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The Price of Oil Expansion in Argentina

The Price of Oil Expansion in Argentina

Argentina's energy landscape is evolving,…

Four Unexplored Indian Basins May Hold More Oil Than The Permian

Four Unexplored Indian Basins May Hold More Oil Than The Permian

Four largely unexplored sedimentary basins…

Energy / Crude Oil

Hunger Strike Planned Against Alberta Crude

Mar 01, 2012 at 17:50 | Daniel J. Graeber

Students and staff at an elementary school near the western coast of Canada announced plans to wage a hunger strike to raise awareness about plans for an oil pipeline from…

Cote d'Ivoire Look to Join the Oil Rich Neighborhood in West Africa

Mar 01, 2012 at 17:33 | John Daly

Cote d'Ivoire (“Ivory Coast” in English), is the world's largest producer and exporter of cocoa beans. What will the nation do with its newly discovered oil riches? Astronomers spend their…

GOP Should Claim Victory on Keystone XL

Feb 29, 2012 at 17:52 | Daniel J. Graeber

Canadian pipeline company TransCanada announced it was building a stand-alone section of the controversial Keystone XL oil pipeline to the southern coast of Texas. This in part addresses one of…

Some Valuable Remarks About Oil and Speculation

Feb 29, 2012 at 17:32 | Ferdinand E. Banks

Several nights ago I participated in a debate (arranged by Russia Today TV – 24-7 –  CrossTalk, and transmitted internationally in English) in which I pointed out – on several…

On Oil, Iraq Gets in its Own Way

Feb 21, 2012 at 17:09 | Daniel J. Graeber

The International Energy Agency announced it was set to review Iraq's energy sector as part of its World Energy Outlook for 2012. Last year, the IEA said Iraq was on…

Following Keystone Rejection Canada's Oil Sands Headed to China

Feb 21, 2012 at 17:07 | John Daly

Beginning in 2005, Congressional Republicans and the oil industry touted the 2,147 mile-long Keystone XL 830,000 barrel per day (bpd) pipeline, running from Canada’s Hardisty, Alberta oil sands to U.S.…

Why the Peak Oil Debate is Almost Over

Feb 21, 2012 at 17:04 | Kurt Cobb

Protestations in the mainstream media that we need not worry about a peak in the rate of world oil production anytime soon are suddenly coming fast and furious. As a…

10 Ways in which Iran is Defying the US and EU Oil Sanctions

Feb 20, 2012 at 17:48 | Juan Cole

It wasn’t supposed to be like this, the Neocons assured us. Iran would soon be on its knees because of ever more stringent US sanctions on Iran. But Iran just…

Is Hush Money Coming Out of Canadian Crude Oil Debate?

Feb 20, 2012 at 17:40 | Daniel J. Graeber

Concerns over the safety of tar sands oil from Canada is at the forefront of the political debate in the United States. President Obama's critics accuse him of being a…

If Oil is a Barometer, Beijing is Rising

Feb 19, 2012 at 12:30 | Daniel J. Graeber

Beijing said recently it wanted to increase the amount of oil it gets from Russia through a major oil pipeline running to the Pacific Ocean. Beijing, however, would likely have…

South Africa Caught in Fallout from Increased Sanctions Against Iran

Feb 14, 2012 at 18:01 | John Daly

The U.S. new sanctions initiative, strongly supported by Israel, to impose new sanctions against Iran, is designed to punish it for its purported covert nuclear weapons program by imposing new…

With Friends Like Moscow, Who Needs Venezuela's Oil?

Feb 14, 2012 at 17:58 | Daniel J. Graeber

Venezuela said it was ready to welcome a Russian energy company into the giant Orinoco oil belt, solidifying a relationship propped up by a multi-million investment from Moscow last year.…

Canadian PM Shills Alberta Oil Sands in China

Feb 12, 2012 at 20:01 | John Daly

Canadian Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper is in the midst of an official visit to China. His mission? To convince Beijing’s mandarins to buy Canada’s Alberta oil sands…

What Does the Future hold for the World Oil Markets

Feb 12, 2012 at 18:49 | Metal Miner

Never, it would seem, has the oil market been in such a state of disarray. Brent crude, the global benchmark, hit US$117 per barrel this week for the first time…

Time to Call Iran's Bluff on Oil?

Feb 09, 2012 at 17:30 | Daniel J. Graeber

Iranian lawmakers this week expressed support for a measure that would beat the European Union to the punch by cutting off oil exports before the summer. Tehran's measure amounts to…

Shedding Some Light on Peak Oil

Feb 09, 2012 at 16:44 | Gail Tverberg

On January 26, Bloomberg Businessweek printed an editorial by Charles Kenny titled, "Everything You Know About Peak Oil Is Wrong". This editorial reflects several common misunderstandings. According to Kenny:…

Bad Timing for Scottish Independence

Feb 08, 2012 at 17:53 | Daniel J. Graeber

Scotland under First Minister Alex Salmond announced plans to hold a referendum on independence from the United Kingdom in 2014. Edinburgh maintains it can support itself without the help of…

Sudan's President Omer al Bashir’s New Best Friend - Russia?

Feb 06, 2012 at 22:51 | John Daly

When Communism collapsed in the Soviet Union in December 1991, many Europeans naively thought that the new Russian government would fully embrace “Western” values. Two decades later, after a…

India Drops the Dollar and Pays for Iranian Oil in Gold

Feb 04, 2012 at 12:15 | Metal Miner

Media reports suggests that India has agreed to pay the price of crude oil it imports from Iran in gold, which makes it the first country to drop the US…

Cuba, Oil Diplomacy and the Southern Tip of Florida

Feb 02, 2012 at 20:49 | Daniel J. Graeber

U.S. lawmakers spent most of this week lobbing insults at the Cuban government while assessing the risks of an offshore oil spill about 90 miles from the southern Florida coast.…

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