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The European Commission investigation into the possible manipulation of energy price benchmarks has widened, with Brussels seeking new information from trading houses, the FT reports.
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NEW ORLEANS, May 16- The deadline for claims against BP Plc in connection with the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill is 11 months away, but the man responsible for paying the claims said on Thursday he is already bracing for a late surge in filings.
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European anti-trust investigators searched the offices of price agency Platts and at least one major oil company for a third day on Thursday, hunting for evidence of possible price manipulation on oil markets, witnesses said.
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BP PLC fell$. 23 or. 5 percent, to $42.75. ConocoPhillips rose$. 01 or percent, to $62.43. Exxon Mobil Corp. fell$. 54 or. 6 percent, to $90.70.
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*BP Arco station owners told sale could happen by June 1. HOUSTON/ WASHINGTON, May 16- Independent western U.S. refiner Tesoro Corp may take ownership of BP Plc's 240,000 barrel per day refinery in Carson, California, as early as June 1, sources familiar with the transaction said on Thursday.
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*Investigators at Platts in London for third day. LONDON, May 16- European anti-trust investigators searched the offices of price agency Platts and at least one major oil company for a third day on Thursday, hunting for evidence of possible price manipulation on oil markets, witnesses said.
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HOUSTON, May 16- Independent western U.S. refiner Tesoro Corp may take ownership of BP Plc's 240,000 barrel per day Carson, California, refinery, 800- station retail network and distribution and storage assets as early as June 1, said sources familiar with the transaction on Thursday.
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BP PLC fell$. 05 or. 1 percent, to $42.93. ConocoPhillips rose$. 10 or. 2 percent, to $62.52. Exxon Mobil Corp. fell$. 07 or. 1 percent, to $91.17.
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A shareholder coup at newly merged commodities group Glencore Xstrata ousted chairman Sir John Bond on Thursday, along with all other former directors from Xstrata.
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LONDON/ ZUG, Switzerland, May 16- A shareholder coup at newly merged commodities group Glencore Xstrata ousted its chairman and all former Xstrata directors on Thursday, replacing him with former BP boss Tony Hayward, excoriated for his role in the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.
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LONDON/ ZUG, Switzerland, May 16- A shareholder coup at newly merged commodities group Glencore Xstrata ousted chairman Sir John Bond on Thursday, along with all other former directors from Xstrata, replacing him with former BP boss Tony Hayward.
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LONDON, May 16- European anti-trust investigators on Thursday searched the offices of price agency Platts and at least one major oil company for a third day, hunting for evidence of possible price manipulation on oil markets, witnesses said.
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BP PLC fell$. 14 or. 3 percent, to $42.84. ConocoPhillips rose$. 22 or. 4 percent, to $62.64. Exxon Mobil Corp. fell$. 59 or. 6 percent, to $90.65.
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LONDON/ ZUG, Switzerland, May 16- Glencore bosses tightened their grip on the newly enlarged miner and trader on Thursday, as shareholders voted out all former Xstrata directors including the already outgoing chairman, replacing him with former BP boss Tony Hayward.
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LONDON, May 16- British oil company BP wants Prime Minister David Cameron to intervene with the U.S. government over the escalating cost of compensating U.S. companies for the Gulf of Mexico oil disaster in 2010, the BBC reported Thursday.
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BP PLC fell$. 13 or. 3 percent, to $42.98. ConocoPhillips fell$. 64 or 1.0 percent, to $62.42. Exxon Mobil Corp. rose$. 13 or. 1 percent, to $91.24.
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LONDON, May 15- A Hungarian ethanol producer said it alerted the European Commission over the role of price agency Platts in setting prices, feeding into an investigation of three major oil companies. Pannonia Ethanol, a recent entrant to Europe's ethanol market, on Wednesday became the first company to identify itself as having complained to Brussels.
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*BG Group, OGX, Total, BP among winners at Brazil auction. RIO DE JANEIRO, May 15- For the first time in nearly five years, Brazil's flagging oil industry has received serious interest from private investors.
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BP PLC fell$. 13 or. 3 percent, to $42.98. ConocoPhillips fell$. 63 or 1.0 percent, to $62.43. Exxon Mobil Corp. rose$. 04 or percent, to $91.15.
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*Fire on April 15 caused by high-voltage cable. LONDON/ NEW YORK, May 15- Angola's hopes of becoming this year's only major new liquefied natural gas supplier suffered another setback in April after fire occurred at its plant just hours before production was to begin.
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LONDON, May 15- A European investigation into alleged price rigging by major oil companies has drawn attention to leading price agency Platts and the way it sets oil price benchmarks. Authorities on Tuesday carried out a surprise inspection at Platts' London bureau as well as the offices of Royal Dutch Shell, BP and Statoil.