Maritime News (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
The big mining houses have the capacity to meet the world's rising demand for fuels and ores in the coming decades, said BHP Billiton's chief executive, as he played down fears ex-pressed by industrialising nations over "resources security". But Marius Kloppers also underlined the scale of demand expected from fast-developing nations when he said that China alone may require five times as...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 12/11/2009
Beijing - German carmaker BMW AG and its Chinese partner Brilliance Automotive Holdings Ltd on Thursday said they planned to invest 5 billion yuan (735 million dollars) to expand joint-venture production in China. BMW said the investment, which is sp...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 12/11/2009
Beijing - German auto firm BMW AG on Thursday said it planned to invest 5 billion yuan (735 million dollars) to expand its joint-venture production in China. BMW said it would use the investment to build a second plant in the north-eastern city of Sh...
TECH VYOM (Free subscription) | 29/10/2009
Community is an American comedy series currently airing on NBC about students at a community college in Denver, Colorado. The show is a joint venture production between Universal Media Studios and Sony Pictures Television. Community Season 1 Episode 7 “Introduction to Statistics” aired on Thursday 29th October 2009 at 8:00pm ET on channel NBC. Jeff has the hots for his statistics professor...
Green Car Congress (Free subscription) | 29/10/2009
Electrovaya Inc. says that it is accelerating the set-up of its joint-venture production facility in Norway with its partner Miljøbil Grenland. The Miljøbil Grenland joint venture, of which Electrovaya is a shareholder, is establishing a Lithium Ion SuperPolymer cell and...
Scotsman.com (Free subscription) | 22/10/2009
SCOTTISH Gas owner Centrica is hunting for more gas assets in the North Sea, weeks after completing the acquisition of explorer Venture Production.
Scotsman.com (Free subscription) | 05/10/2009
ITHACA, the North Sea oil company, is considering bidding for a rival, as it seeks to slot into a gap in the market left by Venture Production.
Market Watch (Free subscription) | 10/09/2009
LONDON (MarketWatch) -- Centrica was upped to buy from hold at Citi after the acquisition of Venture Production, in which the gas distributor now holds 82%. Citi said the deal will increase Centrica's gas reserves by 63% and more than triple oil reserves. Market Pulse Stories are Rapid-fire, short news bursts on stocks and markets as they move. Visit MarketWatch.com for more information on this news....
BBC News (Free subscription) | 03/09/2009
The oil and gas company Venture Production is to be delisted from the stock exchange following its takeover by Centrica.
Arts Reader (Free subscription) | 01/09/2009
If this email is not displayed correctly, please click on the following link or open your browser and paste the link into the address field: http://view.ed4.net/v/9ULF66/IMON4/VYIL9X/08BOT/ Energy Tuesday September 01 2009 FT.com - Energy Lula sets rules on exploiting oil reserves Brazil announced rules governing potentially enormous reserves of oil discovered off its coast in the past two years. The...
Financial Times (Free subscription) | 01/09/2009
Cairn Energy opened one of the biggest fields in the world, and Tullow Oil reported exciting growth prospects, while Venture Production lost its battle to ward off a takeover
Scotsman.com (Free subscription) | 28/08/2009
CENTRICA has declared its bid for Venture Production, the Aberdeen-based oil and gas company, wholly unconditional.
CEOWORLD Magazine (Free subscription) | 26/08/2009
Centrica, which owns British Gas and Scottish Gas, gained control of Venture Production PLC after buying a 16.8 per cent stake for GBP1.3 billion. Longer term, Venture’s complaints about Centrica’s stinginess are understandable. As the largest of the independent gas producers operating on this side of Europe, Venture is a premium asset. And the repeated disputes [...]
Financial Times (Free subscription) | 26/08/2009
Venture Production has grudgingly accepted defeat in its battle to thwart a £1.3bn takeover by Centrica, the UK's biggest -utility. Venture's board yesterday at...
The Herald (Free subscription) | 26/08/2009
Venture Production, the Scottish oil and gas explorer founded in 1997, yesterday threw in the towel in its battle to retain independence, ending the five-month takeover feud with utility giant Centrica as it recommended that shareholders accept the £1.3bn offer.
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