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The United States will announce a target for reducing its greenhouse ...

(AFP) — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 22:06:00 GMT

(AFP) - The United States will announce a target for reducing its greenhouse gas emissions before the UN climate conference in Copenhagen, removing a major obstacle to a deal, a senior official said Monday. Photo:/AFP

Oil rigs extract petroleum in the Los Angeles area community ...

(AFP) — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 21:07:00 GMT

(AFP) - Oil rigs extract petroleum in the Los Angeles area community of Culver City, California. Oil prices rose sharply on Monday as a weaker dollar helped boost demand for the commodity. Photo:David McNew/AFP

Spacewalker Robert L. Satcher, Jr. fastens connections on the ...

(Reuters) — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:48:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Spacewalker Robert L. Satcher, Jr. fastens connections on the newly installed oxygen filled High Pressure Gas Tank (HPGT) in this image from NASA TV November 23, 2009. The HPGT was installed on a spot on the outside of the Quest Airlock. REUTERS/NASA TV (UNITED STATES SCI TECH) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS

Spacewalkers Robert L. Satcher, Jr. (L) and Randy Bresnik work ...

(Reuters) — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:45:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Spacewalkers Robert L. Satcher, Jr. (L) and Randy Bresnik work on the newly installed oxygen filled High Pressure Gas Tank (HPGT) in this image from NASA TV November 23, 2009. The HPGT was installed on a spot on the outside of the Quest Airlock. REUTERS/NASA TV (UNITED STATES SCI TECH) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS

Spacewalker Robert L. Satcher, Jr. takes a picture as the robot ...

(Reuters) — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:25:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Spacewalker Robert L. Satcher, Jr. takes a picture as the robot arm backs away from the newly installed oxygen filled High Pressure Gas Tank (HPGT) in this image from NASA TV November 23, 2009. The HPGT was installed on a spot on the outside of the Quest Airlock. REUTERS/NASA TV (UNITED STATES SCI TECH) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS

Spacewalker Robert L. Satcher, Jr. watches as the robot arm ...

(Reuters) — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:24:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Spacewalker Robert L. Satcher, Jr. watches as the robot arm backs away from the newly installed oxygen filled High Pressure Gas Tank (HPGT) in this image from NASA TV November 23, 2009. The HPGT was installed on a spot on the outside of the Quest Airlock. REUTERS/NASA TV (UNITED STATES SCI TECH) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS

A euro coin and one US dollar bill. Iran's central bank chief ...

(AFP) — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 13:11:00 GMT

(AFP) - A euro coin and one US dollar bill. Iran's central bank chief has said that the country has gained five billion dollars by replacing the US dollar with the euro in its currency basket, state-owned English language Press TV reported. Photo:Joel Saget/AFP

A local, wearing a gas mask, holds a banner reading 'oppose ...

(Reuters) — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 10:38:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A local, wearing a gas mask, holds a banner reading 'oppose garbage incineration, protect green Guangzhou' as she protests outside government offices in Guangzhou, Guangdong province November 23, 2009. Hundreds in China's southern city of Guangzhou protested outside government offices on Monday, opposing plans for a large garbage incinerator in a sign of the region's rising public assertiveness over green issues. REUTERS/Stringer (CHINA ENVIRONMENT POLITICS CONFLICT) CHINA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN CHINA

Parents of Chen Deguo, a coal miner who went missing after a ...

(Reuters) — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 10:22:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Parents of Chen Deguo, a coal miner who went missing after a gas blast at Xinxing coal mine, wait for news of their son at home in Hegang, Heilongjiang Province November 23, 2009. Relatives of victims of a gas blast at a mine in northeastern China scuffled with police and demanded answers from the owners on Monday as state media put the toll from the country's latest mine disaster at 104. REUTERS/Aly Song (CHINA DISASTER ENVIRONMENT EMPLOYMENT BUSINESS)

The mother of Chen Deguo, a coal miner who went missing after ...

(Reuters) — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 10:20:00 GMT

(Reuters) - The mother of Chen Deguo, a coal miner who went missing after a gas blast at Xinxing coal mine, cries while waiting for news of her son at home in Hegang, Heilongjiang Province November 23, 2009. Relatives of victims of a gas blast at a mine in northeastern China scuffled with police and demanded answers from the owners on Monday as state media put the toll from the country's latest mine disaster at 104. REUTERS/Aly Song (CHINA DISASTER ENVIRONMENT EMPLOYMENT BUSINESS)

A bomb blast victim is treated at hospital in Guwahati on November ...

(AFP) — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 13:57:00 GMT

(AFP) - A bomb blast victim is treated at hospital in Guwahati on November 22. Suspected separatists in northeast India set off two explosions on Sunday killing five people and wounding 50 more, police said, as two of the movement's leaders remained under arrest. Photo:Biju Boro/AFP

A handout picture from the Saudi Press Agency shows Saudi King ...

(AFP) — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 08:08:00 GMT

(AFP) - A handout picture from the Saudi Press Agency shows Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz (R) meeting with Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi in Jeddah. Berlusconi discussed shared concerns over Iran's nuclear programme and recent clashes on the Saudi-Yemeni border, official media reported. Photo:/AFP

Customers are reflected in a rear-view mirror while filling ...

(Reuters) — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 05:14:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Customers are reflected in a rear-view mirror while filling up their cars with gas at the Ohio Gas Mart in Youngstown, Ohio November 21, 2009. Youngstown has 4,500 vacant structures in a city of about 75,000 people, and about 22,000 vacant parcels of land. REUTERS/Brian Snyder (UNITED STATES BUSINESS TRANSPORT SOCIETY)

Map of Europe showing the South Stream and rival Nabucco gas ...

(AFP) — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 13:18:00 GMT

(AFP) - Map of Europe showing the South Stream and rival Nabucco gas pipelines. Photo:/AFP

Night view of the Suncor oil extraction facility in Alberta, ...

(AFP) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:44:00 GMT

(AFP) - Night view of the Suncor oil extraction facility in Alberta, Canada. Oil prices were mixed and likely to stay under $80 amid high energy inventories in the United States, the world's biggest energy-consuming nation, analysts say. Photo:Mark Ralston/AFP

Interactive graphic on Russian gas supplies to Europe as Prime ...

(AFP) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:34:00 GMT

(AFP) - Interactive graphic on Russian gas supplies to Europe as Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and his Ukrainian counterpart Yulia Tymoshenko meet in Yalta for talks aimed at preventing a repeat of last winter's gas crisis. Photo:/AFP

VIDEO: European countries reliant on Russian gas supplies. Originally ...

(AFP) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:34:00 GMT

(AFP) - VIDEO: European countries reliant on Russian gas supplies. Originally filed 110109. Duration: 1:50 Photo:/AFP

A pipeline is seen at the Russian gas compressor station in ...

(AFP) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:34:00 GMT

(AFP) - A pipeline is seen at the Russian gas compressor station in Sudzha near the Russian-Ukrainian border in January 2009. Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin announced late Thursday a compromise deal with Ukraine on the thorny issue of gas supply, lessening the threat of multibillion-dollar fines that might cripple Ukraine's economy. Photo:Sergei Supinsky/AFP

An employee of the Orlovka gas-compressor station near the Ukrainian-Romanian ...

(AFP) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:23:00 GMT

(AFP) - An employee of the Orlovka gas-compressor station near the Ukrainian-Romanian border, makes a routine check on pipelines in January. Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin was to hold rare talks with his Ukrainian counterpart Yulia Tymoshenko on Thursday aimed at preventing a repeat of last winter's gas crisis. Photo:Sergei Supinsky/AFP

Sudanese women and children are seen reflected in a pool of ...

(AFP) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:06:00 GMT

(AFP) - Sudanese women and children are seen reflected in a pool of stagnant water as they stand at a water distribution point in Sudanese village of Guit. Oil production in Sudan's Unity state is contaminating water, spreading disease to humans and cattle and threatening the world's largest inland wetlands, according to a survey released on November 16. Photo:Roberto Schmidt/AFP

Reverend Roko Taban Mousa, an influential cleric in the oil-producing ...

(AFP) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:06:00 GMT

(AFP) - Reverend Roko Taban Mousa, an influential cleric in the oil-producing regions of Unity, Upper Nile and Jonglei, is seen speaking about the lack of benefits the local populations have gotten from the exploitation of oil in the southern parts of Sudan. Photo:Roberto Schmidt/AFP

Survivors of the Bhopal gas leak tragedy and activists during ...

(AFP) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:55:00 GMT

(AFP) - Survivors of the Bhopal gas leak tragedy and activists during a protest outside the Dow Chemicals office in Noida, around 40kms from New Delhi, on November 19. Indian survivors of the Bhopal gas disaster on Thursday protested outside the offices of the US company blamed for the toxic leak ahead of the 25th anniversary of the notorious accident. Photo:Manan Vatsyayana/AFP

Taxis line up to get their tanks filled on a viaduct in Chongqing ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:28:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Taxis line up to get their tanks filled on a viaduct in Chongqing municipality November 19, 2009. A gas shortage that has hit central and eastern Chinese provinces will give a small boost to gasoline sales by China's oil duopoly, as slower gas supplies force taxis to gas stations, industry officials said on Thursday. REUTERS/China Daily (CHINA ENERGY BUSINESS) CHINA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN CHINA

Residents cook their meals with methane gas coming out from ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:57:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Residents cook their meals with methane gas coming out from the ground in a dumpsite from accumulated garbage from back to back typhoons two months ago in Marikina Metro Manila November 19, 2009. The United Nations is raising an extra $69 million for hundreds of thousands of Filipinos still displaced by floods on the main island of Luzon, bringing to $143 million the total amount pledged for immediate typhoon relief and recovery programmes in the Philippines. REUTERS/Erik de Castro (PHILIPPINES ENERGY SOCIETY DISASTER)

Employees of China National Petroleum Corporation carry out ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 07:53:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Employees of China National Petroleum Corporation carry out routine checks at a gas refinery in Suining, Sichuan province November 19, 2009. Piped-gas supplier China Gas Holdings said on Wednesday that PetroChina, the public listed arm of China Petroleum, is in talks to invest in a China Gas unit, which will distribute liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) for Asia's top oil producer. RUETERS/Stringer (CHINA ENERGY) CHINA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN CHINA

An engineer checks a gas pipeline near the Ukrainian-Romanian ...

(AFP) — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:08:00 GMT

(AFP) - An engineer checks a gas pipeline near the Ukrainian-Romanian border in January 2009. EU and Russian leaders met in Stockholm for a summit dominated by energy issues, as Europe hopes to avoid an interruption of Russian natural gas supplies via Ukraine this winter. Photo:Sergei Supinsky/AFP

A motorist is about to pump gas at a gas station. Canadians ...

(The Canadian Press) — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:21:00 GMT

(The Canadian Press) - A motorist is about to pump gas at a gas station. Canadians paid 13.1 per cent less to fill up this October than a year earlier, but that is far smaller discrepancy than the 23-per-cent difference that existed in September. (THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Charles Krupa)

An Iraqi engineer works at the Barjisiya oil field in Zubair. ...

(AFP) — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:38:00 GMT

(AFP) - An Iraqi engineer works at the Barjisiya oil field in Zubair. Iraqi President Jalal Talabani has promised major deals -- including large oil contracts -- to French business chiefs keen to restore their place as Iraq's top business partners. Photo:Essam -al-Sudani/AFP

The Khabbaz rig 320km north of Baghdad. Iraqi President Jalal ...

(AFP) — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:38:00 GMT

(AFP) - The Khabbaz rig 320km north of Baghdad. Iraqi President Jalal Talabani has promised major deals -- including large oil contracts -- to French business chiefs keen to restore their place as Iraq's top business partners. Photo:Karim Sahib/AFP

An employee of the Orlovka gas-compressor station, in the Izmail ...

(AFP) — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:17:00 GMT

(AFP) - An employee of the Orlovka gas-compressor station, in the Izmail region near the Ukrainian-Romanian border, makes a routine check on pipelines, January 2009. Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin will meet Thursday with his Ukrainian counterpart Yulia Tymoshenko for talks on energy amid unease in Europe over possible cuts in gas supplies this winter. Photo:Sergei Supinsky/AFP

Austrian Environment Minister Nikolaus Berlakovich of the People's ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:02:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Austrian Environment Minister Nikolaus Berlakovich of the People's Party (OeVP) displays a chart showing European greenhouse gas emissions during a session of the parliament in Vienna November 18, 2009. REUTERS/Heinz-Peter Bader (AUSTRIA - Tags: POLITICS)

The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has said that Nigeria's ...

(AFP) — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 09:36:00 GMT

(AFP) - The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has said that Nigeria's annual inflation rate rose to 11.6 percent in October 2009 from 10.4 percent the previous month, driven by rising food prices. Photo:Pius Utomi Ekpei/AFP

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (R) talks with Deputy ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:52:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (R) talks with Deputy Prime Minister Igor Sechin during a meeting of government officials and oil industry executives in the city of Nizhnekamsk November 17, 2009. Russia's petrochemical industry is too fragmented to become competitive globally so the government will help the consolidation process, Putin said on Tuesday. REUTERS/RIA Novosti/Alexey Druzhinin (RUSSIA POLITICS ENERGY BUSINESS)

Storage tanks are seen at an oil refinery near the town of Mozyr, ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:22:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Storage tanks are seen at an oil refinery near the town of Mozyr, some 300 km (186 miles) southeast of Minsk, November 17, 2009. Belarus is hosting an international conference on oil refining and oil products exports. REUTERS/Vasily Fedosenko (BELARUS ENERGY)

An oil refinery is seen near the town of Mozyr, some 300 km ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:17:00 GMT

(Reuters) - An oil refinery is seen near the town of Mozyr, some 300 km (186 miles) southeast of Minsk, November 17, 2009. Belarus is hosting an international conference on oil refining and oil products exports. REUTERS/Vasily Fedosenko (BELARUS ENERGY)

An Indian soldier patrols at Guwahati railway station in Assam. ...

(AFP) — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 11:23:00 GMT

(AFP) - An Indian soldier patrols at Guwahati railway station in Assam. Suspected separatists blew up a fuel-laden train in India's restive northeast, causing a giant inferno that took 12 hours to control, police said Tuesday. Photo:/AFP

Kuwait's Oil Minister, Sheikh Ahmad Abdullah al-Sabah, has said ...

(AFP) — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 08:57:00 GMT

(AFP) - Kuwait's Oil Minister, Sheikh Ahmad Abdullah al-Sabah, has said that the oil cartel OPEC will leave its production unchanged at its meeting next month, adding that current oil price was 'comfortable.' Photo:Thomas Coex/AFP

Oil pipes cross the Amazonian rain forest in the state of Amazonia, ...

(AFP) — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 01:24:00 GMT

(AFP) - Oil pipes cross the Amazonian rain forest in the state of Amazonia, Brazil. Petrobras has announced a new find of light crude oil in the huge Campos basin area in the southeast of the country, potentially as much as 25 million barrels. Photo:Antonio Scorza/AFP

An oil platform located in the Gulf of Mexico. Oil prices climbed ...

(AFP) — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 21:04:00 GMT

(AFP) - An oil platform located in the Gulf of Mexico. Oil prices climbed Monday amid a weak dollar and rising demand expectations boosted by growth prospects, including in Japan, the world's second largest economy. Photo:/AFP

Seventy-five to 80 dollars a barrel is a satisfactory price ...

(AFP) — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:20:00 GMT

(AFP) - Seventy-five to 80 dollars a barrel is a satisfactory price for oil, the president of OPEC has said, adding that the cartel may leave production unchanged at its meeting next month. Photo:Scott Olson/AFP

A man refuels his taxi in Chicago, Illinois. Seventy-five to ...

(AFP) — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 10:43:00 GMT

(AFP) - A man refuels his taxi in Chicago, Illinois. Seventy-five to 80 dollars a barrel is a satisfactory price for oil, the president of OPEC said Monday, adding that the cartel may leave production unchanged at its meeting next month. Photo:Scott Olson/AFP

OPEC president, Angola's Jose Maria Botelho de Vasconcelos, ...

(AFP) — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 10:43:00 GMT

(AFP) - OPEC president, Angola's Jose Maria Botelho de Vasconcelos, opens the 154th regular meeting of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) in Vienna on September 9. Seventy-five to 80 dollars a barrel is a satisfactory price for oil, De Vasconcelos said Monday, adding that the cartel may leave production unchanged at its meeting next month. Photo:Joe Klamar/AFP

Three aboriginal women from Canada are visiting the United Kingdom ...

(CBC) — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 19:19:27 GMT

(CBC) - Three aboriginal women from Canada are visiting the United Kingdom and Ireland as part of a 10-day tour to raise awareness around human rights issues occurring in the Alberta tarsands.

Actresses Tara Spencer-Nairn (R) and Gabrielle Miller pose with ...

(Reuters) — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 03:16:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Actresses Tara Spencer-Nairn (R) and Gabrielle Miller pose with their Gemini tribute award for the television series 'Corner Gas' during the 24th annual Gemini Awards, celebrating excellence in Canadian English-language television in Calgary, Alberta, November 14, 2009. REUTERS/Todd Korol (CANADA ENTERTAINMENT)

Actress Gabrielle Miller of the television series 'Corner Gas' ...

(Reuters) — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 01:17:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Actress Gabrielle Miller of the television series 'Corner Gas' arrives during the 24th annual Gemini Awards, celebrating excellence in Canadian English-language television in Calgary, Alberta, November 14, 2009. REUTERS/Todd Korol (CANADA ENTERTAINMENT)

Actress Tara Spencer-Nairn from the television series 'Corner ...

(Reuters) — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 01:12:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Actress Tara Spencer-Nairn from the television series 'Corner Gas' arrives during the 24th annual Gemini Awards, celebrating excellence in Canadian English-language television in Calgary, Alberta, November 14, 2009. REUTERS/Todd Korol (CANADA ENTERTAINMENT)

Actresses Tara Spencer-Nairn (L) and Gabrielle Miller, cast ...

(Reuters) — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 01:01:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Actresses Tara Spencer-Nairn (L) and Gabrielle Miller, cast members of the television series 'Corner Gas', arrive during the 24th annual Gemini Awards, celebrating excellence in Canadian English-language television in Calgary, Alberta, November 14, 2009. REUTERS/Todd Korol (CANADA)

Russia's Energy Minister Sergei Shmatko (bottom R) and Slovenia's ...

(Reuters) — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 15:27:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Russia's Energy Minister Sergei Shmatko (bottom R) and Slovenia's Economy Minister Matej Lahovnik (bottom L) sign a deal ensuring Slovenia's participation in the South Stream pipeline that will transport Russian gas to Europe in Moscow November 14, 2009. The deal was signed in front of the reporters and in the presence of Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (back R) and his Slovenian counterpart Borut Pahor (back L). REUTERS/Bor Slana (RUSSIA POLITICS ENERGY BUSINESS)

Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (R) and his Slovenian ...

(Reuters) — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 15:21:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (R) and his Slovenian counterpart Borut Pahor speak during a news conference after a deal ensuring Slovenia's participation in the South Stream pipeline that will transport Russian gas to Europe was signed in Moscow November 14, 2009. REUTERS/Bor Slana (RUSSIA POLITICS ENERGY BUSINESS)

Gas storage tanks at the Arara refinery in the Urucu oilfield, ...

(AFP) — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 14:04:00 GMT

(AFP) - Gas storage tanks at the Arara refinery in the Urucu oilfield, Amazon rain forest, 650 km southeast of Manaus, Brazil, seen here in October 2009. Lower oil prices contributed to a 1.48-billion-dollar cut in third-quarter profits for Petrobras, the Brazilian state-controlled energy company said late Friday. Photo:Antonio Scorza/AFP