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| BP may send workers to Gulf of Mexico after storm dissipates Sunday, Aug 18, 2013 01:21 PM PDT  NEW YORK (Reuters) - BP Plc said it could start returning offshore workers to its deepwater Gulf of Mexico oil and gas facilities later on Sunday after a tropical storm had dissipated. BP said on Thursday it had evacuated some non-essential personnel from its four production platforms and had ordered its drilling rig contractors to temporarily cease operations. On Sunday, BP said oil and gas production remained online. (Reporting by Sabina Zawadzki; Editing by Maureen Bavdek) Full Story | Top |
| Liberia booming but still needs peacekeepers: president Sunday, Aug 18, 2013 10:08 AM PDT  By Alphonso Toweh MONROVIA (Reuters) - Investments in mining, agriculture and oil will push Liberia's economic growth into double-digits within five years, but it will still need U.N. peacekeepers to help keep order until 2017, the president said. Speaking on the 10th anniversary of the end of 14 years of on-off civil war, President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf told Reuters peace, investment and an eightfold-fold increase in government revenues were concrete signs of recovery. ... Full Story | Top |
| Fracking protesters march in British rural idyll Sunday, Aug 18, 2013 08:22 AM PDT By Sarah Young BALCOMBE (Reuters) - British opposition to shale gas extraction flared up in the tiny village of Balcombe on Sunday as hundreds marched on an oil exploration site in protest at the drilling process known as 'fracking'. Banner-waving men, women and children traveled in by buses and bikes to join locals in a mile-long trek, surrounded by police, towards a drilling operation run by Cuadrilla Resources in the picturesque English county of West Sussex. Britain's government needs to win over a skeptical public if it is to stimulate a U.S. ... Full Story | Top |
| Libyan interior minister resigns over 'interference' Sunday, Aug 18, 2013 06:50 AM PDT TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Libya's Interior Minister Mohammed Khalifa al-Sheikh stepped down on Sunday in protest against what he saw as interference in his work by the prime minister and parliament, a lawmaker said. The ministry has come under increasing pressure to deal with violence that has persisted since the 2011 war that toppled Muammar Gaddafi. The oil-producing state is still awash with weapons and militias who have clashed with security forces. Al-Sharif al-Wafi, a member of the Libyan General National Congress, told Reuters Sheikh had submitted his resignation to the cabinet. ... Full Story | Top |
| British engineer Amec mulls move for rival Kentz - report Sunday, Aug 18, 2013 06:36 AM PDT LONDON (Reuters) - British engineer Amec is eyeing an 800 million pound bid for London-listed peer Kentz as the group attempts to grow its oil and gas division, according to a report on Sunday. Amec, which provides services and equipment for the oil and gas, mining, nuclear and renewable energy sectors, approached Kentz in July over a potential deal, the Mail on Sunday reported without naming the source. Germany-based M+W Group have also shown an interest, the report said. ... Full Story | Top |
| Libyan interior minister submits resignation to cabinet Sunday, Aug 18, 2013 04:54 AM PDT TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Libya's Interior Minister Mohammed Khalifa al-Sheikh submitted his resignation on Sunday over differences with the prime minister over his responsibilities, a parliament member said. Al-Sharif al-Wafi, a member of the Libyan General National Congress, said Sheikh, a former Tripoli police colonel, submitted his resignation to the cabinet and to parliament in protest against what he said was interference in his work by the government and parliament. Sheikh took up his post in May after his predecessor Ashour Shuail resigned. Full Story | Top |
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