Energy Update
UNITED NATIONS, Aug 7 (Reuters) - The United States proposed
on Sunday that the United Nations Security Council authorize a
4,000-strong force to ensure peace in South Sudan's capital Juba
and threaten to impose an arms embargo if the transitional
government does not cooperate.
Proserv, a global technology services company, has formed a strategic partnership with KLAW Products to offer an enhanced field safety service preventing offshore spills in the Middle East.
Diamond Pipeline, a joint venture between Plains All American Pipeline and Valero, has submitted an order for more than $47m in coated 20-inch pipe to Welspun in Little Rock, Ark.
SYDNEY, Aug 8 (Reuters) - Australian shares are set to have
a strong start on Monday following a positive lead on Wall
Street and an expected boost to mining stocks from a jump in
iron ore prices.
Global miner BHP Billiton is expected to open 1.8
percent higher, tracking a gain in its U.S. ADRs.
Local share price index futures rose 0.6 percent to
5,489 points, but that was still an 8.4-point discount to the
TOKYO, Aug 7 (Reuters) - Japan has filed a protest to
Beijing after the discovery that China installed radar equipment
in a gas exploration platform close to disputed waters in the
East China Sea, a Japanese foreign ministry spokesman said on
Sunday.
SAO TOME, Aug 7 (Reuters) - Voters in Sao Tome and Principe
went to the polls on Sunday in the second round of the country's
presidential election, with ex-speaker of parliament Evaristo
Carvalho guaranteed victory after incumbent Manuel Pinto da
Costa boycotted the race.
LONDON, Aug 7 (Reuters) - Some tax proceeds from shale gas
developments in Britain could be given directly to residents,
Prime Minister Theresa May said on Sunday, in a bid to help
clear the path for an industry hampered for years by local
opposition to fracking.
BRASILIA, Aug 6 (Reuters) - Jailed Brazilian construction
magnate Marcelo Odebrecht has told prosecutors he contributed
illegally to the election campaign of now-interim President
Michel Temer in 2014, Veja newsweekly reported on Saturday.
Aug 6 (Reuters) - Tropical Depression Earl was expected to
dissipate over Mexico later on Saturday after it was downgraded
from a tropical storm, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said.
Aug 6 (Reuters) - Tropical Storm Earl moved inland early on
Saturday over southeastern Mexico where torrential rains could
produce deadly flash floods and mudslides, the U.S. National
Hurricane Center said.
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