petroleumworld

Aug 1 - 16

Guns fall silent as Lebanon ceasefire takes hold

By Nayla Razzouk AFP
BEIRUT Petroleumworld.com 08 14 06 - story

Raul Castro makes public appearance
on Fidel's 80th birthday

Miraflores Press / Alfonso Ocanda

Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez, right, greets interim Cuban President Raul Castro, younger brother of Fidel Castro, upon his arrival at the Havana, Cuba airport on Sunday, Aug. 13, 2006.

By Patrick Lescot AFP
HAVANA Petroleumworld.com 08 14 06 - story

India's ONGC, China's Sinopec to buy stake in US oil firm - story

Philippine hostages freed in Nigeria, says Manila - story

Oil prices down in Asia as Lebanon truce sparks hope of end to bloodshed - story

Four jailed Chavez opponents escape Venezuela prison - story

Leftist Mexican candidate threatens upheaval if rival confirmed as winner - story

Iran leader says US and Europe face backlash from supporting Israel - story

Baalbek's Roman caves offer shelter from Israeli bombs - story

Newspaper releases Castro photos, remarks on 80th birthday - story

With approaching ceasefire, Israel's Olmert faces war of survival - story

Washington encourages multiple pipelines from Central Asia - story

Chavez due in Cuba for Castro birthday bash - story

Israel eyes Monday truce as Lebanon ground offensive widens - story

Nigeria accuses Cameroon of breaching UN accord on Bakassi - story

Key facts of alleged airline bomb plot conspiracy - story

Israel widens Lebanon assault despite UN resolution - story

UN Security Council calls for end to Lebanon hostilities - story

BP to keep oil gushing from Alaskan field - story

World oil prices recover - story

Shell to pump 173,000 bpd in Nigeria after fixing oil pipeline leak - story

Oil market rests on fragile supply cushion: IEA

AFP
PARIS
Petroleumworld.com 08 10 06 - story

Chavez launches second phase
of key Venezuelan oil project

Venezuela's president Hugo Chavez ( center ) inspecting drilling operation at the Orinoco Belt, Carabobo field, Venezuela

AFP CAMPO CARABOBO, Orinoco Belt, Anzoategui State.
Petroleumworld.com 08 10 06- story

Typhoon Saomai kills over 100 in China, 190 missing - story

Nigerian authorities say no progress in search for kidnapped oil workers - story

Britain remains on red alert: interior minister - story

Around the globe, airlines scramble to clear passenger backlog - story

World oil prices recover - story

Israeli warplanes blitz Beirut suburbs - story

Shaky oil market tracks intractable Mideast conflict - story

Oil prices dive on plane bomb plot - story

Ecuador plans trusteeship for Occidental oil revenues - story

ConocoPhillips says declares force majeure on Prudhoe oil cargoes - story

Brazil's Petrobras aims to increase output in Peru - story

Brazil's Petrobras in negotiations with Bolivia - story

Britain on maximum terror alert after bomb plot foiled

A jet takes off from London's Heathrow Airport Tuesday June 6, 2006. Authorities in London thwarted a terrorist plot to blow up an aircraft in mid-flight between Britain and the U.S. using explosives.

By Lachlan Carmichael AFP
LONDON Petroleumworld.com 08 10 06- story

Venezuela opposition picks unity candidate for presidential vote

Reuters/Jorge Silva

Venezuelan presidential candidate and Zulia's state governor Manuel Rosales speaks in Caracas August 9, 2006.

By Victor Flores AFP
CARACAS Petroleumworld.com 08 10 06 - story

Oil prices ease in Asia on hopes BP will avoid complete shutdown in Alaska - story

Lebanon crisis seen pushing US credibility in Mideast to all-time low - story

Stakes high for Israel in month-old Lebanon offensive - story

Israeli troops seize Lebanese town - story

Pro- and anti-Castro groups react to official silence - story

China evacuates more than a million as Typhoon Saomai approaches - story

Partial recount of votes starts in Mexico's contested election - story

BP denies cover-up as US safety questions mount - story

World oil prices mixed as US energy stockpiles fall - story

Militants in Nigeria unrelenting in their attack on oil workers, kidnap four more - story

US energy reserves slide - story

Oil tanker drivers end strike in Nigeria: official - story

New records loom for The Offshore Northern Seas - ONS 2006, in Stavanger from 22-25 August l - story

Argentina, Bolivia to sign natural gas pipeline deal - story

Chille's ENAP to invest additional $36 million in Ecuador through 2026 - story

Colombia's ANH agency signs new oil E&P contract - story

Bolivia shelves $2.3 billion iron ore mine contract - story

Bolivia, Brazil talking gas price - story

Venezuela's Vinccler/PDVSA, JV Petrocumarebo, announces natural gas delivery - story

PDVSA reiterated building three new refineries in Venezuela - story

Chavez 'sure' to cut Venezuela ties to Israel

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Venezuela's president Hugo Chavez, in a television appearance Tuesday

AFP CARACAS
Petroleumworld.com 09 08 06 - story

Venezuela opens international bidding on offshore gas blocks

Venezuela's Energy Minister Rafael Ramirez

AFP CARACAS
Petroleumworld.com 09 08 06 - story

Chirac huddles with key ministers on Lebanon crisis - story

Top US Mideast envoy holds talks in Lebanon - story

Focus on post-Castro Cuba raises tricky question of compensation - story

Lebanese premier calls on UN to impose ceasefire - story

Israel evacuates rocket-hit town - story

Israeli air attacks kill nine in Lebanon - story

New talks planned to end strike at Chilean copper mine: BHP - story

Gasoline prices hit new record in Japan - story

Oil prices steady in Asia - story

Algeria-Russia gas deal does not herald a new cartel: analysts - story

Dissidents play down chances of imminent change in Cuba - story

Political anger flares as BP races to fix Alaska leak - story

Oil tanker drivers launch indefinite strike in Nigeria - story

Oil prices ease, but hover near record highs - story

Over 140 rockets fired at Israel from south Lebanon - story

Uribe takes office with Bogota
under a virtual state of siege

By Jean-Luc Porte AFP
BOGOTA Petroleumworld.com 08 08 06 - story

Oil prices surge on BP Alaska shutdown - story

UN powers frustrated by Mideast resolution delays - story

Bolivians begin constitutional re-write to redress centuries-old inequalities - story

Iran insists it will not freeze nuclear work

AFP TEHRAN
Petroleumworld.com 08 07 06 - story

Major Alaskan oil field shutting down

AP Photo/Al Grillo

Two caribou pause as they walk down a road at the Prudhoe Bay oil field on Alaska's North Slope Friday, Aug. 4, 2006.

By Mary Pemberton AP
ANCHORAGE, Alaska Petroleumworld.com 08 07 06 - story

Israel carries out night raids on east Lebanon: police - story

Fifteen killed by Hezbollah rockets on Israel's bloodiest day - story

Venezuela pulls envoy out of Israel - story

Mexico court denies full vote recount; leftist mounts protests - story

US not stoking crisis in Cuba: Rice - story

No news of kidnapped oil workers in Nigeria - story

Annan repeats call for ceasefire in Lebanon - story

Indonesian 'jihadis' vow to attack Israeli targets - story

Israeli warplanes strike Beirut, Tyre as Tel Aviv braces for rocket fire - story

Cuba insists: Raul Castro 'at helm'; Fidel recovering - story

Oil prices ease despite Nigerian abductions - story

Foreign oil, gas workers kidnapped in southern Nigeria - story

Cuba on alert as Bush calls
for democracy on the island

AFP/Jim Watson

US President George W. Bush visits Mission, Texas. Bush urged Cubans to "work for democratic change" and pledged US support following a temporary handover of power in Cuba.

By Patrick Lescot AFP
HAVANA Petroleumworld.com 08 04 06 - story

Israeli warplanes pound
Beirut's southern suburbs

AFP/Denis Sinyakov

An Israeli reservist covers his ears as a mobile artillery unit fires a 155mm shell toward Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon at a military staging area outside northern Israeli settlement of Fasuta. Israel poured thousands of ground troops into southern Lebanon aiming to flush Hezbollah fighters from the border zone as the Jewish state saw its bloodiest day in the three-week conflict.

AFP BEIRUT
Petroleumworld.com 08 04 06 - story

Ship accident spills acid into China's Grand Canal - story

Fuel costs hit Japan's top shipper hard - story

Oil prices lower in Asia as hurricane concerns ease - story

Bush calls for democracy are delirious: Cuban media - story

US seeks Cuba stability after years of Castro-bashing - story

India okays state oil firm's Colombia venture - story

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