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Big Oil's lean look fuels Houston-area jobs fearRecent downsizing moves by Royal Dutch Shell, ConocoPhillips and others suggest a permanent shift toward doing more with less.
Houston Chronicle Sunday, November 08, 2009CEG closes nuclear dealConstellation Energy Group closed a deal Friday to sell half its nuclear power business to a French utility, one week after Maryland regulators approved the $4.5 billion transaction with conditions.
Topix.net Sunday, November 08, 2009Suntech and Huadian Partner on 10MW Solar Plant in Jiangsu ProvinceWUXI, China, Nov. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Suntech Power Holdings Co., Ltd. (NYSE: STP), the world's leading manufacturer of crystalline silicon photovoltaic (PV) modules, today
announced it will develop a 10MW solar power plant in Dongtai, Jiangsu Province in conjunction with its strategic partner Huadian New Energy Development Co., Ltd. (HNE). Suntech will supply high quality solar modules and design and manage the installation of the plant. Suntech holds a minority share of the project.
prnewswire.com Sunday, November 08, 2009Coal demand has increased, just not in the U.S.Coal mining companies from Appalachia to Missouri are seeing plenty of rebounding demand, just not in this nation.
Houston Chronicle Sunday, November 08, 2009Halliburton receives drilling contract for Saudi Arabia's Ghawar fieldHalliburton Co. said Friday it received a contract to drill and complete oil wells in Saudi Arabia's Ghawar field.
Topix.net Sunday, November 08, 2009Exxon consortium wins West Qurna initial rightsAsim Jihad, Iraq's oil ministry spokesman has
announced that a
consortium led by US-based Exxon Mobil has won initial rights to develop Iraq's West Qurna field, Reuters has
reported. Under the 20-year contract, the group plans to raise the field's output nearly five-fold to 2.325 million barrels per day (bpd) from less than 500,000 bpd at present. The consortium would get a remuneration fee of $1.90 per barrel, the ministry said.
AME Sunday, November 08, 2009$300,000 in fees from Fort Wayne utility battleFort Wayne has paid nearly $300,000 to lawyers since last year in a legal battle with Indiana Michigan Power.
Topix.net Sunday, November 08, 2009Egypt to sell diesel to BangladeshEgypt-based Middle East Oil Refineries (MIDOR) has agreed to supply state-owned Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC) with 60,000 tonnes of diesel for consumption during January-June period of next year, Reuters has
reported. The deal aims to diversify sources of fuel as demand is rising sharply, BPC said. MIDOR had approved Bangladesh's proposal to sell diesel at a premium of $3.90 per barrel, which is lower than the rates offered by Gulf refineries.
AME Sunday, November 08, 2009Yemen LNG shipment leaves for S KoreaYemen's first liquefied natural gas (LNG) shipment from a $4.5bn Total-led plant, has left the export terminal at Belhaf for South Korea aboard a Korean tanker, carrying around 149,000 cubic metres of LNG, Reuters has
reported. A second, 160,000 cubic metre shipment is scheduled for November 13, on a Yemeni tanker owned by the Yemen Liquefied Natural Gas Company, the country's minister for oil & mineral resources, Amir al-Aidarous told the news service.
AME Sunday, November 08, 20094 Colo. vets sue Halliburton, KBRFour Colorado veterans are the latest to file "burn pit" lawsuits against military contractors accused of exposing soldiers to toxic fumes and ash.
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