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A Libyan oil worker, works at a refinery inside the Brega oil complex, in Brega east of Libya, on Saturday Feb. 26, 2011. Production at Brega has dropped by almost 90 percent amid the country's crisis because many employees have fled and few ships are coming to offload the product. Saudi says $100 per barrel great price for oil Sun 13 May 2012
ADELAIDE (Reuters) - Top oil exporter Saudi Arabia sees $100 per barrel as a great price for crude, Oil Minister Ali al-Naimi said on Sunday. International Brent crude... (photo: AP / Hussein Malla) The Guardian
Economy   Oil   Photos   Saudi Arabia   Wikipedia: Saudi Arabia
Shell Petrol Station in Bangkok, Thailand Qatar ploughs money into Shell Fri 11 May 2012
Gas-rich Qatar is ploughing more of its commodity wealth back into the sector with the purchase of a major stake in Royal Dutch Shell, while also reportedly eyeing a... (photo: WN / RTayco) Canberra Times
Commodity   Investor   Photos   Qatar   Wikipedia: Royal Dutch Shell
EU, Iraq sign first-ever partnership deal EU, Iraq sign first-ever partnership deal Fri 11 May 2012
The European Union and Iraq signed their first partnership agreement Friday, opening the way to a slew of trade and energy deals as well as improved cooperation to combat... (photo: EC / EC) Khaleej Times
EU   Energy   Iraq   Photos   Trade   Wikipedia: Hoshyar Zebari
In this Tuesday, April 24, 2012 photo, Sudanese workers inspect burnt out oil pipes at the oil-rich border town of Heglig, Sudan. Oil Wars on the Horizon Thu 10 May 2012
Conflict and intrigue over valuable energy supplies have been features of the international landscape for a long time. Major wars over oil have been fought every decade... (photo: AP / Abd Raouf) CounterPunch
Oil   Photos   Politics   War   Wikipedia: Petroleum politics
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, right, shakes hands with Indian Foreign Minister S.M. Krishna before a delegation level meeting in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, July 19, 2011. Clinton held security and counterterrorism talks with Indian officials Tuesday as the two countries try to broaden their relationship and manage mutual concerns about Pakistan and Afghanistan. The talks are a new round of U.S.-India strategic dialogue established last year to deepen ties between the world's oldest and largest democracies. Clinton presses Pakistan to do more on militancy Tue 8 May 2012
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has called on Pakistan to do more to crack down on militancy, as she ends a two-day trip to neighbouring India. Mrs Clinton said... (photo: AP / Manish Swarup) BBC News
India   Pakistan   Photos   Terrorism   Wikipedia: Terrorism in Pakistan
ag2 Hillary Rodham Clinton addressing a seminar at the Essence Music Festival on July 6, 2007 Clinton presses India to reduce Iran oil Tue 8 May 2012
NEW DELHI — Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton urged energy-starved India on Monday to reduce its Iranian oil imports to keep up pressure on the Islamic... (photo: WN / aruna) The Washington Times
Business   Energy   Photos   Politics   Wikipedia: Hillary Rodham Clinton
Iran government denies plans to treble gasoline price Iran government denies plans to treble gasoline price Mon 7 May 2012
DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran's government denied on Monday it would treble the price of gasoline as part of subsidy reforms that have been commended by the IMF but caused anger... (photo: WN / Ahmed Deeb) The Star
Dubai   EU   Iran   Photos   Price   Wikipedia: Gasoline
Panetta admonishes army Panetta admonishes army Sat 5 May 2012
US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta on Friday called on US troops to tighten up discipline and display “integrity” after a series of public relations disasters that he... (photo: US DoD / Glenn Fawcett) Taipei Times
Defense   Disasters   Photos   Troops   US   Wikipedia: Leon Panetta
Panetta: US military scandals reveal leadership flaws Panetta: US military scandals reveal leadership flaws Sat 5 May 2012
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta on Friday called on US troops to tighten up discipline and display "integrity" after a series of public relations disasters that he said... (photo: US DoD / Glenn Fawcett) Middle East Online
Defense   Military   Photos   Scandals   Troops   Wikipedia: Pentagon
Wind turbine - wind farm - renewable energy Wind turbine creates water from thin air Tue 1 May 2012
Wind turbines have long produced renewable energy but a French engineering firm has discovered another eco-purpose for the towering structures. Eole Water... (photo: WN / Aruna Mirasdar) Newsvine
Abu Dhabi   Photos   Water   Wikipedia: Wind turbine   Wind
The ship "Lutfallah II" believed to be carrying three containers of weapons, is docked at a Lebanese navy base, in Beirut, Lebanon, on Saturday April 28, 2012. Lebanon holds ship 'carrying weapons for Syria rebels' Sun 29 Apr 2012
The Lebanese navy is holding a Sierra Leone-registered ship and says it has confiscated a large consignment of arms and ammunition it was carrying. The 11 crew members... (photo: AP / Hussein Malla) BBC News
Lebanon   Photos   Syria   Weapon   Wikipedia: Syrian uprising (2011–present)
Persian Gulf (December 12, 2004) - Hundreds of oil tankers each year receive their payload from Iraq’s Al Basrah Oil Terminal (ABOT). Russia warns EU Iran oil embargo will be costly Sat 28 Apr 2012
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia pressed its case against new sanctions over Iran's nuclear programme on Friday, saying an European Union ban on purchasing Iranian oil would end... (photo: US Navy / PM1 Richard J. Brunson) The Star
Embargo   Iran   Oil   Photos   Wikipedia: Sanctions against Iran
Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman gestures as talk to the journalist during a briefing to the media before meeting with Cypriot Foreign Minister Marcos Kyprianou in Nicosia, Cyprus, Friday, Sept. 3, 2010. Lieberman is in Cyprus for two-day official visit. Israel says Egypt gas cutoff a business dispute Mon 23 Apr 2012
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel, aiming to avoid further damage to its troubled ties with Cairo, said on Monday it saw the Egyptian termination of a deal to supply Israel... (photo: AP / Petros Karadjias) The Star
Business   Cairo   Egypt   Israel   Photos   Wikipedia:Egypt
Bahraini anti-government activist Zainab al-Khawaja, second right, gestures and chants slogans in front of riot police during a protest Wednesday, April 18, 2012 Police, protesters clash in Bahrain ahead of Grand Prix Fri 20 Apr 2012
April 20 (Reuters) - Pro-democracy protesters clashed with police in Bahrain's capital Manama on Friday as the Grand Prix event, a showcase for the Gulf state, got... (photo: AP / Hasan Jamali) The Guardian
Bahrain   Photos   Police   Protesters   Wikipedia: 2011–2012 Bahraini uprising
Petrol Station - Gasoline - Petrol - Oil - Market - Petroleum Products VOLATILE OIL PRICES: The Geopolitics of Speculation: Oil-price makers and takers Mon 16 Apr 2012
Every market is a process of social and power relationships. In every market there are price makers and price takers. The oil market, however, is no ordinary market, and... (photo: WN / Janice Sabnal) GlobalResearch
Energy   Industry   Market   Photos   Wikipedia: Oil
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, bottom second left, visits Iran's Fuel Manufacturing Plant (FMP), a new facility producing uranium fuel for a planned heavy-water nuclear reactor, just outside the city of Isfahan 255 mile (410 kilometers) south of the capital Tehran, Iran, Thursday, April 9, 2009. The West fears the reactor could eventually be used for producing a nuclear weapon. President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has announced the plant's opening during a ceremony in the central city of Isfahan. The plant will produce pellets of uranium oxide to fuel the heavy-water research reactor, which is scheduled to be completed in 2009 or 2010. Iran and world powers set for nuclear talks Sat 14 Apr 2012
Iran and world powers are due to meet in Turkey on Saturday in a bid to reach a breakthrough on the Islamic Republic's disputed nuclear programme. The negotiations in... (photo: AP / Vahid Salemi) Al Jazeera
Iran   Nuclear   Photos   Turkey   Wikipedia: Nuclear program of Iran
Turkey's Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, left, and Iran's Chief Nuclear Negotiator Saeed Jalili pose for cameras before their meeting in Istanbul, Turkey, Friday, April 13, 2012. Iran raises hopes of nuclear trade off to halt oil sanctions Fri 13 Apr 2012
Tehran signals willingness to trade uranium enrichment limits on eve of first negotiations on nuclear programme in 15 months Iran's chief nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili... (photo: AP / Burhan Ozbilici) The Guardian
Iran   Nuclear   Oil   Photos   Wikipedia: Nuclear program of Iran
Tacoma Marine killed in combat in Helmand Province Tacoma Marine killed in combat in Helmand Province Thu 12 Apr 2012
Twenty-two-year-old, Lance Corporal Ramon T. Kaipat, whose hometown of record is Tacoma, Washington, was killed in the fight yesterday, April 11, 2012, while conducting... (photo: DOD / Public Domain) The Examiner
Afghanistan   Defense   Marine   Photos   US   Wikipedia: Afghanistan
Bahraini anti-government protesters react to tear gas fired by riot police Monday, Feb. 13, 2012, on the outskirts of the capital of Manama, Bahrain. Police descend on Bahrain rally for hunger striker Fri 6 Apr 2012
Manama: Bahraini security forces fired tear gas and water cannons at thousands of protesters marching on Friday in support of a jailed human rights activist whose nearly... (photo: AP / Hasan Jamali) Zeenews
Bahrain   Photos   Police   Protests   Wikipedia: 2011–2012 Bahraini uprising
Iranian oil workers work at Tehran's oil refinery, Iran, Saturday, Nov. 17, 2007 Obama moves ahead with sanctions to squeeze Iran Sat 31 Mar 2012
WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama is moving ahead with tough new sanctions aimed at squeezing Iran’s oil exports after determining there is enough crude on world... (photo: AP / Vahid Salemi) Ohio
Iran   Oil   Photos   US   Wikipedia: U.S. sanctions against Iran
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