In one of the outtakes from Crude, an activist asks Donziger, with cameras whirring, whether anybody could subpoena the tapes of their conversation.
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Banks around the world that held crude as an investment seem to have liquidated some of their positions en masse Tuesday, sending the price of the commodity plunging, but probably not for long.
As a result, the supply of crude oil hit an all-time record high last year.
The bullish near-term technical posture in crude oil is an underlying supportive underlying element for the precious metals.
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For America's telephone companies, there is a crude solution and an elegant one.
Genesis is a master limited partnership that operates crude oil pipelines and is an independent gatherer and marketer of crude oil in North America, with operations concentrated in Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida and the Gulf of Mexico.
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Yanking a drug off the market, he says, "is an incredibly crude device" and made only under pressure of litigation.
Crude oil remains in an overall bearish fundamental and technical posture.
You recognise that a new complication has arisen, namely that of the institutional pension managers investing in commodity indices, heavily weighted to crude oil, as an asset class.
The only clear examples where prices were not lower six months after the initial price spike all predate an active crude oil futures market: the Arab oil embargo, Iranian Revolution, and Iran-Iraq wars.
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Considine examines a scenario in which the world experiences a 5 million barrel per day loss of non-Saudi crude and responds with an SPR release of 90 million barrels per month for the first three months, 60 million barrels per month for the next two months, and 30 million barrels during the sixth month.
In the short term, an increase in the price of crude oil and liquefied natural gas does provide the company an opportunity to earn more revenues through sales in the open market.
ONGC, which contributes just under two-thirds of local crude output, has set an ambitious target of doubling production and trebling revenue by 2030.
Sometimes, the toughest message is delivered not with crude language, but in an unfettered message, almost as a directive, which leaves little room for discussion.
An improvement in crude oil prices will boost margins for ConocoPhillips.
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As part of its proven crude reserves, Ecuador has an estimated 900 million barrels (and 1.3 billion barrels of potential recoverable reserves) in the Ishpingo-Tapococha-Tiputini (ITT) block in the Amazon rainforest.
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The precious metals saw fresh selling pressure coming from a stronger U.S. dollar index and weaker crude oil prices, following an unimpressive market place assessment of the just-completed European Union summit.
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The Times describes how 546 million gallons of oil have gushed into the delta over the last five decades (the BP spill is currently estimated at 2.5 million gallons a day), leaving lifeless, crude-blackened swamps in an area that once teemed with shrimp and crabs.
Demand for Anadarko paper appears immune from bad news, but as a contender for a positive ratings change, investors appear willing to keep on adding its paper to their portfolios not withstanding a decline in the price of crude oil ushered in by an announced supply increase in the Middle East over the weekend.
Crude oil prices are trading lower early Monday, on some market reports Saudi Arabia may lead an effort for OPEC to pump more crude oil amid falling world demand due to higher prices.
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Clearly, Osama bin Laden has not been having an effect on world crude production.
While the unconventional oil story continues to unfold and evolve, an abundance of domestic crude oil is expected.
Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda spent his early career at an oil company when crude was a dollar a barrel.
Just as testing is not needed to acquire nuclear arms, it is not necessary if a nation is willing to maintain an arsenal of relatively crude, but lethal, weapons.
At today's levels of world demand, an influx of Iraqi crude could force down prices and make other OPEC members cut production even more than they already have over the past year.
This sunny forecast is largely based on an expected decline in crude oil prices combined with higher gasoline inventory levels and a continuing drop in demand due to increased small-car sales and other factors.
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Apache Corp. is an independent natural gas, crude oil and natural gas liquids company with assets in North America, Canada, Western Australia, Egypt, Poland and China.
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Efficiency offers another timely benefit: after several years of sluggishness, the VLCC (Very Large Crude Carrier) repair market is on an upswing due to rebounding freight rates.
Obviously, the future of this business is in question as the BP Deepwater Horizon debacle continues to leak crude into the Gulf of Mexico at an alarming rate.
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