07.06.2010
- Maersk Oil, part of the A.P. Moller-Maersk shipping and oil group, has agreed to buy a 20% stake in an exploration licence in the Norwegian Sea from Winthershall, Maersk said on...
30.05.2010
- U.S. lawmakers and the American public clamored on Sunday for BP and the Obama administration to do more to save the U.S. Gulf Coast from an out-of-control oil spill that one...
30.05.2010
- The Coast Guard is creating a new anchorage zone near the entrance to the Mississippi River to help keep ship traffic moving despite the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, the official...
27.05.2010
- Top Pfizer research executive Martin Mackay has left the world's biggest drugmaker to head research at rival AstraZeneca as both companies brace for patent expirations on their top...
21.05.2010
- BP said it is now siphoning 5,000 barrels (210,000 gallons/795,000 liters) per day of crude oil at the leak site in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico. BP had estimated the leak was flowing...
20.05.2010
- U.S. ports and shipping lanes on the Gulf of Mexico remained open Wednesday despite the spreading oil spill, officials said. No cargo ships needing cleaning were reported, so there...
18.05.2010
- One thing up front: Terry Gilhooley's favorite sport is not soccer. "Rugby," says the manager of Protective Coatings South and East Africa for Akzo Nobel subsidiary International...
18.05.2010
- Energy giant BP said on Tuesday it was now able to siphon off about 40% of the oil gushing from a ruptured well in the Gulf of Mexico but has not been able to stop the leak, as...
18.05.2010
- Production at LyondellBasell's 270,000 barrel per day (bpd) Houston refinery was "down to very low rates" with both crude distillation units shut on Monday, a company spokesman...
17.05.2010
- Frankfurt-based Kombiverkehr is boosting its services to and from the western seaports with a new direct train with daily departures between Duisburg and Antwerp. Commencing on May...