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Two more weeks to fully load
fuel in Iran's nuclear plant
TEHRAN
Petroleumworld.com, Aug 31, 2010 - story
Guyana to purchase lower-cost
jet fuel from Venezuela

GEORGETOWN
Petroleumworld.com, Aug 31, 2010 - story
Oil slips on US recovery fears - story
Lukoil reports half-time profit leap to 4.0 billion dollars - story
Saudi to swap 127 volt power for 230 volts - story
Bad weather delays BP bid to recover blowout preventer - story
UN climate panel ordered to make fundamental reforms - story
Electric cars can succeed in oil-rich states: Ghosn - story
Mexico leftist, oil woes could spark downgrade-Moody's - story
Curacao PDVSA Isla refinery start-up moving forward - union - story
Virgin Island PDVSA Hovensa refinery ops normal, Earl shuts harbor - story
Colombia's Santos under pressure over tax vow - story
Ecuador's international reserves decline to 13-month low of $3.53 billion - story
Petrobras still in talks on oil swap price with government, Mantega says - story
Oil prices drop amid new fear for US economy - story
ezuela unit suspends some roaming - story
US conservatives rally to 'restore America'
AP

Glenn Beck speaks as a television camera moves around him as the 'Restoring Honor' rally in front of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, Saturday, Aug. 28, 2010.
WASHINGTON
Petroleumworld.com, Aug 30, 2010 - story
Venezuela proven natural
gas reserves rise to 185.2 TCF
CARACAS
Petroleumworld.com, Aug 30, 2010 - story
Brazil's Rousseff could win in first round: poll - story
Netanyahu spells out essentials for peace deal - story
Drilling rescue shaft for Chile miners to start Monday - story
Honduras, one of the world's deadliest places for the media - story
Full plate awaits Obama on his return from vacation - story
Thousands flee as Indonesia volcano erupts - story
Jordan's king, Israel's Barak discuss Mideast direct talks - story
Kuwait posts 22.4 billion dollars budget surplus - story
Chile studies ways to rescue miners faster - story
Earl threatens hurricane status as Danielle weakens - story
Armed group accuses Nigerian govt of killing ex-militant - story
Obama says Iraq war 'ending,' calls country 'sovereign' - story
Germany mulls longer life for nuclear power plants: reports - story
Putin opens Russian section of Siberian-Pacific oil pipeline - story
PDVSA's Chalmette to shut 3 units, save $8 mil/month -sources - story
After Chapter 11, LyondellBasell aims to lead - story
Telefonica's Ven
Russian Rosneft set deal for
PDVSA's German refinery
CARACAS
Petroleumworld.com, Aug 27, 2010 - story
Uganda strips Tullow,
Heritage of oil field: minister
KAMPALA
Petroleumworld.com, Aug 27, 2010 - story
Oil prices jump beyond 75 dollars - story
Salvage operation could offer up clues to US oil spill - story
Drilling about to start to reach Chilean miners - story
UN piracy envoy embarks on three-month mission - story
Brazil's Vale to cut iron ore prices by 10 percent - story
Hurricane Danielle to skirt Bermuda as Atlantic storms rage - story
Carter leaves N. Korea with freed American, nuclear pledge - story
British economy steams ahead but derailment looms - story
Iran bank assets withdrawn from Europe: central bank chief - story
Oil prices rise before US growth data - story
China urgently needs to reverse coal dependency: Greenpeace - story
Under attack, Obama holds cards on Afghan pullout date - story
Danielle becomes first major hurricane of Atlantic season - story
S.Korea sceptical on Chinese nuclear proposal - story
Mexican president announces anti-money laundering measures - story
US declines to rule out resumption of NKorea nuclear talks - story
Brazil's boom gives boost to Lula's presidential pick - story
UN oil pollution probe in Nigeria will avoid blame - story
Oil prices jump to 75 dollars - story
Nigeria to privatise electricity sector - story
Mexican president strongly condemns migrant massacre - story
FTC Capital, settle fraud lawsuit, SEC alleged defendants defrauded Venezuela's PDVSA - story
Venezuela prepares PDVSA issue, sees recession end - story
Reuters factbox-Hugo Chavez's history at the ballot box - story
Colombia's Galeras erupts, evacuation ordered - story
Colombia's Gran Tierra reports more oil in Moqueta and pipeline disruption in Putamayo - story
Reuters factbox-Ecuador's oil industry and contract talks - story
Reuters factbox-Ecuador vs Chervron environmental damages lawsuit - story
Petrobras at odds; deal seen after Aug. 30 - story
South Korea, Bolivia sign
lithium development deal

Lithium in Bolivia
SEOUL
Petroleumworld.com, Aug 26, 2010 - story
Kuwait oil minister 'satisfied'
with current price

Sheikh Ahmad Abdullah al-Sabah
KUWAIT CITY
Petroleumworld.com, Aug 26, 2010 - story
Oil prices up in Asian trade - story
Katrina changed the face of New Orleans for ever - story
BP scraps plans to drill in Arctic due to Gulf spill: report - story
Nigerian electricity workers strike ahead of reform plan - story
India state oil firms plan no counterbid for Cairn: report - story
Killing in Nigerian oil hub sparks fears of pre-poll unrest - story
Egypt announces site of planned nuclear plant - story
Kuwait, Iraq agree on oil output from border fields: Sabah - story
Shell shuts plant in Nigeria as women's protest expands - story
ONS 2010: Top innovation awards to Reelwell, FMC Technologies - story
ONS 2010: Honorary awards to Maury Devine and Erik Jølberg - story
ONS 2010: Show news at opening date - story
Argentine power struggle stirs debate over press freedoms - story
Belarus eyes Latvia as new route for Venezuelan oil - story
Oil prices edge up despite negative data - story
Gazprom exec says natural
gas prices to leap by 2012
FRANKFURT
Petroleumworld.com, Aug 25, 2010 - story
Norway's King Harald opens ONS 2010

CARACAS
Petroleumworld.com, Aug 25, 2010 - story
Blast hits Iran-Turkey pipeline, Kurd rebels blamed - story
Oil edges higher in Asia - story
New bacteria degrades oil faster, in deep, cold water: study - story
Cairn discovers gas in offshore Greenland amid protests - story
Oil price slides under 72 dollars - story
Spanish oil spill workers suffered chromosome damage: study - story
Greenpeace in Arctic to stop
British group drilling for oil
COPENHAGEN
Petroleumworld.com, Aug 24, 2010 - story
Shell starts drilling in offshore
Brazil near Tupi Field

RIO
Petroleumworld.com, Aug 24, 2010 - story
Seoul to send envoy to Washington for Iran sanction talks - story
OPEC facing dilemma over oil prices: CGES consultancy - story
Norway's massive oil fund excludes Israeli firms over ethics - story
Oil prices rise, stay above 74 dollars - story
Investors wary of violence in Iraq, but optimistic: survey - story
Iran launches assault boats,
warns don't play with fire
ISNA news agency

A katyusha rocket is fired from a speed boat during a military
drill near the port of Bandar Jask in the Sear of Oman in May.
TEHRAN
Petroleumworld.com, Aug 23, 2010 - story
Venezuela's PDVSA oil exports
drop 16 pct in 2nd quarter
CARACAS
Petroleumworld.com, Aug 23, 2010 - story
Venezuela's PDVSA to issue
a $2 billion bond, Chavez said
CARACAS
Petroleumworld.com, Aug 20, 2010 - story
Partner says BP hiding oil spill documents
WASHINGTON
Petroleumworld.com, Aug 20, 2010 - story
Oil prices extend losses - story
BP spill payouts likely to prohibit lawsuits: report - story
Britain warns Libya not to mark Megrahi release, a year on - story
SKorea's KNOC makes hostile offer for Dana Petroleum - story
Oil prices sink on dire US economic data - story
Venezuela's PDVSA to issue
a $2 billion bond, Chavez said
CARACAS
Petroleumworld.com, Aug 20, 2010 - story
Partner says BP hiding oil spill documents
WASHINGTON
Petroleumworld.com, Aug 20, 2010 - story
Oil prices extend losses - story
BP spill payouts likely to prohibit lawsuits: report - story
Britain warns Libya not to mark Megrahi release, a year on - story
SKorea's KNOC makes hostile offer for Dana Petroleum - story
Oil prices sink on dire US economic data - story
US senators hunt possible
BP role in Lockerbie release

Lockerbie bomber's Abdelbaset Ali Mohmet al-Megrahi
WASHINGTON
Petroleumworld.com, Aug 19, 2010 - story
PDVSA: No change in Venezuela's
PetroCaribe terms

CARACAS
Petroleumworld.com, Aug 19, 2010 - story
Oil mixed in Asian trade - story
US energy firm abandons sale of Ghana stake to ExxonMobil - story
Sudan eyes sharp hike in oil output by next year: minister - story
Russia defends Iran nuclear plant ahead of launch - story
Sudan eyes sharp hike in oil output by next year: minister - story
Shell in Nigeria warns on production after pipeline sabotage - story
Iran to launch first nuclear plant after decades of delay - story
US base ruling risks new tensions for Colombia's president - story
South Korea, Bolivia to sign lithium deal: report - story
General strike ends in Bolivian mining city - story
Repsol opens The Ubari hospital in Lybia - story
Ecuador's oil industry and contract talks - Reuters Factbox - story
Repsol to seek private investors before $4 billion Brazil share deal - story
Brazil 11th-round auction of oil and natural-gas on track - story
Ecuador set to renegotiate foreign oil deals
AFP/ Rodrigo Buendia

Ecuadorean Minister of Nonrenewable Natural Resources
Wilson Pastor speaks during a press conference in Quito.
QUITO
Petroleumworld.com, Aug 18, 2010 - story
Ahmadinejad admires Venezuela condemnation of anti-Iran resolution
Reuters

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
TEHRAN
Petroleumworld.com, Aug 18, 2010 - story
T&T, Venezuela gas deal: Opportunities for service firms - story
Blast in Venezuela's PDVSA Puerto La Cruz refinery - story
Oil dips in Asian trade - story
Japan launches probe into Gulf oil tanker blast - story
Scientists say US figures on spilled oil in Gulf too low - story
Kuwait's national oil company to replace CEO: report - story
US welcomes China investment in Latin America: official - story
Belarus to get Venezuelan oil via Lithuania - story
Oil prices rally, ending five-day losing streak - story
Venezuela to ship gasoline to Iran

Venezuela's Hugo Chavez and iran's Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
CARACAS
Petroleumworld.com, Aug 17, 2010 - story
T&T, Venezuela sign
hydrocarbons' unifying treaty
Ministry of Energy

Carolyn Seepersad-Bachan, Ministry of Energy and Energy Affairs (l), and Rafael Ramírez, Venezuela's Energy and Oil Minister and president of PDVSA at PDVSA's headquarters, Caracas, on Aug 16, 2010.
CARACAS
Petroleumworld.com, Aug 17, 2010 - story
Oil prices rebound in Asian trade, above 75 dollars - story
Chavez says `impossible' to accept U.S. ambassadorial nominee Larry Palmer - story
Oil discovered offshore in Mozambique - story
Mexico eyes deeper oil drilling in shadow of Gulf disaster - story
Lebanon parliament to vote on gas rights bill - story
Oil prices slip on weak Japanese growth data - story
Venezuela and Trinidad to sign a
hydrocarbon unitization agreement
CARACAS
Petroleumworld.com, Aug 16, 2010 - story
Iran says to begin work on
new uranium plant in early 2011

Iran nuclear plant under consruction
TEHRAN
Petroleumworld.com, Aug 16, 2010 - story
Oil price gains capped by Japanese growth data - story
Afghanistan discovers new oil deposit: ministry - story
Iran offers three billion dollar bonds to fund gasfields - story
'Our job is not finished' in Gulf oil spill: Obama - story
US outlines preliminary steps for BP relief well - story
Iran to fire up first nuclear power plant next week - story
Tensions flare between Kremlin, Belarus strongman - story
Russia deal shows Iran does not need enrichment: White House - story
Iran sanctions helping Ahmadinejad: Karroubi - story
In 2009 PDVSA received financial assistance from government agencies - story
Mexico wants Copenhagen outsiders in Cancun talks: envoy - story
US converts Brazilian debt into environmental protection - story
Most foreign tourists leave Bolivian city amid general strike - story
LAN, TAM announce merger to create LatAm's biggest airline - story
Peru's economy seen growing 10.9 pct in June - story
Brazil poll shows Rousseff with lead over Serra - story
Cosan: biofuels JV deal with Shell to close soon - story
Petrobras pilot-fishing on equity offering - IFR - story
Repsol finishes drilling deepwater well in Brazil's Espirito Santo basin - story
Batista's OGX posts $32.6 million second-quarter profit as it speeds up exploration - story
Spill prompt Brazil`caution' on $7 billion assets purchase from Devon - story
Pemex's budget request may be cut on lower oil prices, board member says - story
Mexico:Pemex's deep-water drilling: in BP's footsteps? - story
Oil leak threatens farmlands in Trinidad and Tobago - story
Oil prices hold under 76 dollars - story