11/25/2002
-- Bangladesh committee opposes gas exports Bangladesh has insufficient gas reserves to serve domestic and foreign markets, and the government should not authorize exports, the Nagorik committee recommended in mid-November.
11/25/2002
-- Market watch: Oil, refined products prices rally Friday Energy futures prices for every commodity except natural gas rallied Friday across world markets as traders were in a buying mood to reverse previous sales.
11/22/2002
-- Fuel answers US federal regulators expect a record number of local and state governments to be in violation of federal clean air guidelines because of new ground-level ozone standards.
11/22/2002
-- Market watch: Threats of war and cold weather push up energy prices Energy futures prices continued to rally Thursday, with traders again bidding up the so-called "war premium" on oil as members of NATO followed the US lead in voting to help the UN disarm Iraq.
11/21/2002
-- Energy investors' confidence in Latin America on volatile ground Latin America's energy industry will require more than $225 billion in investments this next decade, but the region's political and economic environment suggests external financing will be difficult.
11/20/2002
-- White House renews call for EPA cabinet legislation The White House Wednesday called on US lawmakers to elevate the Environmental Protection Agency to cabinet-level status soon after the new Congress convenes in late January.
11/20/2002
-- API endorses homeland security cabinet legislation The American Petroleum Institute Wednesday endorsed congressional efforts to create a new Department of Homeland Security, the most extensive reorganization of the federal government since the 1940s.
11/20/2002
-- Market watch: Energy futures prices slip, correcting earlier rally Futures prices fell on the New York Mercantile Exchange Tuesday in a correction to Monday's price surge, which was triggered by traders' renewed jitteriness about the possibility of war.
11/20/2002
-- Iran, Norway officials discuss oil cooperation Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister for Euro-American Affairs met with Norway's Petroleum and Energy Minister in Oslo to discuss expanding the existing cooperation between the two countries' oil sectors.
11/19/2002
-- CAPP: Canadian natural gas reserves climb during 2001 Canadian natural gas reserves climbed during 2001, according to annual estimates released last week by the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers (CAPP).
11/19/2002
-- Centrica acquires Rough storage facility from Dynegy Centrica PLC, through a wholly owned subsidiary, has acquired Dynegy Storage Ltd. (DSL) and Dynegy Onshore Processing UK Ltd. (DOPUL), subsidiaries of Dynegy Inc., for $500 million.
11/18/2002
-- MMS issues notice of central Gulf of Mexico lease sale 185 The US Minerals Management Service plans a Mar. 19, 2003, offshore oil and gas lease sale for the central Gulf of Mexico that will include royalty-relief measures designed to spur domestic production.
11/18/2002
-- DOE says SPR storage is at record level The US Strategic Petroleum Reserve now holds 592 million bbl of oil, the largest volume of crude ever stored since the federal government began the emergency stockpiling measure in 1977.