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Louisiana Light • 2 days | 84.39 | +0.14 | +0.17% | ||
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Bonny Light • 1 day | 84.45 | -0.41 | -0.48% | ||
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Opec Basket • 2 days | 84.23 | -2.94 | -3.37% | ||
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Mars US • 183 days | 77.26 | -1.51 | -1.92% | ||
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Gasoline • 17 hours | 2.555 | -0.041 | -1.59% |
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Bonny Light • 1 day | 84.45 | -0.41 | -0.48% | ||
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Girassol • 1 day | 85.44 | -0.34 | -0.40% | ||
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Opec Basket • 2 days | 84.23 | -2.94 | -3.37% |
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Peace Sour • 1 day | 72.15 | -0.05 | -0.07% | ||
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Light Sour Blend • 1 day | 75.20 | -0.05 | -0.07% | ||
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Syncrude Sweet Premium • 1 day | 82.15 | -0.05 | -0.06% | ||
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Central Alberta • 1 day | 72.55 | -0.05 | -0.07% |
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Eagle Ford • 2 days | 75.43 | -0.05 | -0.07% | ||
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Oklahoma Sweet • 2 days | 75.50 | +0.00 | +0.00% | ||
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Kansas Common • 4 days | 72.25 | -0.75 | -1.03% | ||
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Buena Vista • 5 days | 87.60 | -1.22 | -1.37% |
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Nigeria's Constitutional Dilemma Coming to an Unpredictable Head
Nigerian Pres. Umaru Musa Yar’Adua, 59, through failing health, is clearly no longer in control of the Government. Some are proclaiming that the "post-Yar'Adua era" has begun in Nigerian politics,…
The US Finds its Superpower Structure and Capital are Insufficient to Cope with a Transformed World
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A Limp Oil World
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A Disobliging Update on the Price of Oil
There still seems to be a deplorable uncertainty about the future price of the most important commodity in the world. A few months ago Philip Verleger – now apparently guest…
What Happens When the Wells Run Dry?
One nagging question that the industrial world has been asking itself since the discovery of the first oil well is what happens when the wells begin to run dry. The…
Land-locked Central Asian Oil Country Plays Important Role from Vancouver to Vladivostok
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So You Think You Can Debase a Currency
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A Gas Company Revolutionizes Canadian Oil
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Sharoudi Emerging as Candidate to Replace Khamene'i as Iranian "Supreme Leader"
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Carbon Sequestration - Is burying Carbon Dioxide underground a realistic option?
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Liquidity Problems - Two Major Miners Run out of Cash
It's been awhile since we heard the phrase "liquidity problems". In October 2008, you couldn't set browser on internet without hearing about liquidity problems somewhere. During the financial crisis, cash…
Iran to Surge to a Hegemonic Position in the Middle East Without a Major War
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Clean Coal - Not as Clean as We Thought
Is the term “clean coal” an oxymoron? That’s a hot question for politicians, the energy industry and environmentalists, alike. While the words seem intuitively clear, the meaning of the term,…
Petro Unfriendly California Changing it's Stance on Oil
The financial crisis changed the way people think. At least some people. In North America, the bursting of the housing bubble dispelled the myth you could get rich simply by…
Interests in Afghanistan and Pakistan Set to Collide, With Global Implications
The coming year: 2010, will see a growing clash of conflicting mega-trends in the Afghanistan-Pakistan theater; trends which will ultimately have long-term impact not only on the region, but on…
Exxon's Built in Escape Hatch From the Shale Gas Game
ExxonMobil's buyout of XTO Energy was the story of December. It might be the story of 2009. But equally important are the details now emerging about the deal. Particularly the…
Iraq to Challenge Saudi Arabia for the Position of World's Largest Oil Producer, if...
Baghdad is coming of age in its own backyard with the awarding of contracts for developing its oil reserves while taking care of its assets as evident from its tough…
Forget Solar & Wind Power High Lipid Algae and Nuclear Fission Show Greater Promise
Both solar and wind power are creative ideas that may one day prove to be of value, but sadly, after 40 years of concerted efforts, they’ve thus far not delivered…
India Facing Fierce Competition in its Search for Oil and Natural Gas Resources
While energy-strapped India is scouring the globe for oil and gas - a bid that recently took it to Sudan and Russia where India signed two memoranda of understanding, and…
Unstimulating America - How do you Undo a Trillion Dollars?
That question has been on the minds of leaders and financial thinkers worldwide, since the financial crisis broke last fall. In response to falling asset prices, governments around the globe…
