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Petrol oil station, India
(photo: WN / Geeta)
Oil falls under $72, euro zone worries weigh
The Guardian
* Worries over euro zone fiscal health weigh down market * Market awaits weekly API oil inventory data due later * U.S. snowstorm, geopolitical tension offer price support By Jennifer Tan SINGAPORE, Feb 9 (Reuters) - Oil sank below $72 a barrel on Tuesday, after rising nearly 1 percent the day befor...
Department of Environment and Natural Resources - DENR - Government Agency - Philippines
(photo: WN / Trigedia)
DENR shuts down Bulacan bunker oil plant
Inquirer
| ANGAT, Bulacan, Philippines -- Environment Secretary Eleazar Quinto on Monday closed a factory producing bunker and industrial oil in the upland village of Pulong Yantok here after residents complained of chemical stench. | Quinto padlocked the five thermal processors of Philpao Corp., a firm that...
Oil below $ 72 in Asian trade
Inquirer
| SINGAPORE- Oil resumed its sell-off in Asian trade Tuesday after slight gains overnight, with regional stocks mostly lower and sentiment weighed down by weak US demand and debt woes in the eurozone. | New York's main futures contract, light sweet c...
Domestic output meets half of oil demand
China Daily
| Although China replaced Iran to rank as the No 4 biggest oil producer in 2009, domestic output can only meet half of the country's demand, reported the China Business News, citing official statistics. | A report posted on the website of the Ministr...
Oil falls under $72, euro zone worries weigh
The Guardian
* Worries over euro zone fiscal health weigh down market * Market awaits weekly API oil inventory data due later * U.S. snowstorm, geopolitical tension offer price support By Jennifer Tan SINGAPORE, Feb 9 (Reuters) - Oil sank below $72 a barrel on Tu...
Oil, Petrol, Petrol Station, Oil Price, Benzin, Cars, Gasoline, Gasoline Price.
WN / akgunsemra
Feds take deliberate approach of oil shale leasing
The Miami Herald
| DENVER -- Concerns and conflict over the first round of federal oil shale leases in the Rockies have made the government more deliberate in the second round, a federal official s...
Oil - Gasoline - Pump - Petron Gas Station
WN / Yolanda Leyba
Oil tumbles again to settle below $72 a barrel
Newsday
| February 5, 2010  CHRIS KAHN (AP Energy Writer) | (AP) — Oil prices ended the week at the lowest level in nearly two months, weighed down by a stronger dollar and persiste...
In this June 9, 2008 file photo, a sign with gas prices posted at $4.999 and above are posted at a Shell gas station in Redwood City, Calif. Royal Dutch Shell PLC on Thursday, July 31, 2008, reported that its second-quarter profits rose 33 percent year-over-year to a company record of $11.6 billion thanks to high oil prices and the weak dollar
AP / Paul Sakuma, file
Oil price fall for third day
Breitbart
NEW YORK (AP) - Oil prices fell Friday for the third straight day, weighed down by a stronger dollar and persistent doubts about the health of the global economy. | Benchmark crude...
Police lob tear-gas shells, water cannons at Jat demonstrators
The Hindu
| Staff Reporter | United we sit: Jat community members participating in a rally in Delhi on Monday demanding jobs in the reserved quota and classification of the community as 'Other Backward Class'. - | NEW DELHI: The police had to lob tear-gas shel...
TO AVERT PRICE HIKES --> Customs stands firm; DOE braces for oil crunch
Malaya
BY JOHN POQUIZ | Unless the Court of Tax Appeals extends a restraining order against the Bureau of Customs today, the latter will seize all incoming shipments of Pilipinas Shell to pay for P7.3 billion in alleged excise tax delinquency. | This was th...
Oil Rig
This is an undated handout picture from 2004 showing the new Eni (The Italian oil and gas company) gas compression plant on the shore of Mellitah, Libya. In 2006, American oil companies stand to gain in competing for access to oil reserves in Libya by the restoration of normal diplomatic relations and the removal of Moammar Gadhafi's regime from a U.S. list of terrorism sponsors.
(photo: AP / Eni Press office)
Oil and Gas: Friday, January 29, 2010
The Oklahoman
| Oklahoma crude oil prices as of 5 p.m. Thursday: | Oklahoma Sweet: | Sunoco Inc. - $70 | Oklahoma Sour: | Sunoco Inc. - $58 | Oklahoma oil and gas drilling activity posted Jan. 22: | COMPLETIONS Creek: Little River Energy; Tiger Creek No. 1 Well; NW1/4 SW1/4 NE1/4 NW1/4 of 05-17N-07E; TD 2,975. | Logan: Merit Energy Co.; Cutter No. 2 Well; C NW1/...
Oil Production
Street in Winneba, Ghana
(photo: Creative Commons / oneVillage Initiative)
Addressing the food versus fuel debate in Ghana
Business Day Online
Concerns over energy supply security and oil-price volatility are generating greater interest in alternative energy sources in Ghana. Civil society groups want a comprehensive biofuel policy. Godwin NNANNA in Accra writes that so far the policy has been slow in coming | The lines between energy and agriculture are becoming more blurred. As science ...



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