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Final Glance: Oil companies - MSN Money
NEW YORK (AP) - Shares of some top oil companies were down at the close of trading: Chevron fell $1.05 or 1.5 percent, to $70.13. ConocoPhillips fell $.61 or 1.3 percent, to $47.37. Exxon Mobil fell $.03 or percent, to $64.35. Marathon Oil fell $.42 ...
Nigeria militants claim attack on Shell oil pipeline - YAHOO!
... group said the overnight attack "successfully disabled the trunk line belonging to Shell in the swamp of Obunoma" in the oil-rich Rivers State . Shell was unable immediately to confirm the attack. The JRC said it was "reinvigorated as a result ...
Orlando gas prices decline - MSN Money
The cost of a gallon of regular gasoline fell 3 cents in metro Orlando during the week ended Feb. 7 as crude oil prices continue to gradually retreat. A gallon of regular fell to an average $2.62 a gallon in the Orlando area, according to AAA Auto ...
Oil up 1 percent on geopolitics, dollar and cold - Reuters
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Oil rose nearly one percent on Monday, after three sessions of losses, as a weaker U.S. dollar, cold weather and geopolitical disputes provided support. U.S. crude for March delivery rose 70 cents to $71.89 per barrel. The ...
Militants claim attack on Shell oil pipeline - NEXT
The Joint Revolutionary Council (JRC), a coalition of ex-militants and community leaders, said in a statement it had disabled a trunk line in the Obunoma area of Rivers State connecting several flow stations to the Bonny export terminal.
BP shareholders protest oil sands project - The Province
AMSTERDAM -- BP Plc shareholders put a resolution to the annual meeting on April 15 for a review of the risks of the company’s Canadian oil sands project, following a similar protest against competitor Royal Dutch Shell Plc. A coalition of ...
Tethys Petroleum Limited: Kazakh Exploration Well Flows Over 6,800 Barrels of Oil per Day - PR Inside
BOZOI, KAZAKHSTAN -- (Marketwire) -- 02/07/10 -- Tethys Petroleum Limited ("Tethys" or the "Company") (TSX: TPL) today announced the initial results of testing on the upper zone of the AKD01 oil discovery in Kazakhstan. The upper zone flowed oil at a restricted rate of over 5,400 barrels per day
Heating oil and other energy prices rise with more snow headed for Mid ... - Stockhouse
NEW YORK - Energy prices climbed Monday as another winter storm was expected to dump even more snow on the U.S. East Coast. Already, parts of Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania and Washington were blanketed in about a metre of snow, knocking out power ...
Natural gas, heating oil and other energy prices rise as another storm ... - Minneapolis Star Tribune
NEW YORK - Natural gas prices climbed Monday as another winter storm was expected to dump even more snow on the East Coast. Already, parts of Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania and Washington are blanketed in about three feet of snow, knocking out ...
Ghana Blocks Exxon Oil-Field Deal - Wall Street Journal
LAGOS, Nigeria—The government of Ghana blocked the estimated $4 billion sale of a stake in a huge oil field, foiling months of talks between potential buyer Exxon Mobil Corp. and the stake's owner, Kosmos Energy LLC. The government accused Dallas ...
