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Researchers discover hundreds of unknown marine species
New Orleans :: LA :: USA | about 8 hours ago
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Last updated on Sunday, Nov. 22, 2009 12:25PM EST R esearchers exploring the deep ocean have discovered hundreds of species unknown to science, including strange worms, crustaceans and other creatures that live beyond the reach of the sun’s rays.
Tags: New Orleans, Marine biology, Hydrothermal vents, Census of Marine Life, Ocean, Cold seep, Oceanography, Aquatic ecology, Sabellida, Environment, Giant tube worm, Animals, Worm, Social Issues, Biogeography, Zoology, Hermit crab, Seamount, Fisheries, Osedax, Jellyfish, Siphonophorae, Petroleum, Fuels
Heating-bill decrease likely for most in U.S.
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | about 10 hours ago
Credibility Consumers who heat their home with natural gas will pay less this winter than last year, but those who rely on heating oil will pay more, thanks to higher prices for crude oil, according to the U.S...Looking at all types of heating fuels, U.S. households...
Tags: U.S. Energy Information Administration, natural gas, San Francisco, Price of petroleum, Petroleum, Petroleum politics, Heating oil, Propane, Fuels, Commodities market, Oils, Business Finance, Environment
Garfield County planning and zoning gives the nod to Williams' 19-year-old gas wells
Glenwood Springs :: CO :: USA | about 14 hours ago
Credibility Colorado — Garfield County's citizen planners this week recommended that a set of natural-gas wells that have been operating without the proper permits for years be granted those permits and allowed to keep operating. The county planning and zoning commission...
Tags: Williams Production RMT Co., Garfield County, county plans, gas wells, PUD, Battlement Mesa Realty Partners, Dave Devanney, proper permit, Battlement Mesa Partners, Jim Borgel, Glenwood Springs, Environment, Petroleum, Battlement Mesa, Oil well
Window of opportunity for energy is closing
Tallahassee :: FL :: USA | about 15 hours ago
Credibility Inventories of crude oil and petroleum liquid fuels are at near record highs for the United States. Consumption of petroleum fuels declined by 6.3 percent during the first half of this year, one of the steepest declines on record. In spite of high inventories...
Tags: U.S, Florida, Tallahassee, Liquid fuels, Environmental economics, Price of petroleum, Fossil fuel, Petroleum, Environment, Peak oil, Commodities market, Energy economics, Business Finance
Shale gas output expected to rise as demand grows
Houston :: AK :: USA | about 15 hours ago
Credibility Natural gas produced from shale rock formations like Texas' Barnett shale play could account for one third of total U.S. natural gas supply by 2025, up from 14 percent today, a prominent energy forecaster said Friday. The jump will come as the costs of...
Tags: natural gas, cubic feet, U.S, shale gas, Wood Mackenzie, billion cubic, Houston, Energy economics, Petroleum, Barnett Shale, Peak gas, Energy in the United States, Natural gas fields, Business Finance, Environment
Fish, Boat Commission to monitor gas wells
Philadelphia :: PA :: USA | about 16 hours ago
Credibility Beginning next month, the agency will begin monitoring wells that are in close proximity to waterways and wetlands. The purpose of the inspections will be to monitor safety measures at drilling sites and access roads, and to obtain water quality data...
Tags: Boat Commission, drilling sites, marcellus shale, Doug Austen, Philadelphia, Shale gas, Marcellus Formation, Oil well, Petroleum, Energy in the United States, Natural gas fields, Environment
China has no plan to cut oil imports from Iran
Shanghai :: China | 1 day ago
Credibility Wang Tianpu, president of top refiner Sinopec Corp, says China's oil imports from Iran will remain at the current level of around 400,000 barrels per day (bpd)...Iran is the No.3 oil supplier of China, the world's No.2 oil user. Chinese oil companies...
Tags: oil imports, China, Iran, Shanghai, Sinopec, OPEC, Wang Tianpu, Petroleum industry in the People's Republic of China, Energy security of China, Politics, Energy economics, Petroleum, Energy in China, Business Finance
Oil broker: Bankruptcy fault of SemGroup failure
Wilmington :: DE :: USA | 1 day ago
Credibility The Wichita Eagle Central Kansas Crude, one of the largest Kansas creditors caught in the SemGroup bankruptcy last year, has filed for bankruptcy. In the filing, Central Kansas Crude blamed SemGroup subsidiary SemCrude for its bankruptcy, saying that...
Tags: Central Kansas Crude, Attica Gas Venture, Kansas Dept. of Revenue, Wilmington, Petroleum, SemGroup, Bankruptcy, Kansas, Business Finance
Opec wants compensation if climate deal cuts oil use
London :: United Kingdom | 2 days ago
Credibility In an interview with The Times , Abdullah Salem al-Badri, of Libya, who is due to speak in Copenhagen, said that richer oil-consuming countries such as Britain and the US should acknowledge that historically they have created most carbon dioxide emissions...
Tags: Copenhagen, United Kingdom, London, Petroleum, Kyoto Protocol, Chronology of world oil market events, world oil market chronology, Business Finance, Cartels, International trade, OPEC, Environment
Oil eases on stronger greenback
New York :: NY :: USA | 2 days ago
Credibility Oil slipped 1 per cent as the US currency advanced for the third time in four days. Stocks and equity futures retreated after European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet said policy makers will withdraw emergency cash gradually to avoid fueling...
Tags: oil, New York, Valero Energy Corporation, Petroleum, Brent Crude, Financial crisis of 2007￢ﾀﾓ2009, Commodity, Commodities market, Price of petroleum, Futures contract, Business Finance, New York Mercantile Exchange, energy crisis, Derivatives, Gold as an investment, Inflation, Investment
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