STAVANGER, Norway, Jan 14 (Reuters) - Norwegian oil and gas investments will fall further in 2016 and in the coming years following a 16-percent drop in 2015, the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) said on Thursday. The NPD now sees investments excluding exploration falling to 135 billio
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Read more* Refiners tweak crude oil feedstocks to favour gasoline * Gasoline refining margins shine as diesel languishes * Strong demand for gasoline set to continue in 2016 By Ron Bousso LONDON, Jan 12 (Reuters) - After years of building up diesel production, European oil refiners
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Read more* Standard Life says to vote against $49 bln deal * But major shareholder advisory ISS endorses deal * Shell confident deal will win support in Jan. 27 vote (Recasts with Standard Life, updates shares) By Ron Bousso LONDON, Jan 8 (Reuters) - Royal Dutch Shell's bid to ac
Read moreLONDON, Jan 8 (Reuters) - Standard Life Investments, a major shareholder in Royal Dutch Shell, said on Friday it will vote against the Anglo-Dutch's oil company's proposed $49 billion acquisition of BG Group. "We have concluded that the proposed terms of the acquisition of BG are value dest
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