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Shell profits gush on record high oil prices
LONDON (AFP) - Anglo-Dutch energy giant Royal Dutch Shell said on Thursday that high oil prices helped push its net profit up by a third to 11.556 billion dollars (7.409 billion euros) in the second quarter.
Nations:Nigeria Source:(AFP)
2008-07-31
Oil jumps over $4 on surprise drop in gas supplies
NEW YORK - Oil prices soared over $4 a barrel Wednesday, halting a dramatic two-week slide after a surprise drop in U.S. gasoline supplies fed speculation that record fuel prices aren't keeping Americans off the roads.
Nations:Hungary People:Ehud Olmert Activities:2007-8 Oil Crisis Source:(AP)
2008-07-30
Oil hits 7-week low on demand worries, dollar gain
NEW YORK - Oil prices tumbled more than $2 a barrel Tuesday, finishing at their lowest level in seven weeks as a stronger dollar and beliefs that record prices are eroding the world's thirst for energy sparked another dramatic sell-off.
Nations:Nigeria Hungary Activities:2007-8 Oil Crisis Source:(AP)
2008-07-29
Nigeria's first oil well is still source of woe
OIL WELL NO. 1, Nigeria - Three decades after pumping its last drop, the first oil well in Nigeria is marked by a decrepit signboard bearing what would seem an uncontroversial statement:
Nations:Nigeria Source:(AP)
2008-07-05
Iraq throws open door to foreign oil firms
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq opened its giant oilfields to foreign firms on Monday, putting British and U.S. companies in pole position five years after U.S.-led troops invaded the country to oust Saddam Hussein.
Nations:Iraq Saudi Arabia United Arab Emirates Kuwait Activities:Iraqi Oil Industry
2008-06-30
| Headlines |
- Shell profits gush on record high oil prices 2008-07-31
- Oil jumps over $4 on surprise drop in gas supplies 2008-07-30
- Oil hits 7-week low on demand worries, dollar gain 2008-07-29
- Nigeria's first oil well is still source of woe 2008-07-05
- Iraq throws open door to foreign oil firms 2008-06-30
- Iraqi notice on oil does not include contracts 2008-06-30
- Some signs of relief on gasoline prices 2008-06-23
- Oil rises on modest Saudi increase, Nigeria 2008-06-23
- Oil rises despite Saudi output pledge 2008-06-23
- Shell shuts down Nigerian oil field after attack 2008-06-19
- Iraq nears first major oil service deals 2008-06-19
- Nigeria attack stops Shell's Bonga offshore oil 2008-06-19
- Nigerian navy says U.S. captain taken by gunmen 2008-06-19
- Britain hit by fuel drivers protest, strike 2008-06-14
- Shell pulls out of Iran gas deal 2008-05-10
- Oil falls below $117 as dollar rises 2008-04-29
- Oil nears $120 following labor and military strikes 2008-04-28
- Oil strikes new record near $120 on supply fears 2008-04-27
- Oil prices rally on supply tensions in Nigeria, Britain 2008-04-25
- Record oil price to boost oil majors' profits 2008-04-25
- Biofuels under fire at International Energy Forum 2008-04-21
- Nothing stopping oil prices from rising: IEA 2008-04-19
- Chevron, Total seek oil deal in Iraq 2008-04-12
- Shell profits hit record 31 billion dollars in 2007 2008-01-31
- Russia's Gazprom eyes Nigerian gas reserves: report 2008-01-04
- Energy companies drill with a conscious 2007-12-15
- Shell to begin $7 bln Port Arthur refinery expansion 2007-09-21
- Companies scramble to hire engineers 2007-09-02
- British girl, 3, released in Nigeria 2007-07-08
- Oil boom, politics shape Africa's future 2007-06-30
- Bolivia cuts gas supplies to Argentina, Brazil amid protests 2007-04-21
- Big Oil bids for giant UAE gas project 2007-04-15
- Morales warns he could throw Shell subisidiary out of Bolivia 2007-02-07
- BP cuts growth targets, Q4 profit falls 2007-02-06
- Exxon Mobil posts record annual profit 2007-02-01
- Oil giant Shell unveils record 2006 profits, but output falters 2007-02-01
- Russian agency alleges 'violations' at BP gasfield 2007-01-29
- Gazprom's Sakhalin-2 buy may let EBRD off the hook 2006-12-31
- Gazprom edges out Shell to secure Sakhalin-2 energy project 2006-12-21
- Foreign oil facilities in Nigeria seized 2006-12-21
- Two car bombs hit Nigerian oil compounds 2006-12-18
- Gunmen invade Shell oil facility in Nigeria 2006-12-15
- British and American hostages freed in Nigeria 2006-11-07
- Royal Dutch Shell sees quarterly profit slip to 6.948 billion dollars 2006-10-26
- Shell to buy out minorities in Canada unit 2006-10-23
- Russia turns screws on foreign oil groups 2006-09-26
- Putin moves to reassure West on EADS 2006-09-23
- Russia demands 'compromises' on halted Shell project 2006-09-19
- Russian ministry cancels permits for Shell's Sakhalin-2 2006-09-18
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