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Stories: Aug 15- 30 2008
In King's shadow, Obama claims his prize
Reuters/Damir Sagolj
Democratic presidential candidate Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) acknowledge supporters at the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver, Colorado August 27, 2008.DENVER, Colorado
Petroleumworld.com, Aug 29, 2008- storyONS: Browne calls for new 'rules' in energy
ONS
former BP chief Lord Browne, speaking today at the ONS exhibition and conferenceSTAVANGER, Norway
Petroleumworld.com, Aug 29, 2008 - storyOil rebounds on storm worries - story
Death toll climbs as Gustav barrels through Caribbean - story
Bolivia 's crisis worsens as president calls new referendum - story
Putin: US sparked Georgia conflict - story
Bush to welcome Panama's Torrijos Sept 17 - story
McCain says job well done to Obama - story
Oil companies evacuate Gulf workers as Gustav looms - story
Georgia parliament urges cut in Russia ties - story
Beleaguered Bolivian leader stops in Brazilian airport - story
Britain wants deal 'quickly' between British Energy , EDF: report - story
ExxonMobil case said to highlight Indonesia rights abuses - story
How Saakashvili shattered Georgia's dream - story
Venezuela nets 4.3 billion dollars in windfall oil profit tax - story
Bolivia unveils plan to double natgas reserves - story
Petrobras eyes stake in ONGC Videshâ's Brazilian assets - story
Bolivia asks Argentina to guarantee gas payment - storyVenezuelan govn't seeks control of LNG distribution - story
Ecuador sees oil 2009 output down to 480,000 bpd - story
Oil prices fall as Gustav impact discounted - story
ONS: Norwegian PM calls for increasing
energy supply, reducing emissions
Norway's Prime Minister Jens StoltenbergSTAVANGER, Norway
Petroleumworld.com, Aug 28, 2008 - storyPDVSA to take over fuel distribution in Venezuela
PAMPATAR, Margarita Island, Venezuela
Petroleumworld.com, Aug 28, 2008 - storyObama in Denver for date with destiny - story
US moves toward international accounting standards: SEC - story
Russia hits out at West over Georgia tensions - story
London ex-mayor Livingstone meets Venezuela 's Chavez - story
Oil higher as Gustav heads toward Gulf of Mexico - story
ConocoPhillips confirms sale of all US retail outlets to PetroSun - story
DOS approves EA of Texas-Mexico product line - story
Ecuador state oil company to operate in Venezuela - story
Brazil govt mulls bigger stake in Petrobras-source - story
Venezuela's domestic fuel wholesalers propose joint ventures with PDVSA - story
Protests continue in Bolivia - story
Bush: Russia must reverse
'irresponsible' Georgia moveAFP/Viktor Drachev
South Ossetian waves a Russian flag while driving in Tskhinvali.CRAWFORD, Texas,
Petroleumworld.com, Aug 26, 2008 - storyNationalizations scaring investors
away from Venezuela : analystsAP /Reinado D'Santiago
National Guard officers stand on guard at the main entrance of a cement plant in Maracaibo, Venezuela, Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2008.CARACAS
Petroleumworld.com, Aug 26, 2008 - story
Oil prices higher on Hurricane Gustav - storyClinton claims her moment at Obama's convention - story
Hurricane Gustav slams Haiti, aims at Cuba - story
Dollar touches six-month high against euro - story
McCain launches new foreign policy assault on Obama - story
Canada to map Arctic's vast resources - story
India's ONGC makes 2.6-bln-dlr bid for Imperial Energy - story
Bolivia split as lowlands defy the ‘revolution' - story
Colombia's Ecopetrol going to Wall Street - story
Enap to bring new offshore platform to Santa Cruz - story
PDV brand back at gas stations in Venezuela - story
Mexico's Cantarell oil output falls again in July - story
Review clears Pemex pipeline - story
Mexican opposition parties submit Pemex legislation - story
Brazil faces oil wealth decisions - story
Brazil's Petrobras leads stocks higher, real falls - story
Ecuador a moderate in Andean oil nationalizations - story
Oil prices rise as Hurricane Gustav strengthens - story
Bush warns Russia, sends Cheney to Georgia
AFP/ Mandel Ngan
US Vice President Dick Cheney, seen here on August 18, 2008, will visit Georgia next week in a show of support for the war-battered US ally amid a deepening freeze in Russian ties with the West, the White House said Monday.CRAWFORD, Texas,
Petroleumworld.com, Aug 25, 2008 - story
Norway's ONS opens today in Stavanger
CARACAS
Petroleumworld.com, Aug 26, 2008- storyOil prices down as dollar advances - story
Gustav becomes hurricane, threatens Haiti - story
Norway's oil fund inches up in second quarter: central bank - story
Norway's ONS opens today in Stavanger,
Aug 26- 29 - storyVenezuela and South Africa to sign energy agreement - story
PDVSA says advancing in talks with Conoco - story
PDVSA new job: Training athletes - storyRussia moves to recognise Georgia breakaway regions - story
Democratic convention opens as Clinton calls for unity - story
Bolivia's crisis worsens with roadblocks in richer states - story
Norwegian solar energy group to invest 1.2 bln dlrs in Canada - story
Nigerian armed group accuses military of killing 12 civilians - story
Brazil's Petrobras restricts bunkers from some ports: trade - story
StatoilHydro made new oil and gas discoveries in waters offshore Norway - story
Oil prices edge higher as BTC pipeline reopens - story
Sarkozy calls emergency
EU summit on Georgia for Sept. 1
NATO SummitPARIS
Petroleumworld.com, Aug 25, 2008 - storyMorales sends troops to
Bolivia's oil , gas installationsAFP/Javier Mamani
President Evo Morales said Saturday he put all of Bolivia's gas and oil installations under military protection, as protesters geared up in three energy-rich provinces against federal encroachment and socialist reforms.LA PAZ
Petroleumworld.com, Aug 25, 2008 - story
Iran mulls production sharing contracts for Caspian oil : report - story
Oil firms say Azerbaijan-Turkey pipeline back in service - story
Democrats poised to open Obama's convention - story
Russia moves to recognise Georgian separatists - story
World oil prices ease on stronger dollar - story
Denver nuggets: Democratic Convention diary - story
Britain still backs British Energy -EDF tie-up: minister - story
On convention eve, Republicans pick at Obama-Clinton scars - story
West piles pressure on Russia for full Georgia withdrawal - story
Georgian fuel train explodes - story
Olympics: Winners and losers at the Olympics - story
Olympics: Beijing Olympics medals table - story
Biofuels, food crops straining world water reserves: experts - story
Chavez reopens talks after seizing Mexican cement firm - story
Chavez boosts Venezuela 's petrochemical sector - story
Oil prices plunge after dollar firms - story
Brazil to increase its refining capacity, Petrobras boss says - story
Iraq oil minister sees possible oil oversupply
WARSAW
Petroleumworld.com, Aug 22, 2008 - storyPetrobras : Denied planning to raise US$100 billion to invest in subsalt areas
RIO DE JANEIRO
Petroleumworld.com, Aug 22, 2008 - storyOil prices sag after big gains - story
Dollar slumps as US leading indicators report fuels worry - story
Russia retains iron Georgia grip on eve of withdrawal - story
Kuwait orders four oil tankers from SKorea's Daewoo - story
SAfrica passes law to avoid further energy crises - story
BP says BTC to resume 'in next few days', oil to go into storage - story
Pemex July oil output falls 12% as Cantarell declines - story
Brazil's Petrobras resumes Bolivia exploration - story
At least 10,000 gallons of crude residues spill in Ecuador - story
Accounts receivable of PDVSA climb 54.9% in the first half - story
Petrobras' inaugurated second of three biodiesel plants - story
Cemex seeks arbitration on Venezuela dispute
- storyVenezuelan first-half oil exports
bring in 48.5 bln dollars
Reuters/ Jorge Silva
Offshore production in Lake Maracaibo, venezuelaCARACAS
Petroleumworld.com, Aug 21, 2008 - storyIndia nuclear deal could trigger
arms race: US lawmakers
WASHINGTON
Petroleumworld.com, Aug 21, 2008- storyOil prices rise further - story
Russia moves toward recognition of Georgian rebel zones - story
McCain gains traction as conventions loom - story
Russia freezes military cooperation with NATO: Norway - story
Oil prices rise as traders mull lower gasoline stocks - story
Angolan oil decline won't hurt economy: finance minister - story
Oil prices slide as US crude inventories jump - story
Roadblocks in Bolivia to protest Morales policies - story
BP says repairs on BTC pipeline complete, tests underway - story
Venezuela MTBE export ban limits options for US producers: trade - story
Venezuela MTBE export ban limits options for US producers: trade - story
RIL mulls JV with Petrobras - story
FACTBOX-Mexico energy reform debate - story
Bolivia CBH host first energy congress - story
Petrobras inaugurates regasification plant - story
Venezuela backs production cut
if oil prices keep falling: ministerAFP/Juan Barreto
Energy and Petroleum Minister Rafael Ramirez,
pictured in February 2008CARACAS
Petroleumworld.com, Aug 20, 2008- storyVenezuela takes over cement industry
Noticias24
Now is the people's cementCARACAS
Petroleumworld.com, Aug 20, 2008 - storyPoland, US sign missile shield deal - story
Oil prices rise after Venezuela moots output cut - story
Wellstream to supply Petrobras with £600m worth of pipelines - story
Comodoro Rivadavia readies to become oil exploration town - story
No private involvement in talks for pre-salt layer oil exploitation in Brazil - story
Petroecuador will not seek end of Petrobras deal - story
Ivanhoe in talks to develop Ecuadorian field - story
Venezuela sends Colombia fuel to slow smuggling - storyMcCain touts oil drilling on Gulf of Mex -story
Chronology of Venezuela 's nationalization of key industries - story
Peruvian tribes ignore state of emergency to pursue protests - story
Anti-Morales strike grips Bolivia - story
Medvedev commits to Friday pull-out as NATO feud erupts - story
Oil prices leap after Venezuela eyes output cut - story
Venezuelan government to
expropriate CEMEX outright
CARACAS
Petroleumworld.com, Aug 19, 2008 - story (update)NATO must reaffirm
Georgia's bid to join: Rice
Map of Georgia showing the latest situation in the conflict with Russia.BRUSSELS
Petroleumworld.com, Aug 19, 2008 - storyOil prices slide close to 111 dollars per barrel -story
US weighs one billion dollars aid plan for Georgia -story
Brazilian FM says WTO talks not dead, pushes Mercosur ties -story
Killer storm Fay blasts over Florida Keys -story
Nigeria oil region development agency head charged on graft -story
Oil prices ease as Fay to avoid facilities -story
China to launch Venezuela 's first satellite: Chavez -story
Peru declares emergency in confrontation with natives -story
US : Venezuela 's Russia fleet invite is 'curious' - story
Oil giant Shell evacuates 425 staff amid Tropical Storm Fay - story
OPEC may cut output as oil prices set to fall further: CGES - story
Venezuela to propose an output cut to OPEC - story
Uruguay may hire floating LNG terminal in 1-2 years - story
OPEC revises 2008 oil demand
growth forecast down to 1.17 pct
VIENNA
Petroleumworld.com, Aug 18, 2008- storyMusharraf resigns as Pakistan president
AP Photo/Khalid Tanveer
Pakistani lawyers stand over a poster of Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf during a rally in Multan, Pakistan on Monday, Aug. 18, 2008.ISLAMABAD
Petroleumworld.com, Aug 18, 2008- storyOil prices firm on storm fears in Gulf of Mexico -story
Zimbabwe deal targeted as summit enters final day -story
Russian peacekeepers replacing regular troops: general -story
Sparring over, McCain, Obama gird for battle -story
West must understand Russian fears: former British military chief -story
New Mining Law to be approved after referendum -story
Venezuela sends less crude oil to the United States -story
FACTBOX-Mexico energy reform debate -story
Venezuela's country risk exceeds Argentina's -story
Petroperu shut North oil pipeline on potests, Gutierrez says -story
Soros hedge fund bought Petrobras stake worth $811 million -story
Bush, top aides, to map moves on Georgia crisis -story
Olympics: Who's saying what at the Olympics -story
Georgia signs ceasefire, US demands immediate Russian pullout -story
Dollar hits six-month high against euro on economic jitters -story
Latin America's leftwing swells with new Paraguay president -story
Oil prices drop as OPEC cuts demand forecast -story
Nigeria's oil reserves hit 33.6 bln barrels -story
