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		<title><![CDATA[Week in Oil & Gas: Peak Oil, a Climate-Bill Interlude and Devon's Big Sale]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/energy/10002532/week-in-oil-gas-peak-oil-a-climate-bill-interlude-and-devons-big-sale/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Climate-change legislation took a backseat to the congressional debate over a health care bill last week. Meaning, chancesÂ of passingÂ legisation aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions through a cap-and-trade system this year have disappeared.    ButÂ is it all that bad? Or unexpected? Â Senate Democratic leaders said last week wrangling...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:14:30 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Fund Raising By AIM Oil, Gas Firms Hits 3-year High]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Julie CrustLONDON (<a href="http://resources.bnet.com/index.php?source=ReutersUK">Reuters UK</a>) - Fund raising by oil and gas companies on London's junior AIM market rose to the highest quarterly level since mid 2006, accountancy firm Ernst & Young said in a report.The companies, including Sterling Energy SEY, Regal Petroleum RPT and Roc Oil ROC ROC, raised...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 22:00:30 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Peak Oil? Not Here and Not For Decades, CERA Study Says]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Peak oil -- that much-debated moment when the world can no longer produce theÂ oil andÂ gasÂ it needs and wants -- is decades away, according to a recent study by IHS Cambridge Energy Research Associates.    Global oilÂ production will grow from about 92 million barrels a day to around 115...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:18:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Week in Oil & Gas: Punting in Copenhagen and Gulf of Mexico Leases -- Abridged]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[TheÂ oddsÂ Congress would be able to pass climate-change legislation this yearÂ dimmed by the minute last week, as the political wrangling moved to the Senate Finance Committee and the debate focused once again on jobs and the economy.    The bill's molasses-like progress through the Senate has rippled through the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 11:41:41 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Total profits hit by falling oil price]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Total, the French oil company, on Wednesday announced a drop in profits of 54 per cent, but said that it had stemmed the fall in its production.Total's third-quarter adjusted net income, which strip out gains from changes in the value of fuel inventories and one-off items, was ?1.87bn compared...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 01:35:17 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Total Profit Plummets on Cheaper Oil]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Tom BerginLONDON (<a href="http://resources.bnet.com/index.php?source=ReutersUK">Reuters UK</a>) - French oil company Total TOTF and Norwegian rival Statoil STL added to the downbeat tone from the industry, promising to tackle a tough environment with cost cuts as they announced big drops in third-quarter profit.While both companies benefited from a recovery in crude prices...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 01:16:02 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Week in Oil & Gas: Climate Bill Hurdles and Refining Blues]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[A key Senate panel -- along with environmentalists, oil and gas industry folk andÂ government energyÂ officials -- squared off last week in a round of hearings aimed at hashing out the details of a climate bill.    The initial hearings, as the WSJ notes, took on a familiar political...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 08:40:08 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Iraq Cautions Over BP, CNPC Deal]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Ahmed RasheedBAGHDAD (<a href="http://resources.bnet.com/index.php?source=ReutersUK">Reuters UK</a>) - The Iraqi parliament's oil and gas committee has expressed concern to British officials over what it called an "illegal" multibillion-dollar deal that BP Plc BP will sign with the Iraqi government on Tuesday, a lawmaker said.Some lawmakers in parliament object to the contract awarded...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 14:16:34 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Shell Profit Plunges]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Tom BerginLONDON (<a href="http://resources.bnet.com/index.php?source=ReutersUK">Reuters UK</a>) - Oil majors Royal Dutch Shelland Eni dashed hopes of an imminent turnaround for the industry, as sluggish economic recovery weighs on energy demand and prices, contributing to a big drop in profits.Shell, Europe's largest oil company by market value, said on Thursday it was...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 07:17:04 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Week in Oil & Gas: Foreign Oil Sands Grab and Climate Shenanigans]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Korea National Oil Corp.'s $3.9 billion acquisition of Harvest Energy sent a message last week to the industry: the Canadian oil sands are back.    High operating costs and low crude prices turned the region into an investment desert for months. That dim view is brightening, however, as...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 10:46:58 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Another Climate Prank: Sen. Arlen Specter Chased by Yes Men in Survivaball Suits]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/energy/10002365/another-yes-men-climate-prank-sen-arlen-specter-chased-by-activists-in-survivable-suits/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The Yes Men, the environmental and corporate ethics activist group responsible for this week's fake press conference prank against the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, is at it again. This time they chase Sen. Arlen Specter in giant Survivaball suits and create a littleÂ havoc on Capitol Hill in Washington D.C. ...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 14:57:29 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Week in Oil & Gas: Climate Bill's Small GOP Blessing and the Race For Energy Assets]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Earnings season isÂ ramping up again with companies like Halliburton and General Electric already pulling back the curtain on their third quarter results. But before we dive into the numbers over here at BNET Energy -- a word or two about some developments last week shaping the fundamentals of the energy...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Occidental-Phibro, a Conservative Match Made in Heaven?]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/energy/10002287/occidental-phibro-a-conservative-match-made-in-heaven/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Occidental Petroleum's announcement to buy Phibro, the energy trading unit under Citigroup,Â left lots ofÂ analysts and industry-folk scratching their heads --- surprised the oil and gas company would part from its typically conservative path.    Occidental said Friday it wouldÂ pay $250 million-- or net asset value -- for Phibro,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2009 16:33:33 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Week in Oil & Gas: Boxer-Kerry Bill, EPA Emissions Rules, and China's Oil Grab Efforts]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Greenhouse gas emissions dominated headlines throughout the week withÂ the introduction ofÂ legislation that seeks to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and another government agency jumping into propose its own rules for industrial facilities.    The Senate -- via co-sponsors Barbara Boxer, D- Calif., and John Kerry, D-Mass. -- introduced its...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2009 16:19:14 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Full Disclosure: Schlumberger, Hydraulic Fracking and the Public Access Debate]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/energy/10002189/full-disclosure-schlumberger-hydraulic-fracking-and-the-public-access-debate/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Oilfield services giant Schlumberger is pushing its suppliers for permission to reveal the chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing, a technique usedÂ toÂ access oil and gas trapped in hard-to-reach shale formations, Bloomberg reported Tuesday.    Fracking has been used for decades. But itÂ has become the subject of a recent regulatory...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 08:57:10 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Week in Oil & Gas: G20 Axes Subsidies, Obama-Hu Climate Rhetoric, and Chevron Sues]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/energy/10002149/week-in-oil-gas-g20-axes-subsidies-obama-hu-climate-rhetoric-and-chevron-sues/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The week ended with a muffled bang as the Group of 20 nations agreed to phase out government subsidies for fossil fuels.Â     Ending fossil fuel subsidies would have an impact -- positiveÂ or negative, depending on whose talking.Â Â But the agreement is viewed largely symbolic since G20 leaders did...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2009 10:16:42 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Week in Oil & Gas: Discovery Hot Spots, Nat Gas' $80M Advocacy Campaign and One Big LNG Project]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/energy/10002084/week-in-oil-gas-discovery-hot-spots-nat-gas-80m-ad-campaign-and-one-big-lng-project/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[It wouldn't be a worthwhile week in the oil and gas industry without a few discoveries. And my, there were some goodies.    The hot spots this week were in the ultra deep waters offshore Brazil, Sierra Leone, Venezuela and Uganda. And Spanish energy company Repsol YPF found...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 11:46:53 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Repsol 'Totally Redeems' Itself With 15th Discovery This Year]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/energy/10002059/repsol-totally-redeems-itself-with-15th-discovery-this-year/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Remember that winter of discontentÂ when Repsol YPFÂ downgraded its proved reserves by 25 percent? The Spanish company's recent spate of oil and natural gas discoveries have helped erase those bad memories.    If Repsol manages to keep this up, we might just forget about its Argentina problem too. The...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 08:26:51 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Spillover Effect: Another Pre-Salt Discovery in Brazil]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/energy/10002056/spillover-effect-another-pre-salt-discovery-in-brazil/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The latest oil and gas discovery offshore Brazil has made the country's deepwater pre-salt region known as the Santos Basin virtually impossible to ignore. And with every discovery, an economic ripple makes its way through the oil and gas industry and of course, the Brazilian government.    Brazil's...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 15:38:53 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Managing Sustainable Value Chains]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.bnet.co.uk/sterling-performance/2009/09/11/managing-sustainable-value-chains/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[In the period from the 1960s to the 1980s, Japanese industry taught the world a lot about managing value chains.    Now that we have committed to more sustainable practices, these lessons have never been so important.    By minutely managing every aspect of the value...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2009 03:28:33 -0700</pubDate>
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