Oil & Gas
May 30, 2008
According to the Associated Press, a unit of BP PLC said recently it signed a deal with a Panamanian company to transport crude oil via pipeline from the Atlantic side
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May 27, 2008
According to the Associated Press, French fishermen angry over soaring world oil prices disrupted shipping in the English Channel and blocked deliveries recently at two refineries of oil giant Total
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May 27, 2008
According to the Associated Press, militants said they destroyed an oil pipeline recently in Nigeria''s petroleum-producing region and killed 11 soldiers in an ensuing gunbattle with security forces. The government
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May 21, 2008
According to Reuters, Nigeria is finalising a deal with Royal Dutch Shell to help plug a funding gap which has delayed joint venture projects, and hopes to sign in the
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May 21, 2008
The Associated Press is reporting that BP, Europe''s second-largest oil company, said Russian security agents raided its Moscow offices in search of unspecified documents recently.The Federal Security Service, Russia''s top
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May 21, 2008
According to the Associated Press, human rights activists "ethically and morally" condemned 24 European corporations recently, accusing them of environmental contamination, labor exploitation and selling dangerous pesticides in Latin America.The
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May 19, 2008
The Associated Press is reporting that four U.K.-based investors and a British proxy advisory firm publicly joined a group of dissident shareholders calling for an independent chairman at Exxon Mobil
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May 19, 2008
According to Reuters, Italian oil company Eni SpA signed an accord with the Republic of Congo recently for exploration and development of an oil sands field at Tchikatanga and Tchikatanga-Makola
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May 16, 2008
The Associated Press is reporting that four Nigerian villagers and an environmental group are demanding oil company Shell take responsibility for damage from oil leaks caused by its Nigerian subsidiary,
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May 14, 2008
The Associated Press is reporting that the European Union opened an antitrust investigation recently into ConocoPhillips''s proposed sale of hundreds of gas stations in Scandanavia to Norway''s state-controlled oil company.The
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