If you carry out an energy job for ConocoPhillips, you could be aware of the recent approval of its capital programme for next year.

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Its $11.2 billion (£6.74 billion) is said to be in line with the firm's plans to improve returns through asset sales, increased capital discipline and continued growth in shareholder distributions.

Jim Mulva, chairman and chief executive officer at the company, said: "Our planned 2010 capital program will advance existing exploration and production projects, while preserving the potential to develop the company’s large resource position in the future."

In Europe, Asia, Africa and the Middle East, the exploration and production capital programme is anticipated to amount to a total of $5.6 billion (£3.37 billion).

For the North Sea region, spending will be speculated on new and existing opportunities including the Greater Britannia and various Southern North Sea assets.

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