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Sat, 05/19/2012 - 06:50
The oil and gas group’s chief executive, Peter Voser, says it forecasts prices to double by 2015 on the back of growing US domestic demand
Sat, 05/19/2012 - 03:57
The explorer slumped after it warned that a frontier exploration well that had cost about $75m to drill would be plugged and abandoned
Fri, 05/18/2012 - 22:04
Decline of groups involved in supplying essential raw materials for business show how investors really feel about the global economy’s direction
Fri, 05/18/2012 - 21:12
Spanish group scraps nine deliveries of liquefied natural gas worth $360m in wake of YPF seizure over alleged ‘contract violations’ by Buenos Aires
Fri, 05/18/2012 - 16:20
Negotiator Pagan Amum said the North had not complied with a May 2 resolution giving the neighbours two weeks to resume talks
Fri, 05/18/2012 - 15:19
Shares are trading lower following the nationalisation of YPF and sabre-rattling from Buenos Aires over exploration drilling in the Falklands
Fri, 05/18/2012 - 06:11
Petersen Energía has defaulted on a loan from Credit Suisse, Goldman Sachs, BNP Paribas and Itaú that was used to fund its purchase of YPF shares
Thu, 05/17/2012 - 23:30
The group has to jettison some of its best properties to stay aloft and competitors are gathering to see how much they will be able to pick up
Thu, 05/17/2012 - 23:06
For the first time in Britain’s decade-long history of having a say on pay, shareholders have rejected out of hand the plans of two companies in a single year
Thu, 05/17/2012 - 21:06
Spot prices set to hit record highs this summer as Japan abandons nuclear power and supplies decline after a LNG pipeline was blown up in Yemen
Thu, 05/17/2012 - 19:44
Shareholders revolt reflects simmering discontent despite founder and chairman Sir Bill Gammell’s £3.5m bonus being scrapped in January
Wed, 05/16/2012 - 23:42
The regulator should consider whether unfortunate misunderstandings could be discouraged in future by extending the regime for dealing ‘blackouts’
Wed, 05/16/2012 - 22:05
Delivery delays on rig components weigh on margins prompting the Dubai-based oil services group to warn it could swing to a loss in the first half
Wed, 05/16/2012 - 21:23
Breach at the French oil major’s Elgin platform is finally secured in a 12-hour procedure – seven weeks after it was initially discovered
Wed, 05/16/2012 - 19:36
Chief executive Voser predicts strong recovery from the 10-year lows the fuel has hit as a result of the boom in shale gas production
Wed, 05/16/2012 - 13:43
Yield on Dana Gas’s $920m Islamic bond soars as investors express concern over Sharjah-based energy company’s ability to repay the debt
Wed, 05/16/2012 - 01:14
Brazil’s state-run oil company, posted a 16 per cent drop in net income for the first quarter after government policies to protect domestic consumers eroded profits
Wed, 05/16/2012 - 00:47
Standard & Poor’s downgraded the US natural gas producer’s debt, but the group “strong investor demand” in expanding its loan from $3bn
Tue, 05/15/2012 - 19:33
Like a leak in a petrol station forecourt that has long needed fixing, the chief executive’s role is finally getting the attention it deserves
Tue, 05/15/2012 - 19:00
Discovery could add 20 trillion cubic feet (Tcf) of recoverable gas to resource base estimated at 30tn recoverable units