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Kuwait replaces oil officials at KPC after $2.2 bln Dow payment
ReutersKUWAIT, May 19 (Reuters) - State-run Kuwait Petroleum Company (KPC) appointed a new chief executive and suspended other top officials after the country paid $2.2 billion in damages to Dow Chemical Co over a scrapped plastics joint venture. Nizar Mohammad...Tags: Dow Chemical Co., Corporate Officers, Kuwait
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Glastonbury Town Council's Resolution On State Police Firearms Training Facility
The Hartford CourantOn Tuesday, the town council came close to approving this resolution against a state police firearms traning facility in the Meshomasic State Forest. The following is the text of the resolution that was read, but never voted on since the state...Tags: Natural Resource Industry, Environmental Politics, Hopewell (Hopewell, Virginia), Environmental Cleanup, Firearms
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Interior issues new drilling rule on public land
WASHINGTON (AP) — Companies that drill for oil and natural gas on federal lands will be required to disclose publicly the chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing operations, the Obama administration said Thursday. The new "fracking" rule replaces a...
Tags: American Petroleum, Washington, DC, Politics, Petroleum Industry, Land Resources
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Interior Department offers new rules for 'fracking'
WASHINGTON — The Interior Department proposed new rules to regulate hydraulic fracturing for oil and gas on federal land Thursday, drawing criticism from environmentalists that it had weakened an earlier draft to placate industry. Industry...Tags: Natural Resources Defense Council, Petroleum Industry, Water Supply, Land Resources, U.S. Department of the Interior
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U.S. natgas futures edge higher after 3-percent slide
Reuters* Front month still well below recent 21-month high * Weather forecasts mixed throughout the nation * Nuclear power plant outages remain above normal * Coming Up: Baker Hughes gas drilling rig data Friday By Eileen Houlihan NEW YORK, May 17 (Reuters) -...Tags: National Weather Service, Nuclear Power, Inventories, Weather, Weather Reports
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Clash between Russian oil chiefs could undercut Putin ally
Reuters* Tokarev rounds on Rosneft deal to treble China exports * Could worsen Russia's export overcapacity * China plan relies on "undiscovered reserves" - Transneft * Hits back over audit on cost overruns By Olesya Astakhova and Douglas Busvine MOSCOW,...Tags: Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, Russia, BP Plc, Marketing, Pacific Ocean
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Audit finds Mich. government using millions from petroleum tax for questionable purposes
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — State of Michigan auditors are making objections about the use of millions of dollars from a petroleum tax. The tax is supposed to pay for problems related to leaking underground storage tanks and certain inspection programs....Tags: U.S. Department of the Treasury
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COMMODITIES-Up broadly on strong US economic data; gold slumps
Reuters* Oil, copper up on strong US consumer sentiment, stock market * Corn up too on less sales by farmers focused on planting * Gold at 1-month low as Fed pressured to end US stimulus By Barani Krishnan NEW YORK, May 17 (Reuters) - Oil and copper prices...Tags: Consumers, Foreign Exchange Market, Thomson Corporation, Casino and Gambling Industry, China
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FACTBOX-U.S. oil pipeline projects
ReutersMay 17 (Reuters) - Oil pipelines in the United States are undergoing a historic realignment in response to new production in the Eagle Ford development in south-central Texas, redevelopment of older production in the Permian Basin and new flows of oil...Tags: Sunoco Logistics Partners LP, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, Moving and Storage, Sunoco Incorporated, Occidental Petroleum Corp.
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Bechtel revenue grows 15 pct in 2012, backlog shrinks
ReutersMay 17 (Reuters) - Bechtel, the largest U.S. engineering company, said on Friday that its revenue grew by 15 percent in 2012, though its backlog of projects declined by 12 percent to $92 billion. The company's $37.9 billion in 2012 revenue came alongside...Tags: Fluor Corporation, Jacobs Engineering Group Inc., Technology, Science and Technology
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FACTBOX-Freeport becomes second US LNG plant to win export approval
ReutersNEW YORK, May 17 (Reuters) - Freeport LNG, one of the first natural gas importers to switch gears and target exports, has been given the green light by U.S. regulators to sell frozen gas to non-Free Trade nations, with Japanese utilities and BP Plc...Tags: Dow Chemical Co., Osaka (Japan), BP Plc, Petroleum Industry, Freeport
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Algeria's aging regime, restive youth makes for a volatile political mix in North Africa
Associated PressALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — The Arab Spring may finally be en route to Algeria. With the president in a French hospital recovering from a stroke, the generation of aging politicians and generals that has run Africa's largest country for a half-...Tags: Elections, Physical Conditions, Africa, Algiers (Algeria), Politics
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