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Taqa reports N Sea platform shutdownAbu Dhabi National Energy Company (Taqa) confirmed the shutdown of one of its platforms in the UK North Sea, after discovering hydrocarbons within the platform leg. However there was no environm More… |
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Kuwait restarts refinery after brief shutdownKuwait's Mina Al-Ahmadi refinery, the Opec member's biggest, restarted after a brief shutdown on Wednesday and is expected to return to full capacity within 24 hours, a spokesman for operator Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC) said More… |
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Petroplus set to shut down refineriesEmbattled oil refiner Petroplus yesterday said it will begin a temporary shutdown of three of its plants in January after lenders froze a $1 billion credit facility. The Swiss firm will suspend operations at its Petit Couronne refinery in More… |
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Protesters threaten to shut down Wall StreetProtesters hope to shut down Wall Street on Thursday -- home to the New York Stock Exchange -- by holding a street carnival to mark the two-month anniversary of their campaign against economic inequality. Protest organisers acknowledged th More… |
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DP World shuts down Egypt port after strikesDubai's port operator DP World shut down its Ain al-Sokhna port in Egypt on Thursday because of labour strikes that have cost it about 30 million Egyptian pounds ($5.02 million)in lost revenue, an official at the Red Sea port authority said. More… |
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Kuwait to shut down ageing Shuaiba refineryOpec oil exporter Kuwait plans for a total shutdown of its ageing 200,000-barrel-per-day (bpd) Shuaiba refinery for maintenance in April next year, Kuwait National Petroleum Company said on Thursday. The company also plans for a maintenanc More… |
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Overload hits Iraq refinery, production shut downIraq's state-owned North Refineries Company said production at its Baiji oil refinery north of Baghdad had completely shut down due to an electrical fault. North Refineries Company has a capacity of 300,000 barrels per day (bpd). A senior More… |
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More offshore platforms may shut down due to spillTwo US offshore production platforms in the Gulf of Mexico have been shut down and a third was evacuated as a precaution after a giant oil spill and further shutdowns are possible, the US Minerals Management Service said on Saturday. The M More… |
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Global to shut down some units, curb operationsKuwait's troubled Global Investment House plans to shut some branches abroad and scale back investments as it faces the global economic downturn, its managing director said. 'It's not the time to have branches in 16 countries. More… |
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US may shut down embassy in SyriaThe US embassy in Damascus may close to the public, a US embassy spokesman said on Wednesday, ahead of demonstrations planned in the Syrian capital to protest against a US military raid in eastern Syria. "The American community in Syria sh More… |
