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The province of Newfoundland and Labrador will finalize a deal ...

(CBC) — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 13:22:42 GMT

(CBC) - The province of Newfoundland and Labrador will finalize a deal to develop the Hebron offshore oilfield at noon today in St. John's.

Chevron logo seen at a Chevron gas station in ...

(AFP) — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 21:55:00 GMT

(AFP) - Chevron logo seen at a Chevron gas station in San Francisco, California. Canada's Newfoundland province will sign a final deal Wednesday with a consortium led by US giant Chevron to develop its fourth offshore oil field, worth billions of dollars, the government said Tuesday. Photo:Justin Sullivan/AFP

A man pumps gasoline into his motorcycle at a gas station in ...

(The Canadian Press) — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 20:19:00 GMT

(The Canadian Press) - A man pumps gasoline into his motorcycle at a gas station in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2008. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Lai Seng Sin

Three environmental groups have walked away in frustration from ...

(CBC) — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 19:25:17 GMT

(CBC) - Three environmental groups have walked away in frustration from an advisory body on Alberta's booming oilsands, saying it's not effective and the government is not paying any attention.

Palestinian and foreign demonstrators use garbage ...

(AFP) — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 07:03:00 GMT

(AFP) - Palestinian and foreign demonstrators use garbage plastic bags to protect themselves from a pungent gas sprayed by Israeli troops during a protest against the construction of Israel's separation barrier in the West Bank village of Bilin, near Ramallah, on August 15. The new weapon unveiled by Israeli authorities is called 'skunk' gas and carries the suffocating stench of faeces and urine Photo:Abbas Momani/AFP

A Palestinian demonstrator uses a sling shot ...

(AFP) — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 07:03:00 GMT

(AFP) - A Palestinian demonstrator uses a sling shot to lob stones at Israeli troops as border guards spray a pungent gas during a protest against the construction of Israel's separation barrier in the West Bank village of Bilin, near Ramallah, on August 15. The new weapon unveiled by Israeli authorities is called 'skunk' gas and carries the suffocating stench of faeces and urine Photo:Abbas Momani/AFP

Andrew Cardwell of Pirate Scooter Rentals leaves a gas station ...

(The Canadian Press) — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 20:24:00 GMT

(The Canadian Press) - Andrew Cardwell of Pirate Scooter Rentals leaves a gas station with full gasoline cans in Key West, Fla. in preparation for Tropical Storm Fay. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Wilfredo Lee

Helicopters are used by rescue services to disperse ...

(AFP) — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 16:19:00 GMT

(AFP) - Helicopters are used by rescue services to disperse a cloud of gas near a factory in Moenchengladbach. More than 100 people suffered gas poisoning after a leak at a lacquer factory in western Germany. Photo:Henning Kaiser/AFP

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi talks about Massachusetts ...

(Reuters) — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 15:11:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi talks about Massachusetts Senator Edward Kennedy in the Capitol in Washington May 20, 2008. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

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

(Reuters) — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 00:09:00 GMT

(Reuters) - The Valero St. Charles oil refinery is seen during a tour of the refinery in Norco, Louisiana August 15, 2008. The high-conversion facility located adjacent to the Mississippi River has the ability to process heavy and sour crude oils into a high percentage of light products including gasoline, distillates and other light products, according to the company. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton (UNITED STATES)

The Valero oil and fuel pipe dock is seen at the Valero St. ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 23:53:00 GMT

(Reuters) - The Valero oil and fuel pipe dock is seen at the Valero St. Charles oil refinery in Norco, Louisiana August 15, 2008. The high-conversion facility located adjacent to the Mississippi River has the ability to process heavy and sour crude oils into a high percentage of light products including gasoline, distillates and other light products, according to the company. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton (UNITED STATES)

Map of the Niger Delta showing the main oil fields ...

(AFP) — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 11:54:00 GMT

(AFP) - Map of the Niger Delta showing the main oil fields and operators. Photo:Anibal Maiz / Sophie Ramis/AFP

A oil on canvas painting entitled 'Les Beaux Jours' (Happy Days) ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 19:13:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A oil on canvas painting entitled 'Les Beaux Jours' (Happy Days) done between 1944 and 1946 by French artist Balthus, whose full name was Count Balthasar Klossowksi de Rola, is seen in this undated handout from Fondation Pierre Gianadda. A major exhibition of Balthus, featuring his Lolita-esque portraits of adolescent girls, has revived debate about the legacy of the man who declared sexual obsession was 'in the eye of the beholder'. REUTERS/Fondation Pierre Gianadda/Handout (SWITZERLAND). NO SALES. NO ARCHIVES. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS.

A 1938 oil on canvas painting entitled 'Therese Revant' (Therese ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 18:53:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A 1938 oil on canvas painting entitled 'Therese Revant' (Therese Dreaming) by French artist Balthus, whose full name was Count Balthasar Klossowksi de Rola, is seen here in this undated handout image from Fondation Pierre Gianadda. A major exhibition of works by Balthus, featuring his Lolita-esque portraits of adolescent girls, has revived debate about the legacy of the man who declared sexual obsession was 'in the eye of the beholder'. REUTERS/Fondation Pierre Gianadda/Handout (SWITZERLAND). NO SALES. NO ARCHIVES. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS.

Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez takes a sample of crude during ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 17:31:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez takes a sample of crude during his weekly broadcast at a nationalized oil field at Orinoco's belt in the southern strip of the eastern Orinoco River in this February 17, 2008 file photo. REUTERS/Miraflores Palace/Handout

Russian troops entered the Georgian oil port of Poti on Thursday, ...

(CBC) — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 06:56:11 GMT

(CBC) - Russian troops entered the Georgian oil port of Poti on Thursday, according to Georgian officials, just hours after beginning what appeared to be a withdrawal from other Georgian areas as part of a ceasefire agreement.

A Petro-Canada fuel shortage in Alberta and B.C. is costing ...

(CBC) — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 20:54:24 GMT

(CBC) - A Petro-Canada fuel shortage in Alberta and B.C. is costing at least one Calgary station $20,000 in potential sales.

Oil and biodiesel containers are pictured at EcoEnergie's rapeseed ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 18:29:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Oil and biodiesel containers are pictured at EcoEnergie's rapeseed biodiesel production plant in Etoy, near Geneva, August 13, 2008. EcoEnergie produces 3 million litres of biodiesel per year, equivalent to more than 30 percent of Switzerland's global biodiesel production, while being one of the few companies to operate the full process from seed to oil. REUTERS/Valentin Flauraud (SWITZERLAND)

Several hundred residents of a west Edmonton neighbourhood spent ...

(CBC) — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 15:54:17 GMT

(CBC) - Several hundred residents of a west Edmonton neighbourhood spent much of Tuesday night out of their homes after a gas leak forced officials to evacuate the area.

A group of activists are getting ready to cycle 1,000 kilometres ...

(CBC) — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 22:12:11 GMT

(CBC) - A group of activists are getting ready to cycle 1,000 kilometres from the Fort McMurray area in northern Alberta to Calgary to draw attention to their environmental concerns about the province's oilsands.

A gasoline pump is seen at a closed-down Alliance station in ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 20:35:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A gasoline pump is seen at a closed-down Alliance station in Ventura, California June 19, 2008. REUTERS/Joshua Lott

A worker welds a gas pipeline near a village ...

(AFP) — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 19:50:00 GMT

(AFP) - A worker welds a gas pipeline near a village of Kvaisa, close to the North Ossetia and South Ossetia border some 230 km outside Vladikavkaz, in May 2008. British energy giant BP announced Tuesday it had closed an oil pipeline because of fighting in Georgia but said oil and gas supplies continued to flow from the Caspian Sea to the West by other routes. Photo:Kazbek Bassayev/AFP

About a dozen Petro-Canada gas stations in Alberta and B.C. ...

(CBC) — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 18:26:30 GMT

(CBC) - About a dozen Petro-Canada gas stations in Alberta and B.C. have run dry and others are running out, the company said Tuesday.

An oil tanker nears the Trans-Alaska Pipeline Marine Terminal ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 06:59:00 GMT

(Reuters) - An oil tanker nears the Trans-Alaska Pipeline Marine Terminal in Valdez, Alaska, August, 9 2008. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson

Protesters were outside the Saskatchewan legislature Monday, ...

(CBC) — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 23:59:20 GMT

(CBC) - Protesters were outside the Saskatchewan legislature Monday, a day when the province was accepting bids on its oilsands land.

A New York City cab driver fills his taxi up with gas at a Hess ...

(Reuters) — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 20:57:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A New York City cab driver fills his taxi up with gas at a Hess station in New York July 2, 2008. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton

Galloping gas prices have prompted an eastern Ontario man to ...

(CBC) — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 19:53:36 GMT

(CBC) - Galloping gas prices have prompted an eastern Ontario man to choose a transportation solution that runs on oats, hay and grass.

Iran's Oil Minister Gholamhossein Nozari gestures to an Iranian ...

(Reuters) — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 10:02:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Iran's Oil Minister Gholamhossein Nozari gestures to an Iranian official as he waits for Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika in Tehran August 11, 2008. REUTERS/Morteza Nikoubazl (IRAN)

An oil rig in a file photo. REUTERS/File ...

(Reuters) — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 06:15:00 GMT

(Reuters) - An oil rig in a file photo. REUTERS/File

A section of the Trans-Alaskan Pipeline can be seen is seen ...

(Reuters) — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 05:11:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A section of the Trans-Alaskan Pipeline can be seen is seen heading south near Glenallen, Alaska August, 10 2008. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson (UNITED STATES)

A New York City cab driver fills his taxi up with gas at a Hess ...

(Reuters) — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 19:53:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A New York City cab driver fills his taxi up with gas at a Hess station in New York in this July 2, 2008 file photo. U.S. average retail gasoline prices fell over the past two weeks and could ease further in coming weeks if the price of crude oil keeps dropping, according to the latest nationwide Lundberg survey. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton

An Iraqi oil worker, seen in 2007, adjusts some ...

(AFP) — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 19:11:00 GMT

(AFP) - An Iraqi oil worker, seen in 2007, adjusts some controls at an oil refinery in the southern Rumaila area. Iraq's oil ministry said Sunday it plans to resurrect a major oil deal with China that fell apart amid crippling United Nations sanctions and the aftermath of the 2003 US-led invasion. Photo:Essam al-Sudani/AFP

An oil rig is silhouetted against the sunset in St. Lawrence, ...

(Reuters) — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 16:33:00 GMT

(Reuters) - An oil rig is silhouetted against the sunset in St. Lawrence, Texas May 9, 2008. REUTERS/Jessica Rinaldi

A suicide bombing killed eight people east of Algiers late on ...

(Reuters) — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 11:54:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A suicide bombing killed eight people east of Algiers late on Saturday, OPEC member Algeria's official APS news agency reported on Sunday. REUTERS/Graphics

Ship Escort Response Vessel System (SERVS) vessels are seen ...

(Reuters) — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 07:29:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Ship Escort Response Vessel System (SERVS) vessels are seen escorting an oil tanker to the Trans-Alaska Pipeline Marine Terminal in Valdez, Alaska August, 9 2008. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson (UNITED STATES)

An oil tanker is seen moored at the Trans-Alaska Pipeline Marine ...

(Reuters) — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 07:22:00 GMT

(Reuters) - An oil tanker is seen moored at the Trans-Alaska Pipeline Marine Terminal in Valdez, Alaska August 9, 2008. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson (UNITED STATES)

Fire flames rise from a petroleum well at an ...

(AFP) — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 16:19:00 GMT

(AFP) - Fire flames rise from a petroleum well at an oil refinery in the oil rich city of Kirkuk. An influential Kurdish member of the Iraqi parliament has accused Turkey of undermining the influence Kurds have gained since the fall of the regime of Saddam Hussein in 2003. Photo:Marwan Ibrahim/AFP

Survivors of the 1984 Bhopal Gas tragedy shout ...

(AFP) — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 12:25:00 GMT

(AFP) - Survivors of the 1984 Bhopal Gas tragedy shout slogans after bieng arrested during a protest outside the Indian Prime Minister's Residence in New Delhi in May 2008. Victims of India's 1984 Bhopal gas leak which killed thousands of people ended months of sit-in protests on Friday after the government promised new assistance. Photo:Manan Vatsyayana/AFP

A mooring station for oil tankers can be seen at the Trans-Alaska ...

(Reuters) — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 02:07:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A mooring station for oil tankers can be seen at the Trans-Alaska Pipeline Marine Terminal in Valdez, Alaska on August 8, 2008. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson (UNITED STATES)

A field of 14 storage tanks that each hold 510,000bbls of oil ...

(Reuters) — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 02:05:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A field of 14 storage tanks that each hold 510,000bbls of oil can be seen at the Trans-Alaska Pipeline Marine Terminal in Valdez, Alaska on August 8, 2008. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson (UNITED STATES)

A response barge (rear) can be seen tied to an enhanced tractor ...

(Reuters) — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 01:55:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A response barge (rear) can be seen tied to an enhanced tractor tug that are both part of the Ship Escort/Response Vessel System at the Trans-Alaska Pipeline Marine Terminal in Valdez, Alaska on August 8, 2008. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson (UNITED STATES)

A worker uses a pressure hose to clean a paraffin cleaning 'pig' ...

(Reuters) — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 01:55:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A worker uses a pressure hose to clean a paraffin cleaning 'pig' at the Trans-Alaska Pipeline Marine Terminal in Valdez, Alaska on August, 8 2008. Paraffin 'pigs' are inserted to scrape the walls of the 48-inch (122 cm) diameter pipeline to clean the waxy buildup that occurs when oil cools as it flows from the oil fields in Prudhoe Bay. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson (UNITED STATES)