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Previous Stories: 2006
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Aug 16 - 31
US confident of getting UN
sanctions against Iran in Sept.AFP/Getty Images/File
A view of the Security Council in session.
AFP WASHINGTON
Petroleumworld.com 08 31 06- storyIran defiant as nuclear deadline expires
AFP/File/Atta Kenare
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (C) walks during the opening ceremony of a heavy water plant in Arak, 320 kms south of Tehran, 26 August 2006.By Michael Adler AFP
VIENNA Petroleumworld.com 08 31 06 - story
Schwarzenegger caps greenhouse-gas emissions in California - story
Nigerian oil workers to begin "warning strike" Sept 13 over unrest - story
Nigeria, Britain, US meet over security in Gulf of Guinea - story
Global airline industry to halve losses but crisis looms: IATA - story
Lukoil in talks with China on gas station network: report - story
Iran's nuclear progress to uranium enrichment - story
Oil prices rise above 70 dollars in Asian hours as traders focus on Iran - story
UN nuclear watchdog to issue crucial report on Iran - story
Crude oil rebounds on Iran jitters - story
Venezuela's Chavez to hold talks in Angola - story
Chavez joins host Assad to denounce US 'imperialism' - story
Malaysia's Petronas denies Chad charges over non-payment of taxes - story
Exxon Mobil concerned about Venezuela oil tax hike - story
Colombia a hot spot for oil and gas investors - story
Venezuela raises taxes on Orinoco fields - story
Bolivia reshuffle oil industry executives - story
Venezuela to Mayor: NO Expropriations - story
'Arab hero' Chavez to visit fellow US-foe Syria
SANA
President Bashar al-Assad (right) with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez (left) at the Damascus airport.By Roueida Mabardi AFP
DAMASCUS Petroleumworld.com 08 30 06 - storyErnesto swirls to Miami as weakened tropical storm - story
Oil prices tumble as US storm fears ease - story
Caracas mayor orders exclusive golf courses seized - story
Bombs, riots rock Pakistan after killing of tribal chief - story
Italian oil worker freed by Nigeria kidnappers - story
BP confirms US probe into crude, gasoline price manipulation - story
Iran determined to make nuclear fuel despite UN ultimatum
By Siavosh Ghazi AFP
TEHRAN Petroleumworld.com 08 28 06 - storyForeign oil producers put Arroyo on notice
AFP/FIle/Martin Bernetti
President of the Philippines, Gloria Macagapal-Arroyo.
By Karl Wilson AFP
MANILA Petroleumworld.com 08 28 06 - storyOil prices lower in Asia as tropical storm Ernesto downgraded - story
US economy risks recession from 100-dollar oil: poll - story
Malaysian PM orders probe into Petronas expulsion from Chad: report - story
Egypt's new government list - story
Venezuela's Chavez to discuss Mideast, energy, on Malaysia visit - story
Tropical storm Ernesto batters Haiti - story
Cleanup of Lebanon's massive oil spill has barely begun - story
Saudi favors 'moderate' oil prices: king - story
US seeks explanation from Venezuela over embassy cargo seizure - story
Oil prices climb on Caribbean weather, Iran fears - story
Venezuela to produce more than five mln bpd in 2012: Chavez - story
Iran rejects 'language of force' over nuclear programme - story
Spanish to "take time" on EU's Endesa criticism - story
OPEC president says no plan
to cut oil production: report
Reuters
OPEC President Edmund Daukoru
AFP LAGOS
Petroleumworld.com 08 25 06 - storyNorway's ONS 2006 exhibition, conference and festival a big success
ONS 2006 celebrated the record show with a huge firework at the last night of the ONS festivalPetroleumworld STAVANGER
Petroleumworld.com 08 25 06 - storyChavez says Israel's action in Lebanon "worse" than Hitler - story
Philippine oil slick threatens rich fishing grounds - story
Oil industry 'quiet' over extent of pipeline corrosion: expert - story
Oil prices higher in Asia on reduced output from Alaskan oil field - story
Three employees of Italian oil company kidnapped in Nigeria: report - story
VP insists nationalization of Bolivia's energy sector will go on as planned - story
Nicaragua energy crisis could power Sandinista opposition - story
Oil prices higher after new BP cut - story
US oil output hit by new problems at Prudhoe Bay - story
Petroperu tenders to sell higher sulfur content fuel cargo:trade - story
Ecuador's to auction marginal oil fields concessions - story
Pemex reactivated development of mature oil fields in the Gulf of Mexico - story
ONS: A sustainable energy future possible with new technology - story
ONS: Investment and rational use key to bridging energy gap - story
ONS: Total has big plans in Norway - story
Chavez plans to more than triple oil to China
Adrian Bradshaw/Pool/Reuters
Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez (L) toasts China's President Hu Jintao as they attend a signing ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing August 24, 2006.By Verna Yu AFP
BEIJING Petroleumworld.com 08 24 06 - storyBolivia's president suffers new blow
as Senate censures oil minister
Bolivia's Energy Minister Andres SolizAFP LA PAZ
Petroleumworld.com 08 24 06 - storyOil prices lower in Asian hours after rise in US gasoline stocks - story
US offers to lift Cuba embargo if Havana embraces democracy - story
Scottish oil depot suffers 'serious' chemical leak - story
Health fears raised over massive oil spill in Philippines - story
Iran heads for showdown in nuclear row - story
Oil prices tumble after shock rise in US gasoline stocks - story
China, Venezuela to pump 200,000 b/d in Orinoco by 2010 - story
ONS: Tax regimes must nurture oil industry - story
Iran responds on nuclear deal
ahead of month-end deadline
By Michael Adler AFP
VIENNA Petroleumworld.com 08 23 06 - storyVenezuela to hike tax rate to 50%
on heavy oil upgrading projects
Faja's areas: Boyaca (Sincor), Junin (Petrozuata),
Ayacucho (Hamaca-Ameriven), Carabobo ( Cerro Negro)
By Elio Ohep Petroleumworld Margarita Island,
Venezuela Petroleumworld.com 08 23 06 - storyUN nuclear watchdog finalising Iran nuclear report - story
US and Japan help to head off looming Philippine oil disaster - story
World powers weigh options on Iran nuclear offer - story
Chavez hails China as economic model for the world - story
Oil prices fall before US inventories - story
Nigerian oil workers threaten to pull out of volatile region - story
Chavez seeks to oil wheels of commerce with China - story
'The voters will absolve me,' Lula says, paraphrasing Castro: press - story
Oil prices steady with all eyes on Iran - story
Ecuador's constitutional court rejects challenge to oil tax - story
ONS: Investment in Norwegian oil and gas industry higher than forecast - story
Chavez to seek oil contracts, political support in China
By Peter Harmsen AFP
BEIJING Petroleumworld.com 08 22 06 - storyIran defiant as world awaits nuclear response
By Hiedeh Farmani AFP
TEHRAN Petroleumworld.com 08 22 06 - storyOil prices rise before Iran response on nuclear crisis - story
Niger Delta: At least 11 killed as Nigerian troops clash with militants - story
Royal Dutch Shell signs Ukrainian gas deal with JKX - story
Coastguard says tanker has new oil leak off Philippines - story
Three US govt agencies probing BP's Alaskan operations - story
Crude prices higher as Iran UN deadline nears - story
Saudi gunmen surrender after Jeddah shootout - story
Oil-rich Russia wipes out 23.7-billion-dollar Paris Club debt - story
Bolivia's Morales's says YPFB to begin oil, drilling in 2007 - story
Iran defiant as nuclear deadline nears
AFP/Behrouz Mehri
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, seen here in July 2006, has vowed to stand by the country's nuclear work insisting the UN Security Council cannot deprive Iran of its "rights".By Aresu Eqbali AFP
TEHRAN Petroleumworld.com 08 21 06- storyPetrobras, PDVSA weigh new
JVs for natural gas, oil, ethanolPDVSA
Petrobras CEO Jose Gabrielli (left) and PDVSA President amd Venezuela's oil minister Rafael Ramirez
PLATTS RIO DE JANEIRO
Petroleumworld.com 08 21 06 - storyCrude prices shoot higher as Iran tests missiles - story
Nigeria steps up efforts to free five foreign oil workers - story
Oil from sunken Philippine tanker threatens second island in Philippines - story
Bolivia's nationalization of gas, oil sectors bogged down - story
Harvest Natural Resources and PDVSA signed MOU defining assets for a new JV - story
Willbros closes sale of its Venezuelan businesses - story
PetroFalcon announces appointment of new board director - story
One of two Germans kidnapped in Nigeria freed - story
Ambivalence as Russia marks Soviet collapse - story
Chavez wants to trade oil for China's backing at UN - story
US names special spy operations 'manager' for Cuba, Venezuela - story
World oil prices supported by renewed concerns over Iran - story
Irish company challenges scientists to test 'free energy' technology - story
Philippines warned over sunken tanker 'timebomb'
AFP/Graphic/Martin Megino
AFP/Graphic - Wed Aug 16, 9:43 AM ET Map showing a 19.5 nautical mile oil slick in central Philippines seeping from a tanker that sank on August 11 with 520,000 gallons of industrial fuel on board.
AFP NUEVA VALENCIA, Philippines
Petroleumworld.com 08 18 06 - story
US to urge UN sanctions if Iran
refuses halt to uranium enrichment
AFP/File/Stan Honda
The United States will move quickly for UN Security Council action on sanctions against Iran if Tehran refuses to halt uranium enrichment by the end of the month, senior State Department official Nicholas Burns, seen here in March 2006, said.
AFP WASHINGTON
Petroleumworld.com 08 18 06 - storyFidel Castro's condition is improving, brother says - story
Oil prices rebound in Asian trade as focus switches to Iran - storyLebanese army moves south as UN outlines peace-force rules - story
World oil prices plummet to near two-month lows - story
Lebanon to receive 'urgent' assistance with massive oil spill - story
Russia opens criminal cases against ex-Yukos executives - storyUkraine gas deficit at eight billion cubic metres: minister - story
Russian oil shutoff to Lithuania raises suspicions of economic pressure - story
Philippines warns oil spill could get worse - story
Cuba pits 'Plan Raul' against 'Plan Bush' - story
New sulfur rules, drought cause diesel price jumps: US FTC - story
Iran says ready to discuss nuclear freeze
AP Photo/Vahid Salemi
Iranian Foreign Minister, Manouchehr Mottaki, listens to a question during a press conference, in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, Aug. 16, 2006. Mottaki said Iran is ready to discuss the issues of suspension of uranium enrichment with Europe but insisted that the country would not give in its nuclear right under any condition'.By Aresu Eqbali AFP
TEHRAN Petroleumworld.com 08 17 06 - storyOPEC cuts forecast for world oil demand in 2006
By Michael Adler AFP
VIENNA Petroleumworld.com 08 17 06 - story
Colombian authorities arrest top paramilitary leaders - story
Oil prices fall on Mideast truce, OPEC report - story
Russian oil shutoff to Lithuania raises suspicions of economic pressure - story
No safety risk after incident at Bulgarian nuclear plant - story
Gunmen in Nigeria abduct oil worker despite presidential warning - story
US energy reserves slide after BP problems - story
US brushes aside Iranian comment on possible nuclear negotiations - story
Nigeria launches manhunt for oil workers' kidnappers - story
BP shuts another Alaskan oilfield after pipeline incident: report - story
'Significant decline' in gasoline prices likely by Labor Day: EIA - story
Venezuela to join Iran in 300,000 b/d Indonesian refinery project - story
Venezuela will increase its oil exports to China by 50,000 b/d by end 2006 - story
Iran rejects 'language of force'
in nuclear standoff
Reuters/Morteza Nikoubazl
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in Tehran, June 3, 2006. Ahmadinejad said on Tuesday Iran would not yield to Western pressure to give up its home-grown nuclear technology.By Aresu Eqbali AFP
TEHRAN Petroleumworld.com 08 15 06 - story
Mediterranean oil spill prompts crisis meetingAFP/File/Patrick Baz
A general view shows a public beach polluted with heavy fuel oil in Beirut, July 2006. Officials from the United Nations, European Union and a maritime organization are set to meet in Greece Thursday to map out a strategy for containing a massive Mediterranean oil spill caused by the conflict in Lebanon.AFP ATHENS Petroleumworld.com 08 16 06 - story
Nigerian president promises to deal 'firmly' with oil worker kidnappers - story
Cuba's Communist Party vows continuation of revolution under Raul Castro - story
World oil prices fall despite Iran jitters - story
Bush sees terrorism war 'for years to come' - story
Iran pledges smooth gas flow to Turkey - story
Arab world sees hope, hate and plots in Lebanon ceasefire - story
Walls or militias? Iraq faces rival visions for security - story
US envoy pushes for Turkmenistan-Pakistan gas pipeline - story
Venezuela's Chavez to visit China next week - story
Iraq ain't no Peru, say South American mercenaries - story
Venezuela to join Iran in 300,000 b/d Indonesian refinery project - story
Lyondell to buy Venezuela's stake in refinery - story
Venezuela state oil company launches joint ventures with foreign partners - story
Ecuador sets budget for former Occidental oil fields - story
Petrobras slams Bolivian delays - storyPetrobras tests global UN leader training project - story
Four foreign oil workers kidnapped
in Nigeria, three Filipinos freed
AFP/File/Dave Clarke
Nigerian separatist kidnapped Sunday four more foreign oil workers at the Goodfellas night club, where a number of foreigners gather on weekends, in the city of Port Harcourt, Nigeria.By Ade Obisesan AFP
LAGOS Petroleumworld.com 08 15 06 - storyFragile Lebanon ceasefire takes hold
Reuters/Eric Gaillard
A Lebanese woman, displaced by the war, waves a Hizbollah flag as she returns with her family to Beirut's southern suburbs, August 14, 2006.
By Stuart Williams AFP
BEIRUT Petroleumworld.com 08 15 06 - storyMexico's leftist claims recount narrows rival's lead in contested presidential - story
Oil prices continue falling - story
OPEC president say no need for emergency meeting before Sep 11 - storyBolivia says needs more time to take control of fuels, gas sector - story
Venezuela approves budget for improving Sincor recovery rate - story
Bolivia suspends nationalization of oil fields, Razon reports - story
Brazil Petrobras, Glencore to bid for Colombia refinery - story
Bolivian oil nationalisation in chaos after cash runs out - story
Cuba TV shows Fidel Castro, Chavez celebrating 80th birthday - story
Cuban newpaper shows new pictures of Castro - story
Libya announces new auction for oil exploration rights - story
World oil prices plummet on Mideast truce, BP news - story
Mexico's leftist claims recount narrows rival's lead in contested presidential - story
Nigeria formally hands over Bakassi to Cameroon - story
Biofuel to boost palm oil prices: Malaysia - story
Iran not intimidated by nuclear sanctions threat - story
India's ONGC, China's Sinopec to buy stake in US oil firm - story
Thailand and Myanmar agree to increase gas production - report - story
