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Iran launches missile tests
amid fresh nuclear defiance
By Farhad Pouladi AFP TEHRAN
Petroleumworld.com 01 23 06 - storyVenezuela: CANTV tumbles;
Chavez speeds up nationalization
By Polya Lesova MarketWatch
NEW YORK Petroleumworld.com 01 23 06 - storyLibya reshuffles government, new cabinet list - story
Nigeria to assure Philippines all will be done to free hostages - story
Oil prices snap lower - story
Bolivia's Morales vows to nationalize rogue companies - story
IAEA in talks with Iran after inspectors blocked - story
Russia accuses Total of environmental violations - story
Lula announces 235 billion USD plan to rebuild Brazil's infrastructure - story
Total to invest six billion dollars in Indonesia oil and gas - story
Petrobras announces results of early tender for previously announced exchange offers by Petrobras International Finance - story
Brazil says investment to raise ethanol output - story
YPFB: Nine of the twelve NG suppliers have announced their intention to supply Argentina - story
Gazprom to advise PDVSA Gas - story
Chávez raises gasoline prices - story
Venezuela to seize biggest private telecom immediately
ABN
Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez speaks during his weekly program 'Alo Presidente' at Miraflores Palace in Caracas January 21, 2007.By Elio Ohep Petroleumworld
CARACAS Petroleumworld.com 01 22 06 - storyIran vows not to bow to UN resolutions
AFP
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
AFP TEHRAN
Petroleumworld.com 01 21 06 - storyBelarus digs in heels in gas standoff with Moscow
AFP/Graphic
Graphic showing Gazprom's exports to Russia's immediate western neighbours. Russia and Belarus remain at loggerheads over their gas dispute, Russian gas giant Gazprom said, as both sides met for more talks aimed at averting a January 1 crisis.AFP MINSK
Petroleumworld.com 12 29 06 - storyFormer US senator Edwards announces 2008 presidential bid - story
Oil prices show modest rise after huge fall in US crude stocks - storyMinsk-Moscow gas spat may cause EU shortages: Gazprom VP - story
Rescue workers call off search for survivors in British sea crash - story
Ukraine ready to increase gas transit to Europe: minister - story
Nigeria police, local chief say Lagos pipeline leak report 'just a rumour' - story
Steep drop in US crude oil inventories - story
Russia tells Shell to raise investment in Sakhalin project: report - story
BG Group buys US power plant for 685 million dollars - story
Russia to cut oil export duty slightly to $24.66/barrel Feb 1 - story
Shell declared Brazilian offshore BS-4 field commercially viable - story
GeoPark start-up gas field in Chile - story
Iran to reduce nuclear cooperation after sanctions
By Siavosh Ghazi AFP
TEHRAN Petroleumworld.com 12 28 06 - storyOil prices slide below 61 dollars - story
Global warming threatening polar bears: US government - story
Political radicalism in Europe joins top US security concerns - story
Russian oil group Rosneft hit by higher taxes - story
Europe relies on Russian gas fields, Belarussian pipelines - story
US former president Gerald Ford dead at 93 - story
Suez Canal fees to go up in 2007 - story
Italy's ENI, Obasanjo rule out force to free hostages in Nigeria - storyLagging crude exports hit Mexican trade balance: ministry - story
Gazprom Neft to raise 2007 oil output nearly 1% to 660,000 b/d - story
Sempra raises 2006 guidance, disposes of Argentine gas assets - story
Chaco concluded negotiations with Colombia in Platanillo contract - story
Petrobras to invests US$724 m in the Carmópolis and Canto do Amaro fields in Brazil - story
Peru's road show to offer 18 new oil & gas areas - story
Gazprom, Belarus clash on
price as Jan 1 deadline nears
By Sebastian Smith AFP
MOSCOW Petroleumworld.com 12 27 06 - storyAt least 200 killed in fire at vandalised pipeline in Nigeria - story
Oil market shakes off Iran jitters, focuses on mild US weather - story
Gas prices: Gazprom demands on Belarus are latest in a series - story
Gazprom, Belarus clash on price as Jan 1 deadline nears - story
Turkmenistan sets February presidential vote after Niyazov death - story
Iran's nuclear drive linked to looming oil crisis: US study - story
OPEC's cuts driving strength throughout Asia-origin crude complex - story
Venezuela's Citgo plans no further refinery sales in 2007 - story
Venezuelan yields post smallest decline in 4 months - story
PetroFalcon Corporation Announces New Vice Chairman and CFO - story
Chairman: CITGO net income up $ 1.5 billion - story
Iran vows not to cut oil
exports after UN sanctions
AFP TEHRAN
Petroleumworld.com 12 26 06 - story
Bolivia's Morales faces biggest test - story
Ecuador seeks Chevron probe - story
Posthumous Pinochet note justifies coup - story
Venezuela 'may swap oil currency' - story
Oil price rises on concern about Iran - storyFire kills at least 16 at vandalised pipeline in Nigeria - story
Iran says oil industry hit by US pressures - story
China's private oil tycoon detained on embezzlement suspicions - story
Iraq quagmire erodes Bush's confidence and power - story
Iran furious at Iraq arrests - story
Iran puts 17 oil blocks out to tender - story
UN slaps nuclear-related sanctions on Iran
The UN Security Council on Saturday voted unanimously to slap UN sanctions targeting Iran's sensitive nuclear and ballistic missile programs.By Gerard Aziakou AFP
UNITED NATIONS Petroleumworld.com 12 26 06 - storyGazprom, Georgia clinch 2007 supply deal - story
Putin promises 'brotherly' energy ties with Ukraine - story
Battle for power and gas looms in Turkmenistan - story
Oil prices edge lower in pre-Christmas trade - storyVenezuela, Iran create oil joint venture - story
Japanese venture to double methanol production in Venezuela - story
Petronas set to play role in Venezuela oil sector - story
PDVSA may face big bank fines in Orinoco takeover - story
CITGO new refinery process SelectFining helps meet tier II regulations - story
Venezuela denies plans for new Citgo investment - story
Venezuela to buy 4 oil tankers from Iran - story
Russian Lukoil starts drilling in Venezuela - story
Dominican Republic, Venezuela sign for energy - story
Venezuela to use record oil income to buy $800 million of bonds - story
Oil majors on alert after 3 killed in attacks on Total, Agip
AFP
Nigerian guerrillas
By Helen Vesperini AFP
LAGOS Petroleumworld.com 12 22 06 - storyCanada eyes nuclear power to boost Alberta oil sands production - story
Profits taken to send oil prices lower - story
Sakhalin-2 project raises concerns for foreign investors in Russia - story
Gazprom edges out Shell to secure Sakhalin-2 energy project - story
Crude oil prices retreat on profit-taking, despite Nigeria attack - story
Petronas launches oil exploration
in Venezuela
Marcelo García
President Chávez, along with Prime Minister of Malaysia, Datuk Seri Ahmad Badawi at the Venezuela's Jose petrochemical complex in Edo. Anzoategui.
AFP CARACAS
Petroleumworld.com 12 21 06 - storyCrude oil prices retreat on profit-taking - story
Power struggle forecast in energy-rich Turkmenistan- storyIran to supply China in major natural gas deal - story
Suez shares jump on report of takeover bid by Pinault - story
Angola faces further election delays - story
Heads of Sakhalin-2 project travel to Moscow: source - story
Iran defiant on nuclear despite looming sanctions - story
Militants attack Total's oil field in southern Nigeria: police - story
Wine, women and wickets: Cricket's flawed genius Shane Warne - storyWorld shakes as China's global footprint deepens in 2006 - story
Oil prices rise as US crude stocks tumble - story
Argentina's INVAP to upgrade Libyan nuclear reactor - story
Nigeria postpones sale of 60 oil blocs till 2007: officials
AFP LAGOS
Petroleumworld.com 12 18 06 - storyNigerian armed group again rules out freeing hostages for ransom - story
Gazprom to 'buy' stake in Sakhalin-2: minister - story
China curbs corn biofuel growth amid grain price worries - story
Oil prices lower ahead of US inventory data - story
Blair draws a line in the sand over Iran
