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Japanese Firm Dumps Iran Oil Deal To Dodge American Sanctions

Friday, October 15th, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off

Japanese oil developer Inpex Corp. has decided to withdraw from a major oilfield project in Iran following threats that it would be subject to U.S. sanctions. Inpex pulled out of the ... Read more..

Deepwater Ban Lifted, But Don’t Open The Champagne Just Yet

Wednesday, October 13th, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off

It’s politics as usual as the Obama administration has lifted its six-month deepwater drilling ban, just in time for election season. The ban, which was enacted in the weeks following BP ... Read more..

Putin Says Yukos Was Special Case

Thursday, October 7th, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off

You'll have to excuse me as I dodge several Sandmen. I just turned 30 today and they want to take me to Carousel for Renewal. On a more serious note, ... Read more..

James Cameron Changes Stance On Wanting Canada To “Terminate” Oil-Sands Production

Thursday, September 30th, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off

James Cameron, director of science fiction films The Terminator, Aliens and Avatar has changed his stance of wanting Canadian officials to terminate oilsands production. Haha, get it? Earlier this year, Cameron ... Read more..

Disappearing, Reappearing Spill: Is Gulf Oil Gone Or Not?

Monday, September 27th, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off

In early August, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the U.S. Geological Survey reported that nearly 70% of the oil from the Macondo spill was skimmed, dissipated or evaporated ... Read more..

The Mexican Connection: Oil Smugglers Face The Music

Friday, September 24th, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off

Two Texas oil company executives were found guilty and sentenced for their part in a smuggling oil illegally from the Mexico to the U.S. Former Trammo Petroleum president Donald Schroeder and ... Read more..

Ahmadinejad Kinda Sorta Hints At Possible Conflict With America, But Not Really

Wednesday, September 22nd, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, always a fount of sunshine, mentioned during his address at the U.N. Building yesterday that his country was prepared to go to war with the U.S. ... Read more..

U.S. Government Supports Offshore Drilling… For Other Countries

Tuesday, September 14th, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off

Roll out the red carpet and throw some confetti! The U.S. government will be investing $1 billion to support drilling in the Gulf of Mexico! Woo-hoo! Oh wait, it's not for ... Read more..

EPA Requests Hydraulic Fracturing Information From Nine Companies

Monday, September 13th, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off

Proving once again they're ready to pounce on any issue no more than 10 years after it's discovered, the Environmental Protection Agency has issued a formal request for information about ... Read more..

Tricky Barack: Obama Follows Nixon’s Example In Dealing With Oil Spills

Thursday, September 9th, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off

An Aug. 18 op-ed piece in the Wall Street Journal compared President Barack Obama's handling of the BP Macondo oil spill to that of Richard Nixon's reaction to the 1969 ... Read more..

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