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FMC and Technip to complete merger within weeks
American subsea equipment firm FMC Technologies and French engineering company Technip jointly announced on Thursday that they expect their merger…
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Sino-Global signs transportation deal with Cosco
Flushing, New York-based Sino-Global Shipping America announced on Wednesday that it has signed an Inland Transportation Agreement with a subsidiary…
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Petrobras falls short of two-year target for asset divestment
Brazil’s faltering state oil giant Petrobras admitted on Wednesday that it will come up $1.5bn shy of its targeted divestment…
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Shell acquires stakes in three Gulf of Mexico pipelines from BP
Shell Midstream Partners, a subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell, on Wednesday announced it had acquired stakes in three Gulf of…
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Golden Pass LNG export facility gets FERC permit
The US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has granted permission to export gas from a liquefied natural gas (LNG) joint…
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Brazil planning refinery on northeast coast
Brazilian officials are talking with Iranian and Indian oil and engineering firms about investing in a planned oil and petrochemical…
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Hanjin Shipping tells bankruptcy court its US assets are far less than its liabilities
Failed South Korean giant Hanjin Shipping told a New Jersey bankruptcy court on Tuesday that its liabilities in the US…
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Total to invest $1bn per year in Brazil
A Brazilian unit of French supermajor Total is planning to invest $1bn annually (for an unspecified number of years) in…
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Mexico to delay next round of offshore tenders
Mexican authorities have postponed by three months when it will announce the winners of the next round of its oil…
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BOEM offers 48m acres in US Gulf of Mexico at March 2017 lease sale
US government agency the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) will offer 48 million acres of central Gulf of Mexico…
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Petrobras plans to claim a portion of Odebrecht bribery settlement
Brazil’s debt-laden state oil firm Petrobras is planning to claim a portion of this week’s anti-corruption settlement agreed to by…
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Port of Long Beach gives nod to Hanjin selling terminal stake to MSC
The Port of Long Beach in southern California on Thursday gave its approval to a proposal that would allow bankrupt…
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Petrobras workers in Campos Basin vote to strike
Workers of Petrobras in the Campos Basin have voted for strike action starting on Friday, according to Reuters. The workers…
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G3 to build $500m grain terminal at Port Metro Vancouver
Agribusiness firm G3 (Global Grain Group) has announced it will build a new grain terminal at Port Metro Vancouver in…
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Petrobras denied appeal of injunction that blocks sale of two fields to Karoon Gas
Petrobras has been denied the chance to move forward with the sale of two offshore oilfields to Australian firm Karoon…
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Petrobras to sell Total $2.2bn of assets including stakes in Subsalt oilfields
Brazil’s state oil firm Petrobras announced on Wednesday it has made a deal with Total to sell the French supermajor…
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Energy sector hits back at Obama administration’s far-reaching ban on offshore drilling
US President Barack Obama on Tuesday went ahead with his predicted ban on offshore drilling in most of the US…
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Obama set to permanently block huge swathes of Arctic waters from drilling leases
US President Barack Obama is set to put a permanent stop to offshore drilling rights sales for much of the…
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Green light for deepening of Brownsville Ship Channel in Texas
Officials of the Port of Brownsville in southern Texas say that Monday’s signing of a law by President Barack Obama…
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Port of Los Angeles gets $5.8m grant for low-emission vehicles and smart technology
The Port of Los Angeles has announced that it has been awarded a $5.8 million grant by the California Energy…
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