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Higher gas prices and Brazil boost BG Group

26.07.11
BG Group, one of the UK's biggest gas producers, posts a 27% leap in profit in the second quarter, thanks to higher natural gas prices and more success in Brazil... more

BG doubles estimation of Brazilian oil and gas find

30.06.11
Gas producer BG says it has doubled its best estimate of its oil and gas reserves in Brazil's Santos basin to six billion barrels following new tests... more

North Sea oil tax and unrest in North Africa hit BG profits

10.05.11
Shares in gas and oil explorer BG Group slide almost 4% as the higher North Sea oil tax and North African political turmoil wipes $600 million (£366.7 million) off its first-quarter profit... more

Booming energy prices see BG Group beat City forecasts

08.02.11
BG Group, the exploring arm of the former British Gas, shows just how much it's cashing in on higher energy prices as its fourth-quarter profit rose 25%, even though its output was lower than the previous year... more

BG soars as Brazil oil well comes up trumps

26.01.11
BG has more good news from Brazil as the country's state-run oil giant Petrobras says a well it operates with the firm has found more crude ... more

Brazilian’s top finance role with BG Group

21.12.10
British gas producer BG Group confirms its Brazilian intent, appointing a former civil servant in the South American country as its new finance director... more

BG makes first offshore Chinese find

15.12.10
BG announces its first gas discovery off the Chinese coast... more

BG wins £4bn boost as more oil is revealed in Brazil

02.11.10
Explorer BG Group’s stake in three huge oil fields off the coast of Brazil could be worth up to £4 billion more than previously thought after a massive reserves upgrade... more

BG is starting its production at key Brazilian oilfield

28.10.10
Energy group BG begins production from one of its key oilfields in the new Klondike for offshore exploration, Brazil... more

Complacent and inadequate - BP is a warning to UK Plc

14.06.10
Comment: When the crisis over the Gulf of Mexico oil spill is over, BP and British business need to take a hard look at themselves... more

BG Group profits slip after global gas prices are hit

29.04.10
Profits at gas producer BG Group fall 5% as a glut in the global market hit prices... more

Eight ideas from London's top tipster

28.04.10
Our in-house expert can claim a few successes from the last issue. He has also been forced to confess to one dreadful failure... more

London Capital Group chief out as profit falls

25.02.10
Financial services firm London Capital Group reports a 46 per cent fall in profit and says chief executive Frank Chapman will step down... more

BG Group profits drop 38% as demand and prices fall

05.02.10
BG Group, the oil and gas exploration division hived off from the old British Gas, follows Shell and BP with disappointingly huge falls in profits... more

BG igniting again after energy price fall blow

28.10.09
Energy prices slumped this year as the global recession took hold, sending profits tumbling at gas and oil group BG ... more

British Airways hits turbulence as brokers say worst is yet to come

24.09.09
Shares in British Airways went into a tailspin today as UBS warned that the airline won't make a profit until 2012.... more

Credit Suisse puts Sky on shorting list and calls for change of strategy

24.09.09
The picture is getting shakier for BSkyB — so much so that Credit Suisse thinks it is a prime candidate to short ... more

BG beats BP with new ‘supergiant’ find in Brazil’s Santos Basin

09.09.09
The latest find by BG in the deep water off Brazil is a “supergiant” field and one which will outshine BP’s “giant” discovery last week in the Gulf of Mexico, the company said ... more

LCG spread profits down

18.08.09
London Capital Group, owner of spread betting outlets Capital Spread and ProSpreads as well as the operator of other financial betting sites like Paddy Power, has seen profits tumble in the first half as share markets stagnated ... more

BG forced to cut targets as oil and gas demand plummets

29.07.09
Energy explorer BG Group warned that it would miss production targets for the year as it revealed its wound from the falling cost of crude and gas ... more

Gas boost helps BG close gap on rivals

30.04.09
BG Group avoided the 60% profit crashes at larger rivals BP and Shell during the winter as it busied itself shipping liquefied natural gas supplies to the US and Europe ... more

BG shows its rivals way with spurt to £5.3 billion

05.02.09
Energy: BG Group put the tumbling quarterly profits at Royal Dutch Shell and BP in context as it increased earnings in the final three months of 2008, sending full-year profits up by 65%... more

BG ties up a £2bn deal for Queensland

28.10.08
BG Group, the third-biggest UK oil and gas producer, has finally sealed a deal to buy Aussie firm Queensland Gas for £2bn... more

BG ties up £2bn Queensland deal

28.10.08
BG Group, the third-biggest UK oil and gas producer, has finally sealed a deal to buy Australian firm Queensland Gas for A$5.2 billion... more

BG on the climb after huge oil find off Brazil

11.09.08
Energy: A major new oil discovery nearly four miles deep under the South Atlantic sent shares in British explorer BG soaring... more

Gas explorer BG gives up on Origin bid

09.09.08
Energy: Gas giant BG Group has thrown in the towel in its tilt at Australian energy company Origin, after being faced with having to double its bid... more

BG Group faces fight for Aussie fuel giant

24.07.08
The battle to secure worldwide gas resources could see Britain's BG Group find itself in a bruising multibillion pound bidding war with the Chinese for the coal-gas assets of Australia's Origin Energy... more

BG Group turns hostile with £7bn offer for Origin

24.06.08
BG Group, the exploration arm of the old British Gas, goes hostile with its near-£7 billion takeover bid for Australia's Origin Energy... more

Pressure grows on Origin as BG 'increases offer to £6.3bn'

28.05.08
BG is reported to have increased its takeover offer for Australian gas giant Origin Energy to more than £6 billion... more

BG profits shoot up by 70% to £1.4 billion

30.04.08
Natural gas producer BG Group reports booming profits... more


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