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WTI Crude •10 mins | 59.41 | -0.17 | -0.29% |
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Brent Crude •10 mins | 66.49 | +0.01 | +0.02% |
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Natural Gas •10 mins | 2.281 | -0.105 | -4.40% |
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Mars US •18 hours | 63.28 | -0.33 | -0.52% |
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Opec Basket •1 day | 66.79 | -0.57 | -0.85% |
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Urals •1 day | 63.50 | -0.30 | -0.47% |
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Louisiana Light •1 day | 64.55 | -0.44 | -0.68% |
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Marine •1 day | 65.15 | -0.79 | -1.20% |
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Murban •1 day | 66.58 | -0.71 | -1.06% |
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Iran Heavy •1 day | 59.92 | -0.07 | -0.12% |
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Basra Light •1 day | 67.96 | +0.10 | +0.15% |
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Saharan Blend •1 day | 65.66 | -0.03 | -0.05% |
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Bonny Light •1 day | 67.40 | -0.11 | -0.16% |
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Canadian Crude Index •15 mins | 41.45 | -0.02 | -0.05% |
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Western Canadian Select •19 hours | 48.88 | -0.63 | -1.27% |
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Canadian Condensate •29 days | 55.23 | -0.63 | -1.13% |
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Premium Synthetic •19 hours | 60.08 | -0.63 | -1.04% |
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Sweet Crude •19 hours | 55.33 | -0.63 | -1.13% |
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Peace Sour •19 hours | 53.98 | -0.63 | -1.15% |
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Louisiana Light •1 day | 64.55 | -0.44 | -0.68% |
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Domestic Swt. @ Cushing •1 day | 55.75 | -1.00 | -1.76% |
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Giddings •1 day | 49.50 | -1.00 | -1.98% |
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ANS West Coast •4 days | 67.88 | -1.46 | -2.11% |
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West Texas Sour •1 day | 53.53 | -0.63 | -1.16% |
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Eagle Ford •1 day | 57.48 | -0.63 | -1.08% |
Kurt Cobb
Kurt Cobb is a freelance writer and communications consultant who writes frequently about energy and environment. His work has also appeared in The Christian Science Monitor, Resilience, Le Monde Diplomatique, TalkMarkets, Investing.com, Business Insider and many other places. He is the author of an oil-themed novel entitled Prelude and has a widely followed blog called Resource Insights. He is currently a fellow of the Arthur Morgan Institute for Community Solutions.
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Yergin Wins Energy Security Medal Despite Views On LNG And Peak Oil
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Orwellian Newspeak And The Oil Industry's Fake Abundance Story
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Who is to Blame if the US doesn’t Achieve Energy Independence?
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Sustainability is Only Achievable if New Systems are Better than Old Ones
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Does the IEA Know What It’s Talking About?
It was as if the International Energy Agency were appearing on the old American television game show To Tell the Truth last week as it…
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Why Risk Management Plays Such a Large Role in our Energy Future
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