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‘No such thing’ as global market rate for natural gas'
“There’s no such thing as a global natural gas price,” said Prof. Brenda Shaffer, an expert on energy policy and management at the . “It’s not like oil – that’s an integrated global price.” | Jerusalem Post
Cruise operator sues over Macondo
Cruise operator Carnival has filed a lawsuit against supermajor BP and other companies seeking damages resulting from the Macondo spill, the biggest in US history. | Upstream Online
Obama urges oil producers to increase output
President Barack Obama on Tuesday urged world oil producers to lift crude output, as he sought to deflect public anger over high gasoline prices that has hurt his popularity among voters. | Reuters
BP profits dip on Gulf of Mexico clean up costs
Profits at oil giant BP have fallen as the costs of the 2010 Deepwater Horizon blast continue to affect the firm. | BBC
France set to miss green energy goal
France will miss its 2020 renewable energy target by over a third unless it cuts red tape and raises support to a sector that lags its European neighbors, a renewable energy sector group said on Tuesday. | Reuters
Public Lacks Skills To Analyze Oil Contracts.
Government will find it challenging in meeting the demands of civil society about transparency and accountability in the oil sector due to the lack of necessary skills by the public to understand and analyze oil contracts. | PeaceFM Online
Thai carbon footprint protocol due soon
Publicly-owned Thailand Greenhouse Gas Management Organisation (TGGMO), which overseas the trading of carbon credits, is preparing guidelines for organisational carbon footprints to be ready in September. | IFANDP
TNK-BP investor Viktor Vekselberg 'still upset' with BP
One of the Russian investors in the TNK-BP joint venture has told the BBC he is still upset with BP.| Youroilandgasnews
Libyan army build-up outside Brega
The Libyan army has reinforced its positions around the strategic eastern oil town of Brega and dug in its long-range missile batteries to conceal them from attacks by Nato warplanes, a rebel army officer said on Tuesday. | Upstream Online
Crude oil holds near $112
Oil price Viagra is losing its effect on Big Oil
NEW YORK/MADRID — Rising crude prices are like Viagra for Big Oil. First-quarter earnings, due next week for U.S. majors, are set to display the glow. But even the stocks that should be most sensitive to prices — like Chevron and Hess — no longer seem to be tracking higher. | Reuters
White House points to oil prices to renew effort to pull tax credits
A senior White House economic adviser Tuesday provided more detail on a renewed effort by President Barack Obama to rescind about $43 billion in tax subsidies to the oil and gas industry over a decade. | Platts
A senior White House economic adviser Tuesday provided more detail on a renewed effort by President Barack Obama to rescind about $43 billion in tax subsidies to the oil and gas industry over a decade. | Platts
E.ON Ranks as Europe’s Top Greenhouse-Gas Emitter, According to Survey
E.ON AG (EOAN), Germany ’s largest utility, is the biggest source of greenhouse gases among companies based in Europe , according to a survey by the Environmental Investment Organization, a British research and lobbying group. | Bloomberg
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