DECEMBER, 2004

December 30
Putin aide calls Yukos sale a 'swindle'
Reuters, Bloomberg, AFP

Crude Oil Falls in New York After Surging on Saudi Explosion
Bloomberg

PetroKaz, Lukoil in crude oil spat
Bloomberg

Fuel Price Slashed
Nigeria First

Venezuela: Oil money
El Universal

December 28
Shell, Chevron suspend 134,000 b/d Nigeria oil exports
Vanguard

Venezuela's Chavez pledges support for Chinese oil exploration
AFP

Kygystan firms interested in importing Saudi oil
MENAFN

Trading fiasco seen as omen for China
Bloomberg

Iran oil bourse closer to reality
IranMania

African economic shows signs of recovery
Xinhua

Georgia's oil corporation plans natural gas storage
Messenger

Nigeria oil unions in layoff talks
Reuters

Fahmy: Egypt's oil and gas products exports hit $4.5 billion
ArabicNews.com

Putin aide slams Yukos sell-off
BBC

Trying to Curb Graft in Vietnam
FT

IMF releases to Kenya Sh6b additional funds
Standard

December 22
YUKOS's Chapter 11 filing unprecedented-lawyers
Reuters

Gulf leaders end summit without settling row over US trade pacts
AFP

Russia's Putin says he knows buyer of Yukos's core asset
AFP

India seeks pact with Malaysia to develop oil and gas fields in Iran, Russia
Canadian Press

Oil gives Chad 40 percent GDP growth
afrol News

December 21
Putin's corruption
Boston Globe

Yukos auction sows investor fears
NY Times

Kenya: IMF frees aid in key boost to economy
Standard

Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline shareholders don't need extra loan
Itar-Tass

China dairy executives detained
Bloomberg

Nigeria's 2005 Budget: Presidency Raises Oil Benchmark to $30
This Day

December 20
Yukos unit sale called 'scandal'
CNN

Nigeria: 'Corruption in Public Service Caused By Oil Boom'
This Day

Georgian President Saakashvili's Campaign Against Corruption
PINR

China's Thirst for Oil Undercuts U.S. Effort to Rein in Iran
Bloomberg

Oman renews oil concession to Shell, Total for 40 years
AFP

Ghana: Edumadze Vows Revenge on Whistleblowers
Ghanaian Chronicle

December 17
Corruption costs Nigeria 40 percent of oil wealth, official says
Boston Globe

Russia to hold Yukos auction despite U.S. ruling
MSNBC

China cracks down on corruption
Washington Post

Azerbaijan's Vote Continues Amid Alleged Fraud
RFE/RL

Ex-chief councillor held for graft probe
Jakarta Post

US and Europe at loggerheads over new campaign against global warming
AFP

Shell Laments Over Activities of Thieves
Vangaurd

December 16
More Evidence of More Halliburton Fraud
Reuters

Kyoto Protocol Will Help Developing Countries - Annan
This Day

World Bank Sees No Long-Term Damage To Ukraine
noticas.info

Central Asia: New Report Says Banking Woes Hurting Some Central Asian Economies
RFE/RL

France woos Saudi investors in Riyadh
AFP

December 15
Activists Question World Bank's Commitment to Sustainable Development
IPS

Yukos files for bankruptcy in U.S.
CNN

Secret and unreliable world of oil statistics
Financial Times

Ministers face grilling over £1bn Saudi arms guarantee
Herald

Castro, Chavez: Cuba, Venezuela trade pact to beat US version
AFP

December 14
Ukraine revolution inspires Asia opposition
AP

Oil giant settles over slave labor allegations
AP

Heritage Oil forms joint venture in Kurdistan
CP

Zambia: Adjust Pump Prices, OMCs Ordered
Times of Zambia

$1.5bn Compensation: Nass Writes Nigerian President Obasanjo
This Day

December 13
New gold deposits found in Uzbekistan
BBC Monitoring

Yemen is most corrupt in Arab world
Yemen Times

BP sights on Libya's oil and gas
ANM

The Geopolitical Intelligence Report Russia: After Ukraine
Petroleumworld

UK to press for poor countries' debt write-off: 'Marshall Plan for Africa'
Financial Times

Pengassan Condemns Oil Flow Stations' Seizure
This Day

December 8
Export credit agency blamed for backing contracts where corruption suspicions surface after event
CIOB International

Kazakh president determined to uproot corruption
Interfax

Saudi question OPEC action on oil supply
Reuters

Nigerian Economic Crimes Commission head concedes 'corruption bestrides our lives'
CIOB International

Oil smuggling ship seized in Iraq
Xinhuanet

December 7
An African tale of looted oil money, vanished ship
Houston Chronicle

China Aviation Oil chief to assist probe by Singapore police
China Online

Kuwaiti minister probed for graft
AFP

Europe eager to investment in Iran's oil sector
MNA

Clarity and transparency in oil revenues management are critical -Head of the State
Kazinform

Rivers Intervenes in Youths Dispute With Shell
This Day

December 6
Bribery Charges Stop More Deals
CFO.com

Crude Oil Rises After Attack on U.S. Consulate in Saudi Arabia
Bloomberg

Kuwait to invest up to $40 billion in oil sector
Middle East Online

Militant Youths Shut Three Oil Flowstations
This Day

LNG Probe: Swiss Freezes $100m Account
This Day

Oil spill on Delaware River grows worse, injures wildlife
LA Times

December 3
Swiss Freeze Accounts in Bribe Probe
AP

Singapore Police Launch China Aviation Probe
Dow Jones

OPEC likely to roll over ceiling, some ministers say
Petroleum World

Shell Dares Senate, Says 'You're No Court'
This Day

Nigeria Joins Oil Pollution, Compensation Convention Fund
This Day

Syria- Norway Oil and Gas Exploration Contract finalized
Arabic News

Kuwait earnings rise sharply due to soaring oil prices
Daily Star

December 2
Oil and gas revenues to be made public
Azer News

Hanoi steps up drive to weed out corruption as 'greed runs amok'
Financial Times

Cracking Down On Corporate Bribery
Business Week

Libya Is Encouraging U.S. Oil Companies to Return
VOA

Crude oil prices fall below $45 a barrel
AP

Broll Scoops Nigerian Fuel-Station Contract
Business Day

December 1
The great divide in Vietnam
Asia Times

Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline costs increase
Messenger

OPEC has production surplus of 1.5m bpd: official
Petroleum World

Donors Pledge Cont'd Support for Economic Community of West African States
This Day

Xinhua Far East Downgrades Issuer Rating of China Aviation Oil (Singapore) Corp Ltd to C (pi)
Xinhua Far East China Ratings press release

Saudis to raise oil production capacity
National Post