• Royal Dutch Shell has not made stock repurchases for two and a half months after its finance chief said he did not believe in buybacks and the oil company is losing ground to rival BP.
• Venture Production, an oil and gas company, said full-year profit almost tripled as high oil prices and a 50pc jump in production increased sales.
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