgium's electricity transmission system operator said, leaving only three of the Belgian firm's seven nuclear plants in action.Electrabel, part of France's GDF Suez…
Total and Rosneft signed a Term Sheet that envisages the main terms and conditions of the purchase of 16.67% share in a refinery located in Schwedt, Germany (PCK Raffinerie GmbH). The document was signed in Sochi by the Head of Rosneft Igor…
Petrobras is now the world’s 12th largest oil and gas company, according to the 2014 edition of the Petroleum Intelligence Weekly (PIW) ranking, published by the Energy Intelligence Group. This annual ranking lists the 50 largest companies in the sector…
The Gazprom Board of Directors took notice of the information about the results of monitoring shale gas industries evolution around the world.It was stressed that the key trends of the global shale gas industry in 2013–2014 were the declined…
One of a series of management improvement measures adopted by Petrobras in the last two years, the Logistics Infrastructure Optimization Program (Infralog) should generate approximately R$1.8 billion (US$719 million) in savings for the company…
BIMCO has today launched the Bunker Non-Lien Clause, aimed at reducing bunker suppliers’ reliance on ship arrest as a means of resolving claims for bunkers ordered but not paid for by time charterers, often due to bankruptcy.If a time…
Van Oord has reached agreement on the acquisition of the activities of Ballast Nedam Offshore. The acquisition consists of the assets of Ballast Nedam Offshore, the dedicated EPCI staff (Engineering, Procurement, Contracting and Installation)…
Electrical equipment maker Schneider Electric could cut over 130 jobs in France as it restructures its production of prefabricated power substations and shrinks the segment's staff by a third, a company spokesman told Reuters.Talks with…
China will raise consumption tax on oil products from Saturday, the Ministry of Finance said on Friday.Consumption tax on gasoline, naphtha and lubricants will be raised by 0.12 yuan ($0.0195) per litre, while consumption tax on diesel…
Kenya Power plans to spend 8.7 billion shillings ($96.6 million) on new power distribution stations to improve electricity supply aimed at curbing chronic power shortages that companies say have discouraged investments.Kenya Power, the country's main electricity transmission company…
Russia's rouble and shares hit new lows on Friday as oil prices collapsed after OPEC decided to leave its output unchanged despite heavy oversupply.At 1000 GMT, the rouble was around 2.2 percent below the previous close at 49.72 roubles per dollar…
Rolls-Royce has won a £12 million order to provide design, integrated power and propulsion systems and equipment for a highly advanced multipurpose service vessel for the Norwegian ship owner Myklebusthaug Management to be built at the Beşiktaş Shipyard in Turkey…
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) has completed development of the 'Sayaringo STaGE,' a next-generation LNG (liquefied natural gas) carrier. The Sayaringo STaGE was developed as a successor to the 'Sayaendo1,' the company's highly acclaimed…
