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MOSCOW, Sept. 23 (UPI) -- Hydrocarbon prices, new nuclear and hydropower plants, oil blackmail -- energy is now one of the central issues discussed in the world. Even the defense sector is not immune: Many analysts tend to view most 20th century wars as wars for energy. The role and significance of energy resources and the part energy plays in wars are worth examining.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 (UPI) -- Iraq's Kurdish government awarded U.S. company Symbion a power project deal intended to connect all three northern provinces to the power grid.
TEHRAN, Sept. 23 (UPI) -- Iran will supply Armenia with enough natural gas through the Iran-Armenia pipeline to meet its energy demands for the winter, officials said.
MUSCAT, Oman, Sept. 23 (UPI) -- Dolphin Energy of the United Arab Emirates announced Tuesday it could start supplying Oman with natural gas as soon as October.
BAKU, Azerbaijan, Sept. 23 (UPI) -- Transportation of oil from the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline was interrupted Tuesday because of a gas leak at oil fields in the Caspian Sea, officials said.
VIENNA, Sept. 23 (UPI) -- The conflict between Russia and Georgia will not delay the scheduled launch date of the Nabucco gas pipeline from Turkey to Central Europe, officials said.
Iraq's Oil Ministry has inked an initial agreement with Royal Dutch Shell to establish a company aimed at utilizing natural gas currently being burned off in Basra province.
BAKU, Azerbaijan, Sept. 22 (UPI) -- Oil production from Azerbaijan is not expected to drop below 280 million barrels per year until at least 2030 if technology permits, analysts said Monday.
KARACHI, Pakistan, Sept. 22 (UPI) -- The Iranian government said it was concerned about the security situation in Pakistan, in particular the safety of a proposed 1,724-mile gas pipeline.
BAKU, Azerbaijan, Sept. 22 (UPI) -- It was unclear Monday when oil production from the Central Azeri field would resume as investigators examined the cause of a gas leak, officials said.
Iraqi exports rebound from storms and bomb; former South Oil Co. leader gets new role in Oil Ministry; international firms are invited to London for oil and gas deal briefings; U.S. senators, State Department square off on Iraqi oil trust fund; Iraq-Iran pipeline plans stuck; electricity minister asked to resign over power outages; Maliki aims for increased British energy ties.
An Iraqi oil trust fund proposed by Sens. Hillary Clinton and John Ensign may derail talks on already divisive oil and revenue-sharing laws, a State Department official said.
TEHRAN, Sept. 19 (UPI) -- Iranian oil officials announced plans Friday to send a delegation to Moscow to discuss the joint development of Iranian oil fields.
BAKU, Azerbaijan, Sept. 19 (UPI) -- The government of Azerbaijan ordered banking officials to start a feasibility study for the construction of a new petrochemical facility for Caspian reserves.
Pope Benedict XVI leads the holy mass of Pentecost Sunday in Saint Peter's Basilica at the Vatican on May 27, 2012. The day is regarded as the birth of the Roman Catholic Church, but the pope looked weary to some observers as the Vatican braced for a widening scandal after his butler was arrested on charges of stealing confidential papal documents. UPI/Stefano Spaziani
