MELBOURNE, May 13 (Reuters) - BHP Billiton Ltd/Plc , in a hostile bid to buy rival Rio Tinto Ltd/Plc, said on Tuesday it wants to beef up its oil and gas business through acquisitions. Ideally, the ...

PERTH, July 23 (Reuters) - BHP Billiton Ltd/Plc reported a 54 percent rise in oil and condensate production in the fourth quarter from a year earlier, including record quarterly petroleum output, as ...

"We're dramatically reducing the time it takes our engineers to reconcile invoices without having to make significant changes in our business processes," said Yusuf Dalal, World Drilling Finance ...

Fugro has been awarded a contract by BHP Billiton Petroleum Pty Ltd for the Pyrenees Phase 3 Installation Project. The Pyrenees development is located offshore Western Australia, in approximately 200 ...

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Australia’s Woodside Petroleum is set to acquire BHP’s entire petroleum business via an all-stock merger that will create a company with a combined market capitalisation of up to A$41 billion (US$29.9 ...

We reduce our fair value estimate for no-moat BHP Group to AUD 36 per share from AUD 44 following the merger of its petroleum business with no-moat Woodside Energy. The 48% shareholding in Woodside ...

The world's biggest resources company gave an upbeat commentary on future demand from developing countries. "Despite ongoing uncertainty in the developed world, BHP Billiton remains positive on the ...

Esso Australia Resources and BHP Billiton Petroleum reported an oil and gas discovery with their South East Remora-1 wildcat drilled in the Gippsland basin about 35 km off Victoria in Bass Strait.

Revenue from the oil and gas operations of Australia-based BHP Billiton has soared 22.3% in the 2010-2011 financial year, with the company generating $10.74 billion on the back of higher oil ...

PERTH (miningweekly.com) – Energy major Woodside has reported a 60% increase in production during the June quarter, and a 51% increase in sales volumes following the integration of the BHP petroleum ...

The deep water offshore Trinidad and Tobago represents the possibility of a “Tier 1” prospect for BHP Billiton Petroleum (BHPB), David Rainey, president of exploration, told delegates early last week ...