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Bob Tippee

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Surface nonsense refutes Interior on idle leases

Some arguments refute themselves with surface nonsense evident to anyone... Watch the Video >

Here’s the economic spark Obama needs to win reelection

New job numbers, crackling with political context, suggest a potent move... Watch the Video >

YPF expropriation clouds the allure of Argentine shale

On its way down the proverbial slippery slope toward economic statism, A... Watch the Video >

Ahmadinejad speech sets edgy tone for nuclear meeting

Iran raised the stakes of an important meeting about its nuclear plans b... Watch the Video >

Congress trying to sneak past its ethanol fiasco

If they were not in an election year, lawmakers might be fixing America’... Watch the Video >

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Watching Government Blog

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Watching Government - Video Blog
Nick Snow

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Wigley sees 2012 opportunities

It was Tim Wigley’s first Washington call-up as the Western Energy Allia... Watch the Video >

The road to breakthroughs

Occasionally, it’s good to remember that decades of research and develop... Watch the Video >

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Oil Diplomacy

Eric Watkins
Oil Diplomacy
By Eric Watkins

OGJ Oil Diplomacy Editor Eric Watkins examines policies affecting the global oil and gas industry.

Iran: Ahmadinejad to propose Aliabadi as permanent oil minister

Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad plans to nominate a new oil minister later this month, with the current caretaker minister, Mohammad Aliabadi, being put forward for the permanent post.&l... More >

South Sudan forms oil marketing venture with Glencore

South Sudan’s state-owned Nilepet has formed a joint venture firm with Glencore International Plc that will begin marketing oil produced by the newly founded country.“This joint venture... More >

BP shrugs off tax woes to invest in UK's North Sea

BP PLC underlined its commitment to the UK's North Sea by announcing a plan to invest £3 billion to redevelop its Schiehallion and Loyal oil fields west of the Shetland Islands.BP’s decision,... More >

Diplomat: Libya’s rebel-held oil facilities ?largely undamaged’

With Libya’s oil infrastructure thought to be largely undamaged in rebel-held areas of the country, a British diplomat said that exports of oil could resume within 3-4 weeks following the fal... More >

Sudan: Obama urges ceasefire in oil-rich south

US President Barack Obama urged the Khartoum-based government of northern Sudan to end its military operations against southern opponents in the oil-rich border state of South Kordofan, a scene of ... More >

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Washington Pulse

Nick Snow
Washington Pulse
By Nick Snow

Senate ethanol vote: symbolic or something more?

Two days after rejecting US Sen. Thomas A. Coburn's (R-Okla.) amendment aimed at ending federal fuel ethanol subsidies, the Senate adopted one prop... More >

Demanding 'Big Oil' pay its fair share

Forget, for the time being, US Sen. Robert Menendez (D-NJ) suggesting, at a May 11 Senate Finance Committee hearing, that a ConocoPhillips May 11 p... More >

Improve federal oil spill research coordination, GAO urges

The federal Inter-Agency Coordinating Committee on Oil Pollution Research should establish a more systematic process to identify and consult with k... More >

Vitter questions Ex-Im Bank loans to Petrobras, Ecopetrol

US Sen. David Vitter (R-La.) has raised questions about the Export-Import Bank of the United States making loans totaling billions of dollars to Br... More >

BOEMRE monitors Cuban offshore

US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation, and Enforcement Director Michael R. Bromwich quietly included Cuba as he emphasized working with ... More >

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