Energy Update
CALGARY, Alberta, June 14 (Reuters) - The Fort McMurray
wildfire in northern Alberta that forced the evacuation of
90,000 residents and shut in more than a million barrels per day
of oil output was most likely caused by human activity, the
Royal Canadian Mounted Police said on Tuesday.
SYDNEY, June 14 (Reuters) - Monaco-based oil services
company Unaoil said on Tuesday it was launching legal action
against Australia's Fairfax Media group, publisher of the Sydney
Morning Herald, over reports linking it to corrupt practices
involving big oil companies.
UNITED NATIONS, June 14 (Reuters) - The United Nations
Security Council on Tuesday unanimously authorized a crackdown
on arms smuggling in the high seas off Libya by allowing the
inspection of vessels to seize and dispose of illicit weapons.
BRASILIA, June 14 (Reuters) - Brazil's congressional ethics
committee voted to strip suspended Speaker Eduardo Cunha of his
seat on Tuesday and ban him for eight years from elected office
in the country for lying about his undeclared Swiss bank
accounts.
The EarthSpark team spent 5 years developing their first microgrid in Haiti. Inaugurated in June 2015, it is currently serving 449 homes and businesses with affordable, reliable electricity 24/7. The grid contains 93 kW of PV panels, a 30 kVa generator back up and 410 kWh of battery storage.
CALGARY, Alberta, June 14 (Reuters) - Suncor Energy Inc
has told employees the massive wildfire that struck
northern Alberta in May will cost the company nearly C$1 billion
($777.91 million), two sources at Canada's largest crude
producer told Reuters.
CARACAS, June 14 (Reuters) - Hungry Venezuelans are rioting
and looting amid worsening food shortages, but the OPEC
country's remote oil fields have been sheltered from the social
unrest so far.
MOSCOW/BRUSSELS, June 14 (Reuters) - Russian President
Vladimir Putin and European Commission President Jean-Claude
Juncker will talk about sanctions and energy projects when they
meet in St Petersburg this week, Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov told
reporters.
MADRID/SAO PAULO, June 14 (Reuters) - Odebrecht SA, Latin
America's largest engineering company, is in advanced talks to
sell a 55 percent stake in a Peruvian gas pipeline project, with
Ferrovial SA and another three companies emerging as
potential bidders, two sources familiar with the transaction
said on Tuesday.
ABUJA, June 14 (Reuters) - U.S. fund manager Pecora Capital
said on Tuesday it will raise $2 billion over the next 18 months
for Nigerian infrastructure projects, a rare show of investor
confidence during a period of deep crisis in Africa's largest
economy.
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