Energy & Oil

Sunday, April 29th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Brazilian bio-ethanol for UK buses

London Mayor Ken Livingstone is about to start trials of London's first bus fuelled by bio-ethanol.
The Scania OmniCity double-decker will carry 81 passengers and be powered by ethanol made from Brazilian sugar cane.
Sunday, April 29th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Chavez hopes to gradually sell off refineries in US

President Hugo Chavez said Sunday that Venezuela hopes to gradually sell off its refineries in the United States and build a new network of refineries in Latin America, part of a plan to offer his leftist allies in the region a stable oil supply
Saturday, April 28th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Ecuador leader sides with Indians against oil giant

Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa went deep into the Amazon jungle to show his disdain for Chevron Corp., which is on trial in Ecuador for allegedly failing to clean up billions of gallons of toxic wastewater.
Tuesday, April 24th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Cuba plans to become oil refined products exporter in 2008

A refurbished oil refinery set to begin production next December could turn Cuba from a net import dependent to an oil refined products exporters, according to the official press in Havana.
Tuesday, April 24th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Uruguay has the highest fuel prices of the region

Uruguay with no oil or gas reserves has the highest fuel prices in Latinamerica, 1.35 US dollars for a liter of premium gasoline, not distant from those countries with the top values such as Holland where premium at the pump costs 1.91 US dollars a liter.
Tuesday, April 24th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Telescope in Chile helps find Earth like planet outside solar system

Astronomers using a state of the art telescope in Chile have found the most Earth-like planet outside our Solar System to date, a world which could have water running on its surface.
Monday, April 23rd 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Borders and Southern optimistic about seismic data collected

HAVING completed the processing and interpretation of its Falkland
Islands 2D seismic data, Harry Dobson, Chairman of Borders and
Southern says, “great progress” has been made towards successful exploration and production.
Thursday, April 19th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Bolivia admits discrepancies with Brazil over oil compensations

Bolivia's president Evo Morales denied having squabbled with Brazil's Lula da Silva during the recent energy summit in Venezuela but admitted having discrepancies over how much Bolivia must pay for the two nationalized oil refineries from Petrobras.
Wednesday, April 18th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Argentina guarantees Chile 10% gas supply for this winter

Argentina has guaranteed the supply of natural gas for residential consumption in the coming winter announced Chile's Energy Minister Marcelo Tokman following a meeting in Venezuela with Argentina's energy czar Julio De Vido.
Tuesday, April 17th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Venezuela hosts South American energy summit

Ethanol production is expected to dominate the energy summit of South American nations which has got underway Monday in the Venezuelan Caribbean island of Margarita.