Tuesday, August 28, 2012

TOP NEWS PICK : AUGUST 28, 2012


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Chevron hits new Brazil legal setback 
A Brazilian appeals panel on Tuesday declined to overturn a lower court order barring Chevron and Transocean from operating in the country in the wake of an oil spill last year | Upstream Online

NNPC, South African investors pledge to rehabilitate petroleum infrastructure 
28 August 2018, Sweetcrude, Abuja -Sequel to the visit by the South African High Commissioner, Kingsley Mamabolo last week seeking for economic ties with the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, in the oil and gas sector, a business delegation from the Country has expressed its readiness to collaborate with the Corporation to bring on board cutting edge technology to help rehabilitate the oil and gas pipelines in the country | SweetCrude 

Orient refinery ready in 12 months 
28 August 2012, Sweetcrude, AWKA – THE management of Orient Petroleum Resources Plc, OPR, said on Monday that its refinery, which would be sited at Nsugbe-Umuleri in Anambra State, would to be completed in the next 12 months | SweetCrude

Manitoba pledges to work with existing TCN staff 
28 August 2012, Sweetcrude, ABUJA -TO enhance a peaceful takeover and management of the Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN, the new Chief Executive Officer, of the company, Mr. Don Priestman, says his management will work closely with the legacy TCN staff, particularly during the transitional months | SweetCrude

Nigeria’s minister of power resigns, President accepts 
28 August 2012, Sweetcrude, Abuja - In an abrupt move devoid of any theatrics, Professor Barth Nnaji, Nigeria’s minister of power has resigned his appointment | SweetCrude

China’s Largest Solar Power Farm Approved 
GCL-Poly’s Downstream ExpansionChina’s GCL-Poly Energy Holdings Ltd., the world’s largest producer of the polysilicon used in the manufacture of solar photovoltaic (PV) cells and panels, gained approval from the National Energy Bureau to begin work on a 310-MW ground-mounted and a 30-MW rooftop solar power project in the prefectural city of Datong | Cleantechnica

Fire extinguished at Venezuelan refinery 
PUNTO FIJO, Venezuela (AP) -- Venezuela's biggest oil refinery remained shut down Tuesday after firefighters extinguished a blaze that raged for more than three days following an explosion that killed at least 41 people | Associated Press

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