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Mariner Energy shares fall after platform blast

Mariner Energy shares fall after platform blast

Louisiana, United States. Mariner Energy, Inc. shares dropped more than 4 percent Thursday following news that one of its production platforms exploded in the Gulf of Mexico. Mariner shares lost 96 cen... Read more...

Production platform explodes in Gulf of Mexico

Production platform explodes in Gulf of Mexico

Louisiana, United States. A production platform has exploded 80 miles off the central coast of Louisiana, with 13 people overboard, including one injured, the Coast Guard said Thursday morning.

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The Energy Report - 8/31/10

The Energy Report - 8/31/10

Report.  Susan McGinnis anchors this afternoon's Clean Skies News Energy Report from Washington, DC.

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The Energy Report 8 30 10

The Energy Report 8 30 10

Report. On the program: 

- An international review panel has completed its investigation of the UN Inter-go...

Shell Oil Bets $2 Billion on ... Sugar?

Shell Oil Bets $2 Billion on ... Sugar?

Report. Add Shell to the growing list of oil companies investing in alternative fuels. The oil company announce...

WHOI: 22 Mile Oil Plume in Gulf

WHOI: 22 Mile Oil Plume in Gulf

Report. Researchers at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution say they've studied the oil spill in the Gulf of Me...

"Hydrogen will facilitate the entry of renewables in the market" – Manuel Montes, Spanish expert

Santander, Spain. With a reliance of almost 80% on fossil fuels and foreign energy dependency of 77% Spain urge...

"Nabucco was and is a great project in which Europe is not sufficiently involved" - Lopez-Medel

Spain. Jesus Lopez-Medel, a member of the Spanish delegation to the Organization for Security and Cooperation i...

AMERICAS

North America

U.S. drilling ban overturned -- again

Washington, United States . A motion filed by the U.S. federal government to dismiss a lawsuit challe...

Enbridge plans repair work in Mackinac

Ottawa, Canada. Divers are scheduled to enter the Straits of Mackinac to reinforce two crude oil pipe...

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Central America

Trinidad: Possible new oil find at Moruga

Port of Spain, Trinidad . Canadian exploration company has drilled a new well and found possible oil ...

Trinidad oil company cleaning up oil spill in island rivers, denies it has reached ocean

Trinidad. Trinidad's petroleum company said Friday that crews are cleaning up a spill that seeped int...

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South America

Petrobras gains to two-week high on $42.5 billion oil

Sao Paulo, Brazil. Petroleo Brasileiro SA, Latin America's largest company by market value, climbed t...

OGX IDs Additional Gas Shows in Parnaiba Basin

Brasilia . OGX's subsidiary, OGX Maranhão, has identified additional evidence of gas in the Devonian ...

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EUROPE

British Islands

Maersk Oil appoints new Managing Director

London, United Kingdom. Aberdeen-based Maersk Oil North Sea UK Limited announces the appointment of M...

BP gets USD 5bn loan

London, United Kingdom. The world's global energy company, BP, will receive two long-term loans at th...

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Western Europe

Shell, Esso keen to offload Corvette

Houston. Shell UK and Esso Exploration and Production UK want to dispose of their interests in the Co...

Wood Group enters into contract with BP for Andrew development project

London. Wood Group, an energy services company, has entered into a contract with BP Operating Company...

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Central Europe

Auctions for two Russian oil and gas deposits fail - statement

Moscow. The Federal Subsoil Resources Management Agency said on Thursday that auctions for the develo...

Agreement signed by partners of ITGI natural gas pipeline

Italy. Italy’s Edison SPA, Turkey’s state-owned Botas, and Greece’s Depa SA signed a memorandum of u...

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ASIA

Middle East

Kuwait's KPC sells prompt gas oil to Vitol-Trade

Kuwait, Kuwait. State-run Kuwait Petroleum Corp (KPC) sold 80,000 tonnes of gas oil to Vitol for Sept...

Contract let for Abu Dhabi pipelines

Houston. Abu Dhabi Oil Refining Co. (Takreer) let a $623 million contract to GS Engineering & Con...

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Far East

PetroChina readies first LNG wharf

Dalian, China. PetroChina Co Ltd has completed construction of its first liquefied natural gas (LNG) ...

Russia to supply 70 pct of oil to Chinese refinery at market prices

Moscow. Russian companies will supply about 70 percent of the required oil at market prices for a joi...

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Southeast Asia

Hoang Long Joint Operating Hits Hydrocarbons Offshore Vietnam

Hanoi. Hoang Long Joint Operating, operator of Block 16-1 in the Cuu Long Basin offshore Vietnam, ann...

Montara Oil Rig: Indonesia demands payout over oil spill

Jakarta. Indonesia has demanded 2.4 billion dollars in compensation from a Thai oil company for damag...

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AFRICA

Northern Africa

Trans-Sahara gas pipeline 'in trouble'

Algiers, Algeria. Algeria's recent invitation to India to join the $13 billion, delay-plagued Trans-S...

ADX identifies hydrocarbons at Lambouka well

ADX identifies hydrocarbons at Lambouka well

Tunis. ADX reported at 0600 hrs Tunisian local time on August 26, semisub Atwood Southern Cross...

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East Africa

Tullow Acquires 6 Licenses, Expands Footprint in East Africa

Adis Abeba. T ullow announced the acquisition of a 50% operated interest in six adjacent licenses cov...

Anadarko: Oil discovered offshore in Mozambique

Paris. American oil company Anadarko has discovered offshore oil deposits in northern Mozambique, but...

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West Africa

Why Exxonmobil Left Ghana

Accra, Ghana. On Wednesday August 18, 2010, Kosmos Energy announced that its Sale and Purchase Agreem...

Chevron to explore for oil off Liberia

Monrovia, Liberia . Chevron Corp. has signed a deal with Liberia to explore for oil and gas in three ...

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Reports and Analysis

Economic Analisis

US economy slows more sharply that expected in the second quarter

US economy slows more sharply that expected in the second quarter

Economy. However, the reading was a touch better than market expectations. Analysts had forecast GDP,...

China overtakes Japan in economic prowess

Beijing. China may overtake Japan as the world's second-largest economy this year, but it remains a d...

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Reports

The Original Oil Sin

The Original Oil Sin

Analysis. As energy demand grows at fast pace and the oil and gas reserves are depleted, the oil expl...

Ordons News Report for September 03, 2010

W e have selected the most important news published by Ordons News for you. We would like to get your...

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Energy Analisis

Noble Discoveries Trigger Interest in Offshore Israel Potential

Noble Discoveries Trigger Interest in Offshore Israel Potential

Analysis. Major natural gas discoveries by Noble Energy and a recent report highlighting Israel's oi...

The Nabucco Pipeline Project: Gas Bridge To Europe?

The Nabucco Pipeline Project: Gas Bridge To Europe?

Analysis. The Nabucco gas pipeline project represents an opportunity for the EU to diversify its ga...

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OCEANIA

Australasia

Central Petroleum to focus on oil targets in the Amadeus Basin

Northern Territory, Australia. Central Petroleum Limited, advises of a change in its planned 2010 dri...

Transfield wins Caltex contract in WA

Sydney. Transfield Services Ltd has won a contract to expand Caltex Australia's fuel terminal at Port...

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Melanesia

ExxonMobil denies PNG tax waiver

Papua New Guinea - ExxonMobil has strongly denied reports that it will not pay income tax on earnings...

First Drill Stem Test and Reservoir Cores From the Antelope-2 Appraisal Well Confirms Extent of Reef

HOUSTON, and CAIRNS Australia , -- InterOil Corporation (NYSE: IOC) (POMSoX: IOC), today announced th...

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OPINION

Op-Ed Contributors

Energy and Security Issues in the Red Sea Transforming as the Age of Gas Begins in Earnest

Opinion. Major new energy issues are about to transform still further the strategic balance of the Ho...

Oceanography Professor Analyzes NOAA Oil Spill Report

Opinion . Clean Skies News' Susan McGinnis talks to Florida State University professor Ian McDonald o...

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