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Louisiana Light • 4 days | 78.61 | -1.95 | -2.42% | ||
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Bonny Light • 3 days | 81.28 | +1.10 | +1.37% | ||
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Opec Basket • 4 days | 85.00 | +1.11 | +1.32% | ||
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Mars US • 30 days | 79.71 | -2.05 | -2.51% | ||
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Gasoline • 10 mins | 2.108 | -0.013 | -0.63% |
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Bonny Light • 3 days | 81.28 | +1.10 | +1.37% | ||
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Girassol • 3 days | 81.92 | +1.12 | +1.39% | ||
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Opec Basket • 4 days | 85.00 | +1.11 | +1.32% |
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Peace Sour • 3 days | 59.71 | -1.90 | -3.08% | ||
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Light Sour Blend • 3 days | 63.56 | -1.90 | -2.90% | ||
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Syncrude Sweet Premium • 3 days | 68.16 | -1.90 | -2.71% | ||
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Central Alberta • 3 days | 61.71 | -1.90 | -2.99% |
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Eagle Ford • 4 days | 72.44 | -1.90 | -2.56% | ||
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Oklahoma Sweet • 4 days | 72.00 | -2.00 | -2.70% | ||
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Kansas Common • 7 days | 65.00 | -0.75 | -1.14% | ||
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Buena Vista • 5 days | 83.98 | +1.45 | +1.76% |
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"Peak Oil" Impacting Norwegian and Saudi 2013 Production?
While it is hard to ramp up much sympathy for petro-states, Norway and Saudi Arabia are both facing a murky 2013 as domestic production falls, pushing both nations towards some…
Kirkuk Poised for Conflict, BP Enters Fray
British oil giant BP (NYSE: BP) isn’t exactly batting 1,000 these days. On top of the fallout from the Deep Horizon oil spill and the high-profile hostage crisis at is…
Massive Growth in Wastewater from Fracking Industry
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The Unexpected Boom in US Oil Production
A few years ago, I made the observation that the best thing that could happen to mitigate against some of the potentially severe consequences of peak oil was for oil…
EU Fears a US Shale Oil Boom could Make Competition Impossible
A US industrial boost following its ability to tap abundant shale gas reserves is provoking fears that imperilled energy-intensive European businesses will find it harder than ever to compete.
How to Make the Most of the Upcoming Price Spike in Uranium
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Oil, Democracy, and Ideas
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The Coming Oil War in Iraq: Part II
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How will Energy Consumption be Limited as Supplies Decrease?
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Why Shale Oil is not the Game Changer we Have Been Led to Believe - Part 2
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Thin Film Solar Cell Efficiency Continues to Improve
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Defying the Laws of Finance and Physics
Fiscal cliffs and debt ceilings. The walls closing in. After weeks of approaching one near death experience and finally dodging the bullet, another near death experience quickly approaches for the…
Canada Considering Nuclear Reactors in Alberta Tar Sands Fields
Like them or hate them, Alberta, Canada’s tar sands deposits of bitumen or extremely heavy crude oil, are the world’s largest. The province’s resources include the Athabasca, Peace River and…
Energy Industry Doesn't Understand Algeria Attack
The attack on BP-operated Amenas gas facilities in the Algerian Sahara was a spectacular lesson for the energy industry: No amount of high-tech security is invulnerable to Sahelian militants.
Denmark Takes the Carbon-Free Path
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Geopolitical Impacts of the US Oil & Gas Boom
Much digital ink has been spilled about the oil and gas boom in the US, the result of ever improving fracking technologies, and whether or not it will lead to…
Using Electricity Usage Data to Determine China's Real Growth Figures
China`s 4th Quarter China`s economy grew 7.9% for the fourth quarter of 2012, signaling to some that China might be rebounding from a two-year downtrend in economic growth.…
Should we be Concerned about EV Batteries?
With all the problems with Boeing’s Dreamliner 787 lithium-ion batteries, it’s fair to question the performance and safety of EVs Li-ion batteries. For the uninformed, regulators around the world joined…
Have Gold Prices Peaked?
Good question, and the answer is as much around what is driving demand as it is who you ask.Certainly a Reuters article this week goes into considerable detail…
Malicious Software Threatens U.S. Power Plants
In America’s energy industry, batted by last year’s Hurricane Sandy, can be added a new threat – computer malware, an ominous portent for the U.S. power grid.Apparently, in…
