Big News [2013-05-18 19:30]

Michael Burgess A quiet word in the shell-like might have been a bit wiser


Warriors coach Matt Elliott is playing a risky game with his ongoing protests against NRL refs. On- or off-field, there is usually only one winner when debating with match officials. On one level, Elliott had some grounds for complaint, especially in the past month. After some incorrect calls against the Raiders and Storm at crucial moments, last week's late hit on Glen Fisiiahi by Michael Ennis ...
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Big News [2013-05-18 17:14]

Canada uneasy about oil-sands byproduct accumulation


A member of the Canadian Parliament said he wants an investigation with the United States into a three-story mound of coke piling up at a refinery in Ontario. The coke is a by-product of the refining of oil sands and has been piling up quickly at the Marathon refinery in Windsor along the Detroit River. "Here's a little bit of Alberta," said Brian Masse, one of Windsor's ...
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Big News [2013-05-18 14:08]

New rules for olive oil in Europe


The European Commission is changing its rules on olive oil served in restaurants to safeguard the consumer, a spokesman said. "We are just making it clear that when you want to have olive oil of a certain quality in a restaurant, you get exactly the one you are paying for," said commission spokesman Oliver Bailly The olive oil market is subject to widespread fraud with cheaper grades ...
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Big News [2013-05-18 10:19]

The world according to Badr Jafar


We are two minutes into the conversation, and Badr Jafar already needs to explain himself. "You'll be glad to know that there is a logic behind the perceived madness," he ...
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Big News [2013-05-18 02:32]

N58.9 Trillion Oil Deal HEDA Urges Human Rights Commission to Investigate Petroleum Minister Alison-Madueke and Shell Petroleum


By SaharaReporters, New York HEDA, the Human And Environmental Development Agenda, has called on the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) to investigate the claim by five oil producing communities in Delta State and their leaders who shut down the National Assembly in protest last month that the Petroleum Minister, Diezani Alison-Madueke and Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) limited ...
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Big News [2013-05-18 02:31]

Ironhorse Announces Q1 2013 Financial and Operating Results


May 17, 2013 /CNW/ - Ironhorse Oil & Gas Inc. ("Ironhorse" or the "Company") (TSX-V: IOG) announces its first quarter 2013 financial and operating results. ...
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Big News [2013-05-18 01:26]

Lamprell sees debt restructuring deal sealed by June-end


UAE-based oil rig maker Lamprell has said it is on track to restructure its debt and agree revised covenants by the end of June, as the company recovers from a 2012 loss, Reuters has reported. The LSE-listed company was stung last year after moving into riskier areas such as wind turbine vessels, where operational difficulties led to a series of profit warnings. Lamprell's order book at the ...
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Big News [2013-05-17 23:07]

Kuwaiti oil executives suspended over Dow Chemical penalty


The Kuwaiti cabinet has decided to suspend several senior oil executives over a $2.2bn penalty paid to Dow Chemical for scrapping a joint venture and ordered a judicial investigation into the matter, AFP has reported. The cabinet also announced the appointment of a new chief executive officer for state-owned Kuwait Petroleum Corp (KPC), and said it has taken "the necessary measures to ...
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Big News [2013-05-17 23:04]

ShawCor Names New Chair Vice Chair And Reports Voting Results from Annual General Meeting


May 17, 2013 /CNW/ - ShawCor Ltd. (TSX: SCL) announced today that its Board of Directors had appointed independent director John F. (Jack) Petch as its new Chair of the ...
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Big News [2013-05-17 22:28]

US approves second LNG export terminal


WASHINGTON - The Energy Department Friday gave a conditional nod authorizing Freeport LNG Expansion, L.P. and FLNG Liquefaction, LLC (Freeport) to set up a second facility for export of domestically produced liquefied natural gas (LNG) to countries that do not have a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the United States. The approval means that gas-hungry markets like Japan and India could start ...
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