* BP says expects minimal impact from late Wednesday blaze * One worker taken to area hospital, but later released (Adds background, details) HOUSTON, Aug 28 (Reuters) - BP Plc said its largest U.S. refinery, at Whiting, Indiana, continued to operate on Thursday morning following a
Read moreHOUSTON, Aug 28 (Reuters) - BP Plc said its largest U.S. refinery continued to operate on Thursday morning following a Wednesday night blaze that was expected to have a minimal impact on production from the Whiting, Indiana plant. One worker was taken to a Chicago-area hospital for treatmen
Read more(Adds detail, background) MINSK, Aug 26 (Reuters) - Russia may provide some state support for sanctions-hit oil producer Rosneft, but significantly less than it has asked for, Economy Minister Alexei Ulyukayev said on Tuesday . Rosneft head Igor Sechin has asked for 1.5 trillion roubl
Read moreMINSK, Aug 26 (Reuters) - Russian Economy Minister Alexei Ulyukayev said on Tuesday that the government may provide some support for sanctions-hit oil producer Rosneft, but significantly less than it had asked for. Igor Sechin, the head of Rosneft, has asked the government to provide Rosnef
Read more(Adds industry view, comment from law firm) By Silvia Antonioli and Karolin Schaps LONDON, Aug 22 (Reuters) - Britain announced that energy and mining firms would have to disclose from next year any payments made to governments in countries where they operate as it aims to curb corrup
Read more* More platform power needed to boost recovery from mature fields * Producers say sellers offer gas on unhelpful terms * Loss of hubs will toll death knell for dependent fields By Claire Milhench LONDON, Aug 22 (Reuters) - Britain's oil industry is facing the threat of a c
Read moreLA PAZ, Aug 21 (Reuters) - Argentina-based Pan American Energy has agreed to accept less than 30 percent of the $1.49 billion it demanded from Bolivia as compensation for the 2009 nationalization of a subsidiary, the Andean nation's state attorney general said on Thursday. Bolivia's governm
Read more* Food safety watchdog to check McDonald's outlets across Russia * Businessmen say move is retaliation again Western sanctions * U.S.-Russia ties soured by Ukraine crisis * Other Western brands now seen vulnerable (Releads, adds quotes, Branson letter) By Polina Devitt a
Read moreMILAN, Aug 21 (Reuters) - Italian oil and gas group Eni said on Thursday it had started production at the offshore DEKA gas project in Egypt in joint venture with BP . In a statement, Eni said the project was producing 1.8 million cubic meters of gas per day as well as associated condensat
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