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Angola and Total launch new $16b offshore oil platform
Agence France-Presse . Angola | Updated at 12:00am on November 11, 2018
Angola and French oil giant Total formally launched a major new offshore oil project Saturday to aid the country’s economy that plunged into crisis following...
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Govt eyes to install 72.81 lakh smart prepaid metres
Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha . Dhaka | Updated at 12:00am on November 11, 2018
The government has set a target of installing 72.81 lakh smart prepaid metres across the country under the Seventh Five Year Plan period through various...
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US Poland LNG deal way for Europe to ease reliance on Russia: Perry
Agence France-Presse . Warsaw | Updated at 01:09am on November 10, 2018
Washington’s energy secretary on Thursday hailed a 24-year deal to deliver US liquefied natural gas (LNG) to Poland as signal for Europe on ensuring energy...
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Iran tankers go dark to keep selling oil
Agence France-Presse . Tehran | Updated at 12:00am on November 04, 2018
Working from their small offices in Stockholm, analysts at a new watchdog that monitors global oil shipments have been run ragged by Iran’s efforts to...
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US allows eight importers to keep buying Iran oil for now
Reuters . Washington | Updated at 12:00am on November 04, 2018
The United States said on Friday it will temporarily allow eight importers to keep buying Iranian oil when it re-imposes sanctions on Monday to try...
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Oil steadies before US sanctions on Iran
Reuters . London | Updated at 12:00am on November 03, 2018
Oil prices steadied on Friday after a week of heavy falls as markets braced for the imposition next week of US sanctions on Iran, which...
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Oil refiners face rollercoaster ride as fuel margins seesaw
Reuters . Singapore | Updated at 12:00am on November 01, 2018
Oil product margins have been tossed around on a wild rollercoaster ride in October, as factors like impending Iran sanctions, the Sino-American trade war and...
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Trump’s Iran sanctions resolve faces test from oil-thirsty China, India
Reuters . Washington/Singapore | Updated at 12:00am on October 30, 2018
Shortly after US president Donald Trump announced in May he would reimpose sanctions on Iran, the state department began telling countries around the world the...
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Import payments for fuel oils jump 105pc in Jul-Aug
Staff Correspondent | Updated at 12:00am on October 26, 2018
The country’s import payments for fuel oils soared by 105.07 per cent in the first two months (July-August) of the current financial year (2018-19) compared...
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Dhaka, Ctg-centric dev policy fuels inequality: economists
Staff Correspondent | Updated at 01:57am on October 18, 2018
Economists on Wednesday said that the development policy centering two major cities, Dhaka and Chottogram, was hindering equal development and creating earnings disparity with other...