Qatar seeks tenders to build oil refinery
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Qatar is seeking tenders to build a oil refinery with a capacity of 250,000 barrels a day, Energy Minister Abdullah bin Hamad al-Attiyah said on Saturday.
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Oil-rich Gulf Arab state Qatar has made a bid approach for J Sainsbury Plc, which newspapers said valued Britain's third-biggest supermarket group at about 12 billion pounds ($24.5 billion), including debt.
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The Emirate of Dubai will take over  control of its offshore oilfields from a unit of ConocoPhillips   next year, the two said on Sunday, the latest  government to strengthen its grip on its mineral wealth.
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With oil near $50 a barrel, the Bush  administration said on Thursday it will negotiate with  refineries that want to borrow oil from the federal emergency  stockpile to offset supplies disrupted by Hurricane Ivan.
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Halliburton Co. , the world's second-largest oil services company, is seeking stakes in emerging Gulf Arab firms to expand its operations in the region, pan Arab daily Asharq al-Awsat reported on Monday.
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The U.S. ambassador to Kuwait and  other senior U.S. officials put pressure on Halliburton HAL.N  to award a contract to a Kuwaiti company suspected of  overcharging to bring fuel into Iraq, according to State  Department documents released on Wednesday.
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Saudi Arabia will seek to create a &quot;pro-business environment&quot; and foster investment opportunities in energy and other sectors, the oil-rich kingdom's investment chief said.
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With oil near $50 a barrel, the Bush administration said on Thursday it would negotiate with refineries that want to borrow oil from the federal emergency stockpile to offset supplies disrupted by Hurricane Ivan.
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Bahrain has received bids from U.S. firm Occidental  and Russian state-owned Zarubezhneft to explore for oil in the kingdom's waters, the Gulf Daily News reported on Thursday.
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CALGARY, Alberta  - Iraq's oil ministry has called  for new bids to develop an oil field in the war-torn country,  blindsiding the Canadian company that appeared to have won the  contract, a top executive with the firm said on Friday.
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Qatar became the first Arab country Monday to commit troops to monitor a tense cease-fire between Israel and Hezbollah, pledging 200 to 300 soldiers to a U.N. peacekeeping force. Pakistan's prime minister toured devastated south Beirut and considered a similar offer.
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Norsk Hydro ASA said Monday it has signed a deal to invest &#36;1.5 billion in a new aluminum smelting plant in Qatar to be operated by Qatar Petroleum.
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OPEC has agreed to increase its oil output by 500,000 barrels per day from Nov 1, Qatari Oil Minister Abdullah al-Attiyah said on Tuesday, in a gesture to consumer nations' worried by rapidly diminishing fuel stocks and the economic impact of $77 oil.
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With oil prices close to $50 a  barrel, the Bush administration is set to allow oil refineries  to borrow crude from the government's emergency petroleum  stockpile to make up for supplies disrupted by Hurricane Ivan,  a congressional source briefed on the pending decision told  Reuters on Thursday.
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Qatar received bids from seven of 12  qualified companies and groups for the Gulf Arab state&#39;s second  mobile phone license, the telecom regulator said on Tuesday.
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IOI Corporation Bhd says its proposed purchase of a specialty fats facilities in Pasir Gudang and its new refinery in Netherlands will enhance the group's business integration, leading to greater ...
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Qatari Energy Minister Abdullah al-Attiyah  said on Tuesday that $30 a barrel was a fair price for oil -- a  level nearly $20 below U.S. crude futures.