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Petroleumworld stories: 2010
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Previous Stories: 2010
- Mar 1- 15 - March 16-30
- Jan 1 - 15 - Jan 16 - 30 - Feb 1- 15 - Feb 16- 28
Other Previous Stories 2009 - 2006:
April 1- 15
OPEC will step in if oil price
hits 100 dollars: Kuwait
KUWAIT CITY
Petroleumworld.com, April 16, 2010 - storyOil prices mixed as market digests US economic data -
PDVSA espects to investments of
120 billion USD in Orinoco up to 2017
CARACAS
Petroleumworld.com, April 14, 2010 - storyOil prices fall as IEA warns on economic recovery -
Obama to open landmark nuclear summit
AP
President Obama confers in Washington with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Sunday, a day before the start of a nuclear security summit.WASHINGTON
Petroleumworld.com, April 12, 2010 - storyREPSOL new find gas in Venezuela ’s
increases by at leat 30% is reserves
MADRID
Petroleumworld.com, April 12, 2010 - storyAustralia refloats Barrier Reef oil spill ship -
Top Iran official spurns US nuclear summit -
Oil prices rise on weaker dollar, strong Chinese demand -
Obama meets acting Nigerian president -
Statoil may be interested in Pemex deepwater projects -
Venezuela, Bolivia urge UN to set aside Copenhagen climate pact -
Ecopetrol targets Brazil, Gulf of Mexico for output -
Petrobras will start Cachalote output this quarter, SBM says -
Batista’s shareholders may gain most from Hu’s visit to Brazil -
Venezuela gives Chevron natgas extraction go-ahead -
Stricken Chinese ship moved off Great Barrier Reef -
China condemns US duties on steel pipes as protectionist -
Australia to 'throw book' over Barrier Reef oil disaster -
US slaps import duties on Chinese steel pipe -
Trinidad and Tobago prepares for early election -
India's Reliance buys 1.7 bln dlr stake in US gasfield -
Iran says to mass produce speedier centrifuges -
Italy's Eni blocking South Stream progress: Gazprom -
Oil prices mixed ahead of earnings season -
Astra seeks to uphold $639 million
Petrobras refinery award
HOUSTON
Petroleumworld.com, April 09, 2010 - storyOil price climbs above 86 dollars -
Owners of stranded ship 'sorry' for Barrier Reef crash -
India's Essar Energy plans to raise 2.5 bln dlrs through IPO -
White House plays down Netanyahu no-show -
Obama calls for investigation into mining disaster -
Medvedev launches Nord Stream pipeline construction -
Gaza power plant shuts down for lack of fuel -
S.Africa gets World Bank loan to improve power supply -
Netanyahu pulls out of summit to avoid nuclear spotlight -
Six major powers agree to further talks on Iran sanctions -
Ship bearing MOX sets sail from France for Japan -
Obama and Medvedev sign treaty
to cut nuclear arsenals
U.S. President Barack Obama and Russian President Dmitry
Medvedev sign the new Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty
(START II) at Prague Castle in Prague, April 8, 2010.PRAGUE
Petroleumworld.com, April 08, 2010 - storyQatar sees no OPEC push
for higher production
DOHA
Petroleumworld.com, April 08, 2010 - storyCongo opens oil reserves to S.African companies: Nguesso -
Tunisia grants offshore licences to Shell -Oil slips on strong dollar, tumbling equities -
S.Korean tanker anchored off Somali pirate lair -
Bill Clinton meets Saudi king on unannounced trip to Riyadh -
Polls in south Sudan to test waters for key referendum -
Chance of major hurricane hit in US, Caribbean high: forecast -
China agrees to meet world powers on Iran sanctions: France -
Nigeria puts woman at head of powerful oil ministry -
Four arrested in Netherlands over exports to Iran -
Russia launches Nord Stream construction: Gazprom chief -
Experts fear Venezuela's dependence on Russia - Analysis -
Oil prices retreat from 18-month highs -
Astra seeks to uphold $639 million
Petrobras refinery award
HOUSTON
Petroleumworld.com, April 09, 2010 - storyOil price climbs above 86 dollars -
Owners of stranded ship 'sorry' for Barrier Reef crash -
India's Essar Energy plans to raise 2.5 bln dlrs through IPO -
White House plays down Netanyahu no-show -
Obama calls for investigation into mining disaster -
Medvedev launches Nord Stream pipeline construction -
Gaza power plant shuts down for lack of fuel -
S.Africa gets World Bank loan to improve power supply -
Netanyahu pulls out of summit to avoid nuclear spotlight -
Six major powers agree to further talks on Iran sanctions -
Ship bearing MOX sets sail from France for Japan -
Obama and Medvedev sign treaty
to cut nuclear arsenals
U.S. President Barack Obama and Russian President Dmitry
Medvedev sign the new Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty
(START II) at Prague Castle in Prague, April 8, 2010.PRAGUE
Petroleumworld.com, April 08, 2010 - storyQatar sees no OPEC push
for higher production
DOHA
Petroleumworld.com, April 08, 2010 - storyCongo opens oil reserves to S.African companies: Nguesso -
Tunisia grants offshore licences to Shell -Oil slips on strong dollar, tumbling equities -
S.Korean tanker anchored off Somali pirate lair -
Bill Clinton meets Saudi king on unannounced trip to Riyadh -
Polls in south Sudan to test waters for key referendum -
Chance of major hurricane hit in US, Caribbean high: forecast -
China agrees to meet world powers on Iran sanctions: France -
Nigeria puts woman at head of powerful oil ministry -
Four arrested in Netherlands over exports to Iran -
Russia launches Nord Stream construction: Gazprom chief -
Experts fear Venezuela's dependence on Russia - Analysis -
Oil prices retreat from 18-month highs -
Colombia warns of arms
race with Venezuela
Colombia's President Alvaro UribeCARTAGENA
Petroleumworld.com, April 07, 2010 - storyOil tops 87 dollars in New York -
Total charged with graft in Iraqi
oil-for-food programme
CBS News
PARIS
Petroleumworld.com, April 06, 2010 - storyVenezuela to receive investments for $80 billions in Orinoco's belt projects
CARACAS
Petroleumworld.com, April 6, 2010 - storyOil dips in Asian trade, stays around 86 dollars -
Seized South Korean supertanker heading for Hobyo -
Cambodian PM sets Chevron oil production deadline -
Computer-enhanced vision adds a 'sixth sense' - Focus -
Australian PM calls Barrier Reef ship accident 'outrageous' -
Nigerian Christian leaders meet ailing president: pastor -
US-Nigeria create new 'strategic partneership': State Dept -
US warns Venezuela on weapon proliferation -
Danish tanker rescued from Somali pirates: task force -
Israel begins distributing biochemical war protection kits -
Russia keen on civil nuclear collaboration with Colombia -
Iran insists nuclear scientist 'kidnapped' by US -
Medvedev to visit Argentina, Brazil next week: Kremlin -
Russian arm sales to Venezuela may top 5 bln dlrs: Putin -
Oil price soars as recovery accelerates -
Russia to help Venezuela's
nuclear bid: Chavez
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (L) with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez during a visit to Varacas, April 3, 2010.CARACAS
Petroleumworld.com, April 05, 2010 - storyStranded coal carrier threatens
Great Barrier Reef
AFP
Map of Australia's Great Barrier Reef. Australian authorities are battling to prevent a badly damaged Chinese coal carrier stranded on the Great Barrier Reef from spilling tonnes of oil into pristine waters teeming with marine life. (Yahoo)SYDNEY
Petroleumworld.com, April 05, 2010 - story
Danish tanker rescued from Somali pirates: task force -
Gunmen kill top gas company official in Pakistan: police -
Bolivia president’s party wins 6 of 9 governorships -
Key political risks to watch in Venezuela-April -
Rosneft says in PDVSA talks, no proposal on refineries -
Oil races toward 86 dollars -
Putin offers to help Venezuela's space bid -Putin, Chavez, Morales broaden energy, military cooperation -
S.Korea tanker with 24 crew hijacked off Somalia -
Obama oil-drilling plan small step in climate bill battle -
'Canada is an Arctic power,' Cannon says -
US refinery fire kills five -
Kirchner renews Argentina's Falklands claims -
US warship 'sinks pirate mother ship' off Seychelles -
China insists Iran nuclear crisis needs 'peaceful' answer -
Chinese coal carrier runs aground near Great Barrier Reef -
Putin, Chavez, Morales broaden
energy, military cooperation
Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez (L) meeting Russian Prime
Minister Vladimir Putin on his arrival at Simon Bolivar, Intl. airport,
Maiquetia, Venezuela on Friday, April 2, 2010.
CARACAS
Petroleumworld.com, April 02, 2010 - storyOil price surges to 17-month high -
Obama plan expands offshore oil drilling
AFP
Protestors against offshore drilling demonstrate
in San Francisco, California, last year.
Oil mixed but stays above 83 dollars -
Iran sees sanctions talk as empty threat -
Nigerian gunmen kidnap local employee of Total -
Fossil fuels to dominate for decades: energy forum -
Oil producers, consumers step up cooperation -
Saudi minister applauds US oil drill plan -
Environmentalists upset at Obama offshore drilling plan -
Energy ministers demand oil market transparency -
Putin visits Chavez in Russian bid to grow in Obama’s backyard -
Venezuela sees PDVSA-Rosneft/Lukoil JV Junin 6 production starting in 2010 -
Oil prices spike on weak dollar -
