petroleumworld

Oct 16 - 30

OPEC output cut was enough, says Iran

AFP

Iranian Oil Minister Kazem Vaziri-Hamaneh

AFP TEHRAN
Petroleumworld.com 10 31 06 - story

Ahmadinejad warns of 'firm response' to sanctions

AP

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

By Siavosh Ghazi AFP
TEHRAN Petroleumworld.com 10 31 06 - story

Malaysia's Petronas clinches 25 billion dollar gas deal with China - story

South Korea and Kuwait agree on crude oil storage plan - story

Australia shuns Kyoto, targets China and India in pollution row - story

Oil prices stay below 60 dollars - story

'We are taking care of the Amazon': Brazilian ministers - story

BP's Texas refinery was 'unsafe', and firm knew it: US - story

Brazil's Lula faces challenging second term after electoral victory - story

Oil prices slide on slower US growth, Chinese demand - story

US govt probes voting machine manufacturer for Chavez ties - story

PDVSA to replace Orimulsion with heavy fuel oil: PowerSeraya - story

Repsol says new Bolivia contracts guarantee return on investments - story

Gazprom delays LNG production from Shtokman field to 2013 - story

Trinidad and Tobago placing new bets on petrochemicals - story

Brazil's Lula re-elected by landslide

REUTERS/Paulo Whitaker

Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva gestures to supporters in Sao Paulo October 29, 2006, after winning a landslide victory in the run-off election against his rival Geraldo Alckmin, according to the vote tally by Brazil's electoral court.

AFP BRASILIA
Petroleumworld.com 10 30 06 - story

Bolivian govt reaches nationalization
deals with all energy companies

AP /Juan Karita

Enrique Locotura, left, of Repsol YPF, signs a nationalization contract as Juan Carlos Ortiz, president of Bolivian state petroleum company YPFB, looks on just after midnight on Sunday morning, Oct. 29, 2006. The contract will permit Repsol to continue operating in Bolivia's nationalized petroleum sector.

AFP LA PAZ
Petroleumworld.com 1030 06 - story

Norwegian oil group Statoil reports slight fall in net profit - story

Oil prices strengthen on threats to Saudi installations - story

One protester dies as Mexico police seize Oaxaca - story

Nigeria air crash kills 100 - story

Repsol welcomes Bolivian deal - story

U.S. investigates voting machines’ Venezuela ties - story

Iran confirms enriched uranium from second cascade - story

Brazil's Lula under heavy fire in final electoral debate - story

Bolivia inks 'nationalization' deals with foreign oil companies - story

US, others to conduct Gulf naval maneuvers off Iran - story

US economy slowing, but oil companies riding 'black gold' boom - story

Oil prices up over Saudi terror scare - story

Chevron profits bulge on red-hot oil prices - story

Venezuela's Oil Minister : OPEC should implement an additional cut at its Dec meeting

Venezuela Oil Minister Rafael Ramirez

Petroleumworld CARACAS
Petroleumworld.com 10 27 06 - story

Mexico inaugurates first
liquefied natural gas terminal

Mexico's president Vicente Fox inaugurating Altamira's natural gas terminal

MarketWatch MEXICO CITY
Petroleumworld.com 10 27 06 - story

ExxonMobil profits gush above 10 bln dlrs - story

Crude oil prices retreat - story

Guatemala, Venezuela stuck in impasse over UN seat - story

Youths quit Shell flowstations in Nigeria after deal struck - story

Building a wall around US a 'huge error': Mexican president-elect - story

Bush gives green light for building US-Mexico border fence - story

Brazil's Lula has 26-point lead ahead of presidential election: polls - story

Kuwait to cut oil output by 100,000 bpd - story

Libya to reduce daily oil output - story

Royal Dutch Shell sees quarterly profit slip to 6.948 billion dollars - story

Atlantic LNG to begin Train 4 maintenance work next week:official - story

Chile imports $3.8 billion of crude in first nine months, up 32% - story

Fitch affirms Merey Sweeny refinery's 8.85% bonds due 2019 at 'BBB' - story

Global Crossing to acquire Impsat - story

UN deadlocks again on Security Council seat

U.N. Security Council

AFP UNITED NATIONS
Petroleumworld.com 10 26 06 - story

Key UN powers unveil Iran sanctions draft

By Gerard Aziakou
AFP UNITED NATIONS
Petroleumworld.com 10 26 06 - story

Dow ekes out fresh record as Fed holds rates steady - story

Crude oil prices leap as US stocks slide - story

ConocoPhillips' earnings fall short as tax charges bite - story

Israeli warplanes in 'incident' with German ship off Lebanon: military - story

Youths invade Shell flowstations in Nigeria - story

Panama Canal expansion won 76.6 percent support in vote - story

Giant Shell-led energy project faces possible criminal charges - story

Iran says second enrichment cascade installed - story

Statoil to complete Venezuelan gas exploration by October 2007 - story

Peru government creates unit to stave off social conflicts - story

SNC-Lavalin awarded heavy oil upgrader study contract in Venezuela - story

Russia gives oil companies
six months to shape up

By Stephen Boykewich AFP
MOSCOW Petroleumworld.com 10 25 06 - story

Petrobras exceeds production of 1.9
Millions barrels of oil per day in Brazil

Petrobras P18

Petroleumworld Rio de Janeiro
Petroleumworld.com 10 25 06 - story

Oil prices rise on US cold snap fears - story

Swedish nuclear reactor successfully restarted - story

Russian, Georgian foreign ministers to meet on conflict - story

US sees light in Iraq's darkness - story

Ukraine, Russia solve gas price dispute before winter - story

Oil group Statoil to resume production at Norwegian platform - story

Hungarian police brace for more violence - story

British oil giant BP sees profits gush, cuts output forecast - story

Iraq eyes crude production of 4 million b/d by 2010: oil minister - story

Venezuela to continue its bid for UN seat unless terms are met - story

Argentina, Bolivia sign US$17B gas deal - story

Pluspetrol resumes Peru oil pumping; seizure ends - story

U'wa reject Ecopetrol's oil project on their reserve in Colombia, Amazon Watch reports - story

OPEC output cut to be 'significantly less' than announced: CGES

AFP
LONDON
Petroleumworld.com 10 24 06 - story

Statoil discovers huge gas deposit in Venezuela

By Elio Ohep
Petroleumworld
CUMANA
Petroleumworld.com 10 24 06 - story

Oil prices weaker in Asian trade on doubts over OPEC cuts - story

Next UN chief promises to end "crisis of confidence" - story

WWF warns of dire impact of world's over-consumption - story

Enron's Skilling gets 24 years prison for fraud - story

OPEC president courts Canada - story

Crude oil prices slump - story

Suez-GDF marriage to get EU's blessing - story

Nigeria to put around 60 oil blocs on sale soon: officials - story

Petrobras seeks to buy 0.3% to 0.4% sulfur fuel oil: source - story

Total may hike Venezuela Yucal Placer output by 2009-10: official - story

Pluspetrol resumes Peru oil pumping; seizure ends - story

Venezuela pursues oil output target - story

Iran vows retaliation for UN nuclear sanctions

By Farhad Pouladi AFP
TEHRAN Petroleumworld.com 10 23 06 - story

Putin reassures EU on energy, but at a price

AP Yves Logghe

Russian President Vladimir Putin gestures while speaking during a final press conference at an EU summit in Lahti, Finland, Friday Oct. 20, 2006.

By Philippe Ries AFP
LAHTI, Finland Petroleumworld.com 10 23 06 - story

Crude oil prices weaken - story

Royal Dutch Shell bids for control of Shell Canada - story

Panamanian voters approve canal widening - story

Oil nationalism makes life difficult for multinationals - story

Environmental checks: Russia's new stick for beating oil firms - story

Spain to bring on stream Europe's largest thermosolar station - story

Close to front line with nuclear-armed North, SKoreans stay calm - story

China the unexpected star in US drive for tough N Korea sanctions - story

Seven foreign oil workers freed in Nigeria - story

78 Injured in Algerian pipeline blast - story

Enron's Skilling faces sentencing Monday - story

Oil prices tumble as traders cast doubt on OPEC move - story

Russia will raise production despite OPEC cut: official - story

Oil nationalism makes life difficult for multinationals - story

Environmental checks: Russia's new stick for beating oil firms - story

Spain to bring on stream Europe's largest thermosolar station - story

Close to front line with nuclear-armed North, SKoreans stay calm - story

China the unexpected star in US drive for tough N Korea sanctions - story

Seven foreign oil workers freed in Nigeria - story

78 Injured in Algerian pipeline blast - story

Enron's Skilling faces sentencing Monday - story

Oil prices tumble as traders cast doubt on OPEC move - story

Russia will raise production despite OPEC cut: official - story

OPEC, seeking price boost,
cuts oil output by 1.2 million bpd

By Ben Perry and Omar Hasan AFP
DOHA Petroleumworld.com 10 19 06 - story

Oil prices edge ahead after OPEC cuts output - story

EU leaders seek united position towards Russia - story

OPEC's 1.2 million bpd output cut cautiously welcomed - story

Russia probes 'state secrets' leak to Russian-British oil giant - story

ConocoPhillips to expand British power plant - story

Sakhalin-2 project must obey laws or face shut-down: Russia - story

Total oil says it never breached UN embargo against Iraq

China sees movement on NKorea, Rice pushes sanctions - story

OPEC to meet over oil output cut

By Ben Perry and Omar Hasan AFP
DOHA Petroleumworld.com 10 19 06 - story

Venezuela cuts 50.000 additional
oil barrels per day

By Elio Ohep Petroleumworld
CARACAS
Petroleumworld.com 10 19 06 - story

Nigerian president declares emergency in graft-hit state - story

Oil prices advance before OPEC meeting - story

SKorea's economy faces growing downside risks due to North Korea - story

One million barrel OPEC cut is enough: Libya - story

Japanese PM promises support to US on Iran - story

Shtokman field's newfound wealth prompted Gazprom to refuse foreign investment: report - story

Oil prices slip as market ponders US reserves, OPEC - story

Venezuela plane contract cancelled for economic reasons: Spanish FM - story

Statoil suspends production at second offshore platform - story

Iran nuclear crisis tops Israeli PM's Kremlin talks - story

Russia moves to ease energy giants' concerns

Energy and Industry Minister Viktor Khristenko

By Nick Coleman AFP
MOSCOW Petroleumworld.com 10 18 06 - story

OPEC looks to clarify oil output cuts in Doha

By Ben Perry AFP
LONDON Petroleumworld.com 10 18 06 .- story

Six die in Mexico Pemex tanker blast - story

Venezuela, Guatemala deadlocked over UN Security Council seat - story

NY oil prices down before OPEC meet - story