Oil & Gas
November 5, 2007
According to the Associated Press, BP''s refinery would emit more lead, sulfur dioxide and particulates but less carbon monoxide and other pollutants under a revised air permit it is seeking
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October 22, 2007
BP plc notified its 3,300 employees in its suburban Chicago offices that many could be laid off, and many more could be headed to Houston, bizjournals.com reports. According to Reuters
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October 12, 2007
The Associated Press reports that the Cambodian government has formed a body to manage the country''s Tonle Sap lake basin, which is thought to contain onshore oil and gas reserves.
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October 1, 2007
The Associated Press reports that ExxonMobil and Murphy Oil plan to sue Canada for breaching the North American Free Trade Agreement by permitting Newfoundland to require them to spend millions
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September 24, 2007
Three crewmembers have died after an accident aboard a rescue vessel on the North Sea, the Associated Press reports. The men were working aboard the Viking Islay—a 53-meter (174-foot) rescue
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September 18, 2007
The first trial stemming from the deadly explosion at BP PLC''s Texas City refinery ended in a settlement recently, according to the Associated Press. The trial over the 2005 accident—which
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September 14, 2007
Oil prices rose recently as Hurricane Humberto disrupted refineries along the Gulf Coast, bizjournals.com reports. Several Port Arthur refineries, including Valero Energy Corp.''s 325,000 barrel-per-day facility and Motiva Enterprises LLC''s
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September 11, 2007
The Associated Press reports that Philippe Jaffre, executive vice president of engineering company Alstom and former chairman of oil group Elf Aquitaine, has died, his company said Sunday. He was
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September 10, 2007
The Associated Press reports that EU regulators cleared BP PLC and Associated British Foods PLC to develop a $400 million bioethanol plant in the northern English city of Hull as
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August 28, 2007
The Associated Press reports that Kazakh officials have ordered operations at the country''s largest oil development suspended and the Finance Ministry announced a criminal investigation, news reports said, signaling growing
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