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Putin In Line To Be Gazprom Chairman

Putin In Line To Be Gazprom Chairman

Vladimir Putin is in line to be the new chairman of Russia's state-owned gas giant OAO Gazprom (GAZP.RS), The Daily Telegraph reports Thursday.

OPEC Senior Delegate: Seeking At Least 500,000 B/D Cut In March

OPEC Senior Delegate: Seeking At Least 500,000 B/D Cut In March

Some countries within OPEC are seeking a production cut of at least 500,000 barrels of oil a day at the group's March meeting, according to a senior OPEC delegate, as it seeks to buoy up prices amid a potential slump in demand.

Iraqi Oil Min: No Need For OPEC To Increase Oil Production

Iraqi Oil Min: No Need For OPEC To Increase Oil Production

Iraq's Oil Minister Hussein al-Shahristani said Thursday he saw "no need" for the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries to increase production, pointing to the latest information which showed there was no shortage of oil supplies.

OPEC Powerless To Influence Global Turmoil

OPEC Powerless To Influence Global Turmoil

OPEC has done what it can to help the global economy and is powerless to influence the turmoil in global financial markets, the group's president said Thursday, putting the possibility of a recession in the U.S. at 40%.

Terna CEO: 07 Div To Top 4% Growth On Yr; No Special Div

Terna CEO: 07 Div To Top 4% Growth On Yr; No Special Div

Terna SpA (TRN.MI), Italy's biggest power grid company by capacity, plans to boost its 2007 dividend by more than 4% from the previous year, said Chief Executive Flavio Cattaneo Thursday.

Iraqs Turkmen Of Kirkuk Appeal For Govt Protection

Iraq's Turkmen Of Kirkuk Appeal For Govt Protection

Turkmen of Kirkuk, Iraq's northern oil hub which is riven with ethnic tension, called Thursday for the government to protect them and indirectly threatened to create their own militia.

Czech Pres Calls EU Climate Measures Tragic Mistake

Czech Pres Calls EU Climate Measures "Tragic Mistake"

Right-wing Czech President Vaclav Klaus slammed the European Union's sweeping new measures to fight climate change as a "tragic mistake" in an interview with a German newspaper on Thursday.

Nabucco Consortium:Still Need Formal Approvals Of 6th Partner

Nabucco Consortium:Still Need Formal Approvals Of 6th Partner

VIENNA (Dow Jones)--The consortium behind the planned Nabucco pipeline Wednesday said the choice of the sixth company to join the consortium still needs to be signed off by some of the current partner companies.

Motor Oil hires Technip to Βuild Νew Refinery

Motor Oil hires Technip to Βuild Νew Refinery

Motor Oil, Greece’s second-largest refiner, hired Technip Italy, a unit of Paris-based Technip, to build a second crude oil distillation processor at its Aghioi Theodoroi refinery.

OPEC Advisory Ctee Wont Meet Ahead Of Ministers Meeting Fri

OPEC Advisory Ctee Won't Meet Ahead Of Ministers Meeting Fri

An OPEC advisory committee won't meet ahead of the gathering of ministers from the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries Friday, underscoring expectations that the group will hold production steady at its first meeting of the year.