MOSCOW – Russia’s state natural gas monopoly OAO Gazprom warned Saturday that a pricing dispute with Ukraine could disrupt gas supplies to Europe.
Ukraine could use its pipeline to divert Russian natural gas intended for European customers even if it fails to pay its multibillion debt to Gazprom by Jan. 1, said company spokesman Sergei Kupriyanov.
If [...]
OKLAHOMA CITY — As he prepares to address a wind-power conference in Oklahoma, billionaire energy magnate T. Boone Pickens said it shouldn’t seem strange that he is interested in wind and other alternative energy sources.
“It’s not totally unrelated to the oil business,” Pickens told The Associated Press. “It’s an energy business. It’s easy for [...]
BAGHDAD – Iraq’s self-ruled Kurdish regional government will export crude oil for the first time by early next year, a Kurdish official said on Wednesday.
Ashti Hawrami, the natural resources minister in the Kurdistan region, said an initial 100,000 barrels per day of crude oil from two northern Iraqi fields would be sent through a pipeline [...]
By MOHAMED SHEIKH NOR and BARBARA SURK, Associated Press
MOGADISHU, Somalia – Pirates who seized a Saudi supertanker loaded with $100 million in crude oil anchored the ship within sight of impoverished Somali fishing villages Tuesday, while the U.S. and other naval forces decided — for now — against intervention.
Saudi Arabia said Tuesday that it [...]
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Published: November 13, 2008
SEOUL, South Korea: Iran must restore international confidence in its nuclear program, South Korea said Thursday after the Middle Eastern nation tested a long-range missile.
The U.S. and many of its allies have accused Iran of using its nuclear program as a cover for weapons development. Iran denies the charge, saying [...]
Guyana: Exxon Mobil to go ahead with oil and gas search off South American country’s coast
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) — The head of Guyana’s state petroleum agency says Exxon Mobil Corp. is going ahead with its search for oil and gas off the South American country’s coast.
Newell Dennison has told The Associated Press that Exxon Mobil [...]
By EMMANUEL TUMANJONG
YAOUNDE, Cameroon (AP) — A Cameroon militia group took 10 mostly foreign oil workers hostage Friday off this West African nation’s coast, and threatened to kill the captives if demands for autonomy talks with the government are not met.
Militia commander Ebi Dari told The Associated Press by telephone from an undisclosed location that [...]
By H. JOSEF HEBERT
WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s an attention-grabbing claim: Americans each year are sending $700 billion to unfriendly countries for oil, as much as the entire cost of the Wall Street bailout plan. In rare agreement, both presidential candidates use the number. But is it real?
“We have to stop sending $700 billion a year [...]
By GEORGE JAHN
VIENNA, Austria (AP) — North Korea declared Monday that it will resume shutting down its nuclear program and allow U.N. experts to monitor the process, including making sure the plant that produced plutonium for its test bomb remains disabled.
The moves, revealed by the International Atomic Energy Agency, were a strong indication that Pyongyang [...]
By H. JOSEF HEBERT | Associated Press
A major shift to renewable energy and efficiency is expected to produce 4.2 million new environmentally friendly “green” jobs during the next three decades, according to a study commissioned by the nation’s mayors.
The study, released last week by the U.S. Conference of Mayors, says that about 750,000 people [...]
