ConocoPhillips News

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Royal Dutch Shell, Italy's Eni and France's Total have sold several Nigerian onshore blocks in recent years, while U.S. firm ConocoPhillips is selling its Nigerian businesses to Oando Energy for about $1.79 billion.

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's stock had its "hold" rating reaffirmed by Jefferies Group in a research note issued on Monday, StockRatingsNetwork.com reports.

Manufacturers need five years to ramp up domestic plants being built to take advantage of America's glut of cheap shale gas, according to a Dow Chemical executive, and the country should be careful not to undercut them by depleting that supply with exports.

Occidental Petroleum Corp. has announced a proposal to split its operations up into separate companies - a move that might actually prove enticing to other oil companies, and could potentially create an extra $100 billion in market value.

Owner has recently entered into a terminal services agreement with ConocoPhillips Canada Resource Corp and Total E&P Canada Ltd to expand existiing infrastructure at the Enbridge Cheecham Terminal to accommodate incremental bitumen production from Surmont's Phase 2 expansion.

The approval by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers of ConocoPhillips Alaska's CD-5 development in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska has drawn another court challenge.

Just like the last scoop of peanut butter scraped from the inside wall of the jar, Enstar wants to purchase the small quantity of natural gas 'produced' by warming LNG tanks.

Alaska drilling regulators cite violations surrounding a well in the company-operated Kuparuk River unit; hearing set for Aug. 20 ConocoPhillips Alaska Inc. is facing a $45,000 civil penalty for alleged violations at a well in the Kuparuk River unit on the North Slope.

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Malaysia's $30 billion drive to explore and produce more oil and gas has paid off with its crude and condensate output rising from a 20-year low.

With its stock down 38 percent from last year's peak of $702, the company unveiled a streaming-music service called iTunes Radio, a thorough redesign of its iPhone software, and a new MacBook Air laptop.

ConocoPhillips Canada is planning to drill this winter after its exploratory fracking project was approved Tuesday by the Sahtu Land and Water Board.

"Peak oil" is the idea that the world has reached or is about to reach maximum production of oil either a few years ago or a few years from now.

ONGC Videsh Ltd's USD 5 billion deal with the US energy giant ConocoPhillips would be the sixth biggest merger and acquisition deal involving an Indian company.

Occidental Petroleum Corp.'s proposal to split its U.S. and foreign businesses is pressuring more oil companies to follow suit, as the allure of breakups to create more than $100 billion of market value entices investors.

Norway awarded 24 oil and gas exploration licences on Wednesday, focusing on the Arctic Barents Sea, in an effort to prolong oil output after more than a decade of decline.

BA rge Brende, BjA rn Tore Godal, Maria Johanna Oudeman and Jakob Stausholm are re-elected as shareholder representatives to the board.