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09/10/2002 -- Mission Resources names new chairman and CEO
Robert L. Cavnar has been named chairman and CEO of Houston-based independent exploration and production company Mission Resources Corp.
09/10/2002 -- Calpine sells noncore Canadian oil assets
San Jose, Calif.-based independent power producer Calpine Corp. has inked a deal with NAL Resources on behalf of NAL Oil & Gas Trust, Calgary, and another institutional investor.
09/10/2002 -- Market watch: Middle East tension pulls up oil futures prices
Energy futures prices continued to rally Monday as President George W. Bush pursued support, both at home and abroad, for US military action against Iraq.
09/10/2002 -- PDVSA partially reorganizes top management
Venezuela's state oil firm Petroleos de Venezuela SA announced a partial reorganization of some of its top managers.
09/10/2002 -- US companies say Saudi gas negotiations reaching critical stage
US companies with interests in Saudi Arabia said Monday that it is premature to assume the kingdom has abandoned plans to allow foreign companies to develop natural gas fields.
09/09/2002 -- Canadian 88 reveals new business strategy, plans to buy RMX Exploration
Canadian 88 Energy Corp. has entered into an agreement to acquire all of the issued and outstanding shares of private oil and gas company RMX Exploration for $26.1 million in cash and assumed debt.
09/09/2002 -- Market watch: Energy futures prices continue to rise on Iraq concerns
Oil futures prices continued making gains Friday as the administration of President George W. Bush attempted to solidify its case for US military action against Iraq.
09/06/2002 -- Kerr-McGee parts with certain North Sea assets, Hutton TLP
Kerr-McGee has sold its interest in certain of its UK North Sea assets, including the Hutton tension leg platform.
09/06/2002 -- Mariner reorganizes; names CEO, president
Houston-based Mariner Energy Inc. has hired Scott D. Josey and Allan D. Keel as full time employees.
09/06/2002 -- Market watch: Supply, demand factors push up oil futures prices
Energy futures prices popped up again Thursday, stimulated by the fall of US inventories of oil and petroleum products and by President George W. Bush's sword-rattling criticisms of Iraq.
09/06/2002 -- WPC: Ziff Energy's field studies show operators respond to economic drivers
A 7-year analysis of operating expenses indicates that companies are responding to the strong influence of economic drivers that call for achieving operating excellence.
09/06/2002 -- Clean fuel summit
A diverse coalition of energy and environment stakeholders have agreed to support a US Environmental Protection Agency-sponsored initiative designed to reduce global urban air pollution, especially in developing countries.
09/06/2002 -- What military strategy vs. Iraq yields lower oil prices?
The military strategy employed by the US against Iraq could result in an oil price response echoing that of Desert Storm.
09/05/2002 -- WPC: OPEC-IEA dialogue improving, but price still an issue
The heads of the organizations representing the world's main oil exporters and top oil importers claimed to have found common ground anew on the issue of oil market stability, judging from their talks at the World Petroleum Congress in Rio de Janeiro this afternoon.
09/05/2002 -- Newly formed ConocoPhillips names 16 to its board
Newly formed ConocoPhillips has named 16 directors—14 outside and 2 inside—to its board. The company received final regulatory approval and completed closing formalities last month.
09/05/2002 -- Market watch: Bush's harsh words to Iraq spurs oil futures prices
Energy futures prices rebounded Wednesday, spurred by strong words from President George W. Bush that indicated no softening of his stand against Iraq.
09/04/2002 -- WPC: Shell official sees fossil fuel use ending before reserves depletion
The use of fossil fuels will likely phase out before those reserves are fully depleted, suggested a top official of Royal Dutch/Shell Group at the World Petroleum Congress in Rio de Janeiro today.
09/04/2002 -- WPC: PDVSA's Rodríguez warns of non-OPEC 'threat' to long-term oil market stability
A ramp-up in oil production by countries outside the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries in the short term could pose a "serious threat" to prospects for oil market stability in the long term, said the former secretary-general of OPEC, Alí Rodríguez Araque.
09/04/2002 -- Market watch: Iraqi peace feelers deflate oil futures prices
Energy futures prices plummeted Tuesday in New York and London as Iraq's proposal to negotiate the possibility of renewed arms inspections deflated some of the "war premium" increase in oil prices.
09/03/2002 -- WPC: Saudi Arabia pledges readiness to stabilize oil prices in case of US-Iraq war
Saudi Arabia has reiterated a commitment to unilaterally make up any shortfall in global oil supply in the event of a US-led attack on Iraq.

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