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Halliburton gets ratings upgrade

Posted by Tom Fowler
|Date: May 13, 2010

Halliburton gets ratings upgrade

While Anadarko's shares were downgraded yesterday on fears of liability for the Gulf spill, Halliburton, ...

While Anadarko's shares were downgraded yesterday on fears of liability for the Gulf spill, Halliburton, which provided cementing services at the Deepwater Horizon well site, drew a ratings upgrade to ...

May 13, 2010
| by Tom Fowler

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Offshore Catastrophe Brings New Uncertainties

Posted by Amy Myers Jaffe
|Date: May 13, 2010

Offshore Catastrophe Brings New Uncertainties

It goes without saying that the Deepwater Horizon oil spill is a terrible tragedy. The ecological damage ...

It goes without saying that the Deepwater Horizon oil spill is a terrible tragedy. The ecological damage that will come from this accident is, at this point, so large and so extensive that it is almos ...

May 13, 2010
| by Amy Myers Jaffe

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BP spill could mean fewer Gulf jobs

Posted by Tom Fowler
|Date: May 13, 2010

BP spill could mean fewer Gulf jobs

The moratorium on new offshore drilling as a result of the Deepwater Horizon accident is stalling a numbe ...

The moratorium on new offshore drilling as a result of the Deepwater Horizon accident is stalling a number of projects in the Gulf and could result in job cuts. Bloomberg noted that BP, Petrobras, Cob ...

May 13, 2010
| by Tom Fowler

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Devon Energy laying off some Houston employees

Posted by Tom Fowler
|Date: May 13, 2010

Devon Energy laying off some Houston employees

Devon Energy said yesterday it is laying off some workers in its Houston-based offshore division as it fi ...

Devon Energy said yesterday it is laying off some workers in its Houston-based offshore division as it finalizes the sale of that unit. The sale is part of the company's plans -- announced in November ...

May 13, 2010
| by Tom Fowler

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Venezuelan gas rig sinks

Posted by Tom Fowler
|Date: May 13, 2010

Venezuelan gas rig sinks

A Venezuelan natural gas exploration rig, the Aban Pearl, sank in the Caribbean Sea early this morning. N ...

A Venezuelan natural gas exploration rig, the Aban Pearl, sank in the Caribbean Sea early this morning. News of the accident was posted by President Hugo Chavez on Twitter. The post said all of the wo ...

May 13, 2010
| by Tom Fowler

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IEA says solar can fuel 22 percent of world's power by 2050

Posted by Tom Fowler
|Date: May 13, 2010

IEA says solar can fuel 22 percent of world's power by 2050

By 2050, almost a quarter of the world's electricity can come from solar power, according to the Internat ...

By 2050, almost a quarter of the world's electricity can come from solar power, according to the International Energy Agency. Solar power currently accounts for 0.5 percent of global supply, Reuters s ...

May 13, 2010
| by Tom Fowler

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Anadarko may take bigger financial hit in Gulf spill

Posted by Tom Fowler
|Date: May 13, 2010

Anadarko may take bigger financial hit in Gulf spill

Woodlands-based Anadarko may take a bigger financial hit from the Gulf spill than BP, Bloomberg reported ...

Woodlands-based Anadarko may take a bigger financial hit from the Gulf spill than BP, Bloomberg reported today. Anadarko owns a 25 percent stake in the well involved in the Deepwater Horizon disaster. ...

May 13, 2010
| by Tom Fowler

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Canadian regulators review safety procedures for Arctic drilling

Posted by Tom Fowler
|Date: May 13, 2010

Canadian regulators review safety procedures for Arctic drilling

As Chevron Canada has begun drilling the country's deepest offshore oil well in the North Atlantic off Ne ...

As Chevron Canada has begun drilling the country's deepest offshore oil well in the North Atlantic off Newfoundland, Canadian national and provincial energy regulators are reviewing safety requirement ...

May 13, 2010
| by Tom Fowler

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Transocean to request limit on Gulf spill liability

Posted by Tom Fowler
|Date: May 13, 2010

Transocean to request limit on Gulf spill liability

Transocean will file in federal court today to petition to limit its liability in the Deepwater Horizon d ...

Transocean will file in federal court today to petition to limit its liability in the Deepwater Horizon disaster to just under $27 million, the WSJ said. Transocean, owner and operator of the Deepwate ...

May 13, 2010
| by Tom Fowler

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Enterprise, Duncan Energy expanding South Texas facilities

Posted by Tom Fowler
|Date: May 13, 2010

Enterprise, Duncan Energy expanding South Texas facilities

Houston companies Enterprise Products Partners and Duncan Energy announced yesterday that they're expandi ...

Houston companies Enterprise Products Partners and Duncan Energy announced yesterday that they're expanding their jointly-owned Shoup and Armstrong processing and fractionation facilities in South Tex ...

May 13, 2010
| by Tom Fowler

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Chron Energy Newslinks | 5.13.2010 | A lot went wrong before offshore rig blast, we love to hate the climate bill.

Posted by Tom Fowler
|Date: May 13, 2010

Chron Energy Newslinks | 5.13.2010 | A lot went wrong before offshore rig blast, we love to hate the climate bill.

• BP has new option to use against leak, a riser insertion tube. • Offshore inspection process flawed, in ...

• BP has new option to use against leak, a riser insertion tube. • Offshore inspection process flawed, investigation finds. • States scramble for boom to protect coastline. • Failed pressure tests, hy ...

May 13, 2010
| by Tom Fowler

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Map of spill, May 13

Posted by Tom Fowler
|Date: May 12, 2010

Map of spill, May 13

Map of spill, May 13 ...

Map of spill, May 13 ...

May 12, 2010
| by Tom Fowler

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