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India's PFC inks pact with Exim Bank
Published: May 16, 2008 at 12:31 PM
NEW DELHI, May 16 (UPI) -- India's Power Finance Corp. has signed an agreement with U.S. Exim Bank to receive an $800 million loan. -
India Oil to shelve refinery proposal
Published: May 16, 2008 at 12:09 PM
NEW DELHI, May 16 (UPI) -- State-run Indian Oil Corp. is contemplating shelving its 15 million-ton greenfield refinery in southern Tamil Nadu state. -
India won't cut duty on oil imports
Published: May 15, 2008 at 9:40 PM
NEW DELHI, May 15 (UPI) -- Indian Finance Minister P. Chidambaram said there will be no reduction in the duty charged on imported oil, despite soaring energy prices.
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Fall River fights five-year battle against LNG facility
Published: May 16, 2008 at 10:18 AM
By JOHN C.K. DALY
UPI International Correspondent
WASHINGTON, May 16 (UPI) -- A five-year struggle continues between Fall River, Mass., residents and Weaver's Cove Energy LLC over a proposed LNG facility. While the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission approved the project, the Coast Guard opposes it as an unacceptable safety risk. -
UPI Energy Watch
Published: May 15, 2008 at 12:19 PM
OPEC cuts estimate of growth in world oil demand for 2008; The United Arab Emirates' crude oil output increased last month; Philippine government may cut taxes on oil and gas -
Nigerian militants attack oil vessel
Published: May 15, 2008 at 11:10 AM
By CARMEN GENTILE
UPI Energy Correspondent
Jimmy Carter and Barack Obama have called for a resolution to the conflict between rebels intent on crippling Nigeria's petroleum industry and government officials. -
Mongolia, coal and inflation
Published: May 14, 2008 at 7:56 PM
By JOHN C.K. DALY
UPI International Correspondent
WASHINGTON, May 14 (UPI) -- Rising fuel and food costs are hitting Mongolia hard, with foreign investors exploiting the situation to pressure the country to open up its economy. Given the country's political isolation, sandwiched between China and Russia, its two major trading partners, Ulaanbaatar is being held over the proverbial barrel in negotiations with its giant neighbors, leaving its population of 2.9 million nervously awaiting further aftershocks from rising inflation. -
Congress blocks administration from stockpiling oil
Published: May 14, 2008 at 7:28 PM
By ROSALIE WESTENSKOW
UPI Correspondent
WASHINGTON, May 14 (UPI) -- Faced with growing pressure to decrease gas prices, U.S. senators voted to stop stockpiling oil in the national reserve yesterday, but they rejected a plan to increase domestic production. -
UPI Energy Watch
Published: May 14, 2008 at 3:47 PM
IEA: Developing nations cause high oil prices; New oil, gas fields will add to Indonesia supply; Australia says oil, gas tax breaks to go
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Baiji-Baghdad-Anbar railway under works
Published: Feb. 25, 2008 at 2:42 PM
BAIJI, Iraq, Feb. 25 (UPI) -- Iraq is revamping a railway enabling the shipment of oil and other goods from Baiji to Baghdad and on to Anbar province.
"This line will mean there can be much faster exchange of goods around the country," a top transportation adviser to the Iraqi government told the Middle East Economic Digest. "The work should be completed in 45-60 days."
The more than 621 miles of railway is part of a $250 million project to restart all five of the country's rail networks. The passenger line between Baghdad and Basra, Iraq's oil and former cultural capital in the south, has recently restarted.
The track from Baiji will link the country's largest oil refinery south to Baghdad and then west into Anbar province. Oil, and perhaps products, will be able to be transported to other areas of the country in need.
Anbar province, like much of Iraq, is in need of more movement of such goods, as well as cement and fertilizer, to help boost the various economies.
"This line will mean there can be much faster exchange of goods around the country," a top transportation adviser to the Iraqi government told the Middle East Economic Digest. "The work should be completed in 45-60 days."
The more than 621 miles of railway is part of a $250 million project to restart all five of the country's rail networks. The passenger line between Baghdad and Basra, Iraq's oil and former cultural capital in the south, has recently restarted.
The track from Baiji will link the country's largest oil refinery south to Baghdad and then west into Anbar province. Oil, and perhaps products, will be able to be transported to other areas of the country in need.
Anbar province, like much of Iraq, is in need of more movement of such goods, as well as cement and fertilizer, to help boost the various economies.
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