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- Sudan despot embraces 'climate justice' in Copenhagen 6 Dec 2009 07:36 GMT
... in the Sudan. The state-owned China National Petroleum Corp. owns 40 percent, the largest share, ... tanker terminal. About 70 percent of Sudan's oil exports go to China, and account for ... it by cutting back their green house gas emissions dramatically, while the developing countries remain free ...
- Dubai default: is the financial crisis really over? 6 Dec 2009 07:34 GMT
... editor John Bellamy Foster told the South African magazine on November 4 that the capitalist ... as four decades earlier.” US government debt, fuelled by wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and ... issue, which the member states of the oil-rich UAE manage to control, but it focuses ...
- A lesson from Seattle: Activism can defeat the climate denialists 6 Dec 2009 07:34 GMT
... A lesson from Seattle: Activism can defeat the climate ... influential. The real danger comes from fossil fuel firms that, like big tobacco corporations decades ... the conference centre, a barrage of tear gas from hundreds of riot cops, a sea ...
- Oapec members agree to maintain quotas 6 Dec 2009 06:59 GMT
... support for maintaining production quotas, saying the oil price is satisfactory and the market is stable. ... the market is stable. Ministers of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries (Oapec) attending a meeting in ... jumped above $80 a barrel before easing. Crude prices tumbled on Friday in volatile trade, ...
- Shell faces damages claim over oil spill in Nigeria 6 Dec 2009 06:51 GMT
... news ticker. Shell faces damages claim over oil spill in Nigeria THE HAGUE: Oil giant Anglo-Dutch ... caused widespread environmental and social damage. "The crude oil which poured for days from the ... a case concerning its subsidiary, the Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria. "There's no reason ...
- TOR's distillation plant is operational - Managing Director 6 Dec 2009 06:30 GMT
... Accra, Dec. 6, GNA - The Tema Oil Refinery (TOR) has enough crude stock to process in the next two ... freshly been supplied by the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation. "We'll start processing this hopefully on ...
- Saudi Arabia hails perfect oil price 6 Dec 2009 06:18 GMT
... Saudi Arabia says oil prices are 'perfect' and the global market is ... ministerial meeting of the Organisation of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries (OAPEC). Kuwaiti Oil Minister Sheikh ... October, prices jumped above $US80 before easing. Crude prices tumbled on Friday in volatile trade, ...
- William A. Wilson dies at 95; first U.S. ambassador to the Vatican 6 Dec 2009 05:55 GMT
... made his name as a manufacturer of oil-drilling equipment, a cattle rancher, a real estate ... Kadafi, the mercurial leader of the north African nation. Secretary of State George P. Shultz ...
- Figures recall holiday memories 6 Dec 2009 05:53 GMT
... ancient furniture and the smell of the fuel oil coming up from the basement and all ... delight, my dreams came true when I discovered a fabulous red Tonka fire truck with ...
- Copenhagen: How climate change will shape these lives 6 Dec 2009 05:36 GMT
... ironically, be caused by the demand for biofuels, which have been hailed as ideal replacements ... poverty by triggering steep rises in food prices. On top of these problems, the Intergovernmental ... things could change. Offshore, Timor-Leste possesses significant oil reserves and revenues from these could help ...
- The price we pay for debt 6 Dec 2009 05:33 GMT
... years ago: the Suez Canal crisis. When Egypt nationalized the British- and French-owned Suez Canal, ... $2.80 without America's help. Also, Britain needed petroleum, which was being cut off by the ... and refuse to sell Britain any American oil until Britain gave up its military action. And ...
- Sunday Forum: Long road to Copenhagen 6 Dec 2009 05:31 GMT
... Scientists have been studying global warming for 150 ... cut atmospheric emissions of an invisible, odorless gas: carbon dioxide. Despite efforts by some leading ... then. In fact, CO2 emissions from fossil fuels were almost 40 percent higher in 2008 ...
- LUANDA 22 Dec 2009 Angola hosts 155th OPEC meeting 6 Dec 2009 05:18 GMT
... LUANDA 22 Dec 2009 Angola hosts 155th OPEC meeting A decline in the dollar is ... to offset weakness in the price of oil. Kuwait's oil minister, Sheikh Ahmad al-Sabah, told Bloomberg ... Bloomberg in October that the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries is likely to maintain oil ...
- Chinese people rise to the climate '¦ 6 Dec 2009 05:14 GMT
... Almost seven in 10 Chinese are willing to ... would support public steps to limit greenhouse gas emissions and expedite adaptation measures. For example, ... example, they said they would support higher fuel efficiency standards for cars, preserving or expanding ...
- Kilgore Company Produces For Congo 6 Dec 2009 05:13 GMT
... horsepower and can move more than 4-thousand gallons of seawater per minute. The pumps will ... pumps will be used in the expanding oil and gas production of west Africa. Each pump unit has ...
- Oil And Gas Driven Industrialization 6 Dec 2009 05:10 GMT
... Policy Statement the plan to develop an Oil and Gas Industrialization Plan as a sustainable model of ... capacity from natural gas powered turbines to fuel energy intensive industries and also by committing ...
- Pregnancy complications 'kill 144' Nigerian women a day 6 Dec 2009 04:38 GMT
... pregnancy-related problems. The films take a provocative look at the deadly crisis in sub-Saharan Africa's second largest economy and the world's eight largest oil exporter, where some 70 percent of the 150 million people live on less than a ...
- Sinopec, Exxon sign deal for Papua New Guinea gas 6 Dec 2009 04:35 GMT
... contract with Exxon Mobil Corp. to buy gas from Papua New Guinea, in the latest ... a flurry of foreign deals to secure fuel for China's booming economy. The liquefied natural ... as China Petroleum&Chemical Corp., is China's second-biggest oil and gas company and Asia's biggest oil ...
- Yar'Adua's Magic Wand in the Niger Delta (i) [opinion] 6 Dec 2009 04:32 GMT
... The cessation of armed agitation in the Niger Delta as a result of President Umaru ... of granting ten percent equity in the oil business in Nigeria to the Niger Delta. In ... has held. Niger Delta grievances predate the discovery of oil in the area in 1956. ...
- TBS International Limited Shareholders Approve Change in Place of Incorporation 6 Dec 2009 04:31 GMT
... changes in production of or demand for oil and petroleum products, crew wages, insurance, provisions, repairs and ... well as select ports in North America, Africa, the Caribbean and the Middle East. Visit ...
- 'Outbreak' show reveals Britain at war as a nation 6 Dec 2009 04:30 GMT
... 'Outbreak' show reveals Britain at war as a ... London's Imperial War Museum has an exhibition exploring the outbreak of war in 1939 and ... balloons, air raid precautions, the carrying of gas masks and identity cards were visible reminders that ...
- Arab OPEC members agree to maintain production 6 Dec 2009 03:52 GMT
... CAIRO: OPEC heavyweights led by kingpin Saudi Arabia on ... support for maintaining production quotas, saying the oil price is satisfactory and the market is stable. ... above 80 dollars a barrel before easing. Crude prices tumbled Friday in volatile trade, succumbing to ...
- No objections within OPEC to output rollover: Libya 6 Dec 2009 03:52 GMT
... CAIRO: Libyan Oil Minister Shukri Ghanem said here on Saturday that ... Saturday that there are no objections among OPEC members to a production rollover at the ... a meeting of the Organisation of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries in the Egyptian capital have ...
- The Hostage Business 6 Dec 2009 03:15 GMT
... and possesses vast amounts of light, sweet crude . John, who specialized in offshore engineering ... back in Aberdeen, the heart of Europe's petroleum industry (thanks to North Sea oil). Nigeria's proven reserves are the 10th largest ...
- Int'l oil investment shrinks 20% amid financial crisis: OAPEC 6 Dec 2009 03:10 GMT
... Oil ministers of the Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries (OAPEC) said Saturday that international ... especially in the area of research and exploration," said Egyptian Minister of Petroleum Sameh Fahmi. ...
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