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Scotsman.com Business - Energy & Utilities Business news, comment and analysis from Scotland. View source archive --> Search this source --> ·Asco confirms oil giant contracts ASCO, the Aberdeen-based logistics firm, yesterday revealed that it had won £40 million worth of contracts from BP and Talisman Energy. ·Now BP sells its Malaysian chemicals arm to help pay Gulf bills THE fallout from the Gulf of Mexico oil spill continues to be felt at BP, which yesterday announced plans to sell its chemicals businesses in Malaysia. ·Tomkins 'winner' attacks 'cheap' sale A FORMER boss of engineering group Tomkins yesterday attacked the £2.9 billion takeover of the firm as "disappointing" for shareholders, despite the fact he stands to ·Global success story for CPS as orders rise 18% in six months RISING business in the food, metals and chemicals industries has helped to swell the order book at Clyde Process Solutions. ·Abu Dhabi oil company faces lawsuit TAQA, Abu Dhabi's national oil company, is facing a $460 million (£297m) lawsuit after its former chief executive alleged he was forced out for trying to stop " ·Hardies expands north with Christie acquisition HARDIES, the Edinburgh-based property and construction consultancy, yesterday bought a "considerable stake" in a Dundee-based rival for an undisclosed sum.

Financial Times - Companies - Energy, Utilities, Mining Financial Times - Companies - Energy, Utilities, Mining View source archive --> Search this source --> ·Disquiet over ENRC's purchase of Congo assets Anger is growing among London's investor community over the decision by Eurasian Natural Resources Corp, the London-listed Kazakh miner, to buy a disputed copper project in the Democratic Republic of Congo ·BP bill for Gulf oil spill hits $8bn BP said it had spent almost $2bn in the last month responding to its Gulf of Mexico oil spill, even as it plugged the leak, taking its total bill for the catastrophe to $8bn ·Petrobras prepares to raise R$55bn Petrobras, Brazil's national oil company, is preparing to raise as much as R$55bn from minority shareholders in one of the biggest capital market transactions ·Beijing eyes counterbid for PotashCorp The Chinese government has backed Sinochem, the state-owned chemicals giant, to pursue a counterbid thatcould trump BHP Billiton's $39bn hostile offer for PotashCorp ·Goldcorp in C$3.6bn offer for Andean Canada's Goldcorp has launched a C$3.6bn (US$3.4bn) cash-and-stock takeover offer for Andean Resources, trumping a C$3.4bn bid made public only hours earlier by Eldorado Gold, another Canadian miner. ·Japan toughens sanctions against Iran Tokyo has tightened its sanctions against Iran, banning new investment in energy development, restricting financial dealings and freezing the assets of people and institutions linkedto Tehran's 'nuclear activities' ·Kosmos considers $5bn listing in UK or US Blackstone and Warburg Pincus are studying taking the oil exploration company public as an alternative to selling the company after a $4bn deal with ExxonMobil collapsed ·Oil rig explodes in Gulf of Mexico An oil platform 80 miles offshore in the Gulf of Mexico exploded on Thursday, sparking a rapid search and rescue helicopter response that recovered 13 people, the US Coast Guard said ·Aviva hangs on but Spice heads for Cinven A top shareholder has signalled it would wait for a better takeover bid even as the UK utility services company's board said it was minded to back the private equity group's £364m approach ·BP tells US regulator of oil spill lessons The energy group has told the US drilling watchdog that systems for responding to oil spills have been improved as a result of lessons learnt from the Gulf of Mexico accident

AME Info | Energy, Oil and Gas Energy, Oil and Gas news and features. View source archive --> Search this source --> ·South Korean firm wins $1.46bn Saudi water plant contract Saudi state-owned Saline Water Conversion Corp (SWCC) has awarded South Korea's Doosan Heavy Industries and Construction a $1.46bn contract to build a new desalination plant in the kingdom, Reuters has reported. The plant will produce 1.025 million cubic metres of desalinated water per dayand will be integrated with a 2,400 megawatts (MW) power plant, in Ras Azzour, on the Gulf coast. The plant, expected to be the wo ... ·Abu Dhabi awards contract for refinery pipelines GS Engineering and Construction has been awarded a $623m contract by Abu Dhabi Oil Refining Co (Takreer) for engineering and construction works on refinery pipelines in Abu Dhabi, Wam has reported. With a total length of 955km of pipeline ranging from 10 to 28 inches in diameter, the planned pipeline network connecting the refineries with various terminals in Abu Dhabi will be capable of covering the increase in dema ... ·Halliburton secures Iraq contract from Eni Italian oil company Eni has awarded US-based Halliburton a multimillion dollar contract to help develop 20 oil wells in the Zubair field in southern Iraq, Reuters has reported. The contract included providing services such as wire-line logging, perforating, acidising and well testing. Halliburton did not give financial details of the deal. ·Desertec looks for new shareholders in MENA region The chief executive of Desertec Industrial Initiative (DII) has said the project is seeking new shareholders in the Middle East and North Africa in an attempt to broaden its geographical reach, Reuters has reported. "There are a number of interested parties. We are in intensive talks with companies in the Mena region, which we are trying to win as new shareholders," he added, but declined to name any potential candid ... ·Kuwait and Saudi JV planning gas facilities at Khafji oilfield Al-Khafji Joint Operations (KJO), a joint venture between Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, plans to build gas and natural gas liquids (NGL) collection and distribution facilities at the Khafji oilfield, Reuters has reported. Engineering firms have until September 27 to submit their bids for the project, which is estimated to cost at least $50m, KJO said. "They want to collect the gas, which is being flared, and distribute it ...

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