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BIG OIL

Big Oil refers to the top oil companies in the world. ExxonMobil, ConocoPhillips, Chevron, Shell and formerly BP have been members of Big Oil for years. Together, they currently produce the majority of the world's crude oil supply. This topic covers the latest news and information on Big Oil.

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Shell disagrees with $5 billion fine for Nigeria oil spillmore

Royal Dutch Shell PLC could face a record $5 billion fine from authorities in Nigeria for an oil spill off the coast of...

Total approves $10 billion Congo project, sees 2015 startupmore

Total and its partners have committed $10 billion to a development off the coast of Congo, expected to produce 140,000...

ExxonMobil exploring massive Russian shale playmore

Global energy giant ExxonMobil has begun exploration of a massive shale oil play in Western Siberia.

Analysis – Exxon quest to regain crownmore

ConocoPhillips' upstream-downstream split on 1 May left the US with just two integrated oil majors. And for ExxonMobil,...

Chevron completes drilling of relief well offshore Nigeriamore

The Funiwa 1 natural gas well has been sealed and abandoned.

Major investors turn the screw on companies over 'fracking'more

A coalition of the world's biggest institutional investors stepped up the pressure on oil and gas companies to become...

Shell okays $4 billion to further cut Nigeria gas flaringmore

Royal Dutch Shell PLC has taken final investment decisions on two further projects to reduce associated gas flaring in...

BP to quadruple sugarcane production in Brazil by 2017more

BP has aggressive plans to boost biofuel production in Brazil in the coming years, and now says it will increase...

Shell Says Early Shale-Gas Drilling in China Encouragingmore

Shell in March became the first foreign company to sign a production-sharing contract to explore, develop and produce...

Shell is changing the energy game — and in a big waymore

Diane Francis: This week, Royal Dutch Shell began rolling out a strategy that will dramatically change the energy...

Shell to expand Athabasca oil sandsmore

Royal Dutch Shell will expand its Athabasca Oil Sands Project by a third by the end of the decade, and Canada will make...

Shell under fire over Arctic plans and paymore

Clashes over dividends, executive pay and environmental track record in Nigeria at annual meeting

ExxonMobil Eyes Massive Siberian Shale Reservesmore

"There is huge shale potential in shale rocks in West Siberia...we just don't know what the quality is," Mr.

Shell Secures One of Last Permits Needed for Arctic Drillingmore

Shell still needs to obtain approvals from the Interior Department and Fish and Wildlife Service before it gets the...

Statoil upgrades Brazil pre-salt discoveries to 1.24 billion bblmore

Statoil ASA said it and its partners had substantially upgraded estimates for the Brazilian Campos basin pre-salt oil...

EU sanctions on Iran to benefit oil majors: Moody’smore

“Dated Brent prices have fallen 17%” said UK-based Centre for Global Energy Studies in a report.

Shell gets $400 million in latest Niger Delta oilfield auctionmore

Royal Dutch Shell' s long-running auction of its older Niger Delta oil fields continued Wednesday, with the company...

Algeria to ink shale gas partnerships with Shell, Exxonmore

-Algerian state-run oil company Sonatrach will soon sign partnership agreements with Royal Dutch Shell and Exxon Mobil...

Exclusive: BP to restructure oil production unit - sourcesmore

BP is planning to announce a reorganization of its oil and gas production operations, three sources familiar with the...

Shell-Iogen plant cancellation raises doubts about new biofuel technol...more

Proposed cellulosic ethanol plant would have made motor fuel from agricultural waste

Investors urge oil giants to come clean over deepwater drilling risksmore

New report from green investor group argues world’s largest oil and gas firms are failing to adequately disclose...

BP profit falls as oil spill costs still weighmore

Posts a bigger-than-expected 13-per-cent drop in the first quarter

Shell faces 12 month setback in $4.5bn Arctic drilling campaignmore

Shell is racing to begin a massive drilling campaign in US Arctic waters before they freeze over and postpone...

Oil: Only part of the Arctic's massive resourcesmore

Shell hopes it will hit big oil deposits if it drills in Alaska's Arctic next month, but the region is also a potential...

On Our Radar: A Hard Look at Exxon Mobilmore

Steve Coll's new book describes Exxon as a "corporate state within the American state" and offers a piercing...

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