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Nepali petroleum pump workers postpone strike; oil to become available
Region: NepalPetroleum pump workers based in eastern Nepal on Tuesday declared the postponement of their strike as it caused inconvenience to people due to the closure of petroleum pumps. Govinda Prasad Rijal, Coordinator of All Nepal... more
Views: 179Oil Refinery Explodes in Puerto Rico
Region: Puerto RicoAt around 12:30 am on Friday, October 23, the Gulf Oil Refinery (Caribbean Petroleum Company-CAPECO) in Bayamón (in the metropolitan area), Puerto Rico, exploded massively. Almost 20 tanks have exploded since ... more
Views: 452Uganda Oil Discovery Stokes Ethnic Tensions
Region: UgandaOil bonanza is overshadowed by a tribal land dispute. By Bill Oketch in Kampala (AR No 229, 08-Sep-09) The discovery of vast reserves of oil in western Uganda has sparked widespread conflict over land ownership, as et... more
Views: 588Impasse Stalls Nepal’s New Government
Region: NepalStarting his job at the office PM Madhav Kumar Nepal came up with rather an optimistic note calling for the politics of consensus and cooperation for the way ahead at this difficult time, yet the terms being clichéd... more
Views: 301China acquires Nippon Oil
Region: ChinaThe Chinese government has approved China National Petroleum Corp to buy 49 percent shares in its Japanese counterpart - Nippon Oil Corp to set up a joint venture in Japan. The JV will refine the crude o... more
Views: 523Zeroth strategy for waste oil disposal in Nigeria
Region: NigeriaBy Emeka Chiakwelu www.afripol.org Strategist@afripol.org &... more
Views: 593OPEC AND OIL PRICE: STABILIZATION GOOD FOR AFRICAN ECONOMIES
Region: NigeriaBy Emeka Chiakwelu www.afripol.org strategist@afripol.org The price of oil is gradually if not rapidly increasing. The last time on world market the sweet ebony light crude was trading abov... more
Views: 724Natural Gas Drilling Debate Heats Up
Region: United StatesTomorrow a House Natural Resources subcommittee will hold its first hearing of 2009 on controversial issues [1] related to the burgeoning natural gas drilling industry, which ProPublica has been covering for the last year.... more
Views: 509Palm Oil Production Results in Habitat Destruction of Orangutans
Region: IndonesiaA recent report revealed the discovery of an estimated 1,000 or more orangutans on the eastern border in a remote part of Borneo. The orangutan, considered endangered, is found predominantly in Indonesia and Malaysi... more
Views: 575Government is making bids to foil the long march: Mian Nawaz Sharif
Region: PakistanIslamabad, Pakistan: The Police have sealed all the entry points into the federal capital of Islamabad and even at the borders of Punjab and Sindh where they have parked the containers and trucks and almost all the main hi... more
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