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ConocoPhillips is planning to separate its oil-refining and production businesses into stand-alone, publicly traded companies.

What's News: Business & Finance 2011

Mr. Dodik, by comparison, privatized Republika Srpska's telephone company and oil-refining business, raising more than € 600 million ($818 million) for projects including his new government offices.

Bosnian Serb Leader Damps Hopes of Post-Vote Accord Marc Champion 2010

An official at an oil-refining industry body, who declined to be named, expressed skepticism over the plan because he said independent filling stations would struggle to make a profit.

Seoul Moves to Lower Gasoline Prices Kanga Kong 2011

ConocoPhillips will split its oil-refining and production businesses into stand-alone corporations, becoming the largest energy company to date to reject the industry's traditional bigger is better business model.

What's News 2011

Sinochem, a unit of Sinochem Group, China's fourth-largest energy company, plans to sell 26.5 billion A shares ahead of the IPO and use the proceeds to fund an oil-refining project based in the Fujian port city of Quanzhou, according to a report on the company's environmental standards published on the ministry's website.

Sinochem Plans Shanghai IPO of up to $5.5 Billion Wayne Ma 2011

Rare earths—shorthand for a collection of 17 minerals used to make products from hybrid-car batteries and oil-refining agents to military equipment—have been surging, with the prices of some rising more than tenfold since 2009 amid panic buying.

Rare-Earths Prices Appear to Soften James T. Areddy 2011

Ironically, as expected, a French appeals court Friday gave permission to French oil giant Total SA to shut down its oil-refining operations at a big facility near Dunkirk, to transform it into a storage and research facility because of refining overcapacity in Europe.

French Senate Approves Pension Change Amid Protests Art Mooradian 2010

The Seoul market was supported by chemical and oil-refining stocks, which continued to rise on expectations of better earnings following production disruptions at their Japanese counterparts.

Asian Shares Mixed; Nikkei Succumbs To Profit-Taking Colin Ng 2011

Total had initially planned to sell the refinery by the end of 2010 after it entered exclusive talks with one bidder in the autumn, following several offers, one of which was from Switzerland-based oil-refining company Petroplus Holdings AG.

Total's Profit Slips Despite Oil-Price Gains Geraldine Amiel 2011

ConocoPhillips will split its oil-refining and production businesses into stand-alone corporations, becoming the largest energy company to date to reject the industry's traditional model.

What's News 2011