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MAY, 2006

May 18
Woodside to cooperate on bribery probe
Age

Deloitte & Touche to examine Azeri oil revenue transparency
AssA-Irada

Oil wealth bypasses ordinary Chadians
Cox

Venezuela 'may swap oil currency'
BBC

Management of Angola’s oil revenue internationally praised, minister says
macauhub

Azerbaijan: New Executive Director for State Oil Fund Appointed
USACC

Kazakhstan to join oil pipeline in June
AP

Nigeria: 3rd Term Scandal: The EFCC And ICPC's Indifference
This Day

May 15
Oil explosion sheds light on corruption in Nigeria
Los Angeles Times

Oil companies sticking with Venezuela
newKerala

Cleanup effort underway in Kazakhstan's Caspian sector
Interfax

I was offered $1m, oil bloc to back 3rd term — Dantiye
Vanguard

Qatar oil minister: Politics tipped to keep oil prices high
Reuters

Angola poised to rake in $1.6bn
Reuters

Many people are bent on derailing anti-corruption crusade - Prof. Fafunwa
Vanguard

May 12
Nigerian petrol thieves suspected as blast kills 200
Independent

Wolfowitz's `saber rattling' against corruption raises eyebrows
DPA

Angola aims for transparency through oil auctions
Reuters

Woodside denies African bribery
Advertiser

Graft charges against Suharto dropped
Daily India

Nigeria: Neiti Audit: FG, Firms Reconcile Accounts Reconciliation
This Day

U.S. To Urge Development Banks To Adjust Focus, Official Says
Washington File

Turkey: First oil tanker to Azerbaijan sails off
Reporter.gr

Statoil sees Azerbaijan as important partner
AzerNEWS

Venezuela sends 100,000 barrels of diesel, gasoline to Haiti
Xinhua

Latin America's oil rebels rebuff EU
Guardian

May 11
US oil executive shot dead in Nigeria
Age

Nigerian oil delta militants threaten governors
Reuters

Angola tries to be transparent with oil
Business in Africa

AFP looking into bribe allegations
Herald Sun

Oil and gas lawyer extends reach beyond borders
Globe and Mail

Venezuela seeks OK on oil export tax
AP

Agreement at hand on oil transport from Kazakhstan to Azerbaijan
Eurasia Daily Monitor

Opinion: Gas, corruption and non-transparency
Kyiv Post

May 10
Congo-Brazzaville: Anti-Corruption Activists Freed on Bail But Still at Risk in Climate of Impunity
Publish What You Pay

Oil, gas trading under suspicion
San Francisco Chronicle

Disclosure urged at oil conference
Age

Tüzmen investigated over corruption
Turkish Daily News

Woodside may face probe on Mauritania
Australian

Wolfowitz wields fraud sword
fin24.co.za

Total Coal Charges Follow Xstrata Feud
Resource Investor

China to receive Kazakhstan oil through pipeline
China Knowledge

Venezuela to hike taxes on foreign oil cos
AP

Opinion: Oil, Gas, Lies and Corruption - Profiting from Unscrupulous Governments
Winston's Growth Stock Report

May 8
India: CID submits preliminary report on oil scam
DNA

Nigeria opposition urges probe into bribery claims
Reuters

Now the Hard Part: Bolivia Faces Pitfalls of Gas Takeover
New York Times

Bahamas to issue verdict on Viktor Kozeny's extradition to USA on May 19
Today.AZ

US to eliminate reports
Bloomberg

Chad: Country Gets World Bank Over a Barrel
Inter Press Service

Shell likely to win Kazakh oil exploration rights
Times of Malta

Nigeria: Account for $250m Missing Oil Fund, Obasanjo Tells Audit Firm
Vanguard

Nigerian oil audit uncovers massive fraud
UPI

Nigeria: FG To Diversify Revenue Base
This Day

Venezuela Imposing New Oil Extraction Tax
AP

Venezuela approves oil partnership contracts
Xinhua

 

   
 

Landslide Shuts Down Ecuador Pipeline - Reuters

Nigerian President Touts New Oil Legislation - Daily Trust/AllAfrica

Africa Demands Larger Slice of Mining Revenues - Mineweb

Russia in Bid for Kyrgyz National Gas Company - Eurasianet

 
 

OSI's Revenue Watch Program Becomes Independent Institute

In June 2006, the Open Society Institute spun off its Revenue Watch program to create an independent Revenue Watch Institute (RWI), a sister organization to coordinate and lead the Soros Foundation Network’s (SFN) work on transparency and accountability in resource-rich countries.

 
 
 

IMF Country Reports on Kazakhstan
The IMF produced new Kazakhstan country reports November 15, 2004.
   • Selected Issues
   • Statistical Appendix

IMF: Azerbaijan's Poverty Reduction Progress
The Government of Azerbaijan submitted its Progress Report on Poverty Reduction Strategy to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in October 2004. IMF Joint Staff has released its assessment of the progress report prepared by the government.
• Progress Report PDF file
• Joint Staff Assessment PDF file

 

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