Joao Peixe

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• Panama Has an Estimated 900 Million Barrels of Oil in Two Basins

  Published 03 September 2011 | viewed 15,036 times

  Panama’s National Energy Secretariat has announced that 900 million barrels of oil have been detected at two basins in eastern Panama, representing a potential contribution…

• India's Atomic Fuel Reprocessing Capacity to be Upgraded

  Published 01 September 2011 | viewed 5,995 times

  India's Atomic Energy Commission reported that the country’s nuclear fuel reprocessing capacity will be greatly upgraded in order to provide for the nation’s indigenously designed…

• Mongolia Seeking to Float Coking-Coal IPO in Three Financial Centers

  Published 01 September 2011 | viewed 5,344 times

  Mongolian government officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, have said that the government is preparing to issue an initial public offering or initial purchase offer…

• Iranian Tax Official Says VAT for Oil Products Did Not Materialize in 2010

  Published 01 September 2011 | viewed 4,934 times

  Taxation Affairs Organization for Value-Added Tax (VAT) deputy head Mohammad-Qasem Panahi has lamented his organization’s ability to collect revenue. Panahi said during an interview, "The…

• WikiLeaks Cable Suggests USA Supported Removing Gas Trader

  Published 31 August 2011 | viewed 4,075 times

  On 8 January 2008 the U.S. ambassador to Ukraine William Taylor wrote in a dispatch published on the WikiLeaks website, "(Former Prime Minister Yulia) Tymoshenko…

• South Korea's Petroleum Products Exports Rise in July

  Published 31 August 2011 | viewed 5,445 times

  According to the South Korean government, last month South Korea's exports of petroleum products, such as gasoline and diesel, surged 95.7 percent from a year…

• Iran Rejects International Mediators Uranium Exchange Proposal

  Published 30 August 2011 | viewed 5,425 times

  Iran has refused to take part in international discussions on a proposal to freeze its civilian nuclear power uranium enrichment program and in turn to…

• Baltic Nations to Work Together on Infrastructure Projects?

  Published 30 August 2011 | viewed 4,714 times

  Lithuania's Prime Minister Andrius Kubilius believes that the three former Soviet Baltic republics should coordinate their infrastructure development projects, telling reporters, "It is very good…

• U.S. Pays Russia $7.2 billion for Separating Uranium from Warheads

  Published 29 August 2011 | viewed 4,950 times

  Under terms of the U.S.-Russian two-decade old “megatons-to-megawatts” agreement, the United States Enrichment Corporation (USEC) has reimbursed the Russian Federation more than $7.2 billion for…

• North Korean Leader Supports Russian Natgas Pipeline to South Korea

  Published 29 August 2011 | viewed 5,278 times

  North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, following a summit meeting with Russian Federation President Dmitry Medvedev in the Siberian city of Khabarovsk, has expressed support…

• Tajikistan to Proceed with Rogun Hydroelectric Dam

  Published 28 August 2011 | viewed 5,901 times

  According to Tajikistan’s Finance Ministry, next year the government will assign more than $223 million of budgetary funds to continue construction of the Rogun hydroelectric…

• South African Renewable Energy Projects to help Women

  Published 28 August 2011 | viewed 6,358 times

  During a workshop for women organized by South African’s Department of Energy, Deputy Minister of Energy, Barbara Thomson said that government initiatives in renewable energy…

• Nigeria is Africa's Largest Oil Exporter

  Published 27 August 2011 | viewed 5,625 times

  The office of President Goodluck Jonathan's, summing up his first 100 days in office, declared that one of his administration’s achievements was Nigeria again retaining…

• Iran's Energy Sector Beset by Problems

  Published 25 August 2011 | viewed 5,703 times

  Iran Petrochemical Industries Company executive director Abdel Hoseyn Bayat has criticized shortcomings in the country’s energy sector, telling journalists, "Currently the installed capacity at the…

• Thailand Uncovers Illegal Oil Trading in Southern Border Provinces

  Published 25 August 2011 | viewed 7,301 times

  Thailand’s Southern Border Provinces Administration Center (SBPAC) has uncovered massive fuel smuggling operations in the country’s southern provinces. SBPAC member Chaiyong Maneerungsakul said, "In the…

• Despite Controversy, China Embraces Shale Gas Extraction

  Published 24 August 2011 | viewed 4,902 times

  According to China’s Ministry of Land and Resources, the government is preparing to declare shale gas a priority mineral. In the West, particularly the United…

• U.S. Government Interested in Nigeria’s Energy Infrastructure

  Published 24 August 2011 | viewed 5,139 times

  U.S. Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr. Terence McCulley has told the Nigerian government of Washington’s interest in the country’s energy sector. Following a meeting with Nigeria’s…

• Brazilian Wind Energy Projects Advance in Government Auction

  Published 23 August 2011 | viewed 5,170 times

  Power auctions organized by Brazil’s government on 17 August have indicated the country’s growing interest in renewable power projects, particularly wind. Forty-four wind power projects…

• Over 2 Million Mozambicans Using Renewable Energy

  Published 23 August 2011 | viewed 5,338 times

  Mozambican Energy Minister Salvador Namburete reports that over 2 million Mozambicans are now using renewable energy sources. Namburete said, "Currently, 30 percent of Mozambicans have…

• Uzbekistan Seeks Joint Uranium-Producing Project With China

  Published 23 August 2011 | viewed 5,621 times

  Last December Uzbekistan announced a program to attract $50 billion in direct foreign investment (FDI) into Uzbekistan within the next five years. Now Uzbekistan is…