Keyword: Oil

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ConocoPhillips to Sell Kazakh Stake for $5 Billion to ONGC

26.11.2012 - ConocoPhillips is to sell its 8.4% stake in Kazakh oil field Kashagan for about $5 billion to Oil and Natural Gas Corp, a state-run Indian group looking to boost production...

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OPEC Acknowledges Shale Oil Supply May Be Significant

08.11.2012 - OPEC acknowledged for the first time on Thursday that technology for extracting oil and gas from shale is changing the global supply picture significantly, and said demand for...

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BASF wants to protect margins and create value

26.07.2012 - BASF's business performed solidly in Q2. The company improved sales by 6% to €19.5 billion and income from operations (EBIT) before special items increased by €253 million to €2.5...

Chemistry & Life Sciences

Bio-Production of Light Olefins

07.03.2012 - Alternatives To Oil - Light olefins, or short alkenes, are key platform molecules for the chemical industry. They are almost exclusively obtained from fossil oil. Because of the...

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Brent Slips Below $112 On Euro Zone Woes

16.11.2011 - Brent crude slipped below $112 on Wednesday, reversing some of the previous session's gains on worries that new governments in Greece and Italy may fail to muster political clout...

Strategy & Management

Oil And Gas

06.09.2011 - Oil and gas account for more than half of all primary energy consumed globally. The sheer volume of oil and gas consumed means that these fuels will continue to feed a large share...

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Unipetrol Q1 Net In Line With Expectations

29.04.2011 - Czech downstream oil group Unipetrol reported a 50% rise in first quarter net profit on Friday, in line with market expectations. Net profit was 464 million Czech crowns ($28.57...

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Enterprise Product Partners, Energy Transfer Partners To Build Pipeline To Carry Cushing Crude To Gulf

27.04.2011 - Two pipeline operators plan to use new and existing pipelines to build a system by the end of 2012 to move the glut of crude oil in Cushing, Okla., to refineries at the Gulf Coast...