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    I believe that blaming biofuels for high feedstuff prices is simplistic.
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    Through the years, many geochemical methods have been developed for the detection of near surface hydrocarbon seepage anomalies.
    May 19, 2008
    Baker Hughes IncorporatedBaker Petrolitewww.bakerpetrolite.comBCCK Engineering, Inc.www.bcck.comBrand ServiceAluma Systemswww.beis.comButler Manufacturing CompanyDeltaValve USAwww...
    May 19, 2008
    What better symbolizes the modern oil market than the American sport utility vehicle? The outsize crowd carrier embodies the unbridled gasoline consumption and disregard for cost...
    May 19, 2008
    ArgentinaThe Mendoza government formally authorized Oromin Explorations Ltd., Vancouver, BC, to exploit oil and gas on the 7,694 sq km Santa Rosa Block in Argentina’s Cuyana basin...
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    Design and installation of the offshore portion of Bahrain Petroleum Co.’s Khuff gas transmission and distribution networks (three 18-in. OD high-pressure natural gas lines) required...
    May 19, 2008
    Intensity is rising in the politics of energy villainy.
    May 19, 2008
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    Gas engine introduced to compressor operationsThis firm’s 34SG gas engines now are available for gas compressor operations.With outputs of 4,050-9,000 kw (5,430 to 12,070 bhp)...
    May 19, 2008
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    Douglas-Westwood Ltd.,ReidClick here to enlarge imageAberdeen, has appointed Andrew Reid managing director. John Westwood, company founder and former managing director, will assume...
    May 19, 2008
    The June contract for US light, sweet crudes jumped to a record of $126.27/bbl May 9 on the New York Mercantile Exchange before closing at a record $125.96/bbl, gaining a total...
    May 19, 2008
    Dragon Oil PLC has appointed Abdul-Jaleel Al-Khalifa as chief executive officer.
    May 19, 2008
    With the official start of the summer driving season just a week away, US drivers are faced with the most expensive gasoline in history.
    May 19, 2008
    Believe it or not, in Ireland’s County Mayo they’re still arguing over the route of the pipeline Shell E&P Ireland wants to construct from offshore Corrib gas field (OGJ, Nov....
    May 19, 2008
    The oil and gas industry is headed for an energy policy “train wreck” unless it can successfully communicate with and engage the public in a way that will influence governmental...
    May 19, 2008
    US Secretary of Energy Samuel W. Bodman has criticized a call by both Republic Party presumptive nominee Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) for a suspension...
    May 19, 2008
    Methane hydrates research has made unexpected strides since 2000, but technical and economic obstacles have to be resolved before hydrates production can be proved feasible, a...
    May 19, 2008
    The US Senate and House overwhelmingly approved bills on May 13 to suspend crude oil purchases for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve through the end of 2008 unless prices fall below...
    May 19, 2008
    The board of Canadian oil and natural gas company EnCana Corp. has approved a proposal to split along distinct business lines—oil and gas—to create two Calgary-based...
    May 19, 2008
    When the US Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee sent 45 public land, forest, park, and water bills to the floor on May 7, the measures included closure of 1.2 million...
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    General Interest — Quick TakesOPEC: Refinery mismatch strains crude priceRefinery construction oriented to gasoline in a market needing distillate is lifting the premium for light...
    May 19, 2008