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May 18th, 2013:

Shell and BP bosses met secretly to fix oil prices?

The Sun newspaper alleges Shell boss Jeroen van der Veer secretly met Lord Browne of BP once a year to discuss oil prices. Perfectly matched pair to engage in some jiggery-pokery.

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By John Donovan

The Sun newspaper alleges Shell boss Jeroen van der Veer secretly met Lord Browne of BP once a year to discuss oil prices.

Under the website headline “Shell and BP in secret meetings about oil”, the Sun is publishing an article on Sunday alleging that Jeroen van der Veer, Peter Vosers predecessor as Chief Executive of Royal Dutch Shell Plc, secretly met his BP counter-part, Lord Browne, once a year to discuss oil prices.

(Headline in Sun Newspaper article: “I NEED WORD IN YOUR SHELL-LIKE ABOUT OIL”) read more

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Libor in a barrel

Oil markets fall under the suspicion of price-fixing on a global scale

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Senator calls for U.S. to join oil price probe

Screen Shot 2013-05-17 at 01.04.00Kevin McCoy, USA TODAY4:43 p.m. EDT May 17, 2013

U.S. public concern over a European probe into possible oil price manipulation escalated Friday as the head of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources urged the Justice Department to join the investigation.

The request from Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., came after European Union investigators this week raided the offices of global energy giants BP, Royal Dutch Shell and Statoil. The anti-trust probe is examining whether the companies manipulated oil prices by making false reports to Platts, an energy industry data service owned by McGraw Hill Financial. read more

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Platts in Lockdown as Investigators Continue Oil Probe

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Screen Shot 2013-05-17 at 01.06.41Published: Friday, 17 May 2013 | 3:54 AM ET

European anti-trust investigators searched the offices of price agency Platts and at least one major oil company for a third day on Thursday, hunting for evidence of possible price manipulation on oil markets, witnesses said.

Authorities raided the London bureau of Platts in Canary Wharf and the offices of Statoil, Royal Dutch Shell and BP on Tuesday in the biggest trading probe since the Libor scandal.

(Read More: EU Raids Offices of Big Oil Firms Amid Pricing Probe) read more

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