http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/2c803100-ecc2-11e4-b82f-00144feab7de.html#ixzz3YW3sP9Dw LOMBARD April 27, 2015 11:39 am BP shareholders need protecting from David Cameron Jonathan Guthrie/FT ©Reuters Call that a national champion? BP is a curious business to receive such a flattering title, via government protection from takeover. Its standout achievements in recent years have been dumping 200m barrels of oil in the Gulf of Mexico and allying itself... Continue Reading →

PetroChina, Sinopec Surge on Industry Merger Speculation By Aibing Guo / Bloomberg 1:31 AM BRT April 27, 2015 China Petroleum & Chemical Corp. (Sinopec) storage tanks stand in the Tsing Yi area of Hong Kong. Photographer: Jerome Favre/Bloomberg PetroChina Co. and China Petroleum & Chemical Corp., the nation’s two largest oil explorers, jumped by their... Continue Reading →

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/06a3207e-e901-11e4-87fe-00144feab7de.html#ixzz3YRMJcvFy April 26, 2015 5:45 pm UK government warns BP over potential takeover George Parker and Christopher Adams/FT ©Reuters The British government has told BP it would oppose any potential takeover of the company, which was seriously weakened by the huge bill incurred after the Gulf of Mexico Deepwater Horizon disaster five years ago. Amid wider consolidation... Continue Reading →

April 24, 2015 11:50 am The US shale revolution Ed Crooks/FT How it changed the world (and why nothing will ever be the same again) Last summer, Juan Ramos had four jobs; now he has none. A year ago, feeling frustrated and underpaid working in health insurance in Florida, he was stirred by stories of... Continue Reading →