Oil majors under EU investigation over alleged oil and biofuel price fixing

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Shell, BP and Statoil confirm they are facing EU probe that saw offices raided in two countries

The EU is understood to be investigating Shell, BP and Statoil, along with price reporting agency Platts, as part of a probe into oil and biofuel price benchmarks that echoes last year's Libor scandal....

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