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Titanic contractor Harland & Wolff to exit non-core businesses amidst financial obligation woes
Harland & & Wolff said on Monday it will either wind down or dispose of its noncore companies and lay off some employees as the British shipbuilder struggles to remain in service in the middle of a financial obligation crisis. The company, known for building the Titanic, did not define the number of jobs it was planning to cut, however stated it will minimize headcount in the non-core and particular main support locations. The firm's non-care operations consist of the Marine Providers company, the Scilly Ferries company, and the U.S. and Australian systems. The Belfast-based shipyard, which has actually struggled to maintain with competitors and is past due on its credit line, was turned down a 200 million pound ($ 263.94 million) credit center by the UK federal government in July. The firm sent its CEO on immediate leave in July. Its financing chief likewise stepped down recently. Trading of the business's shares has actually been suspended given that July, pending finalisation of its 2023 accounts on a going issue basis. The shipbuilder will keep its core operations running at its 4 shipyards and maintain its interest in the Islandmagee Gas Storage project.
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Taiwan's CPC Corp looks for Oct jet fuel, sources say
Taiwan's stateowned energy company CPC Corp is seeking to buy one area October jet fuel cargo, multiple trade sources said on Monday, marking its very first procurement tender for the fuel this year. The company is wishing to obtain 300,000 barrels of the air travel fuel for Oct. 1-20 shipment to either a couple of berths in Taiwan, they included. The tender closes on Sept. 18 and is valid till Sept. 20. CPC Corp obtained jet fuel in December 2023, for delivery in January this year, Reuters data revealed, adding that the refiner purchased two freights of 300,000 barrels last year. The buying is because of lower refinery production of the fuel due to an overhaul at one of its jet fuel and kerosene processing units in between now and October, one of the sources stated. Taiwan's other main refiner, Formosa Petrochemical Corp, is likewise shutting among its unrefined systems and other refining units for maintenance today.
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Low gas prices, LNG need in spotlight at Gastech conference
Top energy executives and ministers will meet in Houston this week for the yearly Gastech conference, with U.S. markets in focus as growing melted gas (LNG) exports help wean Europe off Russian gas and as Asia moves away from coal. The U.S., when an importer of LNG, has actually gone beyond Qatar as the world's top exporter, with brand-new innovation allowing America's. shale manufacturers to tap huge reserves. Both countries have. significant LNG expansion jobs underway, playing higher. value in international markets from Europe to Asia. The conference comes to the U.S. for the first time considering that. 2019 as the country has also become the world's greatest natural. gas producer. U.S. gas production grew 4% in 2015 to. 125 billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/d). Exports of the. super-cooled gas leapt 12% to 11.9 Bcf/d. Gastech expects to host some 50,000 guests from 125. countries, with sessions on everything from gas markets and. decarbonization to Expert system (AI) and energy. security. Surging supply has actually pressed U.S. gas prices to multi-decade lows this year, hampering producers but benefiting consumers and. LNG companies using record quantities of gas. By 2026, U.S. LNG exports should be double their 2024. levels, with annual feed gas requirements averaging 19.7 Bcf/d. in 2 years' time, stated Matthew Palmer, executive director at. S&P Global Product Insights. Gas prices will be significantly higher in. 2025 as new LNG export jobs boost demand, stated Jim Simpson,. CEO of energy research study company, East Daley Analytics. In the U.S., brand-new export capability development will support. Europe's dedication to divest away from Russian gas following. its intrusion of Ukraine, while using Asian buyers a greener. option for power generation. Venture Global, whose CEO, Mike Sabel will talk to. attendees about the function of LNG in Europe's energy supply mix,. is amongst those companies. The business's Plaquemines LNG export. center in Louisiana will have an export capability of as much as 20. million metric tonnes per year, and is expected to start. operations this year. The U.S. exported some 7.48 million metric lots of LNG in August , approximately 43% of which went to Asia, according to LSEG data. GAS MANUFACTURERS BID THEIR TIME U.S. shale gas companies are banking on brand-new LNG terminals to. boost their market and rates. Poor returns have actually forced some to. cut production this year. The next 9 months have more opportunity of being. over-supplied than under-supplied since the LNG projects do. not arrive in force up until late next year, stated the president of. Aegis Hedging, Matt Marshall. U.S. producers typically need Henry Hub natural gas. prices above $3 per million British thermals units (mmBtu) to. produce cash flow for more drilling, stated S&P Global's Palmer. Gas rates are currently around $2.33 per mmBtu and have only. traded above $3 a few times this year. Henry Center gas prices are expected to average $2.19 per. mmBtu this year, the U.S. Energy Info Administration. ( EIA) stated today in a regular monthly report, lowering its estimate. by 11 cents from the prior forecast. The general story here is that a manufacturer of natural. gas needs to not expect this market to turn outrageously bullish. with the turn of the year. It is going to require time and this. market is susceptible to lower costs actually until next summer season,. stated Aegis' Marshall. Significant U.S. manufacturers, consisting of Chesapeake and EQT. were preparing to reduce production and defer well. conclusions in the 2nd half of 2024 in August, after prices. sank nearly 40% over the two months prior. As those brand-new LNG projects come online and take in more shale. gas, costs are anticipated to enhance. The U.S. EIA is. forecasting an average Henry Hub cost of $3.14 next year. Our expectation is that as LNG exports increase, the. market will return to stability, moving Henry Hub into the. $ 3-4/ MMBtu variety that will support a boost in production,. said Marshall.
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Apollo signs $1 billion deal with BP for Trans Adriatic Gas Pipeline
The companies announced on Monday that Apollo Global Management had signed a deal worth $1 billion with British energy giant BP in order to finance its stakes in the Trans Adriatic Natural Gas Pipeline. The U.S. asset management company will become a noncontrolling shareholder of BP's unit, which holds a 20% stake Trans Adriatic Pipeline AG. The other shareholders with 20% each are Azerbaijani state energy company SOCAR and Italian Snam. Fluxys, based in Belgium, is also a shareholder. The Trans Adriatic Pipeline operates a natural-gas transportation infrastructure between the Greek border and Turkey, as well as Southern Italy. Trans Adriatic Pipeline AG, the last 880 kilometres of the Southern Gas Corridor Pipeline System, stretches 3,500 kilometres from the Caspian to Europe. The pipeline transports natural gases from the BP operated Shah Deniz field in Azerbaijan's Caspian Sea sector to European markets such as Greece and Italy. As part of BP's financial discipline, the proceeds of this deal will contribute to the $2-3 billion target for BP in 2024 of divestment proceeds and other proceeds. Leslie Mapondera said, "We're pleased to partner up with BP in an agreement that provides our investors with long term exposure to an industry leading infrastructure asset, with a stable and predictable cash flow profile. This will allow BP to achieve its objectives to retain control and execute on its capital-efficiency strategy." BP's share price rose 0.5%, to 406.10p at 0830 GMT. The transaction is expected to be completed in the fourth quarter, and BP will continue to control the unit after the deal has been closed. BP and Apollo also plan to explore additional investment opportunities. These include potential collaboration in gas and low carbon energy assets as well as infrastructure. The companies announced this in a joint statement. (Reporting and editing by Disha Mishra in Bengaluru, and Arunima Kumar in New York; Nivedita Bhattacharjee and Rashmi Aich at Eileen Soreng's office)
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Wall Street Journal - Sept 16
The following are the top stories in the Wall Street Journal. Reuters has actually not confirmed these stories and does not vouch for their precision. - Donald Trump was the target of a 2nd evident assassination effort Sunday when Trick Service agents opened fire on a gunman at his golf club in West Palm Beach, Florida, where the former U.S. president was playing golf just a couple of holes away. Trump was safe, and the suspect fled however was detained shortly later. - Air Canada and the union representing over 5,000 pilots reached a tentative four-year labor contract early Sunday, avoiding a strike at the country's greatest airline that threatened to disrupt domestic and cross-border travel. - Auckland International Airport stated it would seek to raise approximately 1.4 billion New Zealand dollars ($ 865.1 million). as it presses ahead with strategies to upgrade facilities developed some. 60 years back. - Emergency calls to 911 during Georgia's Apalachee High. School shooting rose so rapidly that some individuals needed to wait on. hold to speak with a dispatcher, newly launched records reveal.
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Brazil's Amazon drought interrupts homeowners' lives
Extreme droughts across Brazil's Amazon rain forest area are dramatically changing locals' lives as movement is hampered by recordlow levels on upper stretches of the Amazon River. In the town of Manacapuru, near state capital Manaus, the dry spell has affected navigation on the Solimoes River, which become the Amazon River just downstream and is a crucial lifeline for transporting all type of goods in and out of the town. Boats stranded on sandbanks have actually become a common sight, preventing the transportation of regional products such as fish, bananas, and cassava, along with interfering with the logistics for bringing in basic products like food and water from outdoors. We anchored the boat here, and it was stuck on dry land the next day. We had no chance to move it, said fisherman Josue Oliveira. Calling the situation important, fisherman Francisco da Silva noted that the water has currently begun to turn green, a sign it may quickly end up being risky to consume. We'll need to drink it anyhow, he said, including that getting products from other areas will no longer be possible with the river drying up. Absolutely nothing will make it through. According to the National Center for Tracking and Early Warning of Natural Disasters (Cemaden), the existing drought is the most intense and prevalent Brazil has actually experienced considering that records began in 1950. A weak rainy season in the north-central area has made the situation worse with rising atmospheric temperatures, and land-use changes that have changed forest areas with pastures. On Sunday, Brazil's Supreme Court licensed lifting spending limitations on wildfires and drought in the Amazon and Pantanal areas, as the nation faces the economic impacts of the climate events.
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NZ's Auckland Intl Airport to raise $861.8 million
New Zealand's Auckland International Airport stated on Monday it will carry out an equity raise of NZ$ 1.4 billion($ 861.8 million) for an organized capital investment program. The equity raise makes up an underwritten placement of NZ$ 1.2 billion and a non-underwritten retail offer to raise up to NZ$ 200 million, the business said. The positioning is at an issue of NZ$ 6.95 per share, representing a 7.8% discount to Auckland International Airport's. last closing rate of NZ$ 7.54 on Friday. The airline operator likewise signed an NZ$ 800 million. contract on Monday with Downer EDI's system, Hawkins. Limited, to manage the building and delivery of a new. domestic jet terminal structure. The terminal will bring domestic and international. services under one roofing. The agreement, which becomes part of a NZ$ 2.2 billion new. domestic terminal build, will develop around 2,500 tasks for the. country at peak, the company stated.
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Germany to increase Kazakh petroleum imports, sources say
Germany will indication two agreements to increase oil imports from Kazakhstan for Berlin's primary Schwedt oil refinery, sources informed Reuters on Sunday. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz will be in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan on Monday and Tuesday, on his first see to Central Asia as Berlin looks for new markets and sources of energy and minerals in the wake of the Ukraine war. Under the contract, a regular monthly supply of 100,000 metric loads of petroleum will be secured up until completion of 2025, with a. 2nd agreement for the supply of as much as 50,000 heaps per month. The PCK Schwedt refinery has actually currently been buying. these extra quantities for 3 months, however they will now. be contractually fixed. Kazakh oil imports have actually kept the Schwedt refinery running. after a sharp drop in Russian oil materials following European. Union sanctions on Moscow for its February 2022 invasion of. Ukraine. Agents of the German subsidiary of Russia's Rosneft. , Rosneft Deutschland, which Berlin put under a. trusteeship last year, will sign the contract in the Kazakh. capital Astana. In 2023, Kazakhstan exported 8.5 million tons of oil to. Germany, accounting for 11.7% of Germany's total oil imports,. and up from around 6.5 million tons before the Ukraine war. That dive made Kazakhstan Germany's third-largest provider. after Norway and the United States, information from Germany's Federal. Stats Workplace showed.
What is the concern with Cathay Pacific's A350 Rolls-Royce engines?
Hong Kong's Cathay Pacific Airways stated on Tuesday it had checked its whole Plane A350 fleet after the inflight failure of a part in an engine that is made by British manufacturer RollsRoyce .
WHAT OCCURRED ON THE FLIGHT?
An issue unfolded several minutes after take-off on flight CX383 from Hong Kong to Zurich on Monday, according to flight tracking service FlightRadar24. A source knowledgeable about the matter said a leak in a fuel system appeared to have triggered a short engine fire that was rapidly extinguished by the team of the Zurich-bound jet.
The five-year-old A350-1000 airplane carried out 2 broad circles and disposed fuel over the sea before going back to Hong Kong where it landed safely about 75 minutes after its departure.
WHY DID THE A350 ENGINE FAIL?
Cathay Pacific has not specified which engine component stopped working in that specific flight, however the provider said it was the very first of its type to suffer such failure on any A350 airplane worldwide.
After inspecting the fleet it said it discovered engine fuel lines that needed replacement in 15 A350s.
The source stated the occurrence involved a leak in a system designed to inject fuel to the XWB-97 engine, the Rolls-Royce design used on the A350-1000.
The system comprises a pipeline that feeds fuel from an entry point or manifold to a nozzle that sprays fuel into the combustion chamber, the hot inner core of the engine.
Sources stated partly burnt parts were being evaluated at Rolls-Royce facilities on behalf of Hong Kong detectives, but that no leakages had actually been discovered up until now in other engines.
HOW MANY KINDS OF A350S ARE THERE?
The Plane A350 is a twin-aisle long-haul airplane that can carry in between 300 and 480 travelers. It comes in two sizes: the A350-900 and the larger A350-1000, both powered solely by Rolls-Royce engines.
WHAT ENGINE DOES THE A350 USE?
The A350-1000 and the A350 freighter usage Trent XWB-97 engines, Rolls-Royce's biggest civil jet engine.
The more popular A350-900 utilizes its Trent XWB-84 engines.
ARE ALL A350 ENGINES IMPACTED?
Cathay Pacific stated the incident took place on one of its 18 A350-1000 planes. It has actually since determined 15 airplane with engine parts that require replacement and six have currently gone through repair work, it said, without defining which designs.
Rolls-Royce on Tuesday noted the replacement might take location while the engine remained on-wing. It likewise said it was dedicated to working closely with Cathay Pacific, Jet and authorities performing an examination of the incident.
There were no immediate signs the incident would activate substantial regulative action including all A350s, according to the source knowledgeable about the matter.
HOW MANY A350 AIRPLANE COULD BE IMPACTED?
There are 88 A350-1000 jets in operation worldwide, according to Swiss aviation intelligence supplier ch-aviation.
The top six operators are Qatar Airways with 24 airplanes, British Airways with 18, Cathay Pacific with 18, Virgin Atlantic with 12 and Etihad Airways and Japan Airlines (JAL). with 5 each.
There are 520 A350-900s in operation worldwide, ch-aviation. information revealed.
Broker Jefferies said in a note to customers on Monday that. 234 XWB-97 engines had been delivered to consumers by the end of. June.
WHICH CATHAY PACIFIC FLIGHTS HAVE BEEN CANCELLED?
Cathay Pacific said on Wednesday it had actually cancelled 45 return. flights on mainly local Asian paths this week and all A350s. would be functional by Saturday.
WHAT ARE OTHER AIRLINE COMPANIES WITH A350S DOING? JAL, which has five A350-1000s that are all less than a year. old, said it has actually conducted its own engine assessments. By. Tuesday, three had actually been inspected and discovered to be safe, the. provider said, with the two others due to be checked on. Wednesday.
Qatar Airways, the largest A350-1000 operator, said the. problem had no impact on its airplanes and it continues to keep track of. advancements. Singapore Airlines stated it was inspecting its A350-900 engines. as a safety measure but there would be no influence on flights. It does. not have any A350-1000s.
Taiwan's Starlux, which has 6 A350-900s said: Out of. care, we have called Rolls-Royce, the engine maker,. and are awaiting a main reply.. Taiwan's China Airlines, which likewise operates 15. A350-900s however no A350-1000s, stated its fleet did not use the. impacted engines, so its operations would not be affected.
Air China, a significant A350-900 operator, will carry out basic. engine checks, Chinese media reported. Air China did not respond. to a request for comment.
(source: Reuters)