FX Energy, Inc. reported that the Energy Regulatory Office in Poland has approved an 11.1% increase in the wholesale prices of natural gas. The new prices will take effect on November 1, 2008. FX Energy’s gas contracts in Poland are priced as a percentage of published wholesale prices. This move by the Polish regulator will [...]
WSP Holdings Limited, a leading Chinese manufacturer of API (American Petroleum Institute) and non-API seamless casing, tubing and drill pipes used in oil and natural gas exploration, drilling and extraction (”Oil Country Tubular Goods” or “OCTG”), and other pipes and connectors, today announced that it established a new wholly-owned subsidiary, Bazhou Seamless Oil Pipes Company [...]
Major oil companies have maintained their stronghold as the world’s most financially effective energy businesses, according to the 2008 Platts Top 250 Global Energy Company rankings announced here Monday evening. But the rankings also point to a performance resurgence by non-oil firms, such as electric utilities, and to the rising importance and influence of Asia-Pacific [...]
Research and Markets has announced the addition of the “Asia-Pacific Oil & Gas Sectors : A Company and Industry Analysis (August 2008)” report to their offering.
This report updates the previous Asia-Pacific oil and gas report, focusing on the markets in Australia, China, India, Indonesia, Japan and South Korea
Current Environment - Key Points
- Crude oil prices [...]
Northern Offshore, Ltd. announced that its Singapore-based subsidiary, Jet Holding Ltd. was awarded a contract with the Joint Operating Company Vietgazprom, a joint venture between Petrovietnam and Gazprom, for the drillship Energy Searcher. The drilling contract of five wells duration is expected to begin between June and September, 2009 and run approximately 365 days, inclusive [...]
Russell Industries, Inc., recently the Company has been asked by the general investor public, “Why should I invest in Uranium”? To follow are a few of the reasons as published in Money Week, October 7, 2007.
“Security concerns over global oil supply and fears of global warming have shifted public opinion,” say analysts at Canada’s Haywood [...]
As previously announced, on July 3, 2008 USR Technology, Inc. entered into a letter of intent with the private French company Euroslot S.A.S. concerning the granting by Euroslot of a US$1,000,000 credit against the future supply of certain assets, called Snake Screen(TM), and an exclusive 20 year worldwide license, excluding France, Iran and Russia, to [...]
DuPont Titanium Technologies today announced a price increase for all DuPont(TM) Ti-Pure® titanium dioxide grades sold in Europe, Middle East and Africa regions.
Effective Oct. 15, prices for DuPont coatings, plastics, specialty, paper and laminate titanium dioxide grades will increase by 150 Euros per tonne in all Euro markets of Western and Central Europe and North [...]
Technip has been awarded by Sibur Neftehim (a Sibur Moscow Holding subsidiary) a lumpsum engineering and procurement contract, worth approximately €45 million, to expand an ethylene plant in Kstovo, Russia.
Technip’s operating center in Zoetermeer, The Netherlands, will execute the contract, which follows the basic engineering contract already carried out by Technip. It covers detailed engineering, [...]
High River Gold Mines Ltd. announce that it has achieved Commercial Production at its Berezitovy Gold Mine in Russia, effective October 1, 2008, and that a re-start of the mill at the Taparko-Bouroum Gold Mine is planned in approximately 4 weeks.
Berezitovy Gold Mine Achieves Commercial Production
On October 1, 2008, the Berezitovy Gold Mine achieved Commercial [...]
