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Russia's state monopoly Gazprom is nervously contemplating change is in its transit agreements with Ukraine for delivering its natural gas to Eastern European customers. Ukrainian…
Argentinean biofuel production, domestic consumption and exports all set new records in the second quarter of 2011. During the second quarter of 2011 Argentinean biofuel…
According to Ali Asghar Soltaniyeh Iranian ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano's latest report on Iran's nuclear program show…
Ukrainian Energy Minister Yury Boyko told reporters that Royal Dutch Shell will invest $800 million in geological exploration and production of shale gas in eastern…
Multinational giant oil firms, including Royal Dutch Shell, BP, United States-based Exxon, China's State-owned China National Petroleum Corp. (CNPC) and Italy's Eni signed technical service…
Exxon Mobil Corp, the largest U.S. oil company, will spend up to $76.3 million to explore and develop shale oil and natural gas in Argentina’s…
Speaking at the fourth annual National Clean Energy Summit in Las Vegas, California Governor Jerry Brown urged attendees to boost efforts to promote clean, renewable…
India’s wind-power company Suzlon Energy, one of the world’s largest, is planning a $1.3 billion project in regional South Australia. The wind farm, if built,…
China’s Customs Organization has announced, "This country's level of oil imports from Iran during the first half of 2011 reached 134.7 million tons, a growth…
Kim’s visit to Russia was shrouded in secrecy – as one Russian specialist on North Korea explained, "Judging by all indications, the whole thing is…
Last month the U.S. ambassador to Nigeria, Terence McCulley bluntly told Nigeria’s Minister of Power Barth Nnaji that the United States would only invest in…
American Elements president and chairman of the board Michael Silver is advocating that the Obama administration establish a U.S. Strategic Metals Reserve. As Silver envisages the…
Brazilian Mines and Energy Minister Edison Lobao stated that the government will reduce the admixture of alcohol with gasoline provided to service stations from 25…
Thailand’s former Finance Minister Korn Chatikavanij is urging that the new Pheu Thai-led coalition government to review its energy policy before motorists stop using the…
According to the Petroleum Indicator of the Petroleos Mexicanos state oil monopoly, more familiarly known as Pemex, between January and July 2011, foreign gasoline purchases…
The Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) General Manager Nihal Wickremasooriya said that the company could lose up to $118 million in 2011 from a number of…
Seeking to quell international concern about Iran’s nuclear enrichment program, Iran's Atomic Energy Organization Director Fereydoon Abbassi stated that the country’s 20 percent uranium enrichment…
Argentina has signed a $444 million contract with Canada’s SNC-Lavalin Group to renovate its Embalse Río Tercero nuclear plant. The SNC-Lavalin Group is Canada's top…
South Korean chemicals maker SK Global Chemical Co. is to begin construction of a $2.4 billion petrochemical plant on Singapore's Jurong Island. The new facility…