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Below is an Interesting article I found, which says that.....Do not 3 m1 ^4 T0 j+ h+ G' H
expect much from Crude Oil producers and future is not with the ! [$ W5 H+ _# H+ g$ z7 F
companies producing Jet fuels but Biofuels. Also no wonder if some of 0 ^1 R3 `* s* O4 ?; L+ a2 U
these oil producer will go bankrupt or out of the business even if 1 @) p1 t5 }4 V" C
crude prices improves. This implies also to good names such as Shell,
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2 V% ~9 x; F% m) _( vRecently OPEC reduced crude oil production twice over just a few 3 v3 L4 k. C/ u
months. There are three wars going on in Gaza, Iraq and Afghandistan.
7 o7 H! d! z0 HA year ago these things would have spiked the price of crude oil by at 8 w# J6 M5 g* I, N. `
least $50.00 per barrel. Today, oil price declined by a record amount.
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1 C; E9 f5 @$ O& }: e8 rThere are several reasons the price of oil is decreasing in the face 6 k$ `  m% }( X" ?# S! l- f8 S- r  j
of so much news. These reasons are: + S$ x& ?/ |- J8 [2 r
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1. New oil has been found in Canada, Montana, North & South Dakota and
, w3 E' \& I9 E: A4 a/ D5 d+ X2 y: uin the ocean near Brazil. Each of these oil fields has more oil than
7 O- j# u  q7 \- LArabia.
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  v+ J/ C/ t  t2. New natural gas has been found in Pennsylvania and West Virginia.
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$ V* |1 c2 ^' s: |, i* X3. New methods of injecting CO2 and surfactants into oil wells is
7 u2 g( @8 ?. }2 n+ d7 dbeing used to double their output.
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6 n2 N& ]- q* u% q2 v$ D  N) T4. Production of bio-fuels is beginning to reach critical mass. Bio
% k8 Q6 W+ C) mfuel is being produced from many plants and algae. The production 1 u+ H% p  U/ J9 y! m$ _
potential per acre in some cases is astounding. Many countries are ( `% K$ B' \6 d0 M5 ~$ s5 Y! G
racing to produce bio fuels.
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5. Virtually every restaurant in the US and all food processing plants 2 ]& x- E9 \6 j  T) M
are now selling their used oil to bio-diesel producers. Every pork,
9 l9 |: {- V1 _' b& X5 X( P+ lcattle, turkey and chicken processing plant will soon sell their fat
, y+ w+ M% E( Z5 U$ P/ D: H. C; ^to bio-diesel producers. One pork processing plant in Oklahoma is 3 Y: z, \1 f2 U  b( F4 G, r
producing 30,000 gallons of bio-diesel per day from pork fat. ) F# e# [& ?# t  P4 O: X( k

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- _& K/ P) u8 q" a$ |6. There are 99 nuclear reactors in various stages of planning and
/ N  ^6 F; N- \. {8 D8 O8 N* ~construction around the world at this time. Several hundred more are 3 b! a2 E  m+ F7 t, t; b4 G
expected to be built in the future. Much of the energy they produce , e4 Q8 p9 h" d* w; F
will replace oil.
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7. Every company in any form of transportaion business is replacing ( t/ ~, u" H: i, P4 i# N
older equipment such as trucks, airplanes, train engines, ships, etc.
1 v) ^8 q. l( e2 h3 r% Ewith new more fuel efficient equipment. Airlines and railway companies
0 n& v) }7 z' ]6 q$ a2 a! fare experiencing 20% to 25% better fuel econony with the new 2 w8 l! u- v8 z2 U8 ^: ^5 q6 x
equipment.
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; C" H9 G6 Y! ]" ?$ I% j. ?; rAirlines are flying airplanes with bio-fuel. They are finding the bio-
. N5 P0 X) j' q' {0 W9 v4 F" {6 Jfuel is cleaner and performs better than jet fuel. . M# ?) b7 c+ W8 E% f- \

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8. Cities and counties throughout the US are selling the rights to
- P; f' I7 k5 [4 ^. Ycapture methane gas from landfills. This is a huge source of gas - x# B) C3 `( J& a/ y
available at very little cost or risk. The gas is displacing crude 3 Q5 T* R( i# e6 {/ k" P
oil. 5 j7 @5 W! a$ g( x  T  W1 f

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1 ^& M& n/ x6 L: \0 I- M4 x9. Coal is being transformed into a clean burning liquid fuel. The CO2
: |" b+ E* r4 O" z9 c5 j$ ^% Aproduced as a byproduct is sold to oil companies for injection into 0 o# }: S8 N* o4 C& y
oil wells. , B  K0 T$ {) h, t
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) L" c6 k2 R) e; ~9 {( }10. Solar, wind and ocean energy is displacing oil as an energy
  Q: U" {. f1 W9 ~2 z0 D- Z) wsource. Three new wind turbines are being erected every day in the US. - L) I* O+ t% d, \

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Each of the above by itself will not make a large difference in the
6 T, x; ]: F% u8 g. i" q( G" O$ l! Vprice of crude oil but the sum of all of them together is world 9 r, T# J; G1 I( m8 ^# u7 f
changing. The important thing is that OPEC no longer has the ability
" _7 T; ~' k  C/ s8 Ato control oil prices.
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With the above scenario, I still believe that there are under " g4 v# N# D+ H" \$ G( P
performed OIL companies and probably they are yet to get the justified
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/ r# V4 l+ v6 ?/ ]. nIAE- Ithaca , EPL Energy Partners Ltd, Opti etc ...
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The above articles are from WSJ .............PUBLISHED ON 9TH JAN 8 n0 B- C0 w7 G+ W* K4 v4 i
2009 ... FYI-Only
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