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A nuclear power plant in South Africa in 2005. Kenya hopes to ...

(AFP) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:03:00 GMT

(AFP) - A nuclear power plant in South Africa in 2005. Kenya hopes to build its first nuclear power plant in the next five years with help from France, Prime Minister Raila Odinga has said. Photo:Gian Luigi Guercia/AFP

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, seen here on October 23, headed ...

(AFP) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:40:00 GMT

(AFP) - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, seen here on October 23, headed to Egypt for a summit with African leaders as Beijing bids to expand its diplomatic and economic influence on the resource-rich continent. Photo:Sukree Sukplang/AFP

Graphic showing gas reserves in Australia. Australia's resources ...

(AFP) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 06:16:00 GMT

(AFP) - Graphic showing gas reserves in Australia. Australia's resources boom is set to grow as Asian economies lead the global economic recovery, the country's central bank said Friday as it lifted growth forecasts. Photo:/AFP

File photo shows a security guard in front of the CNOOC global ...

(AFP) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 04:43:00 GMT

(AFP) - File photo shows a security guard in front of the CNOOC global headquarters in Beijing. China has dangled a near open cheque book to Africa's major oil producers in a bid to guarantee supplies for decades to come. Photo:Frederic J. Brown/AFP

Map of northern Europe showing the route of the planned Nord ...

(AFP) — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:52:00 GMT

(AFP) - Map of northern Europe showing the route of the planned Nord Stream gas pipeline. After years of procrastination, Sweden and Finland agreed on Thursday to allow the Russian-led Nord Stream pipeline to pass through their waters in the Baltic Sea, a crucial step for the project destined to supply Europe with Russian gas. Photo:/AFP

An oil refinery in the oil rich city of Kirkuk, north of Baghdad ...

(AFP) — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:57:00 GMT

(AFP) - An oil refinery in the oil rich city of Kirkuk, north of Baghdad in 2007. The head of the Iraqi electoral commission said on Thursday it is now too late to organise a general election as planned on January 16 after repeated delays by MPs in adopting an electoral law. Photo:Marwan Ibrahim/AFP

Oil experts work on an Iraqi oilfield, north of Baghdad. Exxon ...

(AFP) — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:38:00 GMT

(AFP) - Oil experts work on an Iraqi oilfield, north of Baghdad. Exxon Mobil became the first US company to win a contract since Iraq's oil industry was nationalised almost 40 years ago, further expanding the role of foreign nations in the industry. Photo:Karim Sahib/AFP

Oil leaks from the Montara oil rig in the Timor Sea. Australia ...

(AFP) — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:09:00 GMT

(AFP) - Oil leaks from the Montara oil rig in the Timor Sea. Australia launched an inquiry on Thursday into a major oil spill off its coast which has been described as one of the country's worst environmental disasters. Photo:Annabelle Sandes/AFP

Map locating the area of the West Atlas oil rig in Australian ...

(AFP) — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:09:00 GMT

(AFP) - Map locating the area of the West Atlas oil rig in Australian waters, which leaked 28,000 barrels of oil over 10 weeks. Photo:/AFP

French oil giant Total on Wednesday reported a third quarter ...

(AFP) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 11:46:00 GMT

(AFP) - French oil giant Total on Wednesday reported a third quarter net profit plunge of 54 percent on a year earlier to 1.87 billion euros (2.76 billion dollars) because of the slump in oil prices. Photo:Frank Perry/AFP

The logo of Statoil, Norwegian oil giant, which is to sell some ...

(AFP) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 08:43:00 GMT

(AFP) - The logo of Statoil, Norwegian oil giant, which is to sell some of its oil assets in the United States to China's state-owned CNOOC, marking the first step by a Chinese energy major into the US market. Photo:Heiko Junge/AFP

Monitoring the clean-up of a huge oil spill in pristine Australian ...

(AFP) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 08:02:00 GMT

(AFP) - Monitoring the clean-up of a huge oil spill in pristine Australian waters could take as long as seven years, an official said Wednesday as environmentalists urged a wide-ranging inquiry into the disaster. Photo:/AFP

China National Petroleum Corp, the country's top oil producer, ...

(AFP) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 06:30:00 GMT

(AFP) - China National Petroleum Corp, the country's top oil producer, has kicked off construction of a pipeline across Myanmar that should give the Asian giant quicker access to oil supplies in the secretive military-ruled state. Photo:Ted Aljibe/AFP

The pipelines at an oil refinery. South Korea's SK Engineering ...

(AFP) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 03:23:00 GMT

(AFP) - The pipelines at an oil refinery. South Korea's SK Engineering and Construction said on Wednesday it has won a 2.5 trillion won (2.1 billion dollar) order to build an oil facility in the United Arab Emirates. Photo:Laurent Fievet/AFP

The government agency that regulates Alberta's oil and gas industry ...

(CBC) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:47:08 GMT

(CBC) - The government agency that regulates Alberta's oil and gas industry Tuesday temporarily suspended issuing licences for sour gas projects.

A major gas leak in downtown Montreal forced about 1,000 people ...

(CBC) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:19:06 GMT

(CBC) - A major gas leak in downtown Montreal forced about 1,000 people out of the CIBC office tower.

A map of Sudan showing the north-south boundary and the country's ...

(AFP) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:18:00 GMT

(AFP) - A map of Sudan showing the north-south boundary and the country's oil fields. US envoy Scott Gration was shuttling between rival Sudanese leaders on Tuesday in a bid to resolve a row over rules for a promised vote on independence for the south that threatens to derail nationwide elections. Photo:/AFP

Greenhouse gas emissions for G8 and G5 countries for 2008-09. ...

(AFP) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:17:00 GMT

(AFP) - Greenhouse gas emissions for G8 and G5 countries for 2008-09. Some 50 African nations staged a show of force at world climate talks here Tuesday, demanding that rich countries commit to deep cuts in the carbon emissions that stoke global warming. Photo:/AFP

A motorist prepares to put fuel into her car at a petrol station ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:57:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A motorist prepares to put fuel into her car at a petrol station in Melbourne July 3, 2008. REUTERS/Mick Tsikas

Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed al-Nahyan was re-elected president ...

(AFP) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:56:00 GMT

(AFP) - Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed al-Nahyan was re-elected president of the United Arab Emirates for a second five-year term on Tuesday, the official news agency WAM announced. Photo:/AFP

Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed al-Nahyan, pictured on November 1, ...

(AFP) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:56:00 GMT

(AFP) - Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed al-Nahyan, pictured on November 1, was re-elected president of the United Arab Emirates for a second five-year term on Tuesday, the official news agency WAM announced. Photo:/AFP

Tony Hayward (L), BP's chief executive sits next to British ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:42:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Tony Hayward (L), BP's chief executive sits next to British ambassador to Iraq Christopher Prentice (R) after a contract-signing ceremony in Baghdad November 3, 2009. British oil major BP Plc and China's CNPC on Tuesday signed Iraq's first major new oil deal since the 2003 U.S. invasion, snapping up a development contract for the Rumaila oilfield, one of the world's biggest. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani (IRAQ POLITICS BUSINESS ENERGY)

Dhia Jaafar, head of Southern Oil Company (R), shakes hands ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:34:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Dhia Jaafar, head of Southern Oil Company (R), shakes hands with Jiang Jiemin (L), Chairman and the General Manager of CNPC during a contract-signing ceremony in Baghdad November 3, 2009. British oil major BP Plc and China's CNPC on Tuesday signed Iraq's first major new oil deal since the 2003 U.S. invasion, snapping up a development contract for the Rumaila oilfield, one of the world's biggest. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani (IRAQ POLITICS BUSINESS ENERGY)

Dhia Jaafar, head of Southern Oil Company (R), exchanges agreement ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:30:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Dhia Jaafar, head of Southern Oil Company (R), exchanges agreement documents with Jiang Jiemin (L), Chairman and the General Manager of CNPC, during a contract-signing ceremony in Baghdad November 3, 2009. British oil major BP Plc and China's CNPC on Tuesday signed Iraq's first major new oil deal since the 2003 U.S. invasion, snapping up a development contract for the Rumaila oilfield, one of the world's biggest. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani (IRAQ POLITICS ENERGY BUSINESS)

Dhia Jaafar, head of Southern Oil Company (R), shakes hands ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:28:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Dhia Jaafar, head of Southern Oil Company (R), shakes hands with Tony Hayward (C), BP's chief executive, during a contract-signing ceremony in Baghdad November 3, 2009. British oil major BP Plc and China's CNPC on Tuesday signed Iraq's first major new oil deal since the 2003 U.S. invasion, snapping up a development contract for the Rumaila oilfield, one of the world's biggest. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani (IRAQ BUSINESS ENERGY POLITICS)

Tony Hayward, BP's chief executive, signs the oil contract during ...

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

(Reuters) - Tony Hayward, BP's chief executive, signs the oil contract during a signing ceremony in Baghdad November 3, 2009. British oil major BP Plc and China's CNPC on Tuesday signed Iraq's first major new oil deal since the 2003 U.S. invasion, snapping up a development contract for the Rumaila oilfield, one of the world's biggest. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani (IRAQ POLITICS ENERGY BUSINESS IMAGES OF THE DAY)

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(Metro) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 10:57:00 GMT

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The partially collapsed Montara well head platform and the West ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 09:32:00 GMT

(Reuters) - The partially collapsed Montara well head platform and the West Atlas mobile offshore drilling unit smolders in the Timor Sea, about 250 km (155 miles) off the far north Kimberley coast of Western Australia state, after a leak was stopped and fire extinguished in this November 3, 2009 handout picture. A unit of top Thai energy firm PTTEP said on Tuesday it had stopped an oil leak and doused the main fire on the Montara and West Atlas oil rig which has been leaking for 10 weeks in the Timor Sea. QUALITY FROM SOURCE REUTERS/PTTEP/Handout (AUSTRALIA DISASTER ENVIRONMENT ENERGY BUSINESS) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS

Fire burns on the partially collapsed Montara well head platform ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 09:30:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Fire burns on the partially collapsed Montara well head platform and the West Atlas mobile offshore drilling unit in the Timor Sea, about 250 km (155 miles) off the far north Kimberley coast of Western Australia state, in this November 3, 2009 handout picture. A unit of top Thai energy firm PTTEP said on Tuesday it had stopped an oil leak and doused the main fire on the Montara and West Atlas oil rig which has been leaking for 10 weeks in the Timor Sea. QUALITY FROM SOURCE REUTERS/PTTEP/Handout (AUSTRALIA DISASTER ENVIRONMENT ENERGY BUSINESS IMAGES OF THE DAY) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS

A worker collects oil palm fruits at a plantation in Sepang ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 02:33:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A worker collects oil palm fruits at a plantation in Sepang outside Kuala Lumpur November 3, 2009. The palm oil industry confronts critics and consumers in a meeting this week in Malaysia as it looks to beef up green standards that already include commitments to preserve rainforests and wildlife. REUTERS/Bazuki Muhammad (MALAYSIA BUSINESS ENERGY ENVIRONMENT)

The Valero St. Charles oil refinery is seen during a tour of ...

(Reuters) — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 23:38:00 GMT

(Reuters) - The Valero St. Charles oil refinery is seen during a tour of the refinery in Norco, Louisiana August 15, 2008. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton (UNITED STATES)

Oil prices rebounded Monday, buoyed by a weaker dollar and positive ...

(AFP) — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 20:41:00 GMT

(AFP) - Oil prices rebounded Monday, buoyed by a weaker dollar and positive US and Chinese economic data that bolstered hopes of stronger demand in the two biggest energy-consuming nations. Photo:Sajjad Qayyum/AFP

A partially collapsed structure on the Montara well head platform ...

(Reuters) — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 19:38:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A partially collapsed structure on the Montara well head platform (L) and the West Atlas mobile offshore drilling unit burns in the Timor Sea, about 250 km (155 miles) off the far north Kimberley coast of Western Australia state, in this handout picture taken November 2, 2009. The rig operated by a unit of top Thai energy firm PTTEP in the Timor Sea, which has been leaking for 10 weeks, caught fire on Sunday, officials said. Picture taken November 2, 2009. QUALITY FROM SOURCE REUTERS/PTTEP/Handout (AUSTRALIA ENVIRONMENT ENERGY) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS

Denmark's Prime Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen (L) and his Russian ...

(Reuters) — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:21:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Denmark's Prime Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen (L) and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin attend a news conference in Moscow, November 2, 2009. Putin on Monday called on the European Union to lend Ukraine 'at a least a billion' to help avoid a new gas pricing spat with Russia and supply disruptions to Europe. He did not specify the currency of the loan. REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin (RUSSIA POLITICS)

An engineer works at the Zubair oilfield in February. A consortium ...

(AFP) — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:01:00 GMT

(AFP) - An engineer works at the Zubair oilfield in February. A consortium led by Italian energy giant ENI has initialled a contract with the Iraqi government to explore the Zubair oilfield in southern Iraq. Photo:Essam -al-Sudani/AFP

Gas masks from a street vendor are pictured near to the former ...

(Reuters) — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 12:41:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Gas masks from a street vendor are pictured near to the former Berlin Wall border checkpoint, Checkpoint Charlie in Berlin, November 2, 2009. REUTERS/Tobias Schwarz (GERMANY SOCIETY)

Photo provided by PTTEP Australasia shows the fire raging on ...

(AFP) — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 08:22:00 GMT

(AFP) - Photo provided by PTTEP Australasia shows the fire raging on West Atlas drilling rig 250 kilometres offshore on November 1. The massive inferno cannot be stopped until a well that has been leaking for 10 weeks is capped, officials warned Monday. Photo:AFP/AFP

Gas, oil and water spray from the West Atlas mobile offshore ...

(Reuters) — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 21:36:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Gas, oil and water spray from the West Atlas mobile offshore drilling unit in the Timor Sea, about 250 km (155 miles) off the far north Kimberley coast of Western Australia state, before it caught fire November 1, 2009. The rig operated by a unit of top Thai energy firm PTTEP in the Timor Sea, which has been leaking for 10 weeks, caught fire on Sunday, officials said. Picture taken November 1, 2009. QUALITY FROM SOURCE REUTERS/PTTEP/Handout (AUSTRALIA DISASTER ENVIRONMENT ENERGY) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS

The West Atlas mobile offshore drilling unit in the Timor Sea, ...

(Reuters) — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 21:34:00 GMT

(Reuters) - The West Atlas mobile offshore drilling unit in the Timor Sea, about 250 km (155 miles) off the far north Kimberley coast of Western Australia state, burns November 1, 2009. The rig operated by a unit of top Thai energy firm PTTEP in the Timor Sea, which has been leaking for 10 weeks, caught fire on Sunday, officials said. Picture taken November 1, 2009. QUALITY FROM SOURCE REUTERS/PTTEP/Handout (AUSTRALIA DISASTER ENVIRONMENT ENERGY) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS

Flames engulf a major oil depot in the northern Indian city ...

(AFP) — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 19:11:00 GMT

(AFP) - Flames engulf a major oil depot in the northern Indian city of Jaipur on October 30. The death toll in a massive fire at an oil depot in western India has risen to 11, a report said late Sunday, as the blaze began to die out. Photo:Prakash Singh/AFP

This Australian Maritime Safety Authority photo shows an oil ...

(AFP) — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 10:16:00 GMT

(AFP) - This Australian Maritime Safety Authority photo shows an oil leak coming from the offshore West Atlas oil rig which has been leaking since August 21. The oil rig which has been leaking thousands of barrels of oil into the Timor Sea off Australia's northwest coast is on fire, PTTEP Australasia - the company which runs the facility - has said. Photo:/AFP

The planned route for the planned Nabucco gas pipeline. An Iranian ...

(AFP) — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 18:21:00 GMT

(AFP) - The planned route for the planned Nabucco gas pipeline. An Iranian official said on Saturday that European firms are in talks for Iran to join the EU's flagship Nabucco gas pipeline project, which aims to reduce the bloc's reliance on Russia, Mehr news agency reported. Photo:/AFP

Flames engulf a major oil depot in the northern Indian city ...

(AFP) — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 09:35:00 GMT

(AFP) - Flames engulf a major oil depot in the northern Indian city of Jaipur. Firefighters in northern India struggled Friday to douse a gigantic blaze burning for more than 12 hours at a major oil depot, where at last three people were killed and scores injured. Photo:Vinay Joshi/AFP

Map locating Jaipur in the Indian state of Rajasthan where at ...

(AFP) — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 09:35:00 GMT

(AFP) - Map locating Jaipur in the Indian state of Rajasthan where at least three people were killed in a blaze at an oil depot. Photo:/AFP

Flames engulf a major oil depot in the northern Indian city ...

(AFP) — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 09:35:00 GMT

(AFP) - Flames engulf a major oil depot in the northern Indian city of Jaipur, October 30. Three more bodies were recovered from a huge oil depot blaze in western India, bringing the death toll to eight, an official said Saturday, as authorities waited for the fire to burn out. Photo:Vinay Joshi/AFP

Map locating Jaipur in the Indian state of Rajasthan where a ...

(AFP) — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 09:35:00 GMT

(AFP) - Map locating Jaipur in the Indian state of Rajasthan where a blaze broke out at an oil depot. Three more bodies have been recovered from the huge blaze, bringing the death toll to eight, an official said Saturday, as authorities waited for the fire to burn out. Photo:/AFP

Greenhouse gas emissions for G8 and G5 countries for 2008-09. ...

(AFP) — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 20:26:00 GMT

(AFP) - Greenhouse gas emissions for G8 and G5 countries for 2008-09. EU leaders have agreed that developing nations will need 100 billion euros per year by 2020 to tackle climate change, but failed to put a figure to Europe's own contribution amid sharp east-west differences. Photo:/AFP

Caribbean Petroleum Corp's refinery and tank farm is engulfed ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 19:53:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Caribbean Petroleum Corp's refinery and tank farm is engulfed in flames behind the entrance to the facility in Catano, Puerto Rico, early October 23, 2009. REUTERS/Ana Martinez

Smoke and flames billow from Indian Oil Corp's fuel depot as ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 16:21:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Smoke and flames billow from Indian Oil Corp's fuel depot as a body of a victim lies in Sitapura industrial area in the outskirts of Jaipur October 30, 2009. State-run refiner and oil marketing firm Indian Oil Corp (IOC) said on Friday there would be no major impact on operations after a fire broke out on Thursday. IOC said while the loss due to the fire is yet to be determined, the petroleum stocks were insured. REUTERS/Stringer (INDIA DISASTER IMAGES OF THE DAY ENERGY BUSINESS)

Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin meets with leaders of ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 15:31:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin meets with leaders of the United Russia political party at his Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow, October 30, 2009. Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Friday that Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko risked provoking a new gas crisis that could disrupt supplies to Europe. REUTERS/Ria Novosti/Pool/Alexei Nikolsky (RUSSIA POLITICS BUSINESS)