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Aug 03, 1999
The takeover battle between Elf Aquitaine and TotalFina has reportedly taken a more hostile tone, pushing back the prospect of friendly merger talks between France's two largest oil companies.
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Aug 03, 1999
Worldwide capital spending by publicly traded energy firms reportedly increased in 1998 even though falling oil prices sent revenues and profits plummeting.
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Aug 03, 1999
The volume of goods shipped through Rotterdam port in the first six months of 1999 reportedly fell 3.7 percent from levels recorded a year ago to 151.6 million tons.
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Aug 03, 1999
First Olsen Tankers Ltd. reportedly expects weak tanker markets to continue until the end of the year.
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Aug 03, 1999
I.M. Skaugen is reportedly working on consolidating its position in the gas carrier market after beating off a hostile takeover by Italy's Navigazione Montanari.
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Aug 03, 1999
Large scale tanker scrapping in the immediate future is the only medicine likely to put life this year into a freight market flat out on its back, according to shipping sources.
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