<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.congoo.com/css/rss.css" type="text/css" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Energy News - Congoo</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/feed/newschannelsfeed.aspx?chid=23&amp;catid=101</link><description>News Feed for - Energy</description><item><title>Heritage eyeing big takeovers after selling fields</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96283010&amp;Channel_ID=23&amp;Category_ID=101</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T09:13:00</pubDate><description>LONDON (Reuters) - UK oil explorer Heritage Oil (HOIL.L) said it was eyeing large takeovers after selling its Ugandan interests for up to $1.5 billion, with transactions worth hundreds of millions of </description><source>Reuters</source></item><item><title>Cadbury hits record high on bid hopes</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96288551&amp;Channel_ID=23&amp;Category_ID=101</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T10:56:00</pubDate><description>LONDON (Reuters) - Cadbury Plc shares hit a record high on speculation of a battle for the confectioner between bidder Kraft Foods Inc and rivals who are considering making takeover offers, analysts said </description><source>Reuters UK</source></item><item><title>Sting warns of hydroelectric project in Amazon</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96239380&amp;Channel_ID=23&amp;Category_ID=101</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T10:08:00</pubDate><description>ForwardPrint Share Single Page Vote on It: Average Vote: [+]Text [-] Will the Democrats have the time to read their own health care bill before voting on it? Yes No They don't need to read it to vote </description><source>Town Hall</source></item><item><title>Oil rises more than 1 pct on dollar, China</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96284903&amp;Channel_ID=23&amp;Category_ID=101</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T10:57:00</pubDate><description>MARKETS-OIL/(UPDATE 3):UPDATE 3- * China Oct implied crude demand up 10 percent on year * Dollar edges down 0.5 percent against basket of currencies * Iran war games aim to protect nuclear facilities </description><source>Forbes.com</source></item><item><title>Gold at new high as dollar slides, stocks gain</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96292817&amp;Channel_ID=23&amp;Category_ID=101</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T09:44:00</pubDate><description>SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Gold powered to another record high on Monday, benefiting from its reputation as a hedge against inflation and sluggish economic growth, while oil and copper prices rose on a weaker </description><source>Reuters Canada</source></item><item><title>Morning Eyecatchers: Heritage sells Ugandan oil assets to ENI and ends talks with </title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96188364&amp;Channel_ID=23&amp;Category_ID=101</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T08:14:00</pubDate><description>* Lloyds: offers to exchange Ã?Â£8.78 billion non-US securities have been accepted; Ã?Â£1.48 billion of exchange consideration will be issued in the form of new shares; offers to exchange Ã?Â£12.51 billion </description><source>Reuters UK</source></item><item><title>Henry to compete for theatre awards</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96279989&amp;Channel_ID=23&amp;Category_ID=101</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T09:55:00</pubDate><description>02am Lenny Henry, Rachel Weisz and Juliet Stevenson are among the actors vying for a prestigious Evening Standard Theatre Award at the ceremony which celebrates the cream of the London stage. Comedian-turned-thespian </description><source>Virgin Media</source></item><item><title>Bio-fuel growth raises concerns about forests</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96182619&amp;Channel_ID=23&amp;Category_ID=101</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T09:06:00</pubDate><description>PARK FALLS, Wis. -- Forests are a treasure trove of limbs and bark that can be made into alternative fuels and some worry the increasing trend of using that logging debris will make those materials too </description><source>Washington Post</source></item><item><title>Gulf Keystone finds additional oil in Iraqi well</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96289649&amp;Channel_ID=23&amp;Category_ID=101</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T09:28:00</pubDate><description>9:04am GMT storyKeywords 'BUSINESSPROIND US RTR_ArticleTitle 'Gulf Keystone finds additional oil in Iraqi RTR_ArticleBlurb '(Reuters) Gulf Keystone Petroleum Ltd (GKP.L) said on Monday it found additional </description><source>Reuters UK</source></item><item><title>New olive planting method prompts Calif. oil boom</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96242451&amp;Channel_ID=23&amp;Category_ID=101</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T09:21:00</pubDate><description>ARTOIS, Calif. --An oil boom is under way in California's agricultural heartland, as evolving tastes and a trend toward healthy fare have transformed a profession as old as civilization: olive production </description><source>Boston Globe</source></item><item><title>Total: Vietnam: Oil Discovery on Offshore Block 15-1/05</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96293152&amp;Channel_ID=23&amp;Category_ID=101</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T11:15:00</pubDate><description>PARIS--(Business Wire)-- Regulatory News: Total (Paris:FP) (LSE:TTA) (NYSE:TOT) announces that its subsidiary, Total E&amp;P Vietnam, and its partners on Block 15-1/05, have discovered oil in the Lac Da Nau </description><source>Reuters</source></item><item><title>Westlake Chemical Declares Quarterly Dividend of 5.75 Cents per Share</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96261063&amp;Channel_ID=23&amp;Category_ID=101</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T11:26:00</pubDate><description>HOUSTON, Nov. 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The board of directors of Westlake Chemical Corporation (NYSE: WLK) declared on Friday a dividend of 5.75 cents per share, payable on December 17, 2009, to stockholders </description><source>Reuters</source></item><item><title>Chinas oil demand slips, metals demand slides in October</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96217197&amp;Channel_ID=23&amp;Category_ID=101</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T11:05:00</pubDate><description>A labourer works at a railway bridge still under construction in Zhengzhou, Henan province. Photo: REUTERS CHINAâ??S oil demand edged down in October but appetite for base metals slumped as the countryâ??s </description><source>Business Day</source></item><item><title>Management blamed in China mine blast that kills 104</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96232724&amp;Channel_ID=23&amp;Category_ID=101</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T09:02:00</pubDate><description>Chinese officials blamed poor management and inadequate precautions for an explosion at a mine that killed 104 people, state-run media said Monday. In addition to those killed, 60 miners remained hospitalized </description><source>CNN</source></item><item><title>Solar Power, Inc. Welcomes New Board Member</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96297578&amp;Channel_ID=23&amp;Category_ID=101</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T11:24:00</pubDate><description>Francis Chen, Vice Chairman With WI Harper Group to Serve as SPI's Newest Director ROSEVILLE, Calif.--(Business Wire)-- Solar Power, Inc. ('SPI') (OTCBB: SOPW) announced today that Francis Chen, Vice </description><source>Reuters</source></item><item><title>Commodities, bank gains power 1.7 pct rise in FTSE</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96291996&amp;Channel_ID=23&amp;Category_ID=101</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T09:31:00</pubDate><description>9:24am GMT [] [] * FTSE 100 up 1.7 percent * Miners, energy stocks gain as weaker dollar lifts commods * Broad based banks, defensives up but utilities dip By LONDON, Nov 23 (Reuters) Buoyant commodity </description><source>Reuters UK</source></item><item><title>Honeywell's UOP Green Jet Fuel Technology Powers Biofuel Demonstration Flight for </title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96268137&amp;Channel_ID=23&amp;Category_ID=101</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T12:15:00</pubDate><description>DES PLAINES, Ill. UOP's process technology was used to convert oil from camelina, an inedible plant, to green jet fuel for the flight. One engine of a Boeing 747 was powered by a fuel mixture consisting </description><source>Forbes.com</source></item><item><title>Green Energy Live Updates Shareholders on Revenue, Acquisitions a...</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96228207&amp;Channel_ID=23&amp;Category_ID=101</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T08:25:00</pubDate><description>Company: Green Energy Live Inc (GELV) Green Energy Live Inc. (OTCBB: GELV) is pleased to provide shareholders with an update on the company's progress executing its strategy for the development of sustainable </description><source>Zibb</source></item><item><title>Oil rises above $78 amid Iranian war games</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96273468&amp;Channel_ID=23&amp;Category_ID=101</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T09:40:00</pubDate><description>SINGAPORECrude prices rose above $78 a barrel Monday in Asia as Iran staged five days of war games, boosting tensions in the oil-rich region. Benchmark crude for January delivery was up 97 cents to $78.44 </description><source>San Jose Mercury News</source></item><item><title>Firms to get too much profit from Uganda oil-group</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96292675&amp;Channel_ID=23&amp;Category_ID=101</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T09:42:00</pubDate><description>* Projections based on draft pacts, shareholder data * Opposition wants more transparency in oil sector KAMPALA, Nov 23 (Reuters) - Foreign oil explorers are set to reap 'excessive' profit once Uganda </description><source>Reuters UK</source></item><item><title>BRIEF-Soco says Viodo well results cause for confidence</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96286479&amp;Channel_ID=23&amp;Category_ID=101</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T08:12:00</pubDate><description>LONDON, Nov 23 (Reuters) - Soco International PLC: * Successful test of the viodo * Viodo well has tested at a combined maximum flow rate of approx 2,600 bopd * The well will be plugged, abandoned and </description><source>Forbes.com</source></item><item><title>UPDATE 1-Angola FX reserves drop despite firm oil prices</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96292658&amp;Channel_ID=23&amp;Category_ID=101</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T11:53:00</pubDate><description>LUANDA, Nov 23 (Reuters) - Angola's foreign exchange reserves fell for the first time in three months to $12.1 billion in October from $12.8 billion September, despite a sharp recovery in oil prices, </description><source>Reuters India</source></item><item><title>IMF sees UAE non-oil sector growth of 3 pct in 2010</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96226022&amp;Channel_ID=23&amp;Category_ID=101</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T10:01:00</pubDate><description>ABU DHABI, Nov 23 (Reuters) - The United Arab Emirates is expected to see 3 percent non-oil economic growth in 2010 compared to 1 percent this year, the regional head of the International Monetary Fund </description><source>Forbes.com</source></item><item><title>UPDATE 1-India's Reliance shares up on value in Lyondell deal</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96281143&amp;Channel_ID=23&amp;Category_ID=101</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T08:17:00</pubDate><description>* Deal seen adding to Reliance bargaining power in sourcing * Deal comes as global economy is recovering * Co has more than enough financial strength to digest buy (Updates share movement, adds details, </description><source>Reuters India</source></item><item><title>FACTBOX-Reliance Industries, India's biggest conglomerate</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96291172&amp;Channel_ID=23&amp;Category_ID=101</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T08:31:00</pubDate><description>MUMBAI, Nov 23 (Reuters) - India's Reliance Industries (RELI.BO) has made a cash offer to buy bankrupt U.S. basedpetrochemicals firm LyondellBasell Industries [ACCEIN.UL]. Sources have told Reuters India's </description><source>Reuters</source></item></channel></rss>