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Beginning the national oil discussion
Beginning the national oil discussion
As more results are published from studies commissioned by Bahamas Petroleum Company (BPC) it becomes more evident that this country needs to have a national discussion on oil and gas extraction from the sea.
The results of BPC's most recent study have revealed very promising findings, with some of its licensed areas potentially having billions of barrels of oil equivalents altogether.
Rising oil prices could sink Bahamas recovery
Rising oil prices could sink Bahamas recovery
Businesses should begin to "plan for the inevitable", with conditions coming together to create a "perfect storm" of high oil prices that could threaten a Bahamian economic recovery in 2011-2012, the Bahamas Chamber of Commerce's president warned yesterday.
"We are going right back to where we were at the beginning of the crisis. People forget that of all the influences in the start of the rece...
Texaco Bahamas Lowers Gas Prices Below 5m Per Gallon
Texaco Bahamas Lowers Gas Prices Below 5m Per Gallon
UNDER new ownership, Texaco Bahamas has lowered its gas prices below $5 per gallon for as long as the current shipment of oil lasts.
BEC Chair says Lower Fuel Costs Coming
BEC Chair says Lower Fuel Costs Coming
REDUCED load factors and increased energy production using Bunker C fuel should soon reduce the fuel charge component on Bahamas Electricity Corporation (BEC) bills, its chairman told Tribune Business yesterday, helping to mitigate world oil price volatility.
COP28 Reaches Historic Climate Deal
COP28 Reaches Historic Climate Deal
DUBAI - A historic agreement reached at the UN Climate Summit in Dubai, as nations have, for the first time, targeted fossil fuels. Talks teetered on collapse, but a turnaround led to a commitment to "Transition away" from coal, oil, and gas.
June Patricia Evans-Thompson
June Patricia Evans-Thompson
Funeral service for June Patricia Evans-Thompson, 64 yrs., a resident of #4 Hope Gardens, will be held at St. Francis Xavier Cathedral, West Hill Street, on Saturday, July 15, 2023 at 11:00 a.m. Officiating will be Father Glen C. Nixon. Interment follows in Lakeview Memorial Gardens, John F. Kennedy Drive.
Finally - BPL's new engines on stream
Finally - BPL's new engines on stream
BAHAMAS Power and Light's $95m, 130 megawatt power plant has been brought online in time for its December 15 deadline, the company said yesterday...
Go before God, and make your requests for his blessings
“Then Jesus said to them, ‘Suppose one of you have a friend, and you go to him at midnight and say, friend, lend me three loaves of bread; a friend of mine on a journey has come to me, and I have no food to offer him’?...
Price Commission sounds warnings to grocery store owners
By Kathryn Campbell
Merchants are being warned of price infractions on breadbasket items and price gouging. Daniel Sumner, Price Commission Chairman, said the Commission is actively pursuing complaints of alleged price infractions on items including butter, cheese, cooking oil, corned beef, evaporated milk, flour, grits, margarine, mayonnaise, rice and tomato paste.
Carnival brings in more training after dumping
Carnival brings in more training after dumping
CARNIVAL vessels have submitted three reports to maritime authorities in the current 2018/2019 fiscal year, The Tribune has been told.