ACCRA, Aug 18 (Reuters) - Ghana's President John Mahama said
on Thursday that a maritime boundary dispute with Ivory Coast
had affected the development of the new TEN oil field, but that
Ghana was nonetheless committed to a peaceful resolution of the
dispute.
WASHINGTON, Aug 18 (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State John
Kerry will travel to Kenya, Nigeria and Saudi Arabia next week
for talks with senior government officials on regional issues,
the State Department said on Thursday.
The U.S. accepted Australia’s offer to supply biofuel for its Asia-Pacific fleet, advancing the Navy’s goal of getting half its power from renewables by 2020.
HOUSTON, Aug 18 (Reuters) - The first Suezmax crude oil
tanker that was slated to go through the newly expanded Panama
Canal began its transit on Thursday, a public relations official
told Reuters.
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MOSCOW, Aug 18 (Reuters) - A surprise delay to Russia's
privatisation of mid-sized oil producer Bashneft does not bode
well for plans to sell a stake in energy giant Rosneft this
year. A failure of that deal too would deal a heavy blow to
state finances.
BAGHDAD, Aug 18 (Reuters) - Iraq has resumed pumping oil
from fields operated by state-run North Oil Company (NOC) via a
Kurdish pipeline to Turkey, a spokesman for the oil ministry in
Baghdad said on Thursday.
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