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  • Ken’s oil for brooms deal: fuel for us, a clean-up for Caracas
    13 September 2006 par (Open-Publishing)

    Ken’s oil for brooms deal: fuel for us, a clean-up for Caracas
    Hugh Muir Wednesday September 13, 2006 The Guardian
    The point at which President Hugo Chávez decided that London should serve as a model for services and governance in Caracas was not immediately apparent. He came in May, visited City Hall amid much controversy and fanfare, and was soon gone.
    But the result of his visit is likely to be an extraordinary deal struck with London’s mayor, Ken Livingstone, that would see (…)

  • Chavez Announces Energy Revolution in Venezuela
    9 September 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Chavez Announces Energy Revolution in Venezuela Ahora.cu / 07-09-2006
    Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez announced the beginning of an energy revolution in his country and called on the entire nation to participate.
    During an outdoor rally of supporters from different political parties and social movements, Chavez announced the creation of a system of energy generating units and the use of natural gas to produce electricity.
    Chavez said that thanks to a gas pipeline currently being (…)

  • Basra Oil Workers Strike Could Resume Sunday
    2 September 2006 par (Open-Publishing)

    by Kathlyn Stone
    Oil pipeline workers in Basra, Iraq, will resume their strike as early as Sunday if authorities do not meet the remaining demands of workers, the Federation of Workers’ Councils and Unions in Iraq said Thursday.
    About 500 oil and gas workers went on strike for 48 hours beginning Aug. 22 for higher pay, overtime, timely pay and ambulances at the work site.
    The oil ministry agreed to raise the salaries of workers, which average about $200 a month, but did not commit (…)

  • Scandal-Linked Alaska Co. Has DC Ties to Sen. Ted Stevens -Largest Contributor to Rep. Don Young
    1 September 2006 par (Open-Publishing)

    For AK Scandal Company, Money Can’t Buy Happiness — But Influence? Perhaps. By Justin Rood - September 1, 2006, 12:16 PM
    When FBI agents raided the offices of Alaska Senate President Ben Stevens and five other legislators, they were looking for evidence of improper ties between those state lawmakers and a company called VECO Corp.
    That left some scratching their heads. What’s VECO?
    Based in Alaska, the privately-owned, non-union company deals primarily in petroleum and (…)

  • Iraq Oil Workers on Strike
    25 August 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
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    BAGHDAD, Iraq, Aug. 23—Hundreds of oil company employees went on strike Tuesday for higher pay, AP said.
    The job action cut supplies to power stations and factories as Iraq faces its worst fuel shortage since Saddam Hussein’s 2003 ouster.
    About 350 workers from the Iraqi Pipes and Lines Company in the southern city of Basra and another 200 in Nasiriyah, about 200 miles southeast of Baghdad, walked off the job Tuesday morning, according to the head of the workers’ union.
    The workers (…)

  • NEW ORLEANS
    25 August 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
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    New Orleans — OIL! & Natural Gas — ought to be able to easily pay for all of its reconstruction ... but, instead we pass record profits in the billions of dollars to Jr.’s OIL!y buddies on top of subsidies and tax breaks.
    OIL! & Gas Fields in and around New Orleans:
    Bayou Segnette Oil Field Avondale Oil Field
    Crown Point Oil Field
    Couba Island Oil Field Westwego Oil and Gas Field
    Bayou Villars Oil Field Alliance Oil and Gas Field Lake Salvador Oil Field
    Good Hope (…)

  • Pentagon Orders American Special Forces To Mexican Oil Fields As Civil War Looms
    17 August 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Pentagon Orders American Special Forces To Mexican Oil Fields As Civil War Looms
    August 16, 2006 By: Sorcha Faal, and as reported to her Russian Subscribers http://www.whatdoesitmean.com/index942.htm
    Russian Military Analysts are reporting today that the United States Military Leaders have ordered an ‘advisory contingent’ of American Special Forces Officers to Mexico in order to prepare their Mexican counterparts for an expected siege upon Mexico’s vast oil fields, and which provides (…)

  • Iran: Oil could hit $200 if U.S. pursues sanctions
    4 August 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Iran: Oil could hit $200 if U.S. pursues sanctions
    8/3/2006 5:00:00 PM GMT
    http://www.aljazeera.com/me.asp?service_ID=12399
    World oil prices could reach $200 per barrel if the United States pursues international sanctions against Iran, an Iranian official warned on Thursday.
    "The first consequence of these sanctions would be an increase in the price of oil to around $200 per barrel,” Iran’s Foreign Relations Vice Minister Manuchehr Mohammadi told Venezuelan state television. (…)

  • OIL! Addicts Attend G-8 Summit - The G8’s Energy Insecurity
    18 July 2006 par (Open-Publishing)

    The struggle to separate oil and state needs to be fought at home and at key international events like the G-8 Summit that took place this past weekend in Saint-Petersburg, Russia. When the G-8 met in Scotland last year, global poverty and climate change headlined the agenda. This past weekend in Russia, “Energy Security” was a key issue, but last year’s priorities seemed to be pushed aside.
    Instead, the G-8 has absurdly defined energy security as the promotion and expansion of oil and (…)

  • Citgo To Stop Selling Gas To U.S. Stations
    17 July 2006 par (Open-Publishing)

    Citgo To Stop Selling Gas To U.S. Stations Jul 12, 2:30 PM EDT
    CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - Venezuela-owned Citgo Petroleum Corp. has decided to stop distributing gasoline to some 1,800 U.S. stations, shedding a lackluster segment of its business while forcing the owners of those stations to find other suppliers.
    While it may create some logistical headaches for gasoline retailers in the short term, the move should not have any impact on the nation’s overall fuel supply.
    Citgo, which is (…)