• Premier Oil, a UK-based company operating in the North Sea, Asia and Africa, said first-half profit rose 64pc on higher oil and gas prices.
• John Wood, a UK oilfield services company, said it will provide additional services at UK oilfields to Total under an existing seven-year agreement.
• Sibir Energy will increase its stake in a venture that controls the Moscow Oil Refinery to 75pc this year, paying cash and assets, including a stake in a Siberian venture with Royal Dutch Shell Global Marine Energy. The stock rose.
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