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Iraqi Kurdish oil nears US port despite concernsA tanker carrying crude oil from Iraqi Kurdistan is just two days away from arriving at a US port, according to ship tracking satellites, despite Washington's long-standing concern over independent oil sales from the autonomous region. &n More… |
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India pays final tranche of oil dues to IranIndia paid a third and final instalment of $550 million to Iran on Thursday, three industry sources said, part of the frozen funds released to Tehran in the interim deal with world powers. Under a pact reached in November, More… |
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Taqa pulls out of $1.6bn India power dealAbu Dhabi National Energy Co (Taqa) is pulling out of a $1.6 billion deal to buy two Indian hydroelectric power plants because of "a change in strategy", a senior Taqa official told Reuters on Thursday. The official, who declined to be named under briefing rules, did no More… |
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Egypt to pay-off all foreign oil firm arrears by 2017The Egyptian government has planned to pay-off all of its arrears to foreign oil firms by 2017, said a report. Its previous plan was to pay EGP21 billion ($3 billion) out of a total of EGP42 billion by that time, said the More… |
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Iraq approves $600m oil depot deal with CPPIraq's cabinet said it had approved a $607 million contract with China Petroleum Pipeline (CPP) for the construction of an oil storage depot near its Nassiriya oilfield in the south of the country. The oil ministry delayed last month an international tender for the developmen More… |
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Syria crisis cost its oil sector $23.5bnSyria's oil sector has lost around $23.5 billion due to damage to facilities and pipelines, looting and production delays since the start of the country's crisis in 2011 and output has fallen sharply, Syria's oil minister said. Syria is not a significant oil producer More… |
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RAK Petroleum posts $15.81m net profitRAK Petroleum Public Company, the energy investment company, has announced a net profit of Dh58.1 million ($15.81 million) for the year ended December 31, 2013, marking a fifth consecutive year of profitability. The company’s assets include a 42.8 per cent shareholding in D More… |
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New agency to manage Dubai power demandsThe Dubai Supreme Council of Energy is to set up an egency under the name ‘efficiency,’ to reduce energy demand by 30 per cent under the Dubai Integrated Energy Strategy 2030, said a report. The agency will ope More… |
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Ericsson to offer telecom solutions to Egypt electricity sitesEricsson, a leader in communication technology and services, has won a contract from Egypt’s Ministry of Electricity to provide end-to-end telecom solutions and services for 180 electricity sites in Upper and Middle Egypt on a turnkey basis. More… |
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Mace wins consultancy deal from OrpicInternational consultancy and construction company, Mace, has been selected by Oman Oil Refineries and Petroleum Industries Company (Orpic) for a significant consultancy contract on projects across Oman. This appointment will see Mace provide contract administration, contract eng More… |
