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Sabotage plans against Swedish nuke plant?
Published: May 22, 2008 at 11:20 AM
OSKARSHAMN, Sweden, May 22 (UPI) -- Two men have been arrested in connection with a sabotage plot against a Swedish nuclear power plant. -
Time to finish Nabucco, official says
Published: May 21, 2008 at 7:14 PM
ANKARA, Turkey, May 21 (UPI) -- Turkish and Austrian officials agreed that construction of the 2,000-mile Nabucco natural gas pipeline project should begin as soon as possible. -
Middle East's Dana Gas expands operations
Published: May 21, 2008 at 7:13 PM
SHARJAH, United Arab Emirates, May 21 (UPI) -- Dana Gas, the Middle East's first private-sector natural gas company, will invest more than $500 million in regional upstream and downstream activities.
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Biofuels win big bucks from new farm bill
Published: May 22, 2008 at 11:01 AM
By ROSALIE WESTENSKOW
UPI Correspondent
WASHINGTON, May 22 (UPI) -- The farm bill passed last week by Congress, and promised a veto this week by President Bush, gives a big boost to the renewable fuels industry. -
Nigeria to employ militants to guard oil
Published: May 22, 2008 at 10:57 AM
By CARMEN GENTILE
UPI Energy Correspondent
The Nigerian government announced it intends to employ the very same militants often blamed for attacks on oil installations in the Niger Delta to guard the region's oil pipelines. -
Iran develops Caspian port
Published: May 21, 2008 at 5:49 PM
By JOHN C.K. DALY
UPI International Correspondent
WASHINGTON, May 21 (UPI) -- For the last decade the U.S. administration has brandished the 1996 Iran-Libya Sanctions Act to isolate Iran and punish naughty Western companies seeking a foothold in Iran's hydrocarbon sector. -
UPI Energy Watch
Published: May 21, 2008 at 1:08 PM
OPEC still insists its supply is not the cause of record oil prices; Ever-increasing profits from rising oil prices could help reopen oil fields in Canada; Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan have agreed to energy cooperation -
Venezuela warns of hyper oil inflation
Published: May 21, 2008 at 11:29 AM
By CARMEN GENTILE
UPI Energy Correspondent
MIAMI, May 21 (UPI) -- Following the discovery of a U.S. Navy fighter in Venezuelan airspace, President Hugo Chavez warned that oil prices could reach $500 a barrel were the United States to attack Venezuela. -
UPI Energy Watch
Published: May 20, 2008 at 11:31 AM
China's CNPC said it has lost more than $250 million since the earthquake; India's Oil and Natural Gas Corp. is likely to see a drop in oil and gas production; Italy's Eni announced it is investing in oil in Congo.
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Iran grant to provide Najaf electricity
Published: Feb. 11, 2008 at 11:00 PM
NAJAF, Iraq, Feb. 11 (UPI) -- Iran will start development of a power station in Iraq's Najaf province, a 320 megawatt grant from its neighbor, a provincial spokesman said.
"The station will alleviate the electricity shortage in Najaf and Karbala," Ahmed Dubeil, the provincial governor's spokesman, told the Voices of Iraq news agency. "This year, an electricity development institution in Iran will start building a thermal station for producing electricity in Najaf's northern area of al-Haidariya."
He said land has been zoned for the project, which is being given to Iraq as part of a grant, he said.
Najaf and Karbala, two of Shiite Islam's most important cities, have been suffering from power shortages. Though the rest of the country is too, the two cities have complained as it's affecting their role as part of religious tourism.
Iraqi Minister of Electricity Karim Waheed Hasan led a delegation to Iran last week. Iran was also awarded a contract for a power plant in Baghdad's Sadr City neighborhood. The ministry has complained that those and other non-Iranian projects need to be started soon or the firms will lose the contracts.
"The station will alleviate the electricity shortage in Najaf and Karbala," Ahmed Dubeil, the provincial governor's spokesman, told the Voices of Iraq news agency. "This year, an electricity development institution in Iran will start building a thermal station for producing electricity in Najaf's northern area of al-Haidariya."
He said land has been zoned for the project, which is being given to Iraq as part of a grant, he said.
Najaf and Karbala, two of Shiite Islam's most important cities, have been suffering from power shortages. Though the rest of the country is too, the two cities have complained as it's affecting their role as part of religious tourism.
Iraqi Minister of Electricity Karim Waheed Hasan led a delegation to Iran last week. Iran was also awarded a contract for a power plant in Baghdad's Sadr City neighborhood. The ministry has complained that those and other non-Iranian projects need to be started soon or the firms will lose the contracts.
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