The oil spill liability could extend well beyond British Petroleum as Transocean Ltd., Halliburton Co. and Cameron International Corp. all had some exposure to this series of current events.
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Wednesday, May 12, 2010
JX Holdings Inc (5020.T), Japanese oil and mining giant, confirms its interest in 500-billion yen ($5,37-billion) worth of exploration and development of copper mines and oil fields in the next three fiscal years. The article is quoted saying: JX Holdings, through Nippon Oil and Nippon Mining, has stakes in several mines and oil and gas fields across [...]
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Monday, May 10, 2010
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has confirmed Russia’s great interest in the oil and gas projects in Syria. Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Sultanov told the official Syrian Arab News Agency, “A main trend in the economic cooperation is currently reflected in the oil and gas projects, including transportation of energy resources, electric power, water and irrigation [...]
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Tuesday, November 11, 2008
By Duncan Sutherland – Exclusive to Gas Investing News Market news What else can be said about the natural gas market? Futures seem to have reached a rough stabilization in the US$6.50 – US$7.50 range, and winter approaches. Barring a major depression of the sort where people make shoelace soup, winter means more demand for natural gas. So, [...]
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Thursday, November 6, 2008
By Duncan Sutherland – Exclusive to Gas Investing News Market news The high US$6 – mid US$7 NYMEX future price seems to be relatively stable given the incredible volatility of other commodities and market indices. Though this stability is preventing gas investors from riding the same emotional rollercoaster that most other investors have boarded, it has had a [...]
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Thursday, November 6, 2008
By Duncan Sutherland – Exclusive to Heavy Oil Investing News Market news The short to medium term outlook for oil sands and heavy oil projects remains negative. As the barrel price for light sweet crude remains (relatively) low, new investments in oil sands projects are unlikely to be forthcoming. The combination of low prices and tight credit [...]
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Friday, October 17, 2008
By Duncan Sutherland – Exclusive to Heavy Oil Investing News Canada: Upgrader is going up later than usual this week because of the Canadian Federal Election and the American Presidential debate. Now that these two events are a matter of record, there is much good news for the heavy oil and oil sands industries. First, the Canadian [...]
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Monday, September 8, 2008
Natural gas futures are hovering at six-month lows, in the mid-high US$7 range, on the NYMEX. The National Post has arrived at an interesting bit of statistic from among the reams of gas price data. A story in this paper said: The premium being paid for oil over natural gas in the US on an energy equivalent basis has [...]
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