* Seven of 10 majors to have reported Q3 results registered losses * Shell posts $7.4 bln loss after heavy write-offs * Italian major Eni reports $1 bln loss * Sector challenged by lower-for-longer oil price outlook (New throughout, adds Conoco, Marathon Oil results, comments)
Read more* Total's net adjusted profit beats forecast * Raises full-year production target * Sector earnings hit by prolonged low oil prices (Recasts, adds quote after analyst call, sector rivals) By Bate Felix PARIS, Oct 29 (Reuters) - French oil and gas company Total's reporte
Read more* Seven of 10 majors to have reported Q3 results registered losses * Shell posts $7.4 bln loss after heavy write-offs * Italian major Eni reports $1 bln loss * Sector challenged by lower-for-longer oil price outlook By Ron Bousso and Karolin Schaps LONDON, Oct 29 (Re
Read moreOSLO, Oct 29 (Reuters) - Norwegian gas flows to Britain fell on Thursday on a planned gas field maintenance, data from gas system operator Gassco showed. Gas flows to Europe were running at 326 million cubic metres (mcm) per day by 1300 GMT, down 9 mcm from the volumes delivered on Wednesday.
Read more(Removes extra word "be" from quote in sixth paragraph) By Li-mei Hoang LONDON, Oct 28 (Reuters) - London-listed support services firm DCC expects to see more acquisition opportunities as oil majors slim down, and is looking to expand its energy business beyond Europe into areas such
Read more(Adds share price, analyst comment, details) By Karolin Schaps and Ron Bousso LONDON, Oct 29 (Reuters) - Royal Dutch Shell on Thursday reported a hefty $8.2 billion charge, equivalent to around 5 percent of its market value, due to write-offs on projects in the Alaskan Arctic and Cana
Read moreCAPE TOWN, Oct 29 (Reuters) - Royal Dutch Shell's Leopard Marin discovery offshore Gabon may be a new commercial gas field, a senior company executive said on Thursday. "Leopard is the first potentially commercial multi-TCF (trillion cubic feet) find in a new gas play and I think that is
Read more(ShareCast News) - Royal Dutch Shell slumped to a third quarter loss of $6.1bn (£4bn), with earnings well short of forecasts, due to write-offs and lower oil and gas prices, though cash flow remained relatively robust with a decline of 13%. The quarterly loss compared badly with an $8.1bn profit in
Read moreLONDON, Oct 29 (Reuters) - Royal Dutch Shell on Thursday reported a sharp drop in third-quarter profits on the back of low oil prices and a hefty $8.2 billion charge which included write-offs in Alaska and Canada. Shell's current cost of supplies (CCS) earnings excluding identified items, t
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