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All Rights Reserved. en-us Wed, 30 Jun 2010 09:45:55 EDT Wed, 30 Jun 2010 09:45:55 EDT westlawbusiness-currents@thomsonreuters.com (Westlaw Business Currents Editorial Staff) With BP as backdrop, deepwater drilling is gushing forward, incongruously driven by both Noble Corp and Judge Barton Feldman of Louisiana… http://currents.westlawbusiness.com/Articles/2010/06/20100629_0026.aspx?src=RSSWed, 30 Jun 2010 02:00:00 EDThttp://currents.westlawbusiness.com/Articles/2010/06/20100629_0026.aspx?src=RSS Iraq's cabinet on Tuesday approved a multibillion-dollar deal with Royal Dutch Shell and Japan's Mitsubishi to capture gas being flared at southern oilfields....http://currents.westlawbusiness.com/Articles/2010/06/20100630_0001.aspx?src=RSSTue, 29 Jun 2010 11:49:15 EDThttp://currents.westlawbusiness.com/Articles/2010/06/20100630_0001.aspx?src=RSS The United Arab Emirates wants Royal Dutch Shell to step in as its partner at the $10 billion Shah gas project after U.S. major ConocoPhillips withdrew...http://currents.westlawbusiness.com/Articles/2010/06/20100624_0001.aspx?src=RSSWed, 23 Jun 2010 16:54:51 EDThttp://currents.westlawbusiness.com/Articles/2010/06/20100624_0001.aspx?src=RSS Whether it's snapping up glitzy buildings or stakes in luxury carmakers, Qatar's state fund has its hands everywhere -- and more high-profile deals are expected, fuelled by the Gulf state's natural gas riches...http://currents.westlawbusiness.com/Articles/2010/06/20100624_0002.aspx?src=RSSWed, 23 Jun 2010 06:19:38 EDThttp://currents.westlawbusiness.com/Articles/2010/06/20100624_0002.aspx?src=RSS Australia and China inked commercial deals worth more than $8.8 billion on Monday, largely in mining, in another sign that a new Australian mining tax has failed to dampen inward Chinese investment...http://currents.westlawbusiness.com/Articles/2010/06/20100620_0001.aspx?src=RSSSun, 20 Jun 2010 22:52:50 EDThttp://currents.westlawbusiness.com/Articles/2010/06/20100620_0001.aspx?src=RSS Europe will import its first solar-generated electricity from North Africa within the next five years...http://currents.westlawbusiness.com/Articles/2010/06/20100621_0002.aspx?src=RSSSun, 20 Jun 2010 13:07:25 EDThttp://currents.westlawbusiness.com/Articles/2010/06/20100621_0002.aspx?src=RSS Top oil exporter Saudi Arabia may mine and enrich uranium to fuel power plants if it embarks on a civilian nuclear energy programme...http://currents.westlawbusiness.com/Articles/2010/06/20100617_0002.aspx?src=RSSWed, 16 Jun 2010 11:29:01 EDThttp://currents.westlawbusiness.com/Articles/2010/06/20100617_0002.aspx?src=RSS China has come riding to the rescue of Canadian gold company Crystallex, which has been stuck in Venezuela's regulatory muck. From the terms of the agreement, it seems that Crystallex may have bet the farm... http://currents.westlawbusiness.com/Articles/2010/06/20100610_0038.aspx?src=RSSTue, 15 Jun 2010 02:00:00 EDThttp://currents.westlawbusiness.com/Articles/2010/06/20100610_0038.aspx?src=RSS Qatar’s Lilliputian size belies its deal-making prowess. Pound-for-pound, it may be the world’s richest (non-tax haven) country, but Qatar hasn’t put all its eggs in the energy basket... http://currents.westlawbusiness.com/Articles/2010/06/20100610_0036.aspx?src=RSSFri, 11 Jun 2010 01:00:00 EDThttp://currents.westlawbusiness.com/Articles/2010/06/20100610_0036.aspx?src=RSS Indian utility Reliance Power has signed an agreement with Indonesia's Sugico Group to acquire three coal mines for an upfront payment of 5 billion rupees ($106 million)...http://currents.westlawbusiness.com/Articles/2010/06/20100610_0008.aspx?src=RSSThu, 10 Jun 2010 05:58:14 EDThttp://currents.westlawbusiness.com/Articles/2010/06/20100610_0008.aspx?src=RSS France's Total, Spain's Abengoa and the United Arab Emirates's Masdar will build a 100 megawatt concentrated solar power (CSP) plant southwest of Abu Dhabi...http://currents.westlawbusiness.com/Articles/2010/06/20100610_0004.aspx?src=RSSWed, 9 Jun 2010 04:23:39 EDThttp://currents.westlawbusiness.com/Articles/2010/06/20100610_0004.aspx?src=RSS Yemen's Total-led liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant will hit full capacity in weeks and will turn a profit in 2010 by diverting cargo to more attractive markets, its general manager said...http://currents.westlawbusiness.com/Articles/2010/06/20100606_0004.aspx?src=RSSSun, 6 Jun 2010 06:34:54 EDThttp://currents.westlawbusiness.com/Articles/2010/06/20100606_0004.aspx?src=RSS The Kremlin's oil arm aims to expand its presence in the Middle East, including Iraq, after signing up to a ground-breaking gas project with a United Arab Emirates energy firm...http://currents.westlawbusiness.com/Articles/2010/06/20100606_0002.aspx?src=RSSSat, 5 Jun 2010 11:26:18 EDThttp://currents.westlawbusiness.com/Articles/2010/06/20100606_0002.aspx?src=RSS The lack of a deal between Azerbaijan and Turkey in protracted talks over the transit of Caspian gas threatens an energy supply route for European markets...http://currents.westlawbusiness.com/Articles/2010/06/20100603_0009.aspx?src=RSSWed, 2 Jun 2010 09:51:49 EDThttp://currents.westlawbusiness.com/Articles/2010/06/20100603_0009.aspx?src=RSS