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Exploration and energy producer, Origin Energy (ASX:ORG) have released its quarterly production report to December 31 2012 where it reported flat production and flat revenue. The report and numbers below includes only its exploration and production arm, but excludes energy generation and sales.

• Origin Energy reported steady revenue and production for the December half financial year.
• Origin production fell 5 percent to 62 petajoules.

Australia's largest electricity and gas retailer, Origin Energy (ASX:ORG) have released their full year financial results for FY 2012 to the ASX stockmarket.

• Full year net profit $980 million, up from $186 million.
• Underlying profit of $893 million, up 33 percent from $673 million.
• Approximately 90 per cent of Origin earnings come from its energy retail and generation business

The holidays are over and companies are back in business to face the new year for the rollercoaster ride of share prices. The lists below are a record of the best and worst traded stocks in the ASX100, ASX200 and All Ordinaries in the Australian Securities Exchange in the first week of 2012, January 2-6, 2012.

Best Performing Trade Stocks ASX100 (XTO)

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There is only one company scheduled to float, but the rest of the board is filled with 6 that will have their extraordinary general meeting, and 17 stocks that will go on ex-dividend.

Dividends

Origin Energy (ASX:ORG) Origin Energy and US-based ConocoPhillips are going full steam ahead on the first stage of their $12.69 billion LNG project.

Gladstone was the third coal-seam gas plant to be approved in eight months, and the deal would make the plant the country's top gas export hub.

Origin Energy (ASX:ORG) could net $693m from the potential sale of 7.5 percent stake in the Australia Pacific LNG (APLNG) project, but stake would be reduced to 35 percent. The company wants to keep as much of its stake as possible, according analysts briefed by the company.

Chief executive of Origin Energy (ASX:ORG) Grant King wants the government to help out on the liquified natural gas industry under the carbon tax proposal. More help for the LNG industry is justifiable under the government deal of two years ago, King told Fairfax Media.

Shares trading in Origin Energy (ASX:ORG) ground to a halt today in anticipation of an expected announcement about its $35 billion Australia Pacific Liquefied Natural Gas (APLNG) project.

Origin teamed up with ConocoPhillips on the LNG venture. China's Sinopec also agreed to a non-binding 4.3 billion tonne LNG supply deal in February and is expected to be the first buyer, according to sources.

Stock Filter of the ASX 100 Winners this week. These stocks increased their share price by the biggest percentage on the Australian stockmarket, the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) from the last week of trading (49th week: 6th December to 10th December 2010). Included this week are: RIV, BLY, MCC, AWC, SGM, QBE, JHX, ILU, LLC, LEI, CTX, DOW, AMP, PRY, ORG. Other lists of Aussie companies by market capitalisation.