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Previous Stories: 2006
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July 01- 15
Russia to host Middle East
crisis talks at G8 summitAlexander Demianchuk/Reuters
The national flags of the G8 countries and the flag of the European Union fly near a logo of the G8 summit in St Petersburg July 13, 2006.
By Kevin McElderry AFP SAINT PETERSBURG Petroleumworld.com 07 15 06 - story
World oil prices strike new records
amid escalating Mideast crisis
AFP LONDON
Petroleumworld.com 07 13 06 - story
Oil market pressures to be eased
by OPEC investments: IEA
IEA executive director, Claude Mandil
By Adam Plowright AFP
PARIS Petroleumworld.com 07 13 06 - storyVenezuela-owned Citgo to stop selling gasoline to hundreds of U.S. stations - story
PDVSA reports USD 280 million in dividends from Citgo - story
Antarctic under threat as thirst for oil grows: expert - story
Exiting Peruvian leader calls on U.S. to secure democracy in region - story
'Strong message' heading NKorea's way, US top envoy says - story
World divided on Russia's energy supply reliability: survey - story
High oil prices keep US trade gap rising - story
Bolivia to invest US$1.2bn into oil and gas explotation - story
Ecuador sets deadline for Venezuela's oil swap deal - storyOPEC pumps 29.95 mbp in June, up 200 bpd, Venezuela declined to 2.550 mbp, Platts
Petroleumworld CARACAS
Petroleumworld.com 07 12 06 - storyGlobal oil demand to grow
1.8 percent next year: IEA
AFP PARIS
Petroleumworld.com 07 12 06 .- storyRepsol YPF reinforces its presence in the US, buys stake in Gulf of Mexico oil field - story
Ecuador's Jan-May oil exports up to $2.95 bln - story
Petrobras, BG, Galp strike oil offshore in a new frontier area in the Santos Basin - story
Ecuador to bid Oxy crude oil, given failure to reach refining deal with Caracas - story
Petrobras will present its 2007-2011 Business Plan in NY on July 12th - story
Rumsfeld in Iraq to review deteriorating Baghdad security - story
Lost town finds outside world but risks losing itself in Azerbaijan - story
Oil prices flat in Asian trade but Iran worries remain - story
Kremlin hardliner the secret behind Rosneft's success - story
Bush: Don't look for public scolding of Putin - storyBrazilian president wants trade talks progress at G8 summit - story
Britain champions nuclear, renewable energy in major review - story
Foreign diplomats defy Kremlin warning to attend anti-Putin meet - story
Oil prices rise as Iran stands firm on nuclear ambitions - story
Energy security headache clouds G8 summit
By Nick Coleman
AFP
MOSCOW
Petroleumworld.com 07 11 06 - storyVenezuela to double oil exports
to China to 300,000 barrels a day
By Elio Ohep Petroleumworld
CARACAS Petroleumworld.com 07 11 06 - storyChina's clout over North Korea tested by missile crisis - story
Oil prices fall on easing geopolitical tensions - story
G8 host Russia rides oil wave back to superpower status - story
Britain prepares to trumpet new era for nuclear power - story
World oil prices fall from record peaks - storyKidnapped Dutch oil worker released in Nigeria: official - story
China to complete four strategic oil reserve facilities this year - story
Iraq vows to end shortage of petroleum products - story
Oil refinery planned for Iraqi Kurdistan - story
Ecopetrol to team up with PDVSA to engage in E & P work- story
US becoming increasingly reliant on oil product imports - story
Petrobras to invest $650 mil on its refining assets in Argentina - story
Venezuela, Colombia an Panama
launch construction of a gas pipeline
By Elio Ohep Petroleumworld El Tigre, la Guajira, Venezuela Petroleumworld.com 07 10 06 - story
Lopez Obrador takes his challenge of Mexico's election to the street, courts
AFP/File/Eunice Adorno
General view of supporters of Mexican presidential candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador during a rally at the Zocalo square in Mexico City on July 8.By Patrick Moser AFP
MEXICO CITY Petroleumworld.com 07 10 06 - storyWorld oil prices ease after striking record highs - story
Iran mulls attractions of West's nuclear offer - story
Rosneft IPO is already oversubscribed: advisor - story
Nigeria steps up efforts to release Dutch hostage - story
Colombia seeks to double oil reserves by 2020:hydrocarbons agency - story
PDVSA says to start exploration work in Paraguay next week - story
Total signs contract for 5.2 million mt/year of Qatari LNG - story
Petrobras and Petroecuador sign an a strategic alliance agreement - story
Brazil and Uruguay sign an energy integration agreement - story
World oil prices ease after striking record highs - story
Iran mulls attractions of West's nuclear offer - story
Rosneft IPO is already oversubscribed: advisor - story
Nigeria steps up efforts to release Dutch hostage - story
Colombia seeks to double oil reserves by 2020:hydrocarbons agency - story
PDVSA says to start exploration work in Paraguay next week - story
Total signs contract for 5.2 million mt/year of Qatari LNG - story
Petrobras and Petroecuador sign an a strategic alliance agreement - story
Brazil and Uruguay sign an energy integration agreement - story
Conservative wins Mexico presidential; leftist rival challenges vote
El Norte
Felipe Calderon, presidential candidate of the National Action Party (PAN), celebrates at his party headquarters in Mexico City, July 6, 2006.By Patrick Moser AFP
MEXICO CITY Petroleumworld.com 07 06 06 - storyOil prices set for new records
beyond 80 dollars: analyst
By Perrine Faye AFP
LONDON Petroleumworld.com 07 06 06 - storyNKorea has one more Taepodong-2 to fire: SKorea - story
Bush: Iraqi neighbors undermining its new government - story
China, Russia slow North Korea sanctions drive - story
Mexico's Calderon: Harvard-educated pro-business conservative - story
US says Iran delay could lead to UN Security Council action - story
Venezuela defends North Korean missile tests - story
Oil prices simmer near record highs - story
Dutch oil worker kidnapped by Nigerian villagers - story
Brazil calls for 'strong reaction' by UN on NKorea missile tests - story
PDVSA says to start exploration work in Paraguay next week - story
Petrobras wants a partnership with Uruguay's state petroleum company - story
Chevron pulling out of Ecuador gas stations business - story
Putin to meet Western leaders
on securing energy suppliesAlexander Zemlianichenko/Pool/Reuters
Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during his meeting at his Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow, July 4, 2006.AFP MOSCOW
Petroleumworld.com 07 05 06 - storyNuclear talks put off until Tuesday
for fear of 'assassins': IranAFP/File/Aris Messinis
Iran's top nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani.AFP TEHRAN
Petroleumworld.com 07 06 06 - storyInternational oil companies see Mideast asset values rise:Woodmac - story
Chevron brings on stream UK North Sea Captain C oil project - story
Colombia signs more oil exploration & production contracts - story
Colombia's output 33-month with 538,709 B/D - story
Fitch review decision to downgrade Venezuela's heavy oil project - story
Mexican ICA gets $ 60 million worth in 4 construction contracts - story
Nine oil companies bid for Colombia's Niscota field - story
Enron's Ken Lay dead at 64 - storyMexico's presidential vote hangs in balance amid tally count - story
Chavez celebrates Russian plane purchase on army day- storyAlberta premier spurns Al Gore's criticisms of oil sands - story
Britons rush to switch gas and electricity providers: watchdog - story
Russian Duma seals Gazprom monopoly - story
Crude oil hits fresh record in NY - story
Iraq hints at compromise as nearly
20 rebel groups talk of peaceNamir Noor-Eldeen/Reuters
A masked gunman carries a grenade launcher on a street in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul December 3, 2004. Gunmen pulled the deputy electricity minister from his car in a busy Baghdad street on Tuesday, kidnapping him and 19 bodyguards in an audacious attack that underlined the vulnerability of Iraq's new government.By Ammar Karim AFP
BAGHDAD Petroleumworld.com 07 05 06 - storyMercosur welcomes Venezuela
as its fifth member
AP Photo/Fernando Vergara
From left, Paraguay's President Nicanor Duarte, Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, and Uruguay's President Tabare Vazquez embrace during a Mercosur event in Caracas, Venezuela, Tuesday, July 4, 2006.AFP CARACAS
Petroleumworld.com 07 05 06 - storyChina's top oil firm looking at 3-billion-dollar stake in Rosneft: reports - story
Leftist calls for Florida-style recount in Mexico's presidential election - story
Oil price recedes in London - story
Former Putin aide calls Rosneft IPO 'a crime' - story
Yemen president wants nuclear energy for civilian use - story
Vietnam to squeeze biofuel from catfish to run diesel engines - story
Peru natural gas output rises to record in June - story
China starts building its largest wind power plant - story
ENAP claims abundant natural gas in Tierra del Fuego - story
Petrobras CEO: No comment on BP Essex refinery - story
Petrobras approved a US$ 87.1 billion 2007-2011 Business Plan
Paulo Arthur/Petrobras
P-50 in Campos BayPetroleumworld
CARACAS
Petroleumworld.com 07 04 06 - storyBP blames Venezuela's Chavez
for shortfall in production
BP CEO Lord Browne
By Stephen Foley The Independent
in New York Petroleumworld.com 07 04 06 - storyBolivia's Morales claims vote victory but faces challenges - story
Pickup truck sales latest victim of high US gasoline prices - story
Conservative with tiny lead in Mexico vote; rival questions count - story
Oil price nears 74 dollars in London - story
Russian gas, oil production increases in first half of year: data - story
Iran unveils major privatisation plan - story
IFC lends 150 million dollars to Cairn to develop Indian oil discoveries - story
Petrobras to drill in Venezuela's San Carlos gas license by year end - story
Several Pride managers put on leave on allegations of irregular payments - story
Ecuadorian workers watch block 15 - story
Brazil Petrobras denied a newspaper report on interest in Rosneft - story
Enap to tender Mercedes gas pipeline - story
Colombia's Ecopetrol awards pension-fund management contracts - story
Uncertainty in Mexico after rivals
claim victory in presidential
Jorge Silva/Reuters
A combination photo shows Mexico's presidential candidates Felipe Calderon of the National Action party PAN (L) and Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador of the Democratic Revolution Party PRD. (Jorge Silva/Reuters)By Patrick Moser AFP
MEXICO CITY Petroleumworld.com 07 03 06 - storyMorales might be short in election
to revise Bolivian constitutionAP Photo/Amanecer Tedesqui
Residents of the eastern Bolivian city of Santa Cruz de la Sierra celebrate after primary exit polls gave eastern departments victory in an autonomic referendum in Bolivia on Sunday, July 2, 2006.By Reynaldo Munoz AFP
LA PAZ Petroleumworld.com 07 03 06 .- story
BP says production fell in second quarter - story
Venezuela sanctions PetroCanada La Ceiba over tax - story
Venezuela seeks security council seat - story
Ecuador, Venezuela established a strategic energy alliance - story
Mexicans vote in presidential race between leftist and conservative - story
Kuwait emir reappoints outgoing PM amid opposition warning - story
Gazprom lays on luxury lifestyle for workers in the far north - story
Bolivians set to vote on assembly to "refound" their country - story
Iran rejects deadline for nuclear response - story
Chavez calls on Africans to join south-south cooperation - story
Swiss-Swedish engineering group ABB foresees sell-offs - story
Nigerian oil rebels vow revenge on police for 'executions' - story
Chavez looms over Latin American elections - story
Oil nears 74 dollars a barrel on gasoline supply fears - story
