petroleumworld

Sept 15 - 30

Ahmadinejad shores up
support in Bolivia, Venezuela

(AP Juan Karita)

President Evo Morales, left, and Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad wave to supporters from a balcony at the presidential palace in La Paz, Thursday, Sept. 27, 2007.

AFP LA PAZ
Petroleumworld.com 09 28 07 - story

ADM, ConocoPhillips plan new 'biocrude' venture - story

Oil prices surge on storm threat; Brent hits record high - story

US says Iran nuclear issue
not closed ahead of new talks

AFP UNITED NATIONS
Petroleumworld.com 09 26 07 - story

Sarkozy asks French businesses to freeze Myanmar investments - story

Four killed in Myanmar protest crackdown - story

Giant ocean-based pipes could curb global warming: scientists - story

Oil prices drop as US inventories climb - story

Zimbabwe and Iran mull coalition against 'global bullies' - story

Venezuela's PDVSA in talks to buy ESSO gas stations in Uruguay - story

YPF Sociedad Anonima rated 'BBB+' by Fitch Ratings - story

Iran warns India over Pakistan gas pipeline deal - story

Ahmadinejad launches broadside
against US at United Nations

AP

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad addresses the 62nd
session of the United Nations General Assembly.

By James Hossack AFP
UNITED NATIONS Petroleumworld.com 09 26 07 - story

Bush urges UN to pressure repressive regimes

Reuters/Shannon Stapleton

President George W. Bush addresses the 62nd United Nations General Assembly at the U.N. headquarters in New York, September 25, 2007.

By Laurent Lozano AFP
UNITED NATIONS Petroleumworld.com 09 26 07 - story

Oil prices higher on expected US drawdown - story

US can help in Colombia hostage crisis: Chavez - story

Venezuela biggest coal producer lifts force majeure - story

Britain backs four countries for Security Council veto - story

Myanmar imposes curfews after mass protests - story

France says nuclear weapons in Iran's hands 'unacceptable' - story

Oil prices slide in profit taking from record peaks - story

Canada's Heritage Oil denies sparking DRC-Uganda clash - story

Chavez skips UN General Assembly - story

Spain's Iberdrola wins combined cycle plant contract in Russia - story

Putin reshuffle keeps Russia on liberal economic course - story

Argentina: Petrobras Must Clean Up - story

Pemex awards Swecomex contract for chemical plant - story

Independent diamond miners operating in Venezuela - story

Six powers to pursue Iran sanction talks: US

Reuters

U .S. Undersecretary of State Nicholas Burns

Petroleumworld WASHINGTON
Petroleumworld.com 09 25 07 - story

IEA sees "strong likelihood" oil prices will remain high

Petroleumworld PARIS
Petroleumworld.com 09 25 07 - story

Rich nations must honor climate change pledge: developing countries - story

BP revenues set to be 'dreadful,' CEO says: report - story

Elvira Nabiullina, Russia's new economy minister - story

Yemen signs nuclear energy deal with US firm - story

Alexei Kudrin, Russian oil administrator and new deputy PM - story

GM workers strike in US as contract talks fail - story

Oil prices drop after Gulf storm threat fizzles - story

Chavez to visit France to discuss Colombian hostages - story

Ahmadinejad faces public dressing down at US university - story

Venezuela to turn into a petrochemistry power - story

Iran has no need of nuclear weapons

AFP/Atta Kenare

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad waves prior entering
the aircraft leaving for the United States at Tehran's Mehrabad airport.

Petroleumworld NEW YORK
Petroleumworld.com 09 24 07 - story

IEA chief noncommittal on more
OPEC oil, 'concerned' on price

Nobuo Tanaka, new executive director
of the International Energy Agency,

Petroleumworld Washington
Petroleumworld.com 09 24 07 - story

Fujimori back in Peru to face trial - story

Continent leaders have the eyes on Venezuela - story

Bolivia divisions grow more bitter - story

‘ONGC stock split, bonus issue in due course’, bags three blocks in Colombia - story

President Chávez: Venezuela to be a power for the good - story

Bolivia races against time to boost natgas output - story

Petrobras changes Board of Directors and Executive Board - story

Yemen discusses nuclear reactor with US, Canadian firms - story

Frail but alert Castro appears in TV interview - story

Russia warns war with Iran would block oil flows - story

Britain laying claim to south Atlantic seabed: report - story

Oil prices slightly mixed at end of record-breaking week - story

Comodities report: World oil prices rocket to record highs - story

Norwegian gas group sets up biggest liquefied gas project in Europe - story

Norwegian cabinet list following a reshuffle announced - story

Chavez urged Brazil to accelerate energy integration to Venezuela counterbalance U.S. - story

Venezuela to tie more oil to China - story

Arabs push through nuclear vote against Israel - story

Oil prices hit record highs as storm threatens Gulf of Mexico - story

Bush urges peaceful end to Iran nuclear crisis - story

IAEA urges NKorea to take further steps in denuclearization - story

Estonia blocks key Baltic Sea gas pipeline - story

OPEC 'basket' price surges past 75 dollars to new record - story

Two French energy unions call for strikes October 17 - story

China to restrict foreign capital in ethanol projects - story

Venezuela plans to sell $1.2 Billion in dollar bonds - story

ICSID rejects Oxy claim against the Ecuador - story

Five die in Curacao oil tanker blast: official - story

“Gazprom” to expand cooperation with Venezuelan oil company PDVSA - story

Chile’s State Defense Council (CDE) sues the state-run oil company ENAP over spill - story

Petrobras achieves four blocks put on auction in Colombia - story

Petrobras: Tests confirm light oil discovery in the Santos Basin - story

Iran warns it could strike Israel
as nuclear tensions mount

AFP / Behrouz Mehri

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad attends a conference
in Tehran entitled 'The World without Zionism', in 2005.

By Stuart Williams AFP
TEHRAN Petroleumworld.com 09 21 07 - story

Lay off OPEC, Iran tells oil consumers

AFP TEHRAN
Petroleumworld.com 09 21 07 - story

CAR criticizes Areva uranium mine deal - story

New York oil prices close at record high - story

Bogota government, leftist rebels set date for talks - story

UN nuclear chief faces new US criticism - story

Egypt, Syria press for IAEA resolution against Israel - story

Alberta should hike oil sands royalties by 20 percent: study - story

France to take 'golden share' in GDF-Suez: finmin - story

EU seeks to split up energy giants - story

Russian oil firm Russneft elects new chairman - story

BP says lifting non-essential workers from US Gulf due to storm - story

Fitch issues a full credit analysis report with 'BBB' rating on PDVSA-HESS HOVENSA, LLC - story

Repsol YP: Mexico gas contract worth 15 bln usd - story

Argentina gives green light to Transener sale - story

Ecuador congressman presses criminal investigation of Chevron - story

PetroCaribe oil to replace Texaco's in Grenada - story

IEA chief urges OPEC to 'respond to market signals'

Nobuo Tanaka, the new head of the International Energy Agency

AFP PARIS
Petroleumworld.com 09 20 07 - story

Iranian nuclear issue must be solved
through dialogue -- UN chief

AFP/Don Emmert

UN chief Ban Ki-moon

AFP UNITED NATIONS
Petroleumworld.com 09 20 07 - story

Britain-Russian TNK-BP seeking state help to enter Venezuela - story

New York oil price soars to record high after Fed rate cut - story

US drafts new sanctions text against Iran - story

Colombians urge extradition of US Chiquita executives - story

Russia warns against Iran war - story

France's Kouchner slams press after Iran comments - story

Iraq to review security firms after deadly shootout - story

Russian oil firm Russneft to elect new CEO - story

PDVSA & Lukoil mull refinery - story

Bolivia, Argentina assess energy plans - story

Galp, Venezuela's PDVSA plan oil midstream JV to supply Portugal - CEO - story

Colombia awards oil blocks to BP, Petrobras - story

Foreign company to operate Mexico oil pipeline - story

Disputed oil block removed from Brazil auction - story

19th World Petroleum Congress: Join the stage with the world’s industry leaders - story

France ups ante in war of words with Iran

AP / Stephane Ruet

French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner

By Hugh Schofield AFP
PARIS Petroleumworld.com 09 18 07 - story

Greenspan: Compare Chavez
to Saddam Hussein

AFP

Alan Greenspan

By Elio Ohep Petroleumworld
CARACAS Petroleumworld.com 09 18 07 - story

Greenspan criticizes Chavez-style Latin American populism - story

Military intervention in Iran would have "catastrophic" consequences: Moscow - story

Statoil, Petrobras Cooperate on Exploration, Biofuels - story

Brazil's president urges Spanish business leaders to invest more in Brazil - story

Poor intelligence facilitates Mexican bombings - story

Mexico's Pemex to resume gas, oil supply on Monday - story

Oil companies in ‘farcical’ megaphone plan for uncontacted tribes - story

US believes NKorea talks will take place next week - story

New York oil leaps to new record above 80 dollars - story

US rejects Bush/Ahmadinejad debate - story

'War' talk heightens Iran nuclear dispute - story

Bush 'surprised' by Greenspan: White House - story

Iran warns Western nations against confrontation - story

Greenspan memoir links Iraq war to US thirst for oil - story

Iran warns US: We have you in our sights - story

PDVSA to convert accounts away from dollars - story

Venezuela to become one of world's top
gas producers with $18 bl of investment

ABN

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on his Sunday radio and television show

By Elio Ohep Petroleumworld
CARACAS Petroleumworld.com 09 17 07 - story

Bush warns against hasty Iraq withdrawal

US Army-HO

US soldiers in action during Operation Rock Hammer,
south of Baquba on 07 September.

By Carlos Hamann AFP
WASHINGTON Petroleumworld.com 09 17 07 - story

Chavez seeks mano-a-mano with Colombia rebels

ABN

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez

AFP
CARACAS
Petroleumworld.com 09 17 07

President Hugo Chavez insisted Sunday on holding face-to-face talks with Colombian rebel leaders if he is to broker a swap of rebels in Colombian prisons for hostages held by the FARC.- story

Chavez to discuss gas pipeline project with Brazilian president next month - story

Chavez pledges to offer Caribbean nations oil for long term under PetroCaribe scheme - story

Could Putin retain power? Intrigue mounts after PM change - story

NKorean envoy dismisses Syria nuclear links: report - story

Talks next week to seal nuclear disablement pact with NKorea - story

Sudan's Beshir offers Darfur ceasefire, blasts rebels - story

Oil prices fall at end of record-breaking week - story

Putin says 2008 presidential race is wide open - story

Angola oil output quota to be fixed by January 1: OPEC chief - story

OPEC chief says 80-dollar oil won't last - story

Petrobras files suit against the Brazil's ANP - story