Reuters UKIraqi oil minister says expects oil market to be in balance in first quarterReuters UKBAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi Oil Minister Jabar al-Luaibi said on Monday he was optimistic there would be a balance between supply and demand by the first quarter …

Moneycontrol.comChinese firm ZhenHua Oil to develop oil field near Iraqi capital BaghdadMoneycontrol.comA Chinese state-run company, ZhenHua Oil, is to develop an oil field near Baghdad under an accord with Iraq, the oil ministry said today. A ministry spo …

Canadian pension funds buy stakes in French engineering group FivesReuters(Reuters) - Canadian pension funds Caisse de depot et placement du Québec and PSP Investments said on Friday they have bought minority stakes in Fives, an industrial engineering grou …

FireEngineering.comPaul Combs: Fire Engineering's December IllustrationFireEngineering.comHere's a link to my previous post and memories of Chief Brunacini. Rest easy, Chief... and thank you! "My very first encounter with Chief Alan Brunacini …

Mexico oil regulator expects to give Trafigura contract for crude tradingReutersMEXICO CITY, Dec 21 (Reuters) - Mexico's oil regulator is expected to assign oil trader Trafigura a three-year contract to commercialize crude the government obtains from t …

UAE non-oil growth to edge up to 3 pct this year, central bank saysReutersDUBAI, Dec 13 (Reuters) - The non-oil part of the United Arab Emirates economy is expected to grow 3 percent this year, accelerating from 2.7 percent last year, the central bank said …

REFILE-Libya's Nafusa Oil Operations hoping to pump 10000 bpd in Ghadames basinReutersTUNIS, Dec 12 (Reuters) - Libya's Nafusa Oil Operations is hoping to produce 10,000 barrels per day (bpd) of oil next year from a new project in the western Ghada …

Libya's Nafusa Oil Operations hoping to pump 10000 bpd in Ghadames basinReutersTUNIS, Dec 12 (Reuters) - Libya's Nafusa Oil Operations is hoping to produce 10,000 barrels of oil per day (bpd) of oil next year from a new project in the western Ghada …

Ardian gets bids for French engineering group Fives - sourcesReutersFRANKFURT, Dec 6 (Reuters) - Buyout group Ardian has received binding bids for its stake in Fives, which may value the French engineering group at about 1.5 billion euros ($1.8 billion), p …

German engineering orders rise 9 percent in October - VDMAReuters UKBERLIN (Reuters) - German engineering orders jumped by 9 percent in real terms in October from the previous year, driven by strong demand from abroad, the VDMA industry association said on …