Petroleumworld Weekly Review April 14-26

Week's Top Story

Oil prices shoot to record peaks,
NY oil closes at record 117.48 dlrs

NEW YORK
Petroleumworld.com, April 22, 2008

Oil hit fresh record highs Monday amid reports of pipeline sabotage in Nigeria and as the US dollar remained weakened, traders said.- story

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Week´s Editorial Commentary

 

 

Oliver L Campbell: Windfall Tax -
The Law on Special Contributions

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Week`s Lagniappe

 

 

Oliver L Campbell: BITs and pieces

 

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WEEKS'S TOP HEADLINES

Norway support a lower oil price,
not considering a wind fall tax

Polyteknisk.no

Norway, Deputy Oil Minister Liv Monica Stubholt

OSLO
Petroleumworld.com, April 25, 2008 - story

World’s first full-scale subsea compression
test at StatoilHydro K-lab

Kim Laland/Bitmap

Project manager Rolv Herfjord (left) and K-lab manager Trond Austrheim cut the ribbon on Monday.

Kårstø, gas processing plant, western Norway
Petroleumworld.com, April 25, 2008 - story

Venezuela to battle Exxon in Dutch court



ROME
Petroleumworld.com, April 22, 2008 - story

Oil producers refuse to raise output

ROME
Petroleumworld.com, April 18, 2008 - story

Paraguay leftist ex-bishop ends
ruling party's 61-year reign

AFP/Pablo Porciuncula

Paraguayan former Catholic bishop Fernando Lugo gives
the thumbs up as he celebrates his presidential win in Asuncion on April 20.


ASUNCION
Petroleumworld.com, April 21, 2008 - story

Ecuador set to revoke thousands
of mining concessions

Ecuador's President Rafael Correa answers questions during
a meeting with foreign press at the government palace in Quito,
Thursday, April 17, 2008.

QUITO
Petroleumworld.com, April 18, 2008 .- story

Mexican opposition blocking debate
on Pemex reform proposal

AP/Jorge Rio

Opposition lawmakers, who stormed the podium of the National
Congress and covered it with a huge banner, wave Mexican flags
in Mexico City, Thursday, April 10, 2008.

MEXICO CITY
Petroleumworld.com, April 18, 2008 - story

Discarding biofuel would be
'crime against humanity': Lula

AP/Eraldo Peres)

Ignoring biofuel's potential to boost development
would be a "real crime against humanity," Brazilian
President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said Thursday
in a pointed rebuke to a top UN official.

BRASILIA
Petroleumworld.com, April 17, 2008 - story

Oil price crosses 115 dollars
for first time on supply jitters

NEW YORK
Petroleumworld.com, April 17, 2008 - story

Oil prices strike record highs

Reuters/Catherine Trevethan

Oil prices jumped over $114 a barrel on Tuesday amid
lingering supply worries and weakness in the U.S. dollar.

NEW YORK
Petroleumworld.com, April 16, 2008 - story

Venezuela approves new tax on oil profits

Venezuela's National Assembly

CARACAS
Petroleumworld.com, April 16, 2008 - story

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The List: The Next Dictators to Go

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By FP Magazine - story - previous stories

Sunday's
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Assessing the Impact of Mexico’s Biofuels Law

Editor: P.P.Bhojvaid

Biofuels: towards a greener and secure energy future

By Raul Felix -story - previous stories

 

Saturday
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What Is Fascism?

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OP-ED COMENTARY

Simon Romero : Ecuador’s Leader purges
military and moves to expel american base

VenEconomy:
Destructive shows
of bravado

Cobus de Swardt: Transparency International 2008 report on Revenue Transparency of Oil
and Gas Companies

VenEconomy:
Murky, sovereign maneuverings

Oliver L Campbell:
Windfall Tax -
The Law on Special
Contributions

LAGNIAPPE

Simon Romero : Ecuador’s Leader purges
military and moves to expel american base

Global Insight : Biofuels
come under attack over
rising food prices

Oliver L Campbell: BITs and pieces

Macleod Dixon, S.C.:
The Law on Special
Contributions over
Extraordinary Prices
of the International
Hydrocarbons Market

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