OSLO, Jan 31- Norway's ruling Labour Party is set to support oil exploration off a pristine northern archipelago, bringing to a head controversy over drilling in the Arctic in the run up to elections this year.
LONDON, Jan 30- BP said it was reorganizing its core oil and gas production unit, continuing a move back to the model it had before the Gulf of Mexico oil spill and helping free Chief Executive Bob Dudley from direct oversight of drilling operations.
NEW YORK-- Transocean Ltd. shares rose Monday on news that billionaire investor Carl Icahn boosted his stake in the oil drilling company and said he plans to push for it to declare a dividend of at least $4 a share.
*Greenpeace activists stage stunts against Arctic oil drilling. *Oxfam head warns NGOs risk co-option by business.
PITTSBURGH-- The former controller of a natural gas drilling company pleaded guilty Wednesday to helping the company's former chief operating officer steal more than $5.4 million from the western Pennsylvania business _ including $557,000 she kept for herself.
Jan 18- Schlumberger Ltd reported fourth-quarter earnings just ahead of recently reduced expectations on Friday on strong demand for oil and gas drilling services beyond the shores of North America.
*Review follows grounding of Shell rig in Alaska. WASHINGTON, Jan 8- The U.S. Interior Department said on Tuesday it will review Royal Dutch Shell's 2012 Arctic oil drilling program to assess the challenges the company faced and to help guide future permitting in the region.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Jan 7- A recovery team has refloated a Shell oil drilling rig that ran aground last week near an Alaska island and stands ready to start towing it on Monday, weather permitting.