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11/12/2004 -- Venezuela agrees to supply oil, products to Costa Rica, Dominican Republic
Venezuela has signed separate agreements to supply Costa Rica and the Dominican Republic with oil and refined products as part of regional cooperation and integration between Latin America and the Caribbean.
11/12/2004 -- MARKET WATCH
Crude oil futures prices tumble after week-long swings
Crude oil futures prices tumbled more than a dollar to settle at less than $48/bbl on the New York Mercantile Exchange Thursday after a week that saw prices swing up and down frequently.
11/12/2004 -- ChevronTexaco to sell interests in Utah's giant Greater Aneth field
A new private independent oil company and the Navajo Tribe signed a definitive agreement to acquire ChevronTexaco Corp.'s interests in Utah's largest oil field in terms of cumulative recovery.
11/11/2004 -- MARKET WATCH
Energy futures prices rebound on NYMEX
Energy futures prices rebounded in trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange Wednesday—one day after energy prices had plummeted.
11/10/2004 -- Shell opens combined hydrogen, gasoline station in Washington, DC
Shell Hydrogen US opened a combined hydrogen and gasoline station in Washington, DC, the first such station in North America. The station offers both compressed and liquid hydrogen.
11/10/2004 -- Canada's NEB appoints new member for Mackenzie gas pipeline project
Minister of Natural Resources Canada R. John Efford announced the appointment of David M. Hamilton as a member of the National Energy Board (NEB).
11/10/2004 -- CLNG names former Anadarko executive as director
Richard J. Sharples, a former Anadarko Petroleum Corp. executive, has been named executive director of the Center for Liquefied Natural Gas (CLNG).
11/10/2004 -- High inventories, warm early fall help gas markets withstand lost production
The US natural gas market is still recovering from Gulf of Mexico production losses caused by Hurricane Ivan in September, but above-normal temperatures in September and October and inventories at a 13-year peak are offsetting the effect, government and private forecasters say.
11/10/2004 -- CNR to buy part of Anadarko's western Canadian properties
Canadian Natural Resources Ltd., Calgary, announced plans to buy a western Canadian subsidiary from Anadarko Petroleum Corp., for $698 million (Can.).
11/10/2004 -- Quest Oil abandoning Papua New Guinea efforts, looking toward Canada, US
Quest Oil Corp., Arlington, Tex., has abandoned efforts to acquire two petroleum prospecting licenses in Papua New Guinea and will instead focus on "more immediate prospects" in Alberta and the US Illinois basin.
11/10/2004 -- Majors in study replaced 134% of production in 1999-2003
Eight major oil and gas companies in a comparative analysis by Prudential Equity Group LLC together replaced 134% of their production during 1999-2003 at an average cost of $5.18/boe.
11/10/2004 -- Russia approaches historic moment as world energy superpower
Russia is approaching an historic moment of opportunity as a world energy superpower, according to speakers at a day-long workshop Oct. 25 at Rice University's James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy.
11/10/2004 -- MARKET WATCH
Crude futures price falls below $48/bbl on NYMEX
Energy prices plummeted Tuesday, with the near-month futures price dropping below $48/bbl on the New York Mercantile Exchange for the first time since late September as speculators—particularly the well-financed hedge funds—continued to exit the oil commodities markets.
11/09/2004 -- Ziff: North American natural gas business at turning point
With North America at a turning point in energy, the US, Canada, and Mexico should work together towards a mutual and secure energy future, says the recently elected chairman of the Texas Railroad Commission (TRC).
11/09/2004 -- Argentine government creating energy company
Argentine President Nestor Kirchner on Nov. 2 signed a law creating an energy company called Energia Argentina SA (Enarsa).
11/09/2004 -- MARKET WATCH
Energy prices resume previous decline
Energy futures prices resumed their decline Monday as speculators continued to pull out of that market despite increased allied action against insurgents in Fallujah, Iraq, and a pending strike that could shut in oil production in Nigeria.
11/08/2004 -- Gaz de France buys 51% of Romania's Distrigaz Sud
Gaz de France, bolstering its position in Central and Eastern Europe, is taking a 51% stake in the Romanian gas distribution company Distrigaz Sud under an agreement signed Oct. 18 in Bucharest.
11/08/2004 -- Texas Alliance PetroIndex: WTI posted price likely to remain high
The posted price for West Texas Intermediate crude averaged $42.38/bbl in September, marking the second consecutive month above $40/bbl, said Karr Ingham, president of Economic Reporting, Amarillo, Tex., in a late-October report on third-quarter operations for the Texas Alliance of Energy Producers.
11/08/2004 -- Opening of France's gas markets occurring 'satisfactorily'
Although only 112 out of 530,000 consumers in France's liberalized natural gas market have switched from historic suppliers to others since the market was opened to competition in 2000, Energy Regulatory Commission Pres. Jean Syrota said it was "sufficient indication" that the opening of markets was occurring "satisfactorily."
11/08/2004 -- Algeria: Sonatrach and Sonelgaz will not be privatized
Algerian Prime Minister Ahmed Ouyahia said state oil and gas company Sonatrach and state electricity and gas company Sonelgaz are not included in the planned privatization of Algerian corporations.

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