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"FT" and "Financial Times" are trademarks of the Financial Times.support@ft.comFri, 9 May 2008 04:12 BSTFri, 09 May 2008 18:38:45 BSTNewspapers15http://news.ft.com/cms/d1f3ce1a-6bbe-11da-bb53-0000779e2340.gifhttp://www.ft.com/companies/energy(PICS-1.1 "http://www.classify.org/safesurf/" L gen true for "http://www.ft.com/" r (SS~~000 1))http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/ad4a6318-1d6d-11dd-82ae-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/ad4a6318-1d6d-11dd-82ae-000077b07658.htmlChevron it planned to fire up to 1,100 refining, marketing and transportation employees after reporting an 84 per cent drop in its quarterly refining profitFri, 9 May 2008 04:12 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/59363856-1d2c-11dd-82ae-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/59363856-1d2c-11dd-82ae-000077b07658.htmlEDF, Europe's biggest power company, has been buying land around nuclear sites in England and WalesThu, 8 May 2008 23:39 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/2b3d2afc-1d56-11dd-82ae-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/2b3d2afc-1d56-11dd-82ae-000077b07658.htmlRecord prices are driving exploration companies to tap reserves across the continent, including old and small fields that have recently become economically attractiveFri, 9 May 2008 03:44 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/0861772e-1d18-11dd-82ae-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/0861772e-1d18-11dd-82ae-000077b07658.htmlChinese companies are becoming willing to use more aggressive tactics in their assault on Australian resource groups. But the ínvestment push has prompted complaints from China that its businesses are being treated unfairlyThu, 8 May 2008 17:29 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/73fa8ff6-1c8d-11dd-8bfc-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/73fa8ff6-1c8d-11dd-8bfc-000077b07658.htmlThe world's largest mining company is looking at selling non-core assets in aluminium, copper and ferrous metals if it succeeds in taking over its rivalThu, 8 May 2008 02:04 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/15f1e3c2-1c89-11dd-8bfc-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/15f1e3c2-1c89-11dd-8bfc-000077b07658.htmlA federal appeals court ruled that the rights of victims in BP's fatal Texas City explosion in March 2005 were violated by US prosecutors who reached a secret plea agreement with the UK oil group before consulting victimsThu, 8 May 2008 01:25 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/698ea7a8-1cda-11dd-82ae-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/698ea7a8-1cda-11dd-82ae-000077b07658.htmlAustralia recorded its 18th consecutive rise in monthly employment in April as companies operating in the country's booming mining sector hired new workers to help feed demand for resources from ChinaThu, 8 May 2008 09:45 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/76c68f20-1c8b-11dd-8bfc-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/76c68f20-1c8b-11dd-8bfc-000077b07658.htmlThe Conservatives want the government to issue a statement on the 'surreptitious auction' of British Energy, saying that 'energy security should be above party politics'Thu, 8 May 2008 03:12 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/eef2ceaa-1c95-11dd-8bfc-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/eef2ceaa-1c95-11dd-8bfc-000077b07658.htmlBusinesses will spend about £1.6bn between now and 2012 on buying carbon permits, according to estimates from the CBI employers' body, which yesterday called for...Thu, 8 May 2008 03:00 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/b0780c9c-1c8d-11dd-8bfc-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/b0780c9c-1c8d-11dd-8bfc-000077b07658.htmlWolfgang Ruttenstorfer says his group is committed in spite of the Hungarian oil company's success at deflecting OMV's moves to sway policy at the shareholders' meetingThu, 8 May 2008 02:43 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c28db20c-1c4b-11dd-8bfc-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c28db20c-1c4b-11dd-8bfc-000077b07658.htmlChina National Petroleum Corporation is in talks to buy a 49 per cent stake in a Japanese oil refinery operated by Nippon OilWed, 7 May 2008 16:52 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/28e76d78-1c14-11dd-8bfc-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/28e76d78-1c14-11dd-8bfc-000077b07658.htmlFrench oil major Total posted higher-than-expected first quarter net profits as record oil prices made up for the weak dollar and a drop in refining marginsWed, 7 May 2008 10:03 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/063eff02-1bc4-11dd-9e58-0000779fd2ac.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/063eff02-1bc4-11dd-9e58-0000779fd2ac.htmlThe mining group is planning to start activities at its Tongon project in the Ivory Coast following a successful exploration work that revealed 52% more goldWed, 7 May 2008 04:53 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/03aa0f48-1bc4-11dd-9e58-0000779fd2ac.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/03aa0f48-1bc4-11dd-9e58-0000779fd2ac.htmlThe Czech coal miner, the latest foreign mining company to list in London, priced its initial public offering at the top of the range and sold just over 83m sharesWed, 7 May 2008 04:11 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/48d44d04-1b51-11dd-9e58-0000779fd2ac.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/48d44d04-1b51-11dd-9e58-0000779fd2ac.htmlShares in the exploration and production company soared by 24% after analysts raised by 500m barrels their estimates of the size of its Jubilee fieldWed, 7 May 2008 03:23 BST