Oil & Gas
August 18, 2008
British oil company BP PLC has stopped using a railway line that exports Azeri oil through Georgia following reports of damage to the line, the Associated Press reports. The closure
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August 13, 2008
Fluor Corp. says it has won several contracts valued at nearly $4 billion to modernize a BP America refinery in Indiana, the Associated Press reports. Although consumers are hurt by
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August 11, 2008
The Associated Press reports that Brazil''s state-run oil company announced a deal to buy Exxon Mobil''s fuel distribution operations in Chile, continuing its expansion across Latin American energy markets. Petroleo
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August 6, 2008
An overnight fire on a Turkish section of the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline halted the flow of oil, the Associated Press reported Wednesday. The fire, on a section of the pipeline in
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August 4, 2008
TransCanada Corp. won Alaskan legislative approval to build and operate a huge pipeline to ship natural gas from the North Slope to a network feeding domestic markets, according to Reuters.
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July 28, 2008
The Associated Press reports that life-threatening safety violations continue to plague a Texas City BP refinery, leaving it susceptible to another major accident like the one in 2005 that killed
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July 21, 2008
BP plans to acquire Chesapeake Energy''s stake in about 90,000 acres of natural gas properties in $1.75 billion, the Associated Press reports. The properties are in the Arkoma Basin Woodford
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July 16, 2008
Royal Dutch Shell PLC is selling its investment in a petroleum distribution business in Zimbabwe to South Africa-based Engen Petroleum Ltd, the Associated Press reports. Shell, which has a 50
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July 14, 2008
According to the Associated Press, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez recently touted a pact delivering fuel to Caribbean nations and loosened the financing terms to aid countries struggling with high oil
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July 11, 2008
The Associated Press is reporting that pharmaceuticals maker Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. has agreed to spend $3.65 million to resolve federal Clean Air Act violations by eliminating ozone-depleting refrigerants at factories
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