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- J7 Y& Z& A! `) K$ Z  xBelow is an Interesting article I found, which says that.....Do not 8 H- R& Y. Z6 y' N5 R$ A0 r
expect much from Crude Oil producers and future is not with the
9 ]# s, f* N6 Q+ @companies producing Jet fuels but Biofuels. Also no wonder if some of : m3 P: |7 J" T3 x  B
these oil producer will go bankrupt or out of the business even if
; H" q1 u! a$ Ecrude prices improves. This implies also to good names such as Shell,
, o3 _# O# A- i. {  HEXXON, BG, BP, Cheveron ....xyz.. oils - v# f; s4 I/ y7 l. a

/ Q& o8 N% S4 n) i" `. [Recently OPEC reduced crude oil production twice over just a few
. [( A' K5 w6 X$ q' d9 \6 n9 ~, Lmonths. There are three wars going on in Gaza, Iraq and Afghandistan. 2 K% K# J6 @# u: u4 ?" a
A year ago these things would have spiked the price of crude oil by at
# p! s! O/ C8 c" g9 B. q' |6 Fleast $50.00 per barrel. Today, oil price declined by a record amount.
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There are several reasons the price of oil is decreasing in the face , n0 Z1 n  e/ j  {# |/ M
of so much news. These reasons are: 5 a7 Z% [  M, c4 L% ~; |. \* M
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& i. }$ ?' i5 Z5 m1 l1. New oil has been found in Canada, Montana, North & South Dakota and
# M9 }( r9 \* P' Zin the ocean near Brazil. Each of these oil fields has more oil than
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2. New natural gas has been found in Pennsylvania and West Virginia. ) H( ]( u; M/ [/ p
This is the largest find in North America.
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6 X* B5 h2 c& h9 H" Z2 Q0 p1 H; w3. New methods of injecting CO2 and surfactants into oil wells is
. N& @, ]3 m* kbeing used to double their output.
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4. Production of bio-fuels is beginning to reach critical mass. Bio
  F5 y6 O( @. i$ o# n* Q+ B2 ufuel is being produced from many plants and algae. The production
# l4 _* N, o& c2 v. y4 }potential per acre in some cases is astounding. Many countries are
; W. A4 m8 f9 T) oracing to produce bio fuels.
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5. Virtually every restaurant in the US and all food processing plants
, n" m, S' ?4 Mare now selling their used oil to bio-diesel producers. Every pork, % J# v8 m9 ?( x* q1 U5 E4 k' W
cattle, turkey and chicken processing plant will soon sell their fat
: L" e  X4 \' Y& Dto bio-diesel producers. One pork processing plant in Oklahoma is
5 z& S& |& E+ f) x  u' v  Fproducing 30,000 gallons of bio-diesel per day from pork fat.
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6. There are 99 nuclear reactors in various stages of planning and
1 N) t+ {$ z/ W6 O" nconstruction around the world at this time. Several hundred more are 9 k+ Z  m  \2 q
expected to be built in the future. Much of the energy they produce
/ m( I9 M) X* u$ I. j0 M  ewill replace oil. 0 l5 o# M5 A( z4 }1 A! I

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7 e! p6 s2 X. a4 J7. Every company in any form of transportaion business is replacing * W  ^0 l: O9 u' N% b
older equipment such as trucks, airplanes, train engines, ships, etc. ; l) U( H: M2 G  ^  E/ w
with new more fuel efficient equipment. Airlines and railway companies + L' p2 ^- f+ t0 r* R
are experiencing 20% to 25% better fuel econony with the new
3 p6 Y: n7 G5 P0 b: q0 m6 nequipment.
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. h  f3 a) M5 y. F& Z: R, JAirlines are flying airplanes with bio-fuel. They are finding the bio- 6 Q# h* ~  u& V% ~1 b% K
fuel is cleaner and performs better than jet fuel. 5 }. [7 ^9 r& A( L0 @
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8. Cities and counties throughout the US are selling the rights to
6 g! P# h3 H9 ]: |1 R6 ?capture methane gas from landfills. This is a huge source of gas
) _' ^6 V2 t5 x1 t9 d: Y. a/ ~2 \available at very little cost or risk. The gas is displacing crude
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9. Coal is being transformed into a clean burning liquid fuel. The CO2 * U9 ^( A9 k2 i) a* O0 L
produced as a byproduct is sold to oil companies for injection into 2 m7 T' k( a8 L7 {/ c9 e9 G+ r
oil wells.
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10. Solar, wind and ocean energy is displacing oil as an energy + T0 h& v" X/ N% A, }0 q
source. Three new wind turbines are being erected every day in the US. / T, ^. Z) F. o

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Each of the above by itself will not make a large difference in the
8 Q2 ]4 A/ O6 [) u& {5 H" vprice of crude oil but the sum of all of them together is world 6 R: ]$ `" `* \9 `* y; X" ?
changing. The important thing is that OPEC no longer has the ability . S: m( Q% g0 y1 u
to control oil prices. 6 K1 k8 ^/ C. ~0 a& h0 S3 ~
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With the above scenario, I still believe that there are under ! @+ N7 }, T" }; ]0 ^" T
performed OIL companies and probably they are yet to get the justified & w7 b) R" T) }( c9 q
value .....
# U- V8 I0 J) l% l1 q# pIAE- Ithaca , EPL Energy Partners Ltd, Opti etc ... : h! A# r: a1 z- K0 E" E
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( v3 T  J& k: i4 [- T1 d7 c/ OThe above articles are from WSJ .............PUBLISHED ON 9TH JAN
$ W4 @1 j% U# f( v, }2009 ... FYI-Only
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