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The Chemical Industry in China and the Middle East

15.11.2013 - Challenging The West - For most of the 20th century, the global chemical industry was dominated by the Western world (Western Europe, North America and Japan as an honorary member...

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Klesch Awards German Refinery Supply Deal To Barclays

12.11.2013 - Swiss industrial group Klesch has agreed that Barclays will supply crude oil to its German refinery in a deal worth hundreds of millions of dollars a month that boosts the bank's...

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Total CEO Christophe de Margerie: Kashagan Oilfield Won’t Restart Until 2014

11.11.2013 - Kazakhstan's giant Kashagan oilfield will not be able to restart production before the end of 2013, said the chief executive of French oil company Total, one of the partners in the...

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Shell CEO Voser: Shale Gas Will Take Longer To Develop Than Expected

15.10.2013 - CEO Peter Voser said it will take a longer time than expected for the company to reap benefits from its shale gas projects due to poor short-term results. Weak U.S. shale liquids...

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First Oil-Dispersing Jet Aircraft to Launch in December

11.10.2013 - Oil Spill Response, a venture funded by the world's top oil firms, plans to launch two jet aircraft later this year that can be deployed rapidly to tackle spills in most parts of...

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Kazakh Giant Kashagan Oilfield Resumes Output After Accident

08.10.2013 - A consortium developing Kazakhstan's giant Kashagan oilfield has resumed production after an industrial accident halted work last month, the Kazakh Oil and Gas Ministry and the...

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The Miracle of Shale Gas

25.09.2013 - Cheap, Clean And Controversial - Shale gas has the potential to turn the world's energy industry on its head. It's abundant. It's cheap. It burns cleaner than other fossil fuels...

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Ukraine Region Rejects Chevron Shale Gas Deal Draft

21.08.2013 - A shale gas deal in Ukraine hit a setback on Tuesday when a local council rejected the government's draft production-sharing agreement with U.S. energy company Chevron amid...