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<title>BG Group shares rise on bid talk -traders</title>
<link>http://www.iii.co.uk/investment/detail?code=cotn:BG-.L&amp;display=news&amp;action=article&amp;articleid=7799067&amp;from=rss</link>
<description>LONDON, March 18 (Reuters) - Shares in British gas producer BG Group rose 1.8 percent in morning trade on Thursday on market talk of Exxon Mobil's interest in the company, traders said. 
       BG Group declined to comment on the talk. Exxon was not immediately available for comments. 
       Rumours...</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 11:18:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>BG Group - Director/PDMR Shareholding</title>
<link>http://www.iii.co.uk/investment/detail?code=cotn:BG-.L&amp;display=news&amp;action=article&amp;articleid=7795047&amp;from=rss</link>
<description>RNS Number : 6704I
  BG GROUP plc
  16 March 2010
   

BG Group plc

Notification of Interests in Shares

The Company has been notified that, today, the following Non-Executive Directors acquired the number of BG Group ordinary shares (Shares) shown against their name at a price of £11.78 per Share.

These...</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>UPDATE 2-Arrow to reject Shell, PetroChina $3 bln bid - paper</title>
<link>http://www.iii.co.uk/investment/detail?code=cotn:BG-.L&amp;display=news&amp;action=article&amp;articleid=7791459&amp;from=rss</link>
<description>By Fayen Wong 

PERTH, March 15 (Reuters) - Australia's Arrow Energy is set to reject as too low a $3 billion joint takeover offer from Royal Dutch Shell and PetroChina, a newspaper reported, a move that could prompt the bidders to return with a higher, hostile bid. 
       A stream of analysts' comments...</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 06:52:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>UPDATE 2-Arrow to reject Shell, PetroChina $3 bln bid - paper</title>
<link>http://www.iii.co.uk/investment/detail?code=cotn:BG-.L&amp;display=news&amp;action=article&amp;articleid=7791458&amp;from=rss</link>
<description>By Fayen Wong 

PERTH, March 15 (Reuters) - Australia's Arrow Energy is set to reject as too low a $3 billion joint takeover offer from Royal Dutch Shell and PetroChina, a newspaper reported, a move that could prompt the bidders to return with a higher, hostile bid. 
       A stream of analysts' comments...</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 06:51:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>BG makes oil find off Norway - directorate</title>
<link>http://www.iii.co.uk/investment/detail?code=cotn:BG-.L&amp;display=news&amp;action=article&amp;articleid=7787132&amp;from=rss</link>
<description>OSLO, March 11 (Reuters) - BG has made an oil discovery in the North Sea, the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) said on Thursday. 
       The find was located some 25 km northeast of the Snorre field, said the NPD. It did not give the prospective size of the discovery. 
       The license for the...</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:18:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>UPDATE 1-Kazakhstan wants to control Karachaganak spending</title>
<link>http://www.iii.co.uk/investment/detail?code=cotn:BG-.L&amp;display=news&amp;action=article&amp;articleid=7785233&amp;from=rss</link>
<description>By Raushan Nurshayeva 

ASTANA, March 10 (Reuters) - Kazakhstan wants more say in running its huge Karachaganak gas field operated by a group of Western energy companies, a senior official said on Wednesday. 
       Seeking to boost budget revenues, the energy-rich Caspian nation has sought to bolster...</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:11:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Kazakhstan wants to control Karachaganak spending</title>
<link>http://www.iii.co.uk/investment/detail?code=cotn:BG-.L&amp;display=news&amp;action=article&amp;articleid=7784955&amp;from=rss</link>
<description>By Raushan Nurshayeva 

ASTANA, March 10 (Reuters) - Kazakhstan wants more say in running its huge Karachaganak gas field operated by a group of Western energy companies, a senior official said on Wednesday. 
       Seeking to boost budget revenues, the energy-rich Caspian nation has sought to bolster...</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:03:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>BG Group - Director/PDMR Shareholding</title>
<link>http://www.iii.co.uk/investment/detail?code=cotn:BG-.L&amp;display=news&amp;action=article&amp;articleid=7781900&amp;from=rss</link>
<description>RNS Number : 2541I
  BG GROUP plc
  08 March 2010
   

BG Group plc

Notification of Interests in Shares

Robert Booker - Person discharging managerial responsibility

The Company has today received notification from Robert Booker, Executive Vice President, Human Resources, that on 8 March 2010 he exercised...</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>FACTBOX-Shell, PetroChina bid $3 bln for Australia's Arrow</title>
<link>http://www.iii.co.uk/investment/detail?code=cotn:BG-.L&amp;display=news&amp;action=article&amp;articleid=7780774&amp;from=rss</link>
<description>PERTH, March 8 (Reuters) - Royal Dutch Shell and 
PetroChina jointly bid more than $3 billion for 
Australia's Arrow Energy, marking a Chinese firm's first 
foray in the country's burgeoning coal-seam gas sector.  

Following are some key facts about coal-seam gas and the 
sector in Australia: 

* Coal-seam...</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 07:45:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>BG Group - Director/PDMR Shareholding</title>
<link>http://www.iii.co.uk/investment/detail?code=cotn:BG-.L&amp;display=news&amp;action=article&amp;articleid=7777234&amp;from=rss</link>
<description>RNS Number : 1047I
  BG GROUP plc
  04 March 2010
   

BG Group plc

Notifications received from Executive Directors relating to shares

1.  Frank Chapman

The Company has today received notification from Frank Chapman, Chief Executive, that his wife, Kari Chapman, has pledged 1,000,000 Shares in connection...</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>BG Group - Total Voting Rights</title>
<link>http://www.iii.co.uk/investment/detail?code=cotn:BG-.L&amp;display=news&amp;action=article&amp;articleid=7770316&amp;from=rss</link>
<description>RNS Number : 8606H
  BG GROUP plc
  01 March 2010
   

BG Group plc

Voting Rights and Share Capital

In accordance with the Disclosure and Transparency Rules we hereby notify the market that as at 26 February 2010:

BG Group plc's capital consisted of 3,597,664,085 ordinary shares in issue.

The number...</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 15:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>UPDATE 2-Origin, Conoco in Australia gas jv with BG Group</title>
<link>http://www.iii.co.uk/investment/detail?code=cotn:BG-.L&amp;display=news&amp;action=article&amp;articleid=7764066&amp;from=rss</link>
<description>By Fayen Wong 

PERTH, Feb 25 (Reuters) - Australia's Origin Energy and partner ConocoPhillips will sell feed gas to BG Group's rival liquefied natural gas project, marking the first collaboration in the country's LNG sector. 
       The partnership could herald more cooperation among the five rival...</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 06:41:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>UDATE 1-Origin &amp; Conoco in Australia gas jv with BG Group</title>
<link>http://www.iii.co.uk/investment/detail?code=cotn:BG-.L&amp;display=news&amp;action=article&amp;articleid=7763818&amp;from=rss</link>
<description>PERTH, Feb 25 (Reuters) - Australia's Origin Energy and its partner, U.S. oil major ConocoPhillips, have teamed up with Britain's BG Group in Australia's booming coal-seam gas sector, where consolidation pressures are building. 
       Under the new partnership, Origin and ConocoPhillips will sell gas...</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 22:51:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>UPDATE 1-Gulf Keystone resolves dispute, exits Algerian permit</title>
<link>http://www.iii.co.uk/investment/detail?code=cotn:BG-.L&amp;display=news&amp;action=article&amp;articleid=7755512&amp;from=rss</link>
<description>LONDON, Feb 18 (Reuters) - Iraq-focused oil and gas explorer Gulf Keystone Petroleum said it has settled a dispute with a unit of BG Group, bringing it closer to its aim of withdrawing from Algeria. 
       Gulf Keystone said on Thursday an arbitration had been halted after it agreed to transfer its...</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 11:27:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>UPDATE 1-Kazakh state oil firm eyes Karachaganak stake</title>
<link>http://www.iii.co.uk/investment/detail?code=cotn:BG-.L&amp;display=news&amp;action=article&amp;articleid=7755506&amp;from=rss</link>
<description>ASTANA, Feb 18 (Reuters) - Kazakh state oil company KazMunaiGas wants to acquire a stake in Karachaganak, a gas condensate project led by BG and Eni, KazMunaiGas head Kairgeldy Kabyldin said on Thursday. 
       Kazakhstan and Karachaganak operators have been in talks since last year after the companies...</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 11:25:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>BG Group - Director/PDMR Shareholding</title>
<link>http://www.iii.co.uk/investment/detail?code=cotn:BG-.L&amp;display=news&amp;action=article&amp;articleid=7755479&amp;from=rss</link>
<description>RNS Number : 3401H
  BG GROUP plc
  18 February 2010
   

BG Group plc

Notification of Interests in Shares

Mr Mark Seligman

The Company has received notification from Mr Mark Seligman, non-executive Director, that on 17 February 2010 his wife, Mrs Louise Seligman, purchased 5,000 BG Group plc shares...</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 11:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Kazakh state oil firm says eyes Karachaganak stake</title>
<link>http://www.iii.co.uk/investment/detail?code=cotn:BG-.L&amp;display=news&amp;action=article&amp;articleid=7755465&amp;from=rss</link>
<description>ASTANA, Feb 18 (Reuters) - Kazakh state oil company KazMunaiGas wants to acquire a stake in Karachaganak, a gas condensate project led by BG and Eni, KazMunaiGas head Kairgeldy Kabyldin said on Thursday. 
       "Certainly, we are interested in such a project," he told reporters. "It is a good project...</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 10:51:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>BG Group - Final Results</title>
<link>http://www.iii.co.uk/investment/detail?code=cotn:BG-.L&amp;display=news&amp;action=article&amp;articleid=7739088&amp;from=rss</link>
<description>RNS Number : 7385G
  BG GROUP plc
  05 February 2010
   

BG Group plc

2009 FOURTH QUARTER &amp; FULL YEAR RESULTS
Full Year Highlights    · Production volumes up 4%

· LNG total operating profit of £1.55 billion 

· Earnings per share of 67.3p despite challenging economic environment

· Strong cash flow...</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 07:02:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>BG Group - BG Group entering new decade of high growth</title>
<link>http://www.iii.co.uk/investment/detail?code=cotn:BG-.L&amp;display=news&amp;action=article&amp;articleid=7739066&amp;from=rss</link>
<description>RNS Number : 7383G
  BG GROUP plc
  05 February 2010
   
               
 News Release  

5 February 2010
                                  

BG Group entering new decade of high growth

BG Group will today present its annual strategy update and Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2009 results.

Key points...</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 07:01:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>BG Group - Final Results</title>
<link>http://www.iii.co.uk/investment/detail?code=cotn:BG-.L&amp;display=news&amp;action=article&amp;articleid=7739058&amp;from=rss</link>
<description>RNS Number : 7385G
  BG GROUP plc
  05 February 2010
   

BG Group plc

2009 FOURTH QUARTER &amp; FULL YEAR RESULTS
Full Year Highlights    · Production volumes up 4%

· LNG total operating profit of £1.55 billion 

· Earnings per share of 67.3p despite challenging economic environment

· Strong cash flow...</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 07:01:00 GMT</pubDate>
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