UK stocks edged higher on Friday morning ahead of what is expected to be another quiet session, though trading volumes are expected to pick up slightly. The FTSE 100 was up 0.38% at 6,999.81 early on with corporate updates from a number of blue chips being warmly-received by investors. Markets acro
Read more(Updates with UK government statement, details) By Dmitry Zhdannikov and Ron Bousso LONDON, May 14 (Reuters) - BP has appointed Britain's former MI6 spy chief and veteran diplomat John Sawers as a non-executive board member in a development highlighting long running links between the
Read moreFormer UK secret intelligence service M16 head Sir John Sawers joined BP as a non-executive director on Thursday. Sawers left MI6's top job in November 2014 after holding the position for five years, and will not be the first former intelligence specialist to work for the energy company. BP's cha
Read moreLONDON, May 14 (Reuters) - BP has appointed John Sawers, former head of Britain's MI6 secret intelligence service, to its board as a non-executive director, the energy company said on Thursday. Sawers completed a 5-year tenure at the head of MI6 in November 2014 and is currently chairman an
Read more* Oil output at ACG fields rises to 8 mln T in Q1 * Gas output at Shah Deniz rises to 2.6 bcm (Adds detail, background) By Margarita Antidze TBILISI, May 13 (Reuters) - Oil output from BP-led oilfields in Azerbaijan in the first quarter of 2015 was slightly higher than a year
Read moreTBILISI, May 13 (Reuters) - Oil output from BP-led oilfields in Azerbaijan in the first quarter of 2015 was slightly up from a year earlier, BP-Azerbaijan said on Wednesday, driving a rise in the country's total oil production. Oil output at the Azeri-Chirag-Guneshli (ACG) oilfields, which
Read moreNEW DELHI, May 13 (Reuters) - India Gas Solutions, a joint venture of Reliance Industries Ltd and BP, U.S.-based Excelerate Energy and Japan's Mitsui and Co Ltd have bid to build a gas import facility on India's west coast, a company official said. A consortium of Norway's Hoegh LNG and IM
Read more* Delayed restart of Exxon refinery draws down inventories * Valero and BP among traders shipping jet from Asia to U.S. * Asian jet fuel margin climbs to 1-week high By Jessica Jaganathan SINGAPORE, May 13 (Reuters) - Asian jet fuel shipments to the United States West Coas
Read moreBAKU, May 13 (Reuters) - Crude oil and condensate production in Azerbaijan rose to 14.2 million tonnes in the first four months of 2015 from 13.6 million a year earlier, a source at the State Statistics Committee said on Wednesday. The source, who declined to be named because he is not auth
Read more* Exports to Europe total 277 mcm/day * Flows to Britain at 56 mcm/day OSLO, May 13 (Reuters) - Norwegian gas exports to Europe eased slightly on Wednesday from the previous day as an increase in flows to Belgium was more than offset by lower deliveries to France and Britain. Pipelin
Read moreNEW YORK, May 12 (Reuters) - Two units in Colombia of Anglo-French oil company Perenco are seeking to sell a 500,000-barrel cargo of Vasconia crude for delivery between June 20-24. For spot crude tender news stories please click.... For tenders on oil products please
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