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Obama's 'All-Of-The Above' Energy Policy Leaves Much Off The Table

Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 05.25.2012

Read More: Russia, Rep. Alan Nunnlee, Energy, Energy Secretary Steven Chu, President Obama, Alberta, Iran, St.Louis Federal Reserve, Keystone Pipeline, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Politics, Cushing Oklahoma, "All-of-the-Above" Energy Policy, West Texas Intermediate, Oil, Natural Gas, Rex Tillerson Chairman ExxonMobil, Brent Crude, Business News

What should have been said by our president is that this government is moving heaven and earth to convert our transportation fleet from gasoline and diesel to being powered by compressed natural gas.

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Economists Sneer At Your Higher Gas Prices

HuffingtonPost.com | Mark Gongloff | Posted 02.24.2012

Read More: Gas Prices, Gas, Gasoline, Economics, Economy, Gas Price, President Obama, Oil, Economists, Consumers, Nymex Crude, Brent Crude, Business News

So everyone in the world is worried about high gas prices. Or not. Because they really matter. Or not. That sums up the current razor-sharp state o...

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Gunboat Diplomacy: A Maritime Field Guide to the Straits of Hormuz Crisis

Amb. Marc Ginsberg | Posted 03.07.2012

Read More: Straits of Hormuz, Ayatollah Khamenei, Iran, Persian Gulf, Arabian Sea, Bank Merkazi, 5th Fleet, Iran Revolutionary Guard Corps, European Union, Tehran, Oil, Brent Crude, Bahrain, World News

In the game of high stakes international chicken with Tehran, the better diplomacy is to turn the chairs and force the ayatollahs to blink first.

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What Do Triple Digit Oil Prices Mean for Growth?

Jeffrey Rubin | Posted 03.04.2012

Read More: Oil, Global Economy, West Texas Intermediate, Brent Crude, Oil Prices High, Crude Oil Prices, Oil Prices, High Oil Prices, Business News

If the global economic expansion, troubled as it may be, continues, we will see even higher oil prices in 2012. But what does that say about the sustainability of growth?

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EXTRA! EXTRA! Wall Street Journal and New York Times Finally Catch Up, Report "Peak Oil" Theory Is Bogus

Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 11.22.2011

Read More: Energy, West-Texas-Intermediate, World, Peak Oil, Opec, Saudi Arabia, NewYork Times, M. King Hubbert, Hubberts Peak, Oil, Opec-Secretary-General-Abdullah-Al-Badri, Daniel Yergin, Huffington Post, Brent Crude, Wall Street Journal, Business News

Times are a changing. With "peak oil" finally in proper perspective the hegemony of OPEC over the oil market is starting to sunder. The ascendancy of oil production in many corners of the world is beginning to change the accepted rules of the market.

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As Stocks Gyrate the Oil Patch and Their Casino Cronies Continue to Strangle the Economy

Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 10.15.2011

The formation of oil prices in this day and age is a farce, having little and ever less to do with the market disciplines of supply and demand.

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Oil Prices Collapse In Record Sell-Off

HuffingtonPost.com | William Alden | Posted 07.05.2011

Read More: Commodities Prices, Gas Prices, Commodities, Oil Price, Opec, West Texas Intermediate, Oil, Oil Prices, Brent Crude, Business News

This post has been updated. NEW YORK -- Oil prices took a nosedive Thursday in a historic selloff, erasing weeks of gains and indicating that the m...

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Bin Laden's Death Gives Markets Boost Of Optimism, Eases Fear Of Recession

HuffingtonPost.com | William Alden | Posted 07.02.2011

Read More: Osama Bin Laden Death, Stock Market, Standard and Poor's, Economic Crisis, Business News, Oil, Nikkei, Brent Crude, Osama Bin Laden, Al Qaeda, Business News

This post has been updated. Osama bin Laden's death has decreased the risk of doing business around the globe and especially in the Middle East, pr...

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Oil Tops $122 Per Barrel, Gold Hits Another Record

Posted 06.05.2011

Read More: Dow Jones, Gold Record, Portugal Debt, Moodys, Inflation, Oil Prices, Rating Agency, Axel Merk, Credit Default Swaps, Texas Instruments, Brent Crude, Business News

By Leah Schnurr - NEW YORK - Prices of spot gold notched a record high on Tuesday as a downgrade of Portugal's debt stirred a bid for safety, whil...

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Oil Prices Jump After UN Approves Military Action In Libya

Reuters | Alejandro Barbajosa | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: North Africa, Japan Earthquake, Muammar Gaddafi, Middle East, Opec, Saudi Arabia, Libya Oil, Yingxi Yu, United Nations, Oil Prices, Brent Crude, Business News

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Brent crude jumped by more than $1 to $116 on Friday on fears of rising geopolitical tension in the oil-rich Middle East and...

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If Oil Prices Continue Climbing, Count On Another Recession, Analysts Say

The Huffington Post | Yepoka Yeebo | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Libya, Global Recession, Nouriel Roubini, Opec, Inflation, Saudi Arabia, Crude Oil Production, Double-Dip Recession, Oil Prices, Global GDP, Recession, Brent Crude, Business News

Yet another group of analysts have issued a grim warnings about the recent run-up in oil prices. In a letter to clients, analysts at Bank of Americ...

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OPEC May Raise Oil Output

AP | ADAM SCHRECK | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Oil Prices, Opec Oil Output, Gas Prices, Libya, Oil Supply, Peak Oil, Brent Crude, Business News

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Saudi Arabia's oil minister on Tuesday denied the surge in oil prices reflects a shortage of crude on the market b...

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Manufacturing Strongest Since 2004, But Challenges Remain

HuffingtonPost.com | William Alden | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Institute of Supply Management, Middle East Protests, Economic Crisis, Ism, Business News, Oil Prices, Manufacturing, Manufacturing Recovery, Economic Recovery, Brent Crude, Business News

In a sign that the economy continues to recover, albeit unevenly, manufacturing just finished up another strong month. New orders and production rose...

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No End In Sight For Libyan Oil Supply Fears

AP | ALAN CLENDENNING | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Business News, Libya, Middle East Protests, Oil Supply, Middle East, Economic Crisis, Brent Crude, Business News

MADRID — Libya's oil industry is in chaos – and there's no telling when that will end. Armed men loot equipment from oil field installati...

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Crazy Oil Prices Driven by Perceptions, Not Realities

Daniel Dicker | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Oil Prices, Oil, Commodities, Crude Oil Prices, Crude Oil, Saudi Arabia, Speculation, Per Gallon, John Wiley and Sons, Opec, Etf, Brent Crude, Etn, Business News

Someone explain to me how the risk of a real supply shortage, at least several months away, needs to be represented in $110 crude prices being delivered today.

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Libya Chaos Could Leave 'Lasting Scars' On Area's Oil Production

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Oil Prices, Oil Production, Libya Protests, Libya Oil, Brent Crude, Opec, Crude Oil, Gas Prices, Business News

NEW YORK (By By Joshua Schneyer) - Regardless of what comes next in Libya's lethal political standoff, the OPEC country's oil sector is nearly ce...

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Libya Chaos Could Leave 'Lasting Scars' On Area's Oil Production

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Oil Prices, Oil Production, Libya Protests, Libya Oil, Brent Crude, Opec, Crude Oil, Gas Prices, Business News

NEW YORK (By By Joshua Schneyer) - Regardless of what comes next in Libya's lethal political standoff, the OPEC country's oil sector is nearly ce...

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Oil Shoots Higher On Libya Protests As Investors Fear 'Nightmare'

HuffingtonPost.com | William Alden | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Libya $5 Per Gallon Gas, Economic Crisis, Brent-Crude, Libya, Mark Zandi, Libya-Unrest, Egypt, Middle East, Libya and $5 Per Gallon Gas, Saudi Arabia, Oil Prices, Business News, Libya Protests, Business News

This post has been updated. NEW YORK -- As violence escalates in Libya and diplomatic support for ruler Moammar Gadhafi erodes, markets worldwide are...

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