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Total to buy Maersk unit

Total is buying Maersk’s oil and gas business in a $7.45 billion deal which the French major said would strengthen its operations in the North Sea and raise its output to...

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Oil Search profit up

Australia’s Oil Search Ltd reported a five-fold jump in half-year profit on higher oil and gas prices and lower costs, and said it expects its partners to agree by the...

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Rosneft buys first Asian plant

Russian oil major Rosneft and partners closed their $12.9 billion purchase of Indian refiner Essar Oil, giving them a foothold in one of the world’s fastest growing oil...

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Brazil to sell Eletrobras

Brazil floated a proposal to cede control of the country’s biggest power utility, Eletrobras, in the boldest privatisation yet by a government struggling to close a...

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PDVSA blasts blockade

A US-led "blockade" has hurt Venezuelan state oil company PDVSA’s capacity to undertake routine financial transactions, and forced it to rely on political allies like...