Baytex Energy Trust (TSX: BTE.UN) (NYSE: BTE) is pleased to announce that Anthony Marino, Chief Operating Officer will present at the 2007 Canadian Association for Petroleum Producers, Oil and Gas Investment Symposium on Monday, June 18, 2007 at 11:00 a.m. (MST) in Calgary, Alberta. The webcast (audio only) and presentation slides will be available on [...]

Synenco Energy Inc. (TSX: SYN - News) today advised that Todd Newton, President and Chief Operating Officer, will speak at the 2007 CAPP Oil and Gas Investment Symposium. Mr. Newton will speak on Tuesday, June 19, 2007 at 4:15 p.m. and Wednesday, June 20, 2007 at 3:50 p.m. (Mountain Time) at the Hyatt Regency Hotel [...]

The movement of petroleum products especially petrol and diesel of public sector oil companies like IOC, BPCL and HPCL into and around the city, including the airport was affected for about six hours, following a flash strike by Chennai Petroleum Tanker owners Associaition protesting against the arrest of its Secretary K Velu in connection with [...]

Phoenix Petroleum Philippines Inc., a local oil company planning to list on the stock exchange, said Thursday one of its wholly-owned subsidiaries recently signed a supply deal with UAE-based oil refiner Emarat.
The unit, Phoenix Global Mercantile Inc., will distribute Emarat’s high-grade lubricants in the Philippines, Phoenix Petroleum said.
Alberto Alcid, director for the lubricants and chemicals [...]

Gulf Petroleum Ltd., a consortium of Qatari and Bahrain companies, will invest US$6 million in a coal-fired power plant in Indragiri Hulu, Riau province.
The company would cooperate with PT Ridlatama Energi Group of Indonesia in building the power plant with a capacity of 2X300 megawatts, Abdul Aziz Addulaimi, the director of Gulf Petroleum Ltd., said [...]

Petroleum Geo-Services ASA (“PGS” or the “Company”) (NYSE:PGS - News) (OSE:PGS) held its Annual General Meeting on June 15, 2007 at the Company’s premises at Lysaker. The Annual General Meeting resolved to approve all matters as proposed in the Calling Notice, including the proposal in item 3 of a special dividend of NOK 10 per [...]

The Fraser Institute, Canada’s leading independent research organization, is soliciting responses to its first international upstream petroleum survey.
Based on the popular Fraser Institute Survey of Mining Companies, the Worldwide Upstream Petroleum Survey is designed to help measure and rank the investment climate of various oil and gas producing regions.
“The information we get from the companies [...]

Ukraine is planning to become self-dependent in terms of uranium supplies for its operating nuclear power plants by boosting annual production of this metal to 2,500 tonnes between 2007 and 2013, the republic’s Fuel and Energy Ministry told RBC. The target is to reach an output level of 5,900 tonnes of uranium per year in [...]

French nuclear energy group Areva on Friday launched an agreed takeover for UraMin, valuing the London-listed Canadian uranium miner at more than 2.5 billion dollars (1.9 billion euros).
“Areva and UraMin Inc. today entered into an agreement in respect of Areva’s friendly cash offer for 100 percent of the share capital of UraMin,” the pair said [...]

India approved the auction of 39 coal blocks to state-run and private power companies to meet the demand for power.
The blocks would be awarded to government-controlled National Thermal Power Corp., Tata Power, Essar and Jindal Steel and Power Ltd.
“The (coal) ministry has cleared the allocation of 39 coal blocks for various government-owned and private [...]