Oil Giant BP Reports Increase in 3Q
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BP PLC reported an 11 percent increase in production for the third quarter on Monday, which may help its profit results over the same period.
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PeopleSoft Inc. (PSFT.O: Quote, Profile, Research) on Monday forecast third-quarter revenue would exceed Wall Street expectations, helped by an increase in customers making larger orders for its business software.
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Shares in the French oil major Total gained in early trading after the company revealed stronger-than-expected growth at its refining and chemical operations, pushing third quarter net profit above consensus forecasts.
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British oil giant BP said its average daily production for 2004 was expected to be around 3.995 million barrels of oil equivalent, an increase of more than 10 percent compared with a year earlier.
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BP could be forced to raise capital spending by $1.5bn (Â£820,000) next year because of sharply rising steel prices and increased competition for drilling rig services as oil companies lift investment to record levels.
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British energy giant BP&#39;s third-quarter revenues are set to be &quot;dreadful,&quot; the company&#39;s chief executive Tony Hayward told a meeting of BP employees in Houston, the Financial Times reported in an early edition of its Tuesday paper.
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Oil prices rose to near $63 a barrel   on Friday, after BP Plc shut in output at an oil field in   Alaska and OPEC members Nigeria and Venezuela pledged to cut   production.
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SINGAPORE -- Crude oil futures rose to a record for a third day Monday, surpassing $55 in New York on speculation US demand for heating oil will deplete inventories this winter.
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BP's annual profits rise 26% to $16.2bn (Â£8.7bn) as the firm benefits from soaring oil prices.
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U.S. stocks rose on Wednesday as the government raised its estimate of third-quarter economic growth, while shares of Exxon Mobil Corp.  and telecoms advanced on expectations of solid profits.
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British energy giant BP said that overall production of its oil products during the third quarter was expected to rise by 11 percent from the equivalent figure last year, helped by its Russian operations.
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Oil prices climbed above &#36;42 a barrel on Wednesday, rising for the third day in a row as the heavy consuming U.S. Northeast feels the first chills of winter.
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British energy giant BP PLC said Wednesday that oil and gas production rose 4 percent in the fourth quarter of 2004, largely due to higher output from Russia, but added that higher taxes there would take a chunk out of earnings.
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BP's annual profits rise 26% to $16.2bn (Â£8.7bn) as the company benefits from soaring oil prices.
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U.S. stocks rose sharply on Wednesday as shares of Exxon Mobil Corp. and other energy-related companies climbed on rising oil prices, and after the U.S. government raised its estimate of third-quarter economic growth.
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PeopleSoft Inc.  on Monday forecast third-quarter revenue would exceed Wall Street expectations, helped by an increase in customers making larger orders for its business software.
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By Christopher Hope, Business Correspondent (Filed: 23/09/2004). Shell pledged yesterday to spend more cash on finding oil and gas over the next three years as the world&#39;s third largest oil company admitted