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US Sues BP, 8 Other Companies in Gulf Oil Spill

WASHINGTON (Dec. 15) -- The Justice Department on Wednesday sued BP Exploration and Production Inc. and eight other companies in the Gulf oil spill disaster in an effort to recover billions of dollars from the largest offshore spill in U.S. history. The Obama administration's lawsuit asks that the companies be held liable...

BP's Pick for Oil Spill Uber Judge Has Unexpected Fans

(July 29) -- The federal judge BP wants to oversee hundreds of lawsuits filed against it in the wake of the gulf oil spill is a conservative, no-nonsense Texan who has lectured on ethics to petroleum geologists and has experience presiding over complex litigation. U.S. District Court Judge Lynn Hughes says he'd be happy...

Full Scope of Legal Action Against BP Starts to Emerge

(July 23) -- The fast-growing stack of lawsuits filed against BP over the Gulf of Mexico oil spill will likely soon be consolidated before a single federal judge. The U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation will convene Thursday in Boise, Idaho, to hear arguments to combine the suits and avoid the legal chaos...

BP to Sell Assets for $7 Billion to Apache

NEW YORK (July 20) -- BP PLC said Tuesday it will sell assets in the U.S., Canada and Egypt to Apache Corp. for $7 billion to help pay the costs from the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. At least part of the proceeds will go toward a $20 billion fund that BP agreed to last month under pressure from the Obama administration. The...

Can Oil Skimmed From the Gulf Wind Up in Your Gas Tank?

BATON ROUGE, La. (July 16) -- With a new cap on BP's broken well in the Gulf of Mexico, the oil-spill crisis may be at a turning point, raising questions about oil that's already been spilled and the company's next steps. Here are some questions and answers: Will oil start spilling again? It's too early to know. A cap...

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BP Wins Delay Of Gulf Spill Trial Until 2013

A trial to assign blame and damages that could total tens of billions of dollars for the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill has been put off until January, in a setback for the U.S. government, which wanted to try its case this summer.

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US natural gas boom leads to decade low in price

NEW YORK -The price of natural gas has fallen to its lowest level in more than a decade, a remarkable decline for a commodity that not long ago was believed to be in short supply.

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05/27/12 Apache Could Jump $12 Higher In 2013 Source: Seeking Alpha Apache ( APA ) has had some great luck in terms of its well drilled on the Beryl Field in the North Sea. The well has been described by some as " prolific " and it seems that Apache has stumbled on a well that is producing at the highest initial production rate seen in years.
05/25/12 Kinnear tapped for VP role at Continental Source: Enid News - Enid OK Continental Resources has announced the appointment of Kirk Kinnear as vice president of Oil Marketing Logistics.
05/25/12 Cove Energy in lucrative tug-of-war Source: FT.com Cove Energy, the Africa-focused oil and gas explorer, ended the week still involved in a lucrative tug-of-war between Royal Dutch Shell and PTT Exploration & Production , the state-backed Thai energy group.
05/25/12 U.S. nat gas attracting foreign interest, WSJ reports Source: Theflyonthewall.com
05/25/12 Statoil ASA's Management Hosts Exploration Seminar... Source: Seeking Alpha Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen and welcome to today's Exploration Seminar arranged by Statoil.

Background on Anadarko Petroleum Corp

Anadarko Petroleum Corporation () is one of the world’s largest independent oil and gas exploration and production companies, with approximately 2.3 billion barrels of oil equivalent (BOE) of proved reserves and production of 206 million BOE as of December 31, 2008. Anadarko employs a worldwide workforce of about 4,700. The company is headquartered in The Woodlands, SPD Montgomery County, Texas.

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