en-us Reuters) - Santa came early for Wall Street this year by delivering a 22 percent return for 2009, and with just a handful of trading days to go, stock investors aren't expecting to find much more under the tree.While it may be slow going in the...]]> Fri, 18 Dec 2009 16:15:09 -0800 CAG MU WAG CAG,MU,WAG Reuters UK) - Iraq, emerging from the shadows of war, expects to boost its oil output to rival the level of top producer Saudi Arabia after awarding some of its most attractive oilfields to global energy companies this week.At the end of a two-day...]]> Thu, 17 Dec 2009 02:33:02 -0800 Reuters UK) - Iraq, emerging from the shadows of war, expects to boost its oil output to rival the level of top producer Saudi Arabia after awarding some of its most attractive oilfields to global energy companies this week.At the end of a two-day...]]> Thu, 17 Dec 2009 02:31:18 -0800 Reuters UK) - If all of Iraq's oil deals get off the ground, it will need scores of drilling rigs, thousands of tonnes of cement and steel, many miles of pipeline and tens of thousands of trained and qualified workers.The potential workload for oil service firms...]]> Thu, 17 Dec 2009 01:52:23 -0800 Reuters UK) - The threat of bombs and violence will compete with the lure of some of the world's most promising oilfields when oil majors fly into Baghdad this week to bid in Iraq's second auction of contracts since the U.S. invasion.The risks, nearly...]]> Thu, 17 Dec 2009 01:01:12 -0800 CVX XOM RDSA CVX,XOM,RDSA Reuters) - Critics said the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq said was driven by oil, but United States oil majors were largely absent from an Iraqi auction of oil deals snapped up instead by Russian, Chinese and other firms.Iraqi officials said this proved their independence from U.S....]]> Wed, 16 Dec 2009 22:19:40 -0800 XOM OXY XOM,OXY Reuters) - Japan Petroleum Exploration Co Japex and Petronas of Malaysia PETR will jointly invest a total of about $7 billion to develop Iraq's Gharaf oilfield, the Nikkei business daily reported on Sunday.Oil Minister Hussain al-Shahristani said on Saturday the two firms had won a deal to develop...]]> Wed, 16 Dec 2009 22:19:07 -0800 Reuters) - Critics said the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq said was driven by oil, but United States oil majors were largely absent from an Iraqi auction of oil deals snapped up instead by Russian, Chinese and other firms.Iraqi officials said this proved their independence from U.S....]]> Wed, 16 Dec 2009 22:17:33 -0800 XOM OXY XOM,OXY Reuters) - Royal Dutch Shell and Malaysia's Petronas on Friday won the rights to develop one of the world's largest remaining untapped oilfields as Iraq staged its second auction of oil contracts since the 2003 U.S. invasion.The companies proposed a fee of just $1.39...]]> Wed, 16 Dec 2009 22:00:56 -0800 CVX XOM RDSA CVX,XOM,RDSA Mon, 14 Dec 2009 12:54:05 -0800 Sun, 13 Dec 2009 18:00:00 -0800 Fri, 11 Dec 2009 13:06:46 -0800 Fri, 11 Dec 2009 03:22:56 -0800 Fri, 11 Dec 2009 02:51:17 -0800 Thu, 10 Dec 2009 18:00:00 -0800 Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:44:09 -0700 BCS HRS BCS,HRS Mon, 26 Oct 2009 02:45:33 -0700 Fri, 16 Oct 2009 10:51:09 -0700 HAL HAL Sun, 04 Oct 2009 16:19:14 -0700 Thu, 20 Aug 2009 19:00:00 -0700