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LONDON MARKET MIDDAY: US Stocks Seen Mixed Ahead Of Earnings And Data

Britain's FTSE lifted by oil and mining companies

* FTSE 100 up 0.7 pct * Oil and mining stocks gain ground * Burberry extends previous day's slide By Kit Rees LONDON, Oct 16 (Reuters) - Britain's top share index rose on Friday as investors stepped in to buy up commodity stocks after oil and metals prices climbed on cuts

Oil And Gas Chief Executives Band Together To Tackle Climate Change

Britain's FTSE rises, boosted by oil and mining companies

* FTSE 100 up 0.7 pct * Oil & gas shares rise, U.S. shale output cut * Glencore up 2.7 pct, other miners follow * Astrazeneca falls on declined drug application By Kit Rees LONDON, Oct 16 (Reuters) - Britain's top share index rose on Friday as investors stepped in to

Oil firm executives call for effective climate change agreement

PARIS, Oct 16 (Reuters) - Executives of ten of the world's largest global oil and gas companies called on Friday for an effective climate change agreement in December, saying they recognised the ambition to limit global warming to 2 degrees Celsius. Some 200 nations will meet in Paris in De

LONDON MARKET OPEN: Stocks Higher; AstraZeneca Slides On US FDA Letter

RPT-Oil bosses fight for relevance before climate talks

(Repeats without changes to text) * CEOs of eight top oil companies to make joint call on climate * To call for carbon pricing and more gas use * "The bad guys are part of the solution" - Total CEO By Ron Bousso, Susanna Twidale and Bate Felix LONDON/PARIS, Oct 16 (R

Oil bosses fight for relevance before climate talks

* CEOs of eight top oil companies to make joint call on climate * To call for carbon pricing and more gas use * "The bad guys are part of the solution" - Total CEO By Ron Bousso, Susanna Twidale and Bate Felix LONDON/PARIS, Oct 16 (Reuters) - Oil and gas industry leaders w

UPDATE 3-Russia's Fridman buys E.ON's Norway oil and gas assets

* Price higher than expected, E.ON shares rise 4.5 percent * Transaction to close by end of the year - spokesman * British exploration business still under review * British assets seen worth 300-400 mln euros (Adds analyst comment, details on price, updates shares)) By C

European oil refiners set to slow down as profits fall

* European refining margins drop to lowest since July 2014 * Refiners set to reduce rates due to big diesel stocks * 2015 European margins strongest in 20 years - Wood Mackenzie By Ron Bousso LONDON, Oct 14 (Reuters) - European refiners will likely cut their operating rate

UPDATE 1-Azerbaijan expects to keep oil output at ACG fields at 31.5 mln t in 2015

(Adds details, background) BAKU, Oct 14 (Reuters) - Azerbaijan expects to keep oil production at its main Azeri, Chirag and Guneshli (ACG) fields at 31.5 million tonnes in 2015, the same level as in 2014, vice president of the Azeri state energy company SOCAR said on Wednesday. "We wo

Azerbaijan expects to keep oil output at ACG fields at 31.5 mln t in 2015

BAKU, Oct 14 (Reuters) - Azerbaijan expects to keep oil production at its main Azeri, Chirag and Guneshli (ACG) fields at 31.5 million tonnes in 2015, the same level as in 2014, vice president of the Azeri state energy company SOCAR said on Wednesday. "We would like to keep oil production a

Norway's oil min: E.ON deal to be handled like any other despite Russia sanctions

OSLO, Oct 14 (Reuters) - The $1.6 billion transaction between utility E.ON and Russian billionaire Mikhail Fridman over Norwegian oil assets will be handled like any other, Norway's oil and energy minister said on Wednesday, despite sanctions on Russia. "An application for such an approval

UPDATE 1-Azeri oil output falls 2.2 percent y/y in Jan-Sept

(Adds background) BAKU, Oct 13 (Reuters) - Crude oil and condensate production in Azerbaijan fell 2.2 percent to 31.4 million tonnes in the first nine months of 2015, from 32.1 million tonnes a year earlier, a source at the State Statistics Committee said on Tuesday. Falling output at

CORRECTED-Azeri oil output down 2.2 pct y/y in Jan-Sept -stats committee source

(Corrects headline to say output fell 2.2, not 3.2, percent) BAKU, Oct 13 (Reuters) - Crude oil and condensate production in Azerbaijan fell to 31.4 million tonnes in the first nine months of 2015 from 32.1 million a year earlier, a source at the State Statistics Committee said on Tuesday.<