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Oil Near Year-high Above $78
LONDON (Reuters UK) - Oil retreated from a year-high above $78 a barrel touched early on Friday after a renewed focus on brimming crude inventories chipped away at bullishness spurred by positive sentiment across financial markets.U.S. crude oil futures dipped 6 cents to $77.52 a barrel by 10:51 a.m. British...
Tags: Crude Oil, Stock, Investment, Finance, Financial Accounting, Oukbs, US
News items 2009-10-16
Is 'Sweating the Asset' the Right Business Strategy?
It is a tale of woe: a combination of high crude oil prices, OPEC's attempts at production control, a mild winter in Europe and the US, reduced demand for aviation fuel together with a spluttering world economy have led to a terrible time for refiners. European refinery margins recently hit...
Tags: Asset, Crude Oil, Business Strategy
White papers 2002-08-01
Crude Oil Supply
Gasoline starts its journey as crude oil thousands of feet underground. Crude is a mix of thousands of hydrogen-carbon compounds ranging from gases to solids as well as sulfur and other materials. "Black gold" began forming millions of years ago as plant and animal remains decayed in sediments at the...
Tags: Crude Oil, Exxon Mobil Corp.
White papers 2009-01-01
Factors In Fuel Pricing
Fuel prices are impacted by a number of factors, including changes in the price of crude oil, supply and demand, fuel specifications, government regulations, taxes, and transportation costs. Actual or perceived changes in these fundamentals, such as those caused by geopolitical uncertainty or market speculation, can have an impact on...
Tags: Crude Oil, Exxon Mobil Corp., Pricing Strategy, Transportation
White papers 2009-01-01
Compass Minerals International Q4 2008 Earnings Call Transcript
Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator Instructions. Your first question comes from the line of Jason Miner with Deutsche Bank. Angelo Brisimitzakis Good morning, Jason. Jason Miner - Deutsche Bank Yeah, thank you. Good morning. Just on salts, it sounds like we're seeing another very strong winter. And this is the sort...
Tags: Crude Oil, Winter, Deutsche Bank AG, Call Transcript, Earnings, Line Item, Sales Strategy, Sales, Seeking Alpha, Compass Minerals International Inc.
Earnings calls 2009-02-10
Calumet Specialty Product Partners, L.P. Q4 2008 Earnings Call Transcript
Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator instructions And our first question will come from the line of Darren Horowitz with Raymond James. Please proceed. Darren Horowitz - Raymond James Good morning. Thanks. Jennifer, first question for you, you mentioned in your prepared commentary that you had experienced the impact of delayed purchases...
Tags: Crude Oil, Working Capital, Call Transcript, Agreement, Earnings, Crude Oil Price, Managerial Accounting, Finance, Seeking Alpha, Calumet Specialty Product Partners LP
Earnings calls 2009-02-18
SulphCo, Inc. F2Q09 Earnings Call Transcript
Question-and-Answer Session Operator (Operator's instruction) Your next question comes from the line of William Holstein - B&H Group LLC. William Holstein - B&H Group LLC It sounds like you are making some progress here. The one thing I took away from this conference call is that you have really...
Tags: Crude Oil, Benefit, Call Transcript, Earnings, Sulphco Inc., Seeking Alpha
Earnings calls 2009-04-02
BreitBurn Energy Partners L.P Q2 2009 Earnings Call Transcript
Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator Instructions Your first question comes from Michael Blum - Wells Fargo. Michael Blum - Wells Fargo Couple of questions, one; can you quantify, if you can you mentioned you think you could see further cost saving efforts both on the OpEx side and G&A? How much...
Tags: Crude Oil, Wells Fargo & Co., Call Transcript, Earnings, Question, Seeking Alpha, BreitBurn Energy Partners LP
Earnings calls 2009-08-10
Energy Roundup: NRG Shares Tendered to Exelon, Shell-BPZ Deal Collapses, and More
Italy needs to depend on nuclear energy, says a utility president there; Chicago-based power company Exelon has purchased 45.6 percent of its rival NRG Energy; the state of Rhode Island has signed a joint-development agreement with Hoboken, N.J.-based Deepwater Wind to build a wind-farm; and more. by Christopher Wink
Tags: Crude Oil, Schlumberger Ltd., Associated Press, Halliburton Co., Italy, Natural Gas, Chevron Corp., Exelon, BPZ Resources, Telecom & Utilities, Christopher Wink
Blog posts 2009-01-09
Frontline Charters Crude Carriers to Oil Traders â€" World Still Awash in Oil
The Company: Frontline, the world's biggest crude oil tanker fleet operator. The Filing: FORM 6-K filed with the SEC on December 03, 2008. The Finding: Crude oil transporter Frontline Ltd. said oil traders have chartered 25 vessels and may take as many as 10 more in...
Tags: Crude Oil, Oil, Trader, Vessel, Carrier, Frontline Ltd., Oil Consumption, David Phillips
Blog posts 2009-01-13
Anticipated and Unanticipated Effects of Crude Oil Prices and Oil Inventory Changes on Gasoline Prices
This paper proposes a method of distinguishing between the effect of anticipated and unanticipated changes in oil prices and oil inventories on the US gasoline prices. It shows that gasoline price adjustments are faster and stronger for anticipated changes in oil prices and inventory levels than for unanticipated changes. The...
Tags: Crude Oil, Inventory, University Of North Carolina
White papers 2004-05-01
Improving Industry Fundamentals Drive Stable Credit Environment in 2005
Producers have many reasons to look forward to 2005. Fitch Ratings anticipates demand to remain healthy with further tightening of supply/demand fundamentals for most chemicals and additional export opportunities. Natural gas and crude oil costs are expected to remain above historical averages in North America; however, these costs are likely...
Tags: Crude Oil, Environment, Fitch, Fitch Ratings, Marketing, Marketing Research, Pricing, Pricing Strategy, Producers, Volume Growth
White papers 2004-12-22
Wall Street Ends Lower on Profit Taking
By Rodrigo CamposNEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks retreated from 12-month highs on Tuesday as disappointing housing and inflation data prompted investors to book recent gains despite strong results from bellwethers including Apple and Caterpillar.New construction of U.S. homes rose less than expected in September and U.S. producer prices posted an...
Tags: Crude Oil, Stock, The Dow Chemical Co., Caterpillar Inc., Chevron Corp., Coca-Cola Co., E.I. Du Pont de Nemours & Co., Exxon Mobil Corp., Pfizer Inc., SanDisk Corp., United Technologies Corp., Wall Street, Yahoo! Inc.
News items 2009-10-20
Price of crude oil and bullion begins to ebb
Crude oil prices fell by more than $1 yesterday after reaching a fresh 2009 high in the previous session. Gold prices also softened as commodity markets paused for breath after recent strong gains.Nymex December West Texas Intermediate dropped $1.02 to $80.35 after hitting $82 in the previous...
Tags: Crude Oil, Price, Storage, Telecom & Utilities, Hardware, Commodities, Market News, Markets, Metals Markets, Financial Times
External links 2009-10-22
Oil Falls Below $80 on Economic Recovery Concerns
By Fayen WongPERTH (Reuters) - Oil fell for the third day to below $80 a barrel on Monday, as investors continued to take profit from last week's one-year high on renewed concerns about the strength of the global economy.Weak U.S. industrial sector earnings last week pushed down stock markets and...
Tags: Crude Oil, Recovery, Investor, Financial Accounting, Finance, Stock, Us, US
News items 2009-10-25
Stocks Jump on U.S. Jobs Data
By Walter BrandimarteNEW YORK (Reuters UK) - U.S. and European stocks jumped and the dollar steadied on Thursday after better-than-expected U.S. jobs data bolstered investor confidence in the global economy, causing gold prices to retreat from all time-highs.The number of U.S. workers filing new claims for jobless benefits fell more...
Tags: Crude Oil, Stock, Investment, Finance, Cisco Systems Inc., Currency & Foreign Exchange, MSCI, US
News items 2009-11-05
Permit Streamlining for Petroleum Product Storage,
Historically California has been reasonably self-sufficient in both crude oil and products. In addition to the crude oil produced domestically, California's supply has been supplemented by crude oil from Alaska, and a certain amount of specialty crude oils from the Pacific, and occasionally from the Middle East. Product imports were...
Tags: Crude Oil, Storage, Petroleum, California, California Energy Commission
White papers 2003-10-01
Laboratory and Field Experience Using a New Tool for Finding Crude Oil Contamination in Synthetic-Based Drilling Fluids
This paper reflects the field experience with the Reverse Phase Extraction RPE method on over 100 wells. The paper reviews the development and performance of the method, as well as a quality assurance/quality control and associate training program. Practical experiences with the limitations of the method and resolutions of failing...
Tags: Crude Oil, Method, Experience, Tool, Productivity, Performance Management, Workforce Management, Training And Certification, Human Resources
White papers 2003-02-12
A Review of Literature Related to Oil Spill Dispersants Especially Relevant to Alaska
This paper is a review of the literature on oil spill dispersants published from 1997 to January 2002. As in the literature before this time-period, it was found that results are often contradictory from one study to another. The paper identifies and summarizes recent advances in dispersant effectiveness, toxicity, and...
Tags: Crude Oil, Literature, Review, Prince William Sound Regional Citizens
White papers 2002-03-01
Clean Alternative Fuels: Compressed Natural Gas
This white paper provides a deep overview about the Compressed Natural Gas. It reveals that CNG is odorless, colorless, and tasteless which consists mostly of methane and is drawn from gas wells or in conjunction with crude oil production. CNG vehicles store natural gas in high-pressure fuel cylinders at 3,000...
Tags: Crude Oil, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Natural Gas, Alternative Fuel, Odorant, Telecom & Utilities
White papers 2002-04-10
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