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More About Speculation and Manipulation In Oil Trading

Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 09.05.2008 | Business

Read More: Oil, Sovereign Wealth Funds, Wall Street Journal, Marc Rich, International Energy Agency, Cftc, Rotterdam, Business News
Raymond J. Learsy

It is good news that the CFTC is awakening from its reverie and beginning to deal with the core issues of oil trading. But it is still too much of a hit/miss operation with a degree of insouciance.

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In the Path of Gustav the Huffington Post Moves the Price of Oil

Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 08.29.2008 | Business

Read More: Bloomberg, Hurricane Gustav, Department of Energy, Strategic Petroleum Reserve, Huffingtonpost, International Energy Agency, Oil, Business News
Raymond J. Learsy

Cause and effect? You decide. Consider the time frame.

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Simple Solutions to Energy and Global Warming

Patrick Takahashi | Posted 06.24.2008 | Green

Read More: Global Depression, Peak Oil, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Stern Report, International Politics, G8 Nations, Global Warming, Barack Obama, International Energy Agency, Green News
Patrick Takahashi

Actual decisions affecting environmental policy will be made only if the world is by then in the midst of depression and oil rests at $250/barrel. But, then, isn't that a bit too late?

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The New York Times' Hidden Hand On Oil's Agenda

Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 04.25.2008 | Business

Read More: NY Mercantile Exchange, Bp, Futures Markets in Oil, John Hess, Saudi Arabia, Jad Mouawad, New York Times, Opec, President Bush, International Energy Agency, Leon Hess, New York Times Oil Reporting, New York Times Oil, Business News
Raymond J. Learsy

Leave it to the New York Times and Mouwad to convey the imprimatur of what once passed for serious journalism to this greatest of all con games.

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Iraq Oil Exceeds Pre-War Output

BBC News | Posted 12.14.2007 | Politics

Read More: Oil Barrels, Iraq War, Iraq Oil, Warwire, Crude Production, 2003 Iraq Invasion, Iraq, War in Iraq, Brits in Basra, International Energy Agency, Politics News

Iraqi oil production is above the levels seen before the US-led invasion of the country in 2003, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA). ...

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Get Used to High Oil Prices

Joseph Romm | Posted 10.25.2007 | Business

Read More: Crude Oil Prices, Opec, Iea, Oil, Oil Prices, International Energy Agency, $100 a Barrel Oil, Supply and Demand Oil, Business News
Joseph Romm

No one is going to come to the rescue on the supply side for oil-- and, of course, we remain stuck with an administration that doesn't believe in demand-reduction strategies.

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