Japanese energy firms look to Gulf of Mexico to skirt political risk

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Three Japanese corporations have invested in offshore oil fields in the Gulf of Mexico to avoid the uncertainties associated with political strife in the Middle East. Trading company Mitsubishi Corp. and Nippon Oil Corp. have invested $1.2 bil on an offshore oil field stake, and trading company Marubeni Corp. has invested $1.3 bil for several deep-water field stakes.

Foreign operations, Oil and Gas Field Services, Gulf of Mexico, Japan, Company investment, Investments, Trading companies, Natural resources, Petroleum services industry, Mitsubishi Corp., Marubeni Corp., Nippon Oil Corp., 5001

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In Qatar, oil firms make huge bet on alternative fuel

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In the Persian Gulf a pipeline is being built by some of the world's largest energy companies that will turn natural gas into an alternative automotive fuel that will challenge the oil industry. Gas to liguid (GTL) plants will produce a clear fuel with the increased efficiency of diesel fuel but none of its sooty pollutants.

Product development, Commodity & service prices, Crude Petroleum and Natural Gas Extraction, Crude petroleum and natural gas, PETROLEUM AND COAL PRODUCTS, Crude Petroleum & Natural Gas, Securities issued, listed, Energy, Utilities, Security brokers and dealers, Natural gas liquids, Petroleum refining, Oil & Gas Extraction, Oil and Gas Extraction, Securities & Commodities Services, Securities, Commodity Contracts, and Other Financial Investments and Related Activities, Qatar, Industry Overview, Prices and rates, Securities industry, Securities, Gas industry, Alternative energy sources, Renewable energy, Company securities, Company pricing policy, Petroleum and gas industry software

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Kinder's buyout would boost debt to $14 billion

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Kinder Morgan Inc. of the United States is to be privatized in one of the biggest leveraged buyouts. The management strategy would double the gas transmission company's debt load to $14 billion. Share price is up $2.57, or 2.5 percent to $104.27 per share.

United States, Management dynamics, Natural gas transmission, Management, Company business management, Gas transmission industry, Kinder Morgan Inc., Company overview

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