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Kinder Morgan to Buy Pipeline Firm Copano for $3.22 Billion

30.01.2013 - Kinder Morgan Energy Partners will buy natural gas pipeline operator Copano Energy for $3.22 billion to tap into growing demand for infrastructure to transport vast supplies from...

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Chevron Paid $10 Million in Claims from Richmond Refinery Fire

29.01.2013 - Chevron has paid $10 million in claims stemming from the Aug. 6 crude unit fire at its 245,000-barrels-per-day refinery in Richmond, California, the company said. So far, 23,900...

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Glencore, Vitol in $10 Billion Loan to Buy Rosneft Crude

28.01.2013 - Commodity traders Glencore International and Vitol have asked banks for a $10 billion syndicated loan to finance the purchase of up to 67 million tons of crude oil from Russian...

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Indonesia Calls for Exxon to Replace Local Chief

28.01.2013 - A senior Indonesian official has called for U.S. energy group Exxon Mobil to replace its country manager after delays at one of its major oilfields, fuelling concerns about state...

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Samsung Total Strikes Iran Oil Deal

26.01.2013 - South Korea's Samsung Total Petrochemicals (STC) has revived a contract to buy Iranian oil after a year's hiatus, as thin margins in plastics make the cheap fuel from Iran hard to...

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Canadian Crude Reaches Europe as U.S. Shale Oil Booms

22.01.2013 - The United States now gets so much crude from its own shale deposits that Canadian exporters are selling as far afield as Europe, showing how deeply the U.S. energy revolution is...

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New Partner at Rystad Energy: Lars Eirik Nicolaisen

13.01.2013 - Lars Eirik Nicolaisen has been elected as a new Partner at Rystad Energy. He has been with Rystad Energy since 2008 and has since served multiple clients, including E&P companies...

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Shell May Have Moved Rig to Avoid Taxes

11.01.2013 - Shell may have moved an oil rig that ran aground off Alaska last week partly to avoid millions of dollars in taxes, U.S. Rep. Ed Markey said, raising even more questions about the...