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For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Iraq Sun.com http://www.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/10/id/bef2bf598e76a3e6/ en-us Thu, 03 Jul 2008 21:51:46 -0400 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 21:51:46 -0400 30 India and Egypt have expressed concern over skyrocketing fuel and food prices in the course of External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee's three-day visit to Egypt which concluded Thursday. http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bef2bf598e76a3e6/id/378184/cs/1/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 12:00:09 -0400 Iraq Sun.com http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bef2bf598e76a3e6/id/378184/cs/1/ The price for crude oil produced by the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) climbed to a new high above $137 Wednesday, a statement by OPEC said Thursday. http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bef2bf598e76a3e6/id/378066/cs/1/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 08:00:53 -0400 Iraq Sun.com http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bef2bf598e76a3e6/id/378066/cs/1/ CALGARY, July 3 /CNW/ - Piper Resources Ltd. ("Piper" or the "Company") reports that further to the Company's Notice of Default contained in the news release on May 21, 2008 and the Company's Defaul... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bef2bf598e76a3e6/id/15956034/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:58:26 -0400 CNW Group http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bef2bf598e76a3e6/id/15956034/ TSX Venture Exchange - Symbol "AZE" CALGARY, July 3 /CNW/ - Ausam Energy Corporation ("Ausam" or the "Company") announces today that in connection with its recent graduation to Tier 1 of the TSX V... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bef2bf598e76a3e6/id/15956032/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:58:27 -0400 CNW Group http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bef2bf598e76a3e6/id/15956032/ /Not For Distribution To United States Newswire Services Or For Dissemination In The United States./ Trading Symbol: Fce.un Exchange: Tsx Calgary, July 3 /cnw/ - Fort Chicago Energy Partners L... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bef2bf598e76a3e6/id/15956037/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:58:25 -0400 CNW Group http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bef2bf598e76a3e6/id/15956037/ QUEBEC CITY, July 3 /CNW Telbec/ - Opsens Inc. (TSX VENTURE EXCHANGE: OPS) ("Opsens") has released its quarterly financial results for the three and nine-month periods ended May 31, 2008. Accordin... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bef2bf598e76a3e6/id/15956033/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:58:26 -0400 CNW Group http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bef2bf598e76a3e6/id/15956033/ CALGARY, July 3 /CNW/ - Pembina Pipeline Income Fund (TSX: PIF.UN) is pleased to report the successful completion of the Horizon Pipeline by its wholly owned subsidiary Pembina Pipeline Corporation ... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bef2bf598e76a3e6/id/15956036/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:58:25 -0400 CNW Group http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bef2bf598e76a3e6/id/15956036/ TSXV Symbol: AE.A and AE.B 32,169,040 Class A Shares 753,014 Class B Shares CALGARY, July 3 /CNW/ - Anterra Energy Inc. ("Anterra" or the "Company") announces today that options to acquire an a... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bef2bf598e76a3e6/id/15956040/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:58:27 -0400 CNW Group http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bef2bf598e76a3e6/id/15956040/ PAN - TSXV CALGARY, July 3 /CNW/ - PanTerra Resource Corp. (The "Company") wishes to announce that as it proceeds with its go forward plans and pursuant a non-arm's length agreement dated June 23,... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bef2bf598e76a3e6/id/15956038/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:58:24 -0400 CNW Group http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bef2bf598e76a3e6/id/15956038/ NEW YORK - Shares of Chesapeake Energy Corp., the nation's second-largest independent natural gas producer, hit an all-time high Wednesday after it agreed to work with Plains Exploration & Product... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bef2bf598e76a3e6/id/15956410/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:36:08 -0400 CNBC http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bef2bf598e76a3e6/id/15956410/ CNBC.com The federal energy tax credit expired for products put into service after the end of last year, but there are some new state incentives for energy efficient improvements. Here are some new in... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bef2bf598e76a3e6/id/15956411/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:36:08 -0400 CNBC http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bef2bf598e76a3e6/id/15956411/ India expects to finalise a deal "by next month" on a pipeline that will transport gas from Iran, Indian Oil Minister Murli Deora told newswire AFP on Thursday. http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bef2bf598e76a3e6/id/15953113/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:31:03 -0400 Arabian Business http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bef2bf598e76a3e6/id/15953113/ headed into the busy Fourth of July break by racing past $145 a barrel for the first time Thursday. The story was no different at the gas pump, where the national average soared to within a whisker of... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bef2bf598e76a3e6/id/15951611/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 17:48:05 -0400 Yahoo http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bef2bf598e76a3e6/id/15951611/ . Earlier in the trading session, the last of the week, the contract rose to $145.85 a barrel, also a new high. The gains built on a record-shattering rally the previous day, and left prices 3.6 perc... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bef2bf598e76a3e6/id/15950300/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:10:59 -0400 Yahoo http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bef2bf598e76a3e6/id/15950300/ briefly soared to a new high near $146 a barrel Thursday, extending the previous day's record-shattering rally before easing somewhat as the dollar gained ground against the euro. http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bef2bf598e76a3e6/id/15948985/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:30:37 -0400 Yahoo http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bef2bf598e76a3e6/id/15948985/ Americans hitting the road for the July Fourth holiday were confronted with an unwelcome record of their own: The average retail price for regular gasoline jumped to within two-tenths of a penny of $4... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bef2bf598e76a3e6/id/15947585/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 12:45:58 -0400 Yahoo http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bef2bf598e76a3e6/id/15947585/ A new gas power plant about to be installed on the Heimdal platform in the North Sea will reduce the CO2 emissions significantly, according to StatoilHydro. Combined with a number of other actions ... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bef2bf598e76a3e6/id/15945604/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:22:46 -0400 Neftegaz http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bef2bf598e76a3e6/id/15945604/ Offshore staff OSLO, Norway -- SCAN Geophysical ASA and ABG Shipyard have agreed on a revised production schedule for the three 10-streamer vessels currently being built by ABG in India. According t... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bef2bf598e76a3e6/id/15945563/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 10:59:55 -0400 Offshore http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bef2bf598e76a3e6/id/15945563/ Offshore staff LYSAKER, Norway -- Aker Solutions' subsidiary, Aker MH AS, has signed a contract with Jurong Shipyard Pte Ltd. in Singapore for the delivery of a drilling equipment system for a semisu... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bef2bf598e76a3e6/id/15945443/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 10:59:54 -0400 Offshore http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bef2bf598e76a3e6/id/15945443/ Offshore staff STOCKHOLM -- The Morskaya-1 exploration well in the Lagansky block, northern Caspian Sea has encountered a major oil accumulation in the Aptian and Neocomian sandstone reservoirs, acco... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bef2bf598e76a3e6/id/15946277/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 10:59:53 -0400 Offshore http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bef2bf598e76a3e6/id/15946277/ Petroleo Brasileiro SA has found signs of large oil deposits near its Tupi field, the largest Western Hemisphere oil discovery since 1976, the state- controlled company's chief executive officer said.... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bef2bf598e76a3e6/id/15944197/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 09:25:56 -0400 Neftegaz http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bef2bf598e76a3e6/id/15944197/ Governor Beebe joined state and local officials today to celebrate progress on a major pipeline in Arkansas that is part of the nearly $5 billion project for Boardwalk Pipeline Partners. The Arkansas ... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bef2bf598e76a3e6/id/15942791/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 09:23:01 -0400 K8 http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bef2bf598e76a3e6/id/15942791/ . On Wednesday, the contract set a new closing record for floor trade at $143.57 — a full $2.60 above the previous close. The latest spike means a barrel of crude has gone up by more than 50 pe... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bef2bf598e76a3e6/id/15943684/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 09:05:26 -0400 Yahoo http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bef2bf598e76a3e6/id/15943684/ Offshore staff OSLO, Norway -- Eni Norge says the FPSO Goliat will get electricity from shore to combine with a gas turbine on the vessel for power. The redundant power sources are independent so op... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bef2bf598e76a3e6/id/15943156/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 09:00:40 -0400 Offshore http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bef2bf598e76a3e6/id/15943156/ Offshore staff LYSAKER, Norway -- Queiroz Galvão Óleo e Gás S.A. has signed Aker Solutions to supply a $55-million deepwater drilling riser system in 3Q 2010. The agreement covers tools and buoya... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bef2bf598e76a3e6/id/15942730/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 09:00:39 -0400 Offshore http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bef2bf598e76a3e6/id/15942730/ Rosneft said Tuesday that it might request changes to the pricing formula in its supply contract with China National Petroleum Corporation because of rising global crude prices. The two companies h... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bef2bf598e76a3e6/id/15940161/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 05:48:55 -0400 Neftegaz http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bef2bf598e76a3e6/id/15940161/ By jointly developing highly capable solar cell manufacturing equipment, the two companies aim for production capacity of 1,000 megawatts in 2011. -By Juro Osawa, Dow Jones Newswires; 813-5255-2929... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bef2bf598e76a3e6/id/15940459/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 05:26:17 -0400 Morning Star http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bef2bf598e76a3e6/id/15940459/ HOUSTON - Halliburton (NYSE: HAL) announced today that it has closed the previously announced acquisition of the 49 percent equity of Shell Technology Ventures Fund 1 B.V. in WellDynamics B.V. With ... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bef2bf598e76a3e6/id/15938773/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 03:07:23 -0400 Neftegaz http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bef2bf598e76a3e6/id/15938773/ KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Oil soared to a record above $144 a barrel Thursday in Asia, fueled by concerns over a larger-than-expected drop in U.S. stockpiles and the threat of conflict with http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bef2bf598e76a3e6/id/15938361/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 02:49:27 -0400 Yahoo http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bef2bf598e76a3e6/id/15938361/ , said late Tuesday that net income reached US$3.5 billion in the quarter ending March 31 — up from US$1.9 billion in the same period last year. Export earnings rose 53 percent to US$30.7 billio... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bef2bf598e76a3e6/id/15938362/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 02:49:25 -0400 Yahoo http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bef2bf598e76a3e6/id/15938362/ lower our carbon footprint and buy a car that makes financial sense first. The truth is, hybrids cost more, sometimes much more, than comparable compact cars. Because the technology is still so expens... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bef2bf598e76a3e6/id/15936567/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 01:04:18 -0400 CNBC http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bef2bf598e76a3e6/id/15936567/ TOKYO -- Japanese oil giant Showa Shell Sekiyu plans to build one of the world's largest solar panel plants with an investment of at least 100 billion yen (US$948 million), a spokesman said Wednesday. http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bef2bf598e76a3e6/id/15935050/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:59:03 -0400 The China Post http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bef2bf598e76a3e6/id/15935050/ CALGARY, July 2 /CNW/ - (AET.UN and ARX - TSX) ARC Resources Ltd. along with ARC Energy Trust announces the increase to the exchange ratio of the exchangeable shares of the corporation from 2.36758 ... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bef2bf598e76a3e6/id/15933520/ Wed, 02 Jul 2008 22:29:37 -0400 CNW Group http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bef2bf598e76a3e6/id/15933520/ /Not For Distribution To U.s. Newswire Services Or For Dissemination In The United States. Any Failure To Comply With This Restriction May Constitute A Violation Of U.s. Securities Law/ Red Deer... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bef2bf598e76a3e6/id/15933518/ Wed, 02 Jul 2008 22:29:35 -0400 CNW Group http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bef2bf598e76a3e6/id/15933518/ /Not For Distribution To United States News Services Or For Dissemination Into The United States/ Tsx: Ngl Calgary, July 2 /cnw/ - Effective June 30, 2008 Angle Energy Inc. ("angle") Became A P... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bef2bf598e76a3e6/id/15933519/ Wed, 02 Jul 2008 22:29:35 -0400 CNW Group http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bef2bf598e76a3e6/id/15933519/ Duke Energy has 18,000 miles of pipeline, running from the south central U.S. to the Northeast and up to British Columbia.  It's not the price of natural gas that matters here. Spectra makes its mone... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bef2bf598e76a3e6/id/15933732/ Wed, 02 Jul 2008 22:10:52 -0400 CNBC http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bef2bf598e76a3e6/id/15933732/ The chief executive of the energy giant BP said on Monday that soaring oil prices are a result of an inadequate supply rather than speculation. "These prices are a signal that is telling us that su... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bef2bf598e76a3e6/id/15929348/ Wed, 02 Jul 2008 19:36:35 -0400 Neftegaz http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bef2bf598e76a3e6/id/15929348/ Fuel tanks at the oil reserves in Jinja By Mikaili Sseppuya THE National Insurance Corporation (NIC) has won a bid to provide insurance packages for the oil tanks at Jinja with sh309.5m.NIC will pro... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bef2bf598e76a3e6/id/15929191/ Wed, 02 Jul 2008 19:37:22 -0400 The New Vision http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bef2bf598e76a3e6/id/15929191/ Bruce Ruck of the state Poison Information and Education System says the six drank small amounts of the oil, which resembles apple juice in color and is packaged in a similar container. Health officia... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bef2bf598e76a3e6/id/15929929/ Wed, 02 Jul 2008 19:18:12 -0400 Yahoo http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bef2bf598e76a3e6/id/15929929/ Offshore staff HOUSTON -- StatoilHydro has awarded FMC Technologies a $38-million contract to supply subsea equipment for the Troll B gas injection project in the Norwegian North Sea. The contract i... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bef2bf598e76a3e6/id/15930389/ Wed, 02 Jul 2008 19:13:38 -0400 Offshore http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bef2bf598e76a3e6/id/15930389/ Offshore staff HOUSTON -- A subsidiary of Eni has signed a two-year contract with Transocean for its deepwater moored semisubmersible Transocean Marianas. The contract is scheduled to begin in Decemb... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bef2bf598e76a3e6/id/15928920/ Wed, 02 Jul 2008 19:13:37 -0400 Offshore http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bef2bf598e76a3e6/id/15928920/ /Not For Distribution To The U.s.a. News Wire Services Or For Dissemination To The U.s.a./ Calgary, July 2 /cnw/ - Alberta Oilsands Inc. (the "company" Or "aos") Is Pleased To Announce That Ryder... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bef2bf598e76a3e6/id/15927123/ Wed, 02 Jul 2008 17:02:28 -0400 CNW Group http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bef2bf598e76a3e6/id/15927123/ Trading Symbol: "TESO" on NASDAQ HOUSTON, July 2 /CNW/ - Tesco Corporation ("TESCO" or "the Company") today announced that Robert L. Kayl, the Company's Vice President and Controller, has been n... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bef2bf598e76a3e6/id/15927124/ Wed, 02 Jul 2008 17:02:27 -0400 CNW Group http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bef2bf598e76a3e6/id/15927124/ MOO:TSX Venture Exchange CALGARY, July 2 /CNW/ - Darrell Brown, Chief Executive Officer of Mooncor Oil & Gas Corp. ("Mooncor") is pleased to report on Mooncor's shale gas and oil operations activi... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bef2bf598e76a3e6/id/15927126/ Wed, 02 Jul 2008 17:02:25 -0400 CNW Group http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bef2bf598e76a3e6/id/15927126/ Unique thread locking self locking fasteners are helping the electrical industry combat vibration and thread loosening in soft materials like copper, enhancing reliability and design innovation. ... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bef2bf598e76a3e6/id/15927554/ Wed, 02 Jul 2008 16:38:59 -0400 PRWeb http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bef2bf598e76a3e6/id/15927554/ ) to outperform from market perform, praising the company as a "monolithic value play in uncertain times." McMahon said Exxon Mobil has underperformed the energy sector and has only just outperforme... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bef2bf598e76a3e6/id/15924233/ Wed, 02 Jul 2008 16:33:55 -0400 Market Watch http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bef2bf598e76a3e6/id/15924233/ JAPAN: July 3, 2008 TOKYO - Japanese oil distributor Showa Shell Sekiyu KK plans to build one of the world's biggest solar panel plants as it seeks new revenues amid weak gasoline sales, a source cl... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bef2bf598e76a3e6/id/15924714/ Wed, 02 Jul 2008 15:59:55 -0400 Planet Ark http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bef2bf598e76a3e6/id/15924714/ . However, that same report offered a mixed picture of energy use by the world's thirstiest oil consumer. Gasoline supplies unexpectedly grew by a considerable amount, and demand continued to slide &... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bef2bf598e76a3e6/id/15922497/ Wed, 02 Jul 2008 13:20:58 -0400 Yahoo http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bef2bf598e76a3e6/id/15922497/ Offshore staff DUBLIN -- Petroceltic Elsa has been granted nine exclusive exploration permits in the central Adriatic Sea offshore Italy. Included in the awards to Petroceltic are permits d492 and d4... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bef2bf598e76a3e6/id/15921630/ Wed, 02 Jul 2008 13:16:23 -0400 Offshore http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bef2bf598e76a3e6/id/15921630/ Offshore staff HAMILTON, Bermuda -- The Shell-operated Perdido truss spar was delivered by the Dockwise's semisubmersible Mighty Servant 1 on Friday, June 27, 2008, according to Dockwise. The Spar w... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bef2bf598e76a3e6/id/15923066/ Wed, 02 Jul 2008 13:16:25 -0400 Offshore http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bef2bf598e76a3e6/id/15923066/ Offshore staff DHAHRAN, Saudi Arabia -- Saudi Aramco and China Petrochemical Corp. (Sinopec Group) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to increase cooperation between the two companies an... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bef2bf598e76a3e6/id/15921736/ Wed, 02 Jul 2008 13:16:21 -0400 Offshore http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bef2bf598e76a3e6/id/15921736/ Offshore staff DUBAI, UAE -- Ingen Ideas LLC, based in Aberdeen, has opened its first international office in Dubai, UAE. The office will serve Ingen's Middle East customers more promptly and will su... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bef2bf598e76a3e6/id/15921423/ Wed, 02 Jul 2008 13:16:20 -0400 Offshore http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bef2bf598e76a3e6/id/15921423/ Offshore staff LONDON -- Afren has appointed a 12-person technical team of geologists, geophysicists, reservoir engineers, and petroleum engineers. The team, led by Shahid Ullah, previously constitut... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bef2bf598e76a3e6/id/15923067/ Wed, 02 Jul 2008 13:16:18 -0400 Offshore http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bef2bf598e76a3e6/id/15923067/ Offshore staff MELBOURNE, Australia -- Marion Energy Ltd. has appointed Douglas Martin to the board of directors as an independent non-executive director. Martin has been president of Charles Avenue... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bef2bf598e76a3e6/id/15923068/ Wed, 02 Jul 2008 13:16:17 -0400 Offshore http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bef2bf598e76a3e6/id/15923068/ CNBC.com The Bush Administration is trying to smooth the permitting process for oil exploration in an effort to relieve the energy burden, an Energy Department official said on CNBC.Jeff Kupfer, the d... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bef2bf598e76a3e6/id/15920000/ Wed, 02 Jul 2008 10:59:12 -0400 CNBC http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bef2bf598e76a3e6/id/15920000/ sent warplanes on a major exercise in the eastern Mediterranean that U.S. officials said was a message to Iran — a show of force as well as practice in the operations needed for a long-range stri... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bef2bf598e76a3e6/id/15918772/ Wed, 02 Jul 2008 09:55:27 -0400 Yahoo http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bef2bf598e76a3e6/id/15918772/ THE acquisition by Thebe of a 25% stake in Shell SA's interest in South African Petroleum Refineries (Sapref), announced this week, is the black economic empowerment group's second bite at the upstrea... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bef2bf598e76a3e6/id/15916999/ Wed, 02 Jul 2008 11:18:07 -0400 All Africa http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bef2bf598e76a3e6/id/15916999/ , former president of Shell Oil Co., said in an interview with CNBC television that high oil prices were diminishing demand for gasoline but weren't affecting consumption of middle distillates. "The... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bef2bf598e76a3e6/id/15917748/ Wed, 02 Jul 2008 09:50:10 -0400 Morning Star http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bef2bf598e76a3e6/id/15917748/ Speaking at a press conference at the World Petroleum Congress here, she also said "global demand for energy is accelerating," predominantly driven by " population growth and increasing levels of pr... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bef2bf598e76a3e6/id/15917747/ Wed, 02 Jul 2008 09:49:52 -0400 Morning Star http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bef2bf598e76a3e6/id/15917747/ CALGARY, July 2 /CNW/ - Sterling Resources Ltd. (TSX-V: SLG) Sterling Resources Ltd. (Sterling) is pleased to announce that it has signed a drilling contract with Grup Servicii Petroliere S.A. (GSP... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bef2bf598e76a3e6/id/15915844/ Wed, 02 Jul 2008 07:12:05 -0400 CNW Group http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bef2bf598e76a3e6/id/15915844/ . This company contracts out the helicopters that transport workers out to oilrigs. As these rigs move further into deep water – maybe not in the U.S., but in other countries – there's more demand... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bef2bf598e76a3e6/id/15916040/ Wed, 02 Jul 2008 06:50:11 -0400 CNBC http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bef2bf598e76a3e6/id/15916040/ RESOURCES Technology has outgrown Shell Oil Co.'s longtime Bellaire research hub where scientists made oil and natural gas production breakthroughs for decades. So the U.S. arm of Ne... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bef2bf598e76a3e6/id/15914049/ Wed, 02 Jul 2008 07:08:09 -0400 Houston Chronicle http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bef2bf598e76a3e6/id/15914049/ By Reuters The high price of gasoline has some U.S. drivers looking to the future.A recently introduced service called MyGallons.com allows drivers to fill up their tanks sometime in the future but at... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bef2bf598e76a3e6/id/15916039/ Wed, 02 Jul 2008 06:50:10 -0400 CNBC http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bef2bf598e76a3e6/id/15916039/ Northfield Automation Systems adds new VP of Opearations and Director of Engineering to help position the company for growth in the thin-film solar and flexible electronics industries. Northfiel... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bef2bf598e76a3e6/id/15916089/ Wed, 02 Jul 2008 06:47:07 -0400 PRWeb http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bef2bf598e76a3e6/id/15916089/ Calgary based design and manufacturing company HC Piper Manufacturing Inc have completed building two liquid ring compressor Vapor Recovery Units, that are believed to be the largest in the world. Eac... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bef2bf598e76a3e6/id/15916088/ Wed, 02 Jul 2008 06:47:05 -0400 PRWeb http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bef2bf598e76a3e6/id/15916088/ Frustrated Iraqis trying to tank up their cars faced miles-long gas lines in temperatures soaring above 100 degrees Tuesday — a stark reminder that a country with one of the world's largest oil ... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bef2bf598e76a3e6/id/15914215/ Wed, 02 Jul 2008 05:47:49 -0400 The Seattle Times http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bef2bf598e76a3e6/id/15914215/ Cars pass an active oil well between the Macy's and Bloomingdale's stores at the Beverly Center shopping mall near Beverly Hills. California, the fourth-biggest U.S. producer of crude, is seeing a big... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bef2bf598e76a3e6/id/15913828/ Wed, 02 Jul 2008 05:47:35 -0400 The Seattle Times http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bef2bf598e76a3e6/id/15913828/ WASHINGTON — High gasoline prices have changed Americans' views on energy and the environment, with more people now viewing oil drilling and new power plants as a greater priority than energy co... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bef2bf598e76a3e6/id/15914217/ Wed, 02 Jul 2008 05:46:57 -0400 The Seattle Times http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bef2bf598e76a3e6/id/15914217/ said there is "increasing discussion within natural gas exporting countries about the need to preserve resources for their own future needs," citing http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bef2bf598e76a3e6/id/15914267/ Wed, 02 Jul 2008 05:40:52 -0400 Morning Star http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bef2bf598e76a3e6/id/15914267/ or powering cars and cooling or heating homes in the richest. And that's despite record prices and reduced demand as costly crude dampens the world's oil hunger. Reflecting the world's oil price dold... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bef2bf598e76a3e6/id/15912159/ Wed, 02 Jul 2008 03:35:24 -0400 Yahoo http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bef2bf598e76a3e6/id/15912159/ TOKYO, July 2 (Reuters) - The benchmark Nikkei average .N225 fell 0.3 percent and the broader TOPIX was also 0.3 percent lower as of 0020 GMT on Wednesday. The following stocks were on the move: **SHO... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bef2bf598e76a3e6/id/15908710/ Wed, 02 Jul 2008 01:36:33 -0400 Congoo http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bef2bf598e76a3e6/id/15908710/ Gold fell for the second day in Asia as the U.S. dollar strengthened against the euro and crude oil pared gains, eroding the appeal of the precious metal as an alternative investment. The U.S. curr... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bef2bf598e76a3e6/id/15906591/ Tue, 01 Jul 2008 22:24:47 -0400 Neftegaz http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bef2bf598e76a3e6/id/15906591/ is pumping oil at record levels and other producers "are working at full throttle." His comments reinforced the IEA's latest prediction that global supplies will remain pinched despite record prices a... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bef2bf598e76a3e6/id/15903973/ Tue, 01 Jul 2008 18:25:33 -0400 Yahoo http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bef2bf598e76a3e6/id/15903973/ Offshore staff CANTERBURY, UK -- Offshore industry spending is expected to rise to $840 billion in capital expenditures and $715 billion for operations, over the five year period to 2012, compared to... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bef2bf598e76a3e6/id/15900935/ Tue, 01 Jul 2008 16:09:50 -0400 Offshore http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bef2bf598e76a3e6/id/15900935/ Offshore staff STAVANGER, Norway -- After a short postponement, Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) plans to start their acquisition of 3D seismic in Troms II in July and end the 3D seismic activit... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bef2bf598e76a3e6/id/15900933/ Tue, 01 Jul 2008 16:09:48 -0400 Offshore http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bef2bf598e76a3e6/id/15900933/ Offshore staff HOUSTON -- Ingrain has added Dr. Avrami Grader to its executive management team. He will serve as Ingrain's chief scientist, leading the firm in developing advanced methods for the com... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bef2bf598e76a3e6/id/15900932/ Tue, 01 Jul 2008 16:09:46 -0400 Offshore http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bef2bf598e76a3e6/id/15900932/ While NCEY has seen impressive gains over the last few weeks, The MarketCaliber.com team has identified 3 major indicators that suggest NCEY has only 'scratched the surface' of its long term... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bef2bf598e76a3e6/id/15897938/ Tue, 01 Jul 2008 13:31:31 -0400 PRWeb http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bef2bf598e76a3e6/id/15897938/ /This Announcement Is Not For Release, Publication Or Distribution, Directly Or Indirectly, In Or Into The United States, Australia, Japan Or Any Jurisdiction In Which The Same Would Be Unlawful. ... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bef2bf598e76a3e6/id/15897500/ Tue, 01 Jul 2008 13:55:11 -0400 CNW Group http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bef2bf598e76a3e6/id/15897500/ Dear Sen. McCain:Washington watchers know that you are a Teddy Roosevelt fan. That's a good choice; TR didn't get everything right, but no one does. He was one of our greatest leaders and I admire you... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bef2bf598e76a3e6/id/15897828/ Tue, 01 Jul 2008 13:34:36 -0400 CNBC http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bef2bf598e76a3e6/id/15897828/ BAGHDAD - Frustrated Iraqis trying to tank up their cars faced miles-long gas lines in temperatures soaring above 100 degrees Tuesday — a stark reminder that a country with one of the world's http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bef2bf598e76a3e6/id/15896292/ Tue, 01 Jul 2008 12:29:05 -0400 Yahoo http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bef2bf598e76a3e6/id/15896292/ Offshore staff STAVANGER -- The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has issued StatoilHydro ASA a drilling permit for wellbore 6706/12-1 in production license 394. Well 6706/12-1 is situated about... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bef2bf598e76a3e6/id/15897454/ Tue, 01 Jul 2008 12:24:11 -0400 Offshore http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bef2bf598e76a3e6/id/15897454/ Offshore staff ABERDEEN -- Venture Production has announced plans for the second half of 2008. Beyond the completion of the first phase of development of the Chiswick field, the company says it is ac... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bef2bf598e76a3e6/id/15897455/ Tue, 01 Jul 2008 12:24:10 -0400 Offshore http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bef2bf598e76a3e6/id/15897455/ Offshore staff SINGAPORE -- Maersk Olie og Gas AS has awarded SMOE a $400-million contract for the construction of an HBD platform to be installed in the Danish sector of the North Sea. The contract ... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bef2bf598e76a3e6/id/15894341/ Tue, 01 Jul 2008 12:24:09 -0400 Offshore http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bef2bf598e76a3e6/id/15894341/ da Silva said last year that those blocks in the pre-salt play that have already been auctioned off won't have their contract terms changed. Christophe de Margerie, CEO at French oil company http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bef2bf598e76a3e6/id/15894867/ Tue, 01 Jul 2008 12:23:14 -0400 Morning Star http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bef2bf598e76a3e6/id/15894867/ Insurance Some international companies have voiced their readiness to participate in the first conference on oil, gas and petrochemical industry insurance with a focus on risk management and reinsuran... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bef2bf598e76a3e6/id/15890635/ Tue, 01 Jul 2008 07:51:13 -0400 IRNA http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bef2bf598e76a3e6/id/15890635/ . On Monday, the contract soared to a record $143.67 a barrel. It later fell back to close at $140.00 on reports of weakening U.S. oil demand and end-of-the-quarter profit-taking by traders. In Lond... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bef2bf598e76a3e6/id/15891103/ Tue, 01 Jul 2008 07:38:00 -0400 Yahoo http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bef2bf598e76a3e6/id/15891103/ Offshore staff HOUSTON -- Alcoa Corp. has formed a new division, Alcoa Oil & Gas. "Alcoa Oil & Gas changes the game in lighter, stronger applications for reaching the deepest reserves on the planet,... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bef2bf598e76a3e6/id/15890489/ Tue, 01 Jul 2008 07:34:07 -0400 Offshore http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bef2bf598e76a3e6/id/15890489/ will likely raise interest rates at its next meeting on Thursday, a move that would help strengthen the euro against the dollar, Shum said. As the dollar has weakened, investors have been piling into... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bef2bf598e76a3e6/id/15889672/ Tue, 01 Jul 2008 05:33:09 -0400 Yahoo http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bef2bf598e76a3e6/id/15889672/ BILLINGS, Mont. - Two conservation groups have asked the federal government to impose new restrictions on oil and gas development in the West to protect the greater sage grouse, a popular game bird on... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bef2bf598e76a3e6/id/15887768/ Tue, 01 Jul 2008 03:21:31 -0400 Yahoo http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bef2bf598e76a3e6/id/15887768/ The producer of coal seam methane, or CSM, said that, after continued drilling of its Walloon Fairway field in Queensland state, its proved, probable and possible, or 3P, reserves of the gas increas... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bef2bf598e76a3e6/id/15884793/ Tue, 01 Jul 2008 00:01:43 -0400 Morning Star http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bef2bf598e76a3e6/id/15884793/ Trading Symbol: NRS VANCOUVER, June 30 /CNW/ - Norwood Resources Ltd. (the "Company") announces that in preparation for the commencement of the production testing of the Maderas Negras and San Bar... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bef2bf598e76a3e6/id/15878493/ Mon, 30 Jun 2008 18:00:07 -0400 CNW Group http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bef2bf598e76a3e6/id/15878493/ WINNIPEG, June 30 /CNW/ - Donald Benson, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Nordic Oil and Gas Ltd. ("Nordic" or, the "Company"), announced today that the previously announced brokered private ... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bef2bf598e76a3e6/id/15878497/ Mon, 30 Jun 2008 18:00:07 -0400 CNW Group http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bef2bf598e76a3e6/id/15878497/ < TSX: "ISR" Shares Outstanding: 13,928,084 >> TORONTO, June 30 /CNW/ - International Sovereign Energy Corp. (the "Company") reports that on June 27, 2008 it received a reservation of rights l... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bef2bf598e76a3e6/id/15878496/ Mon, 30 Jun 2008 18:00:08 -0400 CNW Group http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bef2bf598e76a3e6/id/15878496/ Baghdad, June 30 (Reuters): Iraq threw open the world’s third largest oil reserves to foreign firms today, putting British and US companies in pole position five years after US-led troops invaded... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bef2bf598e76a3e6/id/15875466/ Mon, 30 Jun 2008 16:59:28 -0400 The Telegraph http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bef2bf598e76a3e6/id/15875466/ opened international bidding for eight enormous oil and gas fields Monday, paving the way for investment in a nation with some of the world's largest petroleum reserves. http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bef2bf598e76a3e6/id/15877431/ Mon, 30 Jun 2008 16:36:04 -0400 Yahoo http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bef2bf598e76a3e6/id/15877431/ /Not For Distribution To United States News Services Or For Dissemination Into The United States/ Tsx: Ngl Calgary, June 30 /cnw/ - Angle Energy Inc. ("angle" Or The "company") Today Completed ... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bef2bf598e76a3e6/id/15878495/ Mon, 30 Jun 2008 18:00:05 -0400 CNW Group http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bef2bf598e76a3e6/id/15878495/ Offshore staff HOUSTON -- ATP Oil & Gas Corp. has acquired a 55% working interest in Gulf of Mexico Green Canyon Blocks 299 and 300, collectively known as Clipper, with wells in 3,400 ft (1036 m) of ... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bef2bf598e76a3e6/id/15876268/ Mon, 30 Jun 2008 16:32:00 -0400 Offshore http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bef2bf598e76a3e6/id/15876268/ Offshore staff HOUSTON -- The International Association of Drilling Contractors (IADC) has presented Dominique Dupuis of Pride International with the 2008 Service Award for his contribution to the ad... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bef2bf598e76a3e6/id/15878440/ Mon, 30 Jun 2008 16:31:59 -0400 Offshore http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bef2bf598e76a3e6/id/15878440/