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updated: Sat Jul 19, 2008 11:31 am

BP plc News

News on BP plc continually updated from thousands of sources around the net.

6 hrs ago | WebWire

Chesapeake And BP Announce Arkoma Basin Woodford Shale Transaction

Chesapeake Energy Corporation and BP America Inc. today announced that BP has agreed to acquire all of Chesapeake's interests in approximately 90,000 net acres of leasehold and producing natural gas properties ...

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Related Topix: Chesapeake Energy, Energy, Oil & Gas, Washita County, OK

Fri Jul 18, 2008

Oil and Gas Investor

BP To Buy Chesapeake's Woodford Assets For $1.75B

In another major oil acquisition of North American shale-gas resources, BP America Inc.

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Related Topix: Chesapeake Energy, Energy, Oil & Gas, Manufacturing, Chesapeake Utilities, Paper, Chesapeake

Wed Jul 16, 2008

Times Online

Cyprus talks fail to resolve stand-off at TNK-BP

The stand-off between BP and its joint venture partners in Russia continued at a meeting of the board of TNK-BP in Cyprus where neither side yielded over the issue of who should control one of Russia's oil ...

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Related Topix: Energy, Oil & Gas

Mon Jul 14, 2008

Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

BP to begin developing Liberty oil field

With Alaska's oil output on the wane and global prices rising, energy giant BP PLC has started drilling the world's longest wells to a hard-to-reach offshore reservoir in the Beaufort Sea, the company said ...

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Related Topix: Oil & Gas, Prudhoe Bay, AK

Sun Jul 13, 2008

The Independent

Russian oligarchs fail to dislodge Dudley as head of TNK-BP

Robert Dudley has survived an attempt led by four oligarchs to oust him as head of the Anglo-Russian oil firm TNK-BP, but could face legal action as the Russians continue to press their claims to remove the ...

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Related Topix: Energy, Oil & Gas

Fri Jul 11, 2008

Fool.com

Go Slow With Russian Stocks

In an effort to keep overseas investors from building stakes in its extractive industries, Russia has established new rules limiting the percentage of a company's shares that can be sold abroad.

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Related Topix: Oil & Gas

Wed Jul 09, 2008

BusinessWeek

Endgame for BP's Russian Venture?

Every war creates refugees. So it was in Russia yesterday, where the first victims from the bitter boardroom battle which has erupted between BP and the Russian billionaires with whom it owns TNK-BP began ...

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Related Topix: Energy, Oil & Gas

Mon Jul 07, 2008

Market Watch

European shares rebound, led by oil firms, utility companies

European shares rebounded on Monday afternoon, with oil companies and utility firms leading the advance as shares in BP jumped 2.8% and shares in Iberdrola climbed 6.1%. The U.K. FTSE 100 index rose 0.9% to ...

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Related Topix: Oil & Gas

Sun Jul 06, 2008

MarketWatch

BP sues partners in Russia venture, seeks to recover $370 mln

BP, the U.K. integrated oil giant, filed suit in London, naming its Russian partners as defendants and seeking to recover a $370 million debt, The Wall Street Journal reported.

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Related Topix: Oil & Gas

Fri Jul 04, 2008

The New Nation

ICC World Business Summit held in Stockholm: Business leaders raise...

ICC World Business Summit held in Stockholm: Business leaders raise pressure on governments for Doha deal BUSINESS REPORT International Chamber of Commerce , the world business organization arranged the first ...

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Related Topix: Sweden, World News, Oil & Gas

Thu Jul 03, 2008

The Independent

BP-TNK faces fresh call for British chief executive to resign

Just as restrictions on visa applications for BP-TNK's non-Russian senior management appeared to be easing yesterday, one of the joint venture's oligarch shareholders stepped up the pressure again with renewed ...

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Related Topix: Oil & Gas

Wed Jul 02, 2008

Manufacturing.net

ECB Chief: Speculators Not To Blame For Oil Prices

The head of the European Central Bank said Wednesday that he did not believe speculators should carry most of the blame for skyrocketing oil prices that have propelled euro-zone inflation to record highs.

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Related Topix: Banking, Financial Services, Energy, Oil & Gas, World News, Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries

Tue Jul 01, 2008

MarketWatch

Europe Markets: Banks lead share advance after Barclays unveils share issue

European shares moved higher on Wednesday morning, with banks leading the way after Barclays said it would raise $8.9 billion by issuing shares.

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Related Topix: Oil & Gas

Blogging Stocks

Newspaper wrap-up: Justice Department wants Ubs Ag's U.S. clients who allegedly avoided taxes

In a cost cutting move, struggling automaker Chrysler said it will idle its St. Louis South minivan plant in October, and will reduce operations at its St.

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Related Topix: Banking, Financial Services, Ubs Ag, Oil & Gas

Money Morning

Declining Russian Oil Production Could Lead to $200 Oil and "Global ...

Higher oil could lead to a worldwide economic collapse, according to a top analyst at Germany's largest bank.

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Related Topix: Financial Services, Investment Services, Investment Banking, Goldman Sachs Group, Banking, Deutsche Bank AG, Oil & Gas

Mon Jun 30, 2008

Express India

BP castigates finance ministry on tax holidays for Nelp blocks

Monday , June 30, 2008 at 2148 hrs British Petroleum has castigated finance ministry for not keeping its commitment of giving tax breaks to both oil and gas production saying the move will harm India's brand as ...

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Related Topix: Oil & Gas

Tue Jun 24, 2008

Telegraph.co.uk

Peter Mandelson warns Russians over BP-TNK joint venture dispute

Europe's trade commissioner, Peter Mandelson, has warned Moscow that a dispute over the Anglo-Russian oil venture TNK-BP is damaging the country's image as a place to do business.

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Related Topix: Oil & Gas, Energy

Sun Jun 22, 2008

Oil and Gas Investor

Thunder Horse to Begin Making 250,000 bbl/d In GOM By Year-End

After a three-year wait, BP Plc, London, reports its Thunder Horse platform in the Gulf of Mexico is producing oil and gas.

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Related Topix: Oil & Gas

Fri Jun 20, 2008

Tales from the Terminal Room

Energy Export Databrowser

The Energy Export Databrowser , set up Jonathan Callahan, is based on BP's Statistical Review and provides a quick and easy way to view country data on consumption, import and export of crude oil and natural ...

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Related Topix: Oil & Gas

Wed Jun 18, 2008

Daily India

Disputes heat up at Russian energy company

A fissure in Russian between energy giant TNK-BP's board and its major shareholder group turned into a public brawl last weekend, sources said.

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Related Topix: Energy, Oil & Gas

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