Energy Update
BRASILIA, Oct 19 (Reuters) - Eduardo Cunha, the former head
of Brazil's lower house of Congress who led the impeachment
drive against former President Dilma Rousseff, was arrested on
Wednesday on corruption charges.
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By Igor Ilic
ZAGREB, Oct 19 (Reuters) - The Croatian parliament approved
on Wednesday a new government led by the conservative HDZ party
leader Andrej Plenkovic whose main task will be to boost growth
and sort out fragile public finances in one of the weakest
European Union economies.
The new government was formed by the HDZ and its junior
OTTAWA/CALGARY, Oct 19 (Reuters) - Canada's government may
curb the national energy regulator's power, including stripping
it of sole oversight for new projects, as part of reforms to a
body under pressure over a botched pipeline hearing, according
to two sources familiar with the matter.
Oct 19 (Reuters) - Southern California Gas said on Wednesday
it completed safety review tests at most wells at its Aliso
Canyon natural gas storage facility in Los Angeles, which shut
in October 2015 following a massive methane leak not plugged
until February.
CALGARY, Alberta, Oct 19 (Reuters) - Enbridge Inc,
Canada's largest pipeline company, is laying off 5 percent of
its work force after an organizational review, a spokeswoman
said on Wednesday.
CARACAS, Oct 19 (Reuters) - A congressional probe led by
Venezuela's opposition accused the country's giant state oil
company PDVSA of corruption on Wednesday over an allegedly
unaccounted $11 billion of funds while powerful official Rafael
Ramirez was at its helm from 2004 to 2014.
Statkraft opened its renovated and expanded 350-MW Nedre Rossaga hydropower station on Oct. 18.
RIO DE JANEIRO, Oct 19 (Reuters) - Brazilian oilworkers'
unions said they rejected a sweetened pay offer from Petroleo
Brasileiro SA in annual salary talks on Wednesday,
raising chances of a second major strike in two years at the
state-led oil company.
ABUJA, Oct 19 (Reuters) - Nigeria needs more time to
negotiate a railway concession project with U.S. company General
Electric, the transport minister said on Wednesday.
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