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BP May Delay $10 Billion Mad Dog Oil Scheme in Gulf of Mexico

19.04.2013 - BP is reviewing its biggest new oil project in the Gulf of Mexico, due to rising development costs across the industry, and could delay the $10 billion scheme. British oil major BP...

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Saudi Aramco Starts Up Giant Manifa Oilfield

15.04.2013 - Saudi Aramco has started pumping oil from its giant Manifa field in the Gulf, allowing the world's biggest oil exporter to relax production from some of its mature fields onshore...

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Gazprom Neft, Shell to Team Up on Shale Oil, Arctic

05.04.2013 - Gazprom Neft and Royal Dutch Shell will agree to drill for shale oil in Western Siberia and explore Russia's Arctic shelf when President Vladimir Putin visits the Netherlands next...

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BP to Go Ahead With $500 Million Shetlands Investment

28.03.2013 - British oil group BP is pressing ahead with a $500 million-plus investment in the Shetland Islands, a shot in the arm for the government's efforts to revive the North Sea oil...

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Sinopec in JV to Buy $3 Billion of Assets from Parent

25.03.2013 - China Petroleum and Chemical Corp (Sinopec Corp) has agreed to set up a joint venture with its parent company to buy $3 billion worth of oil and gas assets held by the latter in a...

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Russian Government Proposes that BP CEO Dudley Join Rosneft Board

01.03.2013 - Russia has offered BP CEO Bob Dudley a seat on the board of directors of state-controlled oil company Rosneft, in which BP is soon to raise its stake, a decree signed by Prime...

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Imperial Oil Names Exxon Veteran Kruger as CEO

22.02.2013 - Imperial Oil has named Exxon Mobil executive Rich Kruger to replace Bruce March as CEO of Canada's No. 2 oil producer and refiner as it readies to start up its C$12.9 billion ($12...

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Rosneft in Talks to Increase Oil Supply to China

18.02.2013 - Russia's top crude producer Rosneft said its chief executive had started talks in China over the possibility of increasing oil supplies to the world's largest energy consumer. The...