UK Energy Bill expected early next week
LONDON - UK consumers will soon have to pay 7.6 billion pounds more over the next eight years as part of the government's endeavor to boost green power, with the release of the new Energy Bill early ...
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Taqa considering bond sale
Abu Dhabi National Energy Co (Taqa), which is buying a number of BP's North Sea assets, has hired five banks to arrange investor meetings ahead of a potential benchmark-size bond sale, Reuters ...
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China asks Vietnam to stop oil exploration in disputed waters
BEIJING/MANILA - In the latest flare up over the bitter territorial row in Southeast Asia, China has asked Vietnam to immediately stop its oil exploration in disputed South China Sea over which ...
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PetroChina agrees to pay $2.2 billion for Canada gas deal
BEIJING - Chinese oil group PetroChina has agreed to pay $2.2 billion to Encana Corp for a 49.9 per cent stake in a natural gas project in Canada's Alberta province.
The deal highlights Asia's ...
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Statoil and ExxonMobil find more gas off Tanzania
DAR ES SALAAM - Norwegian energy firm Statoil and its partner ExxonMobil have discovered more natural gas in the Lavani-2 exploration and appraisal well offshore Tanzania. Announcing the third ...
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US oil gas exploration rigs drop this week by 11
HOUSTON (AP) -- Oilfield services company Baker Hughes Inc. says the number of rigs actively exploring for oil and natural gas in the U.S. fell this week by 11, to ...
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Transocean to pay record $1.4 bn fine in Gulf oil spill case
WASHINGTON - Transocean Deepwater Inc., which owned the Deepwater Horizon oil rig that was leased by BP and had exploded on 20 April 2010 in the Gulf of Mexico killing 11 workers, has agreed to pay ...
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As Rebels Declare Cease-Fire Young Congolese Refugees in Rwanda Focus on Education
KIGALI, RWANDA I was born in Congo and fled my country when I was a very little girl, says Jeanine Kaneza, 20, a refugee at Gihembe refugee camp in Rwandas Northern province. I was separated from my ...
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