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Dash any rumors that BP plc is stalking cash-distressed independents. Now’s not the time, CEO Tony Hayward said last week.

Dash any rumors that BP plc is stalking cash-distressed independents. Now’s not the time, CEO Tony Hayward said on Tuesday.

ConocoPhillips’ top boss offered no good news to North America’s natural gas bulls — or to the global economy — last week.

ConocoPhillips’ top boss offered no good news to North America’s natural gas bulls — or to the global economy — on Wednesday.

BP plc CEO Tony Hayward recalls a time when energy policy was not front page news. Not any more, he said. Speaking to the World Petroleum Council in Madrid, Spain, Hayward attempted to dispel what he called “three myths” about energy.

BP plc CEO Tony Hayward recalls a time when energy policy was not front page news. Not any more, he said. Speaking to the World Petroleum Council in Madrid, Spain, Hayward attempted to dispel what he called “three myths” about energy.

Michael Linn, the CEO of Linn Energy LLC, said Thursday he is still bullish on natural gas for the long-term, and his company is on the prowl for more gas-weighted acquisitions.

President Bush, speaking at a construction machinery plant in North Carolina Monday, called for increased construction of liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminals and the opening of Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) to oil and gas drilling.

Speaking to a group of conservative state legislators Wednesday, President Bush called the $14.5 billion comprehensive energy bill passed by Congress last week “a good piece of legislation.”