Overview Ultrapetrol serves the shipping markets for grain, vegetable oils, minerals, crude oil, petroleum and refined petroleum products, as well as the offshore oil platform supply market. It operates three segments: a river...
By IsraelNationalNews.com Iranian Armed Forces Deputy Chief of Staff for Cultural Affairs and Defense Publicity Brigadier, Massoud Jazayeri, said that Israel and the United States are in "no position to launch a military...
Muscat projects the port of Sohar, 220 km north of Muscat, as the first anchor for a journey to make Oman a key maritime centre between three continents. Industries built there feature a...
As a result of a growing number of industries setting up in Sohar, Muscat in 2008 created of a new economic zone in Sohar. It had already attracted a number of projects to...
Petroleum Development Oman: PDO is owned 60% by the Omani government, 34% by Shell which is the technical manager, 4% by Total and 2% by Partex. The Shell-led foreign partners in PDO in...
CenterPoint Energy's programs include rebates for efficient space and water heating, free energy saving showerheads and incentives for efficient boilers, boiler components and food service equipment. In addition, commercial customers can receive custom...
Approximately 80% of Canada's oil sands can be produced using in-situ technology, which involves the injection of steam to enable bitumen to be extracted through drilling versus surface mining. The ExxonMobil -patented technology...
M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2012 M2 COMMUNICATIONS Australian carrier the Qantas Group on Thursday released details on its response to the European Union (EU) and Australian carbon pricing schemed and increased fuel costs. Higher jet...
AIRLINE INDUSTRY INFORMATION-(C)1997-2012 M2 COMMUNICATIONS Australian carrier the Qantas Group on Thursday released details on its response to the European Union (EU) and Australian carbon pricing schemed and increased fuel costs. Higher jet...
Candidate forums can be quite instructive to a prospective voter. For example, I was privileged to see the candidates for Santa Fe City Council District 4 recently and learn how they work and...
The use of rare earth minerals may become a logistical bottleneck plaguing the deployment of wind turbines, photovoltaic cells, and electric vehicles, according to a report recently updated by the U.S. Department of...
Puma Energy said it plans to open 80 new service stations in an attempt to consolidate themselves as the second largest in the Guatemalan market, reports Sigloxxi.com (Jan. 4, 2012). During the course...
The volatility that marked energy markets over the past year is almost guaranteed to continue in 2012. Geopolitical factors, such as Europe's financial crisis and conflicts with Iran and other regions, make long-range...
The spark spread represents the theoretical margin of electric power producers. Its understanding can reveal several speculative opportunities that traders can use to expand their market activity. There are several fundamental methods of...
In mid-December 2011, the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) surprised the energy markets by deciding to increase oil production with a new output target of 30 million barrels a day. Bloomberg reported...
HEADNOTE According to participants in the Chicago Fed's annual Economic Outlook Symposium, the U.S. economy is forecasted to grow at a pace below its historical average in 2012, following a year with an...
Muscat is spending over $6.7bn to 2016/17 to raise power generation capacity from about 4,200 to over 5,500MW in 2012 and 6,400MW by 2017. The head of the General Electricity & Water Authority...
Oman in 2008/09 weathered the global financial crisis and since then the economy has returned to pre-crisis GDP growth levels. In 2011, the government began investing RO30bn ($77.9bn) under a five-year plan to...
The search for oil in Oman began in 1925, soon after D'Arcy Exploration Co. won a two-year licence. Then the country was a British protectorate. The firm made geological surveys but failed to...
In his third State of the Union address to the US Congress, President Barack Obama on Jan. 24 said he was "determined to prevent Iran from getting a nuclear weapon", stressing: "I will...