The stain in sustainability: cosy deals and revolving doors--it looks to Sharon Beder as if some mainstream environmental groups are fronts for corporate business.
If the thought of The Nature Conservancy drilling for natural gas on the last known breeding ground of the Attwater prairie chicken strikes you as incongruous then you are behind the times. Gone are the days when environmentalists laid down their bodies in front of the bulldozers to save...

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...

Cuba reaches 50% oil self-sufficiency.
Cuba's 2006 oil output was 57,000 barrels per day and its natural gas output 920 million cubic meters, similar to 2005, the official weekly Opciones reported in early January. The magazine quoted Vice President Carlos Lage, during a tour of gas-fired power plants, as saying oil and...

BOLIVIA: PRESIDENT EVO MORALES NATIONALIZES NATURAL GAS RESOURCES.
The Bolivian government nationalized its large natural-gas reserves on May 1, fulfilling one of the key campaign promises of President Evo Morales and surprising international investors who had been anticipating a more moderate policy. In Brazil and Spain, where the principal companies invested in Bolivia's gas sector are headquartered,...

GE to Acquire Oil & Gas Equipment Provider Vetco Gray in $1.9 Billion Deal.
ENERGY RESOURCE-8 January 2007-GE to Acquire Oil & Gas Equipment Provider Vetco Gray in $1.9 Billion Deal(C)2007 JeraOne - http://www.jeraone.com GE today announced an agreement to acquire Vetco Gray for $1.9 billion from Candover, 3i & JP Morgan Partners. Vetco Gray is one of the world's leading...

ConocoPhillips Company.
ConocoPhillips Company, the fourth largest U.S. lubricants supplier, features four premier brands: Conoco, Phillips 66, 76 Lubricants and Kendall Motor Oil. The combination of these powerfully diverse "Family of Brands" reaches across every key lubricants market including automotive, trucking, agriculture, aviation, power generation, mining and construction. ConocoPhillips Lubricants has...

Municipal regulation of oil and gas development.
Unlike Saskatchewan where municipalities have often imposed their own rules for oil and gas development, municipalities in British Columbia and Alberta have generally deferred to provincial regulation. With increased development and a more engaged public, this may be changing. Recently, the Peace River Regional District in northeastern British Columbia...

SolArc Inc. Acquires Developer of Software Systems for Natural Gas Producers.
ENERGY RESOURCE-29 November 2006-SolArc Inc. Acquires Developer of Software Systems for Natural Gas Producers(C)2006 JeraOne - http://www.jeraone.com Energy software provider SolArc Inc. has acquired privately held Trinity Apex Solutions Inc., a Dallas-based developer of software systems for natural gas producers and marketers. Terms of the...

Suncor Releases Annual Greenhouse Gas Emissions Report, Notes 'Challenging' Year.
ENERGY RESOURCE-8 December 2006-Suncor Releases Annual Greenhouse Gas Emissions Report, Notes 'Challenging' Year(C)2006 JeraOne - http://www.jeraone.com Construction of Canada's largest ethanol plant helped offset a "challenging" year in Suncor Energy Inc.'s annual efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, the company said yesterday. In the twelfth...

PNOC to bid out Malampaya oil rim.
Byline: MYRNA M. VELASCO Upon promulgation of the bidding rules that will comply with the mandate of Executive Order 556, the Philippine National Oil Company (PNOC) will be issuing new round of tender notice to prospective investors for the proposed Camago-Malampaya Oil Leg (CMOL) project. ...