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Petroleumworld stories: 2010
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Previous Stories: 2010
- Mar 1- 15 - March 16-30 - APRIL 1- 15 - APRIL 15- May 30
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June 16 - 31
Venezuela gets first installment
of Chinese financing
CARACAS
Petroleumworld.com, July 30, 2010 - storyEcopetrol output to surge 27% by 2011
Colombia's oil blocksBOGOTA
Petroleumworld.com, July 30, 2010 - storyOil prices jump on weak dollar, positive European data - story
Nigeria's oil reserves drop
by 1.6 billion barrels: official
LAGOS
Petroleumworld.com, July 29, 2010 - storyUS hit by new oil spill: officials
AFP/Getty /Bill Pugliano
An oil slick from a spill of approximately 800,000 gallons of crude oil makes its way down the Kalamazoo River in Marshall, Michigan.CHIGAGO
Petroleumworld.com, July 29, 2010 - storyOil turns higher in Asian trade - story
First lawsuits linked to Gulf spill go to court - story
Japan's Mitsui maintains oil tanker was likely attacked - story
Shell profit climbs to 4.39 billion dollars in quarter - story
S.Korea's Daelim wins 1.7 billion dollar Saudi project - story
100 days in, Gulf spill leaves ugly questions unanswered - story
Ecopetrol to take on $23 bln in debt in 2011-2020 - story
BP in talks to sell Venezuela's assets to TNK-BP - story
Petrobras to launch Tupi oil production three month ahead of schedule - story
Oil prices slide on US inventory data - story
Lift 'reckless' oil drilling ban,
Gulf residents pleadAFP/Karin Zeitvogel
Shrimping boats sit idle in a dock on Bayou Lafourche
near Galliano, Louisiana, in May 2010.WASHINGTON
Petroleumworld.com, July 28, 2010 - storyFidel Castro marks Cuban
revolution anniversaryAFP/Cubadebate/Silvio Rodriguez
Cuban leader Fidel Castro joins a ceremony to pay homage to national hero Jose Marti on July 26, 2010, at the Jose Marti Memorial in HavanaSANTA CLARA
Petroleumworld.com, July 28, 2010 - storyOil hovers around 77 dollars in Asia - story
Blast hits Japan oil tanker near Iran - story
US probes links between BP, regulators: report - story
BP's Hayward ignites fresh US anger as he exits - story
BP's problems far from over after sacrificing Hayward: press - story
Obama vows to fight on for climate change bill - story
Nigeria records 3,000 oil spills since 2006: minister - story
Oil prices tumble on waning US consumer confidence - storyEcuador to take over all
oil production: ministersAFP/ Rodrigo Buendia
Ecuador's Natural Resources Minister Wilson Pastor, speaks during a press conference at Carondelet presidential palace in Quito on July 26, 2010.QUITO
Petroleumworld.com, July 27, 2010 - storyBP name Bob Dudley new boss,
hope it can help rebuild imageAP/Dmitry Lovetsky
BP CEO Robert Dudley speaks during the International Economic Forum in St. Petersburg, Russia. June 8, 2008 photo.LONDON
Petroleumworld.com, July 27, 2010 - storyCrude oil prices steady - story
New BP CEO vows sweeping safety improvements - storySanctions-hit Iran defiant but 'ready' for nuclear talks - story
TNK-BP profits soar as Hayward awaits Russian exile - story
Oil-rich Nigerian states back Jonathan 2011 bid - story
BP taps US executive as it rebuilds reputation - story
Gulf focus shifts, but where is all the oil? - story
Full text of Hayward statement - story
BP suffers major loss as oil spill costs hit 32.2 bln dlrs - story
Iran condemns new EU sanctions on energy sector - story
Chavez ratchets up pressure on Colombia ahead of polls - story
Venezuela alleges invasion plot by US, Colombia - story
Chavez cannot afford to cut off US oil: analysts - story
US rules out military action against Venezuela - story
Oil prices flat on expectations of crude inventory drop - story
Venezuela breaks ties with Colombia, puts troops on alert
Reuters/Jorge Silva
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez at Miraflores presidential palace in CaracasCARACAS
Petroleumworld.com, July 23, 2010 - storyGulf oil spill workers evacuate as tropical storm bears down
AP
This image provided by NOAA taken late Thursday July 22, 2010
shows Tropical Storm Bonnie as she steamed through
the central Bahamas on Thursday night.NEW ORLEANS
Petroleumworld.com, July 23, 2010 - storyNew York oil prices pull back after near 80 dollars - story
Storm threat may imperil BP battle to plug Gulf well
AP
Ships ready to leave leaky gulf of Mexico well as storm brewsBURAS, Louisiana
Petroleumworld.com, July 22, 2010 - storyVenezuela revels in oil reserves, challenges remain - story
Oil prices slide on surprise gain in US crude stockpiles - story
BP gains confidence in cap as spill plan takes shape
BEIJING
Petroleumworld.com, July 21, 2010 - storySaudi has 'every intention' of meeting oil demand: princeAFP/Hamad Olayan
"As the demand for oil continues to rise, especially from China and India, the kingdom has every intention of meeting that demand," Prince Turki al-Faisal, pictured in May 2010, said in a speech to the Oxford Energy Seminar in BritainRIYADH
Petroleumworld.com, July 21, 2010 - storyGulf of Mexico oil spill's developments -Reuters FactBox - story
Oil price firm before weekly US energy report - storyBlast hits Iran-Turkey gas pipeline - story
Cameron seeks to cool US anger over BP oil spill - story
Apache to buy BP assets in US, Canada, Egypt - story
Major nations pledge to improve energy efficiency - story
Security Council 'insult' Iran, Turkey, Brazil: Iran speaker - story
How fast oil reserves are declining? - Reuters FactBox - storyOil up in Asian trade - story
OPEC sees world oil demand growing by 1.2 pct in 2011
VIENNA
Petroleumworld.com, July 21, 2010 - story
China now world's number one energy user: reportAFP/Frederic J. Brown
A power plant is seen in Beijing. China has rejected an assessment from the International Energy Agency that it had surpassed the United States to become the world's top energy consumer, calling the data "unreliable".BEIJING
Petroleumworld.com, July 20, 2010 - storyChavez says oil prices still low - story
Oil prices rise on forecast drop in US crude reserves - story
Ecuador lawsuit: Chevron said to U.S. Dept of Justice and Ecuador, expert is a fraud - story
China rejects title of world's number one energy user - story Obama launches new oceans policy - story
World warned energy path unsustainable at US talks - story
Global firms invited to join Iran energy projects - story
China rushes to clean up oil spill after pipeline blast - story
Clinton arrives in Kabul ahead of conference - story
Clinton seeks more from Pakistan in terror fight - story
Brazil vows to continue clean energy push at summit - story
Suriname lawmakers elect ex-dictator as president - story
Chavez exhumes Venezuela's national hero Simon Bolivar - story
Venezuela recalls ambassador to Colombia amid rebel row - storyHow do the new anti-Iran sanctions affect oil? - Reuters - story
BP ordered to draft new oil well plan after seepage
AP /Dave Martin
oil slick sits on the surface of the water a few miles from the site
of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico Saturday,
July 17, 2010.NEW ORLEANS
Petroleumworld.com, July 19, 2010 - storyVenezuela recalls ambassador
to Colombia amid rebel rowAP/William Fernando Martinez
Colombia's President Alvaro Uribe speaks during a press conference
at the presidential palace in Bogota, Friday , July 16, 2010\CARACAS
Petroleumworld.com, July 19, 2010 - storyBP halts Gulf oil flow for first time since April
AP
Gulf geyser stops gushing . AP – This image taken from video provided by BP PLC at 14:27 CDT, shows that oil has stopped flowing.NEW ORLEANS
Petroleumworld.com, July 16, 2010 - storyBP well may be capped, but
oil's damage is far from overAP Photo/Judi Bottoni
Oil-damaged plants are seen in a Louisiana bay
south of Myrtle Grove, La., Tuesday, July 13, 2010. NEW ORLEANS
Petroleumworld.com, July 14, 2010 - storyBP hopes for end to Gulf oil
nightmare after fitting capAFP
This graphic shows the latest efforts by BP to stem the
Gulf of Mexico oil spill by using a new cap on the leaking wellhead. NEW ORLEANS
Petroleumworld.com, July 13, 2010 - storyUS imposes new freeze on deepwater drilling
Reuters/Lisi Niesner
Greenpeace activists paint over a banner with the British Petroleum (BP) logo in a protest against the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico at St. Stephen's square in Vienna July 7, 2010.WASHINGTON
Petroleumworld.com, July 13, 2010 - storyBP leak puts up to 4.5 million barrels of oil in sea: IEA - story
China, Argentina agree 10 billion dollars in rail deals - story
Oil prices languish under 75 dollars - story
Timeline of Gulf of Mexico oil spill two months on - Chrono - story
Gulf residents share pain as commission probes BP oil spill - story
PDVSA crude spills mar Venezuela oil hub Lake Maracaibo - story
Reuters Factbox: BP assets that may end up for sale - story
Colombia's Ecopetrol to update its code of good governance - story
IDRC pledge US$35 million to think tanks in Latin America and South Asia - story
Franco prospect flow rate Brazil record 50,000 bpd - story
Brazil's Petrobras finds 500 mln bbl oil field in Angola - story
Oil prices drop under 75 dollars - story
Robots replace cap over gushing BP oil well
Reuters/Marc Morrison
Workers onboard the Transocean Discoverer Inspiration
deploy the 3 Ram Capping Stack to the Deepwater Horizon
BOP (blowout preventer) in the Gulf of Mexico July 11, 2010. NEW ORLEANS
Petroleumworld.com, July 12, 2010 - storyExtra-time Iniesta secures World Cup for SpainAFP/Jewel Samad
Spain's midfielder Andres Iniesta (R) shoots and scores a goal past Netherlands' goalkeeper Maarten Stekelenburg during extra time the 2010 FIFA football World Cup final between the Netherlands and Spain at Soccer City stadium in Soweto, suburban Johannesburg.JOHANNESBURG
Petroleumworld.com, July 12, 2010 - storyOil prices drop towards 75 dollars - story
BP puts oil leak bill at 3.5 billion dollars - story
PetroChina says open to closer ties with BP: report - story
Obama sets campaign mode to attack - story
US criminal probe into oil spill ongoing: attorney general - story
BP in talks to sell Alaska oil field: report - story
China pumps billions of dollars into Canada's oil sands - story
Gulf oil spill clean-up is difficult but much-needed work - Scene - story
Obama loses drilling moratorium appeal
Reuters
NEW ORLEANS
Petroleumworld.com, July 09, 2010 - storyAhmadinejad says sanctions
will not alter nuclear driveReuters/Afolabi Sotunde
Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad speaks at news conference in Nigeria's capital Abuja July 8, 2010.ABUJA
Petroleumworld.com, July 09, 2010 - storyOil companies reeling from drilling moratorium uncertainty - story
Oil price finish week on a high - story
BP hopes to fix oil well by late July: report - story
Venezuela's PDVSA recovers stolen oil equipment - story
Colombia's Santos taps trade, energy ministers - story
Chevron draws fire from U.S. Council of Bishops, Sierra Club over improper Ecuador lobbying - story
Alstom signs 100 mln eur Brazil windfarm deal - story
Brazil seeks to cut Petrobras gas waste-report - story
Oil prices climb on buoyant data, crude inventories dip - storyObama loses drilling moratorium appeal
Reuters
NEW ORLEANS
Petroleumworld.com, July 09, 2010 - storyAhmadinejad says sanctions
will not alter nuclear driveReuters/Afolabi Sotunde
Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad speaks at news conference in Nigeria's capital Abuja July 8, 2010.ABUJA
Petroleumworld.com, July 09, 2010 - story
Oil prices climb on buoyant data, crude inventories dip - story
BP hopes to fix oil well by late July: report
A map showing the extent of the Gulf of Mexico
spill as of Monday, July 5, 2010LONDON
Petroleumworld.com, July 08, 2010 - storySwiss solar plane makes history
with round-the-clock flightAFP/Fabrice Coffrini
Experimental aircraft Solar Impulse -- with pilot Andre Borschberg onboard -- has landed in Switzerland on Thursday at 9.01 am (0701 GMT), after completing a historic flight lasting some 26 hours.PAYERNE, Switzerland
Petroleumworld.com, July 08, 2010 - storyOil fails to gain support above 75 dollars - story
Weather hampers oil effort as BP letter surfaces - storyTropical depression forms in Gulf of Mexico - story
US government launches RestoreTheGulf.gov as new website on Gulf oil spill - story
US demands financial information from BP: letter - story
Nigeria pledges more debate on controversial oil reform law - story
ENI, ex-subsidiary to pay penalty over bribery claims - story
Europe should freeze deep water drilling: top official - story
Shell opens production at major new oil project in Nigeria - story
Total to acquire UTS Energy of Canada - story
Colombia's Santos invites Chavez to inauguration - story
Venezuela slum takes socialism beyond Chavez - story
Helmerich & Payne warns oil field service peers about PDVSA - story
Oil prices rally as equities bounces - story
Ecuador seeks renegotiated
foreign oil contracts: president
CARACAS
Petroleumworld.com, July 07, 2010 - storyBP chief visits home of world's
top sovereign wealth fundAFP/ Ebrahim Adawi
Thomas Geissler (centre), the chief executive of TG-Gold-Super-Markt, tries the "Gold to Go" vending machine at the Emirates Palace Hotel in Abu Dhabi on May 12.ABU DHABI
Petroleumworld.com, July 07, 2010 - storyOil prices slip on US recovery concerns - story
Oil hits Texas as BP dismisses money worries - story
Iran oil well fire quelled after 38 days: report - story
Hong Kong firm to face trial over major Australia oil spill - story
BP agrees to inform US ahead of transactions: report - story
BP chief executive 'on visits to important partners' - story
BP is 'opportunity' for investors: Libyan oil chief - story
US urges China to free geologist 'immediately' - story
Nuclear talks can resume from Sept 1 if conditions met: Iran - story
China signs major deal to build refinery in Nigeria - story
Peru approves admission of Ecopetrol to Lot 117 in the Maranon Basin - story
Salazar Resources resumed drilling at its Curipamba Project, Ecuador - story
Reuters Factbox: Offshore increasingly important to oil industry - story
Peruvian Lawmaker announces legal actions against Pluspetrol for Marañon oil spill - story
Petrobras gets $1.47 bln loan for vessels - story
Brazil vote on oil production sharing may be delayed - story
Oil prices slip on US recovery concerns - story
Britain works on crisis plan
in case spill sinks BP: report
LONDON
Petroleumworld.com, July 06, 2010 - storyBP mulls selling Colombia, Venezuela
fields to pay spill costsAFP
BP's Chief Executive Officer Tony HaywardLONDON
Petroleumworld.com, July 06, 2010 - storyOil falls in Asian trade after weak US data - story
Tar balls hit Texas as oil spill cost soars - story
New storm forms near oil-slickened Louisiana coast - story
Britain, Germany, UAE deny refusing fuel to Iran planes - story
BP oil spill costs soar above 3 billion dollars - story
US Navy airship en route to assist Gulf oil recovery - story
Saudi agrees on nuclear energy pact with France - story
US geologist jailed for eight years in China - story
Dozen foreign sailors kidnapped in Nigeria freed: military - story
Reuters Factbox-Arbitration cases against Venezuela nationalizations - story
Apco Oil and Gas awarded the Llanos 40 block in southwestern Colombia 's Llanos basin. - story
Gulf of Mexico oil & gas ops resuming after Alex - story
Peru eyes price floor for natural gas exports - story
Brazil's Rousseff takes campaign to business hub - story
Obama warns Iran of new
pressure, signs sanctionsReuters/ Larry Downing
Obama signed into law the toughest ever US sanctions on Iran.WASHINGTON
Petroleumworld.com, July 02, 2010 - storyVenezuela's PDVSA worth $149 billion U.S. dollarsNYT
PDVSA HQ in Maracaibo, VenezuelaCARACAS
Petroleumworld.com, July 02, 2010 - storyFrance signs accord to help Morocco's nuclear energy drive - story
Belarus, Russia sign long-awaited gas transit deal: Minsk - story
Oil stable as traders await vital US payrolls data - story
Gulf oil clean-up stalled by rough weather - story
South Korean firm in talks with Scotland-based oil explorer - story
First hurricane, Alex, weakens across northeast Mexico - story
South Korean firm in talks with Scotland-based oil explorer - story
Samsung Heavy wins 1.7 billion dollar shipbuilding deals - story
Obama signs toughest-ever US sanctions on Iran - story
BP boss takes spill questions in open Internet event - story
Vuvuzela assault planned on BP headquarters - story
US lawmaker: Oil spill costs may run trillions of dollars - story
Not enough 'money in the world' for all BP spill claims - story
Venezuela, Vietnam sign joint oil venture contract - story
BP subsidiary fined 5.2 million dlrs for 'false reporting' - story
Assad backs Brazil-Turkey plan
to solve Iran nuclear rowAP/ Eraldo Peres
Syria's President Bashar al-Assad, left, and Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva listen to Syria's national anthem at the Itamaraty Palace in Brasilia, Wednesday, June 30, 2010. Bashar al-Assad is on a two-day official visit to Brazil.BRASILIA
Petroleumworld.com, July 01, 2010 - storyHigh winds, choppy seas from
Alex disrupts Gulf oil clean-upAP
Alex's choppy seasNEW ORLEANS
Petroleumworld.com, July 01, 2010 - story
