--BP PLC (BP.LN) is the front runner to acquire BHP Billiton PLC's (BBL) U.S. onshore shale oil-and-gas assets and has made an offer worth more than $10 billion, Reuters reports unnamed sources as saying.

--BP and BHP Billiton could reach an agreement in the coming weeks, according to the sources.

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