Liverpool Daily Post - Tag - oil

Prospects for oil and mining firms remain uncertain

Liverpool Daily Post — Tue, 31 May 2011 23:00:00 GMT

YOU would think with petrol pump prices as high as they are, there is little scope for concern about the oil industry – but, actually, the sector is not having it all its own way.

Ryanair warns of rising fares as £1bn fuel bill set to increase

Liverpool Daily Post — Mon, 23 May 2011 08:16:00 GMT

Budget airline Ryanair warned today that surging oil prices will force average air fares up by 12% in the current financial year.

Oil price at all-time Sterling high

Liverpool Daily Post — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 08:25:00 GMT

Oil prices have hit an all-time high in sterling terms following a cocktail of supply pressures across Africa and the Middle East.

Fuel industry chiefs to grill Energy Secretary

Liverpool Daily Post — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 07:29:00 GMT

Energy Secretary Chris Huhne was meeting oil and gas industry representatives today over the tax hike in the Budget.

Maersk bounces back from worst-ever year to achieve record profits of £3.2bn

Liverpool Daily Post — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 08:48:00 GMT

SHIPPING and oil group AP Moller-Maersk has announced record profits for 2010 – just a year after produced the biggest losses in its history.

Anderson right to see through Cameron’s big con

Liverpool Daily Post — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 00:00:00 GMT

WHAT has happened in Manchester this week could well form the blueprint for what will happen in Liverpool shortly.

Easyjet losses widen on oil price shock

Liverpool Daily Post — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 09:31:00 GMT

Low-cost airline easyJet said last month’s snow chaos cost it £18 million and warned soaring fuel costs were expected to double half-year losses.

Matt Johnson: If it can happen to a giant like BP it could happen to anybody

Liverpool Daily Post — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 23:05:00 GMT

WHILE many of the world’s eyeballs are fixed firmly on the football, there will no doubt be an equal, or perhaps greater number, whose focus is on the oil crisis in the Gulf of Mexico.

Oil spill turns BP toxic as Fitch slashes its debt to lowest grade

Liverpool Daily Post — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 23:00:00 GMT

OIL giant BP reeled under another blow yesterday after a ratings agency slashed its debt to near-junk status amid fears over the catastrophic impact of the Gulf of Mexico spill on April 20.

BP share price slide hits UK pension funds

Liverpool Daily Post — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 13:07:00 GMT

The steep slide in BP’s share price is bad news for UK pension funds - the vast majority of which will hold a stake in the company.