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Below is an Interesting article I found, which says that.....Do not
: P* l3 e4 y& h3 bexpect much from Crude Oil producers and future is not with the 5 @3 m4 v1 {6 C2 m- d1 \
companies producing Jet fuels but Biofuels. Also no wonder if some of
% S9 e/ L. \$ V5 w+ \0 u9 C4 @* Nthese oil producer will go bankrupt or out of the business even if " R/ H/ P& N, m# T  D
crude prices improves. This implies also to good names such as Shell, ! W' g+ a: E  `3 X4 L9 }' p3 c
EXXON, BG, BP, Cheveron ....xyz.. oils
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& J  |( G( G/ E1 gRecently OPEC reduced crude oil production twice over just a few 4 D% t9 a: z: J( R( y  q. f: @. |
months. There are three wars going on in Gaza, Iraq and Afghandistan.
( {9 r. `9 L; K, f( v2 tA year ago these things would have spiked the price of crude oil by at
8 a+ m4 I2 D, _least $50.00 per barrel. Today, oil price declined by a record amount.
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There are several reasons the price of oil is decreasing in the face
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1. New oil has been found in Canada, Montana, North & South Dakota and 5 ]1 h2 |( `: C
in the ocean near Brazil. Each of these oil fields has more oil than ) T! i/ Q/ Y6 g$ g' f2 O
Arabia.
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2. New natural gas has been found in Pennsylvania and West Virginia. # N' |. j# N1 N
This is the largest find in North America. 4 Z: ]! A  C  L! U1 U# b/ v: `

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8 t2 i* q" I4 R3. New methods of injecting CO2 and surfactants into oil wells is
# x% S+ ^- B$ abeing used to double their output.
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: o' _/ N3 U4 n" Q0 X* V4. Production of bio-fuels is beginning to reach critical mass. Bio
# d/ f! S. [3 p5 C) W' z& G" k9 nfuel is being produced from many plants and algae. The production
6 I- q% O) C/ W& d2 Wpotential per acre in some cases is astounding. Many countries are
' s) a3 T+ U7 W, _2 q+ vracing to produce bio fuels.
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8 d) _% w: Q9 L' A5. Virtually every restaurant in the US and all food processing plants 0 {* s9 J) F3 k
are now selling their used oil to bio-diesel producers. Every pork, / {' h9 r& X4 R8 B7 R
cattle, turkey and chicken processing plant will soon sell their fat & h  g( b* W1 Q! V: b5 b
to bio-diesel producers. One pork processing plant in Oklahoma is $ n; x0 e7 }; y3 i
producing 30,000 gallons of bio-diesel per day from pork fat. + w% c1 H# Q$ @5 e3 T
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; r6 R5 H$ \5 g* t6. There are 99 nuclear reactors in various stages of planning and 6 p) C6 f1 v- x6 |  L9 F' _( H
construction around the world at this time. Several hundred more are
* G& D, }/ m# mexpected to be built in the future. Much of the energy they produce ' g# @, n4 m# ~' @% B
will replace oil. , o: k- i0 s/ A) L/ U5 J- B; m
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7. Every company in any form of transportaion business is replacing
, j0 c# `4 F) }7 V2 Zolder equipment such as trucks, airplanes, train engines, ships, etc. 6 ?3 i5 r& H- G7 u1 k
with new more fuel efficient equipment. Airlines and railway companies 0 E& C! T$ G  Z7 f9 g
are experiencing 20% to 25% better fuel econony with the new * c0 h: v* h7 S' j" A
equipment.
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Airlines are flying airplanes with bio-fuel. They are finding the bio- , F5 W7 D/ d: {! p0 Z: }
fuel is cleaner and performs better than jet fuel.
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8. Cities and counties throughout the US are selling the rights to
1 Y6 K8 g3 _, j: n" qcapture methane gas from landfills. This is a huge source of gas 8 @8 U% O2 E: m/ t8 B: N/ D6 Y
available at very little cost or risk. The gas is displacing crude
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: m  m6 ?* k9 A5 T7 R8 [# d9. Coal is being transformed into a clean burning liquid fuel. The CO2
' J1 M! y0 |0 v- D0 y- x7 y8 Jproduced as a byproduct is sold to oil companies for injection into
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10. Solar, wind and ocean energy is displacing oil as an energy
8 V7 B2 q- U7 ]: Tsource. Three new wind turbines are being erected every day in the US.
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/ A8 v) V5 R  r- X( T# U/ BEach of the above by itself will not make a large difference in the 4 d( E+ {9 E  L' u
price of crude oil but the sum of all of them together is world 1 s1 A. I! q9 p$ S
changing. The important thing is that OPEC no longer has the ability * }: K, r. O/ r  M1 J9 A
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With the above scenario, I still believe that there are under ) @1 S# Q! i1 [: I% t/ A, E
performed OIL companies and probably they are yet to get the justified
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The above articles are from WSJ .............PUBLISHED ON 9TH JAN
" Z6 Z4 P9 h! q; c2009 ... FYI-Only
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