petroleumworld

July 15- 30

US arms pacts to counter Iran, Syria: Rice

Reuters

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice speaks during a
news conference at the State Department in Washington.

By P. Parameswaran AFP
WASHINGTON Petroleumworld.com 07 31 07 - story

Saudi to add half-million bpd
to output capacity in December

AFP RIYADH
Petroleumworld.com 07 31 07 - story

Oil prices slip slightly - story

Washington seeking to calm Mideast with arms sales: experts - story

Bush, Brown agree to boost pressure to end Darfur tragedy - story

EU regulators target E.ON, Gaz de France with antitrust action - story

Russian oil billionaire resigns after 'persecution' - story

Lebanon still cleaning oil spill one year after war - story

French oil group Total gets 36 percent stake in Nigerian offshore license - story

Colombia's Ecopetrol to sell 20% stake in an IPO - story

Petroecuador in deep trouble - story

Pol & infra pitfalls await Jindal in Bolivia - story

Venezuela: More venezuelans seeking asylum in U.S. - story

Chile Energy Minister visits Bolivia - story

Devon taps first oil from Brazil field - story

Chavez vows to keep Castro's
political struggle alive

Miraflores Palace

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez speaks during his weekly
broadcast "Alo President" at Orinoco Belt in July 29, 2007.

By Victor Flores AFP
CARACAS Petroleumworld.com 07 30 07- story

IAEA faces nuclear dilemma as
it celebrates 50th anniversary

By Jean-Michel Stoullig AFP
VIENNA Petroleumworld.com 07 30 07 - story

Oil prices ease below 77 dollars on profit-taking - story

China-France nuclear deal signing postponed: source - story

German ministry warns Siemens against stake in Libya nuclear deal - story

Gas giant Linde gets boost from BOC takeover - story

Statoil net profits up 11.2 percent - story

Kazakhstan threatens review of Eni contract for giant oil field - story

Bush, Brown to meet at Camp David under Iraq shadow - story

"Last Samurai" Fujimori loses Japan election bid - story

Abe battles resignation calls after historic loss - story

Iran rejects OPEC output hike - story

Honduran tilapia out of frying pan, into clean energy source - story

Oil prices jump on news of strong US economic growth - story

Schlumberger says happy with PDVSA relationship - story

Glencore parries attacks on commodities secrecy as debt rises - story

Bolivia to realign power company - story

Guyana receiving CARICOM support on Venezuela border controversy - story

Chavez denounces campaign against Venezuela in Europe - story

Venezuela's Chavez accuses former oil officials of favoring foreign companies - story

Energy centers Bolivia-Chile talks - story

Jamaica: JLP's emerging foreign policy - story

Venezuela's Chavez says plans for South American gas pipeline on hold - story

Critics slam France-Libya
nuclear deal, experts unfazed

AFP/Patrick Kovarik

French President Nicolas Sarkozy (L) meets with Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi in Tripoli, 25 July 2007.

AFP PARIS
Petroleumworld.com 07 27 07 - story

A plunging US dollar no
incentive to Opec's production

Gulf Times LONDON/DUBAI
Petroleumworld.com 07 27 07 - story

Oil prices fall as Wall St. tumbles heavily - story

List of Nigerian cabinet ministers with their portfolios - story

Bombing of Mexican pipelines puzzles security experts - story

Scramble for oil catches up with Exxon - story

New lease on life for Petrotrin - story

Venezuela: PetroFalcon announces LV-14 test results and increased oil production - story

Shutdown of Hovensa refinery pulls down Hess' profit - story

Venezuela US Ambassador :Nationalization of country's natural gas sector is a possibility - story

Shell profits soar, but production slips - story

US backs France's nuclear deal with Libya - story

Areva close to huge nuclear deal with China: sources - story

US Treasury's Levey says Iran sanctions bearing fruit - story

Nigerian president warns new cabinet against corruption - story

New York oil hits 11-month high above 77 dollars - story

ExxonMobil profit steady at 10.26 bln dlrs - story

France signs agreement with Libya on nuclear reactor

AFP/Patrick Kovarik

French President Nicolas Sarkozy L) is welcomed by Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi upon his arrival in Tripoli.

AFP TRIPOLI
Petroleumworld.com 07 26 07- story

China's economy set to grow 11.2 percent this year: IMF

Reuters

China ' s economy roars ahead.Workers from Zhengzhou Yutong Bus Co. Ltd. work on the production line in Zhengzhou in central China's Henan province July 23, 2007.

By Veronica Smith AFP
WASHINGTON Petroleumworld.com 07 26 07 - story

Oil prices bolt higher, despite positive US inventory data - story

US lawmakers question secretive US-India nuclear pact - story

Iraq envoy slams US over arms supplies - story

Taliban kill SKorean hostage in Afghanistan - story

UN offers to help resolve Niger delta crisis - story

China opens second petroleum exchange - story

Russian construction of Iran nuclear plant in 'crisis' - story

Broken pipe spews oil into Canadian waters - story

Nigerian Senate approves nomination of Shell director as minister - story

Iraq approves law allowing foreign firms build oil refineries - story

Repsol to start in August drilling Peru's block 57 - story

Acrylonitrile prices stay high, PEMEX restarted 65,000 metric ton/year plant - story

Petrobras to receive Stena -Teekay's Navion Gothenburg one of the three largest oil transporters in the world - story

ConocoPhillips writes off Venezuela - story

Chavez: Critical foreigners to fet boot - story

Mexico's Pemex, BP agree to collaborate on technology - story

PDVSA announced a bid to contract 50
oil drills, and to double investment in 2007

Petroleumworld CARACAS
Petroleumworld.com 07 25 07- story

OPEC sends oil prices tumbling

By Ruthie Ackerman Forbes
NEW YORK Petroleumworld.com 07 25 07 - story

Venezuela state oil company to nearly double investment in 2007 - story

Iran nuclear negotiators heading to Russia for talks: diplomat - story

Euro hits new dollar record on jitters over US economy - story

Oil prices fall as supply fears abate - story

US pension funds ask foreign energy firms to review Iranian ties - story

US tells of 'heated exchange' in rare Iran talks - story

Campaigning Argentine first lady rejects comparisons to Evita - story

BP boss demands change as oil output drops again - story

Blair eyes 'moment of opportunity' in Mideast - story

Russian sub-sea explorers launch epic North Pole probe - story

Shimmering PDVSA's Siembra Petrolera plan for lack of drills - story

Canada, US, Mexico sign energy
science, technology pact

Mexican Energy Secretary Georgina Kesse

AFP VICTORIA, Canada
Petroleumworld.com 07 24 07 - story

Crude oil prices to surge higher
without OPEC move: CGES

AFP LONDON Petroleumworld.com 07 24 07 - story

Oil prices slide further in Asian trade - story

BP reports profit fall on declining production - story

BHP announces record production - story

US targets 2008 for full implementation of NKorean nuclear deal - story

Turkish PM pledges reform after election triumph - story

US former executive charged with bribing Nigerian officials - story

Oil prices retreat amid OPEC output hint - story

Zimbabwe government to take over fuel importation: report - story

Britain's Brown refuses to rule out military action against Iran - story

US regulator suspends listing firms active in 'terrorist' states - story

Iran and IAEA to hold talks Tuesday - story

US offshore driller Transocean to buy GlobalSantaFe - story

Westinghouse agrees to buy South Africa's IST Nuclear - story

Canada wants US to move faster on approving oil sands pipelines - story

Japan's Toyota Tsusho joins Brazilian ethanol project study - story

Scorpion Offshore low bidder on Petrobras jackup tender - story

Brazil: Round 8 to be held in H2 - story

US and Iran to hold direct talks on Iraq in Baghdad

AFP/Ali Abbas

Iraq's Foreign Affairs Minister Hoshyar Zebari gestures as he speaks during a press conference in Baghdad, 09 July 2007.

By Jay Deshmukh AFP
BAGHDAD Petroleumworld.com 07 23 07 - story

Venezuela's president inaugurates
construction of a refinery in Nicaragua

Reuters/Oswaldo Rivas

Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez (L) holds the key to the city as Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega celebrate after symbolically placing the corner stone in the construction of a new oil refinery in Piedra Blanca, Nicaragua July 20, 2007

Petroleumworld CARACAS
Petroleumworld.com 07 23 07 - story

Oil prices cool off after sharp run-ups last week - story

SK Energy wins right to develop 'promising' Peru offshore oil field - story

Lured by 11-month highs, speculators drive oil prices higher - story

Fire at Saudi oil terminal kills four Asian workers - story

Mining conflict in Bolivia ended - story

Mexico: Gas explosion raises questions of pipe placement - story

Brazil: New wells give Petrobras an 8.6% oil production boost - story

Petrozuata may seek bond buyback, Merrill says - story

US, India declare 'substantial progress' in nuclear accord - story

Oil prices stabilize after strong rally on supply worries - story

French, US energy groups agree to build new US nuclear plants - story

Spain approves installation of offshore wind farms - story

La Nina pattern likely to play havoc with world's weather: UN - story

Franco-US oilfield services group sees 40 increase in net profit - story

Nigerian agency awaits Yar'Adua's nod to cancel refineries sale - story

Panama Canal picks construction company for expansion: authority - story

YPF Bolivianos awards crude oil shipment to Swiss firm Glencore - story

Brazil's Petrobras spends over 100 mln USD on gas compressors - story

Petrotrin raises US$750m - Funds to finance upgrade offive refineries - story

Dow ends above 14,000 as
investors cheer earnings news

AP/Seth Wenig

A new high for the Dow Jones is seen on a billboard
in Times Square in New York, in this July 17, 2007

AFP
NEW YORK
Petroleumworld.com 07 20 07 - story

IMF to revise economic forecasts amid 'global boom'

AFP

The International Monetary Fund seal is seen in Washington, DC.

By David Dieudonne AFP
WASHINGTON Petroleumworld.com 07 20 07 - story

Oil prices take respite on upward march - story

It’s the real thing: Brazilian companies hit acquisition trail - story

"Significant operational emergency" in PDVSA - story

Arbitration is last resort in Venezuela-Conoco CEO - story

Bolivia strikes giant deal with Indian firm to mine iron ore - story

Four Napo crude cargoes sold by PetroEcuador - story

Ecuador: Galo Chiriboga has been name new oil minister - story

Mexico guerrilla group says Pemex bombings `in self-defense' - story

Emerald Energy says oil output in Colombian field rises in Q2 from Q1 - story

US relationship is Britain's 'most important': British FM - story

US, India break 'logjam' in nuclear talks but final accord elusive - story

New York crude hits 76 dollars amid supply concerns - story

Ahmadinejad mocks Israel, praises Lebanon during Syria visit - story

Wife of Argentina's president launches campaign for his post - story

Consortium suspends stake in Nigerian oil refinery after outcry - story

NKorean talks to end without disarmament deadline - story

Generator problem hits Total oil production in Angola - story

EIA: OPEC should increase crude oil
production in the second half of the year

Petroleumworld CARACAS
Petroleumworld.com 07 19 07 - story

IAEA chief sees 'positive move'
from Iran on nuclear intentions

AP

Mohamed ElBaradei, head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)

AFP KUALA LUMPUR
Petroleumworld.com 07 19 07 - story

Huge underground lake could end Darfur conflict: US scientist - story

US to mull energy proposals from panel led by ex-Exxon chief - story

US, India identify solutions to salvage nuclear deal - story

EU weighs into British-Russian stand-off - story

Oil prices jump after surprise drop in US inventories - story

Nigeria warns oil firms failing to clean up spills - story

Iran to reduce petrol imports - story

Japan's Nippon Oil set to pay Iran in yen - story

Nigerian lawyer demands Obasanjo's trial for corruption - story

Norway's Statoil reports successful oil test off Shetlands - story

LNG shipments expected to fall as US prices slump - story

U. S. 'concerned' on continued strong crude oil prices: Bodman - story

Bolivia, Jindal to sign iron deal - story

Money alert for Mexican state oil - story

Petrobras' production increases - story

PetroFalcon to acquire Lundin Latina de Petroleos - story

Pemex, union agree on 4.25 percent pay increase - story

Venezuela bills Conoco, Chevron $37.2 mln in taxes - story

Resurgent Al-Qaeda determined
to strike US: intelligence

This image from video made available by IntelCenter, on Saturday, July 14, 2007, shows Osama bin Laden in a new videotape posted on a militant Web site by Al-Qaida's media production wing.

By Jim Mannion AFP
WASHINGTON Petroleumworld.com 07 18 07 - story

Global economy is resisting high oil prices: analysts

By Roland Jackson AFP
LONDON Petroleumworld.com 07 18 07 story

Dow breaks 14,000, fails to hold - story

Bush waives Cuba lawsuits another six months - story

Crude oil prices slip in profit taking ahead of DoE report - story

Congo wants to export fuel to Namibia - story

Shell appeals for access to Ogoniland pipeline blaze - story

Gulf firms to build 'energy city' in China - story