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U.S. Oil Production Rises for Exxon, Conoco in Q1

25.04.2013 - Quarterly results from Exxon Mobil and ConocoPhillips on Thursday showed that while overall growth remained elusive, output rose in key basins in the United States where the oil...

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Marathon Petroleum Closes BP Texas City Refinery Deal

04.02.2013 - Marathon Petroleum on Friday closed its $2.4 billion acquisition of BP 's Texas City, Texas, refinery, both companies said. Marathon also said that the 451,000 barrels-per-day...

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Canadian Crude Reaches Europe as U.S. Shale Oil Booms

22.01.2013 - The United States now gets so much crude from its own shale deposits that Canadian exporters are selling as far afield as Europe, showing how deeply the U.S. energy revolution is...

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Shell May Have Moved Rig to Avoid Taxes

11.01.2013 - Shell may have moved an oil rig that ran aground off Alaska last week partly to avoid millions of dollars in taxes, U.S. Rep. Ed Markey said, raising even more questions about the...

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Alaska Oil Rig Reaches Safe Harbor After Week on Rocks

08.01.2013 - A Shell oil drilling rig that ran aground last week reached a safe harbor on Monday, where it will be examined to assess its seaworthiness after a week on the rocks near an Alaskan...

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Transocean to Pay $1.4 Billion for Role in BP Oil Spill

04.01.2013 - Transocean agreed to pay $1.4 billion to settle U.S. government charges over BP's massive Gulf of Mexico oil spill in 2010 and the rig contractor admitted that its crew on the...

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Drifting Shell Drill Ship Grounds On Rocks Off Alaska

01.01.2013 - A large drill ship belonging to oil major Shell ran aground off Alaska on Monday night after drifting in stormy weather, company and government officials said. The ship, the Kulluk...

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EPA Faces Decisions on US Fracking Boom

30.12.2012 - The past four years of U.S. environmental regulation was marked by a crackdown on emissions that angered coal miners and power companies. Over the next four, the new head of the...