Iran official says gas field contract with Total, CNPC unchanged: SHANA
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UPDATE 1-Belgium's Solvay names Ilham Kadri to replace Clamadieu as CEO
Belgian chemicals group Solvay has named Ilham Kadri, chief executive of U.S. hygiene technology and services company Diversey, to succeed Jean-Pierre Clamadieu as CEO next year...
UTILITIES
Hurricane Lane threatens direct hit on Hawaii, churns toward Oahu
Hurricane Lane, threatening a direct hit as Hawaii's worst storm in a quarter century, on Thursday churned toward Oahu, the island with the largest population, as schools, gover...
UTILITIES
Plains to bring Permian projects online early amid pipeline bottlenecks
Plains All American Pipeline LP said two West Texas crude pipeline projects would begin partial operations slightly ahead of their original schedules as bottlenecks in the regio...
ENERGY
Britain's Centrica invests in Israeli electric vehicle start-up
British utility Centrica said on Monday it has made a multi-million pound investment in an Israeli start-up that develops software for electric vehicle charging solutions.
BASIC MATERIALS
South Africa's treasury completes probe of alleged corruption involving state firms Eskom, Transnet
South Africa's National Treasury has concluded its investigation of alleged corruption at state power utility Eskom and state logistics firm Transnet and will give the relevant...
NON-CYCLICAL CONSUMER GOODS
Retailer Leclerc to sell electricity to French households
French retailer Leclerc said on Monday it planned to start selling electricity to French households in autumn, targeting a market share of 10 percent by 2025. Privately o...
UTILITIES
Most Germans think Europe can defend itself without U.S. help: poll
More than half of Germans think Europe can defend itself without military backing from the United States, a poll showed on Monday, less than two weeks after U.S. President Donal...
NON-CYCLICAL CONSUMER GOODS
Harnessing the enemy: as crops dry, Malawi turns to solar irrigation
By Charles Mkoka ZOMBA, Malawi (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - As climate change brings longer droughts, farmers in eastern Malawi's already dry Lake Chilwa basin are see...
ENERGY
South Africa's Eskom considering asset sales, staff cuts after big loss
South Africa's struggling state-run power firm Eskom said on Monday it was considering cutting staff and selling assets after reporting a $171 million loss which underlined the ...
TECHNOLOGY