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UPDATE 3-U.S. regulators allege Total rigged natgas market for 3 years

(Recasts lead, updates with context, details throughout) By Scott DiSavino Sept 22 (Reuters) - U.S. federal energy regulators extended their years-long effort to crack down on a contested form of market manipulation on Tuesday, alleging that French firm Total SA and two of its traders

UPDATE 2-U.S. regulators allege Total manipulated natgas market for 3 years

(Adds Total and analyst comments; factbox in related content) Sept 22 (Reuters) - U.S. federal energy regulators on Tuesday alleged traders at the U.S. arm of French energy company Total SA manipulated the natural gas market in the southwestern United States between June 2009 and June 2012.

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UPDATE 1-U.S. FERC alleges Total manipulated natgas market in 2009-2012

(Adds background) Sept 22 (Reuters) - U.S. federal energy regulators on Tuesday alleged traders at French energy company Total SA manipulated the natural gas market in the southwest United States between June 2009 and June 2012. The staff alleged the scheme involved making "largely u

UK Energy Secretary Urges Indian Energy Firms To Get Funds From London

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BP completes turnaround work at two Prudhoe Bay processing facilities

Sept 21 (Reuters) - BP Plc on Monday said it completed work at two oil processing facilities at Alaska's Prudhoe Bay field in early to mid-September, but did not comment on the size and scope of the maintenance or specify when it was completed. * Oil production at Alaska's Prudhoe Bay field

UPDATE 1-Azerbaijan 2016 oil, gas production to be steady around 2015 levels

(Adds details, background) BAKU, Sept 21 (Reuters) - Azerbaijan expects to produce 40 million tonnes of oil and 30 billion cubic metres (bcm) of gas in 2016, a senior official at state energy company SOCAR said, roughly steady compared with this year. Azerbaijan plans to produce 40.7

UPDATE 1-EQT attracts offers for Dutch oil storage firm Koole - sources

(Adds names of bidders, details, background) By Ron Bousso and Arno Schuetze LONDON/FRANKFURT, Sept 21 (Reuters) - Swedish buyout group EQT has received offers for its Dutch oil storage group Koole Terminals valuing the business at more than 1 billion euros ($1.1 bln), several people

EQT attracts offers for Dutch oil storage firm Koole - sources

LONDON/FRANKFURT, Sept 18 (Reuters) - Swedish buyout group EQT has received offers for its Dutch oil storage group Koole Terminals valuing the business at more than 1 billion euros ($1.13 billion), several people familiar with the deal said. The investor last week collected more than 10 ten

Sunday share tips: Dairy Crest, Cluff Natural Resources, tightening cycle stocks

(ShareCast News) - Dairy Crest shares are worth buying, said Danny Fortson in the Sunday Times' Inside the City column. Investors are currently awaiting a Competition & Markets Authority decision on 19 October whether to allow Dairy Crest to sell its dairy business, roughly two thirds of group sales

BP to suspend operations at Caspian Sea platform

BAKU, Sept 20 (Reuters) - BP is to suspend operations at one of its platforms in the Caspian Sea for planned maintenance on Oct. 20-22 for 20 days, a source at Azeri state energy company SOCAR said. A BP spokeswoman said earlier this week the company would suspend operations on Chirag, but

Sector movers: Oil stocks lead falls

(ShareCast News) - Oil stocks led to the downside on Friday after the US Federal Reserve's rate decision on the previous day fanned global growth fears. Traders reacted poorly to Fed chair Janet Yellen's admittedly difficult to deliver message regarding growth concerns for overseas markets, on the o

LONDON MARKET CLOSE: Stocks Down As Fed's Hold Creates Uncertainty

Footsie drops sharply, traders point to 'fat finger' error

(ShareCast News) - Losses on London's top-flight index were being ascribed by some media outfits to a 'fat finger' error or an error in an automated trading system. Shares in BHP Billiton, BP, BT Group, Diageo, HSBC, Wolseley, Vodafone and British American Tobacco were among the affected stocks. Th