Energy Update
SYDNEY, Oct 22 (Reuters) - An Australia court overturned on
Saturday government approval of a A$130 million fuel depot and
port at Port Melville, off the country's north coast, handing a
major victory to environmental activists.
BAGHDAD, Oct 22 (Reuters) - Security forces overcame a big
assault by Islamic State militants in Kirkuk and regained full
control of the northern Iraqi oil city on Saturday, Iraqi state
TV said.
CARACAS, Oct 21 (Reuters) - A half-dozen hooded gunmen tried
to break into the offices of the comptroller commission at the
Venezuelan National Assembly on Friday, according to the
president of the opposition-led commission, who said the
incident was likely politically motivated.
CARACAS, Oct 21 (Reuters) - Venezuela's state oil company
PDVSA will make an
announcement on its debt swap operation on Monday, a source
close to the operation told Reuters on Friday night.
QUITO, Oct 21 (Reuters) - A local judge in Ecuador on Friday
ordered preventive prison for a former oil minister on grounds
of bribery amid an investigation into a $12 million corruption
scandal in the Andean country's state oil company.
SAO PAULO, Oct 21 (Reuters) - Brazil's state-run oil company
Petrobras said on Friday its board approved
settlements for four lawsuits sought by investors in New York
federal court and it currently estimates a provision of $353
million to cover the costs.
Oct 21 (Reuters) - A pipeline breach on Friday spilled
gasoline in the vicinity of the Susquehanna River in Lycoming
County, Pennsylvania, environmental authorities said, prompting
a utility firm to warn customers to reduce water use as a
precaution.
TORONTO, Oct 21 (Reuters) - Canada's main stock index rose
to a 16-month high on Friday as shares of energy and materials
companies led broad-based gains and investors raised bets on a
rate cut from the Bank of Canada.
OTTAWA, Oct 21 (Reuters) - Canadian Prime Minister Justin
Trudeau is usually greeted by cheering crowds when he goes out
in public but received a less pleasant welcome in Hamilton on
Friday - a handful of pumpkin seeds thrown by a green activist.
BUENOS AIRES, Oct 21 (Reuters) - Companies that ship grains
from Argentina including Glencore, Cargill, Cofco, and Bunge,
will invest some $1.2 billion over three years to improve
infrastructure in the main port network of Rosario, the
government said on Friday.
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