will be selling three shale base explortations in the southern united states. the most valuable is eagle ford which already pumps out the equivalentnt of 9090,000 barrel oil per day. the australian mining company y bought the assetets in 2011 1 be prices in the sector fell.. leading to some $20 billion in losses. b.h.p.'s share price jumped over 2% following the annnnouncementf the deal, while b.p.'s dropped by about the same number. >> in another news, amazon has shaken off some of the stock market gloom caused by facebook. the online e giant blew away earnings forecast with the latest results. the profit judgmentped 12 fold .o $2.5 billion it's cloud computing twist has dominated markets in the face of competition from microsoft and google. profit j jump to almost 50% to some $6 billion. exceeding amazon's retail business. this comes on the back of facebook's plummeting share prices on thursday. the social media network wiped almost $120 billion from its market value in the biggest ever one-day loss recorded in the hihistory of the u.s. stock exchange. finall