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8 n  d1 ?+ t4 u2 n1 aBelow is an Interesting article I found, which says that.....Do not . ~' R3 w' \6 s+ Z, l
expect much from Crude Oil producers and future is not with the : Y! f+ L! p; u' K8 q  v% A' ]
companies producing Jet fuels but Biofuels. Also no wonder if some of
6 }* b/ V+ v* Uthese oil producer will go bankrupt or out of the business even if
1 i' a# _: L$ a, @; S- p9 ~# _& tcrude prices improves. This implies also to good names such as Shell,
7 _  M4 z8 _* h# G6 s! Z$ ^EXXON, BG, BP, Cheveron ....xyz.. oils . |9 z/ S9 ]0 M
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Recently OPEC reduced crude oil production twice over just a few
2 O1 p5 G+ @4 w, d5 k- kmonths. There are three wars going on in Gaza, Iraq and Afghandistan.
7 ~) Y5 e0 ~7 h" G; y1 HA year ago these things would have spiked the price of crude oil by at
* l% D' L# {/ }. Q: tleast $50.00 per barrel. Today, oil price declined by a record amount. ; e* y8 N/ d; t. m. V7 r

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There are several reasons the price of oil is decreasing in the face 0 d$ Z1 d  R# E0 _2 r1 s
of so much news. These reasons are: 1 x1 V. w6 v9 T# s
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1. New oil has been found in Canada, Montana, North & South Dakota and
/ Q# t0 J) R8 ~in the ocean near Brazil. Each of these oil fields has more oil than
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: e) C, a2 b- a" m! Y% y0 e9 ]2 c2. New natural gas has been found in Pennsylvania and West Virginia.
% n: R4 e, N3 _This is the largest find in North America.
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3. New methods of injecting CO2 and surfactants into oil wells is
1 o6 |6 j2 T# G0 L; w' kbeing used to double their output.
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4. Production of bio-fuels is beginning to reach critical mass. Bio 8 K/ d; H2 h2 L* \- _$ l) q' e7 G
fuel is being produced from many plants and algae. The production # b8 ^5 x) x* h3 J
potential per acre in some cases is astounding. Many countries are   ~8 [, y1 ~* W
racing to produce bio fuels.
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( {: [2 R  T0 y& E1 `1 x+ Y5. Virtually every restaurant in the US and all food processing plants / j% e- I8 `. [# `. \
are now selling their used oil to bio-diesel producers. Every pork,
* ?4 c8 X2 G( K" ~+ @, \cattle, turkey and chicken processing plant will soon sell their fat
' _8 J/ Y% I2 ]# ]to bio-diesel producers. One pork processing plant in Oklahoma is ; P8 W2 V5 H8 N+ m+ g  A; c8 B
producing 30,000 gallons of bio-diesel per day from pork fat.
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2 |. p9 }0 ~4 w6. There are 99 nuclear reactors in various stages of planning and + N: p: y2 W2 v( g$ [5 b, \  I2 u
construction around the world at this time. Several hundred more are
7 a6 F; f9 A# I( M& yexpected to be built in the future. Much of the energy they produce , H* E: g" M8 u) Z  k
will replace oil.
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* q4 p! ?( b. B, o% W7 o0 l: n7. Every company in any form of transportaion business is replacing 9 A: _) Y& V5 B4 |; F
older equipment such as trucks, airplanes, train engines, ships, etc.
5 u: s# I7 S) H# l) qwith new more fuel efficient equipment. Airlines and railway companies 3 D1 V5 G: u8 `
are experiencing 20% to 25% better fuel econony with the new   ^1 N! Y) m- `2 c
equipment. ! c4 B8 S6 i( E/ Q* P9 x  S" k

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Airlines are flying airplanes with bio-fuel. They are finding the bio-
" W3 X8 j# e2 Cfuel is cleaner and performs better than jet fuel. + y3 q: {8 S; x- g7 |- s% ~

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8. Cities and counties throughout the US are selling the rights to 5 R: c6 s' }2 M0 b2 h1 ?8 g. U
capture methane gas from landfills. This is a huge source of gas / T1 d: l2 u7 ]2 o) i5 d
available at very little cost or risk. The gas is displacing crude 9 Q  q. h8 m2 h; k! }
oil. 1 ]( Z4 D% [) N
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9. Coal is being transformed into a clean burning liquid fuel. The CO2
. g- O  ~; G7 vproduced 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
: Q4 u/ x5 P6 ?7 fsource. Three new wind turbines are being erected every day in the US.
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, ]8 p! x' P( Z* z, oEach of the above by itself will not make a large difference in the
7 F) F7 X& A5 v6 o1 q! ~price of crude oil but the sum of all of them together is world ! F3 k" Z6 ]2 l, i" J6 C
changing. The important thing is that OPEC no longer has the ability
( E$ H' d4 U# Z! Dto control oil prices.
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* F, I* l8 m9 t* D$ E5 J% pWith the above scenario, I still believe that there are under
8 @( ]/ z, r9 F! Q% Jperformed OIL companies and probably they are yet to get the justified
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IAE- Ithaca , EPL Energy Partners Ltd, Opti etc ... 7 V5 i  q5 s( B: _3 Z" \

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The above articles are from WSJ .............PUBLISHED ON 9TH JAN
3 E& q6 g6 O* U$ l5 T1 b2009 ... FYI-Only
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