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Jim Ratcliffe: Ineos Not Bluffing On Closure Of Scotland's Grangemouth Refinery

21.10.2013 - Ineos is not bluffing with its plan to shut Scotland's Grangemouth oil refinery within weeks unless workers agree by a Monday deadline to accept proposed cuts in terms and...

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Ineos Halts Grangemouth Ahead of Union Backdown

16.10.2013 - Ineos began temporarily shuttering production at its mammoth petrochemicals site in Grangemouth, Scotland on October 15 after walking out of the ongoing mediation process with the...

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First Oil-Dispersing Jet Aircraft to Launch in December

11.10.2013 - Oil Spill Response, a venture funded by the world's top oil firms, plans to launch two jet aircraft later this year that can be deployed rapidly to tackle spills in most parts of...

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U.S. Court Orders Exxon to Pay $105 Million in NYC Case

29.07.2013 - A U.S. appeals court on Friday upheld a ruling against Exxon Mobil Corp ordering the company to pay $105 million in damages for polluting New York City's groundwater with a toxic...

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BP Wins Approval for new PTA Plant in China

25.06.2013 - China's National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) has approved plans by BP Zhuhai, an 85:15 joint venture of the British oil and petrochemicals producer and China's Zhuhai...

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BP Cuts Global Gas Reserves Estimate, Mostly for Russia

12.06.2013 - Oil major BP steeply cut its estimates of global gas reserves on Wednesday, revising Russian reserves down sharply and putting Iran at the top of the world league table. In its...

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Encana Names Former BP Executive as CEO

11.06.2013 - Encana named former BP executive Doug Suttles as its new president and chief executive on Tuesday as Canada's largest natural-gas producer searches for a new course following years...

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Shell Under the Skin, 10 Years After Crisis

30.05.2013 - A decade ago, Royal Dutch/Shell's boss was fighting to close the gap between the truth about his company's oil and gas reserves and the much larger figure in its accounts. He lost...