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Louisiana Light • 4 days | 91.40 | +0.24 | +0.26% | ||
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Bonny Light • 1 day | 94.55 | -1.05 | -1.10% | ||
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Opec Basket • 4 days | 95.73 | +0.72 | +0.76% | ||
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Mars US • 10 hours | 88.38 | -0.35 | -0.39% | ||
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Gasoline • 13 mins | 2.513 | -0.031 | -1.23% |
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Bonny Light • 1 day | 94.55 | -1.05 | -1.10% | ||
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Girassol • 1 day | 95.92 | -0.63 | -0.65% | ||
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Opec Basket • 4 days | 95.73 | +0.72 | +0.76% |
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Peace Sour • 1 hour | 84.18 | -0.35 | -0.41% | ||
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Light Sour Blend • 1 hour | 84.68 | -0.35 | -0.41% | ||
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Syncrude Sweet Premium • 1 hour | 93.28 | -0.35 | -0.37% | ||
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Central Alberta • 1 hour | 84.18 | -0.35 | -0.41% |
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Eagle Ford • 4 days | 86.51 | +0.40 | +0.46% | ||
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Oklahoma Sweet • 4 days | 86.50 | +0.50 | +0.58% | ||
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Kansas Common • 4 days | 80.25 | +0.25 | +0.31% | ||
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Buena Vista • 5 days | 95.08 | -0.15 | -0.16% |
Article Archive | Page 1617
America's Invisible Energy Policy
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Obama Orders 100% Alternative Fuels in Government by 2015
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Poor GDP Data Erases Oil Futures Gains
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Natural Gas: The Climate’s Favourite Fossil Fuel - But What About Fracking?
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Rising Inventories Hit Crude Oil Futures
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Fukushima a stake through nuclear industry’s heart
Despite the managed media campaign by Tokyo Electric Company, the Japanese government and nuclear industry flacks worldwide, the 11 March 9.0 on the Richter scale earthquake, followed by a tsunami…
Democrats Energy Disconnect and the Omnipresence of Fossil Fuels
I have often thought that if all domestic oil production and refining ceased in this country for a month, we would see an energy epiphany in the U.S. the likes…
