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Louisiana Light • 4 days | 71.82 | -0.55 | -0.76% | ||
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Bonny Light • 4 days | 73.87 | -2.50 | -3.27% | ||
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Opec Basket • 4 days | 74.60 | -1.28 | -1.69% | ||
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Mars US • 3 days | 68.46 | -0.70 | -1.01% | ||
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Gasoline • 10 mins | 2.684 | +0.095 | +3.69% |
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Bonny Light • 4 days | 73.87 | -2.50 | -3.27% | ||
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Girassol • 4 days | 74.31 | -2.28 | -2.98% | ||
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Opec Basket • 4 days | 74.60 | -1.28 | -1.69% |
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Peace Sour • 12 hours | 63.51 | -0.70 | -1.09% | ||
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Light Sour Blend • 12 hours | 64.81 | -0.70 | -1.07% | ||
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Syncrude Sweet Premium • 12 hours | 73.76 | -0.70 | -0.94% | ||
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Central Alberta • 12 hours | 63.11 | -0.70 | -1.10% |
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Eagle Ford • 4 days | 65.74 | -0.70 | -1.05% | ||
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Oklahoma Sweet • 4 days | 65.50 | -1.00 | -1.50% | ||
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Kansas Common • 26 days | 64.52 | +0.64 | +1.00% | ||
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Buena Vista • 4 days | 75.42 | -1.20 | -1.57% |
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Has Algae.Tec Cracked Algae's Biofuel Pricing Ability to Compete with a Barrel of Oil?
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Pakistani Editorial Says Nuclear War with India "Inevitable" as Water Dispute Continues
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North Dakota's Bakken Oil Fields go from Strength to Strength
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The Latest U.S. Energy Inventory Report
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Afghanistan: The Pressure is Now on Central Asian Supply Route
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Karzai Afghan "President for Life?" Bad for Democracy, Good for Pipelines
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South Africa's Effort to Wean Itself Off Coal Dependency Proving Difficult
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BP Accuses Halliburton of Destroying Evidence of its Involvement in the Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill
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Solar vs. Wind - Who Wins?
For me, the most delightful turn of events in the ultimate nerd-song “Particle Man” by They Might Be Giants, is that after introducing (in order of complexity) particle-man, triangle-man,…
Are Coal Power Plants Now too Expensive to Pursue?
A couple years ago I had lunch with a top executive of one of the state’s leading utilities. Here’s the gist of the question I put to him. “I know…
Saudi Prince Calls for Kingdom to Acquire WMDs
So much for peace in the Middle East. On 5 December Prince bin Turki al Faisal, speaking at the “The Gulf and the Globe” conference in the Saudi capital Riyadh …
Could War Flare Again Between Iraq and Kuwait?
According to Iraqi Council of Representatives Oil and Energy Committee member Furat al-Sharei, the 10 oil fields that spread across the Iraqi-Kuwaiti frontier are still waiting to have a line…
Is Saudi Arabia Heading for a Downfall?
Saudi Arabia recently announced that it had halted a $100 billion oil production expansion plan to raise capacity to 15 million barrels a day by 2020. At this point,…
Possible Implications of an Iranian Oil Embargo
Does Thursday's announcement that the EU is considering to ban oil imports from Iran epitomise the draining of power from west to east? The big winners here will be…
A Better Way to Store Natural Gas
Natural gas needs to be very tightly compressed and cooling to very cold temperatures will help to get worthwhile volumes suitable for transport use. Those pressures and temperatures pose high…
Hawaii About to Crack Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion Roadblocks?
Hawaiian efforts to move towards renewable energy have a powerful ally in the form of Mark Glick, chief administrator of the State Energy Office, part of the Department of Business,…
Solving Africa's Firewood Deforestation Problem - Bamboo?
A surging population in Africa seeking to provide energy for cooking needs has led to massive environmental damage, including soil degradation. Worldwide deforestation accounts for 25-30 percent of…
Texas Faces Blackouts as Grid Supply Fails to Meet Demand
The electrical grid in America can be roughly split into three separate and individual areas. The Eastern Interconnection supplies everything east of the Rockies; The Western Interconnection supplies everything to…
IEA Leaders Speak Out on Our Current Energy Situation and Peak Oil
Every November following the publication of the IEA's World Energy Outlook, the leadership of the Agency travels to major capitols in an effort to explain to the world's leaders the…
