Basic Material Active Stocks: Petroleo Brasileiro Petrobras (NYSE:PBR), Chesapeake Energy Corporation (NYSE:CHK), Vale (NYSE:VALE), Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. (NYSE:FCX)

Initially reported as a discovery in February 2013, Brazil’s Petroleo Brasileiro Petrobras SA (ADR) (NYSE:PBR) has confirmed that its 1-SPS-98 (1-BRSA-1063-SPS) well, the first to be drilled on Block BM-S-50 offshore Brazil, has tested carbonate reservoirs with good permeability. The block, informally known as Sagitario, is in Brazil’s ultradeepwater Santos basin presalt region 194 km offshore Sao Paulo in 1,871 m of water. It has … Continue reading Basic Material Active Stocks: Petroleo Brasileiro Petrobras (NYSE:PBR), Chesapeake Energy Corporation (NYSE:CHK), Vale (NYSE:VALE), Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. (NYSE:FCX)

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Basic Material Active Stocks: The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE:DOW), Alcoa Inc (NYSE:AA), Petroleo Brasileiro Petrobras (NYSE:PBR), Chesapeake Energy (NYSE:CHK)

Chemical makers Bayer AG (BAYN), Syngenta AG (SYNN) and Dow Chemical Company (NYSE:DOW) say neonicotinoids aren’t to blame for the bee deaths and have stepped up their own lobbying to counter calls for a ban as well as legislation now in Congress. Eliminating the products will do little for bees and force farmers and gardeners to go back to products that are more harmful, they … Continue reading Basic Material Active Stocks: The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE:DOW), Alcoa Inc (NYSE:AA), Petroleo Brasileiro Petrobras (NYSE:PBR), Chesapeake Energy (NYSE:CHK)

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