Saipem has been awarded new drilling contracts and extensions to existing contracts in Portugal, Norway, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, Kazakhstan and Latin America, with a cumulative value of approximately Euro 150 million.
Following numerous Russia-Asia economic events this spring, our editors assess the prospects of oil and gas cooperation with investors from several Asian countries.
QUITO, June 8 (Reuters) - Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa
predicted on Wednesday that the global oil price would hover
around $50 a barrel for the rest of 2016, though he said that
would not be enough to relieve the financial strain on the
smallest OPEC nation.
OKLAHOMA CITY, June 8 (Reuters) - The fiery crash that
killed U.S. oilman Aubrey McClendon in March after his car hit a
wall was an accident, Oklahoma's medical examiner said on
Wednesday, echoing a police inquiry's findings a day earlier
that there was no evidence of suicide.
CALGARY, Alberta, June 8 (Reuters) - Oil sands producers
Canadian Natural Resources Limited and Cenovus Energy
shut projects and evacuated workers at Pelican Lake
projects in northern Alberta as wildfires again threaten western
Canadian output just as production begins to recover.
ZAGREB, June 8 (Reuters) - Croatian Deputy Prime Minister
Tomislav Karamarko, who heads the conservative HDZ party, said
on Wednesday he was ready to step down if two other key players
in a government dispute, including the prime minister, also quit
the cabinet.
ABUJA, June 8 (Reuters) - Nigeria's government will next
week pump much of the 350 billion naira ($1.76 billion)
earmarked for capital projects this quarter into Africa's
biggest economy, the budget minister said on Wednesday.
CHICAGO, June 8 (Reuters) - U.S. ethanol output rose more
than expected to near-record rates last week, the U.S. Energy
Information Administration said on Wednesday, pressuring prices
for the biofuel.
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