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See http://www.ft.com/servicestools/help/terms#legal1 for the terms and conditions of reuse.client.support@ft.com (Client Support)Sun, 8 Nov 2009 19:26:57 +0000Mon, 9 Nov 2009 10:50:10 +0000Newspapers15http://news.ft.com/cms/d1f3ce1a-6bbe-11da-bb53-0000779e2340.gif/indepth/oil(PICS-1.1 "http://www.classify.org/safesurf/" L gen true for "http://www.ft.com/" r (SS~~000 1))http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/0534ae8a-cc95-11de-8e30-00144feabdc0,dwp_uuid=f2b40164-cfea-11dc-9309-0000779fd2ac.html?o=%2Frss%2Findepth%2Foilhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/0534ae8a-cc95-11de-8e30-00144feabdc0.htmlThe furthest forward oil contract traded on exchanges – the December 2017 futures – has risen $99.97 a barrel for the Brent benchmarkSun, 8 Nov 2009 19:26:57 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/5bc683e0-ca3d-11de-a3a3-00144feabdc0,dwp_uuid=f2b40164-cfea-11dc-9309-0000779fd2ac.html?o=%2Frss%2Findepth%2Foilhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/5bc683e0-ca3d-11de-a3a3-00144feabdc0.htmlExxonMobil and Royal Dutch Shell, the two biggest western oil companies, won the right to develop Iraq's giant West Qurna oilfield, raising the prospect of a big jump in Iraqi oil suppliesThu, 5 Nov 2009 19:34:18 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/5ec5b3c6-c7e1-11de-8ba8-00144feab49a,dwp_uuid=f2b40164-cfea-11dc-9309-0000779fd2ac.html?o=%2Frss%2Findepth%2Foilhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/5ec5b3c6-c7e1-11de-8ba8-00144feab49a.htmlThe time to find a different means to measure crude may be approaching as the traditional benchmarks of Brent and West Texas Intermediate are challenged, write Javier Blas and Gregory Meyer Mon, 2 Nov 2009 20:55:46 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/a4ccba8e-c707-11de-bb6f-00144feab49a,dwp_uuid=f2b40164-cfea-11dc-9309-0000779fd2ac.html?o=%2Frss%2Findepth%2Foilhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a4ccba8e-c707-11de-bb6f-00144feab49a.htmlAs world leaders prepare to gather in Copenhagen for next month's climate change summit, the Niger delta's gas flares serve as reminders of the difficulties of their taskSun, 1 Nov 2009 23:15:40 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/9b5383a0-c560-11de-8193-00144feab49a,dwp_uuid=f2b40164-cfea-11dc-9309-0000779fd2ac.html?o=%2Frss%2Findepth%2Foilhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/9b5383a0-c560-11de-8193-00144feab49a.htmlBP still has 'systemic safety' issues four years after an explosion at its Texas refinery killed 15 people and injured 170, the US government said as it issued a record $87.4m in proposed fines on the UK oil groupFri, 30 Oct 2009 20:52:23 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/5bc210d0-c542-11de-8193-00144feab49a,dwp_uuid=f2b40164-cfea-11dc-9309-0000779fd2ac.html?o=%2Frss%2Findepth%2Foilhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/5bc210d0-c542-11de-8193-00144feab49a.htmlEnergy group confirms it is on negotiations with Indian conglomerate over sites in Germany and UK as part of strategy to focus on large, integrated complexesFri, 30 Oct 2009 11:20:19 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/51ff2210-c57c-11de-9b3b-00144feab49a,dwp_uuid=f2b40164-cfea-11dc-9309-0000779fd2ac.html?o=%2Frss%2Findepth%2Foilhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/51ff2210-c57c-11de-9b3b-00144feab49a.htmlNippon Oil and Nippon Mining agrees to create JX Holdings, a group worth $11.3bn that they hope will challenge global majors such as ExxonMobilFri, 30 Oct 2009 20:44:55 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/8cda145a-c3fe-11de-8de6-00144feab49a,dwp_uuid=f2b40164-cfea-11dc-9309-0000779fd2ac.html?o=%2Frss%2Findepth%2Foilhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/8cda145a-c3fe-11de-8de6-00144feab49a.htmlSaudi Arabia decided to drop the West Texas Intermediate oil contract as the benchmark for pricing its oil, dealing a blow to the New York Mercantile ExchangeWed, 28 Oct 2009 20:27:09 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/6cba2266-c21c-11de-be3a-00144feab49a,dwp_uuid=f2b40164-cfea-11dc-9309-0000779fd2ac.html?o=%2Frss%2Findepth%2Foilhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/6cba2266-c21c-11de-be3a-00144feab49a.htmlCrude prices fall as commodity markets move lower in response to stock market weakness and a rebound in the US dollarMon, 26 Oct 2009 22:34:52 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/a695ed2e-bdb4-11de-9f6a-00144feab49a,dwp_uuid=f2b40164-cfea-11dc-9309-0000779fd2ac.html?o=%2Frss%2Findepth%2Foilhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a695ed2e-bdb4-11de-9f6a-00144feab49a.htmlUS plans for an aggressive crackdown on energy speculation are in danger of unravelling, with leaders at the US commodity regulator raising doubts about proposed reformsTue, 20 Oct 2009 23:45:51 +0100http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/db355a80-bcd6-11de-a7ec-00144feab49a,dwp_uuid=f2b40164-cfea-11dc-9309-0000779fd2ac.html?o=%2Frss%2Findepth%2Foilhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/db355a80-bcd6-11de-a7ec-00144feab49a.htmlInventories are at their highest in decades as refineries scale back, writes Gregory Meyer Mon, 19 Oct 2009 19:06:10 +0100http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/6e85dd6a-bc04-11de-9426-00144feab49a,dwp_uuid=f2b40164-cfea-11dc-9309-0000779fd2ac.html?o=%2Frss%2Findepth%2Foilhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/6e85dd6a-bc04-11de-9426-00144feab49a.htmlNigeria plans to transfer 10 per cent of all its oil and gas ventures to the inhabitants of the oil-producing Niger Delta, in an attempt to end a rebellion that has hampered production in sub-Saharan Africa's leading energy supplierSun, 18 Oct 2009 23:37:30 +0100http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/9f3214fe-b823-11de-8ca9-00144feab49a,dwp_uuid=f2b40164-cfea-11dc-9309-0000779fd2ac.html?o=%2Frss%2Findepth%2Foilhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/9f3214fe-b823-11de-8ca9-00144feab49a.htmlIraq has given a consortium led by the Italian oil group the right to develop its giant Zubair field in a deal that signals the country's desire to attract the world's biggest oil companiesTue, 13 Oct 2009 19:22:22 +0100http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/60ef5f6e-b682-11de-8a28-00144feab49a,dwp_uuid=f2b40164-cfea-11dc-9309-0000779fd2ac.html?o=%2Frss%2Findepth%2Foilhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/60ef5f6e-b682-11de-8a28-00144feab49a.htmlMajor producers hope to persuade the government to ease tough new terms in draft legislation and are also locked in negotiations over leases to oil fields they have held for 40 yearsSun, 11 Oct 2009 17:56:34 +0100http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/5e616e02-b283-11de-b7d2-00144feab49a,dwp_uuid=f2b40164-cfea-11dc-9309-0000779fd2ac.html?o=%2Frss%2Findepth%2Foilhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/5e616e02-b283-11de-b7d2-00144feab49a.htmlThe US oil major is acquiring a stake in Ghana's Jubilee field for about $4bn, a deal that generates a five-fold return for Blackstone and Warburg Pincus, the private equity groups that own the holdingTue, 6 Oct 2009 16:56:43 +0100