Interesting Energy Stories in the News Dec 22

Saudi oil weakens Iran's hand in China
Cuba Estimates 2011 Oil and Gas Output at 4 Million Tons
Oil companies invited to join Sudan oil talks
Shell shuts down Nigeria deep-water field over oil spill that leaked into the sea
Serbia Looks to More Than Double Russian Gas Imports in Contract
Shale gas policy only by end-2013
US coal producers to see softer export markets in 2012 - Fitch
China's Inner Mongolia coal output hit 908 mln tonnes in Jan.-Nov. period
Indonesia May Increase Coal Production 8.3 Percent in 2012
RIL buys stake in US nuclear reactor design company
Russia, U.S. ink uranium enrichment pact for 2013-2022
Finnish nuclear reactor project further delayed
China-invested photovoltaic solar power project put into production in US
BP abandons solar quest
Ethanol Production Gains 0.5%, U.S. Energy Department Says
Iran to become gasoline exporter by 2013-Ahmadinejad