ESSEN, Germany, Dec 15 (Reuters) - A regional court in
Germany on Thursday dismissed damage claims brought against RWE
by a Peruvian farmer, in which he accused the German
utility of emitting carbon dioxide and helping raise global
temperatures.
CHARLOTTETOWN, Prince Edward Island, Dec 15 (Reuters) - For
years, heavy equipment operator Ashley Underhill has tried to
defy the notion that one could only make a good living in
Canada's poorer east coast by spending most of the time away
from the family in the nation's western oil patch.
SINGAPORE, Dec 15 (Reuters) - Traders are temporarily
storing gasoil on vessels in the waters off Singapore as they
anticipate demand for the fuel to go up in the coming months,
industry sources said on Thursday.
GENEVA, Dec 15 (Reuters) - U.N. humanitarian adviser for
Syria Jan Egeland said on Thursday that he was hopeful about the
evacuation of thousands of civilians from eastern Aleppo but
that Russia had only just asked for U.N. involvement, which was
very late.
Dec 15 (Reuters) - British oilfield services company
Petrofac Ltd said deferral and cancellation of projects
hurt order intake at its biggest unit this year, but the
recovery in oil prices has helped improve bidding activity for
services contracts in the final quarter.
MOSCOW, Dec 15 (Reuters) - Russia will increase pipeline
crude oil shipments to Belarus by 1.5 million tonnes in
January-March 2017 compared to October-December 2016, to 4.5
million tonnes, traders told Reuters, citing an export schedule
for the first quarter of 2017.
Dec 15 (Reuters) - British oilfield services company
Petrofac Ltd said on Thursday it would report
better-than-expected full-year net profit as record revenues and
cost cutting measures paid off.
AMMAN, Dec 15 (Reuters) - A military media unit run by
Damascus's ally Hezbollah said early on Thursday that overnight
contacts succeeded in reviving a ceasefire that would lead to
the evacuation of rebels from Aleppo "within hours".
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