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Louisiana Light • 4 days | 69.51 | -1.74 | -2.44% | ||
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Bonny Light • 1 day | 72.65 | -0.67 | -0.91% | ||
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Opec Basket • 4 days | 74.11 | +0.36 | +0.49% | ||
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Mars US • 13 hours | 67.29 | +0.05 | +0.07% | ||
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Gasoline • 10 mins | 2.544 | +0.008 | +0.30% |
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Bonny Light • 1 day | 72.65 | -0.67 | -0.91% | ||
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Girassol • 1 day | 72.86 | -0.79 | -1.07% | ||
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Opec Basket • 4 days | 74.11 | +0.36 | +0.49% |
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Peace Sour • 5 hours | 62.07 | +0.89 | +1.45% | ||
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Light Sour Blend • 5 hours | 63.37 | +0.89 | +1.42% | ||
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Syncrude Sweet Premium • 5 hours | 72.32 | +0.89 | +1.25% | ||
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Central Alberta • 5 hours | 61.67 | +0.89 | +1.46% |
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Eagle Ford • 4 days | 63.22 | -1.61 | -2.48% | ||
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Oklahoma Sweet • 4 days | 63.25 | -1.50 | -2.32% | ||
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Kansas Common • 20 days | 64.52 | +0.64 | +1.00% | ||
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Buena Vista • 4 days | 73.05 | -1.61 | -2.16% |
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Where to Play the Dead Cat Bounce in Europe
The currency is in free fall, and the continent is about to enter a new dark age, as enforced deleveraging brings economic collapse and widespread civil unrest. To me, this…
Next Generation Biofuels: 5 Near-Term Challenges
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has just issued a report detailing the outlook and challenges of next generation biofuels. I provided some input during the drafting of the report,…
Gold Crucifies Doubters
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Goodbye BRIC, Hello N-11
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High Hurricane Activity Threatens Gulf Oil Production, Cleanup Efforts
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Fear and the Markets
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Turkey’s Growing Influence in the Balkans
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The Similarities Between Deepwater Horizon and Global Financial Meltdown
The explosion of Deepwater Horizon and the collapse of Lehman Brothers share similar characteristics of risk, denial and coverup. My good friend G.F.B. recently observed that the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe…
The Vital Relationship Between China and the United States
A number of events in April-June 2010 has seemed to suggest that relations between the United States and China are back on track after a difficult period. They include Hu…
Only Buy Companies You Hate
The Wall Street Journal published one of the funniest investment strategy pieces I have ever read. Dilbert cartoonist Scott Adams argues that you should invest in companies you hate because…
Israel's Interception of the Turkish Flotilla
A View From Jerusalem on the Intelligence Failure by Israel, and the Failure of the International Community to Look at the Sponsors of the “Flotilla” Early in the morning of…
The End of the Renewable Energy Boom
In late May, the accounting firm Ernst & Young reported that 7 out of 10 major global corporations will spend 0.5% or more of their earnings this year on "fighting"…
The Gulf Oil Spill and Efforts to Cap the Well
Below is a Q and A Interview with Frank Verrastro, senior vice president and director of the Energy and National Security Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies…
China’s Excess Refining Capacity Affecting Domestic Oil Prices
China, which has struggled in recent years to keep up with booming domestic demand for oil products, may soon have a major excess in refining capacity. In 2009, the country…
The Death of BP?
It was about six weeks ago that the man I work for walked into my office and asked what was happening in the world of energy. “This oil leak in…
Poland’s Growing Military Power
Experiencing anxiety following the halting of US missile defense plans in Poland, Warsaw uses US technology to make its air force the biggest by far in Central Europe. Since the…
Energy Cooperation Drives a Murky Venezuela-Iran Relationship
During the course of May 2010, Iran and Venezuela continued to pursue agreements in the areas of security, business, housing, and so-called "non-aligned country" diplomacy. Energy, however, remains the mutual…
Big Oil is Paying
In 2006, when I wrote this, and culled directly from their 10K, ExxonMobil paid $30.7 billion in excise taxes, $41.6 billion in other "taxes and duties", and $59.4 billion in…
