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Dr. Taylor Haynes is a Republican candidate for the Governor of Wyoming. He is also selling the idea of opening Yellowstone Park for drilling.
Recent seismic activity and melting roads raises concerns of a Super Volcano Eruption.
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Beirut -
Syrian regime forces launched an offensive Saturday to retake a gas field in Homs province seized two days ago by jihadists who killed 270 people, most of them executed, a monitoring group said.
In the Media
by AFP
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U.S. has turned the world’s biggest oil producer this year as extraction of oil from shale rocks reached a high, a Bank of America report said.
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Khartoum -
A battle between rival Sudanese clans near an oil-drilling site killed 150 people and wounded 100 more, state-linked media reported on Thursday.
In the Media
by AFP
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Lac-m -
One year after an oil-laden train derailed, exploded and killed 47 people in a town in Canada's Quebec province, trains are rolling again but locals are hardly thrilled.
In the Media
by Clement Sabourin (AFP)
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Calgary -
The long awaited Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipeline project was approved on June 17th by Prime Minister Stephen Harper amid controversy and objection by First Nations groups, environmentalists, concerned Canadians and the political opposition parties.
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Beijing -
China is to relocate some workers in Iraq -- where it is the biggest foreign investor in the oil industry -- in the face of spreading violence, the foreign ministry said Thursday.
In the Media
by AFP
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Beijing -
Major Chinese oil firms have prepared evacuation plans in case spreading violence in Iraq -- a key energy provider to the Asian giant -- threatens their operations, state media reported Thursday.
In the Media
by AFP
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Washington -
It is often said that Republicans never met a war they didn’t like. That is usually said by Democrats.
Republicans say Democrats never met a war they like didn’t like.
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Washington -
The U.S. energy position is in the best in nearly 50 years amid Middle East chaos. Why should Iraq be America’s problem? Instead it is an opportunity.
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Paris -
The ultra-deep Angolan offshore oil project called Kaombo generated the third huge contract in three days on Wednesday when French group Total picked two firms to carry out underwater engineering worth $3.5 billion.
In the Media
by Elodie Mazein (AFP)
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Khartoum -
At least 41 people have been killed in clashes between rival Sudanese clans over the ownership of land being explored for oil in West Kordofan state, a tribal source said.
In the Media
by AFP
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Baghdad -
Ankara has been "driven by greed" in an escalating row over oil pumped from Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region and shipped overseas via Turkey, Baghdad's top energy official told AFP Sunday.
In the Media
by Prashant Rao (AFP)
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Caracas -
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro pledged to send oil and diesel to the Palestinian Authority, as part of agreements signed with its leader Mahmud Abbas during his visit to Caracas.
In the Media
by AFP
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Los Angeles -
An oil pipeline in the Atwater Village area of Los Angeles has burst, causing 10,000 gallons of oil to flood the streets.
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Buenos Aires -
An appeals court judge gave a green light for Argentina's President Cristina Kirchner to be investigated for abuse of authority in a major Chevron fracking deal.
In the Media
by AFP
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Norwegian scientists have found that microorganisms that live in the depths of an oil reservoir can withstand such extreme conditions they can be used in harsh chemical processes in industry.
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The Hague -
Niger Delta gunmen have released three Dutch nationals who were abducted a week earlier, the Dutch foreign ministry confirmed on Sunday.
In the Media
by AFP
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Addis Ababa -
South Sudan's president and rebel chief signed a ceasefire deal Friday vowing to end nearly five months of civil war, under international pressure to stem bloodshed and avert famine and genocide.
In the Media
by Justine Boulo (AFP)
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Pichincha -
Ecuador's election authority has rejected a petition for a referendum on oil exploration and development in Yasuni, a unique nature preserve in the Amazon rain forest.
In the Media
by AFP
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The Hague -
Dutch police on Thursday arrested around 30 Greenpeace activists, including the captain of the lobby group's flagship Rainbow Warrior, as they tried to stop a Russian tanker delivering Arctic oil from docking.
In the Media
by Charles Onians (AFP) - 1 comment
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Paris -
The ultra-deep Angolan offshore oil project called Kaombo generated the third huge contract in three days on Wednesday when French group Total picked two firms to carry out underwater engineering worth $3.5 billion.
In the Media
by Elodie Mazein (AFP)
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Rumbek -
The leader of South Sudan's rebels has vowed to attack the capital Juba and target crucial oil fields, warning in an exclusive interview with AFP that the civil war will not end until the country's president is removed from power.
In the Media
by AFP
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Rio De Janeiro -
Brazil's president on Monday promised authorities would carry out a thorough and complete probe of alleged money laundering at state oil giant Petrobras.
In the Media
by AFP
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Paris -
French oil group Total has found ways of reducing the cost of extracting ultra-deep Angolan offshore oil reserves by a fifth and has decided to go ahead with investment in the Kaombo project, the firm said on Monday.
In the Media
by AFP
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Al Kuwait -
The Kuwait National Petroleum Company on Sunday signed contracts worth $12 billion (nine billion euros) with three international consortia to upgrade two refineries and invited bids to build a new multi-billion-dollar refinery.
In the Media
by AFP
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Pungesti -
US energy major Chevron, shielded by barbed wire, under police protection and under fire from egg throwers, is in trouble in Romania with villagers angry at its drive to drill for shale gas.
In the Media
by Isabelle Wesselingh (AFP)
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Rio De Janeiro -
Brazil's Petrobras has turned over documents requested in an investigation into a $4.5 million money-laundering operation, the latest in a series of problems to plague the state oil giant.
In the Media
by AFP
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London -
Oil prices extended losses Friday on poorly-received economic data out of China this week that has raised concerns over potential weaker crude demand from the world's biggest consumer of energy.
In the Media
by AFP
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Paris -
The global oil market is returning to a rough balance but Russia's annexation of Crimea has clouded the outlook with both supply and demand growth to slow, the International Energy Agency said Friday.
In the Media
by Richard Lein (AFP)
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Manatee's seen in Kings Bay
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NASA satellite image acquired May 9, 2010 of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico
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Trevor MacInnis
Fuel barrels
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BP Gulf of Mexico
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Drawing shows how sound from the seabed is bounced back to hydrophone.
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With permission by Reuters / Murad Sezer
Greenpeace activists chain themselves to each other during a demonstration on Bosphorus bridge calling for the release of 30 people arrested in Russia over a protest against Arctic oil drilling, during the Istanbul Marathon in Istanbul November 17, 2013. The 30 people detained by Russia consists of 28 activists who were arrested after coastguards boarded the Greenpeace icebreaker Arctic Sunrise following the protest at an oil platform owned by state-controlled Gazprom off Russia's northern coas
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Adam Jones, Ph.D.
Kurdistan Region - Iraq
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An oil refinery in Long Beach, CA
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Dry sand from a tailing pond, water is used to remove the oil from the sand. The water and sand which is left over is moved to holding ponds.
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Protesters opposed to the proposed Keystone XL demonstrate outside the White House in 2011.
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Yukon White Light
Oil pump in Russia
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Much of the oil sands production is located near the Athabasca River.
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United States Department of Energy
World energy consumption, 1970-2025.
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File photo: AlbertaFirst.com
Swan Hill: Oil and Gas Industry
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Public understanding of the difference between Beach advisory and beach closure can make the difference of whether beach rentals stay in business or fold.
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