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Militants with the Movement for the Emancipation of Niger Delta ...

(AFP) — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 13:57:00 GMT

(AFP) - Militants with the Movement for the Emancipation of Niger Delta (MEND) brandish their weapons as they sail through the Niger Delta in 2008. MEND has threatened to thwart a $10 billion trans-Saharan gas pipeline linking vast reserves in Nigeria to Europe. Photo:Pius Utomi Ekpei/AFP

Militants with the Movement for the Emancipation of Niger Delta ...

(AFP) — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 13:47:00 GMT

(AFP) - Militants with the Movement for the Emancipation of Niger Delta (MEND) brandish their weapons as they sail through the Niger Delta in 2008. Nigerian armed group MEND has threatened to thwart a 10-billion-dollar trans-Saharan gas pipeline project linking vast reserves in Nigeria to Europe. Photo:Pius Utomi Ekpei/AFP

Workers push a cart laden with cooking gas cylinders through ...

(Reuters) — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 08:05:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Workers push a cart laden with cooking gas cylinders through a flooded street in Mumbai July 4, 2009. India's south-west monsoon, crucial for sowing of crops like paddy, oilseeds, sugarcane, cotton and pulses has covered all parts of India, the weather department said on Friday. REUTERS/Arko Datta (INDIA ENVIRONMENT)

Frederick Wilson mops the floors at a gas station where he works ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 22:47:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Frederick Wilson mops the floors at a gas station where he works nightly, taking out the trash and mopping the floors in exchange for ten dollars pay, in Grand Prairie, Texas June 30, 2009. The Wilson family moved to Texas after losing their jobs and their home in Minnesota. They ended up in a homeless shelter and, through assistance with the National Urban League, were able to find jobs. The Urban League has been paying for temporary housing in a motel as they work to get back on their feet. REUTERS/Jessica Rinaldi (UNITED STATES SOCIETY EMPLOYMENT BUSINESS)

Frederick Wilson picks up the trash he swept up at a gas station ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 22:45:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Frederick Wilson picks up the trash he swept up at a gas station where he works nightly, taking out the trash and mopping the floors in exchange for ten dollars pay, in Grand Prairie, Texas June 30, 2009. The Wilson family moved to Texas after losing their jobs and their home in Minnesota. They ended up in a homeless shelter and, through assistance with the National Urban League, were able to find jobs. The Urban League has been paying for temporary housing in a motel as they work to get back on their feet. REUTERS/Jessica Rinaldi (UNITED STATES SOCIETY BUSINESS)

Frederick Wilson lowers himself into a dumpster to compact the ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 22:44:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Frederick Wilson lowers himself into a dumpster to compact the trash he threw away at a gas station where he works nightly, taking out the trash and mopping the floors in exchange for ten dollars pay, in Grand Prairie, Texas June 30, 2009. The Wilson family moved to Texas after losing their jobs and their home in Minnesota. They ended up in a homeless shelter and, through assistance with the National Urban League, were able to find jobs. The Urban League has been paying for temporary housing in a motel as they work to get back on their feet. REUTERS/Jessica Rinaldi (UNITED STATES SOCIETY BUSINESS)

A woman carries tapioca seeds next to a gas flare fire near ...

(AFP) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:49:00 GMT

(AFP) - A woman carries tapioca seeds next to a gas flare fire near Warri, 2007. Three African countries on Friday signed an accord to build a 10-billion-dollar trans-Saharan gas pipeline linking vast reserves in Nigeria to Europe. Photo:Lionel Healing/AFP

Imran Khan (C), former cricketer turned politician, arrives ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:01:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Imran Khan (C), former cricketer turned politician, arrives to lead some hundreds of supporters of his political party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf in a demonstration against a recent rise in fuel prices in Lahore July 3, 2009. Pakistan raised petrol prices by 10.5 percent on July 1, reflecting a rebound in global crude prices, the state Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA) said. REUTERS/Mohsin Raza (PAKISTAN ENERGY CONFLICT POLITICS)

British artist Claire Phillips stands by her oil paintings of ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:57:00 GMT

(Reuters) - British artist Claire Phillips stands by her oil paintings of death row inmates, in this 2009 handout photo released in London July 3, 2009. Death row inmates depicted in oil paintings by Phillips, on view in London's South Bank gallery@oxo, have one thing in common. 'All are demonstrably innocent, or very probably innocent,' according to Clive Stafford Smith, director of prisoners' rights organization Reprieve, which sponsors the touring five-day 'Human Face of Death Row' exhibit on show at Oxo until July 5. REUTERS/Michael Phillips/Handout (SOCIETY CRIME LAW) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS

Supporters of the political party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf protest ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:56:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Supporters of the political party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf protest against a rise in fuel prices on the streets of Lahore on July 3, 2009. Pakistan raised petrol prices by 10.5 percent on Wednesday, reflecting a rebound in global crude prices, the state Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA) said. REUTERS/Mohsin Raza (PAKISTAN ENERGY CONFLICT POLITICS)

A woman carries tapioca seeds next to a gas flare fire near ...

(AFP) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:52:00 GMT

(AFP) - A woman carries tapioca seeds next to a gas flare fire near Warri, 2007. Three African countries signed an accord to build a 10-billion-dollar trans-Saharan gas pipeline linking vast reserves in Nigeria to Europe. Photo:Lionel Healing/AFP

Steam and other emissions are seen coming from funnels at an ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:31:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Steam and other emissions are seen coming from funnels at an oil refinery in Melbourne June 24, 2009. REUTERS/Mick Tsikas

A sailor runs on the deck of an oil tanker in Havana's port ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 03:52:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A sailor runs on the deck of an oil tanker in Havana's port July 2, 2009. REUTERS/Desmond Boylan(CUBA ENERGY TRANSPORT)

An oil platform in the North Sea. Oil prices sank under 67 dollars ...

(AFP) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:02:00 GMT

(AFP) - An oil platform in the North Sea. Oil prices sank under 67 dollars a barrel Thursday after weak jobs data quashed hopes of a speedy economic recovery in the United States, which is the world's top energy consumer. Photo:/AFP

Flared gas burns at the Kirkuk oil field. Oil prices extended ...

(AFP) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:38:00 GMT

(AFP) - Flared gas burns at the Kirkuk oil field. Oil prices extended losses after already falling a day earlier on data revealing a drop in petroleum products in the United States, the world's leading energy consumer. Photo:Marwan Ibrahim/AFP

Gas stations across most of Newfoundland and Labrador were instructed ...

(CBC) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:23:40 GMT

(CBC) - Gas stations across most of Newfoundland and Labrador were instructed Thursday to lower the prices they can charge for fuel.

Fireman check a wrecked freight train a few hours after two ...

(AFP) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 07:55:00 GMT

(AFP) - Fireman check a wrecked freight train a few hours after two gas-filled rail tankers exploded when derailing on June 30 in the seaside resort of Viareggio, northern Italy. The death toll from this week's rail disaster in northern Italy climbed to 18 after a victim who suffered serious burn injuries died in hospital, officials said. Photo:Damien Meyer/AFP

Steam and emissions are seen coming out of a funnel at an oil ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 07:50:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Steam and emissions are seen coming out of a funnel at an oil refinery in Melbourne July 2, 2009. Australia's emissions trading laws look more likely to pass a hostile Senate after U.S. Congressional support for a similar climate bill eroded political opposition in Australia to carbon trading. REUTERS/Mick Tsikas (AUSTRALIA ENVIRONMENT POLITICS BUSINESS)

A Sri Lankan petrol pump attendant in Colombo in June 2008. ...

(AFP) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 06:45:00 GMT

(AFP) - A Sri Lankan petrol pump attendant in Colombo in June 2008. Sri Lanka on Thursday raised retail fuel prices by up to 11 percent in a bid to offset higher crude oil import costs, the government said. Photo:Lakruwan Wanniarachchi/AFP

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

(Reuters) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 06:00:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A worker collects oil palm fruits at a plantation in Sepang outside Kuala Lumpur July 2, 2009. IOI Corp, Malaysia's No 2 planter, said Thursday that the worst was over for the plantation sector as palm oil prices have recovered from last year's slump although M&A activity would be muted. REUTERS/Bazuki Muhammad (MALAYSIA ENVIRONMENT SOCIETY BUSINESS AGRICULTURE ENERGY)

Cars wait in queue at a petrol station in the eastern Indian ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 21:05:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Cars wait in queue at a petrol station in the eastern Indian city of Kolkata July 1, 2009. India unexpectedly raised gasoline and diesel prices by as much as 10 percent on Wednesday, its first increase this year, passing some of oil's rally into an economy just beginning to find its feet amid a global recession. REUTERS/Parth Sanyal (INDIA ENERGY BUSINESS)

British Columbia got a little greener on Wednesday: The province ...

(CBC) — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 18:57:20 GMT

(CBC) - British Columbia got a little greener on Wednesday: The province celebrated the first anniversary of its carbon tax with a bump at the gas pumps.

A man uses a gas lamp to sell cantaloupes street-side in the ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 18:13:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A man uses a gas lamp to sell cantaloupes street-side in the north west Pakistani city of Peshawar July 1, 2009. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro (PAKISTAN SOCIETY IMAGES OF THE DAY)

An employee fills a car with petrol at a gas station in Jammu ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 14:54:00 GMT

(Reuters) - An employee fills a car with petrol at a gas station in Jammu July 1, 2009. The government unexpectedly raised gasoline and diesel prices by as much as 10 percent on Wednesday, its first increase this year, passing some of oil's rally into an economy just beginning to find its feet amid a global recession. REUTERS/Mukesh Gupta (INDIAN-ADMINISTERED KASHMIR BUSINESS ENERGY)

An Iraqi oil worker at an oil field in the southern Rumaila ...

(AFP) — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 13:36:00 GMT

(AFP) - An Iraqi oil worker at an oil field in the southern Rumaila area in 2007. Iraq said it has rejected further offers from foreign companies to work in the country's oil and gas sector and pledged that some sites will instead be solely exploited by state-owned firms. Photo:Essam al-Sudani/AFP

Dozens of supporters of the socio-political group Pasban protest ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 13:09:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Dozens of supporters of the socio-political group Pasban protest against the rise in fuel prices in Karachi on July 1, 2009. Pakistan raised petrol prices by 10.5 percent on Wednesday, reflecting a rebound in global crude prices, the state Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA) said. REUTERS/Athar Hussain (PAKISTAN ENERGY CONFLICT BUSINESS)

An Iraqi oil worker at an oil field in the southern Rumaila ...

(AFP) — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 10:49:00 GMT

(AFP) - An Iraqi oil worker at an oil field in the southern Rumaila area in 2007. Iraq's cabinet was reviewing new bids from foreign energy firms to develop the country's oil and gas reserves, a day after being widely snubbed by companies unhappy over the terms on offer. Photo:Essam al-Sudani/AFP

The Caribbean Unity oil tanker enters the port in Havana June ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 07:41:00 GMT

(Reuters) - The Caribbean Unity oil tanker enters the port in Havana June 30, 2009. REUTERS/Desmond Boylan (CUBA ENERGY CITYSCAPE TRANSPORT)

A couple watches the Caribbean Unity oil tanker enter the port ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 07:37:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A couple watches the Caribbean Unity oil tanker enter the port in Havana June 30, 2009. REUTERS/Desmond Boylan (CUBA ENERGY CITYSCAPE TRANSPORT)

A couple watches as an oil tanker enters the port in Havana ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 05:08:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A couple watches as an oil tanker enters the port in Havana June 30, 2009. REUTERS/Desmond Boylan (CUBA ENERGY CITYSCAPE TRANSPORT)

A Canadian Natural Resources pump jack pumps oil out of the ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 05:04:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A Canadian Natural Resources pump jack pumps oil out of the ground near Dorothy, Alberta, June 30, 2009. CNR is a large Canadian energy producer. REUTERS/Todd Korol (CANADA BUSINESS ENERGY)

A sailor sits on the deck of an oil tanker as it enters the ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 04:57:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A sailor sits on the deck of an oil tanker as it enters the port in Havana on June 30, 2009. REUTERS/Desmond Boylan (CUBA ENERGY CITYSCAPE)

An oil tanker enters the port in Havana on June 30, 2009. REUTERS/Desmond ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 04:52:00 GMT

(Reuters) - An oil tanker enters the port in Havana on June 30, 2009. REUTERS/Desmond Boylan (CUBA ENERGY CITYSCAPE)

An oil platform in the North Sea. Oil prices sank Tuesday as ...

(AFP) — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 19:58:00 GMT

(AFP) - An oil platform in the North Sea. Oil prices sank Tuesday as dealers digested poor US data which signalled weak energy demand, after earlier striking eight-month peaks on tensions in African crude producer Nigeria, analysts said. Photo:/AFP

An oil platform in the North Sea. Oil prices sank from eight-month ...

(AFP) — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 19:58:00 GMT

(AFP) - An oil platform in the North Sea. Oil prices sank from eight-month peaks Tuesday after new data signaled a plunge in consumer confidence in the United States, the world's largest energy consumer. Photo:/AFP

The aftermath of an oil pipeline leak and subsequent fire in ...

(AFP) — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 17:28:00 GMT

(AFP) - The aftermath of an oil pipeline leak and subsequent fire in the southern Nigerian village of Goi, in the Niger delta region, 2004. Amnesty International has said that the pollution caused by half a century of oil extraction in Nigeria is one of the world's most disturbing examples of the curse of natural resources. Photo:null/AFP

An oil platform in the North Sea. Oil prices rose above 72 dollars ...

(AFP) — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 17:18:00 GMT

(AFP) - An oil platform in the North Sea. Oil prices rose above 72 dollars in Asian trade as tensions in Nigeria, a key African crude producer, rattled investor sentiment. Photo:/AFP

A general view of an oil refinery in the southern Rumaila area. ...

(AFP) — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 17:06:00 GMT

(AFP) - A general view of an oil refinery in the southern Rumaila area. Foreign energy companies snubbed Iraq on Tuesday by rejecting all but one deal to develop the country's oil and gas sector, in what had been the first such opportunity in nearly four decades. Photo:Essam al-Sudani/AFP

Map of Iraq showing oil and gas fields and pipelines covered ...

(AFP) — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 17:06:00 GMT

(AFP) - Map of Iraq showing oil and gas fields and pipelines covered by the first bidding round. Energy giant BP and China's CNPC International Ltd have been unveiled as the first foreign firms in decades to win contracts to invest and develop in Iraq's war-battered energy sector. Photo:/AFP

Iraqi Oil Minister Hussein al-Shahristani gives a speech in ...

(AFP) — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 17:06:00 GMT

(AFP) - Iraqi Oil Minister Hussein al-Shahristani gives a speech in central Baghdad. British energy giant BP and China's CNPC International Ltd have been unveiled as the first foreign firms in decades to win contracts to invest and develop in Iraq's war-battered energy sector. Photo:Sabah Arar/AFP

Map of Iraq showing oil and gas fields and pipelines covered ...

(AFP) — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 17:06:00 GMT

(AFP) - Map of Iraq showing oil and gas fields and pipelines covered by the first bidding round. Foreign energy companies snubbed Iraq on Tuesday by rejecting all but one deal to develop the country's oil and gas sector, in what had been the first such opportunity in nearly four decades. Photo:/AFP

Production foreman Ron Toly visually inspects the carbon capturing ...

(The Canadian Press) — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 16:53:00 GMT

(The Canadian Press) - Production foreman Ron Toly visually inspects the carbon capturing research facility near Redwater, Alberta on Friday, June 26, 2009. Here, in this open field under a blue Alberta sky, is the business end of what the energy industry hopes will be a crucial part of its plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and what the provincial government prays will get the world off its back. THE CANADIAN PRESS/John Ulan

The price of reviewing the Mackenzie Gas Project has risen from ...

(CBC) — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 16:51:46 GMT

(CBC) - The price of reviewing the Mackenzie Gas Project has risen from its original target of $6.8 million to $18.6 million, according to federal documents posted online Tuesday by Permafrost Media.

A worker checks an oil pipe gauge in Tawke oil field near Dahuk, ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 16:47:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A worker checks an oil pipe gauge in Tawke oil field near Dahuk, 400 km (249 miles) north of Baghdad, June 27, 2009. REUTERS/Azad Lashkari

Men fill canisters with fuel at a gas station in the north west ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 16:46:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Men fill canisters with fuel at a gas station in the north west Pakistan city of Peshawar June 30, 2009. The Pakistan government is planning to raise the price of fuel on July 1, local media reported. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro (PAKISTAN ENERGY)

Three pumpjacks working in an oilfield outside of Weyburn, Sask. ...

(The Canadian Press) — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 16:07:00 GMT

(The Canadian Press) - Three pumpjacks working in an oilfield outside of Weyburn, Sask. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Troy Fleece

Iraq's Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki speaks during a tender ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:53:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Iraq's Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki speaks during a tender for an oil and gas field, in Baghdad June 30, 2009. REUTERS/Iraqi Government /Handout (IRAQ POLITICS ENERGY)

A representative of a foreign company drops his offer in a box ...

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

(Reuters) - A representative of a foreign company drops his offer in a box during bidding in Baghdad, June 30, 2009. Iraq auctioned contracts to run eight giant oil and gas fields on Tuesday as it sought to take charge of its own reconstruction after six years of war, but oil companies were reluctant to pay what it asked. REUTERS/Thaier al-Sudani (IRAQ BUSINESS ENERGY)

Representatives of foreign companies talk during a bidding round ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 14:58:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Representatives of foreign companies talk during a bidding round in Baghdad, June 30, 2009. Iraq auctioned contracts to run eight giant oil and gas fields on Tuesday as it sought to take charge of its own reconstruction after six years of war, but oil companies were reluctant to pay what it asked. REUTERS/Thaier al-Sudani (IRAQ BUSINESS ENERGY)

Representatives of foreign companies listen during a tender ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:14:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Representatives of foreign companies listen during a tender in Baghdad June 30, 2009. Iraq auctioned contracts to run eight giant oil and gas fields on Tuesday as it sought to take charge of its own reconstruction after six years of war, but oil companies were reluctant to pay what it asked. REUTERS/Thaier al-Sudani (IRAQ BUSINESS ENERGY)