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Exxon’s Deal with Russia Worth $500 Billion (XOM, BP, RDS-A, STO)

Posted: April 18, 2012 at 12:56 pm

Exxon Mobil Corp. (NYSE: XOM) and Russia’s state-controlled oil company Rosneft have revealed some details of a recent deal the two signed which could result in a total investment of ...
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Oil Sheen in Gulf of Mexico Knocks Shell Stock (RDS-A, RDS-B, BP, TOT)

Posted: April 12, 2012 at 9:19 am

An oil sheen has appeared in the Gulf of Mexico near an area where Royal Dutch Shell plc (NYSE: RDS-A) (NYSE: RDS-B) has operations. The sheen is about 1 mile ...
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Alaska Natural Gas Deal Reached (XOM, BP, COP)

Posted: March 30, 2012 at 2:35 pm

Last week, we noted how a deal was in the works that could bring about a start to natural gas production from Alaska’s North Slope. Leases in the Ft. Thompson ...
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Total’s Costs for North Sea Leak Could Reach Billions (TOT, BP, RDS-A)

Posted: March 29, 2012 at 10:32 am

A natural gas leak discovered last Sunday at the Elgin field in the North Sea could cost France’s Total SA (NYSE: TOT) billions of dollars in costs to plug the ...
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BP Sells North Sea Assets, Acquires Utica Shale Leases (BP, CHK, APC, CVX)

Posted: March 27, 2012 at 12:06 pm

Oil supermajor BP plc (NYSE: BP) has sold its southern gas assets in the North Sea to the UK’s Perenco UK Ltd for $400 million in cash. The sale is ...
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North Sea Leak Continues to Plague Total (TOT, RDS-A, BP)

Posted: March 27, 2012 at 10:14 am

A leaking well in the North Sea continues to hamper crude oil production from the Elgin field operated by Total SA (NYSE: TOT). The company has shut-in about 130,000 barrels/day ...
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Shell Gets Shale Gas Deal in China (RDS-A, PTR, CVX, TOT, BP)

Posted: March 21, 2012 at 7:25 am

Oil supermajor Royal Dutch Shell plc (NYSE: RDS-A) announced that the company’s China subsidiary has signed a production sharing contract with China National Petroleum Corp. (CNPC), parent of publicly traded ...
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Russia Likely to Open Arctic to Private Development (XOM, BP, STO)

Posted: March 19, 2012 at 12:38 pm

In an interview with the Financial Times, Vagit Alekperov, CEO of Lukoil said that Russia’s policy of retaining all its rights to offshore development of what are believed to be ...
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China Sees Explosive Growth in Shale Gas Production (RDS-A, PTR, CVX, TOT, BP)

Posted: March 16, 2012 at 9:07 am

Under a new development plan released today, China forecasts production growth of natural gas from its shale deposits of around 230 billion cubic feet by 2015, up from zero today. ...
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The 10 Largest Hedge Funds in America

Posted: March 16, 2012 at 6:01 am

By now, most investors know that the large hedge funds are run by billionaires rather than millionaires. What many investors might not know is that some hedge funds are reaching ...
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Media Digest (3/5/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: March 5, 2012 at 6:35 am

AIG (NYSE: AIG) to sell more than $6 billion in shares in its AIA unit to pay back government loans. (Reuters) Jaguar Land Rover and Chery plan a joint venture ...
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Oil Refiners Look To Exports Growing Profit (VLO, TSO, MPC, HFC, XOM, BP, CVX)

Posted: February 29, 2012 at 2:14 pm

This morning’s report from the US Energy Information Administration (our coverage here) showed that commercial crude oil inventories in the US rose by 4.2 million barrels last week. At the ...
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Media Digest (2/28/2012) Reuters, NYT WSJ, Bloomberg

Posted: February 28, 2012 at 6:36 am

Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO) threatens a patent suit against Facebook, citing a number of violations. (Reuters) TransCanada (NYSE: TRP) cuts the length of its Keystone XL pipeline in the hopes of ...
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What’s Important In The Financial World (2/17/2012) Phone Launches, BP Settlement

Posted: February 27, 2012 at 6:42 am

The smartphone wars have heated up as the industry’s leaders gather in Barcelona for the Mobile World Congress. Most of the companies that currently run behind Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) in smartphone ...
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Media Digest (2/27/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: February 27, 2012 at 6:41 am

The BP (NYSE: BP) oil trial is delayed for settlement talks. (Reuters) G20 ministers and central banks say Europe has to add money to its own funds before seeking outside ...
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