MANILA, July 18 (Reuters) - Patrolling downtown Manila in
his new Toyota, Uber driver Daniel Canezal is grumpy. It's not
from the heat, grime or traffic of the capital's clogged streets
- it's the Philippines' ramshackle internet service that is
making his life a misery.
SNC-Lavalin (SNC) has been awarded an engineering consultancy and support services contract by Oryx GTL, a joint venture between Qatar Petroleum (51%) and Sasol of South Africa (49%), for its gas-to-liquids (GTL) complex at Ras Laffan Industrial City in Qatar.
Strainstall, part of James Fisher and Sons, has been awarded a major contract with the Japanese Penta Ocean-Toa joint venture, for its advanced mooring solution to be installed at the Pengerang Independent Deepwater Petroleum Terminal (PIDPT) in Malaysia.
NEW YORK, July 17 (Reuters) - Oil prices were mixed and gold
prices were under pressure on Sunday in early trade as traders
digested the impact from Turkey's military coup, which was
broadly expected to be limited on global markets.
NEW YORK, July 17 (Reuters) - Oil prices were either side of
unchanged on Sunday in early trade as the impact from Turkey's
failed military coup was broadly expected to be limited on
global markets.
SAO TOME, July 17 (Reuters) - Sao Tome and Principe voted in
a presidential election on Sunday in which incumbent Manuel
Pinto da Costa is looking to win a second term against four
opponents including a former speaker of parliament.
RIYADH, July 17 (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's energy minister
said on Sunday the kingdom always reacts to oil market supply
and demand and it would continue to monitor crude markets for
any developments.
July 17 (Reuters) - A failed Turkish military coup attempt
briefly closed the Bosphorus Strait to shipping traffic on
Saturday, reminding the world of Turkey's huge and growing
importance as a transit route for commodities between Russia,
Central Asia and Europe.
TOKYO, July 17 (Reuters) - An earthquake with a magnitude of
5.0 struck eastern Japan on Sunday and shook buildings in Tokyo,
officials and witnesses said, but there was no danger of a
tsunami and no immediate report of injuries or major damage.
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