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May 16- 30

 

China starts up second strategic
petroleum reserves depot: report




PLATTS
HONG KONG
Petroleumworld.com 05 31 07 - story

Statoil results plunge as oil prices
and production drop


Helge Lund,
Statoil CEO

AFP
OSLO
Petroleumworld.com 05 31 07 - story

Oil prices mixed on eve of US energy report - story

Indian captain seeks million-dollar damages for Erika oil spill - story

US sanctions on Sudan lack teeth without UN action: experts - story

BP refining & marketing chief John Manzoni steps down - story

French gas group gains 2.6 percent on talk of Suez takeover bid - story

Sudan shrugs off US 'genocide' sanctions as political - story

Britain to sell part of British Energy - story

Belarus state oil company chief arrested on embezzlement charge - story

Global Peace Index: Norway number 1, Venezuela 102 of 121, Iraq the least peaceful place to be - story

US envoy in Beijing to revive stalled NKorea nuke accord - story

 

 

Libya announces 900 mln dlr gas deal with BP

AFP Photo/Leon Neal

Britain's Prime Minister Tony Blair, left, with Libyan leader
Moammar Gadhafi, right, at his desert base outside Sirte
south of Tripoli, Tuesday May 29, 2007

AFP
TRIPOLI Petroleumworld.com 05 30 07 - story

Bush slaps new sanctions on Sudan, seeks UN action



By Olivier Knox AFP
WASHINGTON Petroleumworld.com 05 30 07 - story

Chavez defends shutting down RCTV, ridicules protesters - story

Blair hails 'transformed' relations with Libya at start of Africa tour - story

Big US pension fund joins critics of ExxonMobil climate stance - story

Global oil prices drop on easing gasoline supply concerns - story

US oil companies eyeing Colombia - story

US calls on Venezuela's Chavez to reverse television closure - story

Oil prices drop on easing supply concerns - story

Bush slaps new sanctions on Sudan, seeks UN action - story

UN chief seeks more time on Darfur sanctions - story

US consults with allies on timing of new UN sanctions over Darfur - story

UN chief seeks more time on Darfur sanctions - story

Yar'Adua sworn in as Nigeria's president
- story

Abu Dhabi buys Canada's Northrock for two billion dollars - story

Total has no plans to quit Venezuela Sincor heavy oil project:CEO - story

Petrobras, plans to invest $70 million in Block-X in Peru - story

Ashmore to buy out Shell stakes in energy businesses in Brazil and Bolivia - story

Cato Institute: Chavez's actions eroding Venezuela's credibility, economy - story

Gran Tierra confirms oil discovery at Juanambu-1 in Colombia - story

Chilean government launched a plan for private oil companies to invest in oil & gas - story

 

Saudi sees no need for extra crude oil supplies

Reuters/Ali Jarekji

Saudi Arabia's Prince Salman, brother of Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah, gestures during his arrival at the Arab summit in Riyadh March 29, 2007.

AFP
RIYADH
Petroleumworld.com 05 29 07 - story

Venezuela sues CNN for linking Chavez to Al-Qaeda (update)


Venezuelan information Minister William Lara at a press conference showing and CNN footage displaying pictures of Chavez juxtaposed with those of an Al-Qaeda leader.

AFP CARACAS
Petroleumworld.com 05 29 07 - story

Venezuela protests TV clampdown by Chavez - story

Students protesting Chavez TV network closure clash with police - story

China to catch up with US economy: world poll - story

Nigerian president's ally Dangote acquires second oil refinery - story

Chavez faces fierce opposition to TV network's closure - story

Obasanjo to hand over Nigeria to handpicked successor - story

Russian court opens way for TNK-BP to lose gas field license - story

Oil prices edge lower in Asian trade - story

Huge gas reserves found in southwest China - story

Iran says plans for more US meetings - story

Petrobras and Sonatrach sign memorandum in the gas area - story

Mexico: Ethanol plan meets resistance - story

 

 

Washington and Tehran to hold
first substantial talks in 27 years

AFP / Ali Al-Saadi

A picture combo shows Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki (L) and US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice (R) delivering their respective addresses at a press conference held at the international conference on Iraq, 04 May 2007 in the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh. (AFP/File/Ali Al-Saadi)
By Sylvie Lanteaume AFP
WASHINGTON Petroleumworld.com 05 28 07 .- story

PDVSA to create new 'socialist'
subsidiaries: Chavez


PDVSA social worker helping children with school work

Platts CARACAS
Petroleumworld.com 05 28 07 - story

Protests, celebrations planned over Venezuela TV station closure - story

Iran says EU nuclear talks postponed - story

Thousands march against closure of Venezuela TV station - story

Algeria to sell LNG to Brazil beginning next year - story

Nigeria's oil unions suspend strike - story

Oil prices higher in New York on US gasoline concerns, Iran - story

US confirms three Americans kidnapped in Nigeria - story

Russia to sell off Yukos' foreign assets - story

Former Elf CEO convicted for fake jobs scheme - story

Gazoil and Lukoil sign joint venture accord