Sources: Reuters
The United States Army Corps of Engineers begins dredging the San Juan Bay in Puerto Rico to open space for a new natural gas terminal that is expected to add $400 million to the local economy. $2024-04-3
France's "Autorité de la concurrence" fines Google a record €500M ($593M) for breaching an April 2020 ruling that ordered the company to negotiate "in good faith" licensing deals with publishers and news agencies for any re-use of copyrighted content. The fine amounts to about 1.1% of the company's yearly profits. $2021-07-13
A U.S. federal judge approves AT&T's $85 billion merger with Time Warner. $2018-06-12
Tankers anchored in the Caribbean Sea are unable to deliver over four million barrels of crude oil, due to Venezuela's state-owned oil and natural gas company being unable to pay for hull cleaning, inspections, and other port services. 2017-01-26
President of Paraguay Federico Franco announces that his country will become an oil producing nation, after a recent discovery in the Chaco region, close to the border with Argentina. 2012-11-26
The price of oil reaches an eight month high following Iran banning sales to Britain and France on Sunday. 2012-02-20
China Three Gorges Corp. wins a bid for its 21% stake in EDP-Energias de Portugal SA with an offer of €2.69 billion ($3.51 billion), in the first of a series of sales of state-owned assets under Portugal's austerity program. This is the first time a mainland Chinese firm has acquired a significant stake in a southern European company. $2011-12-23
An explosion at an oil storage tank in Gibraltar closes the port and injures workers and cruise ship passengers. 2011-06-1
The price of oil rises above $100 for the first time since 2008 as traders worry about possible disruption to the Suez Canal as a result of events in Egypt. [http:--www.bangkokpost.com-breakingnews-219176- (AFP via "The Bangkok Post")]date=August 2019 2011-01-31
Environmentalists said that an oil spill near Hurghada Egypt in the Red Sea is continuing even after the government said it had been contained, leaving turtles and sea birds covered in oil. 2010-06-22