Daily Archives: August 3, 2012

Cheniere bleeds deeper in second quarter

August 3, 2012
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Cheniere Energy suffered a deeper quarterly loss than a year ago due to higher development and operational costs at its proposed LNG export facility at Sabine Pass in Louisiana.

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Petrobras investment swelled in first half

August 3, 2012
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Brazil’s state-led oil company Petrobras invested 37.9 billion reais ($18.7 billion) in the first six months of 2012, 22% more than in the same period a year earlier, according to Brazilian planning ministry documents obtained by Reuters on Friday.

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Wilson plans Halcon sale within 3 years

August 3, 2012
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Floyd Wilson, the chief executive of Halcon Resources, said he plans to build up the company’s assets to the point that he can sell it to a larger player within three years.

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Petrobras topples to loss

August 3, 2012
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Petrobras on Friday posted a steep second-quarter loss that widely missed market expectations, citing a raft of reasons from the sliding value of the real to higher costs of dry and noncommercial wells.

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Ernesto swirls as new weather forms

August 3, 2012
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US forecasters are predicting that Tropical Storm Ernesto may be in the Gulf of Mexico by Wednesday, later than projected earlier, either in its present form or as a hurricane.

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Oil jumps on US jobs rise

August 3, 2012
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Oil prices rose sharply on Friday, with Brent crude futures hitting a 10-week high, after a US nonfarm payrolls report showed employers added more jobs than expected in July.

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