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' d' }) ^6 o( U% iBelow is an Interesting article I found, which says that.....Do not 7 R# y  ^! D3 P2 |' n1 e' h' ?
expect much from Crude Oil producers and future is not with the
. V* |# \) \( t4 H4 B4 Kcompanies producing Jet fuels but Biofuels. Also no wonder if some of
. f* Y4 G! Z1 f, W0 Z4 A3 t) Kthese oil producer will go bankrupt or out of the business even if
$ p, t: E" m2 D3 m' ?6 a; ^. Ucrude prices improves. This implies also to good names such as Shell,
) D. w; m! {: P9 G6 U$ {+ n/ |% KEXXON, BG, BP, Cheveron ....xyz.. oils + I1 [# U3 {+ J+ j+ `+ |2 a( a+ H

2 h+ l8 P0 x2 T) p$ p; YRecently OPEC reduced crude oil production twice over just a few
  V: s, e: `! s) T! L; nmonths. There are three wars going on in Gaza, Iraq and Afghandistan. . S' G) ?9 g" X% Q/ u
A year ago these things would have spiked the price of crude oil by at 5 K1 M: F8 G- G4 S! O" s" s0 z
least $50.00 per barrel. Today, oil price declined by a record amount. # }" T& t" Q. m  o

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There are several reasons the price of oil is decreasing in the face
  U+ V6 Q0 J& L1 |4 S. T0 m0 h0 \of so much news. These reasons are: + i9 E, d5 Q" Z( o8 w5 j
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" I4 Y4 W0 b0 m' M- y; S+ x. X1. New oil has been found in Canada, Montana, North & South Dakota and
1 Q* B1 Q0 a8 F$ min the ocean near Brazil. Each of these oil fields has more oil than , S9 `0 r- I& r6 p/ x
Arabia.
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2. New natural gas has been found in Pennsylvania and West Virginia. : F7 q% z! Y7 ~: q7 ^7 T0 u
This is the largest find in North America. / t/ C- i  B. e/ b) c

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3. New methods of injecting CO2 and surfactants into oil wells is
- a" F) W5 p( ?) F+ y0 gbeing used to double their output. " g% I. D0 }0 t
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4. Production of bio-fuels is beginning to reach critical mass. Bio ' c6 i% x  R# f, f* Z6 `1 W
fuel is being produced from many plants and algae. The production % p* A. f4 J* X: x: C
potential per acre in some cases is astounding. Many countries are 7 r  w- h$ k. C5 q( p
racing to produce bio fuels.
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$ x6 K, x7 V  O2 s2 ?. |5. Virtually every restaurant in the US and all food processing plants 1 A5 g  @5 K9 U
are now selling their used oil to bio-diesel producers. Every pork,
( a( I7 ~0 ~  r' Bcattle, turkey and chicken processing plant will soon sell their fat
  z' ~: Q2 F/ x3 n" k2 bto bio-diesel producers. One pork processing plant in Oklahoma is
( i6 P+ A; N2 }3 h5 bproducing 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 ) o* @0 X5 l8 @* u- r( m; r! p5 j
construction around the world at this time. Several hundred more are
  b- X3 R5 z; @) N+ t, U5 p1 Xexpected to be built in the future. Much of the energy they produce " {( R: R/ Y' n2 X( s( S0 U
will replace oil. 3 @0 M' V3 _6 k0 L8 \

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0 C2 L* h; K, D& n0 o7. Every company in any form of transportaion business is replacing , I" m. u0 Y  s! I; c/ x5 G
older equipment such as trucks, airplanes, train engines, ships, etc. " ?, l3 g5 c; z: s- z$ a
with new more fuel efficient equipment. Airlines and railway companies + Q$ |3 h7 K" g3 l
are experiencing 20% to 25% better fuel econony with the new
9 y5 V; b$ I; C. M/ g4 yequipment. - ^! }0 ^4 e0 K7 B' ~

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5 _# V, b& z2 K  u- b: vAirlines are flying airplanes with bio-fuel. They are finding the bio-
1 ~9 ^0 X4 o6 c0 g; c; t9 afuel is cleaner and performs better than jet fuel. 3 V! y% j  N' h9 m- m5 g6 E% L
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8. Cities and counties throughout the US are selling the rights to
9 D% u* K9 x8 D' Dcapture methane gas from landfills. This is a huge source of gas 9 T: z# L# M0 j* N
available at very little cost or risk. The gas is displacing crude
8 D. D% M* f4 O( |/ m3 Zoil. ; W, G3 R, B& N% p- b' o

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; Y3 \- l1 y! N/ \# f% K9. Coal is being transformed into a clean burning liquid fuel. The CO2
, s. h% P9 ~) h. i( n1 \3 pproduced as a byproduct is sold to oil companies for injection into
5 G3 f$ U: m! h' P+ u/ soil wells.
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/ ^3 y. w0 k( i% Z' X10. Solar, wind and ocean energy is displacing oil as an energy
1 s+ A) F: {% N0 n1 o2 usource. Three new wind turbines are being erected every day in the US. ) i7 r# R) W4 F$ ]1 w, L- \
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6 r9 l9 ^) F8 g3 `  tEach of the above by itself will not make a large difference in the
' \% c# g% f( C5 Y( I0 o+ qprice of crude oil but the sum of all of them together is world
; p$ H4 B+ e% k/ R2 Achanging. The important thing is that OPEC no longer has the ability
$ J/ w) Z, j- {; b% g1 _to control oil prices.
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With the above scenario, I still believe that there are under % M, D9 C' ~* U. G9 O1 u
performed OIL companies and probably they are yet to get the justified
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IAE- Ithaca , EPL Energy Partners Ltd, Opti etc ...
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The above articles are from WSJ .............PUBLISHED ON 9TH JAN
5 X- r. w- c; t2009 ... FYI-Only
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