ConocoPhillips (NYSE:COP), the oil and gas company, built an online knowledge platform where employees pose questions and others provide answers. Baker and Bulkley say that the company has saved $100 million by this means of tapping employees’ knowledge. ConocoPhillips (NYSE:COP) stock performance was -0.35% in last session and finished the day at $86.10. Traded volume was 3.93million shares in the last session and the average volume of the stock remained 5.43million shares. The beta of the stock remained 1.20. ConocoPhillips (NYSE:COP) insider ownership is 0.02%.

The chief executive of French oil major Total SA (ADR) (NYSE:TOT) is giving himself until the end of the year to strike oil at a big new field somewhere in the world before considering whether to change direction and cut the exploration budget. Total SA (ADR) (NYSE:TOT) dropped -1.44 percent to $71.06 Monday on volume of 783.91K shares. The intra-day range of the stock was $70.70 to $71.28. Total SA (ADR) (NYSE:TOT) has a market capitalization of $161.24billion.

Top government sources said the ministry has sought copies of all communication submitted to McHugh by Reliance and its partners in the Andhra offshore gas field — UK energy major BP plc (ADR) (NYSE:BP) and Canada’s Niko Resources — challenging a $1.8 billion penalty slapped by the government for failing to meet gas production target from KG-D6 block. BP plc (ADR) (NYSE:BP)’s stock on July 07, 2014 reported a decrease of -1.00% to the closing price of $52.62. Its fifty two weeks range is $40.51 -$53.48. The total market capitalization recorded $162.17billion. The overall volume in the last trading session was 2.30million shares. In its share capital, BP has 3.09billion outstanding shares.

At first glance, the plaintiff’s position in Bushansky v. Armacost, 2014 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 88072 (N.D. Cal. June 25, 2014) seems a bit peculiar.  The plaintiff had filed suit challenging Chevron Corporation (NYSE:CVX)’s adoption of an exclusive forum bylaw.  However, U.S. District Court Judge William H. Alsup stayed the action pending resolution of a pending proceeding in Delaware.  On Monday, shares of Chevron Corporation (NYSE:CVX) dropped -0.55% to close the day at $130.47. Company return on investment (ROI) is 7.90% and its monthly performance is recorded as 5.63%. Chevron Corporation (NYSE:CVX) quarterly revenue growth is 10.76%.