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Louisiana Light • 2 days | 90.61 | -0.79 | -0.86% | ||
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Bonny Light • 1 day | 95.18 | +0.63 | +0.67% | ||
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Opec Basket • 2 days | 95.31 | -0.42 | -0.44% | ||
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Mars US • 12 hours | 89.29 | +0.91 | +1.03% | ||
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Gasoline • 21 mins | 2.583 | +0.021 | +0.81% |
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Bonny Light • 1 day | 95.18 | +0.63 | +0.67% | ||
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Girassol • 1 day | 96.58 | +0.66 | +0.69% | ||
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Opec Basket • 2 days | 95.31 | -0.42 | -0.44% |
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Peace Sour • 4 hours | 84.89 | +0.71 | +0.84% | ||
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Light Sour Blend • 4 hours | 85.39 | +0.71 | +0.84% | ||
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Syncrude Sweet Premium • 4 hours | 93.99 | +0.71 | +0.76% | ||
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Central Alberta • 4 hours | 84.89 | +0.71 | +0.84% |
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Eagle Ford • 2 days | 86.16 | -0.35 | -0.40% | ||
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Oklahoma Sweet • 2 days | 86.25 | -0.25 | -0.29% | ||
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Kansas Common • 1 day | 80.75 | +0.75 | +0.94% | ||
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Buena Vista • 2 days | 95.63 | -0.10 | -0.10% |
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Driving Energy Costs Lower
Two articles appeared last week worth some study by everyone. The first spotted by Geoffrey Stiles is at a Wall Street Journal energy special pull out section. There Ted…
Investors Turn to Renewables
Around half of investors in BNP Paribas’ Clean Energy Fund – which closed this week at €427 million ($568 million) – are making their first investments in renewables, according to…
Ireland’s Financial Meltdown: Down But Not Out
Ireland’s acceptance of international financial aid to its stricken finance sector is widely seen in the country as a shameful loss of sovereignty and the prelude to years of austerity.…
Critical Decisions Looming for Japan’s Nuclear Industry
SITUATION: Japan is advancing with plans to reprocess spent nuclear fuel and boost its external nuclear exports. These decisions will impact the conduct of Japan’s global non-proliferation diplomacy. ANALYSIS: Assessing…
Competition Over Central Asia's Water Supplies Intensifying
Tajikistan is making visible progress toward what it calls an independent hydro-energy future. Downstream, Uzbekistan is fuming. Mutual acrimony is prompting the two Central Asian neighbors to trade increasingly harsh…
Mexico's Incredible Solar Energy Potential
Ideally a location for the generation of solar power should have a relatively high level of solar insolation (ability to generate a significant amount of solar energy), a fairly large…
OPEC's Strategy
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Nigerian Presidential Race Potentially Impacts Global Energy Market
The conclave of Northern Nigerian elders, known as the Mallam Adamu Ciroma Committee of the Northern Political Leaders' Forum (NPLF), delivered, on November 22, 2010, its decision on the selection…
Biofuel News: Research Moving away from Algae to Seaweed
It’s coming – research interest is moving toward seaweed from algae. For algae enthusiasts, keep in mind that technically speaking common algae is micro algae and seaweed is macro algae. …
Iran Nuclear Talks Resume in Geneva, But Chances of a Breakthrough are Minimal
Iran and six major powers have adjourned day one of the first face-to-face talks over Tehran's suspect nuclear program in 14 months, with Iranian officials insisting they would not bow…
Future of UN climate talks hangs in the balance in Cancun
The role of the UN in crafting an international response to climate change hangs in the balance, as negotiations commence in Cancún amid low expectations for progress. Invoking the Mayan…
Euro Shows One Size Doesn't Fit All
When do two diametrically opposed economists, one from the left and one from the right, agree? Answer: When the subject of the euro comes up. So it is that Paul…
Wikileaks: State Secrets or Clever Tactics
Is the US Government Machiavellian enough to orchestrate the recent brouhaha over the so-called website WikiLeaks, is this a real embarrassment, or will it indeed be damaging as some U.S.…
Voluntary Energy Starvation and the Green Agenda
New Republic recently admitted that, "Utopian environmentalism...is a form of escapism and disengagement from reality." The extremists scoff at science and would apparently prefer scarcity so that bureaucratic rationing will…
Some Economics of the Great Coal Game
Several years ago I politely asked every student in my course on oil and gas economics at the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) to master some important materials dealing with…
U.S. Getting Closer to Building Wind Farms in the Atlantic
The US Atlantic states are making progress toward building the country’s first offshore wind projects, but several barriers need to be addressed to propel the sector, according to an NGO…
Is Food the New Distressed Asset?
After my entertaining repast with the head of our nation’s intelligence service, (See: Lunch with the CIA) I had to ask myself this question. During the sixties, new dwarf varieties,…
The Compost Bomb: Peat and Global Warming
Peat, or turf, is an accumulation of partially decayed vegetation matter. Peat forms in wetland bogs, moors, and peat swamp forests. Peat is harvested as an important source of fuel…
Environmentalists Fear Nuclear Waste Treaty Could Turn Russia into a Nuclear Wasteland
What should countries do with their nuclear waste? This question has been tormenting scientists and politicians since the early days of nuclear energy. Proposals have ranged from storing radioactive material…
Lunch With the CIA
Lunch with the Central Intelligence Agency is always interesting, although five gorillas built like brick shithouses staring at me intently didn’t help my digestion. Obama’s pick of Leon Panetta as…
