petroleumworld

Oct 16 - 30

US downplays talk of Iran attack

WASHINGTON
Petroleumworld.com 10 31 07 - story

OPEC 'basket' price tops 85 dollars
for first time

VIENNA
Petroleumworld.com 10 31 07 - story

Oil falls below 90 dollars a barrel - story

IAEA conference to discuss beating nuclear trafficking - story

Consortium led by Singapore's Keppel wins rig contract for Petrobras - story

NKorea set to abandon nuke ambitions, Seoul says - story

Overwhelming UN support to end US embargo on Cuba - story

Oil prices tumble from record highs on profit taking - story

Oil firms cleared over French airport safety concerns - story

Industrial gas giant Linde posts 23-percent drop in Q3 profit - story

Italian oil firm announces release of six employees in Nigeria - story

More oil from OPEC won't calm troubled markets, Hamli says - story

Alberta royalty review process adds to grim drill forecast: CAODC -story

Pemex reopens oil-loading port in Gulf of Mexico - story

Michael Chertoff calls Iran, Venezuela relationship 'troubling' - story

Petrobras rig back to full output after stoppage - story

Diesel shortage strains ties in Bolivia - story

Yaraslau Ramanchuk: Only “not simple” Belarusians will get out of Venezuelan oil - story

President Lula introduced to pioneering research in bioethanol - story

US: Iran seeks nuclear weapons

AFP/Behrouz Mehri

Machines use yellow cake to produce Uranium hexafluoride (UF6) at the Iranian Isfahan Uranium Conversion Facilities (UCF), 420 kms south of Tehran, February 2007.

WASHINGTON
Petroleumworld.com 10 30 07 - story

OPEC: No plan to switch from dollar in oil pricing

AFP

Qatar’s Deputy Premier and Minister of Energy and Industry,
HE Abdullah bin Hamad al-Attiyah

DOHA
Petroleumworld.com 10 30 07 - story

PetroChina's domestic listing breaks record - story

Oil giant Total should not withdraw from Myanmar: French FM - story

Oil retreats below 93 dollars - story

NKorea agrees on energy aid for nuke shutdown - story

ElBaradei urges global cooperation to supply nuclear fuel - story

Argentine first lady sweeps presidential polls - story

Oil continues record charge, prices top 93 dollars - story

Iraq warns Turkey against 'disastrous' incursion - story

US top court to re-examine Exxon Valdez suit - story

Qatar expects to boost LNG output to 77 million tonnes a year - story

Braskem to build 200,000mt/yr renewable plastics plant: CEO - story

Dow's North American MEG, DEG force majeure could extend to Dec - story

Brazil's Petrobras may buy Latam assets from Exxon, Total:reports - story

Mexico's Pemex to resume oil production after accident - story

PEMEX fails on trying to stop oil escape - story

Petrobras considers resuming investments in Bolivia - story

Petrobras and Noroil sign MOU for oil tankers to be built in Brazil - story

José Carreras and Sara Baras to perform at the 19th World Petroleum Congress - story

Argentine elects first woman president

Reuters/Andres Stapff

Argentina's first lady and president-elect senator Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner celebrates at their campaign headquarters in Buenos Aires, October 28, 2007.

BUENOS AIRES
Petroleumworld.com 10 29 07 - story

Ex Conoco's PDVSA Corocoro field to pump 33,000 b/d

Corocoro's E & P barge

CARACAS
Petroleumworld.com 10 29 07 - story

StatoilHydro presents mixed third quarter earnings - story

NKorea repeats nuclear disablement pledge as energy talks start - story

Oil surges above 93 dollars in Asian trade - story

PetroChina Shanghai IPO attracts record 440 billion dlrs: report - story

Brazil boosts military spending more than 50 percent - story

Turkish army clashes with Kurdish rebels, 15 reported killed - story

Tropical storm forms south of Haiti - story

Kuwait replaces oil, finance ministers in reshuffle - story

China to build oil refinery in Costa Rica: Arias - story

Israel boosts campaign against Iran nuclear bid - story

Two more bodies found in Mexico oil rig accident; toll at 21 - story

Ecuador insists on ending anti-drug accord with US - story

White House rejects responsibility for oil price spike - story

Oil price hits record high on Iran tensions, supply concerns - story

Canada's Suncor to work with Alberta on new royalty regime - story

Pemex halts one-fifth of crude output on storm - story

Bolivia govt tries to save Constituent Assembly - story

TNK-BP/PDVSA, sign deal on Ayacucho-2 oil fields - story

Aker Oilfield Services mins 350 mln usd vessel deal with Petrobras - story

PDVSA contract Neptune Marine's drill-ship for offshore operations- story

Venezuela to build a 700,000 t/y oil tube plant for the domestic market - story

Alberta ups energy royalties rates

OTTAWA
Petroleumworld.com 10 26 0 - story

Putin warns Europe ahead of summit

Reuters

Russia's President Vladimir Putin

MAFRA, Portugal
Petroleumworld.com 10 26 07 - story

Death toll in Gulf of Mexico oil rig accident rises to 19 - story

Wall St. ends lower; record oil prices douse rate hopes - story

Norwegian solar energy firm to invest 4.31 billion dollars in Singapore - story

Nigerian militants attack Italy-owned oil platform - story

Iran nuclear crisis heats up with new US sanctions - story

BP 'abuses' end in US fines of 373 mln dlrs - story

Mexican oil rigs crash leaving 10 dead

AFP/ Eunice Adorno

Petroleos Mexicanos (PEMEX) oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico.

MEXICO CITY
Petroleumworld.com 10 25 07 - story

Conoco may file Venezuela arbitration
in 'several weeks':Mulva

Conocos' CEO Jim Mulva

NEW YORK
Petroleumworld.com 10 25 07 - story

US to order sanctions against Iran military - story

London oil price hits record high: 85.57 dollars - story

Shell profits drop as oil output declines - story

Oil higher in Asia as US energy inventories decline - story

PetroChina sets IPO price for multi-billion dollar IPO - story

Gazprom, Japan in talks on gas supplies - story

Argentina's 'Hillary' tipped for presidency - story

Canada's ruling Conservatives prevail in first tests - story

BP traders to be indicted in US: report - story

Oil prices surge as US energy reserves dive - story

ONGC may sell to Petrobras and Statoil up to 60% stake in Andhra's KG basin - story

Lukman: Nigeria to re-negotiate
joint ventures with oil majors

Rilwanu Lukman, presidential adviser on energy

ABUJA
Petroleumworld.com 10 24 07 - story

Nuclear power to remain important
energy source: IAEA

Nuclear plant in Brazil

VIENNA
Petroleumworld.com 10 24 07 - story

Sarkozy announces nuclear cooperation with Morocco - story

BP to pay 303 mln dlrs to settle US propane probe: report - story

EU's Solana, Iran's new nuclear pointman have 'constructive' talks - story

Oil prices slip as traders worry about US demand - story

Danish pensions body sells shares in Total over Myanmar - story

Troubled energy giant BP rocked by profits slump - story

Nigeria seeks Germany's assistance to develop power sector - story

Lukoil to continue in Iran despite sanctions problems - story

Algeria, Venezuela discussing oil, other energy projects - story

Venezuela's currency weakens, dips to 6,000 bolivars against U.S. dollar - story

Chile's ENAP says refinery output near normal - story

OSV sinks offshore Mexico - story

Mexican PEMEX angers oil union - story

Petrobras squeezed by margins and investment plans - story

Brazil, Bolivia appraise energy links - story

19th World Petroleum Congress : Madrid to host the most influential international congress in the hydrocarbons industry between 29 June and 3 July, 2008 - story

IMF chief warns dollar may suffer 'abrupt fall'
AFP

Rodrigo Rato, head of the International Monetary Fund

WASHINGTON
Petroleumworld.com 10 23 07 - story

Energy poses major 21st century crisis: scientists

PARIS
Petroleumworld.com 10 23 07 - story

Nervous US vows help for Turkey against PKK rebels - story

Gazprom to buy shares in Saint-Petersburg energy supplier - story

US ethanol plan causing food prices to surge: bank - story

Diplomat spat resolved as US ambassador apologizes to Bolivia - story

Oil prices slip on demand worries amid equities selloff - story

Gunmen in Nigeria release seven hostages - story

Chile to claim sovereignty over seabed off Antarctica - story

Olmert, Sarkozy see eye-to-eye on Iran - story

Yahoo offsets "carbon footprint" with Brazil, India projects - story

OPEC output hike 'too little, too late' to lower prices: CGES - story

Global oil output to decline 'dramatically' after peaking: study - story

Marathon says to buy four PDVSA Citgo terminals, pipeline stake in Ohio - story

Kuwait signs deal with Exxon Mobil to develop heavy oil: official - story

Trinidad & Tobago: Long-delayed Trinidad pipeline seen starting year-end: official - story

Venezuela to assess Maracaibo lake oil reserves - story

Ecuador's oil-export revenues down a 6% in Aug from previous year - story

Cheney: Iran faces 'serious consequences' over nuclear drive

AP Photo/Caleb Jones

Vice President Dick Cheney speaks at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy Weinberg Founders Conference, Sunday, Oct. 21, 2007, in Lansdowne, Va.

LANSDOWNE, Virginia, U.S.
Petroleumworld.com 10 22 07 - story

Crude oil prices too low: Iran

TEHRAN
Petroleumworld.com 10 22 07 - stor

Koreas meet on six-nation energy aid - story

Hu's strengthened hand no guarantee of success - story

Oil prices ease in Asia despite Turkey-Iraq tensions - story

Indonesia wants to cut gas exports to Japan - story

PetroChina 5.0 billion dollar Shanghai IPO set for November - story

Polish liberals vow break with Kaczynski era after poll rout - story

Iran insists no nuclear shift after Larijani - story

Iran's top nuclear negotiator resigns - story

New fire outbreak at Nigerian Shell facility: official - story

Crude oil retreats after hitting fresh records - story

Oil pipeline set ablaze near Iraq's Kirkuk - story

Shell reopens gas plant in southern Nigeria - story

Venezuela to crash if oil stops rising-Hausmann - story

Venezuela's PDVSA Cardon oil refinery partially shuts down due to outage - story

PEMEX issues invitation to tender - story

PEMEX willing to reexplore abandoned oil fields - story

Petrobras’ average production at 2,276,606 boepd, 1.2% less than a year ago - story

Brazilian oil production dips due to problems with offshore rigs - story

Petroecuador reports losses, reached a deal with protesters - story

Petrojam - PDVSA's planned Petcoke 120MW plant to provide fuel - story

Terra, Orica plan to build Peru petrochemical plant - story

Brazil to search for oil in the Amazon - story

19th World Petroleum Congress : Madrid to host the most influential international congress in the hydrocarbons industry between 29 June and 3 July, 2008 - story

Oil prices soar to new highs

NEW YORK
Petroleumworld.com 10 19 07 - story

Argentina jacks up tax rates
on oil and gas concessions

BUENOS AIRES
Petroleumworld.com 10 19 07 - story

Turkish minister rejects direct talks with Iraqi Kurds - story

Oil near 90 dollars in Asian trade - story

France faces second day of transport chaos - story

US to begin disabling NKorean nuclear program in three weeks - story

New York oil price passes record 90 dollars - story

At least 105 dead as bombs target Bhutto - story

Sri Lanka hunts new oil reserves in the south - story

Japan urges China to be 'practical' on gas fields - story

Main points of freshly approved EU reform treaty - story

Europe's crisis over with treaty deal: EU presidency - story

Putin briefs Israeli leader on Iran trip - story

Philippines oil tankers given conversion deadline - story

Venezuela reforms raise fears about civil rights - story

Venezuela's Bolivar falls as Fitch lowers debt ratings outlook - story

Fitch revised PDVSA rating outlook to negative - story

Venezuela's PetroFalcon receives shareholder consents for Lundin transaction - story

Fitch Ratings revised Venezuela's rating to negative from Stable - story

Ecuador ends Amazon oil protest, reports losses - story

Chile's ENAP mulls LNG exports to Argentina in 2009 - story

BP, Total to lose 2 deals in Colombia to local partner when they expire in 2010 - story

BG Group shares peak on Shell and Petrobras interest on the firm - story

Bar Iran from nuclear arms to avoid World War III : Bush

AFP/Nicholas Kamm

US President George W. Bush speaks at a press conference
in the White House briefing room in Washington, DC.

WASHINGTON
Petroleumworld.com 10 18 07 - story

OPEC 'basket' price tops 80 dollars for first time

VIENNA
Petroleumworld.com 10 18 07 - story

Oil prices slip as US inventory rise offsets geopolitical jitters - story

Pentagon sees little Turkish appetite for an Iraq incursion - story

IMF lowers global growth forecast amid rising financial risk - story

Turkish parliament authorises incursion into Iraq - story

Russia says Iran not yet capable of intercontinental missiles - story

Brazil, west Africa agree to lobby for bio-fuels - story

Main points from Bush's press conference - story

New Petrobras technology boosts reservoir productivity - story

Pemex`s extended tender related to non-associated gas fields in the Burgos basin -