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Industry Needs to Demonstrate “License To Operate,” Says New OE2019 Chair
ABERDEEN — The energy industry has to continuously demonstrate its excellence in order to maintain a ‘license to operate’, says the newly appointed conference chair of SPE Offshore Europe 2019…
Read MoreSaudi Arabia and UAE Announce Plan to Protect Shipping Lane to Yemen’s Hodeidah Port
RIYADH/DUBAI, June 14 (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates announced a five-point aid plan for Yemen’s Hodeidah port and surrounding areas on Wednesday, after a Saudi-led alliance of…
Read MoreAsian Stocks Fall on Trade; Oil Drops Before OPEC: Markets Wrap
PEC will debate whether to raise oil output in Vienna Friday China, U.S. trade friction weighed on Treasury yields Asian stocks declined amid investor concern the exchange of threats between…
Read MoreChevron Starts Second Production Unit at Wheatstone LNG in Australia
MELBOURNE, June 15 (Reuters) – Chevron Corp has started producing liquefied natural gas (LNG) at the second unit of its $34 billion Wheatstone development, marking the completion of its two…
Read MoreTwo in Five Malaysians Open to Sharing Bank Data
Privacy and security still mar open banking adoption. Two in five (40%) of Malaysians have expressed openness to having their personal banking data shared, according to a survey by Unisys.…
Read MoreAsia Beats Europe and America in Private Banking Gains in 2017
Assets under management grew 15.2% which is almost double Europe’s 7.5%. Asia’s wealth managers registered the largest gains in the global private banking scene as assets under management (AUM) grew 15.2% in…
Read MoreOil-Addicted Nigeria Hopes to Revive Mining
Mining sector lacks basic infrastructure to transport minerals and a dearth of geological data Ilesa, Nigeria – LOCALS have always known that a vast deposit of gold sits underneath the…
Read MoreEurope’s GDPR Should Motivate Companies to Improve Data Strategies
SINGAPORE (June 4): The European Union’s much-discussed General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) kicked in on May 25. Companies now need to get consent to process personal data from all EU…
Read MoreAbandon Ship: Oil Tanker Scrappage to Hit Multi-Year High as Earnings Sink
[SINGAPORE] The shipping industry will this year scrap the largest number of oil tankers in over half-a-decade, driven by weak earnings, firm prices for scrap steel and the need to…
Read MoreWith Ports, Ships and Promises, India Asserts Role in Southeast Asia
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Almost lost in the din of the upcoming U.S-North Korea summit and fresh tension between Washington and Beijing last week, India cemented its diplomatic and security ties…
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