Also on the oil front, there are reports that some OPEC members are working to increase oil production.
The trend has been more encouraging on the oil drilling front with the number of rigs growing by around 6% for the year as the United States in particular ramps up oil production.
Lawmakers hauling oil executives in front of a Congressional panel and berating them for earning too much money does little to control these factors.
L-shaped table in an office in Lagos, discussing a story on that morning's front page about an oil-pipe explosion.
"Oil and gas prices are high, and they are here to stay, " says Plummer, standing in shirtsleeves in front of a working oil well.
Bartlett said her yard wasn't affected as badly as others -- "a little bit of oil got just in the very front of the front yard, " she said.
Oil and drug companies will be hauled in front of congressional committees.
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Oil giant BP is fighting a two-front war.
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On the energy front, Obama did not give the oil and gas sector the credit they most likely deserve.
This means that the oil companies will cover more of the up-front costs of exploration and drilling, and will in return receive a greater share of the profits.
In the same vein, Kirchner organized an overall boycott of Shell Oil Company, using the Piqueteros to demonstrate in front of the company headquarters and force the company to lower the gas prices.
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But the true perpetrator of higher oil prices, the Federal Reserve, stands right in front of us, the smoking gun its easy money policies.
It didn't start with the BP blowout, but the oil has made matters worse, killing marsh grasses and other front-line vegetation that helps to hold our precious wetlands in place.
Now, with a former oil man in the White House, and energy issues on the front page of the nation's newspapers, Murkowski's bill would open up the refuge for drilling.
Although there have been rampant rumours that American oil firms are continuing to do business with Iran through middlemen and front companies, the firms are putting increasing pressure on Washington to lift the sanctions officially.
That event was truly noteworthy because major oil companies rarely, if ever, acknowledge a little player like MMR as being out front and leading the wave on any important new geological play.
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However we expect things to be much better on the offshore front this quarter as the firm has bagged new contracts in the region and firm oil prices have stimulated interest in offshore drilling.
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Today, operating through various foundations and front companies, the family is also believed to control one of Iran's biggest oil engineering companies, a plant assembling Daewoo automobiles, and Iran's best private airline (though the Rafsanjanis insist they do not own these assets).
At his party's weekly policy lunch, Mr. Schumer told his colleagues to use next week's Senate recess to get in front of the gas issue, by once again blaming rising prices on "speculators" and oil companies.
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