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Petrobras, Sinopec in talks to build $20 Billion Refinery

20.06.2013 - Petróleo Brasileiro and Sinopec are in talks to build a $20 billion, 300,000-barrels-a-day refinery in the South American country, according to a securities filing on Wednesday...

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Shell to Develop World's Deepest Offshore Oil Platform

09.05.2013 - Royal Dutch/Shell said on Wednesday it will go ahead with the world's deepest offshore oil and gas production project, pushing the boundaries of technology to produce from nearly 2...

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Brazil Throws Troubled Ethanol Industry Tax Breaks, Credit

24.04.2013 - Brazil's government threw its sugar-ethanol industry a lifeline on Tuesday, by cutting taxes and sweetening credit for the struggling sector it hopes will resume investments in new...

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Big Crop, Policy Revive Brazil's Sugar-ethanol Mills

12.02.2013 - Brazil's big sugarcane mills have begun to invest in ethanol production again, after licking their wounds from years of slim margins, as an expanding crop and favorable government...

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Gas-to-Liquid Technologies

14.12.2012 - GTL - Some of the major doubts about the long-term viability of gas-to-liquid (GTL) technologies for producing fuels and chemicals from natural gas are now beginning to be...

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Air Liquide Major Licensor for Petrobras Gas-to-Chemicals Complex in Brazil

31.10.2012 - Air Liquide is further expanding its footprint in Brazil, establishing a new licensing agreement with Petróleo Brasileiro (Petrobras) in conjunction with its recently awarded...

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Argentina's YPF Says Q2 Net Profit Up 8%

11.08.2012 - Argentina's state-controlled energy company YPF had an 8% increase in second quarter net profit to 833 million pesos ($181 million), it said in its first earnings statement...

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Petrobras Posts First Loss in 13 Years

04.08.2012 - Brazil's state-led oil giant Petrobras on Friday posted its first quarterly loss in more than 13 years, fanning concerns that the company, hampered by government intervention and...