Energy Update
ABUJA, May 17 (Reuters) - A Nigerian labour union
representing millions of workers said on Tuesday that it would
stage a general strike in protest against government plans to
increase petrol prices by up to 67 percent, despite a court
ruling against the action.
PARIS, May 17 (Reuters) - French parliamentarians in a near
unanimous vote on Tuesday adopted a bill authorising the
government to ratify the landmark climate agreement reached by
195 nations in Paris in December.
NEW YORK, May 17 (Reuters) - Oil and gas activities may have
caused nearly nine in 10 of the earthquakes Texas has
experienced in the past 40 years, and the quakes have become
more frequent as oilfield activity has picked up in the past
decade, according to a forthcoming study.
LAGOS, May 17 (Reuters) - Fuel shortages have caused an
increase in cancellations and delays to internal flights in
Nigeria over the last few days, a spokesman for the aviation
authority said on Tuesday.
NEWCASTLE, Okla., May 17 (Reuters) - After intense lobbying,
Oklahoma's oilmen scored a victory two years ago. State
lawmakers voted to keep in place some of the lowest taxes on oil
and gas production in the United States - a break worth $470
million in fiscal year 2015 alone.
SAO PAULO, May 17 (Reuters) - State-controlled Petróleo
Brasileiro SA raised $6.75 billion on Tuesday through a sale of
five- and 10-year dollar-denominated bonds, in a closely watched
return to global capital markets after the suspension of
Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff.
SAO PAULO, May 17 (Reuters) - Brazil's new Minister of
Transparency and Oversight said he was suspending negotiations
of leniency agreements sought by engineering and construction
companies caught up in a massive corruption investigation.
SAO PAULO, May 17 (Reuters) - State-controlled Petróleo
Brasileiro SA launched on Tuesday a combined sale of five- and
10-year bonds worth $6.75 billion, the debt-laden Brazilian oil
producer's first in a year, two sources with direct knowledge of
the situation said.
LOS ANGELES, May 17 (Reuters) - Plains All American Pipeline
Company and one of its employees have been indicted in
California on criminal charges stemming from a petroleum spill
last year near Santa Barbara, the company said on Tuesday.
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