6th Jul 2010 07:34
0634 GMT [Dow Jones] Tullow Oil (TLW.LN) appears to be on track to close its Uganda asset deal with Heritage Oil (HOIL.LN), Total (TOT) and Cnooc (CEO), says Panmure Gordon analyst Peter Hitchens. "It appears Tullow has everything all sorted out apart from getting it all signed," he said, adding tha
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Tullow Oil has had a "very good" first half during which production came in on target and revenue increased about 13% to almost half a billion dollars. Group working interest production averaged 55,800 barrels of oil equivalent per day (boepd) in the first six months of the year, in line with marke
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By James Herron Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES LONDON (Dow Jones)--Tullow Oil PLC (TLW.LN) is "very close to finalization" of its deal to purchase the Uganda assets of Heritage Oil Ltd. (HOIL.LN) and sell a portion of them on to Total SA (TOT) and China National Offshore Oil Company (CEO), Tullow Ch
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As the credit crunch began to ease last year so the share prices of housebuilders bounced back strongly, but there are signs of the rally running out of steam as housing market data gets a bit spotty. Sector leader Persimmon updates the market on Tuesday with its pre-close statement, and Panmure Go
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KAMPALA, Uganda (Dow Jones)--The Ugandan president has appealed to remnants of the Allied Democratic Forces, or ADF, who are have bases in lawless eastern Congo to abandon rebellion and return to the country, the president's office said in a statement late Saturday. A presidential spokeswoman sa
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The potential bid for Dana Petroleum appears to have encouraged buying in its larger oil and gas peers. Tullow Oil and Cairn Energy lead the Footsie risers. BP, though, is going the other way as it considers what it can sell to help pay for the Gulf of Mexico spill. The Australian government's d
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Leading shares went into a swoon in the final two hours of the trading session, taking their lead from the US which, after spending a while to analyse the non-farm payrolls data, moved lower. Despite coming off the top in late afternoon Footsie finished the day in positive territory, largely due t
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The release of US jobs data checked Footsie's rise, prompting a 25 point fall in a matter of minutes, but the blue-chip index has since resumed its cautious climb. US jobs data for June came in worse than expected overall, but it was a mixed message with the unemployment rate falling to a 12-month
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Footsie ended the morning on or around its high for the day but trading is quiet ahead of the release this afternoon of the US non-farm payrolls data. Resource stocks continue to lead the way while banks claw back some of their recent losses as fears over European banks' balance sheets recedes. Da
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London has recouped some of yesterday's losses helped by the Korean interest in Dana Petroleum and an upbeat trading statement from Wickes owner Travis Perkins. Dana Petroleum last night confirmed the talks with a potential bidder, widely reported to be South Korean national oil company KNOC. The s
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(Adds output detail.) By James Herron Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES LONDON (Dow Jones)--The first oil will be produced from Ghana's Jubilee field in November or December and output will reach 120,000 barrels a day within six months, field operator Tullow Oil PLC (TLW.LN) said Thursday. The
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LONDON (Dow Jones)--Ghana's Tweneboa and Jubilee oil fields could contain up to 1.4 billion and 1.5 billion barrels of oil equivalent in oil and gas reserves respectively, said field operator Tullow Oil PLC (TLW.LN) Thursday. This represents a slight decrease in the total resource upside estimat
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LONDON (Dow Jones)--Northern Petroleum PLC (NOP.LN), an independent oil and gas exploration, development and production company, said Wednesday it has initiated a change of strategy to increase activity and greater progress in realizing the potential of its assets. MAIN FACTS: -An emphasis i
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KAMPALA, Uganda (Dow Jones)--Uganda's energy and minerals development minister has outlined the country's oil production-sharing agreements with private oil exploration companies to parliament Tuesday, yielding to persistent demands for details of the agreements by lawmakers. The agreements stip
Read more29th Jun 2010 16:31
London's leading shares ended with heavy losses as concerns about the global economy resurfaced again. Traders were nervy in Europe about bank payments that need to be made to the European Central Bank this week, while triple-digit falls on Wall Street added to London's woes. As in London, US in
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