Oil & gas
BHP Billiton to acquire Chesapeake Energy’s shale gas assets for $4.75 billion
22 Feb 2011
The world's biggest diversified miner plans an entry into the shale gas business through the acquisition
Oil on the boil again as unrest spreads to Libya
22 Feb 2011
Oil is at a two-year peak as violence intensified in Libya, stoking concerns over disruption of crude supplies with the unrest escalating around the Middle East and North Africa
BP picks up 30 per cent stake in Reliance's oil and gas blocks for $7.2 bn
21 Feb 2011
The two companies will also form a 50:50 joint venture for sourcing and marketing of gas in India
ONGC puts new spin on Cairn-Vedanta deal
21 Feb 2011
First LNG cargo from Qatargas 4 bound for India
21 Feb 2011
TNK-BP mulls tie-up with Rosneft-BP alliance
19 Feb 2011
Essar Energy on verge of buying Shell’s UK refinery
19 Feb 2011
If Essar’s purchase matrialises, it will mark Shell’s final departure from the UK’s refining market.
Cairn can’t set deadlines for government: Reddy
18 Feb 2011
Royalty dispute jeopardises Cairn-Vedanta deal
17 Feb 2011
Reddy rules out hike in oil prices
17 Feb 2011
Reddy rules out diesel price hike as oil firms' retail losses mount to Rs10.74 per litre
16 Feb 2011
Abu Dhabi’s IPIC to buy Spain’s Cepsa from Total for €3.97 billion
16 Feb 2011
Total wants to reduce its exposure to European refining operations and use the liquidity to invest in upstream projects
ONGC says Cairn obliged to share royalty
14 Feb 2011
PetroChina to acquire 50-% stake in gas assets of Canada's Encana for $5.46 billion
11 Feb 2011
The world's second-most valuable oil and gas company, yesterday said that it would acquire a 50-per cent stake in Canada’s biggest natural gas producer Encana
Cairn-Vedanta deal may collapse over ONGC concerns
09 Feb 2011
Petroleum minister Jaipal Reddy has ramped up the pressure on Cairn Energy, saying he would not approve the sale of a controlling stake in its Indian unit to Vedanta Resources unless the concerns of its local partner ONGC were addressed
Talks on Cairn-Vedanta deal make little headway
07 Feb 2011
The petroleum and natural gas ministry's first meeting with a joint team of top executives from UK-based Cairn Energy Plc and Vedanta Resources on Sunday failed to break the deadlock over conditions for clearing Vedanta’s proposed $9.6 billion deal for acquiring Cairn India
Chevron to sell Spanish fuel business to Cepsa
05 Feb 2011
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