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    General Interest - Quick TakesEurope opens gas, electricity markets July 1Household customers across Europe became free to choose their gas and electricity suppliers on July 1...
    July 9, 2007
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    Refiners in the US and operators in Canada are adding capacity to handle additional volumes of bitumen and synthetic crude oils from increased oil sands production.
    July 9, 2007
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    The number of projects planned for developing the vast bitumen resources in Alberta’s oil sands continues to grow.
    July 9, 2007
    The US Minerals Management Service’s crude oil and natural gas royalty in-kind program continued to exceed its goals during fiscal 2006, reported the Department of the Interior...
    July 9, 2007
    The withdrawal of ExxonMobil Corp., ConocoPhilips, and Petro-Canada from Venezuela under government pressure to nationalize private industry in that country could potentially ...
    July 9, 2007
    The US House voted June 27 to delay for at least a year oil shale leasing and development required under the 2005 Energy Policy Act (EPACT).
    July 9, 2007
    Linn Energy LLC agreed to buy certain natural gas and oil exploration and production operations in the US Midcontinent from Dominion for $2.05 billion.
    July 9, 2007
    As she promised in January, US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) announced a wide-ranging energy legislation package on June 28.
    July 9, 2007
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    Geologic knowledge can provide vital information for scientists modeling the climate, said Eric J. Barron, dean of the Jackson School of Geosciences at the University of Texas...
    July 9, 2007
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    Located in the northern edge of the Qilian Mountain fold belt in western China, the Jiuxi basin is a Mesozoic-Cenozoic foreland basin with Lower Cretaceous source rocks and Tertiary...
    July 9, 2007
    Seismic data that are not several decades old are needed before the US Minerals Management Service’s new 5-year plan for Outer Continental Shelf oil and gas leasing is acceptable...
    July 9, 2007
    Aztec Oil & Gas Inc. has elected Franklin C. Fisher Jr. chief executive officer and chairman, effective July 15.
    July 9, 2007
    Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez returned home last week, fresh from visits that sought to strengthen political ties with fellow oil producers Russia and Iran.
    July 9, 2007
    Tidying and simplifying the rules on decommissioning oil and gas facilities in the UK North Sea is one of the pressing issues facing John Hutton, the new minister to lead the ...
    July 9, 2007
    The August contract for benchmark US light, sweet crudes pushed past $70/bbl June 29 on the New York Mercantile Exchange to its highest level in 10 months due to declines in US...
    July 9, 2007
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    “Energy security” has become a key word in understanding European politics.
    July 9, 2007
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    AMEC ParagonTerri IversClick here to enlarge imageHouston, has announced the appointment of Terri Ivers as president. Simon Naylor, who previously held dual roles as president...
    July 9, 2007