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"FT" and "Financial Times" are trademarks of the Financial Times.support@ft.comThu, 3 Jul 2008 12:42 BSTMon, 07 Jul 2008 04:05:15 BSTNewspapers15http://news.ft.com/cms/d1f3ce1a-6bbe-11da-bb53-0000779e2340.gif/lex/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/2/b68454b4-48f3-11dd-9a5f-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/b68454b4-48f3-11dd-9a5f-000077b07658.htmlPoliticians find it easier to blame speculators rather than telling voters to reduce consumption Thu, 3 Jul 2008 12:42 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/1/62d4bdf2-4747-11dd-93ca-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/1/62d4bdf2-4747-11dd-93ca-000077b07658.htmlWith each passing day, the Aim listing of Sibir Energy, the integrated oil company, looks all the more incongruousTue, 1 Jul 2008 19:53 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/1/3b6a79d0-4609-11dd-9009-0000779fd2ac.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/1/3b6a79d0-4609-11dd-9009-0000779fd2ac.htmlIs the boring but dependable utility sector still the best place for your money during a downturn? If nothing else the annual dividend would soothe the pain of household power billsMon, 30 Jun 2008 09:38 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/7ae4503c-4423-11dd-b151-0000779fd2ac.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/7ae4503c-4423-11dd-b151-0000779fd2ac.htmlThe current oil shock has as much to do with bad luck - and that includes man-made luck – as with geologyFri, 27 Jun 2008 15:03 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/1/60f6dfe2-4292-11dd-81d0-0000779fd2ac.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/1/60f6dfe2-4292-11dd-81d0-0000779fd2ac.htmlThe chairmanship of Britain's second-largest company should represent the pinnacle of a career but the role needs to be sold aggressivelyWed, 25 Jun 2008 20:23 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/1/48e68f76-41c8-11dd-a5e8-0000779fd2ac.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/1/48e68f76-41c8-11dd-a5e8-0000779fd2ac.htmlWith cost pressures on the up and economic growth moderating, investor anxiety has seen mining shares fall 15 per cent over the past monthTue, 24 Jun 2008 11:19 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/1/397774d2-41c9-11dd-a5e8-0000779fd2ac.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/1/397774d2-41c9-11dd-a5e8-0000779fd2ac.htmlBG Group of the UK on Tuesday ripped apart Origin Energy's reasons for rebuffing its earlier $13.1bn offerTue, 24 Jun 2008 10:14 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/1/6f85023a-4136-11dd-9661-0000779fd2ac.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/1/6f85023a-4136-11dd-9661-0000779fd2ac.htmlWith their dependable dividends and non-discretionary wares, utilities make a natural refuge in rocky markets Tue, 24 Jun 2008 09:44 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/1/563be4f8-4085-11dd-bd48-0000779fd2ac.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/1/563be4f8-4085-11dd-bd48-0000779fd2ac.htmlChina's urbanisation, shifting millions of farmhands into factories, is a big reason why the oil price has risen sixfold over the past 10 years. China is not about to send everyone back to the landSun, 22 Jun 2008 19:19 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/1/74d4f4c0-3c4a-11dd-b958-0000779fd2ac.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/1/74d4f4c0-3c4a-11dd-b958-0000779fd2ac.htmlBen Bernanke and King Abdullah both have good reasons for wanting the oil price to come down from almost $140 a barrelTue, 17 Jun 2008 19:18 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/1/1c69e582-3b02-11dd-b1a1-0000779fd2ac.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/1/1c69e582-3b02-11dd-b1a1-0000779fd2ac.htmlYou might think that with petrol in the US costing more than $4 a gallon it would be a great time to be selling the stuff. So why is ExxonMobil disposing of 2,200 service stations?Mon, 16 Jun 2008 09:59 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/1/1d420620-3791-11dd-aabb-0000779fd2ac.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/1/1d420620-3791-11dd-aabb-0000779fd2ac.htmlOn Wednesday, Rio Tinto revealed that it had received a letter from the president's office in Guinea questioning the validity of its Simandou iron-ore concession. It is bad timing for Rio Wed, 11 Jun 2008 20:13 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/1/3050f376-36c8-11dd-bc1c-0000779fd2ac.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/1/3050f376-36c8-11dd-bc1c-0000779fd2ac.htmlIndonesia's number two coal miner racked up the archipelago's biggest ever IPO – but effectively froze local mutual funds and foreign investors out of the $1.3bn offeringTue, 10 Jun 2008 23:51 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/1/d8c36fd0-3582-11dd-998d-0000779fd2ac.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/1/d8c36fd0-3582-11dd-998d-0000779fd2ac.htmlThe decision by Congress to stop adding oil to the US Strategic Petroleum Reserve, criticised by many as a sop to drivers, was the right thing to doSun, 8 Jun 2008 19:07 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/1/2e5fd36c-3082-11dd-bc93-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/1/2e5fd36c-3082-11dd-bc93-000077b07658.htmlIt is hard not to be blinded by the prospects presented by solar power. Clean and reliable energy would solve a host of the world's problems and could make investors a handsome returnTue, 3 Jun 2008 00:12 BST