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Britain revives its long-dead red-wine making tradition

T he pickers working their way along the hillside, clipping bunches of small, dark purple grapes from the rows of vines and dropping them into plastic buckets are harbingers of a warmer planet. In recent years, aided by milder springs and autumns, a few ...

From TOM BERGIN, Globe and Mail,  11 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Chris White,  Robert Joseph,  Greenpeace,  Nicolas Sarkozy,  Met Office

Toasting surprising British wines

THE pickers working their way along the hillside, clipping bunches of small, dark purple grapes from the rows of vines and dropping them into plastic buckets are harbingers of a warmer planet. In recent years, aided by milder springs and autumns, a ...

From TOM BERGIN, Shanghai Daily,  11 Nov 2009

Related Topics: United Nations,  Chris White,  Robert Joseph,  Greenpeace,  Nicolas Sarkozy

Shell, Eni warn of sluggish recovery

OIL majors Royal Dutch Shell Plc and Eni warned of a slow recovery, highlighting weak energy demand and operational challenges, as their profits slumped. Shell, Europe's largest oil company by market value, said it was cutting 5,000 jobs to tackle ...

From TOM BERGIN, Shanghai Daily,  29 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Royal Dutch Shell,  BP p.l.c.,  Thomson Reuters

Shell, ENI give cool outlook as profits tumble

O il majors Royal Dutch Shell Plc RDS.A-N and Eni E-N warned of a slow recovery, highlighting weak energy demand and operational challenges, as their profits slumped. Shell, Europe's largest oil company by market value, said it was cutting 5,000 jobs to ...

From TOM BERGIN, Globe and Mail,  29 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Royal Dutch Shell,  BP p.l.c.,  Thomson Reuters

BP profit halved, beats forecasts on cost cuts

B P Plc BP-N beat third-quarter earnings forecasts by a big margin in a sign Chief Executive Tony Hayward's restructuring plans were delivering results, with cost cuts ahead of targets and oil and gas output up strongly. BP said third-quarter ...

From TOM BERGIN, Globe and Mail,  27 Oct 2009

Related Topics: BP p.l.c.,  Tony Hayward,  Jason Kenney,  Royal Dutch Shell,  Citigroup

Aberdeen prepares for when oil runs out

O ffshore supply vessels resembling large, floating flat-backed trucks fill Victoria Dock, unable to find charters in a sign of the downturn in Britain's oil industry. With U.K. North Sea oil and gas production 44 per cent below its peak, self-styled ...

From TOM BERGIN, Globe and Mail,  21 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Jaguar,  Aston Martin,  Porsche,  BP p.l.c.,  Royal Dutch Shell

British economy between a rig and a hard place

O il rigs dot the horizon, while above, an orange ball of fire gushes from the flame tower, reddening the cheeks of people standing on the helideck. “We're coming out of a shutdown for maintenance. We need to flare the gas until we're back to online,” ...

From TOM BERGIN, Globe and Mail,  20 Oct 2009

Related Topics: International Monetary Fund,  Margaret Thatcher,  Royal Dutch Shell,  BP p.l.c.,  John Gallagher

Oil consortium in major find off Africa

A consortium of oil companies led by Anadarko Petroleum Corp. APC-N said Wednesday they have made an oil find offshore Sierra Leone that potentially opens up a new, 1,100 km-wide, multibillion-barrel oil frontier in West Africa. Houston-based Anadarko ...

From TOM BERGIN, Globe and Mail,  16 Sep 2009

Related Topics: Anadarko Petroleum,  Tullow Oil

Climate treaty hinges on China and India: Denmark

ABERDEEN, Britain (Reuters) - A new global treaty on climate change hinges on China and India agreeing to limit their CO2 emissions but it is unclear whether they will do so, Denmark's climate and energy minister said. Connie Hedegaard, who is a key ...

From TOM BERGIN, EcoEarth News,  8 Sep 2009

Related Topics: Connie Hedegaard (politician),  United Nations

BP makes ‘giant' oil find in Gulf of Mexico

L ondon-based BP Plc BP-N said it had made a “giant” oil discovery in the Gulf of Mexico, reaffirming the area's importance to Western oil majors who are increasingly barred from investing in the world's richest oil prospects. BP said in a statement on ...

From TOM BERGIN, Globe and Mail,  2 Sep 2009

Related Topics: BP p.l.c.,  ConocoPhillips,  Royal Dutch Shell

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