Kazakhstan says Exxon stalling Kashagan talks
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Kazakhstan and an Eni-led  consortium of oil majors have set January15 as the new deadline for talks over the fate of the giant Kashagan oilfield, Kazakh energy minister Sauat Mynbayev said on Monday.
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Venezuela's state-run oil firm denies that Exxon Mobil has won a court order to freeze up to $12bn of its assets.
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Efforts at freeing hostages held by Colombian rebels stalled over the weekend after a guerrilla leader said he would not attend talks in neighboring Venezuela aimed at clinching a prisoner exchange.
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Text of report by Kazakh Channel 31 TV on 31 January  [Presenter] KazakhOil Aktobe, a subsidiary of the KazMunayGaz [state oil company], has been ordered to pay 4.1bn tenge [about 32m dollars] for an unsanctioned discharge of associate gas.
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Russian gas giant Gazprom pushed ahead with plans to bid for the main production unit of embattled oil group Yukos, a takeover that would create a state-controlled oil and gas behemoth to rival Saudi Arabia's Aramco.
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Negotiations on an Iran sanctions resolution were unexpectedly postponed Tuesday because of Russia's anger at the United States for raising the plight of an opposition leader in Belarus in the U.N. Security Council.
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Russia&#39;s Natural Resources Ministry has postponed consideration of whether to suspend the licenses of the main subsidiary of the troubled giant oil firm Yukos.
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Negotiators at climate  talks in Bali tried to break a deadlock on Friday over  emissions goals after the European Union accused the United  States of blocking progress at the 190-nation meeting.
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LONDON: Russian President Vladimir Putin has forcefully ruled out any negotiations with Chechen separatists following the deaths of more than 350 people in a hostage-taking crisis in southern Russia, The Guardian newspaper reported on Tuesday.
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Greenland's plan to expand its whale hunt causes deadlock at an annual whaling conference in Alaska.
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The UN climate talks remain deadlocked on emissions cuts, as the US and EU battle over key language.
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Aug. 31 -- Negotiations on a power-sharing arrangement between Pakistan's president, Gen. Pervez Musharraf, and former prime minister Benazir Bhutto appeared to stall on Friday, with officials expressing doubt that a deal could be reached.
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Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev is opening the official leg of a U.S. visit which is likely to include broad discussions of the country's growing importance as an oil supplier and its shortcomings in protecting human rights.
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State-run Qatar Petroleum and US energy giant ExxonMobil Corp. announced they had shelved plans for a vast, multi-billion-dollar gas project in Qatar.
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Exxon Mobil Corp  has moved to  freeze up to $12 billion in Venezuelan assets around the world  as the U.S. company fights for payment in return for the  state's takeover of a huge oil project last year.
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The board of Russia's embattled oil giant Yukos will halt crude supplies to Baltic refinery Mazeikiu Nafta until the end of the year, the Interfax agency reported Monday &#151; just hours after Yukos confirmed a similar move involving a Chinese company.
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Negotiations on Russia&#039;s admission to the World Trade Organization broke off with no agreement being reached, U.S. and Russian officials said Saturday.