Energy Update

You are here

Home » Global Read

Peabody flags bankruptcy risk after skipping interest payment

March 16 (Reuters) - Peabody Energy Corp, the largest U.S. coal producer, raised substantial doubt about its ability to remain as a going concern and said it may need to seek Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, after it delayed an interest payment.

Blast kills at least 21 at mosque in northeast Nigeria's Maiduguri

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria, March 16 (Reuters) - At least 21 people have been killed and 32 were injured in a suicide bomb attack at a mosque in the northeast Nigerian city of Maiduguri on Wednesday, a military source and a civilian joint task force member said.<

CORRECTED-UPDATE 1-Engineer Smiths Group first-half profit beats estimates

March 16 (Reuters) - British engineering conglomerate Smiths Group Plc posted a better-than-expected first-half profit, as growth at its medical division made up for poor performance at its John Crane unit.

CORRECTED-Engineer Smiths posts smaller-than-expected drop in first-half profit

March 16 (Reuters) - British engineering conglomerate Smiths Group Plc posted a smaller-than-expected fall in first-half profit, as growth at its medical division offset poor performance at its John Crane unit.

UPDATE 1-Syrian Kurds set to announce federal system in northern Syria

BEIRUT, March 16 (Reuters) - Kurdish-controlled areas of northern Syria are expected to declare a federal system on Wednesday, a Syrian Kurdish official said, taking matters into their own hands after being excluded so far from political talks to resolve the Syrian war.

OPEC, non-OPEC producers to meet in Doha on April 17 - Qatari minister

March 16 (Reuters) - OPEC and non-OPEC producers will hold a meeting in the Qatari capital on April 17, the Qatari energy minister, who is also the current OPEC president, said on Wednesday.

Federal system to be announced in Kurdish-controlled northern Syria

BEIRUT, March 16 (Reuters) - Kurdish-controlled areas of northern Syria are expected to declare a federal system on Wednesday, a Syrian Kurdish official said.

UPDATE 1-April oil freeze meeting likely to go ahead without Iran

* Meeting set to take place in Doha on April 17 - sources (Adds date of meeting)

Iraq preparing to push Islamic State away from oil region - report

BAGHDAD, March 16 (Reuters) - Kurdish Peshmerga forces, an Iran-backed Shi'ite militia and Iraq's army will launch an offensive soon to push Islamic State fighters away from the northern oil region of Kirkuk, a state newspaper reported on Wednesday.

April oil freeze meeting may go ahead without Iran - sources

March 16 (Reuters) - Oil producers including Gulf OPEC members still support holding a meeting next month to discuss a deal to freeze output even without Iran, OPEC sources said, as political pressure to prop up prices increases.

Pages

GET IN TOUCH

  • 1875 I Street NW, International Square, 
       Washington, District Of Columbia, 20006
  • Phone: +1 (888) 317-3839
  • Email: info@mglllc.com

About

Misha Gerhard & Lewis LLC is International Strategic Consulting Firm with an extensive presence in the most rapidly developing regions of the world.

Photos