Provides the latest RSS feeds for Oil and Gas News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Texas Guardian.com http://www.texasguardian.com/index.php/cat/bef2bf598e76a3e6/ en-us Tue, 21 May 2013 15:23:36 -0400 Tue, 21 May 2013 15:23:36 -0400 30 A Mediterranean diet with added extra virgin olive oil or mixed nuts seems to improve the brain power of older people better than advising them to follow a low-fat diet, according to a new research. The researchers from the University of Navarra in Spain base their findings on 522 men and women aged between 55 and 80 without cardiovascular disease but at high vascular risk because of underlying ... http://www.texasguardian.com/index.php/sid/214654510/scat/bef2bf598e76a3e6 Tue, 21 May 2013 01:20:01 -0400 http://www.texasguardian.com/index.php/sid/214654510/scat/bef2bf598e76a3e6 The Abu Dhabi Crude Oil Pipeline allows the transportation of onshore crude from Habshan in Abu Dhabi to a terminal and export facilities in Fujairah. Courtesy ... http://www.texasguardian.com/index.php/sid/214665269/scat/bef2bf598e76a3e6 Tue, 21 May 2013 13:28:24 -0400 http://www.texasguardian.com/index.php/sid/214665269/scat/bef2bf598e76a3e6 The Hague - The hunt for Royal Dutch Shell's next chief executive is underway, its chairman said on Tuesday, after CEO Peter Voser made what could be his last appearance at the oil group's annual shareholder ... http://www.texasguardian.com/index.php/sid/214665086/scat/bef2bf598e76a3e6 Tue, 21 May 2013 13:18:20 -0400 http://www.texasguardian.com/index.php/sid/214665086/scat/bef2bf598e76a3e6 THE HAGUE, The Netherlands - The European Union probe into potential energy-price manipulation has made no adverse findings against Royal Dutch Shell PLC, the company's chief executive Peter Voser said Tuesday. European antitrust regulators raided the offices of Shell last week, as well as those of BP PLC, Statoil ASA and price-index firm Platts, a division of McGraw Hill Financial Inc. ... http://www.texasguardian.com/index.php/sid/214663419/scat/bef2bf598e76a3e6 Tue, 21 May 2013 12:12:10 -0400 http://www.texasguardian.com/index.php/sid/214663419/scat/bef2bf598e76a3e6 Miscellaneous views of the new Exxon Mobil campus under construction in Spring, Texas. Friday, April 12, 2013. (Photo by Michael Stravato) Irving-based Exxon Mobil Corp. is building a 20-building campus on 385 acres in north Houston, and according to the Houston Business Journal, it's one of the largest construction projects under way in the United States. The HBJ got a sneak peek at the ... http://www.texasguardian.com/index.php/sid/214665065/scat/bef2bf598e76a3e6 Tue, 21 May 2013 11:11:19 -0400 http://www.texasguardian.com/index.php/sid/214665065/scat/bef2bf598e76a3e6 Peter Voser, chief executive officer of Royal Dutch Shell Plc, Its too early to predict how the European oil-price fixing probe will be resolved, said Peter Voser, CEO of Royal Dutch Shell Plc (NYSE: RDS-A), Bloomberg is reporting. The Netherlands-based company, along with Londons BP Plc (NYSE: BP) and Norwegian Statoil ASA (NYSE: STO), have been targeted as part of a European Commission ... http://www.texasguardian.com/index.php/sid/214665115/scat/bef2bf598e76a3e6 Tue, 21 May 2013 11:01:40 -0400 http://www.texasguardian.com/index.php/sid/214665115/scat/bef2bf598e76a3e6 European anti-trust authorities have launched investigations into at least three oil companies on suspicion of price-fixing. Britain's BP, Royal Dutch Shell and Norway's Statoil confirmed they are subject to the inquiry announced Tuesday by the European Union's executive arm, the Commission. Statoil said a raid at its headquarters in Stavanger, Norway, was carried out with the ... http://www.texasguardian.com/index.php/sid/214663442/scat/bef2bf598e76a3e6 Tue, 21 May 2013 10:36:16 -0400 http://www.texasguardian.com/index.php/sid/214663442/scat/bef2bf598e76a3e6 Royal Dutch Shell is pushing ahead with plans for the world's deepest offshore oil and gas production facility. It will be nearly two miles beneath the surface of the Gulf of Mexico, off the coast of Louisiana. It is testing the bounds of the oil and gas industry's capability to drill ever ... http://www.texasguardian.com/index.php/sid/214663443/scat/bef2bf598e76a3e6 Tue, 21 May 2013 10:36:09 -0400 http://www.texasguardian.com/index.php/sid/214663443/scat/bef2bf598e76a3e6 Anglo-Dutch oil company Royal Dutch Shell PLC has awarded Wood Group PSN and Consolidated Contractors Company, or CCC, a commissioning services contract, Wood Group said in a statement Tuesday. The contract is to commission the first phase of the super giant Majnoon oil field in southern Iraq, it said without giving the value of the contract. Wood Group-CCC, or WGCCC, will be responsible for ... http://www.texasguardian.com/index.php/sid/214663445/scat/bef2bf598e76a3e6 Tue, 21 May 2013 10:36:06 -0400 http://www.texasguardian.com/index.php/sid/214663445/scat/bef2bf598e76a3e6 1st quarter 2013 unaudited results (excerpt) • Royal Dutch Shell’s first quarter 2013 earnings, on a current cost of supplies (CCS) basis (see Note 1), were $8.0 billion compared with $7.7 billion for the first quarter 2012. • First quarter 2013 CCS earnings excluding identified items (see page 6) were $7.5 billion compared with $7.3 billion for the first quarter 2012, an ... http://www.texasguardian.com/index.php/sid/214663446/scat/bef2bf598e76a3e6 Tue, 21 May 2013 10:36:04 -0400 http://www.texasguardian.com/index.php/sid/214663446/scat/bef2bf598e76a3e6 The Board of Royal Dutch Shell plc ("Shell") today announced that Peter Voser, as Chief Executive Officer, has elected to retire from the Company in the first half of 2014. Peter Voser was appointed CEO with effect from July 2009 and has been an Executive Director since 2004. Shell’s Chairman Jorma Ollila said "Peter’s leadership of Shell over the last 4 years has ... http://www.texasguardian.com/index.php/sid/214663447/scat/bef2bf598e76a3e6 Tue, 21 May 2013 10:36:02 -0400 http://www.texasguardian.com/index.php/sid/214663447/scat/bef2bf598e76a3e6 By Andrew CallusTHE HAGUE (Reuters) - The hunt for Royal Dutch Shell's next chief executive is underway, its chairman said on Tuesday, after CEO Peter Voser made what could be his last appearance at the oil group's annual shareholder meeting.Voser announced his surprise decision three weeks ago to step down in the first half of 2014, before his 56th birthday, and less than five years ... http://www.texasguardian.com/index.php/sid/214661988/scat/bef2bf598e76a3e6 Tue, 21 May 2013 10:04:13 -0400 http://www.texasguardian.com/index.php/sid/214661988/scat/bef2bf598e76a3e6 A view of the new Exxon Mobil campus under construction south of the Woodlands. Construction is underway on nearly 20 buildings at Exxon Mobil Corp.s (NYSE: XOM) 385-acre campus in north Houston, one of the largest construction projects in the U.S. The buildings are in various phases of construction, and every day more than 3,000 workers are on the site, which is on land Exxon owns, the company ... http://www.texasguardian.com/index.php/sid/214663408/scat/bef2bf598e76a3e6 Tue, 21 May 2013 09:58:21 -0400 http://www.texasguardian.com/index.php/sid/214663408/scat/bef2bf598e76a3e6 May 21, 2013 /CNW/ - ArPetrol Ltd. ("ArPetrol" or the "Company") (TSXV: RPT) announces its financial and operating results for the three months ... http://www.texasguardian.com/index.php/sid/214662157/scat/bef2bf598e76a3e6 Tue, 21 May 2013 09:42:18 -0400 http://www.texasguardian.com/index.php/sid/214662157/scat/bef2bf598e76a3e6 May 21, 2013 /CNW/ - American Eagle Energy Corporation (OTCQX:AMZG; "American Eagle" or the "Company") files Form 10-Q and provides results of operations for the first quarter of 2013. ... http://www.texasguardian.com/index.php/sid/214662158/scat/bef2bf598e76a3e6 Tue, 21 May 2013 09:42:17 -0400 http://www.texasguardian.com/index.php/sid/214662158/scat/bef2bf598e76a3e6 Three reasons to go Premium! 1. Unlock details of over 3,000 companies 2. Have access to 11,000 oil industry people profiles 3. Full address details of over 5000 ... http://www.texasguardian.com/index.php/sid/214662159/scat/bef2bf598e76a3e6 Tue, 21 May 2013 09:32:56 -0400 http://www.texasguardian.com/index.php/sid/214662159/scat/bef2bf598e76a3e6 Around 80 percent of workers at Kuwait's main, state-run oil services company are on strike calling for better pay, a union official said on Tuesday, the latest sign of wage pressures in the Gulf Arab ... http://www.texasguardian.com/index.php/sid/214662160/scat/bef2bf598e76a3e6 Tue, 21 May 2013 09:24:33 -0400 http://www.texasguardian.com/index.php/sid/214662160/scat/bef2bf598e76a3e6 (TSX: AAV, NYSE: AAV) (All reserve and resource volumes are "working interest" and "sales" except where otherwise ... http://www.texasguardian.com/index.php/sid/214660817/scat/bef2bf598e76a3e6 Tue, 21 May 2013 08:31:02 -0400 http://www.texasguardian.com/index.php/sid/214660817/scat/bef2bf598e76a3e6 May 21, 2013 /CNW/ - Advantage Oil & Gas Ltd. ("Advantage" or the "Corporation") announces that our updated Corporate Presentation has been posted on our ... http://www.texasguardian.com/index.php/sid/214660816/scat/bef2bf598e76a3e6 Tue, 21 May 2013 08:31:02 -0400 http://www.texasguardian.com/index.php/sid/214660816/scat/bef2bf598e76a3e6 The Ikarama Community in Yenagoa Local Government Area of Bayelsa State has disagreed with Shell Petroleum Development Company over the cause of the reported oil spills from nearby oil wells. The spill has contaminated the Taylor Creek in Yenagoa; and residents of Biseni/JK4 Road told the News Agency of Nigeria that they disagreed that the spills were caused by oil theft. Officials of ... http://www.texasguardian.com/index.php/sid/214660667/scat/bef2bf598e76a3e6 Tue, 21 May 2013 08:13:10 -0400 http://www.texasguardian.com/index.php/sid/214660667/scat/bef2bf598e76a3e6 A 95-mile pipeline extension from western Oklahoma and the Texas panhandle will carry as much as 75,000 barrels of oil per day, a pipeline company said. Plains All American Pipeline announced it was building a 95-mile extension for an Oklahoma crude oil pipeline system to accommodate expansions in production from the region. "The new Western Oklahoma pipeline will provide up to 75,000 ... http://www.texasguardian.com/index.php/sid/214659566/scat/bef2bf598e76a3e6 Tue, 21 May 2013 07:02:08 -0400 http://www.texasguardian.com/index.php/sid/214659566/scat/bef2bf598e76a3e6 State-owned Kuwait Petroleum Corp (KPC) has sacked the heads of all of its eight subsidiaries in the company's largest ever shakeup, following a controversial $2.2bn compensation payment to US firm Dow Chemical, according to local ... http://www.texasguardian.com/index.php/sid/214658518/scat/bef2bf598e76a3e6 Tue, 21 May 2013 05:58:53 -0400 http://www.texasguardian.com/index.php/sid/214658518/scat/bef2bf598e76a3e6 Get ready to pay more for booze. On Monday, the Delhi government approved a hike in alcohol rates as part of the new excise policy.As per the Cabinet decision, the rates of Indian Made Foreign Liquor (IMFL) will go up by five per cent, while that of country-made liquor will see a rise of up to 11 per cent. The hike was cleared at a meeting presided over by Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit. The new ... http://www.texasguardian.com/index.php/sid/214655692/scat/bef2bf598e76a3e6 Tue, 21 May 2013 02:51:07 -0400 http://www.texasguardian.com/index.php/sid/214655692/scat/bef2bf598e76a3e6 Abu Dhabi National Energy Company (TAQA) has said it is looking at ways to improve the liquidity of its shares but had not taken any steps to remove a barrier to foreigners holding its ... http://www.texasguardian.com/index.php/sid/214655173/scat/bef2bf598e76a3e6 Tue, 21 May 2013 01:56:41 -0400 http://www.texasguardian.com/index.php/sid/214655173/scat/bef2bf598e76a3e6 Saudi Aramco has invited bids for the construction of a 2,400 megawatt (MW) power plant in Jizan, near a 400,000 barrel-per-day oil refinery which it is currently building, two industry sources said on ... http://www.texasguardian.com/index.php/sid/214654917/scat/bef2bf598e76a3e6 Tue, 21 May 2013 01:56:41 -0400 http://www.texasguardian.com/index.php/sid/214654917/scat/bef2bf598e76a3e6 ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - Days before a Shell drillship went aground in the storm-tossed Gulf of Alaska, it was clear that towing failures could spell disaster for the vessel, the crew and the marine environment, a company official told a U.S. Coast Guard panel on ... http://www.texasguardian.com/index.php/sid/214654851/scat/bef2bf598e76a3e6 Tue, 21 May 2013 01:46:45 -0400 http://www.texasguardian.com/index.php/sid/214654851/scat/bef2bf598e76a3e6 U.S. crude futures eased to about $96.50 a barrel in early trading in Asia on Tuesday as ample supplies weighed on prices, despite support from equity ... http://www.texasguardian.com/index.php/sid/214652247/scat/bef2bf598e76a3e6 Mon, 20 May 2013 22:46:55 -0400 http://www.texasguardian.com/index.php/sid/214652247/scat/bef2bf598e76a3e6 Legal issues are some of the great X factors when assessing a company's investment potential. You can estimate earnings, costs, likely dividend, economic prospects of the markets in which businesses operate, quality of product and of ... http://www.texasguardian.com/index.php/sid/214651231/scat/bef2bf598e76a3e6 Mon, 20 May 2013 21:44:52 -0400 http://www.texasguardian.com/index.php/sid/214651231/scat/bef2bf598e76a3e6 May 20, 2013 /CNW/ - HRT Participaes em Petrleo S.A. (the "Company" or "HRT") (BM&FBOVESPA: HRTP3, TSX-V: HRP) announces that its wholly-owned subsidiary HRT O&G Explorao e Produo de Petrleo Ltda ("HRT O&G") concluded the drilling of well 1-HRT-11-AM, on the Cajazeira prospect, located at Block SOL-T-172, in the Solimes Basin, Municipality of Coari, ... http://www.texasguardian.com/index.php/sid/214651286/scat/bef2bf598e76a3e6 Mon, 20 May 2013 21:35:12 -0400 http://www.texasguardian.com/index.php/sid/214651286/scat/bef2bf598e76a3e6 Petroleum Exploration License 23 ("PEL-23"), in the Walvis Basin, offshore Republic of Namibia (CNW Group/HRT Participaes em Petrleo ... http://www.texasguardian.com/index.php/sid/214651287/scat/bef2bf598e76a3e6 Mon, 20 May 2013 21:35:11 -0400 http://www.texasguardian.com/index.php/sid/214651287/scat/bef2bf598e76a3e6 THE HAGUE: Royal Dutch/Shell CEO Peter Voser may be making his last appearance on the podium at the company's annual shareholder meeting on Tuesday, turning the spotlight on management's plans for a successor. Voser announced his surprise decision three weeks ago to step down in the first half of 2014, before his 56th birthday, and less than five years into the role. Employees of the ... http://www.texasguardian.com/index.php/sid/214650093/scat/bef2bf598e76a3e6 Mon, 20 May 2013 20:14:52 -0400 http://www.texasguardian.com/index.php/sid/214650093/scat/bef2bf598e76a3e6 The Ikarama Community in the Yenagoa Local Government Area of Bayelsa has disagreed with the Shell Petroleum Development Company over the cause of the reported oil spills from nearby oil ... http://www.texasguardian.com/index.php/sid/214648901/scat/bef2bf598e76a3e6 Mon, 20 May 2013 19:31:05 -0400 http://www.texasguardian.com/index.php/sid/214648901/scat/bef2bf598e76a3e6 Egyptian electricity and energy minister Ahmed Imam is expected to sign an agreement with his Saudi counterpart for the construction of an electrical power line between the two countries, Daily News Egypt has reported. The total cost of the project is set to reach $1.6bn, with each side to bear the cost of construction on its own side of the border, which for Egypt is estimated at $600m. The line ... http://www.texasguardian.com/index.php/sid/214648997/scat/bef2bf598e76a3e6 Mon, 20 May 2013 19:19:33 -0400 http://www.texasguardian.com/index.php/sid/214648997/scat/bef2bf598e76a3e6 Three Qatari state-backed entities, including the Gulf country's sovereign wealth fund, have announced plans to set up a $1bn fund to invest in overseas energy infrastructure assets, Reuters has reported. The new fund, which will be run by Qatar Holding, Qatar Petroleum International and Qatar Electricity and Water Co (QEWC), will invest outside Qatar "in the fields of power generation, ... http://www.texasguardian.com/index.php/sid/214648998/scat/bef2bf598e76a3e6 Mon, 20 May 2013 19:19:32 -0400 http://www.texasguardian.com/index.php/sid/214648998/scat/bef2bf598e76a3e6 France's Total has acquired the fuel retail network of Royal Dutch Shell in Egypt, as the oil and gas major seeks to boost its distribution position in the country and across the region, Daily News Egypt has reported. Total currently owns 70 fuel stations in Egypt, which represents 4% of the market share. "Through this acquisition, we reaffirm our ambition to pursue our development in ... http://www.texasguardian.com/index.php/sid/214648912/scat/bef2bf598e76a3e6 Mon, 20 May 2013 19:19:32 -0400 http://www.texasguardian.com/index.php/sid/214648912/scat/bef2bf598e76a3e6 A south Florida woman was suffering from postpartum depression when she left her baby to die shut in a sweltering car, her lawyer said. Police have charged Carla Bruno of West Miami-Dade with aggravated manslaughter after she left her 11-month-old baby in the back seat of a Chevrolet Impala alongside her purse and a case of beer. It took the baby's father four hours to realize the baby was ... http://www.texasguardian.com/index.php/sid/214644003/scat/bef2bf598e76a3e6 Mon, 20 May 2013 17:51:59 -0400 http://www.texasguardian.com/index.php/sid/214644003/scat/bef2bf598e76a3e6 terms of use . Historical and current end-of-day data provided by SIX Financial Information. Intraday data delayed per exchange requirements. S&P/Dow Jones Indices (SM) from Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All quotes are in local exchange time. Real time last sale data provided by NASDAQ. More information ... http://www.texasguardian.com/index.php/sid/214642518/scat/bef2bf598e76a3e6 Mon, 20 May 2013 16:57:54 -0400 http://www.texasguardian.com/index.php/sid/214642518/scat/bef2bf598e76a3e6 Natural gas is the top performing commodity after President Obama approved a $10 billion natural gas export facility last week. Andrew Lipow, Lipow Oil Associates, shares his outlook for the ... http://www.texasguardian.com/index.php/sid/214641428/scat/bef2bf598e76a3e6 Mon, 20 May 2013 16:08:21 -0400 http://www.texasguardian.com/index.php/sid/214641428/scat/bef2bf598e76a3e6 ATHENS, Greece (AP) — A surprise shell has caused a big stir at a popular Athens beach.Greek authorities evacuated the seafront Monday after a swimmer found a corroded artillery shell just 10 yards from dry land, fished it out and presented it to a lifeguard.A coast guard statement said army explosives experts were rushed to Vouliagmeni beach and safely disposed of the munition. The 12-inch ... http://www.texasguardian.com/index.php/sid/214637110/scat/bef2bf598e76a3e6 Mon, 20 May 2013 12:55:15 -0400 http://www.texasguardian.com/index.php/sid/214637110/scat/bef2bf598e76a3e6 widely-known yet unaddressed problem. That investigation hit a peak with last Tuesday's raids of British Petroleum, Royal Dutch Shell, and Statoil offices. By the end of the week, Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) asked the U.S. Justice Department ... http://www.texasguardian.com/index.php/sid/214635647/scat/bef2bf598e76a3e6 Mon, 20 May 2013 11:33:10 -0400 http://www.texasguardian.com/index.php/sid/214635647/scat/bef2bf598e76a3e6 DEWA said it currently has another 17 substations under construction, in addition to upgrades at existing facilities and a process for rolling out new ... http://www.texasguardian.com/index.php/sid/214632056/scat/bef2bf598e76a3e6 Mon, 20 May 2013 08:12:41 -0400 http://www.texasguardian.com/index.php/sid/214632056/scat/bef2bf598e76a3e6 The government of Congo Kinshasa (DRC) has suspended the highly controversial oil exploration programme in the unique Virunga National Park, a World Heritage ... http://www.texasguardian.com/index.php/sid/214632044/scat/bef2bf598e76a3e6 Mon, 20 May 2013 08:04:06 -0400 http://www.texasguardian.com/index.php/sid/214632044/scat/bef2bf598e76a3e6 The major oil company Shell has sold its downstream businesses in 14 African countries for around US$ 1 billion. Shell products however still would be sold to ... http://www.texasguardian.com/index.php/sid/214631940/scat/bef2bf598e76a3e6 Mon, 20 May 2013 08:03:47 -0400 http://www.texasguardian.com/index.php/sid/214631940/scat/bef2bf598e76a3e6