Investments

• Friday, September 18th 2009 - 10:54 UTC

  Petrobras to concentrate all investments in pre-salt deposits

  

  Brazilian government managed oil and gas company Petrobras will freeze overseas investments as the company concentrates on its primary role to develop recently discovered offshore oil reserves, CEO Jose Sergio Gabrielli said Thursday.

• Thursday, September 17th 2009 - 13:26 UTC

  China to invest 16 billion USD to develop new oilfields in Venezuela

  

  Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez announced Wednesday that China will invest 16 billion US dollars to boost oil production in the country particularly along the Orinoco River, as part of a strategy to reduce dependence on the US market.

• Tuesday, September 15th 2009 - 09:49 UTC

  Argentina accuses Uruguay of “irreversible damage” to the ecosystem

  

  Argentina told the International Court of Justice Monday that Uruguayan pollution of a border river was a grave infringement of Argentinean rights. Argentina and Uruguay have been wrangling for years over a giant pulp mill sited on the Uruguay River, which divides the two South American nations.

• Monday, September 14th 2009 - 09:16 UTC

  Botnia dispute in The Hague: first round of hearings begins

  

  Argentina begins Monday a round of public hearings before the International Court of The Hague and will be arguing against Uruguay’s alleged unilateral decision to allow the construction of a pulp mill on a jointly managed river and which has been at the heart of a long standing litigation between the neighbouring countries.

• Friday, September 11th 2009 - 10:30 UTC

  China boosts train industry with 42 new high-speed railway lines

  

  China has announced plans to build 42 new high-speed railway lines over the next three years. In a breakthrough, China has developed trains that can run on both high-speed and normal lines, said railway official Zhang Shuguang.

• Friday, September 11th 2009 - 07:56 UTC

  Canadian car parts manufacturer takes over GM German and UK operations

  

  General Motors (GM) has announced that it has chosen the Canadian car parts manufacturer Magna to buy Opel and its sister company Vauxhall. The decision was welcomed by German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who said she was “very pleased” about it.

• Thursday, September 10th 2009 - 18:46 UTC

  Desire signs ‘letter of intent’ for Falklands drilling campaign

  

  Desire Petroleum plc the exploration company focusing on the North Falkland Basin, has announced that it has exchanged a letter of intent with Diamond Offshore Drilling (UK) Ltd for the drilling unit the Ocean Guardian to undertake a four well minimum drilling campaign in the North Falkland Basin.

• Thursday, September 10th 2009 - 05:00 UTC

  Repsol praises Brazil’s legal and fiscal stability for the oil industry

  

  Spain’s oil corporation Repsol-YPF CEO Antonio Brufau praised Brazil for its stability and clear rules of the game for the hydrocarbons industry. Brazil which holds huge reserves of offshore sub-oil this week announced a plan to reinforce control over the new deposits.

• Tuesday, September 8th 2009 - 13:00 UTC

  US increases arms sales and share of world market in 2008

  

  United States not only increased its arms sales by nearly 50% last year but its share of world weapons sales also rose to more than two-thirds despite the global economic downturn, a newspaper reported Monday.

• Saturday, September 5th 2009 - 06:03 UTC

  Brazil’s begins process for the construction of a 510 kilometres “bullet train”

  

  The Brazilian government officially established this week a maximum timetable of six years for the construction of the high speed train, HST, planned to link the country’s main populated corridor which includes, Sao Paulo, Campinas and Rio do Janerio.