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Previous Stories: 2006
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Sep 15 - 30
Three days ahead of vote,
Brazil's Lula looks set for re-electionReuters
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva
By Patrick Moser AFP
SAO PAULO Petroleumworld.com 09 29 06 - storyOPEC says 'no formal agreement'
to cut output in October
AFP PARIS
Petroleumworld.com 09 29 06 - storyOil refinery blaze in Cuba leaves one dead, one injured - story
Oil prices lower in Asian trade - story
Spanish group ACS says it has 10 pct of Iberdrola - story
Venezuela slams US for trying to thwart its bid to join Security Council - story
Sweden reopens two nuclear reactors - story
Oil prices mixed on Iran, OPEC talk - story
Iraq Kurd PM slams government attempts to 'sabotage' oil deals - story
Criminal cases to be launched against Sakhalin energy project: official - story
French, Chinese oil companies battle for Cambodian reserves: report - story
Azerbaijani FM in Cuba to talk oil - story
OPEC to cut output on voluntary basis: secretary-general - story
Shell Argentina suspends sale of new, higher-priced diesel - story
Pemex faces dilemma over calls for new refineries in Mexico - story
Renewed operations in El Palito oil refinery - story
7-Eleven dumps CITGO from its stores
AP Photo/LM Otero
Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2006. Convenience store operator 7-Eleven Inc . announced is decision of dropping Venezuela-backed Citgo as its gasoline supplier at more than 2,100 locations and switching to its own brand of fuel.By Elio Ohep Petroleumworld
CARACAS Petroleumworld.com 09 28 06 - storyFalling US gas prices boost Bush poll numbers
AP /Kiichiro Sato
A Flying J gas station in Hebron, Ohio, off of interstate 70, shows a sign for $1.96.9 per gallon for unleaded gasoline Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2006.
By Stephanie Griffith AFP
WASHINGTON Petroleumworld.com 09 28 06 - storyOil prices resume fall - story
Huge blaze injures two at Cuba's biggest oil refinery - story
Schwarzenegger signs bill limiting greenhouse gas emissions - story
Shtokman plans not linked to political disputes with US: official - story
US fuel inventories top forecasts - story
Oil prices rebound despite buoyant US inventories - storyRussia takes on sensitive topics at Black Sea energy meeting - story
Putin warns of action against energy company violations - story
Iran gives new warning to Japan to finalize oil deal - story
Russia turns screws on foreign oil groups
AFP/File/Ursula Hyzy
An oil platform in Sakhalin island, eastern Russia.AFP MOSCOW
Petroleumworld.com 09 27 06 - story
Oil market watches OPEC for action on falling prices
By Amelie Herenstein AFP
PARIS Petroleumworld.com 09 27 06 - storyOil prices down as OPEC rules out emergency talks - story
Four Greenpeace activists detained in blockade of toxic waste ship - story
Spanish energy group Iberdrola to merge with Union Fenosa: report - story
Prudhoe Bay to resume full oil output end of October: BP - story
Rice spurns Venezuela's bid for UN Security Council seat - story
OPEC not considering emergency meeting: OPEC spokesman - story
OPEC prepared to take action if oil prices dip below $60: Libya - story
Falling investment threatens Bolivian gas supply: producer group - story
El Palito refinery closes down following power outage - story
Eni seeks 654 mln eur compensation from Venezuela in Dacion case - story
Bolivian leaders find their promises are hard to keep - story
US accuses Chavez of destabilizing Latin America
AFP/File/Stam Honda
US Ambassador to the UN John Bolton, seen here on 22 September 2006AFP WASHINGTON
Petroleumworld.com 09 26 06 - storyOPEC president says no plans yet
for emergency group meetingReuters
OPEC President Edmund DaukoruMarketWatch LONDON
Petroleumworld.com 09 26 06 - storyOil prices bounce off lows, hold above 60 dollars - story
Spanish group Acciona buys 10 percent of Endesa - story
EU to take action against Spain over E.ON-Endesa merger: sources - story
Plunging oil prices put paid to 100-dollar forecast - story
US aircraft carrier group ready for all contingencies in the Indian Ocean - story
Russia hits back at US in plan to redirect gas to Europe - story
Troubled Sakhalin energy project faces new environmental surveys - story
OPEC holds key to stem falling oil prices: CGES - story
Africa, the world's 'septic tank' - storyUS woes force BP into major review of its activities - story
Mexican legislators to fight energy reform - story
ONGC, Sinopec to spend $1 bil more in Colombia after Omimex buy - story
Bolivia, Brazil energy deal expected soon: Petrobras official - story
Prices issue delays BG and Chile LNG supply contract - story
Leaders break deadlock
over debate on dividing IraqAFP/POOL/File/Ali Abbas
Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, seen here in Baghdad on 16 September 2006.By Paul Schemm AFP
BAGHDAD Petroleumworld.com 09 25 06 - story
Venezuela's start the biggest gas
center of Latin America-CIGMA
By Elio Ohep Petroleumworld
CARACAS Petroleumworld.com 09 25 06 - storyBin Laden: Dead or alive? - story
Chavez drives a hard bargain, but Big Oil's options are limited - story
US rebukes Russia in oil permit row - story
Oil prices hit reverse gear as supply, geopolitical fears recede - story
US disappointed by anti-Bush barbs at UN - story
Brazil's Lula says party scandal no Watergate - story
Putin says rumours on withdrawal of Total licence 'exaggerated' - story
US general warns of unfriendly forces brewing in Latin America - story
Brazil's own 'Watergate' scandal rocks president's re-election bid - story
Petrobras says given go-ahead to build its first biodiesel plants - story
Bin Laden: Dead or alive? - story
Chavez drives a hard bargain, but Big Oil's options are limited - story
US rebukes Russia in oil permit row - story
Oil prices hit reverse gear as supply, geopolitical fears recede - story
US disappointed by anti-Bush barbs at UN - story
Brazil's Lula says party scandal no Watergate - story
Putin says rumours on withdrawal of Total licence 'exaggerated' - story
US general warns of unfriendly forces brewing in Latin America - story
Brazil's own 'Watergate' scandal rocks president's re-election bid - story
Petrobras says given go-ahead to build its first biodiesel plants - story
Ahmadinejad says nuclear
talks 'on the right path'AP Photo/Mary Altaffer
Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad responds to a question during
a news conference at UN headquarters, Thursday Sept. 21, 2006.AFP UNITED NATIONS
Petroleumworld.com 09 22 06 - storyBrazil's Lula lashes out at
Bolivia over natural gas rowPetrobras, HO, file
This undated file photo released by Bolivian subsidiary of Brazilian oil giant Petrobras, two workers handle gas conducts at the San Antonio natural gas refinery near the city of Villazon, southern Bolivia.AFP BRASILIA
Petroleumworld.com 09 22 06 - story
Chavez renews Bush assault with "alcoholic" jibe - story
Oil prices snap back in technical rebound - story
Lula's campaign is rocked by scandal in Brazil - story
Smiling and confident, Ahmadinejad wraps up trip to New York - story
Clean-up teams hard at work excavating toxic waste from Ivory Coast dumps - story
Qatar company to boost LNG carrier fleet by 10 - story
US gives Boeing contract for 'invisible fence' border monitoring - story
Shell-led project warns Russia on environmental permit - story
EU examines GDF-Suez deal amid calls for protests in France - story
Oil price could slide to 40 dollars: ex-OPEC official - story
Venezuela to offer discount US heating oil program in 18 states - story
UAE oil minister says OPEC expects oil price to ease in 2007 - story
Mitsui, Mitsubishi may sell some Sakhalin stake to Gazprom:report - story
Total's Ypergas to add two new wells in 2007 at the Yucal Placer - story
Brazil, Bolivia to address energy crisis - story
Venezuela sees Faja oil, mine tax probe over by Nov - story
Petrobras says talks with Bolivia `Moving in right direction' - story
OVL, Sinopec JV acquires Colombian oil firm - story
Ecuador's oil production stalls due to lack of investment - story
Pemex Aug crude output 3.25 million b/d vs Jul 3.23 million - story
Time of the essence in Iran showdown : Bush
Ray Stubblebine/Reuters
President George W. Bush speaks at the 61st United Nations General Assembly at the U.N. in New York, September 19, 2006.AFP NEW YORK
Petroleumworld.com 09 21 06 - storyChavez calls Bush 'devil', 'liar' and 'tyrant' in UN speech
AP /Julie Jacobson
Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez speaks at the 61st United Nations General Assembly at the U.N. in New York, September 20, 2006.By Kim Gamel Associated Press Writer
AP UNITED NATIONS - storyUS concerned about "export of instability" from Venezuela: general - story
Chavez calls Bush 'the devil' in sulpherous UN speech - story
Bush backs Maliki, despite Washington whispers - story
Premier of oil-rich Alberta province 'King Ralph' retires - story
Disappointed US condemns Thai coup - story
Oil prices extend decline after US inventory data - story
More that 10,000 protestors rally against Hungarian PM - story
One dead in fire at world's biggest oil refinery complex - story
US fuel inventories mixed - storyBP to invest 3.0 billion dollars in US refinery - story
Troubled Shell-led Sakhalin project to go ahead: official - story
Petrobras' president formalizes refinery purchase in the US - storyPDVSA announces Social Production Enterprises requirements - story
Troubled Shell-led Sakhalin project to go ahead: official - story
EU's Solana to hold pivotal
talks with Iran on nuclear crisisAP Photo/Thierry Charlier
European Union Foreign Affairs and Security Chief Policy Javier Solana gestures while talking to the media during a press conference at the EU Council in Brussels, Friday Sept. 15, 2006.AFP NEW YORK Petroleumworld.com 09 20 06 - story
Annan warns Iraq on brink of civil war as Baghdad leaders seek global aid
AP Photo/Ed Betz
U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan addresses the 61st session of the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters, Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2006.By David Millikin AFP
UNITED NATIONS Petroleumworld.com 09 20 06 - storyOil prices slide after soft US economic data - story
Muslim anger begins to abate as leaders meet in Rome - story
Oil price still lucrative for all: Saudi minister - story
Oil prices hold close to 64 dollars - storyRussia demands 'compromises' on halted Shell project - story
French oil group Total wins exploration rights in Colombia - story
Japan warns Russia over giant energy project - story
Latin America leads challenge to IMF reform initiative - story
Conference urges investment in environment-friendly projects - story
Petrobras taps Norway's Sevan for six-year US Gulf drilling deal - story
Platts releases 2006 top 250 global energy companies list - story
Statoil buys Plains' interest in three US Gulf of Mexico assets - story
Bolivia hushes ex prez on oil plan - story
Chavez, Ahmadinejad solidify
Iran-Venezuela ties
AP
Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, right, gestures during the inauguration of an oil drill field at San Tome, Venezuela, Monday, Sept. 18, 2006.By Rafael Noboa AFP
CARACAS Petroleumworld.com 09 19 06 - storyRussia cancels permit for Shell's
giant Sakhalin-2 fields
AFP
The Molikpaq offshore oil platform, which produces up to 70,000 barrels a day stands off Sakhalin island, Far Eastern Russia, seen here in April 2003By Stephen Boykewich AFP
MOSCOW Petroleumworld.com 09 19 06 - storyIran rejects accelerated UN talks on its nuclear program - story
Oil prices rebound from recent lows - story
Belarus clinches billion-dollar military contracts with Venezuela - story
Saudi warns against creating Iraq regions on sectarian basis - story
Russia may launch uranium enrichment center in 2007: top official - story
Bush assails Venezuela, Myanmar, over drugs - story
Russia tightening grip on energy sector with Sakhalin move - story
US current account deficit jumps to 218.4 billion dollars - story
IMF waves through overhaul giving China louder voice - story
France urges more talks with Iran without threat of UN sanction - story
Iran, Norway sign oil exploration deal - story
Bolivia says Petrobras can keep control of refineries for now - story
OPEC trims 2007 call on its crude, notes demand weakness - story
BP to add 8000 jobs in Houston to support its Gulf of Mexico growth - story
Penn, Schoen, and Berland poll shows venezuela's Chavez vulnerable - story
Mexico considers breaking off relations with Venezuela - storyAmerican Commercial Lines signs agreement for the sale of its venezuelan operations - story
Chavez greets Iranian ally Ahmadinejad
RTR/Miraflores Palace
Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (L) is welcomed by Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez at Caracas airport September 17, 2006.AFP CARACAS
Petroleumworld.com 09 18 06 - storyIran, Israel and nuclear fuel bank
top issues at IAEA conference
AFP
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Mohammed ElBaradei briefs the media before a board of governors meeting at Vienna's U.N. headquarters.By Michael Adler AFP
VIENNA Petroleumworld.com 09 18 06 - storyAngry demonstrators burn effigy of pope in Iraq - story
Oil prices firmer in Asian trade after recent heavy falls - story
Non-Aligned summit marked by nuclear issues - storyPolitics in Ivory Coast paralysed as toxic waste clean up begins - story
US giant Fluor makes last-ditch bid for £5bn clean-up contract - story
Oil supplies could 'last 140 years' - story
World oil steady near six-month lows - story
Petrol-hungry Iran still eyeing rationing - story
Top finance ministers confront economic storm clouds, terrorist finance - story
Different Castro, same anti-US wrath at NAM summit in Cuba - story
Non-aligned summit to urge poor nations to stand up to US - story
Dialogue between faiths 'crucial', says new Vatican minister - story
Oil demand weaker than expected in first half of 2006: OPEC - story
Oil in Cuba? Chavez says Fidel may be OPEC material - story
Brazil's Petrobras in talks to buy Japan oil refiner: report - story
Bolivia back off from taken Petrobras assets - story
