(Adds new bidding round expected in first half 2016) CAIRO, Oct 6 (Reuters) - Egypt has awarded four new licences to explore for oil and gas off its Mediterranean coast, weeks after Eni's giant Zohr gas find piqued fresh international interest in the area. Egypt's state gas company EG
Read moreCAIRO, Oct 6 (Reuters) - Egypt has awarded four new licences to explore for oil and gas off its Mediterranean coast, weeks after ENI's giant Zohr gas find piqued fresh international interest in the area. Egypt's state gas company EGAS said in a statement it had awarded one licence to Britai
Read more(Repeats to widen distribution; no changes to headline or text) WASHINGTON, Oct 5 (Reuters) - BP Plc will pay more than $20 billion in fines to resolve nearly all claims from its deadly Gulf of Mexico oil spill five years ago, marking the largest corporate settlement of its kind in U.S. his
Read more(Adds details on BP's settlements) WASHINGTON, Oct 5 (Reuters) - BP Plc will pay more than $20 billion in fines to resolve nearly all claims from its deadly Gulf of Mexico oil spill five years ago, marking the largest corporate settlement of its kind in U.S. history, Attorney General Lorett
Read more(ShareCast News) - A $20.8bn settlement has been finalised by the US Department of Justice and five states over the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill, Associated Press reported on Monday. The deal ends five years of legal wrangling over the incident and resolves all civil claims. AP reported it fina
Read more(ShareCast News) - UK stocks gained as the market proved resilient against a batch of negative services data on hopes the Federal Reserve will keep interest rates unchanged for longer. The Markit/CIPS UK services purchasing managers' index fell to 53.3 in September from 55.6 in August, compared to a
Read moreWASHINGTON, Oct 5 (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department on Monday said it settled its claims against oil company BP PLC for more than $20 billion. The 2010 rig explosion on April 20, 2010, the worst offshore oil disaster in U.S. history, killed 11 workers and spewed millions of barrels of
Read more(ShareCast News) - The FTSE 100 was unaffected by England's Rugby World Cup loss despite analyst predictions last week, with it sitting at 6,282.02 mid-afternoon on Monday, rising 152.04 points (2.48%). Glencore led the risers again and crossed the 100p threshold after a disastrous week. It followed
Read moreWASHINGTON, Oct 5 (Reuters) - The United States on Monday will announce its resolution of federal and state claims against BP PLC over the 2010 Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill, the U.S. Department of Justice said in a statement, Attorney General Loretta Lynch along with the heads of the Enviro
Read more(Repeats Oct. 2 item; no changes to text) * MiFID II commodity rules will encompass liquidity providers * Directive aims to improve efficiency, transparency * Consequences could include wider bid/offer spread By Pratima Desai LONDON, Oct 2 (Reuters) - Energy traders
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