By Greg Flakus Record-breaking energy prices have heightened concerns about diminishing oil production worldwide at a time when demand from emerging nations like China and India is growing dramaticall

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Nigeria's House of Representatives is beginning an investigation into the country's oil industry. Gilbert da Costa in Abuja reports for VOA that top industry officials are scheduled to testify before a special parliamentary panel at a public hearing

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More than 2,000 representatives of world oil and gas companies, academics and industry experts are in Houston this week for the 30th annual conference(会议) sponsored by Cambridge Energy Research Associates, or IHS-CERA. With prices rising, partly

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By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 12 July 2007 An audit to enhance accountability and transparency in Nigeria's oil industry has been launched. For VOA, Gilbert da Costa reports that while oil firms and politicians have benefitted from oil revenues, the weal

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By Jim Randle Washington, D.C. 02 January 2007 watch Iraq Oil report Iraq's Kurds, Sunnis, and Shi'ites are bickering over how to distribute the nation's potentially vast oil revenue. In the meantime, energy officials are trying to rebuild the batte

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The palm oil industry is growing in Central America. And in Guatemala, the product has become a major export. Supporters say the industry creates jobs and investment in areas where poverty and violence have led to waves of migration. However, critics

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