AUGUST, 2005

August 30
Oil Producers 'Face Bigger Corruption Threat' As Prices Rise
World Bank (press release)

Liberia risks losing aid if graft goes unchecked
Reuters

Criminal complaint filed against former head of Czech prime minister's office
Prague Daily Monitor

Phillipines: Oil firms earn billions of pesos amid crisis
Phillipine Daily Inquirer

Lebanon's PM in Kuwait to seek importing gas oil directly
Xinhua

Nigeria: Bayelsa Youths Give Shell 14-Day Ultimatum
Vanguard

Kazakhistan plugs China's bid
Reuters

Nigeria: FG Warns Marketers On Fuel Price: TUC Set For Mass Protest, Issues 10-day Ultimatum
This Day

Saudi ready to increase oil production
Petroleumworld

US could tap strategic oil reserve as hurricane strikes
AFP

August 29
Oil czar of Kazakhstan faces bribery charges
Bloomberg

Head of Czech prime minister's office to leave over corruption charges
Prague Daily Monitor

Fight corruption, Pope urges Ecuador
Catholic World News

Nigeria wants to draw SA investors
Mail & Guardian

Turkmenistan: No Job Security for Officials - Even Old Presidential Friends
RFE/RL

Brazil's Real Weakens for 4th Day in 5 on Outflow, Oil Outlook
Bloomberg

Nigeria: Obasanjo Defends Fuel Price Hike
Daily Champion

Nigeria: Korean Firm to Pay N65bn for Two Oil Blocks
This Day

August 24
Halliburton: Loses Iran Contract Due To Corruption Charges
AGI

2005 Licensing Rounds Ends, Successful Bidders Emerge
This Day

Venezuela's Chavez Squeezes Oil Companies With Taxes, Raids
Bloomberg

$4.18 billion bid for oil firm accepted
China Daily/ANN

From bankruptcy to oil riches
New York Times

Colombia's Ecopetrol finds possible reserves of 68 million barrels of oil
Petroleumworld

Venezuelan to increase 55.700 bpd its daily oil shipments to China
Petroleumworld

Egyptian investment company pumps money into oil
Arabic News

August 23
Iran regime's foreign, domestic debts stand at 105 billion dollars
NCRI (press release)

Vetra for Construction of Sahara's 70,000 B/D Refinery in Nigeria
Vanguard

Investigations into Oil Ministry corruption
Yemen Times

How oil drives the genocide in Darfur
Sudan Times

Saudi pay rise reflects strong oil prices
FT

August 22
Ex-Halliburton worker pleads guilty to bribes
Reuters

Venezuela to certified Orinoco belt reserves
Petroleumworld

Shell out of $2.7 billion Mariscal Sucre LNG project
Petroleumworld

Oil-guzzling Asian economies batten down for 70-dollar oil prices
AFP

Brazil's Petrobras to invest $56.4B on its 2006-2010 business plan
Petroleumworld

August 19
Venezuela to invest US$ 56 billions in PDVSA's new " Oil's sow 2005-2010 Plan"
Petroleumworld

Chavez open to new OPEC price band for oil
AP

'FG Earned N3.99 Trillion From Oil in 2004'
This Day

Total Strives for Global Human Resource Standard
New Vision

Ecuador-oil-protests,sched
AFP

August 18
Kazakhstan to Use AzerbaijanÕs Extractive Industries Transparency Experience
Baku Today

Nigeria: FG to Publish Oil Majors Account Oct
This Day

UAE plans to launch fuel oil contracts
Aljazeera

Venezuela's Ramirez : "Production capacity at its limit in all oil-producing countries"
Petroleumworld

Chevron Issues Corporate Responsibility Report
Chevron (press release)

Nigeria: Shell, Ogoni in Fresh Dispute
This Day

In bids for oil exploration, four foreign oil companies win in exploring seven Yemen oil sectors
Yemen Times

Nigeria: Ex-ICAN Boss Tasks FG On Excess Oil Money
This Day

Brazil Inflation Drop Prompts Some to Call Rate Cut
Bloomberg

August 16
Nigeria: NEITI auditors investigate ChevronÕs alleged tax evasion
Vanguard

Venezuela: PDVSA to make public Strategic Plans on Aug. 17-19
Petroleumworld

Turkmenistan Nearly Completes Shake-up of Oil and Gas Sector
News Central Asia

ÊHas the IMF dropped the ball on transparency reforms in the Republic of Congo?
Publish What You Pay (press release)

An Oil Fortune Bound in Red Tape
Washington Post

Nigeria: Shell Pays FG $3bn Oil Tax
This Day

Anti-graft court urged to release coconut levy assets
Inquirer News Service

Azerbaijan to keep using Russian oil line
Oil & Gas Journal

PetroKazakhstan Gets Two Takeover Bids
AP

August 15
President of Turkmenistan Sacks Minister on Corruption Charges
News Central Asia

Emerging debt-Brazil off on scandal, Venezuela up
Reuters

Prospects for Angolan IMF deal seen slipping
Reuters

New Iran Oil Minister has no track record
IranMania

Jakarta likely to replace oil chief
FT

Pervasive Corruption in Russia Is 'Just Called Business'
New York Times

Feds increase pressure on corrupt foreign practices
Reuters

South Korea: Public sharply divided over controversial reform projects
Korea Herald

Nigeria: IMF Asks FG to Set Up Poverty Fund
Vanguard

August 10
Halliburton provided Iran with key nuclear reactor components
Al Jazeera

Nigeria: Chevron Signs MoU With Host Community
This Day

OAPEC plans to raise 40% its oil output by 2010
Petroleumworld

OPEC oil cartel says its output is up by 300,000 barrels a day
AFP

Delhi hosts international seminar on recent Central Asia developments
ANI

OPEC Hails BTC Exports
Assa Irada

Oil steady above $63 on Middle East concerns
Reuters

Nigerian Government to Pay Paris Club $6bn From Excess Crude Revenue
Daily Trust

August 9
Alleged Tax Fraud: Chevron Rebuffs Nigerian Government
This Day

Unveiling the $10.8 Billion Oil Tax Saga
This Day

Diversified African Markets Beginning To Lure Investors
noticias.info (press release)

OPEC member Indonesia to be net oil importer this year
MarketWatch

Azeri oil revenues distorting economy
Baku Today

U.S. mulls sanctions on Venezuela over drug move
Reuters

Bush signs sweeping energy bill
AFP

Iran provoking 'grave crisis', needs unified world response: France
AFP

Oil near record with Middle East in focus
Reuters

August 8
Mauritanian leaders appoint premier to oversee promised move to democracy
AFP

US supports EU proposal on Iran
AFP

UN watchdog set to meet with Iranian nuclear crisis escalating
AFP

Iran to retain OPEC ranking in oil production, export
RIA Novosti

Kazakhstan to join effort on transparency
CBN

Russia: Is Economic Confidence Returning After The Yukos Scandal
RFE/RL

Venezuela's Chavez dismisses U.S. drug cooperation
Reuters

Kazakhstan plans to supply gas to Georgia starting 2006
KAZINFORM

Low voter turnout signal local venezuelan elections
Petroleumworld

High prices inspire OPEC to develop more fields
Daily Star

August 4
MAURITANIA: Army says has seized power to end totalitarian days
IRIN

OPEC output highest since 1979
Reuters

Kazakhstan to join Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline project
KazInfrom

Kuwaiti crude oil price reaches 52.88 dollars per barrel
Xinhua

Chevron paid Nigerian troops after alleged killings
San Francisco Chronicle

BTC linefill operation advancing towards border with Turkey
CIOB

Odessa-Brody pipeline can supply Caspian oil only after 2007
KazInfrom

Halliburton announces 284 percent increase in war profits
Haliburton Watch.Org

Kazakhstan may join WTO next year
RBC

Australia's Woodside says Mauritania operations unaffected by coup
AFP

Kuwait's new oil refinery to start operating in 2010
MENAFN

Zuma Pledges Government's Co-Operation in Oilgate Inuiry
Business Day

August 3
CNOOC withdraws bid for Unocal, citing politics
Oil & Gas Journal

U.S. Opposition to Unocal Bid May Push China Toward Iran, Sudan
Bloomberg

Saudi Arabia after Fahd
Baltimore Sun

Beyond The Forgiveness Of Debts
Ghana Home Page

Oil Firms Now to Disclose Incomes
This Day

LUKoil suffers failure in second Caspian project
RIA Novosti

Odessa-Brody pipeline can supply Caspian oil only after 2007
KazInfrom

August 1
US Senate passes multi-billion dollar energy bill
AFP

Offshore Europe 2005 Oil & Gas Exhibition & Conference
Oil Voice (press release)

US still too reliant on Middle East oil: experts
AFP

Yemen: COCA reveals unbelievable corruption in different ministries
Yemen Times

Chevron Reports Second Quarter Net Income of $3.7 Billion
Chevron (press release)

Crisis looms as Iran vows to restart key nuclear activity
AFP

Oil prices hit 61 dollars after BP refinery blast
AFP