Iran opens uranium mines, yellow cake plant
DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran said on Tuesday it had started production at two uranium mines and a yellow cake plant, declaring that Western opposition would not slow its nuclear...
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Wednesday, April 10th, 2013
Monday, March 11th, 2013
Qatar announces large natural gas discovery
DOHA, Qatar (AP) -- Qatar says it has discovered as much as 2.8 trillion cubic feet of natural gas in an offshore field.
Monday, February 25th, 2013
Iran announces uranium finds, days before nuclear talks
DUBAI (Reuters) - Days before resuming talks over its disputed atomic program, Iran said on Saturday it had found significant new deposits of raw uranium and identified...
Thursday, December 20th, 2012
China the frontrunner to buy Exxon out of Iraq oil
BEIJING/LONDON, Dec 20 (Reuters) - China National Petroleum Corp (CNPC) has emerged as the frontrunner to take over Iraq's West Qurna-1 oilfield from Exxon Mobil, a...
Monday, December 17th, 2012
Iran says oil revenues down by half: paper
(Reuters) - Iran's oil revenues have been cut in half this year compared with last year, a newspaper quoted Iran's economic minister as saying, an admission of...
Thursday, December 6th, 2012
World Bank: Arab World hit hard by climate change
DOHA, Qatar (AP) — The Middle East and North Africa will be especially hard hit by climate change in the coming decades, the World Bank said in a report Wednesday...
Monday, December 3rd, 2012
Gas-rich Qatar to invest up to $20 billion in solar energy plant
DOHA (Reuters) - OPEC member Qatar will ask firms to tender for a 1,800 megawatt (MW) solar energy plant in 2014 costing between $10-20 billion as the world's highest...
Saturday, December 1st, 2012
US Senate votes 94-0 to expand sanctions on Iran energy, shipping
WASHINGTON, Nov 30 (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate resoundingly approved new sanctions on trade with Iran's energy, port, shipping and ship-building sectors on Friday,...
Tuesday, October 9th, 2012
Iraq oil output to double by 2020: IEA
Iraqi oil production could double by the end of this decade, putting the country on track to become the second-biggest supplier to world markets after Saudi Arabia by the...
Cyberattack targets Iranian oil sector
TEHRAN, Oct. 9 (UPI) -- Iranian computer networks were set up in such a way as to deter a cyberattack targeting oil installations, an executive said.
Sunday, September 16th, 2012
Japan set to win extended waiver of U.S. sanctions on Iran oil
SINGAPORE, Sept 14 (Reuters) - Japan has made deeper cuts in crude oil purchases from Iran since it secured an exemption from U.S. sanctions in March, putting the country...
Tuesday, September 11th, 2012
"Frustrated" IAEA wants immediate access to Iran site
VIENNA (Reuters) - The head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog pressed Iran on Monday to grant his inspectors immediate access to the Parchin military site, where they believe...
Sunday, September 2nd, 2012
Iran, North Korea sign technology agreement
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran and North Korea signed a scientific and technological cooperation agreement Saturday, bringing the two nations deeply at odds with the U.S. closer...
Iran makes little headway on key nuclear equipment
VIENNA (Reuters) - Iran may have doubled its uranium enrichment capacity in an underground facility but it seems to be struggling to develop more efficient nuclear...
Sunday, August 19th, 2012
U.S. reliance on Saudi oil is growing again
Imports of oil from the kingdom have grown by more than 20 percent, leaving the United States vulnerable to tensions in the Persian Gulf.
Friday, June 29th, 2012
US exempts China from Iranian oil sanctions
The State Department on Thursday exempted China from new sanctions aimed at forcing Iran to abandon its alleged nuclear weapons program.
Thursday, June 21st, 2012
Clinton: China moving on cutting Iran oil imports
(Reuters) - China is moving to cut its imports of Iranian oil, tracking earlier efforts by countries such as India, Japan and South Korea which won them exemptions from...
Tuesday, June 12th, 2012
Iran plans nuclear-powered submarine: report
DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran said on Tuesday it planned to build its first nuclear-powered submarine, a news agency reported, an announcement that came days before talks with...
U.S. reportedly to exempt India, South Korea—but not China—from Iran sanctions
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States will exempt India, South Korea and five other countries from financial sanctions in return for cutting purchases of Iranian oil,...
Obama says oil markets can handle expanded sanctions targeting Iran
The White House, echoing a late March finding, again concluded Monday that global oil markets have enough supplies to accommodate expanded sanctions aimed at curbing...
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