" By Javier Blas in London. Published: October 10 2008 09:00 | Last updated: October 10 2008 09:00 Global oil demand will grow far less than forecast this year and in 2009 as the financial crisis risks...
" According to the Venezuelan ruler, Latin America may construct an alternate financial architecture Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez said on Wednesday that the global financial crisis whose epicenter is the...
" October 9th 2008, by Daniel Cancel - Bloomberg. Petroleos de Venezuela SA, the country's state-oil company, aims to convert 969 gasoline- burning vehicles to run on natural gas by the end of the year helped by...
" UPDATES: Opec on Thursday called an emergency meeting to discuss reducing its oil production to halt the recent collapse in oil prices. In an unusually frank statement, the cartel said it was concerned about the...
" Vladimir Putin, Russia's prime minister, has said he wants to look at nuclear co-operation with Caracas, after meeting Hugo Chavez, Venezuela's president, at his residence on the outskirts of Moscow....
As Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez leaves China for Russia, news over his official visit to Beijing show bilateral relations have increased in the energy and direct cooperation schemes. " September 24th 2008,...
For the first time since the 2003 U.S.-led invasion, Iraq is now able to ship oil to energy eager Jordan at a discount price. "Jordan expects about 10,000 barrels of Iraqi oil to be trucked everyday to the...
" September 23, 2008.
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Mahmoud Ahmadinejad arrived in New York this week to address the United Nations General Assembly. He sat down at the Grand Hyatt hotel with Times'...
" Oil prices have jumped more than $25 a barrel to record their biggest ever one-day gain as US stocks took another beating amid the continuing global financial turmoil. Uncertainty about what the US...
" Sun, 21 Sep 2008 13:32:50 GMT The Nigerian militant MEND group has unilaterally declared ceasefire in southern oil region of the country following a week of assaults. "Effective 0100 Hrs, September 21, 2008,...
While Nigerian main militant Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (Mend) has declared an "oil war" against forgeign-owned oil companies working in the region, Nigeria emerges as the third third largest...
After declairing oil war on foreign companies in Nigeria, the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (Mend) has launched an aggresive operation called hurricane Barbarossa killing 22 Nigerian soldiers....
Caracas, Venezuela, 13 September 2008. This morning, nine cooperation agreements were penned at the governmental palace Miraflores. The agreements on agriculture, energy, health, industrial cooperation,...
News like this makes me glad I don't drive and live in a city with decent public transportation. Gas is up again, this time as much as 13 cents per litre in Canada and the US. That means a mid-sized car could cost...
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