BP evacuates staff, shuts in production at four U.S. Gulf of Mexico platforms
BP Plc on Tuesday began to evacuate and shut in production at four offshore U.S. Gulf of Mexico production platforms as a developing weather disturbance...
Britain’s climate advisers slam government progress, call for urgent action
Britain has failed to set sufficient policies to combat climate change and must act urgently to cut greenhouse gas emissions to meet its new net...
Shell, BHP evacuate U.S. Gulf platform staff before storm
Major U.S. oil producers on Tuesday began evacuating and shutting in production at their deepwater Gulf of Mexico platforms in advance of a tropical disturbance...
US wants military coalition to protect waters off Iran
Marine General Joseph Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said on Tuesday the U.S. had hammered out a plan under which an international...
U.S. urges Turkey to halt drilling operations off Cyprus coast
The U.S. State Department on Tuesday urged Turkish authorities to halt energy drilling operations off the Cypriot coast in the Mediterranean, a day after Cyprus...
Brazil lower house pension vote in question as session goes late
Brazil’s lower house of Congress was due to vote on Tuesday on a flagship overhaul to the pension system but by early evening the debate...
Mexico’s new finance minister, believer in stability, takes charge of choppy economy
Mexico’s new finance minister Arturo Herrera is a pragmatic and respected policy maker who says he was inspired to study economics by the Latin American...
BHP removing offshore workers from two Gulf of Mexico platforms ahead of storm
BHP Billiton on Tuesday said it began evacuating workers and reducing operations at two offshore platforms in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico as a safety...
Bombardier to lay off 550 workers at Thunder Bay, Ontario, plant: BNN Bloomberg
Canada’s Bombardier Inc is laying off half the 1,100 workers at its Thunder Bay, Ontario, railway car plant, BNN Bloomberg reported on Tuesday, citing a...
Rice group set to take control of EQT board in proxy contest: sources
Brothers Toby and Derek Rice are on course to win control of EQT Corp’s board of directors two years after having sold their own company,...
