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Previous Stories: 2006

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Jan 15 - 30 Jan 1 - 15

 


 

Khamenei vows no retreat on Iran nuclear work

AFP/File/Atta Kenare

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

By Siavosh Ghazi AFP
TEHRAN
Petroleumworld.com 03 15 06 - story

Glitch in PDVSA-Amerada Hess HOVENSA refinery in St. Croix panics oil traders


PDVSA-Amerada Hess HOVENSA refinery in St. Croix

Petroleumworld CARACAS
Petroleumworld.com 03 15 06 - story

Oil prices soar above 63 dollars a barrel - story

Worst ever oil spill in Alaska's North Slope - story

Niger Delta rebels dash hope of hostage release, split captives - story

Spain's Repsol, Gas Natural in Algerian joint venture - story

Senate tax bill would 'seriously harm' competitiveness: O'Reilly - story

OPEC president says group could meet soon if prices extend fall - story

IEA sees 2006 'call' on OPEC unchanged from 2005 at 29 mil b/d - story

Argentina province sets conditions for extending E&P contracts - story

U.S. Air Agency may visit Venezuela to settle dispute - story

 

Vicente Fox: Oil reserves in new gulf
of Mexico discovery "exceed those of Cantarell"


Deep water oil platform

By Elio Ohep Petroleumworld
CARACAS Petroleumworld.com 03 14 06 - story

Petroecuador's pumping
83% of normal output



By Elio Ohep Petroleumworld
CARACAS Petroleumworld.com 03 14 06 - story

Oil prices rebound on Iran, Nigeria concerns - story

Moscow, Tehran nuclear talks to resume 'very soon' - story

French, Spain underline common energy cause - story

Nuclear solution takes centre stage at G8 summit - story

Iran vows not to back down in nuclear standoff - story

Oil prices slip further below 60 dollars in New York - story

Repsol silent on subsidiary accused in Bolivia oil row - story

Leftist presidential candidate in Peru closes gap with Flores: poll - story

Colombian Meta Petroleum investing US$1bn to increase production to 100,000 b/d - story

U.S. oil industry to fight Congress over royalty payments - story

 

Defiant Iran threatens
to quit nuclear treaty




By Aresu Eqbali AFP
TEHRAN Petroleumworld.com 03 13 06 - story

Michelle Bachelet sworn in as
Chile's first woman president


AP Photo/U.S Embassy, Jorge Sanchez, HO

Chile's new President Michelle Bachelet meets with U.S Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice during a bilateral meeting at Cerro Castillo Presidential residence in Vina del Mar, Chile, Saturday, March 11, 2006

AFP SANTIAGO
Petroleumworld.com 03 13 06 - story

Rice says US-Indian nuclear deal will strengthen security - story

UN must leave the door open for Iran talks: Straw - story

Oil prices retreat in Asian trading - story

EU takes new step toward unified energy policy - story

Ex-weapons inspector says it may be too late to stop Iran - story

Oil prices slide back to 60 dollars - story

India involved in illicit nuclear activities: US think tank - story

West wants two-week deadline for Iran to stop nuclear fuel work - story

US-India nuclear deal to spur 100 billion dollars in energy ventures - story

Peru to keep Camisea lines operating despite breaks: official - story

 

Oil prices slide back to 60 dollars - story

India involved in illicit nuclear activities: US think tank - story

West wants two-week deadline for Iran to stop nuclear fuel work - story

US-India nuclear deal to spur 100 billion dollars in energy ventures - story

Peru to keep Camisea lines operating despite breaks: official - story

Oil pipeline breach sparks
one of worst spills in Alaska


AFP/Getty Images/File/David McNew

Trees stand over icy water in Prince Willam Sound near Valdez, Alaska. An oil pipeline leak on Alaska's North Slope has spewed up to 220,000 liters (58,000 gallons) of crude onto the tundra, causing one of the region's worst spills, officials said.

AFP ANCHORAGE, Alaska
Petroleumworld.com 03 10 06 - story

OPEC takes calculated risk by
maintaining oil output quota




By Amelie Herenstein AFP
VIENNA Petroleumworld.com 03 10 06 - story

Oil prices rise in Asian trade on Iran nuclear issue - story

Bolivian police raid Repsol offices in oil smuggling probe - story

Bolivian ex-president charged for handing missiles to US - story

Oil prices hover over 60 dollars a barrel - story

South Korea, Nigeria sign accords on oil, energy - story

Energy NGOs warn of nuclear power 'catastrophe' threat - story

Nigerian army fights gunbattle with hostage-takers - story

E.ON 'determined' to buy Endesa, posts strong 2005 results - story

Petroecuador : Companies must restart operations by Friday or will loose contracts - story

 

Venezuela's government put the
pressure on Total oil to pay up taxes



SENIAT Director's Jose Gregorio Vielma Mora

By Elio Ohep Petroleumworld
CARACAS Petroleumworld.com 03 09 06 - story

Tehran threatened Washington with
"harm and pain" over Nuclear Program


AP

IAEA director Mohamed ElBaradei

By
Michael Adler AFP
VIENNA Petroleumworld.com 03 9 06 - story

US blasts human rights records of Cuba, Venezuela - story

Oil prices plunge to 60 dollars on US stocks, OPEC news - story

Main points of OPEC ministerial meeting communique - story

Iran says won't stop oil exports, but doubts remain - story

Nigerian general removed from post amid hostage crisis - story

US charges harassment, corruption in Venezuela - story

US, Europe press for action on Iran nuclear program - story

US crude oil reserves reach seven-year high - story

Production quotas for OPEC member states - story

Ecuador declares state of emergency, as Amazon strike worsens - story

Bolivia plans to renationalize three foreign-run energy firms - story

Venezuela to buy 36 large oil ships from Brazil - story

OPEC maintains oil quota, Iran
ambiguous over crude exports


AP

OPEC President Edmund Maduebede Daukoru
and Nigerian Petroleum Resources Minister

By Zoltan Simon and Ben Perry

AFP VIENNA
Petroleumworld.com 03 08 06 - story

 

OPEC seen maintaining oil output
despite Venezuela's call for cut




By
Ben Perry and Zoltan Simon
AFP VIENNA
Petroleumworld.com 03 08 06 - story

US stays firm in opposition
to Iran nuclear enrichment


AP Photo/Heesoon Yim

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, left, gestures during his joint news conference with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, Tuesday, March 7, 2006 at the State Department in Washington.

By Jocelyne Zablit AFP
WASHINGTON Petroleumworld.com 03 08 06 - story

OPEC advisory committee recommends maintaining production unchanged- story

OPEC should maintain oil production level into 3rd quarter: Kuwait - story

Spain defends 'protective measures' to shield energy companies - story

Venezuela calls for OPEC to cut production quota by 500,000 bpd - story

Kuwait denies report on lower oil reserves - story

China calls on Iran to work with UN nuclear watchdog - story

IEA's Mandil does not expect OPEC to opt to trim output Wednesday - story

Worldwide rotary rig count rises by 95 in February: Baker Hughes - story

The “Great Gas Pipeline of the South”: Works already scheduled - story

Crystallex wins permit to impact natural resources for Las Cristinas Project in Venezuela - story

IAEA: Deal on Iran's nuclear program close - story

 

Russia offering deal which includes Iranian enrichment: diplomats

AP

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov

By Michael Adler
AFP
VIENNA Petroleumworld.com 03 07 06 - story

Saudi, Kuwait call for OPEC
output rollover to cool prices



Saudi Oil Minister Ali al-Nuaimi

By Omar Hasan AFP
KUWAIT CITY Petroleumworld 03 07 06
- story

Kuwait hails first major gas find - story

Aid to US poor not political: Venezuela's Chavez - story

Oil prices weaken on OPEC output comments - story

Enel preparing financing for Suez takeover bid: report - story

EU queries Spain over E.ON bid for Endesa - story

OECD sees growth accelerating, advises caution on interest rates - story

Niger Delta crisis: another Shell pipeline attacked - story

World's poor can have energy without more global warming: experts - story

Mexico keen on gas imports from Bolivia, Peru - story

Bolivia readies for nationalization of hydrocarbon industry - story

Bolivia's Morales accuses US of blackmail - story

Venezuela close to be the worst economy in the world - story

 

 

OPEC cartel seen holding
output near 25-year high



By Perrine Faye
LONDON Petroleumworld.com 03 06 06 - story

US warns of 'painful consequences'
as IAEA weighs Iran case


AP Photo/Osamu Honda

John Bolton, the United States Ambassador to the U.N., speaks to reporters outside Security Council Chamber after the Security Council Open Meeting on the U.N. Peacekeeping Operations, Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2006.

By Michael Adler
AFP
VIENNA
Petroleumworld.com 03 06 06 - story

Oil prices stabilize ahead of busy week - story

Exuberant investors plough money into emerging markets: BIS - story

Kurdish militants claim Turkey bomb attack - story

Sunni tribes of Iraq's rebel bastion declare war on Zarqawi - story

Iran defiant as UN atomic agency set to meet - story

Chirac says way still clear for deal with Iran - story

Deadlock as oil hostages start second week in Niger Delta swamps - story

German gas company Linde to buy Britian's BOC - story

MP demands truth on Kuwaiti oil reserves - story

Bush says Pakistan committed to terror war but more work needed - story

Iran invites foreign bids for offshore gas field - story

Spain's Repsol to accept Bolivian oil terms - story

 

Oil prices jump as Nigeria seeks
to free Western hostages


Rigzone


By Joel Olatunde Agoi AFP
WARRI, Nigeria Petroleumworld.com 03 03 06 - story

Venz Energy Min: JV to start in April. Faja projects to paid the 16% royalty with oil

AP

Venezuela Energy Minister Rafael Ramirez

By Elio Ohep Petroleumworld
CARACAS Petroleumworld.com 03 03 06 - story

EU agrees to last-ditch nuclear talks with Iran - story

Oil prices soar on supply fears
- story

Enel details French intervention in Suez takeover drama - story

Midnight oil burnt to strike landmark Indo-US nuclear deal - story

Petrobras to bid for blocks in Egypt
- story

Iranian president rejects "excessive demands" from world powers
- story

President to rule on Indonesia's oil block stand-off: VP - story

GM sees hydrogen cars on market by 2010-2015 - story

A Latin American pipeline dream - story

 

OPEC Pres: Current prices
of $60 a barrel
are justified



By Elio Ohep PETROLEUMWORLD

CARACAS Petroleumworld.com 03 02 06 - story

'Russian plan' on Iran is
package of offers: analysts

AFP MOSCOW
Petroleumworld.com 03 01 06 - story

 

Oil prices gain despite healthy US energy stocks - story

Canada's EnCana sells assets in Ecuador to Chinese group - story

US worried by increased coca cultivation in Andean countries - story

Security Council to back IAEA demands on Iran nuclear program -- British envoy - story

Uribe makes it official, will stand for reelection in Colombia - story

Blair calls for liberalisation of European energy markets - story

EU outlines measures to strengthen energy policy - story

France says 'coherent' energy plan is not protectionist - story

Chevron says working on cause of burst Nigeria pipeline - story

Mexico hopes to issue Manzanillo construction, supply tenders - story

$300-m engineering design for Petrojam expansion underway - story

Connecticut Attorney General OK's Venezuelan oil assistance - story

 

OPEC president says cartel must
be cautious on output Mar 8


Reuters

OPEC's Nigerian president Edmund Daukoru

By Jacinta Moran PLATTS
PARIS Petroleumworld.com 03 01 06 - story

Venezuela, Argentina and Brazil in Caracas to plan on South American pipeline



By Elio Ohep PETROLEUMWORLD

CARACAS Petroleumworld.com 03 01 06 - story

Oil prices creep up - story

Saudi announces new gas find - story

Gas Natural declines to raise bid for Endesa - story

Chavez spends millions on 'extravagant' foreign policy: US - story

France defends GDF-Suez merger in face of criticism - story

Niger Delta militants storm fuel tanker ship - story

World car makers eye year ahead with caution - story

 

 


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