VIENNA, Nov. 13 (UPI) -- Representatives from the Vienna-based consortium for the Nabucco gas pipeline expressed confidence Iraqi gas could be contracted for the project.
UNITED NATIONS, Nov. 13 (UPI) -- U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called on all world leaders to attend the climate-change conference scheduled for December in Copenhagen, Denmark.
MOSCOW, Nov. 13 (UPI) -- Gazprom officials met with officials at French supermajor Total and Germany's BASF to discuss interactive data processing for international energy companies.
ABUJA, Nigeria, Nov. 13 (UPI) -- Government reconciliation and rehabilitation programs to reform former Nigerian oil rebels are not ready, former fighters complain.
BAKU, Azerbaijan, Nov. 13 (UPI) -- Oil production from Azerbaijan for 2010 is expected to increase more than any other former Soviet country, OPEC predicts.
BEIJING, Nov. 13 (UPI) -- All new energy generation in China should be clean energy by 2050, the secretary-general of the U.N. Industrial Development Organization said in Beijing.
MINSK, Belarus, Nov. 13 (UPI) -- Belarus has the legal right to negotiate the price of natural gas for Russian and Belarusian customers, the Belarusian prime minister said.
BRASILIA, Brazil, Nov. 13 (UPI) -- BG Group announced it encountered medium crude oil at the Tupi Northeast well in Block BM-S-11 in a development off the coast of Brazil.
BRUSSELS, Nov. 13 (UPI) -- The European Union and the United States must work together in order to make a December climate-change conference a success, said Andris Piebalgs.
KIEV, Ukraine, Nov. 13 (UPI) -- Ukrainian utility Naftogaz has enough gas to meet domestic and regional transit needs but is still short of its commitments to Gazprom, officials said.
SANTIAGO, Chile, Nov. 12 (UPI) -- Chile has set in motion plans to triple its gold production in five years as gold prices continue their ascent on world markets on the back of a weak dollar, low interest rates and skepticism about equity investments.
ROME, Nov. 12 (UPI) -- Fifty heads of state will meet in Rome Sunday to examine the way that rich Middle Eastern and Asian states are buying up vast tracts of farmland in Africa, often secretly, in what is seen as a massive land grab that will worsen conditions in the world's hungriest continent.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 12 (UPI) -- No country in the world has a greater role to play in resolving issues related to global climate change than the United States, the U.N. secretary-general said.
DOHA, Qatar, Nov. 12 (UPI) -- Shell and Qatar Petroleum International signed agreements for the Qatari acquisition of petrochemical and chemical facilities in Singapore.
ST. LOUIS, Nov. 12 (UPI) -- Missouri aims to move forward with efforts to meet 15 percent of its energy demand with renewable resources through a 100-turbine wind farm.
BRUSSELS, Nov. 12 (UPI) -- Natural gas from the Kurdish regions of northern Iraq could aid in regional development if designated for the Nabucco pipeline for Europe, leaders said.
BAKU, Azerbaijan, Nov. 12 (UPI) -- Tehran and Baku signed a memorandum of understanding to supply 17.6 billion cubic feet of natural gas to Iran each year from 2010.
LONDON, Nov. 12 (UPI) -- Colombian farmers are suing BP Exploration Co. for the environmental damage to their land caused during the construction of a crude oil pipeline.
ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan, Nov. 12 (UPI) -- A natural gas pipeline from the Dauletabad gas field in Turkmenistan is set for a December launch to bring 700 billion cubic feet of gas to Iran each year.
MOSCOW, Nov. 12 (UPI) -- President Dmitry Medvedev described Russia's economic dependence on raw materials as humiliating as his prime minister advocates gas pipelines.
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Nov. 12 (UPI) -- Hungarian energy giant Mol said the security risks in the volatile tribal belts of Pakistan are worth the potential gains from natural gas resources.
SCHENECTADY, N.Y., Nov. 12 (UPI) -- General Electric and the climate division of E.ON signed a seven-year deal for maintenance of a fleet of 529 wind turbines across the United States.
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, Nov. 11 (UPI) -- Leaders of 11 nations vulnerable to climate change called on the developed world Tuesday to pledge 1.5 percent of their gross national product annually for climate action in the developed world.
Sean Combs arrives on the red carpet before the screening of the film "Killing Them Softly" during the 65th annual Cannes International Film Festival in Cannes, France on May 22, 2012. UPI/David Silpa
