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4 V5 _9 M3 j# R0 O( l+ Q* bBelow is an Interesting article I found, which says that.....Do not 7 b/ T2 b. D$ S/ Q/ H* o
expect much from Crude Oil producers and future is not with the   V8 L. |: `3 h+ m, F
companies producing Jet fuels but Biofuels. Also no wonder if some of
: f" I& j, }2 athese oil producer will go bankrupt or out of the business even if
3 V  }; X8 Y. `/ ocrude prices improves. This implies also to good names such as Shell, / o3 P! P, f/ e  T
EXXON, BG, BP, Cheveron ....xyz.. oils 9 l7 T' a8 R! s% v$ b
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Recently OPEC reduced crude oil production twice over just a few 7 W4 u1 e5 w& K* m* m, o# J
months. There are three wars going on in Gaza, Iraq and Afghandistan. # b! f' j6 w; r+ H7 u* L
A year ago these things would have spiked the price of crude oil by at " B  G) Z8 N/ `+ W) n
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
) J2 S% t" u) \, A  `% dof so much news. These reasons are: $ d7 S) {& |8 C/ X0 S$ V, ^7 n  d

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8 I0 I8 w% _! K5 J1. New oil has been found in Canada, Montana, North & South Dakota and
2 l* K0 B9 g9 R  w2 rin the ocean near Brazil. Each of these oil fields has more oil than
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% ~: T# B( r. ?8 c" U9 f2. New natural gas has been found in Pennsylvania and West Virginia. * a2 u/ K3 v& T' A2 R# g
This is the largest find in North America.
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3. New methods of injecting CO2 and surfactants into oil wells is
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4. Production of bio-fuels is beginning to reach critical mass. Bio
! g# ], j5 U. C* u8 W: }( w  \* ffuel is being produced from many plants and algae. The production
/ g9 I1 T% o) \1 R9 {8 V" e0 Fpotential per acre in some cases is astounding. Many countries are / y8 F- n) x9 I8 F& h9 T
racing to produce bio fuels.
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  s1 G; I5 W4 `* g. ~# u- w5. Virtually every restaurant in the US and all food processing plants
4 o8 C1 ~$ R9 G7 Q3 \. Q4 |are now selling their used oil to bio-diesel producers. Every pork,
+ E) s6 H/ ~( ]5 a+ ^cattle, turkey and chicken processing plant will soon sell their fat
: {; T# Y+ E$ \1 M" H) |5 mto bio-diesel producers. One pork processing plant in Oklahoma is
3 y, F; n" @: ?producing 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
8 W6 [; P% \  I- kconstruction around the world at this time. Several hundred more are
: O; T. j6 }3 F1 C! Yexpected to be built in the future. Much of the energy they produce
3 T$ ?, {& {  Q$ H* h9 Y. O! }0 b5 ~will replace oil.
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7. Every company in any form of transportaion business is replacing # F  i  b# y! y
older equipment such as trucks, airplanes, train engines, ships, etc.
7 l) b  V3 x1 F# H4 swith new more fuel efficient equipment. Airlines and railway companies 2 R: ^5 ]6 x. o# R( h! p: D
are experiencing 20% to 25% better fuel econony with the new
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; ]8 @3 y  K# tAirlines are flying airplanes with bio-fuel. They are finding the bio-
, N# s& T; D7 Gfuel is cleaner and performs better than jet fuel. . X& s% s% v1 }2 m$ z. [6 K2 r

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4 u) e& ]4 z/ D% ~) i8. Cities and counties throughout the US are selling the rights to
0 g' ?7 Q9 r5 o5 {5 @8 U$ Q& p3 Lcapture methane gas from landfills. This is a huge source of gas 9 ~) N# N4 w+ J: W9 K1 D5 \
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
) U* A% `/ f& F0 Aproduced as a byproduct is sold to oil companies for injection into
( ^! b0 Y" N: U5 E6 uoil wells. # k! `; w3 W, E  g# ^
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10. Solar, wind and ocean energy is displacing oil as an energy ) D0 U& k5 j0 p- {5 w+ G
source. Three new wind turbines are being erected every day in the US.
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" _* w& _; \; t4 x; n5 kEach of the above by itself will not make a large difference in the $ T! x' E8 S# e0 u: ]) A- u! X
price of crude oil but the sum of all of them together is world 1 b3 V* U+ n3 F) y
changing. The important thing is that OPEC no longer has the ability ! l$ f* a. t+ L1 X& [* P* o
to control oil prices. , Y( m. b% g# r4 n/ o5 E

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With the above scenario, I still believe that there are under
. v1 i8 M% ?6 W) }! Yperformed OIL companies and probably they are yet to get the justified
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, V4 n7 m, t% F" R& d/ b7 `, V$ m" EIAE- Ithaca , EPL Energy Partners Ltd, Opti etc ...
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3 Q5 F# d; X0 A2 s( ~% cThe above articles are from WSJ .............PUBLISHED ON 9TH JAN
4 v# i+ K+ i1 ]$ W# ]: Q% U9 n2009 ... FYI-Only
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