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Navy: Iran able to shut down oil route
"The U.S. Office of Naval Intelligence has confirmed that Iran can shut down the strategic Strait of Hormuz through which more than 30 percent of the world's oil supplies pass, according to a report from Joseph Farah's G2 Bulletin. "
Abiotic Oil -- Reserves Replenished by Process in Earth's Mantle?
"Abiotic Oil
Addressing the theory in circulation that oil is not solely of organic origin, but that there may be another mode of origin as well from deeper in the crust, involving magma."
Saudis ask for aid if world cuts dependence on oil | Energy | Chron.com - Houston Chronicle
"Saudis ask for aid if world cuts dependence on oil
Associated Press
Oct. 8, 2009, 5:42AM
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BANGKOK — There are plenty of needy countries at the U.N. climate talks in Bangkok that make the case they need financial assistance to adapt to the impacts of global warming. Then there are the Saudis.
Saudi Arabia has led a quiet campaign during these and other negotiations — demanding behind closed doors that oil-producing nations get special financial assistance if a new climate pact calls for substantial reductions in the use of fossil fuels."
Admiral Abramovich launches his £300million mega-yachtski: The world's biggest (and it even has its own submarine) | Mail Online
Admiral Abramovich launches his £300million mega-yachtski: The world's biggest (and it even has its own submarine)
OPEC agrees sharp output cut | U.S. | Reuters
An emergency OPEC meeting on Friday reached swift agreement to chop production by 1.5 million barrels per day (bpd) in an effort to halt a deep oil price slide.
3 oil countries face a reckoning - International Herald Tribune
As the price of oil roared to ever higher levels in recent years, the leaders of Venezuela, Iran and Russia muscled their way onto the world stage, using checkbook diplomacy and, on occasion, intimidation.
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wrested control of oil and gas pipelines and pushed back against Western encroachment
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Russia, which suffered a humiliating economic collapse in the 1990s
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Venezuela says expects OPEC to cut supply at meet | Business News | Reuters
Venezuela's economy minister expects OPEC to agree to cut oil supply at an emergency meeting next week to stem crashing world prices by bringing supply and demand into better balance.
Iran to press for output cut at OPEC meet
Iran said on Saturday that OPEC should cut oil output at its emergency meeting next week amid prospects of reduced demand in the face of the global economic slowdown
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Iran said on Saturday that OPEC should cut oil output at its emergency meeting next week amid prospects of reduced demand in the face of the global economic slowdown
Venezuela to buy Russian tanks, armored vehicles: Financial News - Yahoo! Finance
Venezuela plans on purchasing Russian-made T-72 battle tanks and armored reconnaissance vehicles as the nations' increase military cooperation, a Venezuelan military commander said Thursday.
Iraqi government fuels 'war for oil' theories with biggest ever reserves sale | Business | The Guardian
The biggest ever sale of oil assets will take place today, when the Iraqi government puts 40bn barrels of recoverable reserves up for offer in London.
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Most of the terms of what is being offered have not been disclosed. There are security, political and reputational risks here for oil companies but none of them wil
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This deal has also triggered controversy. Issam al-Chalabi, Iraq's oil minister between 1987 and 1990, questioned why there had been no competitive tendering for the gas-gathering contract and claimed it had gone to Shell as the spoils of war.
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Bet on Israel bombing Iran
Are we going to have an October surprise, an attack on Iran by either the Bush administration or by Israel to stop the regime from becoming a nuclear power?
U.S.-Russia Relations by Secretary Rice
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The west is not going to allow Russia to flex its muscles in the East bloc
Iraq Cancels Six No-Bid Oil Contracts - NYTimes.com
An Iraqi plan to award six no-bid contracts to Western oil companies, which came under sharp criticism from several United States senators this summer, has been withdrawn, participants in the negotiations said on Wednesday.
Iran boasts its forces can control the Gulf
Iran has the power to control the Gulf as no vessel can cross the vital seaway without coming in range of its sophisticated weaponry, a top aide to supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Tuesday.
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The Islamic republic's armed forces including the Guards and 11 million Basij (Iran's volunteer militia) are in full readiness to defend any invasion," the former commander-in-chief of the Guards told IRNA.
What $300-a-Barrel Oil Will Mean for You - Barrons.com
Oil prices came down last week, trading at around $108 a barrel, but he predicts an eventual sharp move upward -- to around $300 a barrel -- owing to a lack of available supply. Barron's caught up with Maxwell recently for his latest assessment.
Peak Oil: Association for the Study of Peak Oil & Gas - USA - The Oil Price Rise--Timing Benchmarks Delineate Our Likely Advance to the Oil Peak
We are closing in on some of the dates cited for important defined events such as the peak of non-OPEC oil supply, projected then for 2010. I now believe that certain of these dates should be modified, in this case to 2008.
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Written by Charles T. Maxwell
Monday, 14 January 2008
Some New Thoughts on Peak Oil Timing from Charlie Maxwell | Jim Kingsdale's Energy Investment Strategies
- the peak of all liquids production will be in 2015 and for all conventional oil (excluding oil sands, etc) it will be 2013.
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