Energy & Oil

• Monday, February 9th 2009 - 20:00 UTC

  Russia temporarily bans beef imports from several suppliers

  

  Russia announced it was temporarily suspending beef imports from United States, Canada, Uruguay, Byelorussia and Ukraine because “banned noxious substances” had been detected in some shipments.

• Sunday, February 8th 2009 - 20:00 UTC

  Petrobras elected leading ethical oil and gas company

  

  Brazil's government managed oil and Petrobras was elected the leading ethical reputation multinational enterprise by Geneva-based Covalence Ethical Ranking 2008.

• Saturday, February 7th 2009 - 20:00 UTC

  Reviving the damaged financial system

  

  Restoring financial health will require a three-pronged approach, involving the continued provision of ample liquidity and term funding support from central banks, dealing promptly and aggressively with distressed assets, and recapitalizing viable institutions with public funds.

• Friday, February 6th 2009 - 20:00 UTC

  Repsol in significant oil discovery in Gulf of Mexico

  

  Repsol has made a significant new oil find in the deepwater area of the Gulf of Mexico, in US waters. The discovery was made in the Buckskin well in Keathley Canyon, 300 kilometres offshore Houston.

• Tuesday, February 3rd 2009 - 20:00 UTC

  Coal and oil will make Magallanes “Chile's energy centre”

  

  Magallanes region in the extreme south of Chile is becoming the “energy centre of the country” based primarily on the development of coal resources and the exploration for hydrocarbons said Chile's National Energy Commission president Marcelo Tokman.

• Thursday, January 29th 2009 - 20:00 UTC

  South Georgia turns self sufficient with hydro energy

  

  Since last mid December South Georgia's two settlements Grytviken and King Edward Point (KEP) have been powered by hydro electricity reports the South Georgia Island Newsletter.

• Monday, January 26th 2009 - 20:00 UTC

  Brazilian-made oil semi-sub platform begins production

  

  Brazil's government managed oil and corporation Petrobras announced that the first semi-submersible platform built entirely in Brazil, went on stream Sunday, beginning the production of well MLS-99, in the Marlim Sul field, in the Campos Basin.

• Monday, January 26th 2009 - 20:00 UTC

  Petrobras/Repsol strike gas in Santos basin shallow waters

  

  The Consortium formed by Brazil's government managed oil and gas corporation Petrobras and Spain's Repsol announced the discovery of a “thick column of natural gas” in the offshore Santos basin, southeast of Brazil.

• Thursday, January 22nd 2009 - 20:00 UTC

  Exxon finds evidence of oil in Brazil's pre-salt basin

  

  Exxon Mobil Corp., Hess Corp. and Petrobras found evidence of oil at an offshore block in Brazil's Santos Basin in an area close to the largest oil discovery in three decades in the American continent.

• Thursday, January 22nd 2009 - 20:00 UTC

  Argentina's crude output down for seventh year running

  

  Argentina's oil production fell for the seventh consecutive year in 2008, declining 1.8% to 230 million barrels, according to a report from an economic consulting firm cited Wednesday in the Buenos Aires press.