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Petroleumworld stories: 2007
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June 15- 30
Chavez attacks US, meets Putin in Moscow
AFP/Natalia Kolesnikova
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez delivers a speech during his visit to the Foreign Literature Library in Moscow. Chavez railed against the United States at the start of a visit to Russia on Thursday and called on Moscow to help lead a global revolution against WashingtonBy Sebastian Smith AFP
MOSCOW Petroleumworld.com 06 29 07 - storyIran unrest highlights global refinery woes
AFP/ Behrouz Mehri
An Iranian man walks past a damaged petrol station in the northwest of Tehran, 27 June 2007.By Delphine Dechaux and Stanislas Touchot AFP
LONDON Petroleumworld.com 06 29 07 - storyOil prices gain in Asian trade - story
Chávez hints at nuclear future for Venezuela - story
Mexican state oil company Pemex plans tenders to revamp southern oil fields - stor
White House seals trade deals as clock ticks on fast-track - story
Britain's Brown names new cabinet - story
IMF chief Rato to quit early, citing personal reasons - story
Russian gas giant Gazprom doubles profits - story
Russian oil giant Lukoil reports drop in net profits - story
High oil prices may delay China filling oil reserves: analyst - story
Venezuelan Oil Ministry drafting Orinoco's Carabobo block business plan: official - story
Argentina petrochemical sector lost $100 million to energy cuts - story
Brazil's Odebrecht to invest $2.57 billion in ethanol production - story
Petrobras, PDVSA to invest at Orinoco's Carabobo block - story
Ecuador: A setback for Chevron - story
Pemex sets oil output goal of 3.1 mln barrels a day - story
Oil prices steady to higher amid tight US gasoline supplies - story
Argentina starts pipeline plan to
boost gas imports from Bolivia
AFP Buenos Aires
Petroleumworld.com 06 28 07 - storyAngry protests erupt in Iran over petrol rationing
AFP/Behrouz Mehri
Iranians watch a petrol station burn in Tehran. Angry Iranian youths torched petrol stations in Tehran and long queues formed at fuel pumps after the government announced the start of fuel rationing, triggering nationwide protests on WednesdayBy Pierre Celerier AFP
TEHRAN Petroleumworld.com 06 28 07 - storyChavez rallies supporters as Venezuelans protest in his absence - story
Chavez to hold talks with Putin in Moscow - story
Chevron sells fuel business in Uruguay - story
Venezuela: Chevron is keeping the door open - story
Russia's LUKoil to set up JV with Venezuela's PDVSA in 2008 - story
Moody's downgraded Venezuelan heavy oil projects - story
New York's Manhattan island under partial blackout - story
US 'deeply troubled' by NKorean missile launches - story
Oil prices jump on weak US gasoline stockpiles - story
Rice eyes US-India nuclear deal this year - story
UN inspectors to visit NKorea atomic reactor - story
Nigeria admits oil workers killed in rescue operation - storyNo timetable for French energy group merger: minister - story
Venezuela consolidates oil industry control as US giants pull out - story
NWE Q3 propylene contract price expected to settle imminently - story
US finds Venezuela's CITGO oil guilty of pollution - storyBlair era to end, Brown's Britain to begin
AFP/John D McHugh
Tony Blair will stand down as prime minister
on Wednesday after a decade in officeBy Phil Hazlewood AFP LONDON
Petroleumworld.com 06 27 07 - storyExxonMobil and ConocoPhillips to
negotiate their Venezuelan exitReuters/Francesco Spotorno
Venezuelan Energy Minister Rafael Ramirez (R)
and Venezuelan Eni President Massimo Moshini (C)
sign MOU at the PDVSA headquarters in Caracas June 26, 2007.By Elio Ohep Petroleumworld
CARACAS Petroleumworld.com 06 27 07 - storyOil prices flat on expectations of rise in US energy reserves - story
US Congress bids to punish foreign oil firms linked to Iran - story
Iranian petrol station attacked after rationing announced - story
Oil prices fall ahead of US inventories data - story
Baltic, Polish premiers to agree on building new nuclear power plant - story
Skanska management embroiled in Argentina scandal - story
Chavez visits Russia for arms talks on anti-US tour - story
Chevron restores output in Nigerian facility - story
Russia's top oil major extends energy empire - story
Argentina energy shortages slow petrochemical production - story
Brazil's Braskem produces HDPE from sugar-cane derived ethanol - story
May oil output slips at Mexico's Cantarell field - story
Energy Minister: Jamaica's government determined to modernise Petrojam - story
Fitch Upgrades ECOPETROL, ISAGEN and TGdO's to 'BB+' - story
Oil majors confront Hugo Chavez
El Tiempo/ J.Rojas
Extra heavy oil upgraders at the Jose's Petroleum complex in Venezuela
By Elio Ohep Petroleumworld
CARACAS Petroleumworld.com 06 26 07 - storyRussia is back, Putin tells Black Sea summit
AFP/Hrvoje Polan
Russian President Vladimir Putin looks onBy Sibel Utku Bila AFP
ISTANBUL Petroleumworld.com 06 26 07 - storyA PwCwithdraws Yukos audits - story
Stroytransgaz is ready to take part in projects in South America - story
N. Korea agrees to address secret nuclear program: US - story
UN spotlights link between natural resources and conflict - story
US securities watchdog lists firms with 'terrorist haven' ties - story
Oil prices edge higher after end of Nigeria general strike - story
US see no breakthrough despite Iranian nuclear pledge - story
Venezuelan opposition channel warns against closure - story
Crude prices to shoot higher, barring OPEC move: CGES - story
PDVSA awards 3D seismic program to SCAN - story
Petrobras won't pay Bolivia fine - story
Chavez to head to Russia, Belarus,
Iran, in latest bid to heckle USReuters/Francesco Spotorno
Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez attends a ceremony to celebrate the 186th anniversary of the army in Caracas June 24, 2007.AFP CARACAS
Petroleumworld.com 06 25 07 - storyCanada's oil sands development an
economic boon, but leaves a messAFP / David Boily
The Syncrude extraction facility in the northern Alberta oil sand fields 13 June in Fort McMurray, Canada.By Guillaume Lavallee AFP
FORT MCMURRAY, Canada
Petroleumworld.com 06 25 07 - storyNigerians return to work after crippling labour strike - story
NKorea vows to honour nuclear pledge - story
Oil prices weaker in Asian trade as strike in Nigeria called off - story
Iran denies minister's comments on 'uranium stockpile' - story
800 workers fired from nationalized oilrigs in Venezuela - story
Venezuela: 28.65 billion additional barrels certified in Orinoco belt - story
Venezuela: CONOCO's Corocoro project delay - story
Soldier kills Asian oil workers in Yemen attack - story
Nigerian general strike enters fourth day with no end in sight - story
Experts cautious on Malaysian oil pipeline - story
Iran, UN atomic agency to develop 'working plan' - story
Oil prices surge as Nigeria's general strike persists - story
Head of largest Asian oil refiner resigns - story
Investors weather latest Russian intervention in energy market - story
Iran has stored 100 kg of enriched uranium, says minister - story
BP sells vast Russian gas field to Gazprom
By Ben Perry AFP
LONDON Petroleumworld.com 06 22 07
British energy group BP said on Friday that it had agreed to sell its stakes in a Siberian gas field and company to Russian gas giant Gazprom for up to 900 million dollars (669 million euros).- storyIran nuclear chief to meet
ElBaradei on FridayReuters/Sabah Arar
Iran's chief nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani is seen in Baghdad in this April 29, 2007 file photo. Larijani will have talks with the U.N. atomic watchdog chief on Friday but will not discuss big powers' demands for an Iranian nuclear halt, an Iranian official said on Wednesday. REUTERS/Sabah Arar/Pool EmailAFP VIENNA
Petroleumworld.com 06 21 07 - storyOil prices slip on US gains in energy reserves - story
Oil prices ignore Nigerian general strike - story
Fructose biofuel spells sweeter news for shift out of oil - story
British Gas to invest 1.25 billion dollars in Tunisia - story
OPEC might not increase production in coming months: Badri - story
Methanex cuts Chile methanol output further due to gas shortage - story
US' Gulf Ethanol opens talks in Uruguay on ethanol JV - story
YPFB: Bolivia to buy LPG from Venezuela - story
Venezuela Orinoco oil talks swing toward governance - story
Petrobras plans to be a global operator in the LNG sector - story
OPEC's Badri not worried about
general strike in Nigeria
AFP VIENNA
Petroleumworld.com 06 20 07 - storyOil prices mixed as Nigerian general strike looms - story
Nigerian general strike to go ahead - story
OPEC might not increase production in coming months: Badri - story
Ecuador to join OPEC in near future: al-Badri - story
Investment in sustainable energy soaring: UN report - story
Iran says 'oil weapon' not excluded in nuclear standoff - story
Nigerian unions issue midnight ultimatum - story
Oil prices strike nine-month peaks
AFP NEW YORK
Petroleumworld.com 06 19 07 - storyUK firm Tullow announces oil discovery off Ghanaian coast - story
Oil prices strike nine-month peaks
Oilfield attacked in Nigeria's restive south
Reuters
Nigerian separatist guerrillasAFP LAGOS
Petroleumworld.com 06 18 07 - storyHopes rise after NKorea invites UN inspectors - story
Debate heats up in US over coal fuel for cars - story
China oil refinery threatens Costa Rica environment: groups - story
Ten Indian hostages released in southern Nigeria - story
Gates in Iraq reconciliation push amid shrine bombings - story
Spain's Gas Natural buys Argentine stake from E.ON - story
Oil prices edge higher as US gasoline worries persist - story
Venezuela's Chavez due in Russia at end of month - story
