MOSCOW, July 22 (Reuters) - Russian Foreign Ministry denied on Wednesday accusations by neighbouring Georgia that it had violated its territory by placing border markers on the edge of breakaway South Ossetia region. Georgia's Foreign Ministry said last week that part of the Baku-Supsa oil
Read moreBy Wendell Roelf CAPE TOWN, July 22 (Reuters) - South Africa's four crude oil refineries are holding off any resumption of imports from Iran, where sanctions are yet to unravel fully following a nuclear deal between Tehran and the West, operators said on Wednesday. Before the sanction
Read more* M&A in ageing North Sea stagnant after oil price drop * Removing decommissioning costs could spark deal making * N. Sea decommissioning costs to reach $78 bln -report By Ron Bousso and Karolin Schaps LONDON, July 21 (Reuters) - Oil firms trying to sell ageing North Sea o
Read morePNOC Exploration Corp, the oil and gas arm of state-owned Philippine National Oil Company, is in talks with BP to build an oil depot in the Southeast Asian country, The Standard newspaper quoted PNOC Exploration President Pedro Aquino Jr as saying. (http://bit.ly/1TN6DAA) ---- NOTE:
Read moreBy Margarita Antidze TBILISI, July 20 (Reuters) - European Council President Donald Tusk criticised Russia on Monday for placing border markers around the breakaway South Ossetia region of Georgia, a move which seemed to put part of an international oil pipeline in territory under Russian c
Read moreLONDON, July 20 (Reuters) - A restriction has been placed on the amount of oil that can be put through the North Sea's Forties crude oil pipeline system, traders said on Monday. BP, the operator of the Forties Pipeline System (FPS), could not immediately be reached for comment, but one trad
Read more(Adds details, background) BAKU, July 20 (Reuters) - Norway's Statoil is to sell its 20-percent stake in the Trans Adriatic Gas Pipeline (TAP) project that will carry gas from Azerbaijan to Europe, the president of Azeri state energy firm SOCAR said. "Statoil has decided to leave the
Read more(Revises amount leaked, type of railcar, crude volatility limits and expected reopening of track) By Kristen Hays HOUSTON, July 17 (Reuters) - The North Dakota crude on a Berkshire Hathaway Inc-owned BNSF Railway Co train that derailed this week in Montana was produced by Norway's Sta
Read moreHOUSTON, July 17 (Reuters) - The North Dakota crude on a BNSF Railway Co train that derailed in Montana was produced by Norway's Statoil and compliant with regulations that limit flammability, a Statoil spokesman said on Friday. The train was bound for BP Plc's refinery in Washington state,
Read moreBRUSSELS, July 17 (Reuters) - The following are mergers under review by the European Commission and a brief guide to the EU merger process: APPROVALS AND WITHDRAWALS -- Meat products group Danish Crown to acquire Danish peer Tican (partially referred to the Danish competition regulato
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