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BP restarting Whiting,Indiana refinery reformer -sources

HOUSTON, June 10 (Reuters) - BP Plc expects to return the catalytic reformer at the 413,500 barrel per day (bpd) Whiting, Indiana refinery to full production early next week as the unit's restart was just hours under way on Friday morning, said sources familiar with plant operations. The 60

Directors dealings: NAIT boosts stake in EKF Diagnostics to 14.1%

(ShareCast News) - Harwood Capital, acting as investment manager on behalf of North Atlantic Smaller Companies Investment Trust PLC, picked up another large batch of shares in EKF Diagnostics. Christoper Mills, who was named to the post of non-executive chairman at the global point-of-care medical d

Britain's FTSE falters as financial and commodity stocks fall

* FTSE 100 down 1.6, hits three-week low * Mining and energy stocks lose ground * Brexit worries weigh on market (Adds detail and updates prices) By Kit Rees and Sudip Kar-Gupta LONDON, June 10 (Reuters) - Britain's top share index fell on Friday, hit by a drop in major

TOP NEWS SUMMARY: BP Teams Up To Be Largest Norwegian Oil Independent

UPDATE 2-BP and Det norske agree $1.3 bln Norwegian oil merger

* All-share deal aimed at cutting costs, challenging Statoil * New venture could produce more than 10 pct of Norway's oil * Det norske shares jump 8 pct, BP's little changed (Adds BP CEO quote, fund manager, analysts, detail, background) By Henrik Stolen and Karolin Schaps

UPDATE 2-Statoil finalizes a 19-month exploration program offshore Newfoundland, confirms volumes

(Adds Shell as partner) June 10 (Reuters) - Statoil Asa : * Statoil, along with its partners, has finalized a 19-month exploration Month exploration drilling program offshore Newfoundland * The drilling program included four exploration wells in close vicinity of the 2013 Bay du

REFILE-UPDATE 1-BP and Det norske agree $1.3 bln Norwegian oil merger

(Refiles to remove duplicated word in lead and typographical error in third paragraph) OSLO/LONDON, June 10 (Reuters) - Oil companies BP and Det norske have agreed to merge their Norwegian businesses in a $1.3 billion share deal to cut costs, increase profitability and challenge Statoil's N

BP, Det Norske to form joint Norwegian independent producer

(ShareCast News) - BP and Det Norske Oljeselskap on Friday said they were combining the assets and expertise from both companies' exploration and production operations to create Aker BP ASA, which will become Norway's largest independent oil and gas producer. Under the terms of the proposed deal, Ak

TOP NEWS: BP Teams Up To Create Largest Independent Producer In Norway

Britain to shed a quarter of its oil jobs since price fell - industry

LONDON, June 10 (Reuters) - As many as 120,000 oil workers will have lost their jobs in Britain by the end of the year compared to mid-2014 when oil prices started declining and unleashed sector-wide cost cuts, the industry's lobby group said on Friday. Britain's oil industry and indirectly

UPDATE 1-Leak halts major fuel pipeline into Germany

(Adds impact, background) LONDON, June 9 (Reuters) - A major pipeline feeding oil products from the Amsterdam-Rotterdam-Antwerp refinery hub into Germany was shut this week after a leak was reported in the Netherlands, the operating company said in a statement on Thursday. The Dutch-G

REFILE-Dutch-German RRP distillates pipeline shut after leak report - statement

(Refiled to correct spelling of 'operating') LONDON, June 9 (Reuters) - The Dutch-German RRP distillates pipeline was shut this week after a leak was reported in the Netherlands, the operating company said in a statement on Thursday. The pipeline feeds oil products from the Amsterdam-

BP Makes "Important" Gas Discovery Offshore Egypt With Partner Eni

LONDON MARKET CLOSE: Strong UK Data Offset By Weak China Numbers

UPDATE 3-Rosneft's core earnings and debt cutting help lift shares

* Q1 EBITDA tops forecasts, debt down 45 pct * Quarter saw crude hit 13-year low * Company says investment to spur future profit * Shares up 3.7 pct vs declining Moscow market * Vankor oilfield to reduce production in 2016 (Update share price, adds comments, cash flow da