AFP - BP partner Anadarko has been billed 1.2 billion dollars to clean up the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, but will refuse to pay, according to company documents.

The deepwater drilling ban in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico may end well in advance of its Nov. 30 expiration date, Bromwich was quoted saying.

The final investment decision for the planned Nabucco gas pipeline will be made in the first quarter of next year at the latest, an executive with Nabucco shareholder OMV said today.

Oil fell for the first day in five today as a rally that drove prices to three-month highs near $83 a day earlier ran out of steam, while industry data showed US gasoline stockpiles rose unexpectedly last week.