http://oil.web2announcer.com/ Web 2.0 announcer top stories for oil en Sun, 10 Jun 2007 18:44:05 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2039219 unknown@Netscape.com China is considering halting efforts to make oil from coal due to concerns about the expense and energy demands as well as the greenhouse gases produced by the conversion, a state news agency on Sunday quoted an official as saying. Sun, 10 Jun 2007 18:44:05 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2039219coalTooilconversionchinaexpenseglobalwarmingNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2036772 unknown@Netscape.com Laconic statements from the White House and the Pentagon confirmed what had long been suspected - the US is planning a long-term military presence in Iraq. This is a geopolitical development of the first importance. Sat, 09 Jun 2007 20:15:04 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2036772iraqoilwarNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2033252 unknown@Netscape.com Trade recommendations page for currency, gold, and oil. Thu, 07 Jun 2007 20:13:24 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2033252traderecommendationsNewscurrencygoldoilFinanceMoney http://web2announcer.com/go/2031982 unknown@Netscape.com Fuel shortages will become even more common unless the United States finds alternative ways of supplying the product or consumer demand decreases, a ConocoPhillips official said Tuesday. Thu, 07 Jun 2007 09:17:44 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2031982oilfirmgasolineshortagesstickaroundNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2033283 unknown@Netscape.com Fuel shortages will become even more common unless the United States finds alternative ways of supplying the product or consumer demand decreases, a ConocoPhillips official said Tuesday. Thu, 07 Jun 2007 09:17:44 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2033283oilfirmgasolineshortagesstickaroundNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2033311 unknown@Netscape.com Fuel shortages will become even more common unless the United States finds alternative ways of supplying the product or consumer demand decreases, a ConocoPhillips official said Tuesday. Thu, 07 Jun 2007 09:17:44 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2033311oilfirmgasolineshortagesstickaroundNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2033220 unknown@Netscape.com Crude oil pared gains on speculation the U.S. would have enough gasoline to meet demand as the summer driving season got under way. Thu, 07 Jun 2007 09:12:32 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2033220oilParesGainsU.S.supplieshighgasolineNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2033253 unknown@Netscape.com Crude oil pared gains on speculation the U.S. would have enough gasoline to meet demand as the summer driving season got under way. Thu, 07 Jun 2007 09:12:32 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2033253oilParesGainsU.S.supplieshighgasolineNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2033284 unknown@Netscape.com Crude oil pared gains on speculation the U.S. would have enough gasoline to meet demand as the summer driving season got under way. Thu, 07 Jun 2007 09:12:32 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2033284oilParesGainsU.S.supplieshighgasolineNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2033312 unknown@Netscape.com Crude oil pared gains on speculation the U.S. would have enough gasoline to meet demand as the summer driving season got under way. Thu, 07 Jun 2007 09:12:32 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2033312oilParesGainsU.S.supplieshighgasolineNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2018817 unknown@Netscape.com Energy experts fear that severe hurricanes, like those that toppled U.S. oil rigs and flooded refineries in 2005, could send already record gasoline prices to a lofty $4 a gallon. Thu, 31 May 2007 20:48:57 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2018817oilcompaniesGirdhurricaneseasonNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2016484 unknown@Netscape.com Do you still think we went into Iraq for Humanitarian reasons or to protect the United States from an awful dictator? Well, if you read about the lastest "oil sharing" deal, you just might think differently. Wed, 30 May 2007 15:26:58 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2016484iraqoilsharingprofiteeringKucinichNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2011846 unknown@Netscape.com America's relentless drive to dominate the Middle East and its oil, blends well with Israel's insatiable appetite for water and unstoppable expansion. It is said that oil and water do not mix - but when they do, it becomes a lethal concoction with no easy solution. The fatal blend engulfing the Middle East today seems to have no end in sight othe Sun, 27 May 2007 19:20:46 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2011846oilwaterwarmiddleeastNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2011774 unknown@Netscape.com Crude oil rose in New York on speculation that yesterday's 2.4 percent drop in prices was larger than justified, and after oil workers were kidnapped in Nigeria, Africa's biggest producer. Sun, 27 May 2007 05:33:54 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2011774N.Y.oilrisespricesFellTofarNigeriakidnappingNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2011942 unknown@Netscape.com Uganda's government has scrapped plans to convert thousands of hectares of rainforest on an island in Lake Victoria into a palm oil plantation, according to the country's environment minister. Sun, 27 May 2007 04:47:04 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2011942UgandarainforestpalmoilplantationNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2005697 unknown@Netscape.com The Federal Trade Commission has reported only 15 examples of gasoline price gouging after Hurricane Katrina and the agency says there is no widespread effort by the oil industry to illegally manipulate prices, a finding Public Citizen said "defied belief." Wed, 23 May 2007 21:17:21 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2005697oilcorporatecorruptionbusinessNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1989815 unknown@Netscape.com The national average for gas is just over $3.19 per gallon, according to AAA's Daily Fuel Gauge Report -- up 34 cents from last month and above the Energy Information Association's record last week of $3.10 per gallon. Both prices top the former record of $3.07 set on Sept. 5, 2005, after Hurricane Katrina slammed the Gulf Coast. Mon, 21 May 2007 21:26:00 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1989815gaspricesEconomyaaaoilcompaniesNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1971063 unknown@Netscape.com Historian and Journalist John Ghazvinian discusses his recent trip to Nigeria and the African oil boom. The U.S. now imports more oil from African nations than from Saudi Arabia. Sun, 20 May 2007 06:15:13 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1971063africanoilboomjohnGazvinianNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1911593 unknown@Netscape.com Gasoline Prices Set New Records As Oil Futures Rebound on Nigeria Protests and Supply Worries Tue, 15 May 2007 23:38:01 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1911593worldgaspriceriseoilEconomyNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1900678 unknown@Netscape.com Crude oil was little changed in New York after stalling yesterday at a one-week high on speculation fuel prices may fall as U.S. refiners increase gasoline production to bolster summer stockpiles. Tue, 15 May 2007 19:42:53 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1900678oillittlechangedStalling1weekhighgasolineNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1889663 unknown@Netscape.com Preem Petroleum AB, Sweden's largest oil company, evacuated workers at its refinery in Gothenburg, Sweden, after a fire broke out yesterday. Valero Energy Corp. said yesterday emergency flaring occurred at its refinery in Texas City, Texas, on May 12, at least the third incident at the plant this month. Mon, 14 May 2007 19:21:13 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1889663crudeoilrisesU.S.europeanRefinneriesreportIncidentsNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1870603 unknown@Netscape.com It has not even reached parliament, but the oil law that U.S. officials call vital to ending Iraq's civil war is in serious trouble among Iraqi lawmakers, many of whom see it as a sloppy document rushed forward to satisfy Washington's clock. Sun, 13 May 2007 10:10:35 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1870603iraqoilMoneyPoliticsNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1868751 unknown@Netscape.com The oil companies is really one big happy family... attached at the hip. Read em and weep. There is no s in oil company. For now I guess we should be thankful we aren't paying $10.00 a gallon... for now!!! How our goverment allowed this cancer to grow is anybodies guess!!! Sun, 13 May 2007 09:54:38 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1868751gasoilPoliticsNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1869374 unknown@Netscape.com Evidence that Earth's climate is undergoing significant, and in some cases alarming, changes has accumulated rapidly during the past three decades. The probability is extremely high that HUMAN generated greenhouse gases, with carbon dioxide the major offender, are the primary cause of well documented global warming and climate change today. Sun, 13 May 2007 08:19:36 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1869374gorebushpopeoilClimateNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1870907 unknown@Netscape.com Evidence that Earth's climate is undergoing significant, and in some cases alarming, changes has accumulated rapidly during the past three decades. The probability is extremely high that HUMAN generated greenhouse gases, with carbon dioxide the major offender, are the primary cause of well documented global warming and climate change today. Sun, 13 May 2007 08:19:36 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1870907ClimateoilpopebushgoreNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1864489 unknown@Netscape.com Between 100,000 and 300,000 barrels a day of Iraq's declared oil production over the past four years is unaccounted for and could have been siphoned off through corruption or smuggling, according to a draft American government report. Sat, 12 May 2007 21:49:36 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1864489oilgovernmentiraqproductionsmuggleNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1860553 unknown@Netscape.com The US is trying to dilute a declaration on global warming to be made atthe G8 summit, sources close to the talks said, putting it on a collision course with Germany. In a draft of the declaration, the US objects to a pledge to limit global warming to 2C this century and cut world greenhouse gas emissions by 50 per cent below 1990 levels by 2050. Sat, 12 May 2007 19:57:18 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1860553ClimatechangebigoilbushadministrationglobalwarmingG8News http://web2announcer.com/go/1860250 unknown@Netscape.com Between 100,000 and 300,000 barrels a day of Iraq's declared oil production over the past four years is unaccounted for and could have been siphoned off through corruption or smuggling, according to a draft American government report. Sat, 12 May 2007 17:53:09 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1860250wariraqMissingoilcorruptionNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1861166 unknown@Netscape.com To Iraq's Kurdish leadership, the issue of how to apportion the third-largest pools of oil in the world is "a make-or-break deal" for the country as a whole, a top official told United Press International. Sat, 12 May 2007 07:36:36 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1861166KurdleadershipoilNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1855949 unknown@Netscape.com Between 100,000 and 300,000 barrels a day of Iraq's declared oil production over the past four years is unaccounted for and could have been siphoned off through corruption or smuggling, according to a draft American government report. Using an average of $50 a barrel, the report said the discrepancy was valued at $5 million to $15 million daily. Sat, 12 May 2007 07:10:04 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1855949MissingoiliraqbillionsofdollarsCiorruptionSmugglingNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1850413 unknown@Netscape.com He had promised to bring the oil income to every family's dinner table, showing that the Khomeinist revolution could offer prosperity while pursuing a messianic foreign policy. Later this month, however, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of the Islamic Republic will introduce a gasoline-rationing scheme, the first of a series of austerity measures his Fri, 11 May 2007 23:30:59 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1850413iranoilNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1839569 unknown@Netscape.com A week after U.S. gasoline prices hit a near-record $3.05 a gallon, Democrats in Congress are promoting legislation taking aim at the big oil companies, although industry experts say that the efforts aren't likely to have any effect. Fri, 11 May 2007 17:03:12 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1839569oilPoliticsgaspricesdrivingdemocratscongressNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1830638 unknown@Netscape.com The latest weekly U.S. petroleum inventory numbers confirmed what commodity markets have been signalling for weeks: Oil and gasoline are headed in opposite directions. Thu, 10 May 2007 19:24:03 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1830638gasolineoilpricescontinueDivergingNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1801510 unknown@Netscape.com A draft of a new oil law is working its way through Iraq's parliamentary process. An earlier draft, in English, was leaked in mid-2006, shocking a number of specialists. Tue, 08 May 2007 18:23:30 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1801510oillawiraqNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1796511 unknown@Netscape.com In the run-up to the invasion of Iraq in 2002-2003, oil was seldom mentioned. Yes, Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz did describe the country as afloat "on a sea of oil" (which might fund any American war and reconstruction program there); and, yes, on rare occasions, the President did speak reverentially of preserving "the Tue, 08 May 2007 10:22:53 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1796511ThemotherofallbenchmarksiniraqoilNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1795259 unknown@Netscape.com In the run-up to the invasion of Iraq in 2002-2003, oil was seldom mentioned. Yes, Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz did describe the country as afloat "on a sea of oil" (which might fund any American war and reconstruction program there); and, yes, on rare occasions, the President did speak reverentially of preserving "the Tue, 08 May 2007 10:07:02 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1795259hardToDenyiraqisallAboutTheoilNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1791234 unknown@Netscape.com With gas prices near record highs, experts say $4-a-gallon gasoline is just around the corner. Refinery problems and strong demand are the two main reasons sited for the runup. Mon, 07 May 2007 19:49:47 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1791234gasoilMoneyNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1752932 unknown@Netscape.com For several thousand dollars and other promises, an Alaska legislator and two former lawmakers threw their support behind a tax scheme and a natural gas pipeline plan that would have benefited an oil services company, prosecutors said. Sat, 05 May 2007 19:12:42 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1752932alaskacorruptionPoliticsoilGOPNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1715017 unknown@Netscape.com In a society that is dependent on oil, it may just come down to survival of the fittest. Thu, 03 May 2007 05:50:36 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1715017oilbushrepublicansmiddleeastiraqNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1704030 unknown@Netscape.com Oil neared $68 on Monday, again driven by the U.S. gasoline market where stocks are at a seasonal six-year low ahead of peak summer demand. Wed, 02 May 2007 07:57:43 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1704030oilrisesUnderpinnedbygasolineNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1688954 unknown@Netscape.com Kurdish lawmakers plan to oppose U.S.-backed legislation to regulate Iraq 's oil industry, claiming the government is seeking a greater voice in revitalizing one of OPEC's former heavyweight producers, a Kurdish official said Monday. Tue, 01 May 2007 06:06:23 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1688954kurdssayTheywillOpposeDraftoillawNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1676164 unknown@Netscape.com Oil slipped towards $66 a barrel Monday following sharp gains at the end of last week when Saudi Arabia said it had foiled an al-Qaeda linked plot to attack oil facilities. Mon, 30 Apr 2007 19:47:40 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1676164oilslips66dollarsonterrorarrestsNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1674904 unknown@Netscape.com The line of ships at the Al Basra Oil Terminal (ABOT) stretches south to the horizon, patiently waiting in the searing heat of the Northern Arabian Gulf as four giant supertankers load up. Close by, two more tankers fill up at the smaller Khawr Al Amaya Oil Terminal (KAAOT). Guarding both terminals are dozens of heavily-armed U.S. Navy troops and I Mon, 30 Apr 2007 12:06:41 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1674904howmuchiraqicrudeoilisbeingstolenNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1667286 unknown@Netscape.com The Interior Department has put the final touches on a five-year plan to expand oil and gas drilling in the Gulf of Mexico and offshore from Alaska and Virginia. Sun, 29 Apr 2007 18:30:45 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1667286drillingoilgasoffshoreinteriorDepartmentNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1649065 unknown@Netscape.com The Interior Department will announce a proposal Monday to allow oil and gas drilling in federal waters near Virginia that are currently off-limits and permit new exploration in Alaska's Bristol Bay and the Gulf of Mexico Sat, 28 Apr 2007 20:34:16 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1649065drillingalaskaoilNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1650541 unknown@Netscape.com The Interior Department will announce a proposal Monday to allow oil and gas drilling in federal waters near Virginia that are currently off-limits and permit new exploration in Alaska's Bristol Bay and the Gulf of Mexico, according to people who have seen or been told about drafts of the plan. Sat, 28 Apr 2007 11:27:31 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1650541businessoilgasenergyMoneyNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1639303 unknown@Netscape.com Oil and gas drilling in Western Canada is forecast to drop 18 per cent in 2007, pressured by lower commodity prices and slashed drilling budgets, an industry group said Thursday. Fri, 27 Apr 2007 18:06:59 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1639303westerncanadaoilandgasdrillingTodrop18percent07News http://web2announcer.com/go/1638999 unknown@Netscape.com Oil slipped below $65 a barrel Friday as tightening gasoline stocks in top consumer the United States offset easing tension over Iran's disputed nuclear program. Fri, 27 Apr 2007 18:02:56 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1638999oilbelow65dollarsabarrelirantensionsEaseNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1623601 unknown@Netscape.com Exxon Mobil Corp., the world's largest publicly traded oil company, said Thursday its net income grew 10 percent in the first quarter, as higher refining, marketing and chemical profit margins overcame lower crude oil and natural gas prices. Thu, 26 Apr 2007 15:44:05 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1623601exxonMobiloilMoneybusinessprofitsNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1602091 unknown@Netscape.com Ethiopian troops searched on Wednesday for seven Chinese and Ethiopian workers kidnapped in a rebel attack on an oilfield that killed 74 people in a remote and barren southeastern region. Wed, 25 Apr 2007 16:19:50 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1602091ChineseoilWorkersethiopiachinaAttackNews