The United Steelworkers (USW) withdrew from talks today with the American Petroleum Institute (API) and the oil industry over the development of two new American National Standards Institute (ANSI) standards for process safety performance indicators and fatigue. Discussions regarding the consensus standard were initiated at the suggestion of the Chemical Safety Board (CSB) in the [...]
NEW YORK (AP) — Retail gasoline prices continued to climb Friday ahead of the Memorial Day weekend and the unofficial start of America’s summer driving season.
The national average pump price increased nearly 3 cents overnight to $2.391 a gallon, according to auto club AAA, Wright Express and Oil Price Information Service. Gasoline prices ticked [...]
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — Oil prices fell Monday as investors remained concerned about a deepening recession and its impact on global demand for energy.
Light, sweet crude for March delivery settled down $1.60 at $40.08 a barrel. Prices had fallen as low as $39.83 during the session.
Crude oil prices have fallen more than $100 a barrel [...]
Xinhua News Agency Tuesday, November 04, 2008
A Chinese government delegation, escorting four rescued Chinese oil workers and the remains of another five who were killed by Sudanese militants after being kidnapped, have left Sudan and will return to China on Nov. 5.
The Sudanese government held a send-off ceremony for [...]
The four Chinese persons are receiving medical and psychological treatment at a hospital in Khartoum.
The Sudanese minister expressed sympathy and solicitude to them and hoped that they would soon be well again.
He also expressed his heartful condolences to the Chinese government and the Chinese people for [...]
LIBREVILLE (AFP) — Ten oil workers taken hostage off Cameroon’s coast are “in good health”, the leader of the West African rebels who kidnapped the men told AFP Sunday.
“The hostages are in good health. They are being looked after and remain safe,” said Ebi Dari, the chief of the Bakassi Freedom Fighters, over the phone, [...]
Sudanese authorities say they have found one of two missing Chinese oil workers from a group of nine kidnapped in South Kordofan state 13 days ago.
The Chinese ambassador to Sudan said the worker was alive and in an “acceptable condition”.
Four workers were killed in a rescue attempt on Monday, while three others escaped injured.
China is [...]
JUBA, Sudan (Reuters) - Three Sudanese working with the Yemeni HTC oil company were killed and two Yemenis were believed missing after they were ambushed in Unity State in southern Sudan, a spokesman for the state said on Thursday.
Andrea Kuong told Reuters the group was ambushed while travelling between the Heglig oil-producing area in South [...]
By Alaa Shahine
KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudanese security forces were struggling through rain and harsh terrain to try to rescue nine Chinese oil workers kidnapped in central Sudan two days ago, the government said on Monday.
Foreign Ministry spokesman Ali al-Sadig said there were no indications the captors had harmed the men whom they snatched on Saturday [...]
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Nine Chinese oil workers were kidnapped in an oil-rich region of southwestern Sudan in the latest attack on China’s interests in the African country, officials said Sunday.
Sudanese officials blamed a Darfur rebel group for Saturday’s kidnapping, calling it a stab at development efforts in Sudan. The attack took place outside [...]
