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Louisiana Light • 3 days | 72.39 | +1.98 | +2.81% | ||
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Bonny Light • 2 days | 75.19 | +1.17 | +1.58% | ||
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Opec Basket • 3 days | 72.79 | -0.28 | -0.38% | ||
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Mars US • 2 days | 71.39 | +1.89 | +2.72% | ||
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Gasoline • 2 days | 2.501 | +0.065 | +2.65% |
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Bonny Light • 2 days | 75.19 | +1.17 | +1.58% | ||
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Girassol • 2 days | 77.03 | +1.40 | +1.85% | ||
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Opec Basket • 3 days | 72.79 | -0.28 | -0.38% |
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Peace Sour • 2 days | 64.35 | +2.01 | +3.22% | ||
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Light Sour Blend • 2 days | 65.65 | +2.01 | +3.16% | ||
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Syncrude Sweet Premium • 2 days | 74.60 | +2.01 | +2.77% | ||
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Central Alberta • 2 days | 63.95 | +2.01 | +3.25% |
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Eagle Ford • 3 days | 66.58 | +2.01 | +3.11% | ||
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Oklahoma Sweet • 3 days | 66.50 | +2.50 | +3.91% | ||
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Kansas Common • 4 days | 58.25 | -1.50 | -2.51% | ||
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Buena Vista • 12 days | 76.15 | -1.09 | -1.41% |
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Rising Demand in OPEC Countries Causes Oil Importers Concern
OPEC tells us it has lots of spare capacity, but how much should we believe them? Even when prices were much higher than they are now, back in 2008, they…
The Booming Economies of Latin America
While the United States and Europe fret over huge deficits and threats to a so-called recovery, this region has a surprise in store. Latin America, beset in the past…
Chinese Green Sector Surges as Europe Suffers in Q2
Mixed fortunes have dogged the clean-tech and clean energy sectors in the second quarter of 2010, according to latest figures from Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF) and VB/Research. Global…
The Importance of Mineralogy
It's been a hectic week of travel through Europe, on behalf of our gold-copper company. I'm sitting in the Crowne Plaza in Bratislava, Slovakia, getting ready for some meetings in…
The Frontier Markets are Beckoning
A quick look at the world's top performing stock markets during the first half of 2010 will not exactly ring bells for many investors. Bangladesh came in tops with a…
Stock Prices, Economic Data Buffet Crude Oil Futures in Lackluster Trading
Oil Market Summary for 07/12/2010 to 07/16/2010 An unexpectedly sharp drop in a key consumer confidence index sent stocks plummeting on Friday and drove down prices for crude oil futures…
Serve Yourself a Piece of Yellow Cake
Uranium traders have been stunned by a sudden Chinese effort to corner the supplies in an effort to fuel the world's most ambitious nuclear program. The once moribund market now…
Cautious Obama is Hurting Future Oil and Electricity Supply
From somewhere--inside the White House or the Department of Energy--President Obama is getting some pretty awful advice. It's bad enough that he's been persuaded that there's a Nirvana Land of…
Shale Oil’s Place in our Energy Future
Chinese researchers have identified a catalyst called NiMoW, for the hydrotreating of the refined diesel distillate fraction from the Fushun shale oil deposit. Shale oil has high levels of nitrogen,…
Energy and Politics: Japan and India Discussing a Civilian Nuclear Energy Program
Japan, long critical of Indian nuclear policy, is discussing a civilian nuclear energy cooperation agreement that could be signed by the end of the year when the Indian prime minister…
Here's the Bottom Line on Uranium
It's been an interesting few weeks since I last checked in on uranium. The search for what's next in yellowcake projects has taken me to some out-of-the-way places. Dusty…
U.S. Government Finally Grants BP Permission to Begin Well Integrity Test
For almost 2 days, the US government has withheld final permission for BP to go ahead with crucial but risky pressure testing at the Macondo wellhead. The new sealing cap…
Global Oil Industry Forms Response Group to Study Gulf Spill
International oil producers are forming a special group to respond to the Gulf of Mexico oil spill and research ways to prevent such an event occurring again. “We remain driven…
Solar Powered Plane completes Night Flight
This week’s record-breaking night flight by the Solar Impulse aircraft has been widely acclaimed, but few of us are ever likely to fly in such a plane. Swiss adventurer Bertrand…
Why the World's Worst Economy Has the Strongest Currency
Global currency traders remain puzzled by the continuing strength of the yen (FXY), (YCS), which broke out of a ¥90-¥95 range a few weeks ago and insists on levitating around…
Intelligence Dominance and Population-Centric Warfare
The US needs to adjust its defense capabilities to 21st century, population centric conflicts, according to a new think tank report. In the 2009 Academy Award-winning movie The Hurt Locker,…
GE, VC Firms Launch $200 Million Contest for Smart Grid Innovation
General Electric and four venture capital funds launched a $200 million contest for innovations in smart grid technology, pledging to use the money to fund development of the winning entries.…
The Ultra Bull Argument for Gold
I am constantly barraged with emails from gold bugs who passionately argue that their beloved metal is trading at a tiny fraction of its true value, and that the barbaric…
What Most Peak Oil Believers are Failing to Consider
A lot of otherwise normal, well-functioning persons are firm believers in the idea that global oil production has irrevocably peaked -- or is soon to peak irrevocably. Whether such a…
Horn, Red Sea Braces for Instability as Somaliland Moves Toward Islamist Reunification With Somalia
The Election Commission of the Republic of Somaliland on July 1, 2010 — as noted, the highly-iconic 50th anniversary date of the original union of the Republic of Somaliland with…
