Only if the product introduces something truly new, such as soyabeans with a much-higher oil level than usual, is there an additional layer of scrutiny.
In January, Ali Naimi, the Saudi oil minister, said that the world's largest oil producer aimed to keep oil prices at the triple-digit level throughout 2012.
For that reason, job losses in the oil industry and the current high-level of overall U.S. unemployment will not get better, but are likely to only get worse.
The report does not rule out other possible contributors to Gulf War illness -- including low-level exposure to nerve agents and close proximity to oil well fires -- though it fails to establish any clear link.
And isn't demand for oil lower than it would have been if the price of oil had been at its true market-clearing level?
But even more pertinent is the huge variation in their national interests, between those such as low-lying small islands that may literally cease to exist as nations as the sea level rises, and the oil-producing states of the Persian Gulf and Opec for whom the priority is to keep the oil and gas flowing.
Crude oil bulls and bears are on a level near-term technical playing field amid choppy trading.
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Crude oil bulls and bears are on a level near-term technical playing field amid choppy and volatile trading recently.
Crude oil bulls and bears are back on a level near-term technical playing field.
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Crude oil bulls and bears are presently on a near-term level technical playing field.
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The crude oil bulls and bears are presently on a level near-term technical playing field.
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Crude oil bulls and bears are still on a level near-term technical playing field amid choppy trading.
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Future above-inflation rises planned by the previous Labour government will be scrapped - unless the price of oil falls below a certain level.
Crude oil futures prices also traded near steady Thursday, as crude oil bulls and bears are presently on a near-term level technical playing field.
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Crude oil futures prices are trading near steady Thursday morning, as crude oil bulls and bears are presently on a near-term level technical playing field.
Nevertheless, even this writer (in his younger days) would expose himself to sun with baby oil at the same time he was studying for college-level toxicology classes.
Crude oil bulls and bears are back on an overall level near-term technical playing field.
Crude oil bulls and bears are now back on a level near-term technical playing field.
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The oil unions have never achieved a complete stoppage, because management-level employees operate a contingency plan.
First-quarter production for oil and natural gas was at a record level, up 13% from a year ago.
We are very much interested in responsible but effective oil exploration and recovery, and that is why we have approved 37 shallow-water permits and why overall, as I noted, domestic oil production is at its -- last year was at its highest level since 2003.
Companies that potentially face civil or criminal liability for the Gulf of Mexico oil spill have hired a large cast of outside legal help, including former high-level government attorneys and a top product-liability lawyer.
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Is it structured to fend off the asset-eroding potential of triggers such as so-called Black Swan events, Black Monday-level market implosions, interest and inflation rate swings, war or an oil supply disruption?
In 2011, American oil production reached the highest level in nearly a decade and natural gas production reached an all-time high.
We know that under his leadership and during his presidency domestic production of oil and gas -- natural gas -- has increased, and our reliance on imports of foreign oil has decreased to its lowest level in I think something like 16 years.
"Although there are numerous positive signs of progress in Iraq -- violence has fallen to its lowest level since 2003, its economy is growing modestly, oil production recently surpassed that of Iran, and foreign investment is beginning to restore infrastructure decayed by years of war and sanctions -- the risk of acute instability and renewed conflict remains, " Ollivant said.
So, the profit-maximizing production level for both countries will be very different, but both will still produce some oil.
Incidentally, Wendy's rival McDonald's (nyse: MCD - news - people ) had pledged four years ago that it would switch to a type of oil that cut the level of trans fats in its fries by half.
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