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Category: Crude Oil

The news items published under this category are as follows.

Crude Oil: Republicans Have Big Oil in Their DNA
Posted by: IT
The two species have a natural affinity for each other. It's likely they sprang from the same genetic pool. By Jim Hightower \| Alternet Jun 30, 2010 If scientists were to compare the DNA of Republican congress-critters and of oil corporations, I'll bet they'd find that they match perfectly. After all, the two species have identical political instincts and seem to have a natural affinity for each other -- so I'm pretty sure they sprang from the same genetic pool.
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Crude Oil: BP Wants YOU to Solve The Deepwater Horizon Crisis
Posted by: IT
	200,000 gallons of oil a day into the Gulf of Mexico by Sarah Parsons \| May 11, 2010 Since the Deepwater Horizon explosion on April 20th, the rig's been spewing more than 200,000 gallons of oil a day into the Gulf of Mexico.
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Crude Oil: The Peak Oil Crisis: The Perfect Storm
Posted by: Admin
By Tom Whipple \| fcnp.com Sep 28, 2006 Events move quickly these days. Two months ago oil was north of $78 a barrel and, nationwide, gasoline was above to well above $3. The Middle East was threatening a conflagration and another exciting hurricane season was in the offing. Even the concept of peak oil was starting to get some scattered but serious attention in the media.
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Crude Oil: EIA Data May Confirm Kenneth Deffeyes’ Calculation...
Posted by: IT
	...that Global Oil Production Has Peaked. By Michael Kane \| FTW Sep, 2006 Roger Blanchard recently brought to my attention that, according to the most recent data published by the Energy Information Administration (EIA), global production of liquid hydrocarbons in the first half of this year was down by 110,000 b/d compared to the first half of 2005. (See http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/international/oilproduction.html and Selected Countries-International Petroleum (Oil) Production Table.)
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Crude Oil: Thunder Horse still in the stall
Posted by: IT
Corrosion could slow startup of BP Gulf platform By TOM FOWLER \| Houston Chronicle September 19, 2006 Corrosion may be to blame for yet another problem for oil giant BP, this time a lengthy delay in the startup of its already overdue Thunder Horse platform in the Gulf of Mexico.
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Crude Oil: Resource nationalism’ is squeezing oil users
Posted by: IT
	By Barbara Lewis and Simon Webb \| Reuters, September 10, 2006 LONDON: High crude prices have widened the rift between consuming nations, hungry for oil now, and producers who argue they must manage their reserves for the future. Britain used the latest technology to pump as much North Sea oil as possible and now its fields are declining at the fastest rate in the world. At the other extreme, under-explored Libya, whose oil development was hobbled by years of international sanctions, has rising production rates and great potential.
142 Reads	>>> Read full article: 'Resource nationalism’ is squeezing oil users' (4760 bytes more)

Crude Oil: The Peak Oil Crisis: Hyping Jack No. 2
Posted by: Admin
By Tom Whipple \| Falls Church News September 14, 2006 The story broke the morning after Labor Day, when the Wall Street Journal ran a front-page piece reporting that Chevron along with two partners had announced the results of a major oil production test in the Gulf of Mexico.
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Crude Oil: Iran eyes Russia, China if Japan stalls on oil deal
Posted by: Admin
	Japan Times \| Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2006 TEHRAN (Kyodo) Iran has warned Japan of a possible move to seek joint development of its giant Azadegan oil field with Russia or China if it cannot reach an agreement with Japan by Sept. 15, a local news agency reported.
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Crude Oil: Venezuela to produce more than five mln bpd in 2012: Chavez
Posted by: Admin
"Venezuela has the biggest oil reserves in the world" BEIJING (AFP) \| August 25, 2006 BEIJING (AFP) - Venezuela will boost its oil output to more than five million barrels per day (bpd) in 2012 and will seek new clients to lessen its dependence on the United States, President Hugo Chavez said.
>>> Read full article: 'Venezuela to produce more than five mln bpd in 2012: Chavez' (2979 bytes more)	135 Reads

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