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OPEC holds production, Iran seens no reason to stop exports, quotas

Reuters/Heinz-Peter Bader

Nigerian Oil Minister and OPEC President Edmund Daukoru addresses a news conference after a meeting of OPEC oil ministers in OPEC's Vienna headquarters January 31, 2006.

By Zoltan Simon AFP
VIENNA Petroleumworld.com 02 01 06 - Full Story

Bush defends aggressive US role

Reuters/Larry Downing

U.S. President George W. Bush is seen during a news conference at White House in Washington.

By Olivier Knox AFP
WASHINGTON Petroleumworld.com 02 01 06 - Full Story

Lies, conspiracy debated at Enron trial - story

Kidnappers of German hostages in Iraq set deadline - story

Iran 'hands over guide' to making nuclear bomb parts - story

Iran threatens to end nuclear cooperation on Saturday - story

Resolution of the 138th (Extraordinary) Meeting of the OPEC Conference - story

Oil prices show slight fall ahead of US stocks figures - story

Iran referral to UN would raise oil prices: Libya, Venezuela - story

Bubbling tension in Basra - story

Big firms pulling out of Iran due to US sanctions rules: report - story

Indian firm in talks with ExxonMobil for 30 percent stake in a Brazilian field - story

Argentina's takes first-ever opening E&P bids - story

OPEC in agreement on keeping
production at near record high

By Deborah Haynes and Zoltan Simon
AFP VIENNA
Petroleumworld.com 01 31 06 - Full Story

AFA to boycot CITGO
gas stations in the U.S.

By Elio Ohep Petroleumworld
CARACAS Petroleumworld.com 01 31 06 - Full Story

Oil prices gain on eve of OPEC meet - story

Exxon tries to head off profits backlash - story

Record profits for ExxonMobil spark new political row - story

OPEC advisory group backs unchanged production - story

Venezuela supports Iran on nuclear row - story

Oil hostages released but Nigerian rebels issue new threat - story

Intrigue, controversy surround probe of Venezuelan official's killing - story

Venezuela sees no cut this OPEC meeting: minister - story

New Colombia oil contracts awarded - story

Statoil will restart drilling in Venezuela's deltana platform in mid 2006 - story

Saudi Arabia rejects OPEC
production cut despite Iran call

Reuters

Saudi Oil Minister Ali al-Naimi

By Deborah Haynes and Zoltan Simon
AFP VIENNA Petroleumworld.com 01 30 06 - Full Story

Socialists question Chavez's
World Social Forum

AFP/Juan Barreto

Mimicking : A woman takes part in a satyrical play staged during the World Social Forum in Caracas.

By Elio Ohep Petroleumworld
CARACAS Petroleumworld.com 01 30 06 - Full Story

OPEC should leave production levels unchanged: Algeria minister - story

Social forum ends in Caracas with Sheehan calling Bush a 'terrorist' - story

Bombs kill 20 Iraqis, target churches, US television anchorman hurt - story

Majority of OPEC support keeping status quo, Iran isolated - story

Russian gas supply resumes to Georgia but row unresolved - story

Energy gazing fuels Davos gloom - story

West tries to close ranks with Russia and China over Iran nuclear program - story

Kuwait's new ruler sworn in - story

Soros spies trouble on financial markets horizon - story

Oil prices resume march upwards - story

OPEC set to ignore Iranian call
to reduce output: analysts

By Amelie Herenstein AFP PARIS
Petroleumworld.com 01 27 06- full story

Venezuela on the mining business,
to set up mining company

Las Cristinas Mine, in Bolivar state, Venezuela

By Elio Ohep Petroleumworld
CARACAS Petroleumworld.com 01 27 06 - full story

Oil prices rebound - story

Iraq frees 400 detainees, raising hope for hostage - story

Royal Dutch Shell open to 'small' acquisitions - story

Venezuela probes military officers for allegedly spying for US - story

Iran, a major player in the global oil market - story

Repsol slashes reserves, production plan over Bolivia - story

Venezuela to create 12 new state firms: Chavez - story

Haiti PM invites CARICOM leaders to monitor vote - story

China backs Russian plan to resolve Iranian nuclear standoff - story

Petrobras receives bids for dry dock project - story

Pemex launches $1.5 bln debt in 2-part reopening - story

Chevron to begin oil production in Brazil - story

World reaction to the Hamas victory: 'Fasten your seatbelts' - story

China's clout dominates minds
on first day of Davos forum

AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus

Founder and Executive Chairman, World Economic Forum, Klaus Schwab, right, and Vice-Chairman, National Development and Reform Commission, People's Republic of China, Zhang Xiaoqiang sign a memorandum of understanding for the opening of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Wednesday Jan. 25, 2006.

By Kevin McElderry AFP DAVOS, Switzerland
Petroleumworld.com 01 26 06 - full story

OPEC Pres: No need to
cut oil output next week

OPEC's president and Nigeria's oil minister, Edmund Daukoru

By Elio Ohep Petroleumworld
CARACAS
Petroleumworld.com 01 26 06 - full story

Georgian pipeline blasts terror acts: Russian prosecutor - story

Oil prices sink after US energy report - story

Chavez's shadow looms large over World Social Forum in Caracas - story

New Canadian leader's first test to forge a minority govt - story

Nigeria detains three in kidnap probe - story

US has military options against Iran - but also risks backlash - story

Iraq detainees release may help free kidnapped US reporter - story

Reliance RIL to seal Colombia deal in H2 - story

LUKOIL announces major oil and gas discovery - story

Kuwait's sick emir ousted
from office, new emir named

AFP/File/Yasser al-Zayyat

Kuwaiti Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah at
theparliament in Kuwait City. Kuwait's cabinet named
Sheikh Sabahas new emir of the oil-rich nation, hours
after parliament voted the state's ruler out of office on health grounds.

By Omar Hasan AFP
KUWAIT CITY Petroleumworld.com 01 25 06 - full story

Morales appoints foreign co's foe Andrés Solíz Rada new hydrocarbons Minister

Andrés Solíz Rada, Bolivia's new hydrocarbons minister

By Elio Ohep Petroleumworld
CARACAS Petroleumworld.com 01 25 06 - full story

Oil prices fall below 68 dollars - story

Caracas anti-globalization forum kicks off with march - story

Bulgaria sees a drop in Russian gas supply - story

Gunmen kill nine in attack on Nigerian oil complex - story

EU sceptical Iran would cut off oil supplies - story

Shortfall may prompt Italy to look elsewhere for gas supplies - story

Business concerns elbow out politics at Davos - story

Exxon agrees to pay Azerbaijan for curtailed Caspian drilling - story

Venezuela mulls taking over mines - story

Venezuela's PDVSA opens offices in Bolivia, Uruguay, Argentina - story

Chavez takes center stage
at anti-globalization forum

AFP/Andrew Alvarez

World Social Forum : A man passes by a graffiti related
to the World Social Forum that will take place 24-29 January,
in downtown Caracas.

By Patrick Moser AFP
LA PAZ Petroleumworld.com 01 24 06 - full story

Bolivia's new leftist leader
names 'cabinet of change'

AP/Juan Karita

Bolivia's new President Evo Morales, right, waves as the president of Venezuela, Hugo Chavez, left, embraces Bolivia's new Foreign Minister, David Choquehuanca, at the balcony of the presidential palace in La Paz.,Jan 23, 2005

By Isabel Sanchez AFP
LA PAZ Petroleumworld.com 01 24 06 - full story

Kuwait's ailing emir poised to abdicate - story

Toshiba set to buy Westinghouse from BNFL - story

Repair work on Russian gas pipeline to Georgia halted after leak - story

Oil prices surge above 69 dollars, before easing - story

Russian gas to Italy falls short of demand for seventh day: Eni - story

Ukraine energy firm admits withholding Russian gas from Europe - story

Nigeria seeks kidnappers as oil prices surge - story

Sheikh Sabah: Kuwait's seasoned strongman - story

Venezuela's Seaport Agencies, received ISO 9001:2000 certification in Venezuela and Curacao - story

China and Saudi Arabia forge closer energy ties during king's visit - story

Canada's Conservative party wins election - story

Thousands of opponents of Venezuelan Hugo Chavez marched in Caracas for new Venezuela electoral body

AP/Fernando Llano

Anti-Chavez forces back in streets in Venezuela

By Elio Ohep Petroleumworld
CARACAS Petroleumworld.com 01 23 06- full story

New Bolivian president vows justice for indigenous people

REUTERS/Jose Miguel Gomez

Bolivian President Evo Morales gestures during a celebration at San Francisco square in La Paz January 22, 2006. Morales was sworn in as Bolivia's first indigenous president on Sunday in a festive climate as the poor Indian majority celebrates the long-awaited rise to power of one of its own.

By Raul Burgoa
AFP LA PAZ
Petroleumworld.com 01 23 06 - full story

Kuwait cabinet asks parliament to remove ailing emir - story

Oil prices surge briefly above 69 dollars - story

China and Saudi Arabia to sign energy deals during king's visit - story

Venezuela oil company PDVSA delays SEC filing - story

Top lawmaker says U.S. energy can't be dependent on "wackos" in Venezuela - story

Georgia 'hysterical' in accusing Moscow of pipeline blasts: Russia - story

Kuwait's royals: no strangers to overcoming turmoil - story

UN nuclear agency still divided over Iran - story

Nigerian press fears for foreign oil workers - story

Iraq boosts oil exports to 1.75 million bpd - story

Davos mixes oil and water, east and west to attract big business - story

Oil prices top 68 dollars as nerves jangle - story

Chirac threatens nuclear weapons against 'terrorist' states

AP Photo/Remy de la Mauviniere

French President Jacques Chirac delivers his speech after visiting the French nuclear submarine the Vigilant in l'Ile Longue, Western France, Thursday Jan. 19, 2006.

By Emmanuel Serot AFP
ILE LONGUE MILITARY BASE, France
Petroleumworld.com 01 20 06 - story

Oil prices surge past 67 dollars on Al-Qaeda threat against the US - story

In nuclear standoff, Iran dare not withhold oil: analysts - story

Quito paralyzed as protesting students clash with police - story

Oil prices spike as Nigeria, Iran, bin Laden stoke fears - story

1,100 evacuated from Norwegian gas field project due to storm - story

Nigerian oil industry braced for more violence - story

Bin Laden threatens attacks on US: tape - story

EU must consider nuclear power: Barroso - story

Iran warns of oil crisis in case of sanctions - story

Venezuela's Chavez promotes pipeline in Brazil Summit - story

Group promotes energy integration and cooperation in the Americas - story

Evo Morales's “democratic revolution” is kicking off with mixed messages - story

EU presidency urges changes to gas policy

AFP STRASBOURG
Petroleumworld.com 01 19 06 - story

Venezuela changes tax deductions
rules on natural gas projects

Gas platform

By Elio Ohep Petroleumworld
Caracas Petroleumworld.com 01 19 06 - story

Oil prices surge past 67 dollars on Al-Qaeda threat against the US - story

US oil firm exonerated in world's deadliest peacetime maritime disaster - story

Record revenue for Australia's biggest oil producer, seeks approval for LNG exports to California - story

Oil prices slip but Iran, Nigeria tensions remain - story

Not so rigid: Carbon nanotubes become plastic at high temperature - story

In Niger Delta, strange statements and threats of rebellion multiply - story

Russian gas production to stagnate in 2006 - story

Kuwait's ruling family fine-tunes succession - story

Davos forum lines up global economics focus with China and India - story

Evo announces changes in Bolivia - story

PDVSA, and the Institute Francais du Petrole IPF agree to implement new Venezuelan heavy crude refining technology - story

Brazil, Argentina and Venezuela envisage ambitious energy blueprint - story

Oil market alarmed by Iranian
warning over higher prices: analysts

AP Photo/Vahid Salemi

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad speaks to reporters during his meeting with Tajik President Emomali Rakhmonov, in Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2006.

By Damien Steffan AFP
LONDON Petroleumworld.com 01 17 06 - story

China's CNPC unveils ambitious overseas expansion plan - story

EU nations call for IAEA action over Iran nuclear programme - story

Moldova, Russia, strike gas price deal - story

Nigeria's oil industry - story

Nigerian oil exports under threat after deadly attack - story

Docker strikes snarl European ports; 12 police injured - story

Oil prices under pressure after veiled Iran warning - story

Iran forecasts 44 bln dlrs oil revenue - story

Argentina-Bolivia pipeline letter of intent signed - story

India tells Bush to use 'full weight' to get nuclear deal passed - story