companies in london, the netherlands and norway. bp, shell, statoil and price reporting agency platts all confirmed to reporters being under investigation. shell's statement reads it's "assisting an inquiry into trading activities." bp states: "we are co-operating fully with the investigation." statoil reports "authorities suspect anti- competitive agreements." oil traders at total sa in france reportedly told regulators last fall "several times a of line." reaction to allegations of oil price fixing is reaching u.s. shores. "i think shock and disgust. i don't know if it's going to have a real market impact short- term, but long-term it's raising the creditability of some of these markets." that reaction from phil flynn, a prominate oil trader and fox busines news contributor. it's reported price collusion was happening in crude oil, refined products and biofuels. a multi-layered investigation is happening now into exactly how workers at the irs targeted