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25th November 2016 London, UK

Jonathan Dunn

Jonathan Dunn

British Consul General, Rio de Janeiro

Brazil oil and gas: UK well placed to gain in the market

Oil & Gas has been one of the pillars for Brazilian economic growth over the last decade. The continued discovery and development of reservoirs has been providing opportunities for specialist suppliers around the world – including British companies. Petrobras, one of the world´s biggest energy companies, still plans to invest $98.4bn between and 2019 – […]

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15th August 2012 Washington DC, USA

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by Amy English

Congressional Liaison for the Foreign and Security Policy Group

Blossoming relations between small Islands and a large nation

You know you’re British when the first conversation starts, and continues, with the weather. I descended upon the Falkland Islands in the early afternoon to glorious sunshine and a cool breeze – exactly what I needed after a long flight full of recycled air. As soon as my ride picked me up from Mount Pleasant […]

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26th February 2012

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by Paul Madden

British Ambassador to Japan

High Value Opportunities in Australia’s gas sector

I was in Perth last week for the major Australasia Oil and Gas show. We had some 60 British companies there, the largest group we had ever sent to this important show, and the largest international group represented there. That’s not surprising when you consider the scale of the opportunities in this sector in Australia, […]

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7th March 2011

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by Leigh Turner

Ambassador to Austria and UK Permanent Representative to the United Nations and other International Organisations in Vienna

How to make energy more transparent

“Transparency” is a big buzzword whenever people talk about improving the business climate in Ukraine.  Everyone agrees that if we can increase transparency in the way economy is run, with a level playing field for all and transparent arrangements for eg tax payments, the business climate will improve.  That in turn will boost Foreign Direct […]

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