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DEAUVILLE - Russia's Gazprom, the supplier of a quarter of Europe's natural gas, expects the price of crude oil to almost double as the decade draws to a close, taking gas prices with it. "We think it will reach $250/bbl in the foreseeable future," Chief Executive Alexei Miller ...
PARIS - Russia, the world's second-largest oil exporter, will raise its oil output in the next few years as new tax cuts will allow oil firms to invest more in exploration and production, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said. Russia imposed heavy taxes on the oil industry, stashing ...
CALGARY - EnCana Corp, Canada's biggest energy company, said on Sunday it plans to split into two separate oil and natural gas firms in an effort to wring out more value with crude prices at record highs. EnCana, a $65 billion gas and oil sands producer formed in a merger six ...
VIENNA -- Although the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) said time and again that the international oil market was well-supplied, oil prices have surged dramatically this month. OPEC daily prices rose again by 0.9 U.S. dollar Thursday and set a new record ...
UST LUGA, Russia - Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday Russia would grant tax breaks to new oil provinces to revive output growth at the world's No.2 oil exporter and add over a tenth to current output levels by 2015. The Russian stock market .IRTS, dominated heavily ...
LONDON - The price of oil could rise to $200 a barrel in the next two years before it starts to seriously hit demand, fund manager Tim Guinness said on Tuesday. "I am increasingly comfortable with the analysis which says the oil price is going to have to go to $200 before demand ...
SYDNEY - Australian oil producer AED Ltd (AED.AX: Quote, Profile, Research), a takeover target of China's Sinopec Group, said on Thursday it was not aware of any reason for a surge in its share price in the past two days. It made the comments in response to a query by the ...
LONDON - Oil giants Royal Dutch Shell beat forecasts to post big rises in first quarter profits on Tuesday, lifting shares across the sector, as investors bet oil prices above $100/barrel would be an even bigger bonanza than expected. Shell, the world's No. 2 non government...
p>NEW YORK- Oil surged almost $4 on Wednesday to near $105 a barrel after a U.S. government report showed a steep draw in U.S. refined fuel inventories as the giant consumer gears up for the summer driving season. The gains snapped three days of losses as Iraq began to repair an ...
NEW YORK, March 6 (Xinhua) -- Crude-oil futures surged for a second day Thursday and closed above 105 dollars a barrel for the first time, after hitting a record high of 105.97 dollars earlier in the session. The gains followed a 5-dollar jump on Wednesday, after declining U.S. ...
Oil prices have spiked to an all time high- spiking past US$111 per barrel in Asia. Light, sweet crude for April delivery rose to a record US$111.42 a barrel, but later slipped to US$111.10. This hike continues to be prompted increasing investments in commodities as the US dollar ...
SHAW STONE & Webster took a strategic decision 15 years ago to focus on getting more value out of the refinery stream. The US-based engineering and construction company felt there was value for refiners in the bottom of the barrel that could open up access to the olefin and ...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Oil tumbled more than 3 percent on Tuesday as a global stock market slide prompted profit-taking ahead of OPEC's meeting in Vienna and dragged prices further from a record near $104 a barrel. U.S. light crude for April delivery fell $3.17 to $99.28 a barrel ...
BEIJING, Feb. 2 (Xinhua) -- China National Offshore Oil Corp. (CNOOC), the country's No. 3 oil producer, said on Saturday that pretax profit jumped 17.5 percent year-on-year to 56.5 billion yuan (7.9 billion U.S. dollars) in 2007. Revenue rose 32.5 percent to 160 billion yuan, ...
NICOSIA, Jan. 16 (Xinhua) -- Current oil prices are not a reflection of market fundamentals but a result of speculation and other factors, chief of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) said here Wednesday. Oil prices have been disconnected from market ...
NEW YORK, Jan. 16 (Xinhua) -- Crude futures fell Wednesday after the U.S. government said oil stocks jumped unexpectedly last week. In its weekly inventory report, the Energy Department's Energy Information Administration said crude oil stockpiles rose by 4.3 million barrels last ...
VIENNA, Jan. 21 (Xinhua) -- The weekly average oil price of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) dropped to 87.18 U.S. dollars per barrel last week, sharply down by 3.65 dollars from the previous week, the Vienna-based cartel said Monday. OPEC's daily average ...
BEIJING, Dec. 29 -- PetroChina Co Ltd, the listed arm of China National Petroleum Corp (CNPC), and another CNPC subsidiary will invest a combined 16 billion yuan to build a gas pipeline from China to Turkmenistan. "PetroChina and China National Oil and Gas Exploration and ...
NEW YORK, Nov. 23 (Xinhua) -- Crude prices rose Friday on concerns about tight heating oil stocks. Light, sweet crude for January delivery rose 89 U.S. cents to settle at 98.18 dollars a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. In London, January Brent crude rose 1.26 dollars ...
27 Nov 2007 - The Linde Groupannounced that it has sold the BOC Edwards Pharmaceutical Systems business to the Italian company IMA (Industria Macchine Automatiche) at an enterprise value of EUR 36 million. The contract was signed and will come into effect on the fulfilment of the ...
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China slams Japan's NHK governor's denial of Nanjing massacre
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