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OilPrice.com wrote a new blog post: U.S. Jobs Data Propels Crude Oil Above $80 a Barrel 5 days, 2 hours ago
Oil Market Summary for 03/01/2010 to 03/05/2010
Jobs data indicating that U.S. economic recovery might be picking up steam finally pushed crude oil futures decisively over the stubborn $80 a barrel threshold. Nymex’s benchmark West Texas Intermediate settled Friday at $81.50 a barrel, a seven-week high, after topping $82 in intraday trading.
An unchanged unemployment rate of [...]
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OilPrice.com wrote a new blog post: Iraqi Elections Likely To Further Delay Access To Kirkuk’s Reserves 5 days, 6 hours ago
The elections in Iraq on March 7, 2010, are likely to serve as an important indicator of the prospects for a resolution of the long-running dispute over the administration of the ethnically mixed and resource-rich province of Kirkuk in the north of the country.
The Iraqi Kurds have repeatedly called for Kirkuk to be transferred to [...]
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OilPrice.com wrote a new blog post: Yemen’s Push Into the Gas Sector 1 week ago
With Yemen’s oil revenues plunging, the government’s push into the gas market seemed like an economic saving grace for a state wracked by poverty and terrorism, but analysts warn more thought should be given to carving out the country’s post-petroleum era.
The infamous Christmas Day bomber’s attempts to blow up a jet approaching Detroit – which [...]
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OilPrice.com wrote a new blog post: Crude Oil Hits Ceiling in Week as Hedge Funds Attack Euro 1 week, 5 days ago
Oil Market Summary for 02/22/2010 to 02/26/2010
Crude oil broke through the $80 a barrel ceiling repeatedly during the week but kept falling back as hedge funds placed big bets on the Euro’s decline.
The fiscal drama in Greece held global markets hostage much of the week as worries about the impact of the Greek crisis on [...]
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OilPrice.com wrote a new blog post: Kurds Push for Oil Law with Baghdad Amid South’s Sudden Bright Future 2 weeks, 1 day ago
While the Iraqi government has made overtures to its Kurdish counterpart in the north to end an oil standoff, much remains in doubt without an actual law keeping the industry in check – rules which this time the Kurds are pressing for rather than Baghdad.
For a long time, the northern Kurdistan region was seen as [...]
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