Trinidad News'FAKE OIL' REALTrinidad NewsIndependent confirmation of discrepancies between reported oil production and actual production receipts, submitted by a lease operator to State-owned Petrotrin for payment, yesterday prompted the company to …

Economic TimesIndia increases import duties on edible oils as domestic prices of Oilseeds plunged below MSPEconomic TimesIndia has increased import duties on various edible oils ranging between 60% to even 100% on some oils like crude palm oil. With prices …

Oil palm industry welcomes hike in import dutiesHindu Business LineThe Oil Palm Developers and Processors Association (OPDPA), an association of oil palm firms, has welcomed the Union government move to increase the import duties on palm oil. The governmen …

Aljazeera.comTunisian forces clash with protesters at oil fieldsAljazeera.comTunisian security forces fired tear gas on Monday to disperse hundreds of protesters demanding jobs and a share in revenue from gas and oil companies, as weeks of unrest over jobs …

Economic TimesEdible oil producers worried over 5% GSTEconomic TimesThis has led to worry among edible oil manufacturers over locking up large funds as they will be able to only partially recover the tax they pay on inputs from the output, edible oil and d …

Electronic DesignThe 2016 Career Report: Semiconductor Designers Outpace Average Engineering SalariesElectronic DesignOne of the biggest takeaways from this year's survey is that engineering salaries are generally rising faster than inflation, but that …

Financial TimesDemand for oil storage soars amid supply glutFinancial TimesWith crude oil piled up around the world the space inside terminals is now a hot commodity. The market for crude oil storage futures has been expanding since last year's launch. …

Economic TimesIndia's Palm oil profit slipped 25% last yearEconomic Times"Area expansion under palm oil fell by over 50 percent over the last couple of years due to low prices of crude palm oil and poor rainfall," said Sanjay Goenka, chief ex …

Electronic Design (blog)Andy Grove: Furthering Science and EngineeringElectronic Design (blog)I wanted to highlight another aspect of Andy's involvement with science and engineering, the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) that is n …

Systems engineering conference opens with ISEEM as hostUAH News (press release)About 300 national and international systems engineering researchers are attending the 14th Annual Conference on Systems Engineering Research (CSER 2016) hosted by The Universit …