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• Foresight acquires 9MW Spanish solar farm

  Strategy Eye - 2009-05-14

  UK-based Foresight Group is paying an undisclosed sum to acquire a solar farm from Banco Santander. The photovoltaic facility, located in the region of Castilla La Mancha in Spain, was developed by BP Solar last year and has a capacity of 9MW. Foresight has two 10MW solar projects under...

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• Talisman Energy Announces Changes to Leadership Team

  - 2009-01-29

  Talisman Energy Inc. (TSX: TLM) (NYSE: TLM) has announced changes to its senior leadership team. Nigel Hares, Executive Vice President, International Operations West and John 't Hart, Executive Vice President, Exploration are retiring. The Company is pleased to announce the appointment of Paul Smith and Richard Herbert, respectively, in these...

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• Deepwater Activities Drive Oil, Gas Sector; 2009 Brings Challenges, Caution

  - 2009-01-01

  High utilization of deepwater drilling rigs at attractive charter rates, placement of a broad range of offshore equipment orders, delivery of sophisticated offshore supply vessels and the start-up of production from new oil and gas fields are among oil patch highlights of the last 12 months. The biggest factor generating...

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• Zacks Analyst Interview Highlights: Total S.A., Royal Dutch Shell, BP Plc, Syngenta and Monsanto

  - 2008-09-04

  CHICAGO -- Zacks.com releases the latest Analyst Interview. Today's interview is with senior analyst Santiago Burgaleta, who discusses Total S.A. (NYSE: TOT), Royal Dutch Shell (NYSE: RDS.A), BP Plc (NYSE: BP), Syngenta (NYSE: SYT) and Monsanto Co. (NYSE: MON). Get the most recent insight from Zacks Equity Research with...

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• Enbridge and BP Announce Agreement to Develop Delivery System for Canadian Crude Oil From Illinois to the U.S. Gulf Coast

  - 2008-08-29

  Enbridge Inc. (TSX: ENB) (NYSE: ENB) and BP Pipelines North America Inc. announced today they have entered into an agreement to develop a new delivery system to transport Canadian heavy crude oil from Flanagan, Illinois, to Houston and Texas City, Texas, using a combination of existing facilities and new pipeline...

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• Transocean Announces Multi-Year Contract for an Enhanced Enterprise-Class Newbuild Drillship

  - 2007-06-21

  HOUSTON -- Transocean Inc. (NYSE:RIG) today announced that a subsidiary of BP PLC (NYSE:BP) has awarded a subsidiary of Transocean a drilling contract for an enhanced Enterprise-class design newbuild drillship with modified specifications for expected operations offshore Angola for which BP is the operator. The enhanced Enterprise-class drillship is expected...

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• Managing catastrophic risk: getting beyond the insurance crisis; The incidence of catastrophic risk has increased markedly, and insurance rates have risen with it. Some companies are re-examining the issue of self-insurance or even doing without and using

  - 2007-01-01

  It probably won't come as a surprise to the average reader of the day's headlines, but statistically, the world is getting riskier--and insurance scarcer. "I think there is a crisis," says Robert Muir-Wood, chief research officer of Risk Management Solutions RMS, one of the leading risk...

  Tags: British Petroleum Co plc, Marsh Inc.

• Executing its plan: on the brink of its 100-year anniversary, Baltimore-based Carroll Fuel continues century-long expansion plans.(FUELS & FUELING)

  - 2006-02-01

  NEXT YEAR WHEN THE CARROLL Independent Fuel Company celebrates the centennial of its 1907 founding, the Baltimore-based firm plans a celebration. "In the petroleum industry it can be a challenge each day to survive, much less 100 years," acknowledged Executive Vice President John Phelps. ...

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• ABU DHABI - Gas Exports, Imports From Qatar & Supply To Dubai.

  - 2005-01-17

  Abu Dhabi is to become a major player in a regional gas market which is expected to grow rapidly as from this decade. Itself being a big exporter of liquefied natural gas LNG and gas liquids, it will import gas from Qatar to supply Abu Dhabi, Dubai,...

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• Giant Industries acquires BP refinery. (Top of the News).(for $127.5 million plus the value of inventory at closing)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)

  - 2002-04-01

  In February, Giant Industries Inc., Scottsdale,Ariz., and London-based BP p.l.c. announced that they had reached an agreement for Giant to acquire BP's Yorktown, Va., refinery for $127.5 million plus the value of inventory at closing, currently estimated to be $42 million. Additionally,...

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