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12/10/2002 -- Canada makes move to limit costs of Kyoto Protocol
The Canadian government is considering limiting the costs borne by energy companies under the country's anticipated acceptance of the Kyoto Protocol on Climate Change by Dec. 31.
12/10/2002 -- Market watch: Oil futures prices rally as strike curbs Venezuela's crude exports
Futures prices for oil and petroleum products rallied Monday amid market worries about the continuing strike in Venezuela that has curbed that country's exports of crude oil.
12/09/2002 -- Trinidad & Tobago on high alert following terrorist threat to US, UK energy interests there
Trinidad and Tobago's security forces are on high alert following threats to American and British energy interests in the Caribbean twin-island nation from an Islamic fundamentalist group.
12/09/2002 -- BP, ChevronTexaco start up new Dutch wind farm
BP PLC and ChevronTexaco Corp. reported the commercial start-up of their new, $23 million, 22.5 Mw wind farm project constructed at the companies' jointly owned, 400,000 b/d Nerefco refinery.
12/09/2002 -- Chesapeake Energy to buy Midcontinent assets from Oneok
Chesapeake Energy of Oklahoma City signed an agreement to acquire US Midcontinent natural gas assets for $300 million through the acquisition of a wholly owned subsidiary of Tulsa-based Oneok Inc.
12/09/2002 -- Unocal elects new vice-chairman
Unocal Corp. has elected John W. Creighton Jr. to the position of vice chairman.
12/09/2002 -- Market watch: Energy futures prices falter as war worries decline
Energy futures prices declined Friday ahead of Iraq's weekend compliance with demands by the United Nations that it report any weapons of mass destruction in its possession.
12/09/2002 -- US 'carefully' monitoring oil markets in wake of Venezuela oil strike
US officials Friday refused to speculate on whether renewed political unrest in Venezuela will mean higher gasoline and heating costs for consumers.
12/06/2002 -- Changing climates
The White House wants industry's help reshaping climate change policy.
12/06/2002 -- IEA to study European gas market liberalization effect on supply safety
The Paris-based International Energy Agency is undertaking a survey to determine the impact of liberalization of the European natural gas market on the supply safety of its 26 member states.
12/06/2002 -- CNOOC signs first deepwater exploration agreement
China National Offshore Oil Corp. (CNOOC) has signed a production-sharing agreement with Husky Oil China Ltd., a unit of Husky Energy Inc., Calgary, to explore for oil on deepwater Block 40/30 in the Pearl River Mouth basin of the South China Sea.
12/06/2002 -- Market watch: Colder US weather helps boost energy futures prices
With snow storms in the US snarling travel and disrupting electrical power from Arkansas to Connecticut, energy futures prices increased across the board Thursday on the New York Mercantile Exchange.
12/06/2002 -- Burlington Resources makes key executive promotions
Houston-based Burlington Resources Inc. has appointed two of its own to executive-level positions.
12/06/2002 -- Repeat of 2000-01 opportunistic gas drilling unlikely
The changing structure of the oil and gas industry will mean less price-driven opportunistic drilling for natural gas, which will keep markets tight and underpin prices beyond weather-driven price spikes.
12/05/2002 -- EPA extends compliance deadline for required oil spill plan
Facilities that store and transfer oil will not have to file a specialized spill prevention plan with the US Environmental Protection Agency in February, industry groups say.
12/05/2002 -- UN agrees to rollover Iraq oil-for-aid; import list to be revisited
The United Nations Security Council late Wednesday renewed the Iraq oil-for-aid program for 6 months. Because of US concerns, the council also agreed within a month to review a restricted goods list to ensure Iraqi President Saddam Hussein does not use funds from oil sales to build up a military war chest.
12/05/2002 -- Market watch: Bearish reports of US oil inventories dampen futures prices
Energy futures prices generally fell Wednesday in reaction to reports issued by both the American Petroleum Institute and the US Department of Energy that US oil inventories fell by more than 3 million bbl during the week ended Nov. 29.
12/04/2002 -- Simmons & Co. bullish on North American natural gas outlook
The outlook for the 2003 North American natural gas market hinges on storage because flat-to-declining supply coupled with power generation demand should tighten the gas market, Houston-based Simmons & Co. International said.
12/04/2002 -- Market watch: Energy futures rise on fears of Venezuela's strike disrupting supplies
Gasoline energy futures prices led crude oil and refined product prices higher Tuesday upon concerns about possible gasoline supply disruptions in South America because of a general strike in Venezuela.
12/04/2002 -- Dynegy names new executive vice-president, chief financial officer
Houston-based Dynegy Inc. Monday announced that Nick J. Caruso has been named executive vice-president and chief financial officer.

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