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Torgrim Reitan, CFO of Statoil, tells CNBC that earnings and production are growing significantly and 2012 was the best exploration year for the company since 1997.
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A consortium that deals with security issues is warning about possible threats to oil installations in Libya.
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Neil Atkinson, director of Energy Research & Analysis at Datamonitor, tells CNBC that BP are talking about suspending drilling activities in Libya following the terrorist attack in Algeria.
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Tony Nash, Managing Director, IHS discusses the ground level risks that energy firms face. He says companies are taking a more disciplined and methodological approach to risk.
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TOKYO, Jan 27- Support for Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's government rose by 4.7 percentage points to two-thirds of voters in the month since his Liberal Democratic Party returned to power, a poll by the Kyodo news agency showed on Sunday.
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The biggest mistake the energy industry makes is to ignore regional and geopolitical dynamics. It's complicated, and the corporate world doesn't have the patience for it.
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OTTAWA, Jan 24- Canadian police are in Algeria looking for evidence that Canadian citizens were involved in last week's attack and hostage-taking at a desert gas plant, a government official said on Thursday. "I can confirm that they are on the ground," the official told Reuters when asked whether members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police were in Algeria.
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*North Africa likely to suffer oil investment slowdown. This would inevitably mean a big rise in costs, Kuzayev said at the gathering held on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos.
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LONDON, Jan 24- Most analysts and journalists still draw a sharp distinction between the production of oil and gas from conventional fields and from unconventional resources such as shale. The reality is more complex. In practice it is not easy to tell where conventional petroleum production ends and unconventional production begins.
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BENGHAZI, Libya, Jan 23- At a construction site on Benghazi's waterfront, engineer Seraj Bushada proudly points to a giant hole in the ground that will make way for a 48- floor office tower that city officials hope will help transform part of this port city into a modern business district.
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LONDON, Jan 23- Algeria's swift use of lethal force against Islamist fighters who seized one of its main gas fields raised concerns in the West but came as no surprise at home and showed clearly how the government would respond to future jihadist attacks.
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Lord Malloch-Brown, EMEA chairman of FTI Consulting, tells CNBC that the revival of the centrist vote in Israel is 'good news' but a weaker Netanyahu may become a 'prisoner' of the right.
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*Italy's Eni, Spain's Repsol operate in area. TRIPOLI, Jan 23- Libya has strengthened its oil protection force in southwestern oilfields near the Algerian border after the In Amenas attack in its neighbour. Libyan oilfields, like Italy's Eni's El Feel and Spain's Repsol's Sharara, are several hundred miles away.
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*Canada summons envoy to make request for information. OTTAWA, Jan 22- Canada wants to see Algeria's evidence for saying that last week's attack and hostage-taking at a desert gas plant was coordinated by a Canadian militant, a government official said on Tuesday. "Canada summoned the Algerian ambassador to Canada to make that point directly," he added.
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Brent crude rose above $112 a barrel on Tuesday, after Japan pledged to pump in more money to boost its economy.
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LONDON, Jan 22- Oil rose above $112 a barrel on Tuesday, after Japan pledged to pump more money into its economy, adding to positive growth signals from the U.S. and China, the world's top oil consumers. China is on track to recover from its longest growth slowdown since the global financial crisis, while data from the United States has improved.
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LONDON, Jan 22- Oil rose to $112 a barrel on Tuesday, after Japan pledged to pump more money into its economy, adding to positive growth signals from the United States and China, the world's top oil consumers. China is on track to recover from its longest growth slowdown since the global financial crisis, while data from the United States has improved.
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SINGAPORE, Jan 22- Brent crude rose above $112 a barrel on Tuesday, after Japan pledged to pump in more money to boost its economy, adding to positive growth signals from the United States and China in past weeks. China is on track to recover from its longest growth slowdown since the global financial crisis, while data from the United States has improved.
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SINGAPORE, Jan 22- Brent crude rose to near $112 a barrel on Tuesday, after Japan pledged to pump in more money to boost its economy, adding to positive growth signals from the United States and China in past weeks. China is on track to recover from its longest growth slowdown since the global financial crisis, while economic data from the United States has improved.
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*Algeria vows to fight al Qaeda after 38 killed in gas plant siege. SINGAPORE, Jan 22- Brent crude edged up near $112 a barrel on Tuesday as Japan was expected to pump in more money to boost its economy, adding to positive growth signals from the United States and China in past weeks.
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SINGAPORE, Jan 22- U.S. crude futures eased on Tuesday amid lingering investor worries that global supply will outpace demand as it did last year despite unrest in key producing regions such as the Middle East and North Africa.