MOSCOW, May 2- Russia's oil output edged up to 10.47 million barrels per day in April from 10.46 million in March, helped by a ramp-up of projects led by foreign majors, but natural gas production fell by almost 5 percent on sluggish demand.
MOSCOW, May 2- Oil output from Russia, the world's biggest producer, edged up to 10.47 million barrels per day in April from 10.46 million bpd in March, but natural gas production fell by almost 5 percent on the back of sluggish demand. In tonnes, Russia's crude production was 42.836 million last month, Energy Ministry data showed on Thursday.
NEW YORK, May 1- Russian oil company Lukoil. The venture was formed through Litasco, Lukoil's international trading arm, and will be known as Lukoil Pan Americas LLC. A Lukoil representative in New York did not immediately return a request for comment.
The notes are issued by a wholly owned subsidiary of OAO LUKOIL and benefit from a guarantee from LUKOIL. A full list of LUKOIL's ratings is at the end of this release. LUKOIL is Russia's largest private integrated oil and gas company, with total hydrocarbon production of 2.17 million barrels of oil equivalent per day in 2012 excluding equity affiliates.
By Raushan Nurshayeva and Mariya Gordeyeva. ASTANA/ ALMATY, April 29- Kazakhstan, partner and main financial controller in a consortium developing the Karachaganak oil and gas condensate field, put the $14.5 billion third stage of the project on hold indefinitely. Kazakhstan received the right to control the venture's costs.
HONG KONG, April 29- The following are some of the major companies planning initial public offerings and new listings on the Hong Kong stock exchange. **May15 China Galaxy 1,570 N/A China Galaxy, 1,500 2013 Securities Goldman, JPMorgan.
MOSCOW, April 29- Russia's Finance Ministry plans to propose gradually cutting oil export duty and increasing the mineral extraction tax from 2014 to make the domestic tax system more balanced, a senior official told reporters.
*Closes sale of its interest in Russia. *Says has completed the sale of 100 percent of its Russian subsidiary. Samara-Nafta to Lukoil for a total consideration of $2.05 billion.
Jan 29- Jefferies Group Inc paid Chief Executive Richard Handler $45.2 million in 2012, making him one of Wall Street's most highly compensated executives, according to a securities filing on Tuesday. Handler's pay package included $1 million in salary, a $5 million bonus and $39 million in stock grants that would cover 2013 to 2015, according to the filing.
Jan 29- Jefferies Group Inc paid Chief Executive Richard Handler $45.2 million in 2012, making him one of Wall Street's most highly compensated executives, according to a securities filing on Tuesday. Handler's pay package included $1 million in salary, a $5 million bonus and $39 million in stock grants for the next three years, according to the filing.
*Offer is two-thirds cash, values Knight at $3.75 per share. NEW YORK, Dec 18- Getco Holding Company LLC will buy Knight Capital Group for about $2 billion after sweetening its offer for the equities market-making firm to beat out rival Virtu Financial LLC, people close to the deal said.
TORONTO/ LONDON, Dec 17- Shares of Inmet Mining Corp jumped Monday after First Quantum Minerals Ltd sweetened its offer for its Canadian rival to C $5.1 billion and said it was taking the deal directly to shareholders in a bid to control one of the world's largest untapped copper deposits.
NEW YORK, Dec 13- Stock exchange operator Nasdaq OMX is cancelling a series of premarket trades that resulted in wild price swings in a number of stocks on Thursday, including Citigroup and Hewlett-Packard, the exchange said in a statement. "We have no comment further than our ruling," said Robert Madden, a Nasdaq OMX spokesman.