petroleumworld

July 15- 31

Venezuela threatens to cut oil exports to US

AP Photo/Hasan Sarbakhshian

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, righ, shakes hands with Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez, before an official welcoming ceremony for Chavez in Tehran, Iran , Saturday, July 29, 2006.

By Elio Ohep Petroleumworld
LONDON Petroleumworld.com 07 31 06 - story

Iran's Ahmadinejad signals
hardening of nuclear stance

Raheb Homavandi/Reuters

Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad speaks at Tehran University July 30, 2006.

By Hiedeh Farmani AFP
TEHRAN Petroleumworld.com 07 31 06 - story

Venezuela's Chavez to visit Vietnam - story

Oil prices ease on Israeli halt of air strikes on Lebanon, US growth data - story

Chavez accuses Israel of 'terrorism', 'fascism' - story

Israel rejects truce, Hezbollah defiant as Rice returns - story

US, Brazil hold out hope for breakthrough in WTO talks - story

Chavez promises that Venezuela will stand beside Iran - story

U.N.vote becomes referendum on U.S. policy in Latin America - story

US races against clock after WTO talks collapse: US trade chief - story

Israel not looking for Syria fight, but still getting ready - story

Moody's withdraws Venezuelan oil giant's currency ratings - story

UN to give Iran until August 31 to suspend uranium enrichment - story

Oil prices slide on poor US growth - story

Once discredited ex-president Garcia claims to be Peru's great hope - story

Garcia, ex-president recast for new century, sworn in again in Peru - story

Main points of Bush, Blair news conference - story

Italian oil group Eni posts 21-percent gain in second-quarter profit - story

Chevron profits fatten, but less than forecast - story

Rice sets return course to Middle East - story

Nigeria oil output cut by 675,000
barrels per day: sector source

AFP

Nigeria's separatist militants

AFP LONDON
Petroleumworld.com 07 28 06- story

Bolivia must pay if it nationalizes
Petrobras assets: Lula

Reuters

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva

AFP BRASILIA
Petroleumworld.com 07 28 06 - story

Asia, US hold talks as NKorea defiant on nukes - story

Rice focused on Middle East at Asia summit - story

Oil prices higher in Asian trade on Nigeria worries - story

EU foreign policy chief calls for immediate Lebanon ceasefire - story

Israel readies more troops for Lebanon conflict - story

Blair heads to Washington as calls mount for ceasefire - story

Amir Peretz: Israel's dove trapped at forefront of war - story

Bush warns against 'fake peace' in Mideast - story

Sparks fly as ExxonMobil profit tops 10 billion dollars - story

Venezuela's Chavez visits Qatar - story

Oil prices shoot up on Nigeria concerns Thursday - story

Greens fire off SOS after huge Lebanon oil spill from war - story

Venezuelan leader seals arms deal with Moscow - story

Iran says won't cut oil production if Syria attacked - story

Shell reports profits leap, prepares payout over reserves crisis - story

Chavez in Iran on Friday - story

High oil price lifts Aker Kvaerner to record earnings - story

Repsol pumps up 1st half profits on high oil price boon - story

ConocoPhillips profits bubble higher to 5.2 billion dollars - story

Peru's new government to oversee controversial law on Petroperu - story

Petrobras announces the first major gas production project for the Santos Basin - story

SUAL considers producing aluminium in Venezuela - story

Gazprom to join South American natural gas pipeline project - story

OPEC has lost control of prices:
Indonesian OPEC governor

Platts VIENTIANE, LAOS
Petroleumworld.com 07 27 06- story

API: US gas & oil drilling at record

Petroleumworld LONDON
Petroleumworld.com 07 27 06 - story

Venezuela adds Russia to its Arsenal

Kommersant/apxnbhoe

Upon his arrival at the airport in Volgograd, Hugo Chavez
drank a shot of vodka from a glass balanced on a saber.

By Mikhail Zygar; Tatyana Dmitrieva
Kommersant VOLGROGRAD, RUSSIA
Petroleumworld.com 07 26 06 - story

Major powers report progress
in draft on Iran nuclear issue

By Gerard Aziakou AFP
UNITED NATIONS Petroleumworld.com 07 26 06 - story

Attack on UN post rocks Lebanon conference - story

Crude prices flat as focus turns to US inventory - story

North Korea calls for halt to Israel's "barbaric man-killings" - story

Putin, Ahmadinejad discuss Mideast violence, Iran nuclear problem - story

US urges Russia to reconsider arms sale to Venezuela - story

Oil prices fall below 74 dollars - story

Heat wave strains US power supply, shuts down MySpace website - story

Nigeria, Shell sign six billion dollars gas project - story

South African company lifts lid on billion-dollar bio-fuel plant - story

Shell says oil pipeline leak in Nigeria slashes daily output - story

PDVSA, YPFB begin feasibility studies for exploration in Bolivia - story

US natural gas prices have hit bottom for 2006: energy analyst - story

Paraguay, Uruguay join South American gas pipeline project: PDVSA - story

PDVSA evaluating Petrobras proposal on Venezuela's Mariscal Sucre offshore natural gas area - story

Venezuelan president visits Minsk - story

WTO collapse set to fuel Asia's "noodle bowl" effect

AP/KEYSTONE, Salvatore Di Nolfi

World Trade Organization (WTO) Director General Pascal Lamy speaks during a press conference after a ministerial meeting at the WTO headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, Monday, July 24, 2006. WTO members called a halt to more than five years of commerce liberalization talks Monday as differences over farm aid proved unbridgeable.

By Daniel Rook AFP
TOKYO Petroleumworld.com 07 25 06- story

US foes Venezuela, Belarus should
form 'fighting team': Chavez

Reuters/BelTa (Belarus)

Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez (L) and his Belarussian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko inspect the guards of honour during Chavez' official visit in Minsk July 24, 2006. Chavez on Monday lauded Lukashenko, accused in the West of crushing fundamental rights, as a friend and vowed to join him in creating a 'fighting team'.

By Valery Kalinovsky AFP
MINSK, Belarus Petroleumworld.com 07 24 06- story

Norwegian oil service workers end five-week strike - story

BP chief announces retirement as profits boom - story

Oil prices drop amid hopes of ceasefire in Lebanon - story

South American leaders agree to push for pan-continent trade group - story

Venezuela's Chavez heads to Moscow seeking friends, weapons - story

Weary foreigners ramp up mass exodus from Lebanon - story

Oil prices stable on Mideast peace hopes - story

Argentina's Enarsa to oversee compilation of oil database - story

Venezuela's PDVSA: Delayed exports of naphtha in Amuay, refinery cuts production by 74,000 bpd - story

Iran present at North Korea missile launch: US

By Stephanie Griffith AFP
WASHINGTON Petroleumworld.com 07 21 06 - story

Oil prices fall on profit-taking in Asian trade - story

Mercosur trade summit opens with Cuba's Castro as guest - story

World oil prices stabilise - story

Foreigners flee Lebanon in thousands as evacuation picks up pace - story

Bernanke warns of 'significant' fallout from oil price spike - story

Shiite cleric warns sectarian rift could destroy Iraq - story

Russia breaks into Venezuela with fighter sales: newspaper - story

Brazil to hold new oil, gas E&P auction Nov 28 - story

Petrobras and PDVSA agree on joint oil venture - story

PDVSA to sell $3.5 billion in bonds - story

Ecuador to create a new oil company - story

Conoco starts drilling campaign at Venezuela's Corocoro offshore field - story

Chevron signs Venezuela contracts

Chevron's former Boscan filed

Petroleumworld CARACAS
Petroleumworld.com 07 20 06 - story

Iran may threaten to use oil weapon

Gulf Daily News DUBAI
Petroleumworld.com 07 20 06 - story

Oil prices turn higher again in Asian trade - story

Weatherford awarded $87M drill pipe riser contract from Petrobras - story

Stakeholderes, businessmen brainstorm on oil and gas investment in Africa - story

Venezuela's Chavez kicks off world tour - story

China can't force change on North Korea: general - story

Key UN powers hold another inconclusive meeting on Iran - story

Oil prices recede as US stocks rise, Mideast unrest continues - story

Europe gasps as heatwave temperatures soar - story

New York subway lines closed over fears of power outages - story

US energy inventories post strong rise - story

Greenland begins sale of oil concessions - story

Bolivia's Morales the most popular
president in the Americas: polls

Evo Morales, Bolivian President

AFP MEXICO CITY
Petroleumworld.com 07 19 06 - story

Lebanon evacuation moves
into high gear

AP/Hussein Malla

Foreign nationals walk to board buses after the embassies organised to evacuate them on coaches, in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, July 18, 2006.

AFP LARNACA, Cyprus
Petroleumworld.com 07 19 06 - story

Oil prices rebound in Asia on Middle East worries - story

China's top oil firm says ties with Rosneft strong despite low share purchase - story

Oil prices retreat in volatile trading - story

US wants new Iraq oil law so foreign firms can take part - story

Rosneft IPO given green light by London's High Court - story

IHI, Aker Kvaerner win construction deal for Texas LNG terminal - story

Fire at giant oil refinery in Venezuela

El Universal

Fire at PDVSA CRP 960.000 bpd refinery complex

Petroleumworld CARACAS
Petroleumworld.com 07 18 06 - story

OPEC sees 2007 non-OPEC
output rising to 57.63 mil b/d

Platts LONDON
Petroleumworld.com 07 18 06 - story

Oil prices rise on fresh air raids in Lebanon - story

Iraq market massacre leaves 48 dead - story

Oil prices retreat on hopes for swift Lebanon offensive - story

Venezuela's Maracaibo Lake fully open to ship traffic: official - story

Oil prices helped by 'moderating' factors in 2007: OPEC - story

G8 calls for 'open' energy markets

AFP/HO

AFP SAINT PETERSBURG
Petroleumworld.com 07 17 06 - story

Crisis prompts Japan to cut heavy reliance on Middle East oil - story

Hezbollah vows no limits as 60 killed in Israeli strikes - story

Putin, in code, urges Blair to let Russians crack British energy market - story

Crisis prompts Japan to cut heavy reliance on Middle East oil - story

Before huge crowd, Mexican candidate calls for civil resistance - story

PDVSA scales back Uruguay refinery expansion - story

Bolivia, Brazil dicker gas price - story

Royal Dutch Shell mulls assets sale in Dominican Republic - story

Shell finalises agreement with Venezuela - story

Shell, PDVSA agree on oil concession in Orinoco belt - story

Global warming: world dancing on a volcano, says Chirac - story

G8 calls for 'open' energy markets - story

US economy may face bigger risks due to oil, Mideast unrest - story

Bush, Hu to map way forward on North Korea - story

Greenland makes oil companies melt - story

UN unanimously approves North Korea sanctions - story

Iraq extends state of emergency amid fresh Baghdad clashes - story

World oil prices at record highs on Mideast unrest - story

US seeks new oil routes as Moscow tightens supply grip - story

Brazilian president makes pitch for expanding ethanol production - story