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Text size [+][-]  Friday March 12 2010GLOBAL EDITION

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27 Jun 2008 12:34

Oils well that ends well

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The US oil services giant failed in an attempt to delay court approval for the sale of UK rival Expro to Umbrellastream – a move that it hoped would allow it to re-enter the fray. This was a clear attempt to circumvent UK Takeover Panel rules and the court was right to say no.

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