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. k7 x, S  a) v$ R9 nBelow is an Interesting article I found, which says that.....Do not
) f, i/ h% E8 i# L2 lexpect much from Crude Oil producers and future is not with the ( [  U5 m6 G6 w
companies producing Jet fuels but Biofuels. Also no wonder if some of
$ J! N' j& c# S3 E/ e* A5 V4 qthese oil producer will go bankrupt or out of the business even if " S4 W8 j& o/ p8 |4 \* Z9 S
crude prices improves. This implies also to good names such as Shell, / d) T/ _* J9 `
EXXON, BG, BP, Cheveron ....xyz.. oils
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Recently OPEC reduced crude oil production twice over just a few
) E( R/ [9 l& hmonths. There are three wars going on in Gaza, Iraq and Afghandistan. / n) Y% s2 R" `  M4 P' t7 G; r8 u  ^
A year ago these things would have spiked the price of crude oil by at
$ I$ `! H0 J  o3 ^: u" Kleast $50.00 per barrel. Today, oil price declined by a record amount.
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+ {& q7 Y) U: q7 rThere are several reasons the price of oil is decreasing in the face
) N; [. ?. T! B+ m/ r' uof so much news. These reasons are: 4 P! |' I! |5 M+ g5 }

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1. New oil has been found in Canada, Montana, North & South Dakota and
  X" r3 L) f9 D  A5 I& B5 d9 e2 }in the ocean near Brazil. Each of these oil fields has more oil than + e$ m3 j7 d% P* b5 ~
Arabia. ; H- {' ]4 E* S! o' w" \0 @+ M

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5 Z7 J" j" S+ q4 b5 r2. New natural gas has been found in Pennsylvania and West Virginia.
0 f: L# Y6 j5 _) C6 L- o; k1 {This is the largest find in North America. 9 b2 A+ n2 O' i1 f

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& R- W# j5 L# `6 @2 i' E3. New methods of injecting CO2 and surfactants into oil wells is ( J/ G; T* K4 n, b
being used to double their output.
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) Z$ b* z; Z# f& I1 Q# `- k4. Production of bio-fuels is beginning to reach critical mass. Bio
/ X8 ~  N3 I% e% d) ?1 c( |fuel is being produced from many plants and algae. The production . u6 I7 L# u  O" F+ w% s
potential per acre in some cases is astounding. Many countries are 0 u7 }  N1 n& w3 M; R+ I
racing to produce bio fuels. ) V" K: ^  m) [/ ^2 u' c' c, C

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5. Virtually every restaurant in the US and all food processing plants + c* N# l/ ?/ M) D
are now selling their used oil to bio-diesel producers. Every pork,
6 s" x) G4 Q' u% g7 G$ @9 ecattle, turkey and chicken processing plant will soon sell their fat * e. W* ~, C; B1 X
to bio-diesel producers. One pork processing plant in Oklahoma is
8 c4 t' S  d0 W, oproducing 30,000 gallons of bio-diesel per day from pork fat.
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; Y" k; n, Z( y/ g& l' x6. There are 99 nuclear reactors in various stages of planning and 7 L4 F. ]* `6 _% @# M
construction around the world at this time. Several hundred more are , M8 z; _& t  n7 I, M
expected to be built in the future. Much of the energy they produce   p9 _1 a3 v. @1 G  y
will replace oil. : F% ?$ r, P- u' L3 _

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7. Every company in any form of transportaion business is replacing ( L' e! Y* R( m- }6 b; Q
older equipment such as trucks, airplanes, train engines, ships, etc.
( Q& V% \: @, H( J. \4 Zwith new more fuel efficient equipment. Airlines and railway companies 7 \! y- T' f% s+ C& K9 s; z$ M) v
are experiencing 20% to 25% better fuel econony with the new 1 C9 V0 x7 k$ M# m
equipment.
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Airlines are flying airplanes with bio-fuel. They are finding the bio-
# W! o+ G7 H- Y) F5 o8 i) U  g. sfuel is cleaner and performs better than jet fuel.
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8. Cities and counties throughout the US are selling the rights to 4 |; y) R8 P! e' v
capture methane gas from landfills. This is a huge source of gas   w/ H5 z  q* g) `
available at very little cost or risk. The gas is displacing crude ) Q8 R# d  N- U8 t5 K- }
oil.
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9. Coal is being transformed into a clean burning liquid fuel. The CO2 3 ^: l# U9 N$ z8 v
produced as a byproduct is sold to oil companies for injection into
7 A* e4 t  _) M; {% {, Aoil wells.
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/ l6 s# ~( K5 e# A- [4 T10. Solar, wind and ocean energy is displacing oil as an energy
6 G# X4 Y( s. L' n3 hsource. Three new wind turbines are being erected every day in the US. ' O! C) S: C& p/ C' K

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Each of the above by itself will not make a large difference in the / }, b+ y* e$ w& l! Q$ F; h+ F$ i9 b
price of crude oil but the sum of all of them together is world ; _( ?7 ]1 A2 {1 ?9 z
changing. The important thing is that OPEC no longer has the ability * [4 h. ^9 R! z
to control oil prices.
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With the above scenario, I still believe that there are under
& R* _8 P! E2 f* `( y' |# T: }performed OIL companies and probably they are yet to get the justified 9 f" ^- J8 G( P; v
value .....
8 @# x% P6 Q$ C1 E, oIAE- Ithaca , EPL Energy Partners Ltd, Opti etc ... , M& q" k( J3 t1 h1 p

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7 R" k* `( W  L* N& G' i0 bThe above articles are from WSJ .............PUBLISHED ON 9TH JAN
- K8 N2 r2 j, J" b2009 ... FYI-Only
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