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Clariant Oil Services Wins Statoil Contract

10.07.2015 - Clariant, the Swiss specialty chemicals producer, has signed an eight-year framework contract with Statoil to supply production chemicals and services for the Johan Sverdrup oil...

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Borealis Investing €160 million in Swedish Cracker

06.07.2015 - Vienna-based polyolefins and fertilizer giant Borealis has announced plans to invest €160 million to upgrade and revamp four cracker furnaces at Stenungsund, Sweden, to meet the...

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Qatar-Shell JV Scraps $6.4 Billion Petchems Plan

15.01.2015 - Qatar Petroleum and Shell have canceled plans for their $6.4 billion Al Karaana petrochemical project in the Gulf state, blaming "the current economic climate in the oil industry,"...

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Belgian and Swedish Ethanol Producers Added to EU Probe

17.10.2014 - Two European ethanol producers, Belgium's Alcogroup and Sweden's Lantmannen Agroetanol, have been raided by EU competition authorities as part of a 17-month long investigation into...

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BASF Buying Norwegian Gas Assets From Statoil

26.09.2014 - To diversify its supply of energy to the German market, BASF's oil and gas subsidiary Wintershall recently agreed to purchase assets worth $1.25 billion from Norway's Statoil. In...

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Norway's Statoil Disappointed With Shale Outside U.S.

10.04.2014 - Norway's Statoil, looking to become a global energy company, has been disappointed so far in its hunt for shale opportunities to match the quality of its U.S. assets, a senior...

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Fracking With CO2 to Replace Water a Distant Goal, Says GE

08.04.2014 - Because of technical challenges and limited infrastructure, carbon dioxide, used for years to force crude oil out of old wells, likely will not replace water in hydraulic...

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Tanzania LNG Project Set For Step Forward

25.11.2013 - Tanzania's hopes of becoming a major gas exporter are set for a boost on Monday when oil company and government officials meet to review a proposed site for a gas liquefaction...