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Thursday, January 26, 2017
European Offshore Wind Forecast to Add 3.5GW Capacity in 2017
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European Offshore Wind Forecast to Add 3.5GW Capacity in 2017

By Jessica Shankleman (Bloomberg) — Europe will install more than 3.5 gigawatts of offshore wind capacity this year, the WindEurope industry group said.

January 26, 2017
Total Views: 38

Wednesday, January 25, 2017
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Europe Chomps Most Iran Oil in Years as Two Supertankers Head for Rotterdam

By Anthony DiPaola and Julian Lee (Bloomberg) — Europe is poised to receive the most Iranian crude in about five years this month in a sign that the

January 25, 2017
Total Views: 32

Tuesday, January 24, 2017
Robots Are Taking Over Oil Rigs as Roughnecks Become Expendable
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Robots Are Taking Over Oil Rigs as Roughnecks Become Expendable

By David Wethe (Bloomberg) — The robot on an oil drillship in the Gulf of Mexico made it easier for Mark Rodgers to do his job stringing together

January 24, 2017
Total Views: 162

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How Trade, and Sanctions, Made a Russian Fisherman a Billionaire

By Alex Sazonov (Bloomberg) — Peering into the mid-morning darkness from his sixth-floor office on Russia’s Kola Bay, Vitaly Orlov strains to see

January 24, 2017
Total Views: 260

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Trump Signs Executive Order to Advance Keystone, Dakota Oil Pipelines

By Jennifer Jacobs, Jennifer A. Dlouhy and Meenal Vamburkar (Bloomberg) — President Donald Trump took steps to advance construction of the Keystone

January 24, 2017
Total Views: 69

Monday, January 23, 2017
President Trump Withdraws U.S. from Trans-Pacific Partnership
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President Trump Withdraws U.S. from Trans-Pacific Partnership

By Toluse Olorunnipa, Kevin Cirilli and Austin Weinstein (Bloomberg) — President Donald Trump abruptly ended the decades-old U.S. tilt toward free

January 23, 2017
Total Views: 77

Wednesday, January 18, 2017
Aker Said to Weigh Sale of Norway Oil-Services Firm
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Aker Said to Weigh Sale of Norway Oil-Services Firm

By Matthew Monks, Dinesh Nair, Ed Hammond and Mikael Holter (Bloomberg) — Aker ASA, the investment company controlled by Norwegian billionaire Kjell Inge

January 18, 2017
Total Views: 54

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Hapag-Lloyd Ups Bond Size as Investors Gamble on Shipping Upturn

By Nicholas Brautlecht and Hannah Benjamin (Bloomberg) — Hapag-Lloyd AG boosted the volume of its first bond sale since 2014 by 100 million euros ($94

January 18, 2017
Total Views: 558

Hanjin Shipping Soars a Day After Exchange Calls Stock ‘Trash’
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Hanjin Shipping Soars a Day After Exchange Calls Stock ‘Trash’

By Heejin Kim (Bloomberg) — One day after a Korean stock exchange official called the shares of Hanjin Shipping Co. “ trash,” investors piled in,

January 18, 2017
Total Views: 28

Monday, January 16, 2017
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Oil’s Painful Cost-Squeeze Brings Output Dividend for Norway

By Mikael Holter (Bloomberg) — Cost cuts are painful, but for Norway’s oil industry making every penny count has also yielded a surprising

January 16, 2017
Total Views: 26

Friday, January 13, 2017
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Kicking Crude Habit Doesn’t Come Cheap for Richest Scandinavians

By Sveinung Sleire (Bloomberg) — Reducing Norway’s oil dependency and living up to campaign promises is proving a costly affair for Prime Minister Erna

January 13, 2017
Total Views: 25

Thursday, January 12, 2017
China Pushes Back After Tillerson Warns on South China Sea
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China Pushes Back After Tillerson Warns on South China Sea

By Bloomberg News (Bloomberg) — China said it had the right to act in its own territory in the disputed South China Sea, pushing back after

January 12, 2017
Total Views: 16

Ports Chase Natural Gas Boost as Marine Emissions Rules Tighten
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Ports Chase Natural Gas Boost as Marine Emissions Rules Tighten

By Natalie Obiko Pearson and Naureen S. Malik (Bloomberg) — The tightening of emissions limits for deep-water ships has some of North America’s

January 12, 2017
Total Views: 41

Wednesday, January 11, 2017
China Can Expect a Surge in Offshore Wind Farms, Goldwind Says
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China Can Expect a Surge in Offshore Wind Farms, Goldwind Says

By Bloomberg News (Bloomberg) — China’s development of offshore wind farms could be set to accelerate, supported by favorable government-backed

January 11, 2017
Total Views: 96

Friday, January 6, 2017
Canada Rules Out Arctic Drilling Extensions for Exxon and BP Amid Moratorium
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Canada Rules Out Arctic Drilling Extensions for Exxon and BP Amid Moratorium

By Josh Wingrove and Robert Tuttle (Bloomberg) — The Canadian government says it won’t grant extensions to exploration licenses for Exxon Mobil

January 6, 2017
Total Views: 62

Thursday, January 5, 2017
High Tech on High Seas: Carnival Unveils Wearable Technology on Ships
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High Tech on High Seas: Carnival Unveils Wearable Technology on Ships

By Christopher Palmeri (Bloomberg) — Carnival Corp. is unveiling wearable technology that allows cruise ship staff to personalize service at sea, whether

January 5, 2017
Total Views: 112

offshore oil rig Statoil
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Statoil Boosts Exploration Amid Cheapest Drilling in Years

By Mikael Holter (Bloomberg) — Statoil ASA, one of many international oil companies to slash spending during crude’s collapse, is increasing

January 5, 2017
Total Views: 36

Wednesday, January 4, 2017
Forget Latin America, Asia is Now Biggest Buyer of U.S. LNG
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Forget Latin America, Asia is Now Biggest Buyer of U.S. LNG

By Ryan Collins (Bloomberg) — Asia’s finally becoming a prime destination for U.S. shale gas cargoes. At least 10 of the 12 tankers bearing liquefied

January 4, 2017
Total Views: 31

Hanjin Shares Surge on Report Asset Sale to Close Next Week
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Hanjin Shares Surge on Report Asset Sale to Close Next Week

By Kyunghee Park (Bloomberg) — Hanjin Shipping Co. shares surged by their daily limit of 30 percent in Seoul after a local media report that the sale of

January 4, 2017
Total Views: 28

Tuesday, January 3, 2017
Swim or Sink Outlook Prompts Asia Shipping Lines to Face Mergers
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Swim or Sink Outlook Prompts Asia Shipping Lines to Face Mergers

By Kyunghee Park (Bloomberg) — Swim or sink: That’s the message shipping executives in Asia are taking into the new year. Faced with a prolonged trade

January 3, 2017
Total Views: 35