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Jeff Crawford, of Jeff's Roustabouts, drives past a wind mill while delivering a tank to a drilling site near Gorham, Kan., Wednesday, March 11, 2009. Kansas drilling rigs that once could not punch holes fast enough when oil prices hit record highs less than a year ago are now sitting idle, their crews laid off. Tax revenues in oil-rich counties are plummeting. Marginal wells are shutting down. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner)
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 Philadelphia Daily News 
Oil hovers above $66 after weak jobs data
| PABLO GORONDI | The Associated Press | Oil prices hovered above $66 a barrel Friday in light holiday trading a day after grim unemployment numbers from the U.S. and Europe sent prices tumbling. | By... (photo: AP / Orlin Wagner)
The headquarters building of the China National Petroleum Corp. is seen in Beijing Tuesday Aug. 23, 2005. China's biggest state-owned oil firm has reached an agreement to buy Canadian-based PetroKazakhstan Inc., for $4.2 billion (euro3.43 billion) - a victory in Beijing's campaign to secure foreign energy supplies for its hg3
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 Wall Street Journal 
Total, CNPC Consider Venezuela Oil Block Bids
By SIMON HALL | BEIJING -- France's Total SA and state oil giant China National Petroleum Corp. now plan to bid for two oil large blocks being auctioned in Venezuela, instead of one they'd previously ... (photo: ap / Greg Baker)
President-elect Barack Obama waves after visiting soldiers at Marine Corp Base Hawaii on Christmas Day in Kailua, Hawaii Thursday, Dec. 25, 2008.  The Guardian 
How to handle Russia
| US president Barack Obama arrives in Moscow on Monday 6 July. Here, in Russia, he is awaited with some foreboding – he is, after all, the most powerful man on earth. The Kremlin hopes he will anno... (photo: AP / Gerald Herbert)
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Russia's Sudzha gas pumping station seen late Sunday, Jan. 11, 2009. Teams of EU monitors deployed Sunday at natural gas transit sites along Ukraine's vast pipeline network, but Russia appeared in no rush to restart sending gas to a freezing Europ  The Guardian 
Nigeria, Algeria agree to build Sahara gas link
(Adds background) By Randy Fabi ABUJA, July 3 (Reuters) - Nigeria, Algeria and Niger on Friday signed an agreement to build a multi-billion dollar gas pipeline across the Sahara that could send up to ... (photo: AP / Sergei Chuzavkov)
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Repsol motor oil products, Wed, May. 06. 2009 The Guardian
China's CNPC, CNOOC square off for Repsol's YPF - sources
HONG KONG, July 3 (Reuters) - China National Offshore Oil Corp Ltd (CNOOC) and state-run China National Petroleum Corp (CNPC) are battling for approval to bid for the Arg... (photo: WN / james)
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ROB VAN HENRCK S.RGRADBR HRD ANTWERP DURING THE FREE DIAMOND PURITY CHECK WEEK AT TANISHQ SHOWROOM IN KOLKATA ON FRIDAY The Times
Cash joy for African Minerals
| It was a good day for Frank Timis, the colourful mining company promoter. His latest venture, African Minerals, an iron ore explorer in Sierra Leone, raised £64 million... (photo: WN / Bhaskar Mallick)
Africa   Company   Mining   Photos   Sierra Leone  
Signage of Pilipinas Shell Petroleum Corporation, one of the Big Three oil players in the Philippines Independent online
 Amnesty blames Shell for oil cover-ups
| By Daniel Howden | Abuja - Oil giant Shell has been covering up catastrophic oil spills in the Niger Delta by blaming them on sabotage by local people, according to Amn... (photo: WN / Trigedia)
Energy   Environment   Nigeria   Photos   Society  
Indonesia Minister of energy and miniral resources Purnomo Yusgiantoro, talks to reporters at the palace in Jakarta, Indonesia, Wednesday, Feb 22, 2006. Production at the world's largest gold and copper mine was suspended Wednesday after illegal miners blocked the road leading to the site in Indonesia's remote Papua province, a company spokesman said. The Guardian
Indonesia's first Tangguh LNG sent to South Korea
(Adds quote, details, background) JAKARTA, July 3 (Reuters) - The first delivery of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the BP-led Tangguh project in Indonesia's Papua has s... (photo: AP / Achmad Ibrahim)
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All-American dogs: 10 dogs important to America
Comment RSS Email Print | American Foxhound (photo by nick4900) | American Foxhound: the state dog of Virginia | These beautiful dogs are related to the English and Frenc... (photo: Creative Commons / File Upload Bot)
America   Animals   Dogs   Instincts   Photos  
Fuel Price Indicator China Daily
Fuel price rise triggers public debate
| China's latest fuel prices hike, which is intended to reflect rising international crude cost, sparked widespread debate as consumers grumbled that the record domestic ... (photo: WN / Aldrin Leyba)
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pipeline - oil - gas - hires - (kv3) China Daily
Kazakhstan expands China oil pipeline link
| ALMATY: Kazakhstan said it had completed the expansion of a major oil pipeline to China on Wednesday. | A Kazakh company in charge of the project said the first test sh... (photo: wn/kiran)
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