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Chevron orders three new rigs from Transocean for Thai drilling

Posted by Bloomberg
|Date: January 17, 2012

Chevron orders three new rigs from Transocean for Thai drilling

Chevron Corp. (CVX), the second-largest U.S. energy company by market value, ordered three new shallow- w ...

Chevron Corp. (CVX), the second-largest U.S. energy company by market value, ordered three new shallow- water drilling rigs from Transocean Ltd. (RIG) that will be used in Thailand exploration project ...

January 17, 2012
| by Bloomberg

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Post-moratorium high for Louisiana OCS active rigs

Posted by Associated Press
|Date: January 17, 2012

Post-moratorium high for Louisiana OCS active rigs

Louisiana Department of Natural Resources Secretary Scott Angelle says 38 rigs were actively drilling in ...

Louisiana Department of Natural Resources Secretary Scott Angelle says 38 rigs were actively drilling in Louisiana Outer Continental Shelf waters in the most recent weekly count. ...

January 17, 2012
| by Associated Press

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ConocoPhillips seeking partner for oil sands assets

Posted by Staff
|Date: January 16, 2012

ConocoPhillips seeking partner for oil sands assets

Houston-based ConocoPhillips is searching for a partner to buy 50 percent of its Canadian oil sands asset ...

Houston-based ConocoPhillips is searching for a partner to buy 50 percent of its Canadian oil sands assets, according to a Reuters story. ...

January 16, 2012
| by Staff

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Electric plants shift from coal to natural gas

Posted by Associated Press
|Date: January 16, 2012

Electric plants shift from coal to natural gas

The huge, belching smokestacks of electric power plants have long symbolized air pollution woes. But a sh ...

The huge, belching smokestacks of electric power plants have long symbolized air pollution woes. But a shift is under way: More and more electric plants around the nation are being fueled by natural g ...

January 16, 2012
| by Associated Press

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Butter-powered home? It’s not a joke

Posted by Staff
|Date: January 16, 2012

Butter-powered home? It’s not a joke

Butter makes everything taste better, but it turns out it can also be used to power your home, according ...

Butter makes everything taste better, but it turns out it can also be used to power your home, according to one Pennsylvania farmer. ...

January 16, 2012
| by Staff

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Natural gas price plunge aids families, businesses

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|Date: January 16, 2012

Natural gas price plunge aids families, businesses

The price of natural gas is plummeting at a pace that has caught even the experts off guard. ...

The price of natural gas is plummeting at a pace that has caught even the experts off guard. ...

January 16, 2012
| by Associated Press

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Oil climbs as Iran warns of Hormuz supply disruption

Posted by Bloomberg
|Date: January 16, 2012

Oil climbs as Iran warns of Hormuz supply disruption

Oil climbed from the lowest price in almost four weeks as Iran said that a disruption to crude supplies t ...

Oil climbed from the lowest price in almost four weeks as Iran said that a disruption to crude supplies through the Strait of Hormuz would cause a shock to markets that “no country” could manage. ...

January 16, 2012
| by Bloomberg

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Project to pour water into volcano to make power

Posted by Associated Press
|Date: January 16, 2012

Project to pour water into volcano to make power

Geothermal energy developers plan to pump 24 million gallons of water into the side of a dormant volcano ...

Geothermal energy developers plan to pump 24 million gallons of water into the side of a dormant volcano in Central Oregon this summer to demonstrate new technology they hope will give a boost to a gr ...

January 16, 2012
| by Associated Press

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Shell leader expects Arctic offshore drilling this year

Posted by Emily Pickrell
|Date: January 13, 2012

Shell leader expects Arctic offshore drilling this year

Shell Oil Co. expects to clear remaining regulatory hurdles and begin drilling later this year in the Chu ...

Shell Oil Co. expects to clear remaining regulatory hurdles and begin drilling later this year in the Chukchi Sea near Alaska, company President Marvin Odum said at a scientific conference on Thursday ...

January 13, 2012
| by Emily Pickrell

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Measure takes ND oil taxes for wildlife projects

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|Date: January 13, 2012

Measure takes ND oil taxes for wildlife projects

Conservation groups said they would campaign to put a North Dakota constitutional amendment on the ballot ...

Conservation groups said they would campaign to put a North Dakota constitutional amendment on the ballot that would reserve tens of millions of dollars of state oil tax collections for water, wildlif ...

January 13, 2012
| by Associated Press

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Steffy: Other countries learning Macondo’s lessons

Posted by Loren Steffy
|Date: January 12, 2012

Steffy: Other countries learning Macondo’s lessons

Other countries are learning the lesson from BP's 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. ...

Other countries are learning the lesson from BP's 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. ...

January 12, 2012
| by Loren Steffy

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Gas prices see another big rise in 2012

Posted by Staff
|Date: January 12, 2012

Gas prices see another big rise in 2012

The New Year hasn’t been good for gasoline prices. ...

The New Year hasn’t been good for gasoline prices. ...

January 12, 2012
| by Staff

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