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Taiwan to negotiate with Venezuela over oil exploration
Jul 17, 2007, 14:07 GMT
Taipei - Taiwan's state-run oil firm, the Chinese Petroleum Corp (CPC), will hold talks with Venezuela to defend CPC's oil exploration rights in the country, the company's president Chen Pao-lang said on Tuesday. ... more
Oil drilling off Alaska, Virginia proposed by US
May 1, 2007, 12:06 GMT
Washington - The ecologically sensitive areas off the coasts of Alaska and Virginia would become fair game for oil and gas drilling under a proposal by the US government that would also expand drilling in the Gulf of Mexico. ... more
Cambodian offshore oil deposits may exceed expectations
Jan 15, 2007, 12:51 GMT
Phnom Penh - Cambodian offshore oilfields may yet yield millions of barrels more oil than previously estimated, a senior government official said Monday. ... more
High oil price gives new life to closed oil field
Jan 9, 2007, 13:25 GMT
Oslo - High global oil prices have contributed to an application to reopen a Norwegian oil field that was closed some five years ago, officials said Tuesday. ... more
Supplies through Russia's oil pipeline to Poland interrupted
Jan 8, 2007, 10:38 GMT
Warsaw - Oil supplies from the Russian druzhba (friendship) pipeline to Western Europe have been cut off, the Polish Ministry of the Economy said Monday morning. ... more
More Headlines
- Shell boss talks of 'difficulties' in Sakhalin 2 deal with Gazprom
- Norwegian gas production at record high, expected to increase
- Belarus hikes price of Russian oil shipments to Europe
- Thai petroleum firm discovers gas reserve in Myanmar
- Russia, Belarus ink energy deal as talks go down to wire
Analysis and Features
Features
From Turkey's dreams of empire to the energy Great Game
Jul 10, 2007, 11:37 GMT
Ankara - In the heady days following the break-up of the Soviet Union, Turkish nationalists dreamt of creating a pan-Turkic empire of the newly independent Caucasus states - led, naturally, by Turkey. ... more
Power and profitability: Europe's gas security dilemma
Jun 13, 2007, 16:46 GMT
Riga - The sheer scale of the energy dilemma facing Europe became clear in Riga on Wednesday as experts from around the world discussed the issue of natural-gas security. ... more
