Energy Update
RIO DE JANEIRO, Oct 17 (Reuters) - Police fired tear gas in
downtown Rio de Janeiro on Monday when protesters demonstrating
against a proposed government spending cap approached the
headquarters of state oil company Petrobras, the GloboNews
channel said.
RIO DE JANEIRO, Oct 17 (Reuters) - Brazil's state-controlled
oil company Petroleo Brasileiro SA said on Monday it
had agreed to sell its mothballed Okinawa refinery and related
assets to Japan's Taiyo Oil Co. for $129.3 million, according to
a securities filing.
BRASILIA, Oct 17 (Reuters) - President Michel Temer's
government will ease requirements that oil industry equipment be
produced in Brazil as part of its effort to draw investment and
lower costs that have hindered development of vast reserves, a
senior official said on Monday.
Fluor announced that all 358 modules have been fabricated and shipped to the site for its portion of the Fort Hills Energy L.P. oil sands mining project in the Athabasca region of Alberta, Canada.
SYDNEY, Oct 18 (Reuters) - Caltex Australia Ltd
said on Tuesday it had made a proposal to buy Woolworths Ltd's
petrol station chain, which analysts expect to sell for
more than A$1.5 billion ($1.1 billion).
RIO DE JANEIRO, Oct 17 (Reuters) - Brazil's state-controlled
oil company Petroleo Brasileiro SA said on Monday it
had agreed to sell its mothballed Okinawa refinery and related
assets to Japan's Taiyo Oil Co. for $129.3 million, according to
a securities filing.
QUITO, Ecuador Oct 17 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Urban
planning has failed to keep up with mass urbanization around the
world, placing cities at the epicenter of the 21st century's
most pressing challenges, a top United Nations official said on
Monday.
LONDON, Oct 17 (Reuters) - The head of major miner BHP
Billiton says what Britain needs is a
"hard-headed Brexit", which would maintain trade relations with
the European Union and place the focus on minimising bureaucracy
as much as on keeping tariffs low.
NEW YORK, Oct 17 (Reuters) - Construction equipment for
Dakota Access LLC's controversial $3.7 billion oil pipeline
suffered about $2 million in damage in an intentionally set fire
over the weekend in Iowa, authorities said on Monday.
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