Rio Tinto's £2.5 billion takeover target Riversdale Mining appoints three Rio executives to the board in the latest sign that the British giant's bid is getting close to completion... more
Anglo-Dutch oil giant Royal Dutch Shell is in talks with Woodside Petroleum about what it plans to do with its remaining 24% stake in the company... more
Oil giant Royal Dutch Shell sets out plans to raise $3.3 billion (£2 billion) by selling a third of its stake in Woodside Petroleum, one of Australia’s biggest oil and gas firms... more
The Valley is full of people who shift regularly between here and Mexico, from tech manufacturers running maquiladoras just across the border to regular working folks ... more
BHP Billiton, the world's biggest mining company, has a stack of cash burning a hole in its pocket and wants to spend it on a major acquisition... more
Energy: Oil and gas producer Woodside Petroleum insists it will not be forced into asset sales, and believes it can raise funds of up to $1.7 billion from the debt markets... more
Energy: Oil and gas producer Woodside Petroleum today warned that about £204 million will be wiped off this year’s profit as it puts its ambitious Californian project on hold and takes foreign exchange losses... more
Energy: Oil and gas producer Woodside Petroleum today warned that about A$430 million (£204.1 million) will be wiped off this year’s profit as it puts its ambitious Californian project on hold and takes foreign exchange losses.... more
Energy: Resources giant BHP Billiton says it has "outstanding" opportunities for growth in Australia's oil and gas sector and is assessing five major petroleum projects... more
Energy: The British-owned $1.2 billion (£679.52 million) Angel natural gas platform off Australia's north-west coast has begun production, with a daily capacity of 800 million cubic feet of gas... more
Energy: Oil and gas producer Woodside Petroleum, 34%-owned by Royal Dutch Shell, says a planned Australian carbon-trading scheme will more than double its operating costs on most projects... more
Oil and gas producer Woodside Petroleum, 34%-owned by Royal Dutch Shell, has seen first-half net profit rise 67% on higher crude prices and output from a new oil project off Australia’s northwest coast... more
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