Energy: North Sea workers’ helicopters fears, US nuclear pow...

To view this email as a webpage, click here     Thursday August 29 2013     Energy   North Sea workers' helicopters fears   There is an urgent need to address the issue of worker confidence in the grounded aircraft to prevent long-term operational issues       US nuclear power: meltdown     BP fails in new bid to stop spill payments     Joy Global hit by mining sector woes     PetroChina hit by detention of executives         Oil & Gas   Oil could rise further on Syrian action   Talk of western airstrikes on the Syrian regime has added $7, or more than 6 per cent, to the price of benchmark Brent crude in just two days       Oil market: multiple worries     Investors prepare for possible Syria strikes     FTSE oil stocks boosted by crude prices     Foxtons to push ahead with IPO   Mining   Russian miners bear burden of buying spree   Analysts are pessimistic on the ability of Rusal, Mechel and Evraz to pay debts from a buying spree fuelled by commodities supercycle       Precious metals regain haven appeal amid unrest     Polymetal earnings hit by higher costs     Uralkali chief arrest sparks potash tension     M&A: A new bottleneck   Nick Butler   Syrian crisis strengthens the case for shale gas   Oil prices are up to $115 a barrel for Brent crude on the basis of market fears that western governments will not be able to limit their involvement in Syria to a few missile strikes shot from warships located safely offshore and that the Sunni-Shia conflict will spread across the Middle East. The forward market is suggesting that spot prices will go even higher. Maybe. The western involvement certainly looks ill-prepared and lacking in strategic purpose. The response to what is happening in Syria from the US, in particular, reminds me of the impotent response of the dying Ottoman regime to the gradual collapse of its empire across the Middle East in the years before the first world war. Continue reading »       Vermont reactor is new victim of shale boom     Fracking battle lines drawn in Scotland     A nuclear test for Washington         Manage email    Forward this email   Feedback    Manage portfolio Subscribe to the FT Follow the FT   Unsubscribe | My Account | RSS | Privacy Policy | About Us | Help   © THE FINANCIAL TIMES LTD 2013 You have received this email because you have signed up from the NBE preference page. This email was sent by a company owned by Pearson plc, registered office at 80 Strand, London WC2R 0RL. Registered in England and Wales with company number 53723.