AUGUST, 2006

August 29
With Kazakh's Visit, Bush Priorities Clash
Washington Post

Chadian minister says oil firms failed to pay tax
Taipei Times

Head of Bolivia State Oil Company Quits
AP

Japan Strengthens Energy Ties to Central Asia
World Politics Watch

Rising crude oil price erodes Sinopec profit
Bloomberg

Opinion: Saga of subsidies and corruption
Financial Express

August 28
Chad minister defends Chevron, Petronas expulsion
Reuters

China, Venezuela to Jointly Develop 19 Oil Areas, Chavez Says
Bloomberg

Oil tops agenda as Japan PM heads to central Asia
AFP

Papua New Guinea spins towards chaos
DPA

Vietnam beckons Malaysian investors
Business Times

Yemen: Oil operations in only 2 of 13 sedimentary basins
Yemen Observer

Opinion - Nigeria: How to Spend the Oil Windfall
This Day

August 25
Nigeria: Probe Missing $12bn Oil Windfall - Gani Charges EFCC
Daily Champion

Germany highly appraises SOCAR’s role in EITI
Trend

Anti Corruption Center was opened in Lankaran
Trend

Bangladesh: None but Ershad freed from two corruption charges
Daily Star

Kazakhstan's state oil company plans LSE listing - report
AFX

Venezuela Signs Oil Deal with China
VOA

Peru Government Names Cesar Gutierrez To Run State Oil Co
Dow Jones

Bolivia Stress Oil Nationalization
Prensa Latina

Nigeria: EFCC chases Plateau Speaker, deputy into Abuja courtroom
Vanguard

August 24
Bolivia's Morales backs minister after censure
Reuters

Analysis: Nigeria workers threaten walkout
UPI

Revisit Gulf War Oil Windfall, Gani Tells FG
This Day

BHP to take on oil giants with huge petroleum investment
Times Online

Hearing on two more graft cases against Ershad today
Daily Star

August 22
Ukraine, Oil Cos. Pledge Transparency
AP

Cambodia: Stability Comes to the Killing Fields
AsiaSentinal

Sixty more arrested as Nigeria continues its rebel crackdown
AP

Oil at Top of Chavez's Agenda in China
AP

Corruption hurts India’s petroleum industry
Gulf Times

Nepali petrol dealers start to strike
Xinhua

Analysis: Libyan tender marks emergence
UPI

Opinion: Oil breeds corruption
New Vision

August 21
Subsidy and corruption in the Indian petroleum industry
Indo-Asian News Service

Life returns to normal in Nepal after weekend protests over fuel price hike
AP

Arrests at 160 in Nigeria Crackdown
AP

China to invest more in Venezuelan oil, infrastructure: Chavez
AP

Japan's Energy Foray Into Central Asia
OhmyNews

Venezuela: US$500,000 may have been paid in bribes to spring union boss
Caracas Daily Journal

Opinion: Oil spill traced to corruption, incompetence
Manila Times

August 18
Burundi jails anti-corruption activist - lawyer
Reuters

Equatorial Guinea new govt named
AFP

Bangladesh: Austerity measures to continue until further order, says govt
Financial Express

Chinese Take a Turn at Turning a Sub-Saharan Profit
New York Times

Venezuela's state oil company partners 2 private firms
Xinhua

Analysis: The Aftermath of Bolivia's Energy Nationalization
Stratfor

Analysis: The Growing Risk to Oil Companies in the Niger Delta
Stratfor

August 17
Another oil worker abducted
SAPA

Bangladesh: BNP, JP meet as court delivers verdict today
Daiy Star

Malaysia's Makeover Lures Investors
BusinessWeek

Bolivia Upholds Charges on Oil Deal
Prensa Latina

Almaty to host forum on informational transparency of national companies
Kazinform

Latvian prosecutor's office to investigate whether Lembergs has spied
TBT

August 16
Nigeria in N32bn yearly petroleum bourse savings
AND

Shareholders of Dnipropetrovsk Oil-Extracting Plant Demand Bunge to Conform to Financial Transparency Principles at DOEP
DOEP (press release)

Security Council considers proposals for new, integrated United Nations Mission in Timor-Leste consisting of military, police, civilian components
UN Security Council (press release)

Briefing: Former Soviet states discuss economic ties
AP

Moscow press: Putin ‘broke promise to save Yukos’
Monday Morning

China's presence a boon to Africa- UN adviser
Reuters

Venezuela to Boost Oil Sales in China
AP

Venezuela's State Oil Signed Joint Agreements With Foreign Partners
AHN

August 15
Kazakhstan to Establish Refinery in Turkey
Zaman

Sao Tome to make US$396.1 million in oil revenue in 2015
Macauhub

Venezuela state oil company launches joint ventures with foreign partners
Xinhua

Filipino hostages freed in Nigeria
AFP

Indonesia To Open 41 New Oil & Gas Blocks For Bidding
Dow Jones

Nigeria: From Third Term to Anti-Corruption
This Day

Report: ONGC, Sinopec Win Oil Assets Bid
AP

August 14
Nigeria to name leaders who 'stole' £212bn oil money
Independent

Uganda's Bunyoro oil land rush intensifies
Zimgreats.com

Vietnam in Uphill Battle Against Corruption
VOA

Entire E. Guinea Government Resigns
OhmyNews

Transparency the key, claims Gargash
ITP

Nigeria: Oil Workers' Unions Dismiss Govt's Claims On Transparency
Vanguard

Official vows to show Nigerian corruption
UPI

August 11
Ongoing intimidation of anti-corruption activists in Congo-Brazzaville
Publish What You Pay (press release)

Oil workers' unions dismiss govt's claims on transparency
Vanguard

Yemen Minister of Oil: We will crack down on corruption in the oil industry
Yemen Times

Venezuela oil reserves to soar, boosted by heavy oil
Bloomberg

National Assembly task on NEITI Bill
Vanguard

Thai opposition focuses on anti-graft fight in TV campaign
Straits Times

SOCAR will increase oil export through Baku-Novorossiysk pipeline
Today.AZ

Gazprom Neft eyes further expansion into Central Asia
RosBusinessConsulting

Head of Mexico's national oil company, Pemex, offers to speed up oil deliveries to U.S.
AP

Venezuela launches license bids for gas exploration in the Caribbean
radiojamaica.com

August 10
KRG puts forward draft petroleum law for discussion
KRG

Nigerian president owns $9mln Transcorp shares
Reuters

Malaysia: Mahathir claims proof of gov't-linked graft
AP

UK probes Halliburton’s "Nigeria contracts scam"
Daily Sun

China’s Africa scramble finds welcome in Kenya
FT

Calls for release of kidnapped oil worker
AFP

Corruption blocking democratic progress: Freedom House
IFEX

August 9
Oil giant in bribes inquiry
Australian

Fighting corruption, Yemenization top priorities, Yemen Oil Minister says
Yemen Observer

Reps ask Chevron to pay $492m evaded tax
Vanguard

Analysis: The Promise, and Peril, of Oil to Uganda
Telluride Watch

India Govt Ask Ministries To Create Policies For Investment In Infrastructure Projects
RTTNews

August 8
Probe into KBR role in Nigeria bribe case
FT

Group claims it abducted German oil worker
DPA

Bank of Uganda to manage oil revenues
East African

Analysts: Reforms in Nigeria Threatened
AP

The Chad-Cameroon Petroleum Development and Pipeline Project
afrol

The Businessmen Who Were Barred From Russia
St. Petersburg Times

Analysis: The B.T.C. Pipeline and the Increasing Importance of Energy Supply Routes
PINR

Analysis: Transparent Oil
New Eurasia

August 7
Yemen to join extractive industries transparency initiative
NewsYemen

Heroine of Nigeria's anti-corruption camp quits to West's dismay
Independent

Kazakhstan: Final EITI schedule to be presented to National Council in near future
Kazakhstan Today

N150bn Petroleum Support Fund depleted
Vanguard

Niger Delta Human Development Report: Grinding Poverty & Deprivation in N-Delta
Vanguard

South Sudan receives $473 mln, as oil revenues share for five months
Sudan Tribune

August 2
Total Outpumps Exxon Mobil in Africa, New Frontier in Oil Race
Bloomberg

Russian Court Declares Yukos Bankrupt
VOA

Okonjo-Iweala asks Delta govt to justify N318bn allocation
Tide

India casts IT bait for Kazakh oil
Financial Express

Corruption's drag on democratic states
Christian Science Monitor

Venezuelans to finalise Petrojam joint venture
Jamaica Gleaner

Azeri oil fund enlarges
RosBusinessConsulting

Niger Delta Human Development Report - Amazing Paradoxes
Vanguard

August 1
Workshop seeks training on solid minerals management
Tide

Venezuela's Chavez Signs Oil Deal With Vietnam
VOA

Indonesia: Eight years sought for $8m graft suspect
Jakarta Post

Bolivian State Oil Co Arraigned
Prensa Latina

Bin Shamlan: Yemen’s economic situation not promising
Yemen Times

BP Azerbaijan awards contracts to local Azeri service company
Trend

Venezuela, Trinidad work on natural gas unification
MarketWatch