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Repsol Gets Go-ahead to Drill for Oil off Canary Islands

25.06.2014 - Spanish oil major Repsol could begin drilling for oil off the Canary Islands within months after the removal of the last legal hurdle to a $7 billion oil exploration project. In...

Chemistry & Life Sciences

Shale Gas Developments and Its Impact on the GCC

16.01.2014 - Under the Surface of the U.S. Boom - Innumerable articles have been published around the world on the U.S. shale boom. In addition, its immediate consequences for Gulf Cooperation...

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Klesch Awards German Refinery Supply Deal To Barclays

12.11.2013 - Swiss industrial group Klesch has agreed that Barclays will supply crude oil to its German refinery in a deal worth hundreds of millions of dollars a month that boosts the bank's...

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Britain’s Grangemouth Oil Refinery on Brink of Closure

22.10.2013 - A major British oil refinery moved closer to permanent closure on Monday after a clear majority of union workers rejected a pensions and benefits offer from the Swiss-based...

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Tesoro Has No Timeline Yet For North Dakota Pipeline Restart

15.10.2013 - Tesoro Logistics does not have a specific date for the restart of the North Dakota pipeline that spilled 20,600 barrels of Bakken oil onto farmland in late September, the company...

Chemistry & Life Sciences

The Miracle of Shale Gas

25.09.2013 - Cheap, Clean And Controversial - Shale gas has the potential to turn the world's energy industry on its head. It's abundant. It's cheap. It burns cleaner than other fossil fuels...

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Poland’s Energy Security Strategy Comes At High Cost

10.09.2013 - Poland's deal to import liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Qatar could saddle Eastern Europe's biggest economy with some of the highest prices in the world, a steep bill for a...

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Sapphire and Linde to Commercialize Algae-to-Crude Oil Process

18.07.2013 - U.S. green energy specialist Sapphire Energy has teamed up with German gases and engineering giant Linde to commercialize its new industrial scale process to convert algae biomass...