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Power Cuts Hit BP, Marathon, Valero Texas Plants

27.04.2011 - Refineries operated by BP, Marathon Oil and Valero Energy, with combined capacities of 765,000 barrels of oil a day, have been hit by power outages in Texas City, Texas, officials...

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Kuwait In Talks With BP, Others Over China Refinery

05.04.2011 - Kuwait is in talks with BP and other major energy companies over a possible role in its $9 billion refining joint venture with Sinopec in China, a Kuwaiti official said on Tuesday...

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U.S. Lawyers Say BP, Spill Partners Harmed Cleanup Crew

01.04.2011 - BP and other companies who had used chemical dispersants to fight the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill should compensate the cleanup crew and residents harmed by those toxic chemicals...

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India Gets 74 Bids for New Oil, Gas Blocks

29.03.2011 - India received 74 bids for 33 oil and gas exploration blocks on Monday, but the latest licensing round aimed at attracting increased private investment failed to draw big global...

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South Africa Oil Refiners Must Upgrade by 2017

09.03.2011 - Crude oil refineries in South Africa have until 2017 to upgrade their plants, the country's energy minister said on Tuesday on releasing new draft fuel specifications in Africa's...

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UPDATE: Libyan Oil Production, Outage, Exports, Customers

03.03.2011 - As fighting continues across Libya, the oil industry is trying to assess the output lost from Africa's third-largest producer. Most estimates suggest around half of the country's 1...

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BP Partners India's Reliance in $7.2 Billion Oil Tie-Up

23.02.2011 - BP is to make one of the biggest foreign direct investments in India through an oil and gas tie-up with Reliance Industries, which involves the oil major paying $7.2 billion to the...

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BP in Talks to Buy Stake in Reliance Gas Block

07.02.2011 - BP is in talks with Indian energy major Reliance Industries to buy a 30 to 45 percent stake in the D6 hydrocarbon block in a basin off India's east coast, the Mint newspaper...