Critics claim that the oil law will mark the end of a cautious opening of Venezuela's nationalised oil industry to foreign investment.
"Instability in Venezuela is the real risk, because that could have a dramatic impact on global oil supplies, " said Mark Jones, a Venezuela expert at Rice University.
Finalists: Juliette Kayyem of The Boston Globe for her colorful, well reported columns on an array of issues, from women in combat to oil drilling in Alaska, and Mark Di Ionno of The Star-Ledger, Newark, N.
Far from the oil patch, Kinder grew up in the land of Mark Twain, paper route and all.
Mr. Kinzler qualified fourth on Saturday, while keeping an eye on Mark Stenmark, a towering former gas and oil worker from Houston and the hottest player on the tour.
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Mark Druskoff is based in Houston and covers midstream and upstream oil and gas.
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Such Deutsche mark-based payments and credits would pay for continued Soviet oil and gas deliveries to East Germany, all trade and service obligations and the stationing of Soviet forces on German soil.
Economist Mark Zandi of Moody's Economy Web site says that rising oil and gasoline prices have not necessarily pulled up the price of other goods.
Mark Brownstein, an associate vice president with the Environmental Defense Fund, said many oil and gas companies claim to be leaders in protecting the environment, and "this can be one opportunity for them to demonstrate that leadership" by submitting to an audit.
"We like the oil and gas base because we see the need for resources for a long time to come, " said Mark Little, a senior vice president.
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