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First reported 13 hours ago - Updated 5 hours ago - 1 reports

Challenges for oil and gas development in the Western Pacific

Competing territorial claims are becoming an increasingly intractable challenge for offshore oil and gas development in the South and East China Seas.Overlapping territorial claims are contested by China, Taiwan, Vietnam, the Philippines, Malaysia and ... [Published Energy Global - 13 hours ago]

Entities: China, Vietnam, South China Sea, Claimant

First reported 13 hours ago - Updated 13 hours ago - 1 reports

Zimbabwean government’s mining policy rejected

A proposal by the Zimbabwean government, for the state to control mineral production and prices, has been criticised by the Zimbabwean Chamber of Mines. The industry organisation recently drafted a response in which they reject the proposals. Bloomberg ... [Published Energy Global - 13 hours ago]

Entities: Mining, Mines, Zimbabwe, Mineral

First reported 17 hours ago - Updated 14 hours ago - 1 reports

Wärtsilä Oyj

Wärtsilä to supply direct electric heating system to African offshore oilfield

Wärtsilä has been contracted to supply its direct electric heating (Wärtsilä DEH) system for Chevron Overseas Congo Limited's Lianzi offshore development project, located off the Republic of Congo and Angolan coasts.The 9000kW system will be used to heat ... [Published Energy Global - 17 hours ago]

Entities: Wärtsilä Oyj, Republic of the Congo, Lobito (Angola), Benguela (Angola)

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated 15 hours ago - 1 reports

ConocoPhillips Company

Oil and gas companies contribute to Oklahoma tornado relief

Phillips 66 , ConocoPhillips, Koch Industries, and ExxonMobil have announced planned financial contributions to relief efforts in Oklohoma, following the tornadoes that devastated the cities of Moore and Shawnee, and affected other areas of the stat ... [Published Energy Global - May 23 2013]

Entities: ConocoPhillips Company, American Red Cross, Tornado

First reported 20 hours ago - Updated 20 hours ago - 1 reports

Late May downstream news update: Africa, Asia and the Middle East

AfricaKenyaThe future of east Africa’s only refinery will be decided next week, when a report is due on whether to upgrade the Mombasa plant or turn it into a storage facility. Fuel contributors have long complained about the poor quality products produced ... [Published Energy Global - 20 hours ago]

Entities: Refinery, US 1 Industries Inc, Petrochemicals Industries Co, Iran

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 1 reports

ESCO Corp

ESCO Corp. to remain private company

ESCO Corp. has announced that, after careful consideration, it has independently decided to remain a private company and will not proceed with an initial public offering (IPO).ESCO chairman of the board, Steve Pratt, commented, “both the board and management ... [Published Energy Global - May 22 2013]

Entities: ESCO Corp, Registration Statement, IPOs

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 1 reports

Fitch Ratings

Comments from a new Latin American NOC report

A new report from Fitch Ratings has said that while national oil company (NOC) policy across Latin America is not homogenous, it is generally resulting in limited cash flow and stalled production despite growing reserves.Comments‘Government involvement ... [Published Energy Global - May 22 2013]

Entities: Colombia, Fitch Ratings, Mexico

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 1 reports

EPA skirts Tier 3 public review

American Petroleum Institute (API) Downstream Group Director, Bob Greco, has urged the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to immediately extend its comment period for proposed Tier 3 rules. The API has asked that the EPA follow standard Clean Air Act ... [Published Energy Global - May 22 2013]

Entities: US Environmental Protection Agency, Gasoline, Environ, Clean Air Act

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 1 reports

Survey reveals employee concerns over scrapping of HSE offshore division

A survey of 5000 North Sea oil and gas workers has found that 75% believe the decision to scrap the Health and Safety Executive’s offshore division will undermine offshore safety.The survey, released by OilandGasPeople.com, also found 62% were worried ... [Published Energy Global - May 22 2013]

Entities: Piper Alpha, Workers, Disaster, Cormorant

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 1 reports

Suppressing coal dust explosions

As companies look to improve safety in mining, BMT is partnering with Skill Pro Services Pty Ltd in Australia to develop a new way of suppressing coal dust explosions. The innovative Active Barrier (AB) technology has the potential to revolutionise safety ... [Published Energy Global - May 21 2013]

Entities: Coal Dust, Suppression, Detonation

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 1 reports

Late May global downstream news

The Federal Trade Commission has approved the planned acquisition by Tesoro Corp. of BP PLC’s refinery in Carson. The purchase price is set to be US$ 2.375 billion.The Carson plant is one of the largest in California, providing about 20% of Southern California’s ... [Published Energy Global - May 20 2013]

Entities: Refinery, Petrochemical, Petroleum, Tesoro Corporation, Kunming

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 1 reports

Approve remaining LNG export permits, urges API

American Petroleum Institute (API) Director of upstream and industry operations, Erik Milito, has urged the Department of Energy to quickly approve all outstanding applications for permits to export LNG to countries that do not have free trade agreements ... [Published Energy Global - May 20 2013]

Entities: ICF International Inc, American Petroleum Institute, Natural Gas

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"The Wärtsilä DEH technology is proven and has been used already for more than 10 years on the Norwegian continental shelf. It is also being used in West African installations, as evidenced by this latest order. … We envisage that demand for this technology will grow rapidly" says Juhani Hupli, Vice President Electrical & Automation, Wärtsilä Ship Power

Wärtsilä to supply direct electric heating system to African offshore oilfield [Published Energy Global - 17 hours ago]

Mr Gero Farruggio, Head of Global Metals and Mining Supply Research, says, "Coal will remain subdued over the next few years due to the tough economic environment."

Australia’s resource sector set for record investment [Published Energy Global - May 16 2013]

In Peabody’s results statement, Boyce set a positive tone for the year ahead: "We now expect that during 2013, coal will recapture the vast majority of its 2012 demand that was lost to natural gas.”"

US coal companies hopeful for a better year [Published Energy Global - May 01 2013]

...low cost to address enormous global energy needs and access to energy is linked with greater longevity, literacy and a better standard of living. "We believe energy poverty is the greatest crisis the world confronts and increasing access to all forms of affordable energy – including coal – is the only response."

Boyce upbeat in presentation to Peabody shareholders [Published Energy Global - May 01 2013]

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Challenges for oil and gas development in the W... [Published Energy Global - 13 hours ago]
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Late May downstream news update: Africa, Asia a... [Published Energy Global - 20 hours ago]
Oil and gas companies contribute to Oklahoma to... [Published Energy Global - May 23 2013]
ESCO Corp. to remain private company [Published Energy Global - May 22 2013]
EPA skirts Tier 3 public review [Published Energy Global - May 22 2013]
Comments from a new Latin American NOC report [Published Energy Global - May 22 2013]
Survey reveals employee concerns over scrapping... [Published Energy Global - May 22 2013]
Suppressing coal dust explosions [Published Energy Global - May 21 2013]
Approve remaining LNG export permits, urges API [Published Energy Global - May 20 2013]
Late May global downstream news [Published Energy Global - May 20 2013]
API urges Moniz to approve LNG export applications [Published Energy Global - May 18 2013]
Promising outlook for global coal industry [Published Energy Global - May 17 2013]
Increasing gender equality in oil and gas industry [Published Energy Global - May 17 2013]
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