petroleumworld

Nov 13 - 30

Referendum opponents
stage final rally in Venezuela

Reuters/Francesco Spotorno

People stand on the stage during a closing campaign rally against Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's proposal of constitutional changes in Caracas November 29, 2007. The sign reads 'Vote No'.

CARACAS
Petroleumworld.com 11 29 07 .- story

IEA head appeals for more OPEC output

Reuters/Stefan Wermuth

International Energy Agency (IEA) Executive Director Nobuo Tanaka attends a news conference in Bern November 26, 2007.

PARIS
Petroleumworld.com 11 29 07 - story

US urges Venezuelans to vote in referendum - story

Slovak police say 'dirty bomb' uranium seized - story

Musharraf says will lift emergency rule on Dec 16 - story

Under pressure, Sarkozy promises more 'fuel' for French economy - story

Vote for me or face 'humiliation': Putin - story

Oil prices rise as blaze hits pipeline feeding US - story

Referendum opponents stage final rally in Venezuela - story

Shell to take reins of vast gas field off Norway - story

Ecuador begins work to rewrite constitution - story

Colombia: no official word on ties being severed with Venezuela - story

Venezuela's Chavez : No relations with
Colombia 'as long as Uribe is president

AFP/Mauricio Duenas

Colombian President Alvaro Uribe gives a press conference in Bogota. A raging row between Venezuela and Colombia intensified Wednesday when Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said he would not have any relations with the neighboring country "as long as (Alvaro) Uribe is president".

CARACAS
Petroleumworld.com 11 29 07 - story

Bolivian provinces strike over reforms

AP/Dado Galdieri

Protesters shout slogans against the government of Bolivia's President Evo Morales during a strike in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia, Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2007.

SANTA CRUZ, Bolivia
Petroleumworld.com 11 29 07 - story

Oil prices rebound in Asian trade - story

Venezuela may expel U.S. envoy over vote suspicions - story

US vows support to Mideast peace process - story

Chavez in tough referendum fight - story

Myanmar gas industry attracts record investments: official data - story

US-Canada oil pipeline blast kills 2: operator - story

NKorea to come clean on secret nuclear programme: US envoy - story

Six powers to meet in Paris on Iran nuclear issue - story

Wall Street surges on rate cut hopes - story

Oil prices fall as US reserves dip by less-than-expected - story

Chavez accuses CNN of calling for his assassination - story

Pemex: Oil leak might take months to fix - story

Activists curb Petroecuador's Auca Sur oil output - story

Brazil reaps billions from oil block sale - story

Argentina's Kirchner calls on oil firms to invest - story

Ecuador wants to favor state firms in oil projects - story

Defence Minister: Iran builds new longer-range missile

AFP/Fars News

Iranian clergymen watch a Shahab-3 long-range
ballistic missile launch in the desert Qom in 2006.

TEHRAN
Petroleumworld.com 11 28 07 - story

Fears of violence over Venezuelan referendum

AP Photo/Juan Carlos Hernandez

A demonstrator walks near a barricade during a protest against constitutional reforms proposed by Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez in Valencia, Venezuela, Monday, Nov. 26, 2007. (AP Photo/Juan Carlos Hernandez

CARACAS
Petroleumworld.com 11 28 07 - story

Oil prices fall below 94 dollars in Asian trade - story

Ecopetrol rises to limit, halted in first trading day - story

Saudis back new peace process, stand firm on Israel - story

Regional leaders call for strikes in six Bolivian provinces - story

British PM pulls out of EU-Africa summit in response to Mugabe - story

French police deploy 1,000 officers to keep lid on riots - story

Next steps for Mideast peace process - story

Venezuela recalls ambassador amid row with Colombia - story

Oil prices tumble as market mulls possible OPEC output hike - story

Kerkorian drops investment bid in oil refiner Tesoro - story

Brazil seeks ways to boost oil proceeds: regulator ANP - story

Pemex begins dismantling damaged oil rig - story

BRAZIL: Auction of oil blocks in the crossfire - story

Brazil E&P auction ends early, local spender sways - story

Protest causes drop in Ecuador oil output - story

PETROBRAS: Tupi working by 2010,
with 100.000 barrels per day

Petrobras offshore oilrig

CARACAS Petroleumworld.com 11 27 07 - story

Four dead in Bolivia political clashes

Riot policemen take up position during clashes in Sucre Nov. 25, 2007.

SUCRE, Bolivia
Petroleumworld.com 11 27 07 - story

Iran builds new longer-range missile: report - story

Thai energy giant says making first investment in Australia - story

Oil falls in Asia trade but tight supplies will support market - story

Chile mulls arctic fuel-oil pollution from sunken cruiser - story

Argentina modifies 2007 budget to boost gas, energy spending - story

Venezuela's Chavez says oil cheap compared to wine - story

Taxes: Chile best, Venezuela worst - story

Roadmap quartet hold talks on eve of Annapolis - story

Wall St. sees red as economic fears spark losses - story

Experts to examine biofuel potential in Africa: organisers - story

US, Iraq set stage for long US presence - story

Oil prices make fresh assault on 100 dollars, then dip - story

Uribe: Chavez wants a Marxist FARC
government in Colombia*

AP/William Fernando Martinez

Colombia's President Alvaro Uribe speaks during a session of the Latin American Parliament at Congress in Bogota, Friday, Nov. 23, 2007.

BOGOTA
Petroleumworld.com 11 26 07 - story

Rig workers evacuated
after North Sea blaze

Lundin Petroleum

The Lundin Petroleum platform 'Heather A' in the North Sea. Thistle Alpha, an oil platform north of the Shetland Islands and owned by Lundin Petroleum, has been evacuated following a fire. There were no reports of casualties.

LONDON
Petroleumworld.com 11 26 07 - story

Oil bubbles near 99 - story

Japan watches newcomer Petrobras' moves as refiners at crossroads - story

Indonesia to develop oil fields in Ecuador - story

Tensions rise for Colombia and Venezuela - story

Deadly riots shake Bolivia over pro-Morales constitution - story

Honduras seeks to resume oil imports from Venezuela - story

Venezuela's Chavez behind in constitutional vote, poll shows - story

Colombia's Ecopetrol to invest $50 million in Peru - story

PDVSA overcomes drilling emergency; 141 oilrigs are operational - story

US concerned by Russian tactics against protestors - story

Rice in diplomatic rush ahead of Mideast talks - story

Pakistan's Sharif returns to denounce arch-foe Musharraf - story

Chavez freezes ties with Colombia over mediation flap - story

200 detained in new anti-Putin demo in Russia - story

Third death after protests over Bolivia's draft constitution - story

Spain's Zapatero launches campaign for a second mandate - story

Iran says global oil market has sufficient supplies - story

Oil prices firm after run at 100 dollars - story

IAEA in dark over Iran's
nuclear intentions: ElBaradei

VIENNA
Petroleumworld.com 11 23 07 - story

Oil prices gain slightly in quiet Asian trade - story

Venezuela frustrated by end to Colombia hostage mediation - story

Dollar hits new low against euro amid warnings from Europe - story

Commonwealth suspends Pakistan - story

Suspension from the Commonwealth: what it means - story

Oil prices dip after flirting with 100 dollars - story

Putin, Prodi hail gas pipeline deal - story

Ecuador runs out of storage space for its share of oil output - story

Latin America still lags behind Asia despite 5% GDP growth: S&P - story

Peru to continue effort to buy Venezuelan crude: Petroperu - story

Pemex October oil output drops 5.6% from year earlier - story

Petrobras to invest US$ 671 million in social inclusion projects - story

Pemex restores much of its oil product - story

Oil prices back after flirting with 100 dlrs

NEW YORK
Petroleumworld.com 11 22 07 - story

Venezuelan students turn out
demonstrating on the referendum

University students, opponents and supporters of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez take part and rest in a march in support of theirs different views on the proposal for constitutional changes, in Caracas November 21, 2007.

CARACAS
Petroleumworld.com 11 22 07 - story

Oil price retreats below 98 dollars - story

Colombia withdraws backing for Chavez mediation effort - story

Peres says Mideast accord impossible in Bush term: report - story

Britain to build world's biggest biomass plant - story

Ahmadinejad rules out Iran nuclear concessions - story

Iraq boosts oil exports after reopening Kirkuk pipeline - story

$100 a barrel fair oil price -Venezuela's Chavez - story

Venezuela completes Amuay refinery maintenance, Panorama says - story

PDVSA and Total could jointly develop Orinoco basin - story

PEMEX: Month-old oil spill continues in gulf - story

US CF Industries selected as possible partner for Peru natural gas contract - story

Petrobras Brazil oil output slumps in October - story

BORCO Sold - story

Argentina/Brazil to jointly explore for South Atlantic oil - story

World stocks battered by soaring oil prices, economic fears - story

Saboteurs hit rail lines as talks start to end French strike - story

'God is Brazilian,' Lula says after oil find

AFP/Fabrice Coffrini

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, seen here in January 2007, declared "God is Brazilian," in relation to his government's announcement earlier this month that massive new oil reserves had been discovered offshore.

BRASILIA
Petroleumworld.com 11 21 07 - story

US military chief refuses to rule out military option over Iran

AFP/ Tim Sloan

US Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Michael Mullen

WASHINGTON
Petroleumworld.com 11 21 07- story

Wall Street ends higher in wobbly session - story

No U-turn says Sarkozy, as pressure mounts from street - story

US issues invitations for Nov 27 Mideast peace meet - story

Second fire breaks out on Mexican oil rig under repair: Pemex - story

Oil prices hit record highs amid dollar weakness - story

Libya grants ExxonMobil exploration rights - story

S. Korean, Brazilian firms ink deal to build 2-bln-dlr steel plant - story

Norway's oil fund exceeds 250 billion euros: central bank - story

Latin petchems to become more LPG dominant after 2012, APLA told - story

Venezuela minister says OPEC producing enough crude - story

Brazil official seeks nuclear sub for Tupi - story

Alan García invites Chávez to invest in Peru - story

Gran Tierra Energy announces commerciality approved for Juanambu oil discovery in Colombia - story

Cantarell and Ku Maloob Zaap production falling - story

Brazil and Argentina discussed cooperation on nuclear energy - story

U.S. Federal court dismisses remaining Ecuador cancer claims against Chevron - story

Brazil, Argentina discuss nuclear energy cooperation

AP /Eraldo Peres

Argentina's president-elect Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, left, shakes hands with Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva at the presidential palace in Brasilia, Monday, Nov. 19, 2007.

BRASILIA
Petroleumworld.com 11 20 07 - story

Anti-US Iran, Venezuela vow 'strategic unity'

Reuters/Ali Jarekji

Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (L) greets Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez during the 3rd Opec Summit, in Riyadh November 17, 2007.

TEHRAN
Petroleumworld.com 11 20 07 - story

Oil prices lower in Asian trade - story

Brazil to invest 28 bln dollars in science and technology: Lula - story

Chavez arrives for visit to France - story

Wall St. dives below 13,000 as economic fears intensify - story

Oil prices rise after OPEC summit - story

Venezuela, Spain have no interest in stepping up spat: ambassador - story

Strike costing France up to 400 million euros per day: minister - story

Malaysia's Petronas to supply gas to Japan Osaka Gas - story

Argentina LPG companies, workers set to meet to resolve strike - story

CF Industries selected by Pluspetrol for natural gas contract in Peru - story

Petrobras cranks up light oil rig after delays - story

Brazil won't restrict blocks near Tupi to Petrobras - story

Greymouth Petroleum wins Chile concessions in joint venture with ENAP - story

Lopez Obrador vows to block opening of Mexico's energy industry - story

PDVSA uses Puerto la Cruz inventory for gasoline - story

OPEC leaves dollar, output questions dangling

Reuters/Ali Jarekji

Saudi King Abdullah attends the opening ceremony for the OPEC Summit in Riyadh November 17, 2007.

RIYADH
Petroleumworld.com 11 19 07 - story

Ecuador joins anti-US camp with call for political OPEC

Reuters/Ali Jarekji

Ecuador ' s President Rafael Correa attends the opening ceremony for the OPEC Summit in Riyadh November 17, 2007.

RIYADH
Petroleumworld.com 11 19 07 - story

Several dead in Saudi gas pipeline blaze - story

Musharraf must end emergency, talk to Bhutto: US envoy - story

Iran nuclear drive 'a grave threat': French FM - story

OPEC at loggerheads over cartel's political role - story

Putin's shadow hangs over Russian parliament vote - story

Uranium sows discord between Niger and France - story

Iraq 'progress' shifts US political sands - story

Hydrogen: the wave of the future, but how far down the road? - story

Chavez starts OPEC summit with 200-dollar oil warning - story

Ecuador finalises return to OPEC - story

Divided OPEC meets for rare summit - story

Nigeria worried about impact of 100-dollar oil on demand: minister - story

Oil prices lower than 'real' value: Ahmadinejad - story

Chavez demands apology from Spain's king - story

Venezuela denies Guyana mine dredge blasts - story

Oil prices surge ahead of OPEC summit - story

OPEC blunder reveals divisions on eve of summit - story

Venezuelan president must respect to be respected: EU chief - story

Venezuela's Chavez on ambitious diplomatic agenda - story

IAEA report suggests Iran is playing for time: analysts - story

IAEA sees progress but says Iran
still enriching uranium

VIENNA
Petroleumworld.com 11 16 07 - story

OPEC says unable to calm runaway oil prices

Mohammad al-Hamli, OPEC's president

RIYADH
Petroleumworld.com 11 16 07 - story

World oil prices flat in Asia after lower demand forecast - story

Colombia,