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Saudis Cut Crude Production in December

Posted: January 10, 2013 at 12:36 pm

Prices for WTI crude have risen above $94 a barrel for the first time in nearly four months today, reaching a high point of $94.70 a barrel on the Nymex. ...
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Saudi Arabia Could Become Oil Importer — Citigroup

Posted: September 5, 2012 at 12:53 pm

The world’s largest producer of crude oil and its largest exporter of crude could become a net importer of crude in the next 20 years according to an analyst at ...
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Saudis Reopen Pipeline Bypassing Strait of Hormuz — Reuters

Posted: June 28, 2012 at 12:52 pm

Although the tensions between Iran and the US and Europe have relaxed somewhat in the past couple of months, not everyone is taking for granted that a long-term solution to ...
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OPEC Crude Output at Three-year High

Posted: May 29, 2012 at 10:48 am

The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) produced an average of 31.8 million barrels/day of crude in May, the cartel’s highest level of production since September of 2008 and about ...
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Crude Oil Prices Could Move Lower

Posted: April 25, 2012 at 2:19 pm

Analysts at Goldman Sachs have noted that Saudi Arabia has increased its crude oil inventories by 34.5 million barrels in the three-month period from December 2011 to February 2012. Goldman ...
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Saudis Ready Fleet of Tankers to Send to the US

Posted: March 20, 2012 at 7:55 am

For the past week, the day rates for very-large crude carriers (VLCCs) has been rising to where $40,000/day is the going rate. The reason for the spike is that ...
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Alternative Energy Watch: US Energy Policy Debate Kicks-off; Saudi Arabia Looks to Solar & Nuclear Growth; Hydropower Gets a Boost

Posted: April 1, 2011 at 1:09 pm

Policy stories have piled up today in alternative energy and energy, led off by a response from the Republican Party to President Obama's energy speech. The GOP has introduced a ...
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Saudi Arabia Unrest: The Advantage Of Bribes

Posted: March 11, 2011 at 5:01 am

Muammar Muhammad al-Gaddafi might have been better off to use the billions of dollars he has hidden around Libya to bribe his opposition than to wage war on his countrymen. ...
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Saudi Arabia Avoids The Revolution

Posted: March 6, 2011 at 7:06 pm

Many analysts have pointed out that the political instability in the Middle East is the result of the lack of jobs and affordable food.  Choosing democracy as a form ...
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Google, Skype, And A New Age Of Censorship

Posted: August 13, 2010 at 5:27 am

The book bans of fifty years ago which included "Catcher In The Rye" are distant memories. But censorship is not over. The Wall Street Journal has been banned in Singapore ...
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Media Digest 8/10/2010 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: August 10, 2010 at 4:01 am

Reuters:   Economists have cut forecasts and look to the Federal Reserve to take action. Reuters:   BP Plc (NYSE: BP) will try the final stage of killing its leaking well and ...
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The BlackBerry Debate And National Sovereignty

Posted: August 6, 2010 at 5:42 am

The US and Canadian governments and Blackberry maker Research In Motion (NASDAQ: RIMM) are on a crusade to make certain that the device and its service are not restricted in ...
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Media Digest (8/2/2010) Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: August 2, 2010 at 4:02 am

Reuters:   BP plc (NYSE: BP) has made final plans to plug its well. Reuters:   The dollar index fell to a three-month low due to a slowing economy. Reuters:   Goldman Sachs ...
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