Chesapeake Energy to acquire BRG Petroleum for $325 million
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NEW YORK, December 27  - Chesapeake Energy (CHK.NYS) announced today that it has agreed to acquire privately held BRG Petroleum Corp for $325 million in cash.
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BP said it had agreed to buy Chevronâs manufacturing company in the Netherlands, Texaco Raffinaderij Pernis, for about $900 million, excluding working capital and hydrocarbon inventory. BP will acquire Chevronâs 31 percent minority shareholding in the Netherlands Refining Company as well as Chevronâs stake in the jointly owned wind farm located at the refinery; shareholdings in the nearby crude oil terminal and storage facility; and a number of associated pipelines. The deal, which is expected to be completed during the first half of the year, would make the refinery a 100 percent BP- owned asset.
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Oil major BP will pay $373 million to settle U.S. charges stemming from a deadly Texas refinery explosion and an Alaska oil spill, as well as allegations it manipulated propane markets, the government said on Thursday.
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MOSCOW Gazprom, the leading Russian gas company, said Tuesday that it would buy one of the country&#39;s largest oil producers, a move that forms a state-controlled energy juggernaut and signals the first step toward ending a ban on foreign ownership of
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BreitBurn Energy Partners is buying natural gas assets in the Midwest from Quicksilver Resources for $1.45 billion, a deal that will cut the stake that BreitBurnâs major shareholder has in the partnership.
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Warren Buffett's Berkshire  Hathaway Inc(BRKa.N)(BRKb.N), in its second acquisition this  week, agreed to buy the NRG NV reinsurance unit of ING Group NV   for about 300 million euros ($441 million).
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Noble Energy Inc. said Thursday it was acquiring Patina Oil Gas Corp. in a deal valued at $3.4 billion including the assumption of debt, helping it expand into the Rockies and mid-continent.
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Oil and natural gas producer Cimarex Energy Co. said on Wednesday that it will acquire oil exploration company Magnum Hunter Resources Inc. for roughly &#36;1.5 billion plus the assumption of &#36;645 million in debt.
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France's Compagnie Generale de   Geophysique (CGG) GEPH.PA agreed on Tuesday to buy   Texas-based Veritas DGC Inc. in a $3.1 billion deal that will   make it the world's biggest listed provider of seismic surveys.
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Media company Cox Enterprises Inc. said Tuesday it will take cable operator Cox Communications Inc. private, agreeing to purchase the 38 percent stake in the company that it doesn&#39;t already own for $34.
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Public Service Enterprise Group, owner of the state&#39;s biggest gas and electric utility, yesterday agreed to be acquired by Exelon in a $12.2 billion deal that would create the nation&#39;s biggest
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U.S. conglomerate General Electric  has agreed to buy British oilfield services firm Sondex  for 288.7 million pounds ($583.1 million) in cash, the two firms said on Monday.
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Loews Corp. , a conglomerate, said on Monday it will buy gas exploration and production assets in three states from Dominion Resources Inc.  for $4.025 billion in cash, betting on rising natural gas prices as it diversifies its revenue stream.
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China Petroleum &amp; Chemical Corp., Asia&#39;s largest oil refiner, offered HK$3.8 billion ($492 million) to buy shares of Sinopec Beijing Yanhua Petrochemical Co.
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Enbridge Inc. (ENB) will buy Shell&#39;s Gulf of Mexico natural gas pipelines for $613 million in a move that will make it a major transporter in the huge gas-producing area, Canada&#39;s No.
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A Chevron Corp.-led CVX.N group said   on Tuesday it successfully drilled a widely watched exploration   well in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico, sparking hopes it could be   among the biggest U.S. oil discoveries recently.
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Power company Dominion Resources Inc. said Monday that its electric utility unit agreed to buy a North Carolina plant for $40.2 million in cash plus the assumption $60.5 million in debt and associated costs.