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Kostas Karamanlis and Vladimir Putin [Flickr]
2008-04-30 23:50:00 energyPICS posted a photo: Greek Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis (left) meets Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin, April 29, 2008. More About: Flickr , Vladimir Putin
GEOPOLITIC: Iran - Pakistan to finalize peace pipeline project. Mahmoud Ahm
2008-04-30 11:27:00 President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Monday high ranking Iran ian and Pakistan i officials are to finalized Peace pipeline project soon. In an exclusive interview with Pakistan's state TV channel, the Iranian president referred to fruitful talks with Pakistani officials and expressed the hope that... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] More About: Project
TECHNOLOGY: National Aeronautics and Space Administration opens a rotary wi
2008-04-30 07:08:00 The U.S. space agency announced it is seeking research projects associated with its subsonic rotary wing project. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration 's Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate amended its original research announcement to solicit additional proposals to advance the... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] More About: Technology
MIDDLE EAST: Iraq. The International Oil Companies qualify for bid round
2008-04-24 20:17:00 Iraq's oil ministry has qualified thirty five international oil companies (IOCs) to bid for its first post-war licensing round, which it hopes to launch in May 2008. The list of IOCs, compiled by the oil ministry's Petroleum Contracts and Licensing Directorate and obtained by Platts, includes US... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] More About: Middle East , Companies , International , Iraq , Japan
MIDDLE EAST: Iraq. Security environment the key element
2008-04-24 20:08:00 While the lack of a settled fiscal and legal regime governing oil contracts in Iraq represents a major uncertainty, as does the ability to improve internal infrastructure, the security environment remains the key element in whether technical service agreements can be translated into real action on... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] More About: Security , Middle East , Environment , East
MIDDLE EAST: Iraq. The year of transfer?
2008-04-24 20:02:00 Iraqi oil minister Hussein al-Shahristani said April 23 that the recent government crackdown in the southern oil hub of Basra had been a success and had created a safer environment for the oil industry. Shahristani, speaking to reporters on the sidelines of the International Energy Forum in Rome,... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] More About: Middle East , Iraq , Turkey , Exxon , Mobil
INDIA: Jamnagar refinery ahead of schedule
2008-04-17 08:44:00 Reliance Petroleum (RPL) has announced that it has achieved 90% overall progress in the implementation of its 5,80,000 barrel per day export-oriented refinery coming up in a special economic zone at Jamnagar in the last quarter of 2008. In a release, the company claims that it will be in a... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] More About: India , Schedule , Mukesh Ambani , Ahead
INDIA: ONGC offers 35,000 T for May
2008-04-17 08:41:00 India's Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) is looking to sell 35,000 tonnes of naphtha for May 20-21 loading from Hazira, a tender document showed on Thursday. The tender will close on April 22 and remain valid until the next day. ONGC has another outstanding export tender for a similar-volume cargo... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] More About: India , Offers
BLOGGERS: Destinia y su parrilla de ofertas de alojamiento
2008-04-17 08:38:00 En la actualidad todos estamos muy familiarizados en la compra de billetes de avión, hay muy buenas ofertas continuamente y además la competencia en el mercado de agencias ha beneficiado a los usuarios en facilitarles la vida a la hora de escoger destinos rutas y opciones para esos viajes. This... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] More About: Bloggers , Parrilla
NEW OIL RESERVES: El Carioca, tercer mayor yacimiento de crudo del mundo. B
2008-04-15 10:15:00 El director de la Agencia Nacional de Petróleo de Brasil , Haroldo Lima, anunció hoy el hallazgo de un yacimiento con una reserva estimada en 33 mil millones de barriles equivalentes de crudo, lo que lo haría el tercero mayor del mundo. Lima advirtió este lunes a periodistas que ?nada está... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] More About: Mundo , Mayor , Carioca , Reserves
MIDDLE EAST: Iraq names 36 eligible oil companies
2008-04-14 19:55:00 The Iraq i Oil Ministry has released the names of 36 international oil companies which it says have the ability to securely develop the country?s rich oilfields. The U.S. appears set to earn the lion?s share of the spoils, with some seven companies on Baghdad?s rulers? list of pre-qualified oil... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] More About: Middle East , Companies , East , Statoil
WESTERN HEMISPHERE: Energy XXI joins Blackbeard hunt
2008-04-06 20:23:00 Energy XXI Ltd. has signed a deal to farm into the South Timbalier Block 168 No. 1 exploration well, or the Blackbeard well, in the shallower waters of the Gulf of Mexico . Energy XXI agreed with McMoRan Exploration Co. to earn a 20 percent working interest in five blocks encompassing the Blackbeard... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] More About: Energy , Western , Hunt
UNITED STATES: Refiners cutting production to boost profit margins
2008-04-05 00:20:00 Retail gas prices surged to a new record above $3.30 a gallon today and appear poised to rise further in coming weeks as gasoline supplies tighten. Oil prices, meanwhile, supported the gas price rally by jumping more than $2 a barrel after a dismal employment report sent the dollar lower. At the... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] More About: United States , Profit , United , Conoco , Valero Energy
UNITED STATES: Shell Deer Park wins $883 million military fuel contract
2008-04-05 00:17:00 Shell Oil won an $882.8 million contract to sell jet fuel to the U.S. military over the next year from its Deer Park refinery. The fixed-price order is of "indefinite delivery and indefinite quantity," the Fort Belvoir, Va.-based Defense Energy Support Center, which makes all bulk fuel purchases... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] More About: United States , Military , Fuel , United , Contract
INDIA: NTPC relaxed from Rs 1,000 cr equity cap for all projects
2008-03-27 17:56:00 The government on Thursday exempted NTPC Ltd from the Rs 1,000-crore investment cap in a joint venture or subsidiary set up to bid for power projects, a move that would help the top electricity producer to place competitive bids for the upcoming seven plants it is eyeing. "We are extremely happy.... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] More About: India , Projects , Equity
GEOPOLITIC: China may join Iran-Pakistan gas deal. The peace pipeline
2008-03-26 22:25:00 China is ready to join the Iran -Pakistan gas pipeline if India drops out of the 7.4 billion dollar project, Pakistani sources have said. Pakistan had urged Iran earlier this month to finalize the Iran-Pakistan-India natural gas pipeline project by April because of its growing demand for gas, while... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] More About: Peace , China , Join
GEOPOLITIC: India - Brasil may enhance cooperation in oil sector
2008-03-26 15:13:00 Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Murli Deora on Wednesday emphasised the need for India and Brasil to further enhance cooperation between both countries, especially in the oil and gas sector. During a meeting with Brazilian Minister for Development, Industry and Foreign Trade, Miguel Jorge,... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] More About: Cooperation , Geopolitic
INDIA: Murli Deora, India hopes to resume talks on IPI pipeline soon
2008-03-25 21:02:00 In a major development that could result in a breakthrough, Pakistan has invited India for talks on finalising the $ 7.4 billion Iran -Pakistan-India (IPI) gas pipeline deal. "I received an invitation from Pakistan's Energy Minister to visit Islamabad to finalise the transit fee issue so that the... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] More About: Hopes , Resume
NORTH AMERICA: Petro-Canada to weather ?volatile? 2008
2008-03-25 08:14:00 Petro-Canada managers expect ?a challenging year for the petroleum industry worldwide? in 2008, with volatile energy prices, unpredictable industry inventories, wild weather and unusual political developments. Company leadership made its predictions in their annual report, in which leadership... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] More About: America , Weather , China , North America
OPEC: Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, chief sees oil at
2008-03-23 18:20:00 Petroleum prices will range between $80 and $110 per barrel for the rest of 2008, Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) President Chakib Khelil said on Saturday. Khelil, who is also Algerian energy and mines minister, told Algerian television Organization of the Petroleum... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] More About: Chief , Petroleum
FRANCE: Electricite de France plans Scottish Power merger
2008-03-23 16:25:00 Electricité de France (EDF), the giant French utility, is drawing up plans to merge its British energy subsidiary with Scottish Power if it secures one of Europe's biggest-ever takeover deals. Scottish Power is owned by Iberdrola , Spain's largest energy supplier by market value, and EDF is hoping... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] More About: Espa , Plans
EUROPE: Norway oil companies form $500M rig club
2008-03-15 11:41:00 The Norwegian businesses of Lundin Petroleum, Marathon Oil Corp. and Talisman Energy have hired the semi-submersible rig Transocean Winner for $500 million in order to drill exploration and development wells offshore the Nordic country. The oil companies will share the rig equally for over three... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] More About: Europe , Companies , Norway , Canada , Club
OiL FUTURES: The Crude Prices `Not Extreme' Compared to 1980s, Deutsche Ban
2008-03-14 17:54:00 Crude oil prices aren't yet as ``extreme'' as they were in the 1980s when adjusted for the purchasing power of U.S. consumers, Deutsche Bank AG said. ``Oil prices would need to reach $145 a barrel for it to raise energy expenditures as a percent of U.S. disposable income to the levels that... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] More About: Extreme , Futures , Prices
CYPRUS: Prosafe shares to yield new company
2008-03-14 14:28:00 Prosafe SE shareholders look set to get the shares of the company?s floating production division as a dividend in kind when the new unit floats on the Oslo Stock Exchange under the name Prosafe Production. The Prosafe board also proposed letting 10 percent of the new business free float for other... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] More About: Company , Cyprus , Shares
OCEANIA: The ExxonMobil, Papua New Guinea Partners Sign LNG Agreement
2008-03-14 12:48:00 ExxonMobil Corp., the world's biggest publicly traded oil company, and its partners in a proposed Papua New Guinea liquefied natural gas project signed an agreement that allows initial work on the venture. The accord includes gas supply arrangements and sets out the partners' current interests in... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] More About: Australia , Sign , Partners , Oceania
CHINA: Roc Oil awards hammer services contract to BJ Tubular
2008-03-13 23:28:00 Roc Oil Co. (Bohai) , a wholly owned subsidiary of ROC, reports that the precursor to 2008 development drilling programme has commenced with slot recoveries and well completions. The 2008 drilling programme in the C&D Oil Fields, the C4 Oil Field and the Extended Reach Area will comprise of up... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] More About: Services , China , Awards , Contract , Hammer
ASIA: Total bolstering Thai flows with $1B
2008-03-13 22:33:00 Total in Thai land will invest $1 billion to boost oil and gas flows at the Bongkot field in the Gulf of Thailand, Dow Jones has reported. Some 350 million extra cubic feet per day is the aim, the news agency reported local Total leadership as saying. The local unit of the French oil and gas... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] More About: Asia , Total
NORTH AMERICA: ?America-first" act buoys Arctic designs
2008-03-13 20:38:00 A U.S. bill for a proposed ?America n Made Energy Act? could boost prospects for drilling in the Alaska National Wildlife Refuge and the nearby and more prolific Actic Commons, according to Beverly Hills based oil outfit Arctic Oil & Gas Corp. The company ? which claims exclusive exploitation... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] More About: Norway , North America , Canada
UKRAINE: Naftogaz and Gazprom finally settle dispute
2008-03-13 18:30:00 Leaderships of the Naftogaz of Ukraine and Gazprom Companies during bilateral talks in Moscow on March 12 have signed a joint coordinated decision on eliminating from the market the UkrGazEnergo Company, REGNUM correspondent has cited Ukrainian cabinet's press office, quoting prime minister Yulia... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] More About: Finally , Settle , Dispute
EUAROASIA: Ukraine, Russia end natural gas standoff
More articles from this author:2008-03-13 15:36:00 Russia's state-controlled natural gas monopoly and Ukraine today announced an agreement on gas deliveries for the rest of the year, apparently putting an end to a dispute that had been watched nervously in Western Europe. The agreement, according to a statement from Russia's OAO Gazprom , specifies... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] More About: Natural Gas , Natural , Russia 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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