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Friday, July 18, 2008 ( change date )
Oil Majors File Complaint to Ministry Over StatoilHydro's Dominance
A group of oil majors and other companies operating in Norway have filed a group complaint to Norway's oil ministry about the dominance of Norwegian incumbent StatoilHydro over gas pipeline plans.
rigzone.com Friday, July 18, 2008Brazil Oil Workers To Vote On Offer; Strike Enters Last Day
A spokesman for the Sindipetro-NF union, which represents striking Campos Basin platform workers, said union officials will suggest workers reject Petrobras' latest proposal in a vote scheduled for Friday.
rigzone.com Friday, July 18, 2008Schlumberger CEO: International Oil Services Revenue to Grow 20% or More
Oilfield-services demand will grow internationally through 2009 and revenue will top 20% by that time, according to Schlumberger's Chief Executive.
rigzone.com Friday, July 18, 2008Crude Oil Prices Turn Up
Crude oil prices rebounded Friday in New York to about $131 a barrel following a week of record falls.
rigzone.com Friday, July 18, 2008Russia Renews Visa for Embattled TNK-BP Oil Chief
"We have extended his visa ... for 10 days" until July 29, a spokeswoman for Russia's federal migration service in Moscow told Agence France-Presse, referring to TNK-BP chief executive Robert Dudley, a U.S. citizen.
rigzone.com Friday, July 18, 2008API Reports the US Oil Demand Drops 'Significantly' in First Half of 2008
U.S. oil demand was significantly down for the first six months of 2008. Deliveries of all oil products, a measure of demand, fell 3.0 percent compared with the same first-half-year period in 2007, with gasoline deliveries slipping 1.7 percent.
rigzone.com Friday, July 18, 2008Scanlon, Szynskie engineering firms announce merger
Two metro Denver, woman-owned engineering firms — Scanlon Consulting Services Inc. of Littleton and The Szynskie Group Inc. of Aurora — have merged.
bizjournals.com Friday, July 18, 2008Bridge Bank stock drops on lower earnings
Shares of Bridge Capital Holdings fell about 7 percent Friday after the parent company of Bridge Bank reported a 46 percent drop in net earnings and a large increase in non-performing loans. (BBNK)
bizjournals.com Friday, July 18, 2008Microvision to raise $26M in stock sale, shares plummet
Microvision Inc., which makes high-resolution displays, said it has priced a public offering of about 11.2 million shares of its stock at $2.33 per share, which it said should raise about $26 million. (MVIS)
bizjournals.com Friday, July 18, 2008Eagle Bank post flat 2Q earnings
Eagle Bancorp., awaiting approval of its acquisition of Fidelity & Trust Financial Corp., had flat earnings last quarter and set aside more money for bad loans, even as loan activity and deposits continued to grow. (EGBN)
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