petroleumworld

Nov 1 - 15

US greenhouse gas emissions up 0.6 percent in 2005 - story

Crude oil prices dip - story

Al-Jazeera prepares to launch in English - story

Iran expands nuclear ambitions drawing new US criticism - story

Italy's ENI grants Gazprom access to Italian gas consumers - story

Technical gains but no political breakthrough at climate talks - story

EU regulators give their blessing to Suez-GDF merger - story

Russia weighs legal action against Shell-led project - story

CERA study says 'peak oil' theory clouds truth on future supplies - story

Heavy oil development a priority to meet China's demand: report - story

Venezuela says joint oil project with Brazil to cost US$9 billion (€7 billion) - story

Venezuela's PetroFalcon announces third quarter 2006 interim financial statements - story

Venezuela`s proven oil reserves up to 87,621 billion barrels and 235 billion barrels under certification: Oil Ministry

AP/Fernando Llano

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula, right, and his Venezuelan counterpart Hugo Chavez greet people during the inauguration ceremony of an oil drill in Campo Carabobo 2, field, Faja del Orinoco oil Basin, Venezuela, Monday, Nov. 13, 2006

By Elio Ohep Carabobo oil field at the Orinoco Belt, Venezuela. Petroleumworld.com 11 14 06 - story

Iran says OPEC will cut again if oil fails to rebound

AFP

AFP TEHRAN
Petroleumworld.com 11 14 06 - story

Oil prices firmer in rangebound Asian trade - story

Russian oil consultant shot dead in Moscow - story

Polish blocking of EU-Russia energy accord 'unacceptable': Kremlin - story

No magic bullet for carbon pollution, says IEA chief - story

Oil prices wilt on warmer US weather outlook - story

Ortega said to be seeking talks with Washington - story

Russia blocking expansion of Kazakh oil pipeline: report - story

Honduras received 13 bids for year's supply of products: official - story

Venezuela and Brazil reconfirm various oil projects - story

PEMEX to launch tender at Poza Rica-Altamira basing - story

Anadarko mull sale of Venezuela assets - story

Bush signals new course in Iraq
as Democrats urge withdrawal

President George W. Bush

By Philippe Rater AFP
WASHINGTON Petroleumworld.com 11 13 06 - story

Nigeria's oil workers threaten
strike to protest insecurity

AFP ABUJA
Petroleumworld.com 11 13 06 - story

Bush, Putin to bask in trade deal - story

US ethanol boom changes landscape for corn producers - story

Oil prices under 60 dollars as IEA trims forecast - story

US military chief signals changes ahead in Iraq strategy - story

Italian oil group Eni links with Algerian partner to explore Mali - story

Despite their problems, carbon markets are here to stay, say experts - story

Italian oil group Eni posts modest rise in net profit - story

Irish police baton charge protestors at Shell terminal site - story

Oil demand to resist any US slowdown in 2007: IEA - story

Iran's Ahmadinejad vows to press on with nuclear work - story

Oil stock levels "not exceptional,"
OPEC cut unwarranted: Mandil

Claude Mandil, International Energy Agency head

PLATTS SINGAPORE
Petroleumworld.com 11 10 06 - story

Russia and China sign trade and energy deals

AP Photo/Elizabeth Dalzie

Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov, left, toasts with Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China Thursday Nov. 9, 2006.

By Robert J. Saiget AFP
BEIJING Petroleumworld.com 11 10 06 - story

Oil prices rally on OPEC cuts, lower US reserves - story

BP settles with last plaintiff over Texas refinery blast - story

New Pentagon head has few strategic options in Iraq - story

Venezuela's Chavez at the center of Ecuador's electoral battle - story

US trade gap dips to 64.3 billion dollars - story

Mauritania's oil output fails to notch up 75,000 bpd target - story

Warming threat to earth's seas, marine life endangers mankind: study - story

Norwegian oil production rises in October - story

US vote results may sway Canada's foreign policy -- or not - story

Korea Gas, Mitsubishi sign LNG co-operation accord - story

China's Fujian LNG terminal 50% complete: Xinhua - story

Norway delays oil licensing round results - story

Anadarko could sale its Venezuela assets - story

2008 race for the White House begins

Reuters/Composite/Files

Top row (L-R) Republican Sen. John McCain, Democratic Sen. Hillary Clinton and Democratic Sen. Evan Bayh. Bottom row (L-R) former New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, Democratic Senator Barack Obama and Democratic Sen. John Kerry. All are seen as potential contenders for the 2008 presidential election.

By Carlos Hamann AFP
WASHINGTON Petroleumworld.com 11 09 06 - story

All OPEC ministers have pledged
to cut output: delegate

AFP Abu Dhabi
Petroleumworld.com 11 09 06 - story

Oil prices climb as US heating fuel stocks sink - story

Bill Gates gives thumbs up to Saudi development plans - story

Democrats bask in glow of legislative election wins - story

Gulf oil states drop plan for pipeline bypassing Hormuz - story

Shell in Nigeria puts out fire in its facility in Ogoniland - story

US energy inventories mixed - story

Italian oil firm talks to hostage-takers in Nigeria - story

Latin America LPG supplies growing more saturated: Purvin & Gertz - story

Venezuela pushing Exxon Mobil to accept PDVSA majority in La Ceiba Field - story

OPEC output cut possible in December: Venezuela

AFP/Graphic

Graphic showing OPEC's share of world crude oil reserves.
OPEC could decide on another production cut at a December
meeting in Abuja, Venezuelan Energy Minister has said.

By Elio Ohep Petroleumworld
CARACAS Petroleumworld.com 11 08 06 - story

US Democrats grab House, chase Senate

Reuters/Jason Reed

U.S. House minority leader Nancy Pelosi speaks to supporters at a mid-term election night party for the Democratic Party in Washington, November 7, 2006.

By Stephen Collinson AFP
WASHINGTON Petroleumworld.com 11 08 06 - story

Oil prices climb ahead of US energy report - story

Nicaragua's Ortega joins rising leftist tide in Latin America - story

China, Egypt reach nuclear energy agreement - story

Oil prices higher in Asian trade ahead of US inventory data - story

US wary after former Marxist wins in Nicaragua - story

WWF and Pluspetrol helps indigenous community in Peru clean up toxic wetlands - story

Jamaica to decide on liquefied vs compressed natural gas technology... Ray Chang willing to supply CNG - Source - story

PDVSA Holdings survey: 57 percent would vote Chávez - story

Venezuela's Orinoco oil belt Strategic Associations at Orinoco oil Faja to migrate to joint ventures - story

London oil deal put on backburner - story

Nicaragua voters choose leftist
Ortega as president: partial results

AFP/File/Yuri Cortez

Daniel Ortega, former president of Nicaragua (1979-1990) and presidential candidate for the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN), flashes the sign of victory, 01 November 2006, during a rally in Managua.

By Patrick Moser AFP
Patrick Moser Petroleumworld.com 11 07 06 - story

Economic boom to lift eurozone
growth to 2.6 pct this year: EU

AFP /John Thys

EU Economic and Monetary Affairs Commissioner Joaquin Almunia present the European Commission's economic forecast in Brussels. The eurozone economy is forecast to expand at the fastest rate this year since the turn of the century and the good times will continue in the coming years despite a slight slowdown in 2007.

By Leigh Thomas AFP BRUSSELS
Petroleumworld.com 11 07 06 - story

Oil prices narrowly mixed in Asia after OPEC comments, Nigeria unrest - story

Nicaragua's election marks another US setback in Latin America - story

Oil prices climb on Nigeria violence - story

US withholds judgment as rival nears victory in Nicaragua vote - story

Chile's Bachelet opens Socialist International meeting - story

Baltic leaders back new nuclear plant, Poland hesitates - story

Ortega leads Nicaragua's presidential vote: partial results - story

Canada to set up carbon market to help reduce air pollution - story

Kidnappers in Nigeria want 'huge ransom' for foreign oil workers - story

UN conference hears urgent calls for action on global warming - story

Shell starts to develop oil block in offshore Brazil - story

Venezuela among the most corrupt countries in the world - story

London Mayor's Venezuela trip cancelled - story

Statoil buys assets in U.S. Gulf of Mexico for US$901 million (€709 million) - story

Gold Oil extends its mou with Man Ferrostaal for the Nancy, Burdine And Maxine fields in Colombia - story

Early partial results show Ortega dominating Nicaragua's presidential

Leading presidential candidates Daniel Ortega (left) and Eduardo Montealegre, on the presidential elections in Managua, Nicaragua on Sunday Nov. 5, 2006.

AFP MANAGUA Petroleumworld.com 11 06 06 - story

Rosales, Venezuela's opposition candidate leads hundred of thousands in a march

Supporters of Venezuela's main opposition presidential candidate Manuel Rosales in a 30 miles march on saturday, Nov. 4, 2006

By Elio Ohep Petroleumworld CARACAS 11 06 06 - story

Conservative insists Nicaragua's election will head to second round - story

Oil prices retreat - story

Non-OPEC Oman has no plans to cut output: minister - story

Saddam Hussein, the Iraqi despot sentenced to hang - story

China, Africa sign deals worth 1.9 billion dollars - story

Rizo: an Ortega opponent burdened by his party's past - story

Montealegre: a former banker Washington hopes will defeat Ortega - story

Ortega: Cold War US nemesis, perennial presidential candidate - story

Huge march in Venezuela for Chavez opponent - story

Gas station owners shedding Citgo brand - story

Chavez threatens to halt oil to U.S. - story

Kuwait oil refinery shut down after fire - story

Rival veterans of Nicaragua's civil war unite in poverty - story

Latin America endorses Panama for Security Council seat - story

Nicaragua's Ortega battles conservatives, US for presidency - story

Spanish group Acciona takes stake in Endesa to 24.9 percent - story

Oil prices rebound after Nigeria scare - story

US welcomes Venezuela's 'defeat' in
bid to secure Security Council seat

REUTERS/Jeff Zelevansky

U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton speaks to reporters during a lunch break from the voting of new non-permanent members of the Security Council outside the General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York October 16, 2006.

AFP UNITED NATIONS
Petroleumworld.com 11 03 06 - story

Iran fires first longer-range missiles in war games

AFP/Mehr News

Iran's Revolutionary Guards fire the Shahab-3 long-range ballistic missile in the desert outside the holy city of Qom. Washington chided Tehran for its "saber-rattling" after Iran fired a new long-range missile for the first time.

AFP TEHRAN
Petroleumworld.com 11 03 06 - story

Russia proposes gas price hike for Georgia as crisis continues - story

Oil prices slip below 58 dollars - story

BHP Billiton finds oil and gas near Trinidad - story

Foreign forces still needed for 2-3 years: Iraqi president - story

Georgia, energy top agenda for Russian foreign minister's talks in Brussels - story

Shell resumes production at Nigerian facilities occupied by youths - story

Two foreign oil workers kidnapped in southern Nigeria - story

Russia slams US warning on German energy 'dependency' - story

Montealegre: a former banker Washington hopes will defeat Ortega - story

Russia objects to Sakhalin 2 costs, concerns over timetable - story

BG puts aside major spending plans in Bolivia after reforms - story

Petrobras breaks its oil export record - story

Petrobras begins repair work on the Bolivia-Brazil gas pipeline - story

Incoming UN chief calls on Iran to halt enrichment

AFP/ITAR-TASS

South Korean Foreign Minister and new UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon speaks as he meets Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin in Moscow. AFP MOSCOW Petroleumworld.com 11 02 06 - story

Iraq aims for 3 million bpd by end 2006

AFP BAGHDAD Petroleumworld.com 11 02 06 - story

Canada's PM agrees to consider tougher Clean Air Act - story

Oil prices flat on mixed US data, OPEC plans - story

Guatemala, Venezuela seek solution on Security Council seat - story

BP shuts oil platform off Norway owing to storm - story

NKorea to rejoin talks on nuclear program - story

UN chief says US, Japan must prepare 'normalization' with N Korea - story

US energy inventories mixed - story

Iran to step-up sensitive nuclear activities: MP - story

Iraq aims for 3 million barrels of oil per day by end 2006 - story

Jamaica weighing construction of floating LNG barge: official - story

PDVSA warns clients of its 138,000 reduction in output - story

Global warming could cool
oil prices in long run: analysts

NOAA

By Perrine Faye AFP
LONDON Petroleumworld.com 11 01 06 - story

Too early to speculate about OPEC
output cut compliance: Barkindo

Mohammed Barkindo, OPEC's acting secretary-general

PLATTS MOSCOW
Petroleumworld.com 11 01 06 - story

Israel seeks role as energy transit state: minister - story

Oil prices recover on technical bounce - story

Guatemala, Venezuela still deadlocked in UN council race - story

Qatar stirs controversy proposing an office on world democracy - story

Canada faces lawsuit over failure to meet Kyoto commitment - story

Explosion at BP's Texas refinery result of "cost-cutting:" US - story

Reaction to climate change report: cool to warm - story

Russia, Angola sign agreements on oil, diamonds in Moscow - story

Total hopes for role in Russian natural gas project- story

Venezuela top court to review AES purchase of Caracas electricity company - story

Iran, Venezuela, Syria sign MoU on Syrian oil refinery project - story

Colombia debates fuel privatization - story

Petrobras faces down Bolivia, averts asset seizure - story

PDVSA expects to satisfy local Etanol demand by 2009 - story