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Louisiana Light • 4 days | 88.38 | +1.26 | +1.45% | ||
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Bonny Light • 1 day | 88.85 | -1.30 | -1.44% | ||
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Opec Basket • 4 days | 89.19 | +0.80 | +0.91% | ||
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Mars US • 178 days | 77.26 | -1.51 | -1.92% | ||
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Gasoline • 9 hours | 2.755 | +0.006 | +0.23% |
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Bonny Light • 1 day | 88.85 | -1.30 | -1.44% | ||
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Girassol • 1 day | 89.64 | -1.21 | -1.33% | ||
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Opec Basket • 4 days | 89.19 | +0.80 | +0.91% |
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Peace Sour • 3 hours | 75.83 | -1.22 | -1.58% | ||
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Light Sour Blend • 3 hours | 78.88 | -1.22 | -1.52% | ||
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Syncrude Sweet Premium • 3 hours | 85.83 | -1.22 | -1.40% | ||
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Central Alberta • 3 hours | 76.23 | -1.22 | -1.58% |
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Eagle Ford • 4 days | 80.33 | +0.28 | +0.35% | ||
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Oklahoma Sweet • 4 days | 80.25 | +0.25 | +0.31% | ||
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Kansas Common • 4 days | 74.00 | +0.25 | +0.34% | ||
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Buena Vista • 5 days | 88.22 | +0.99 | +1.13% |
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As Natural Gas Prices Languish the Gulf of Mexico Executes a Successful Oil and Gas Lease Sale
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Is the U.S. Dollar the Contrarian Trade of the Decade
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The U.S. No Longer Controls the Price of Oil in a Peak Oil World
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Oil Sands Potential for Energy Security
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The Trouble With Bonds
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Solid Gold Brains
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Fate of Foreign Oil Investors In Limbo Amid Ghana-Cote d'Ivoire Border Dispute
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Happy 50th Anniversary Year OPEC
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Where will Natural Gas Prices Go Now That Inventories Have Been Drawn Down
Mother Nature's been good to the North American natural gas sector. Not only did she gift several massive shale gas plays over the last few years. She also…
Debunking the Myth of Peak Oil - Why the Age of Cheap Oil is Far From Over (Part 2)
As T. Boone Pickens is touting, we could replace one-third of our dependence on oil within just a few years with natural gas if we would simply embrace the alternative.…
Debunking the Myth of Peak Oil - Why the Age of Cheap Oil is Far From Over (Part 1)
If I may, I would like to rebut or add a little objectivity to the flood of “Peak Oil” articles circulating around. When I see another crisis looming in the…
Google's Decision Highlights the Dangers of Doing Business in China
The ramifications of Google's decision to leave China are deep: China's leadership, be careful what you wish for. I have been a student of China for 40 years. Alas, no,…
Duelling Conferences Debate Role of Nuclear Power
Nuclear power is an important part of the solution to global warming, claimed one conference in Paris last week. No, asserted another conference outside Berlin, nuclear power is not an…
The Stock Market As Propaganda
Since 91% of stocks are owned by the Plutocracy, the much-ballyhooed rise in the stock market as proof the recession is over is perception management/ propaganda. The 75%…
Southeast Asia Becoming China's Trading Partner of Choice
Some good research from China Knowledge this week. About how southeast Asia is becoming China's trading partner of choice. China's trade with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations has grown…
Rising Gas Prices, Falling Corn Prices Could Mean Comeback for Ethanol
Amid rising gasoline prices and falling corn prices, ethanol may be poised for a comeback of sorts, even if only a temporary one. Even though conventional wisdom is that crude…
Crude Prices Stagnate Amid Doubts About Global Demand
Oil Market Summary 03/08/2010 to 03/12/2010. Crude oil prices tread water for the week as uncertainty about demand continued to weigh on the market. Prices were down slightly on the…
