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BP, Shell, Statoil in U.S. Lawsuit Over Alleged Oil Manipulation -FT

BP PLC (BP.LN), Royal Dutch Shell PLC (RDSA.LN) and Statoil ASA (STL.OS) have been named in the first lawsuit to be filed following a European Commission antitrust investigation into alleged manipulation of oil prices and benchmarks, the Financial Times in London reported Saturday, citing legal documents.The oil majors were named as defendants in a class action filed in New York by Prime International Trading, a Chicago-based commodity trading house, which is also claiming damages against unknown defendants, the newspaper said.Prime International alleges that the defendants intentionally manipulated and conspired to fix the price of Brent Crude oil, the global benchmark, and the price of future contracts, the FT said."As major producers and market participants in the Brent Crude oil market, including contributors of Brent Crude oil prices to Platts, defendants had and continue to have market power and the ability to influence prices in the Brent Crude oil market," the claimant alleges ...

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