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ConocoPhillips has approved a 2010 capital program of $11.2 billion, a 10% decrease, compared to estimated 2009 expenditures.

Where are we on the North Slope natural gas pipeline? Are we close? Are we at least getting closer? Or is the pipeline once again slipping out of reach? The Alaska Legislature needs to find out when it reconvenes in January.

Chevron will pull its name from about 1,100 service stations in eastern states, the oil giant said Friday.

Blogs Thursday, December 3, 2009 3:27 PM Warm feelings for a Canadian Oil Sands deal Andrew Willis T here's a deafening silence surrounding ConocoPhillips as the U.S. oil company fields offers for its stake in the Syncrude oil sands property.

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ConocoPhillips said on Wednesday it plans to spend 10 percent less in 2010 as the third-largest U.S. oil and gas company slims down and sharpens its focus in response to volatile energy markets.

The shale gas business model is about to make a transatlantic leap to both Europe and Africa, as U.S.-based companies are tapped for their expertise in this unconventional type of development.

Carbon credits bring millions for new jobs in indigenous communities; Australian project a model of opportunity, especially for Africa A landmark Australian project that mitigates the extent and severity of natural savannah blazes by deploying traditional Indigenous fire management techniques is being hailed as a model with vast global potential in ...

Saudi Arabia: 1 hour, 43 minutes ago A February 28 deadline has been set by Saudi Aramco and US-based ConocoPhillips for bids for a solids unit at their joint 400,000 barrels-per-day Yanbu refinery, Reuters has reported.

Marathon Oil Corporation held its annual analyst meeting last week, and outlined its upstream strategy that the company will pursue over the next few years as it copes with a difficult macroeconomic outlook.

Alaska's huge North Slope natural gas reserves were discovered decades ago, but development efforts have been stymied by fluctuating prices and disputes between the state and the lease holders over who should benefit.

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Crude oil rallied alongside most of the commodities sector Monday spurred by a weak greenback.

ConocoPhillips on Tuesday delayed the planned upgrade of a German refinery, as the company strives to cut its 2010 capital budget to improve financial flexibility and better balance spending and resources.

Deutsche Bank analyst Paul Sankey recently issued a report called "Jim's Psychology," detailing a major change in thinking by ConocoPhillips CEO Jim Mulva.

Devon Energy announced a surprising plan to sell off its international and offshore Gulf of Mexico exploration and production assets and focus exclusively on its North American onshore operations.

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Billionaire Warren Buffett's company has purchased a nearly $60 million stake in Exxon Mobil Corp., trimmed holdings in oil rival ConocoPhillips and nearly doubled its stake in Wal-Mart Stores Inc.

ConocoPhillips announced Tuesday it is pushing back a planned upgrade of its Wilhelmshaven refinery in Germany, part of its overall effort to trim spending in 2010.

Devon Energy Corp. , the biggest independent oil and gas producer in the U.S., has plenty of company in seeking to sell billions of dollars in energy assets.