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RPT-Shell says won't jump into new Russia projects amid Ukraine crisis

(Repeats story filed on Wednesday, no change in text) By Dmitry Zhdannikov and Vladimir Soldatkin MOSCOW, April 30 (Reuters) - Oil majors are beginning to grow cool on new projects in Russia as U.S. and EU sanctions over Moscow's actions in Ukraine make investment increasingly risky a

Shell says won't jump into new Russia projects amid Ukraine crisis

By Dmitry Zhdannikov and Vladimir Soldatkin MOSCOW, April 30 (Reuters) - Oil majors are beginning to grow cool on new projects in Russia as U.S. and EU sanctions over Moscow's actions in Ukraine make investment increasingly risky and after the Kremlin's threat to review the West's role in R

CORRECT: MARKET COMMENT: Shell Shares Rise Amid Mixed London Trading

(An item published at 1047 BST incorrectly indicated the comparative market value of Royal Dutch Shell and BP in the headline and the text. The correct text follows.) The oil and gas giant, which is the biggest company in the FTSE 100 by market capitalisation, said its earnings almost halve

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30 Apr 2014 14:36

UPDATE 1-Rosneft Q1 core earnings beat forecasts

(Adds detail, quote, share price) * Q1 net profit down 14 pct y/y due to exchange rate * Free cash flow more than tripled to 121 bln rbls * Rosneft says Arctic development plan on track By Vladimir Soldatkin MOSCOW, April 30 (Reuters) - Rosneft, Russia's No. 1 oil co

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30 Apr 2014 14:24

Saipem wins contract worth $1.8 bln

MILAN, April 30 (Reuters) - Italian oil services group Saipem said on Wednesday it had won a contract to do offshore work for the Shah Deniz consortium in Azerbaijan worth an overall $1.8 billion. In a statement Saipem said BP, in the name of the Shah Deniz consortium, had awarded a contrac

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30 Apr 2014 13:10

UPDATE 3-Shell boosts dividend after beating first quarter estimates

(Adds analysts, figures, share price, background) By Dmitry Zhdannikov LONDON, April 30 (Reuters) - Royal Dutch Shell capped a strong first quarter reporting season for oil majors with better-than-expected results which were boosted by gas earnings, while shareholders were rewarded w

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30 Apr 2014 12:54

UK MIDDAY BRIEFING: Glaxo, Shell Lift Dividends Despite Weak Profits

LONDON (Alliance News) - GlaxoSmithKline PLC Wednesday reported a drop in revenue and net profit for the first quarter due to asset sales and a decline in sales of pharmaceuticals in the US, but the company also raised its dividend and reiterated its full-year profit guidance

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30 Apr 2014 11:51

Rosneft Q1 core earnings beat forecasts

MOSCOW, April 30 (Reuters) - Rosneft, Russia's No. 1 oil producer, said on Wednesday its first-quarter core profit more than doubled, year-on-year, to 289 billion roubles, beating analyst forecasts. Analysts, polled by Reuters, had expected January-March earnings before interest, taxation,

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30 Apr 2014 10:28

REPEAT: Shell Joins BP In Increasing Payout Despite Profit Drop

LONDON (Alliance News) - Royal Dutch Shell PLC Wednesday said its earnings almost halved in the first quarter of the year, as it wrote down some of the value of its refineries in Europe and Asia due to declining refining margins and as its production fell. However, like peer BP PLC, Shell s

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30 Apr 2014 09:47

MARKET COMMENT: Shell Overtakes BP Amid Mixed London Trading

LONDON (Alliance News) - UK stocks trade mixed Wednesday, as investors await a raft of releases from the US and after the preliminary reading of eurozone consumer price inflation accelerated from a more than four-year low, but still missed forecasts. By mid-morning, the FTSE 100 is marginal

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30 Apr 2014 09:06

Egypt's debt to foreign oil firms up at $5.7 billion

CAIRO, April 30 (Reuters) - Egypt's debts to foreign oil companies operating in the country rose to $5.7 billion by the end of March, the head of the state-run oil company told Reuters, up $800 million from the government's last reported figure despite recent repayments. Money owed to forei

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30 Apr 2014 07:59

Indonesia's PGN says to buy LNG cargoes from BP's Tangguh

April 30 (Reuters) - Indonesia's PT Perusahaan Gas Negara Tbk said it will buy liquefied natural gas (LNG) from BP's Tangguh plant for its two floating storage facilities to meet rising demand in Southeast Asia's biggest economy. In its final stage of the deal, the state-owned gas distribut

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30 Apr 2014 07:35

Shell Joins BP In Increasing Payout Despite Profit Drop

LONDON (Alliance News) - Royal Dutch Shell PLC Wednesday said its earnings almost halved in the first quarter of the year, as it wrote down some of the value of its refineries in Europe and Asia due to declining refining margins and as its production fell. However, like peer BP PLC, Shell s

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29 Apr 2014 21:52

UPDATE 2-Putin sees no need to sanction West, may review energy ties

(Adds Chevron no comment; Exxon, BP ties to Russia) MINSK, April 29 (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that Moscow saw no need for counter sanctions against the West, but could reconsider the participation of Western companies in its economy, including energy proje

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