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Total to Raise Exploration Budget

13.02.2013 - Total plans to raise its exploration budget in 2013 under an investment policy that takes advantage of high oil prices and financing from large-scale asset sales. The world's fifth...

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BP's Profits Down as Oil Spill Trial Looms

05.02.2013 - Shrinking British oil company BP announced quarterly profit down a fifth from a year ago, after it sold assets in preparation for what could be its biggest oil spill payout when...

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Rosneft 2012 Net Profit Up 7% While Cash Flow Halved

01.02.2013 - Rosneft came in slightly below forecasts with a 7% rise in 2012 net profit on Friday while free cash flow halved ahead of its $55 billion takeover of TNK-BP, sending shares in...

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Exxon, Chevron Earnings Boosted by Refining Margins

01.02.2013 - Strength in refining and chemicals led to higher-than-expected fourth-quarter earnings for Exxon Mobil and Chevron, the two largest U.S. oil companies. A flood of oil produced from...

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Indonesia Calls for Exxon to Replace Local Chief

28.01.2013 - A senior Indonesian official has called for U.S. energy group Exxon Mobil to replace its country manager after delays at one of its major oilfields, fuelling concerns about state...

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Rosneft Gets Huge Loans and Supply Deals for TNK-BP

24.12.2012 - Rosneft, seeking to wrap up Russia's largest-ever takeover deal, has raised $16.8 billion in bank loans and signed long-term supply deals with two leading oil traders that could be...

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Wintershall Makes Oil Discovery in Dutch North Sea

04.12.2012 - Germany's Wintershall has made what could be a major oil discovery in the Dutch North Sea, pending appraisal drilling in 2013, the company said on Tuesday. Wintershall, the...

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Rosneft Sees TNK-BP Deal with AAR in December

30.11.2012 - Rosneft, Russia's biggest oil company, should sign a binding agreement next month to buy half of oil company TNK-BP from the AAR consortium of Soviet-born tycoons for $28 billion....