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Tricky Position
Nov 28, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s supreme court said petroleum minister A H M Fowzie should be removed, in a case where controversial oil hedges by a state-run petro firm were challenged in a public interest petition. To receive instant alerts from LBO on your Dialog mobile type ‘lbo’ and send to 678 The […]
Oil Bets
Nov 28, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s supreme court has ordered the state-owned oil refiner, Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC), to suspend controversial hedge payments to banks until a central bank probe into the matter is over. CPC chairman Ashantha de Mel has maintained that the deals were done on cabinet instructions which had not allowed […]
Hedge Probe
Nov 27, 2008 (LBO) – A team of Sri Lankan ministers is probing an oil hedge that could lose hundreds of millions of dollars to a state-run oil retailer amidst claims that the oil retailer had not informed the cabinet clearly about risks of derivatives trading. To receive instant alerts from LBO on your Dialog […]
” to self-rule
NUUK, November 26, 2008 (AFP) – More than 75 percent of Greenlanders voted Tuesday in favour of self-rule in a referendum that paves the way for independence from Denmark, final results showed. A total of 75.54 percent voted “yes” to greater autonomy, while 23.57 percent said “no,” the local government said. A self-rule proposal hammered […]
Greenlanders go to the polls to decide on self-rule
NUUK, November 25, 2008 (AFP) – Some 39,000 people in Greenland vote on Tuesday in a referendum on self-rule for the Danish territory, a move that could pave the way for total independence for the Arctic island.Public opinion polls in the run-up to the referendum have suggested that a large majority plan to vote in […]
Gravy Train
Nov 21, 2008 (LBO) – The Sri Lankan government has increased the customs duty on imported petrol by 10 rupees per litre to 35 rupees from yesterday, a senior Treasury official says. We are increasing the taxes to trim the extra profits the two petroleum companies are making with the sudden drop in world energy […]
Sri Lanka detained journalist says threatened daily; quizzed in court over writing
Nov 16, 2008 (LBO) – A Sri Lankan journalist who had been detained for over eight months had been questioned about what he wrote, and had also revealed to court that he had been repeatedly threatened, a media report said. Tissainayagam had told court on May 9 after he had seen another arrested colleague being […]
Back Tracking
LONDON, November 12, 2008 (AFP) – Oil prices sank under 53 dollars a barrel here on Wednesday, hitting the lowest level since January 2007, as traders worried about weaker demand for energy amid a gloomy economic outlook.In afternoon London trade, Brent North Sea crude for delivery in December plunged to 52.88 dollars a barrel, a […]
Zero Sum
Nov 11, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s state-run Ceylon Petroleum Corporation is looking at ways to cap losses from hedges that went against it by entering into opposite positions, Chairman Ashantha de Mel said. “I can take a producers hedge where it is upside down compared to the normal one going up and I can […]
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Hedge Bills
Nov 10, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s state-run Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) has already settled a part of its dues on hedging oil contracts and remaining payments would be completed as they fall due, a top official said. A 6.5 million dollar payment had been made Friday and another 7.5 million payment was also due. […]
Petroleum Credit
Nov 10, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s state-run Ceylon Petroleum Corporation owes 1.1 billion dollars in supplier’s credit to Iran on crude bought in 2008, Chairman Ashantha de Mel said. CPC buys Iranian light crude to feed its 50,000 barrels a day refinery. CPC struck a deal to get interest free credit from Iran to […]