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ConocoPhillips

ConocoPhillips (Public, NYSE:COP) is an international, integrated energy company.

The Company’s business is organized into six segments. Exploration and Production (E&P) segment explores for, produces and markets crude oil, natural gas and natural gas liquids. Midstream segment gathers, processes and markets natural gas produced by ConocoPhillips and others, and fractionates and markets natural gas liquids. Midstream segment consists of its 50% equity investment in DCP Midstream, LLC. Refining and Marketing (R&M) segment purchases, refines, markets and transports crude oil and petroleum products. LUKOIL Investment segment consists of its equity investment in the ordinary shares of OAO LUKOIL. Chemicals segment manufactures and markets petrochemicals and plastics and consists of its 50% equity investment in Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LLC (CPChem). Emerging Businesses segment includes the Company’s investment in new technologies or businesses outside its scope of operations.

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Articles About ConocoPhillips

The US Department of Energy
Natural Gas Export Terminal Lights Burning Debate

By Industry Leaders Magazine

Ever since the boom in natural gas, US energy prices have revised substantially, but have also sparked fears of great environmental harm. Currently, the technique used to unlock huge reserves of natural gas is called FRACKING and is widely criticized by environmentalists. (May 21)

MORE TOPICS: MANUFACTURING

Workers carry out a practice drill in case of a hydrogen sulfide leak at a natural gas appraisal well of Sinopec in Langzhong county, Sichuan province March 1, 2011. China, which has by far the world?s largest shale deposits, has just started to exploit t
Shale Gas: International Firms Tap Into China’s Lucrative Market

By IBTimes UK

IBTimes UK takes a look at foreign firms taking advantage of China’s shale gas sector (May 17)

MORE TOPICS: CHINA, CHEVRON, RUSSIA, UKRAINE

The Energy Report - There President is starting to get it!

By Price Futures Group

I almost could not believe what I was hearing. The President touting the boom in US energy and manufacturing boom and said that we can't get in the way with needless regulation. President Obama's Jobs Tour in Texas, the home of "Big Oi... (May 10)

MORE TOPICS: MICROSOFT, S&P, EXXON MOBIL, CHEVRON, CRUDE OIL, MANUFACTURING

50,000 Australians Got Hired in April, Up By 5.5% From March
Australian Job Market: 50,000 Got Hired in April, Up by 5.5% from March

By IBTimes AU

Australian employers took in some 50,100 workers in April, hinting optimism the country continues to be resilient against the global fiscal economy. (May 09)

MORE TOPICS: UNEMPLOYMENT, HSBC, CHEVRON, AUSTRALIA, RETAIL

A Walmart store. Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE: WMT) is being sued by CalSTRS over allegations of bribery by the company's Mexican subsidiary.
Wal-Mart Regains No.1 Post in Fortune 500 List for 2012

By IBTimes AU

Because of its low prices that attracted American consumers who were still reeling from the prolonged recession, Wal-Mart Stores regained the number 1 ranking in the Fortune 500 list for 2012. (May 08)

MORE TOPICS: CHINA, GENERAL MOTORS, WAL-MART, GENERAL ELECTRIC, EXXON MOBIL, CHEVRON

KazMunaiGas eyes $10 billion investment to boost reserves

By Reuters UK

State-run KazMunaiGas, Kazakhstan's second-largest oil producer, will invest 1.5 trillion tenge (6.3 billion pounds) in exploration in the next 10 years as it aims to nearly double its reserves of crude oil and gas condensate, the company's head said on Monday. (Apr 29)

MORE TOPICS: CHINA, CRUDE OIL, RUSSIA, INVESTMENT, LONDON

KazMunaiGas eyes $10 bln investment to boost reserves

By Reuters

State-run KazMunaiGas, Kazakhstan's second-largest oil producer, will invest 1.5 trillion tenge ($9.9 billion) in exploration in the next 10 years as it aims to nearly double its reserves of crude oil and gas condensate, the company's head said on Monday. (Apr 29)

MORE TOPICS: CHINA, CRUDE OIL, RUSSIA, INVESTMENT, LONDON

Crude Oil, Gold Rise as UK GDP Boosts Risk Appetite

By DailyFX

Commodity prices are on the upswing as risk appetite firms across financial markets in the wake of better-than-expected UK GDP figures. Cycle-sensitive crude oil and copper prices are following stocks higher while gold and silver are finding support on ebbing haven demand for the US Dollar. (Apr 25)

MORE TOPICS: GOLD, EXXON MOBIL, CRUDE OIL, TWITTER, GOLD PRICES, GDP

Stock index futures signal slightly higher open

By Reuters

Stock index futures pointed to a higher open on Wall Street on Thursday, with futures for the S&P 500 up 0.04 percent, Dow Jones futures up 0.16 percent and Nasdaq 100 futures up 0.15 percent at 4 a.m. ET. (Apr 25)

MORE TOPICS: VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC., GENERAL MOTORS, DOW JONES, EXXON MOBIL, SAMSUNG, JAPAN

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BP & Partners are to Invest $500m in North Sea’s Clair Field

By Industry Leaders Magazine

On the 28th of March, it was made public that an oil consortium led by BP Plc would plow as much as $500 million in an appraisal drilling project in the Clair field near Shetlands Islands. The investment is expected to bring many benefits to North Sea oil sector. (Apr 02)

MORE TOPICS: CHEVRON, CLIMATE CHANGE, BP PLC, INVESTMENT