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• Regulation Era - The 60's Return

  Published 01 June 2010 | viewed 0 times

  The decade of the 1960s stood orthodoxy on its head. It was a time when alternative everything got a hearing. Expertise came into doubt; the…

• U.S., Canada, Germany and Japan Back to Pre-2003 Industrial Production Levels

  Published 28 May 2010 | viewed 0 times

  An interesting chart from the Bank of Japan's latest monthly economic report. Japanese capacity utilization is way down. Around 20% of manufacturing facilities are standing…

• Lake Erie Wind Farm to be First Freshwater Offshore Project in U.S.

  Published 28 May 2010 | viewed 0 times

  The first step in an ambitious project to generate 1,000 megawatts of electricity from offshore wind turbines in Lake Erie was taken this week with…

• Gulf Spill Puts US Energy Bill on Slippery Slope

  Published 25 May 2010 | viewed 0 times

  With energy, Senate Democrats find themselves between a rock and two hard places. Nonetheless, Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., and Sen. Joe Lieberman, I-Conn., have introduced…

• Growing Revolutionary Guard Spells Uncertainty For Oil Investors In Iran

  Published 24 May 2010 | viewed 0 times

  As the United States edges closer to issuing a fresh round of sanctions against Iran, foreign investors so far unmoved by international pressure will end…

• Crude Oil Prices Remain Under Pressure After Dipping Below $70 a Barrel in Week

  Published 23 May 2010 | viewed 0 times

  Oil Market Summary for 05/17/2010 to 05/21/2010 Crude oil prices ended just above $70 a barrel on Friday after dipping below that threshold earlier in…

• BP Gets Pass From Obama Administration To Potentially Pollute Lake Michigan

  Published 23 May 2010 | viewed 0 times

  The Obama administration, already charged with providing political cover for BP in the Gulf of Mexico mega-oil disaster, is also charged with allowing BP to…

• White House Covers Up Menacing Oil 'Blob'

  Published 19 May 2010 | viewed 0 times

  In an exclusive for Oilprice.com, the Wayne Madsen Report (WMR) has learned from Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers sources…

• Psychological Plunge in Oil Prices Makes OPEC Nervous, Official Says

  Published 19 May 2010 | viewed 0 times

  The plunge in oil prices in the wake of the euro crisis has OPEC worried. Qatar oil minister Abdullah bin Hamad Al Attiyah emerged as…

• Oil Prices Drop Further in Week as Euro's Travails Continue

  Published 14 May 2010 | viewed 0 times

  Oil Market Summary from: 05/10/2010 to 05/14/2010 Crude oil prices plunged nearly 4% on Friday and were off almost 20% from their 18-month high less…

• Greenland Proceeds with Plans for Offshore Drilling in Arctic Waters

  Published 10 May 2010 | viewed 0 times

  While the oil spill from a sunken drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico threatens to become an environmental disaster, plans are proceeding for opening…

• Crude Oil Plunges as Turbulence Rocks Financial Markets

  Published 07 May 2010 | viewed 0 times

  Oil Market Summary for: 03/05/2010 to 07/05/2010 In a week of market turmoil resulting from Greece's fiscal crisis, oil went from an intraday high above…

• The Cover-up: BP's Crude Politics and the Looming Environmental Mega-Disaster

  Published 06 May 2010 | viewed 0 times

  We have been informed by sources in the US Army Corps of Engineers, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), and Florida Department of Environmental Protection that…

• ADB Launches $9 Billion Plan for Solar Energy in Asia

  Published 05 May 2010 | viewed 0 times

  The Asian Development Bank launched a $9 billion solar power initiative to develop projects generating 3,000 megawatts by 2012. The announcement, which came at the…

• Syria Appeals For More Foreign Oil Money Yet Bureaucracy Remains A Questionable Obstacle

  Published 04 May 2010 | viewed 0 times

  As Syria aggressively courts foreign investors to rescue its dwindling oil and gas sector, government corruption and problems settling disputes remain sticking points for some…

• Gulf Oil Spill Threatens Halt to White House Offshore Drilling Plans

  Published 04 May 2010 | viewed 0 times

  The oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico from a collapsed offshore drilling rig could affect White House plans to extend offshore drilling, press secretary…

• Economic Data, Oil Spill Push Crude Prices Higher at End of Week

  Published 30 April 2010 | viewed 0 times

  Oil Market Summary for: 04/26/2010 to 04/30/2010 Stubbornly high crude oil inventories continued to stymie bulls through the middle of the week, but the market…

• Amid Push For Renewable Energy, Saudi Arabia Cautiously Turns Over Green Leaf

  Published 27 April 2010 | viewed 0 times

  The promise of green energy has intrigued the Middle East, where concern about future reserves runs deep, but Saudi Arabia's recent plan for a multibillion-dollar…

• U.S. Housing Data Spurs Late Gains in Oil Prices after Mixed Week

  Published 25 April 2010 | viewed 0 times

  Market Summary for 04/19/2010 to 04/23/2010 After languishing most of the week, crude oil prices galloped to the finish line on Friday, tacking on 1.7%…

• Nazarbayev's Successful Diplomacy in Kyrgyzstan Signals Deeper Strategic Shifts

  Published 25 April 2010 | viewed 0 times

  The recent crisis and instability in Kyrgyzstan, highlighted the fragility of security and the potential weakness of the political systems throughout the region and exposed…