Posted on November 13, 2014 at 7:13 am by Bloomberg in
Crude oil,
featured,
Middle East |
Brent crude futures plunged below $80 yesterday for the first time since September 2010 on concern OPEC is in no hurry to halt a four-month slide in prices.
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Posted on November 12, 2014 at 1:33 pm by Rhiannon Meyers in
Chemicals,
featured,
General |
Dow Chemical executives on Wednesday announced plans to sell off even more assets in the next two years, continuing a push to streamline operations and pull back from products that no longer fit within the company’s business strategy.
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Posted on November 12, 2014 at 12:27 pm by Collin Eaton in
Asia,
Deals,
featured,
Refining |
Phillips 66 is ending its ties to its refining business in Asia with a deal announced Wednesday to sell its 47-percent stake in a Malaysian refinery for $635 million in cash.
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Posted on November 12, 2014 at 12:18 pm by Jennifer A. Dlouhy in
featured,
Politics/Policy |
The Obama administration on Wednesday formally declared the Gunnison Sage-Grouse a “threatened” species, in effect ruling that years of efforts to protect the showy bird and its Colorado habitat weren’t good enough to ensure its long-term survival.
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Posted on November 12, 2014 at 10:01 am by Bloomberg in
Crude oil,
featured,
Middle East |
Brent crude futures, used to price more than half the world’s oil, traded near a four-year low Wednesday on speculation that OPEC’s biggest members will refrain from paring output to drain a global surplus.
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Posted on November 11, 2014 at 1:35 pm by Joshua Cain in
featured,
General |
Three of the top five workplaces for 2014 were energy companies.
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Posted on November 11, 2014 at 7:16 am by Bloomberg in
Crude oil,
featured,
Markets,
Middle East |
The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries could reassert control by cutting output, ceding more market share to U.S. shale oil producers.
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The first construction will build two liquefaction trains, which will cool natural gas until it becomes a liquid more suitable for shipping overseas.
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Posted on November 8, 2014 at 8:34 am by Joshua Cain in
featured,
Hydraulic fracturing,
People |
Life has changed quickly for the small towns at the center of the shale oil boom
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Posted on November 7, 2014 at 6:09 pm by Jennifer A. Dlouhy in
featured,
Politics/Policy |
State and local officials are pleading with the Fish and Wildlife Service to decide an Endangered Species Act listing is “not warranted” for the bird, ahead of a court-mandated Nov. 12 deadline.
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The chairwoman of a state agency that regulates oil and gas in Texas says she’s disappointed that Denton residents passed a measure to ban further hydraulic fracturing.
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Posted on November 6, 2014 at 6:00 pm by Joshua Cain in
featured,
Technology |
The president of Spatial Energy says approval from the U.S. government to sell higher resolution images could mean a lot more business for the company.
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