Montana coal mine cuts 66 jobs BILLINGS, Mont. _ A Montana coal mine cut 66 jobs and is slashing production amid an industrywide slowdown that’s starting to affect the largest coal-producing region of the United States. Signal Peak Energy announced Wednesday that 58 employees had been laid off and eight vacant positions eliminated at its
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150 people evacuated from North Sea oil platforms STOCKHOLM _ Norwegian rescuers say a potential disaster was narrowly avoided Thursday as an unmanned barge drifted past a North Sea oil field where it had been at risk of colliding with offshore platforms. BP had evacuated 150 people from installations in the Valhall field as the
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Statoil rig evacuated, down to safety crew UPDATE: Statoil reports one worker was killed and two were injured when a big wave slammed into a drilling rig in the Troll field, also in the North Sea. Statoil and COSL mobilized their emergency response organizations after three people were injured when a heavy wave hit a drilling rig
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Corrib offshore project a joint venture between Shell, Statoil, Vermilion Energy CALGARY _ Vermilion Energy (TSX:VET) of Calgary says the Corrib offshore natural gas in Ireland began producing for the first time on Wednesday. “First gas marks an important milestone for Vermilion” said Lorenzo Donadeo, CEO of Vermilion. The Calgary-based company expects output to rise
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Oman budget shortfall in 2016 DUBAI, United Arab Emirates _ Oman is going to cut government spending and also raise taxes and gasoline prices to cover an anticipated budget shortfall in the coming year. That’s according to a statement Wednesday from Oman’s Council of Ministers. The council’s statement, carried by the state-run Oman News Agency,
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Houston green power amounts to 950,000 MWh HOUSTON _ The City of Houston will become the largest municipal purchaser of renewable power in the United States in 2016. On Tuesday, the City announced it is signed an agreement with Reliant Energy to increase its purchase of renewable power through at least June 2016. The City reports
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11 coal mine deaths reported in 2015 LOUISVILLE, Ky. _ Amid layoffs and idled operations, the U.S. coal industry is close to setting a record low for on-the-job deaths in coal mines. In late December, there were 11 coal mine deaths nationwide for the year, putting the industry on track to best the record low
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US Virgin Island oil refinery closed in 2012 CHARLOTTE AMALIE, Virgin Islands _ Legislators in the U.S. Virgin Islands are debating an $800 million deal that would allow a Boston-based equity firm to operate what was once the world’s largest oil refinery. Senators met Tuesday to discuss whether the Hovensa oil storage facility in St. Croix
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NYC hotels take on City Hall’s Carbon Challenge NEW YORK _ More than a dozen of New York City’s most famed hotels are pledging to get greener. The Waldorf-Astoria New York, the Lotte New York Palace, the Pierre-A Taj Hotel and the Crowne Plaza Times Square are among the 16 city hotels, all currently thronged
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Mexico fuel theft fire in Tabasco State MEXICO CITY _ Authorities in Mexico say five people have now died from a fire that broke out near where people were using an illegal tap to gather fuel. The fire broke out near an oil pipeline in the Gulf coast state of Tabasco on Dec. 22. The Tabasco
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