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Last week the Swiss-headquartered and UK-listed mining company and trading house Glencore was sentenced in the UK for seven counts of bribery. Glencore pleaded guilty to ..
The Ukraine war rumbles on, with Russian seafarers and oilfield workers now in danger of being drafted into president Putin’s meat-grinder of death and mayhem in Donbas ..
Last week, we looked at Europe’s rush to build floating storage and regasification units (FSRUs) to import liquified natural gas (LNG) into Europe (here). Of course, Eu ..
For all of my lifetime, if you had asked which country was the largest oil producer in Sub-Saharan Africa, the answer would have been Nigeria. For five decades, the count ..
As the out of office messages continue to ping back, and the summer holiday season draws on, it’s time to share a few more ideas for poolside reading or beachside liste ..
Merry Christmas! On the twelfth day of Christmas my true love gave to me… twelve drummers drumming, eleven pipers piping, ten lords a-leaping and so on, all the way bac ..
China’s Yantai CIMC Raffles Shipyard has delivered a new self-elevating accommodation platform for UK energy company BP. Designated a quarters and utilities (QU) facili ..
Last month, US President Joe Biden slammed ExxonMobil, complaining that the energy company made “more money than God”. “We’re gonna make sure that everybo ..
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