News
ACCC Clears Proposed Acquisition Of Rio Tinto
1 October 2008
BHP Billiton today welcomed the decision by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission that it does not object to BHP Billiton's proposed acquisition of Rio Tinto.
BHP Billiton Petroleum Acquires Exploration Rights Onshore Colombia
29 September 2008
BHP Billiton Petroleum announced today that it has acquired exploration rights to an onshore block of approximately 7,750,000 acres in the Llanos Basin, Colombia.
BHP Billiton Petroleum Resumes Oil Production In The Gulf Of Mexico
25 September 2008
BHP Billiton Petroleum announced today that oil production has been safely restored at its Neptune and Shenzi/Genghis Khan fields in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico after Hurricane Ike caused the company to shut in production on both fields.
Statement Re High Court Decision
24 September 2008
BHP Billiton is disappointed by today's High Court decision on the definition of 'production process' in relation to third party access to BHP Billiton's rail lines in the Pilbara, Western Australia.
BHP Billiton Signs Natural Gas Contract Underpinning Phase II Development Of The Greater Angostura Field
16 September 2008
BHP Billiton announced today that it has signed a contract with the National Gas Company of Trinidad and Tobago Limited (NGC) for the purchase of gas from the second phase of its Greater Angostura field.
