April, 2017

• 3 April

  Libya’s oil production rebounds as biggest field reopens

  

    Bloomberg Libya’s crude production rebounded to about 660,000 barrels a day as the OPEC nation’s biggest oil field resumed output after about a week of disruption. Force majeure on the Zawiya export terminal was lifted after pumping resumed at Sharara, the nation’s biggest oil field, Mustafa Sanalla, chairman of Libya’s state-run National Oil Corp., said on Monday by phone. ...

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• 3 April

  Saudi Arabia to host ‘Top CEO Conference Awards’ next week

    Emirates Business For the first time, Saudi Arabia will host the ‘Top CEO Conference and Awards’ – an event which will see CEOs, CMOs, Presidents and VPs from across the Arabian Gulf region and beyond gather together on April 10-11 at Bay La Sun Hotel & Marina, King Abdullah Economic City. The annual event, now in its third edition, ...

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• 3 April

  Qatar Petroleum lifts gas moratorium from North Field

  

    DOHA / Reuters Qatar has lifted a self-imposed moratorium on development of the world’s biggest natural gas field after more than a decade, the chief executive of state energy company Qatar Petroleum said on Monday. The giant Gulf gas field, which Doha calls the North Field and Iran calls South Pars, accounts for nearly all of Qatar’s gas production ...

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• 3 April

  Kuwait to import fuel oil in 2018

    Reuters Kuwait is set to import fuel oil to use mainly in power generation for about a year following the start-up of the Clean Fuel project by 2018, the chief executive of state refiner Kuwait National Petroleum Co (KNPC) said. Fuel oil to meet the requirements of the Ministry of Electricity and Water is currently being produced from the ...

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• 3 April

  Iceland’s currency speculation opens rift in ruling coalition

  

    Bloomberg As they search for a permanent exchange-rate framework, Iceland’s policy makers are finding they may disagree on some pretty fundamental issues. Power politics in the 340,000-people nation are being laid bare, as the nation’s prime minister, who heads the establishment Independence Party, and its finance minister, a former publishing executive who leads the newly created Reform Party, are ...

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• 3 April

  Bombardier postpones part of executive pay to 2020 after uproar

    Bloomberg Bombardier Inc. will defer paying more than half of last year’s planned compensation for its six most highly paid executives until 2020 as the planemaker, whose recovery was kick-started by taxpayer funds, bows to widespread indignation in its home province of Quebec. The deferred amounts will only be payable if Bombardier achieves its performance objectives, Chief Executive Officer ...

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• 3 April

  UK manufacturing slows as inflationary pressures continue

  

    Bloomberg UK manufacturing unexpectedly cooled for a third month in March and may weaken further, according to IHS Markit, which repeated its warning about inflationary pressures. Its factory Purchasing Managers Index declined to 54.2 from 54.5 in February, above the key 50 level that divides expansion from contraction, but below economists’ expectations for an uptick to 55. A measure ...

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• 3 April

  British finance chiefs’ optimism highest since 2015, Deloitte Says

  Bloomberg Optimism among UK chief financial officers climbed to an 18-month high in the weeks before Prime Minister Theresa May formalized Britain’s intention to leave the European Union. Almost one-third of CFOs said they are more optimistic about prospects for their company than they were three months ago, according to Deloitte’s first-quarter survey. That’s up from 3 percent immediately following ...

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• 3 April

  Imagination Tech shares plunge after Apple rejects chip deal

  

    Bloomberg Imagination Technologies Group Plc shares plunged as much as 69 percent after the UK chip designer said Apple Inc. will stop using its intellectual property in new products, setting the stage for a clash with its biggest customer. The iPhone maker has informed Imagination Technologies that it will cease using its graphics technology for new products, including phones, ...

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• 3 April

  A ‘sci-fi’ cancer therapy fights brain tumors

  

    WASHINGTON / AP It sounds like science fiction, but a cap-like device that makes electric fields to fight cancer improved survival for the first time in more than a decade for people with deadly brain tumors, final results of a large study suggest. Many doctors are skeptical of the therapy, called tumor treating fields, and it’s not a cure. ...

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