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ExxonMobil to boost Mobil-branded fuel in Australia

MELBOURNE, Jan 9 (Reuters) - ExxonMobil has signed a deal to sell Mobil-branded fuel at 7-Eleven service stations, reviving the Mobil brand in Australia's biggest markets on the east coast since it sold its retail assets to 7-Eleven in 2010. The move comes as rival Royal Dutch Shell is repo

UPDATE 2-UAE takes charge of big oilfields for now as western majors' deals expire

* Foreign oil company staff to keep working as service providers * Disagreement over which companies best suited delays renewal * Western oil majors' knowledge of fields may see them return By Daniel Fineren and Stanley Carvalho DUBAI/ABU DHABI, Jan 8 (Reuters) - Abu Dhabi

BP's Whiting, Indiana refinery keeps going despite intense cold

HOUSTON, Jan 8 (Reuters) - BP Plc's revamped 405,000-barrel-per-day (bpd) refinery in Whiting, Indiana has continued operating in extreme cold that has triggered malfunctions at neighboring crude oil refineries in the Chicago area, sources familiar with the BP plant said on Wednesday. The

UAE to take full control of ADCO oilfields -industry sources

DUBAI, Jan 8 (Reuters) - Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) will take full control of the ADCO oil concession when the decades-old partnerships with some of the world's bigest oil companies ends in a few days' time, two industry sources said on Wednesday. ADNOC currently holds a 60 perc

UAE agrees four western oil majors will keep operating big fields -WAM

DUBAI, Jan 8 (Reuters) - Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) has signed deals for four western oil majors to continue operating its biggest oil fields, state news agency WAM said on Wednesday. ExxonMobil, Royal Dutch Shell, Total and, as well as the smaller, Portugal-based company Parte

Canada crude -Prices hold near recent multi-month highs

* February WCS trades at $18.55/bbl below WTI * February synthetic trades at $2.50/bbl above WTI CALGARY, Alberta, Jan 7 (Reuters) - Canadian cash crude prices held within sight of recent highs on Tuesday, supported by concerns about cold weather affecting production and increasing de

Shell, BP consider selling Australian refineries, petrol stations -AFR

SYDNEY, Jan 7 (Reuters) - Royal Dutch Shell and BP are considering the sale of refineries and petrol stations in Australia to free up cash, the Australian Financial Review reported on Tuesday. Royal Dutch Shell are in talks with two parties - an unnamed large private equity firm and a cons

Fastnet Oil & Gas Partner Enters Rig Sharing Agreement For Foum Assaka

London midday: Mixed manufacturing figures dampen UK markets

- Markets pull back after strong end to 2013 - China, UK manufacturing PMIs disappoint - Resources stocks provide a drag on the FTSE 100 - Retailers in focus after mixed corporate updates techMARK 2,780.21 -0.04% FTSE 100 6,720.85 -0.42% FTSE 250 15,925.41 -0.06% Mixed global manufacturing figures

UPDATE 1-Indonesia 2014 LNG output to rise nearly 6 pct, exports steady

JAKARTA, Jan 2 (Reuters) - Indonesia's output of liquefied natural gas is expected to rise nearly 6 percent in 2014, although exports by the world's No.5 exporter of the super-cooled fuel will hold steady, its energy regulator said on Thursday. Indonesia consumes around 40 billion cubic fee

DIRECTOR DEALINGS: BP Executive Sells Shares

DIRECTOR DEALINGS: BP Executives Receive Shares

UPDATE 1-Odfjell Drilling shares fall as rig sinks in South Korea

* Rig under construction due to be delivered in Q2 2014 * Hull of rig sank to seabed on Saturday, rig not submerged * Shares down 2.3 pct By Ole Petter Skonnord OSLO, Dec 30 (Reuters) - Shares in Norwegian rig company Odfjell Drilling fell on Monday after a rig it ordered

Rosneft says to sell BP $2.87 bln worth of oil products

MOSCOW, Dec 30 (Reuters) - Russia's top crude producer Rosneft said in a filing on Monday its board had approved a deal to sell up to 3.2 million tonnes of oil products to BP from a number of Black Sea ports for up to $2.87 billion. Rosneft said it would to sell up to 660,000 tonnes of naph

Sunken rig will likely not be completed on time-Odfjell Drilling

OSLO, Dec 30 (Reuters) - The completion of the Deepsea Aberdeen rig ordered by Odjell Drilling, which sank at a Daewoo shipyard on Saturday while under construction, will likely be delayed, Odjell Drilling told Reuters on Monday. "The rig was due to be delivered (by the yeard) in the second