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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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Ukraine, Shell Expected to Sign $10 Billion Shale Deal Jan 24

18.01.2013 - Ukraine is expected to sign a landmark shale gas deal with energy major Royal Dutch Shell next week while a second deal in the west of the country faces local opposition, Prime...

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U.S. Shale Boom Redraws LPG Market Map

18.01.2013 - Soaring U.S. exports of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), a side product of the shale boom, are giving energy markets a taste of the tectonic changes they could see if and when the...

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Rosneft Leads Russian Oil Output to New High

02.01.2013 - More crude from state-owned top producer Rosneft kept Russian oil output the highest in the world last year, ahead of Saudi Arabia, Energy Ministry data showed on Wednesday. Crude...

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EPA Faces Decisions on US Fracking Boom

30.12.2012 - The past four years of U.S. environmental regulation was marked by a crackdown on emissions that angered coal miners and power companies. Over the next four, the new head of the...

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Chevron to Buy Stake in Kitimat LNG from Encana, EOG

25.12.2012 - Chevron said on Monday it will enter the Canadian liquefied natural gas business with the acquisition of the 50% stake in the Kitimat LNG project held by Encana and EOG Resources...

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Statoil Adds to U.S. Shale Acreage for $590 Million

19.12.2012 - Norwegian energy firm Statoil bought the rights to about 70,000 acres of shale-producing area in the United States on Wednesday as part of a plan to increase its North American...

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IChemE Welcomes UK Fracking Go-Ahead

14.12.2012 - IChemE is backing a UK government decision to lift an embargo on hydraulic fracturing (better known as fracking) after creating new regulations that it says will reduce the chance...