Oil & Gas
September 26, 2006
Russian prosecutors have threatened to revoke the license of BP PLC''s joint venture to develop a giant gas field in Russia''s far east, the Associated Press reports. The move comes
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September 19, 2006
Russia''s Natural Resources Ministry said it has revoked the environmental approval of a Shell-led liquefied natural gas project on the Far East island of Sakhalin, a decision that could effectively
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September 5, 2006
The Associated Press reports that BP PLC has retained former U.S. District Judge Stanley Sporkin as its ombudsman to hear worker complaints from Alaska and elsewhere in the United States,
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September 4, 2006
White Martins, a subsidiary of Praxair, Inc., has started up the first natural gas liquefaction plant in Brazil, Business Wire reports. It is also the first liquefied natural gas (LNG)
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September 4, 2006
PRNewswire reports that Lyondell Chemical Company has acquired CITGO''s 41.25 percent ownership interest in Lyondell-Citgo Refining LP (LCR) in a transaction valued at approximately $2.1 billion, including CITGO''s portion of
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August 29, 2006
The Associated Press reports that a Texas judge has ordered BP PLC''s chief executive to give a deposition related to the explosion that killed 15 people last year at the
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August 22, 2006
PRNewswire reports that Lyondell Chemical Company has acquired CITGO''s 41.25 percent ownership interest in Lyondell-Citgo Refining LP (LCR) in a transaction valued at approximately $2.1 billion, including CITGO''s portion of
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August 22, 2006
White Martins, a subsidiary of Praxair, Inc., has started up the first natural gas liquefaction plant in Brazil, Business Wire reports. It is also the first liquefied natural gas (LNG)
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August 22, 2006
According to the Associated Press, British oil company BP denied allegations it manipulated data from inspections of Alaska pipelines which were partially shut down earlier this month because of corrosion
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August 7, 2006
Oil company BP scrambled Monday to assess suspected pipeline corrosion that will shut down shipments from the nation''s biggest oilfield, removing about 8 percent of daily U.S. crude production and
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