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Exxon short a $50M payment from Iraq for improvements made to SE oil field.

Through 11 months of  '11, over 8,700 Nissan LEAFs and over 6,100 Chevy Volts have been sold in US. Globally, over 20k LEAFs. Nissan goal 1.5M sold by '16. Mitsubishi "i" comes out next year. Ford Focus. A few others. Pike Research sees >5M EV's on roads by '17.

$188M pipeline will move Bakken, 3 Forks oil to Manitoba.

US '11 wind power installs likely to top out around 7GW for total >45GW installed.

Sion Power (Tucson) got $50M funding to further develop their lithium sulfur batt tech. Better power characteristics than lith-ion.

Rosneft has overtaken Exxon as world's biggest oil producer.

Shell shutting down 200kb/d oil field off Nigerian coast until leak fixed. Nigerian president said country's oil reserves may dry up next 35 years at current rate of depletion. And their export-import bank is funding $695M for renewable energy projects.

Congress failed to renew tax credit for ethanol blending or renew tariff on imported ethanol.

Cincinnati's Beckjord power plant to shut down soon. It's been burning coal for 6 decades.

EU still going ahead with charging airlines for GHG emissions starting Jan 1. China has threatened a possible trade war over it.

India planning oil stockpile >2x size of previously-announced reserves.

Imperial Oil plans to double its Canadian oil sands production to ~600kb/d by '20.

NG getting rationed in Pakistan. Supplies down 33% from last year.

India delaying startup of 2 new Russian-built nuke reactors because of local protests.

China National Offshore Oil reported pipeline leaks at offshore facility and halted production from the field.

Conoco Phillips got fed permit to build bridge and pipeline crossings over Alaska river to gain access to leases in National Petrol Reserve.

Chiquita to stop using fuel from refineries linked to Canada oil sands.