Climate-change Bill would devastate families and industries.
Undeterred by record cold temperatures worldwide for the winter of 2007-2008 and recent admissions by the UN's World Meteorological Organization that global temperatures have been in decline for the past decade and will continue to drop through most of 2008, politicians at the local, state, and federal levels are...

Qatar, Airbus, Rolls, Shell explore clean fuels.
Qatar Airways, Qatar Petroleum, Qatar Fuel Company (WOQOD), Airbus, Rolls-Royce, Shell International Petroleum Company Limited and the Qatar Science and Technology Park have signed an agreement to research the potential benefits of Synthetic Jet Fuel in aviation engines. The objective of the study is to address the feasibility and...

Cuban oil, gas production drops 3.7%.
Cuba's combined oil and natural gas production fell by 3.7% in 2005, following a similar decline in 2004, according to Economy and Planning Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez. Oil production fell and gas output increased over last year's reported 22.8 million barrels of oil (62,300 b/d) and 24.9...

Tehran Wants Maritime Border Deal With Kuwait & Saudi For Dorra Gas Field.
Ending a two-day visit to Kuwait, Rawhani on June 6 told reporters Iran hoped to sign a "final deal" with its Persian Gulf neighbour Kuwait this year on a decades-old dispute over their maritime border in a rich offshore gas field. He said: "There are still issues over which...

DoST mulls search for oil, natural gas.
Byline: MADEL R. SABATER The Department of Science and Technology-Philippine Council for Industry and Energy Research and Development (DoST-PCIERD) yesterday said it is studying the possibility of conducting an oil and natural gas exploration in Romblon. In a press conference at the Hotel Rembrandt in...

EIU report outlines Cuba's oil, gas and electricity sectors.
The following is excerpted from a mid-September report prepared by the London-based Economist Intelligence Unit. For the complete report, call the EIU research department at +44 207 830-1079, send a fax to +44 207 830-1119 or send an e-mail to research@eiu.com. Until 1990, Cuba imported 12-13 million...

EGYPT - Aug 17 - $2.8 bn In Oil Sector's Foreign Investments Under 2003-04.
Petroleum Minister Sameh Fahmy says the oil sector succeeds in luring foreign investments to the tune of $2.8 bn in the fields of exploration activities and natural gas exports under the FY 2003-04. Fahmy noted that the sector's investments have surged up to $9 bn in the last five...

INTREPID'S TECHNOLOGY TO PLAY MAJOR ROLE IN ALTERNATE ENERGY.
Intrepid Technology and Resources, Inc. (ITR) (OTCBB:IESV), an Idaho alternative energy provider, has announced that its first of many Anaerobic Digesters is now in the process of final construction. Company president, Dr. Dennis Keiser, stated, "we anticipate this advanced Digester to be fully operational later in 2004 and thereafter...

ENCANA EXPANDS COALBED METHANE DEVELOPMENT.
EnCana, Calgary, is expanding coalbed methane (CBM) development on its 700,000 acres of 100 percent owned royalty- free lands in southern Alberta --resource play type properties that are estimated to contain more than 2 trillion cubic feet of recoverable natural gas resources from coal. Over the next five years,...

Cuba seeks new offshore oil, gas deals.
Cuba hopes to sign "a significant number" of new offshore oil and gas exploration contracts in a 43,243-sq-mile area in the Gulf of Mexico, just north of its westernmost provinces, Oil Daily reported Sept. 27. The newsletter, quoting Cuba's Communist Party daily Granma, says the area--which the...