"Shady middle men" and "speculators" are driving up the cost of petrol, according to a new report from the AA. The association has called for an inquiry into the operations of trading groups such as Glencore and Cargill, over claims the firms are buying large quantities of petroleum on the open market and storing it until t...
The Energy Secretary has expressed concern over reports of market manipulation by som...
Some of the world's top oil firms have been raided by the European Commission as part...
Money from shale gas must remain in its local areas and not be "siphoned" off, John P...
Energy giant Shell has delivered a blow to the Government's hopes of a UK shale gas b...
Tim Yeo, Chair of the Energy and Climate Change Select Committee, said that it was worth paying the high price of new nuclear power stations. “Of course, this is ...
Downing Street said the Government would provide assistance to the European Commission to "get to the bottom" of market manipulation by some of the world's top oil f...
Thank you, Mr Speaker. The allegations that have been made about these three oil companies – BP, Royal Dutch Shell and Statoil, as well as the price reporting age...
Energy firms that have participated in price fixing should face the "full force of the law", the Energy Secretary said today. Ed Davey was speaking after it was r...
Arlene McCarthy MEP press release Responding to yesterday's raids by the European Commission of several large oil companies' premises on allegations of price fixin...
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