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* Minister says access to new areas key for oil industry's growth

An expected dash by big corporations for offsets to meet their climate targets has prompted financial exchanges to launch carbon futures contracts to capitalise on what could be a multi-billion dollar market.

* First carbon offset futures contracts to launch within weeks

Global liquefied natural gas (LNG) demand is expected to almost double to 700 million tonnes by 2040, Royal Dutch Shell said in its annual LNG market outlook.

Global liquefied natural gas (LNG) demand is expected to almost double to 700 million tonnes by 2040, Royal Dutch Shell said in its annual LNG market outlook.

Companies are improving the way they report about their impact on the climate, Norway's $1.3 trillion sovereign wealth fund said on Thursday, having long called for fuller disclosures.

London's FTSE 100 rose on Thursday, helped by mining and energy stocks that tracked higher commodity prices, while Standard Chartered dropped after its annual profit more than halved due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Brazilian oil company Petrobras said it signed a letter of intent on Wednesday with Holland's SBM Offshore to hire a floating production storage and offloading platform (FPSO) for the Búzios field in the Santos Basin pre-salt.

Britain's main stock index recouped early losses to end Wednesday higher, as gains in commodity-linked and banking stocks on investor optimism about a post-pandemic economic recovery outweighed losses in defensive sectors.

Exxon Mobil Corp will sell non-operating interest in its UK and North Sea exploration and production assets to private-equity fund HitecVision for more than $1 billion, as the oil major seeks to free up cash and focus on some mega projects.

In the past, shareholder votes on the environment were rare and easily brushed aside. Things could look different in the annual meeting season starting next month, when companies are set to face the most investor resolutions tied to climate change in years.

Brazil's state-controlled oil company Petrobras received only one proposal, from Holland's SBM Offshore, in a bid to contract construction of the Mero 4 oil platform in the Santos Basin pre-salt, two sources with knowledge of the matter told Reuters.

* FTSE 100 flat, FTSE 250 adds 0.9% (Adds comments, updates prices)

London's FTSE 100 advanced on Tuesday, as rising commodity prices lifted mining and energy stocks, while HSBC dropped after the lender abandoned its long-term profitability targets.

London's FTSE 100 slipped on Monday, but recovered from early lows as British Prime Minister Boris Johnson set out a phased plan to end England's COVID-19 lockdown, boosting travel-related stocks.

* FTSE 100 down 0.7%, FTSE 250 off 0.8% (Adds comment, updates prices)

London's FTSE 100 fell on Monday as higher commodity prices sparked fears of a spike in inflation, while investors awaited Prime Minister Boris Johnson's plan for a phased easing of business restrictions.

The world's top oil and gas companies have set varying targets to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from their operations and the use of the products they sell. Some companies, including BP, Norway's Equinor and Spain's Repsol, aim to reduce some or eliminate all of their...

A federal court in Lagos has issued an injunction barring Royal Dutch Shell's Nigerian subsidiares from withdrawing money at 20 local banks until it ringfences potential damages in a lawsuit brought against the oil major by Aiteo Eastern E&P.