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		<title><![CDATA[Fitch Rates Marathon Oil $1B Senior Unsecured Notes 'BBB+']]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[CHICAGO -- Fitch Ratings has assigned a rating of 'BBB+' to Marathon Oil Corporation's issuance of $1 billion in unsecured 5.90% senior notes due 2018. Proceeds will be used for general corporate purposes, including the replenishment of working capital which had been reduced as the result of paying off $400...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Mar 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Western Oil Sands Shareholders Approve Deal with Marathon]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Western Oil Sands shareholders have approved the company's acquisition by Marathon, the U.S. company announced last week.The transaction received approval from the Canadian Minister of Industry Monday.Marathon said it has made commitments to the Minister of Industry to make significant investments in Western's oil sands operations, particularly the Athabasca Oil...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Oct 2007 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Marathon's Acquisition of Western Oil Sands Preserves the U.S. Company's Downstream Assets]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Unlike other U.S. oil companies that have done deals with Canadian crude producers, Marathon's acquisition of Western Oil Sands does not relinquish any of its downstream assets, a key consideration for executives who have spent the last two years evaluating the suitability of potential upstream partners. Marathon's purchase of Western...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Aug 2007 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Marathon Oil plans to buy Western Oil for $5.5B]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[HOUSTON AP -- Marathon Oil Corp. is poised to break into Canada's growing oil-sands market, announcing Tuesday it has agreed to buy Western Oil Sands Inc. for $5.5 billion in cash and stock.   Marathon also said its second-quarter earnings fell 11 percent from a year ago, when it...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Aug 2007 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Inter Pipeline Fund Announces Acquisition of Corridor Oil Sands Pipeline System.]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[CALGARY, ALBERTA, Mar 5, 2007 CCNMatthews via COMTEX -- Inter  Pipeline Fund Inter Pipeline (TSX:IPL.UN) announced today that it has  entered into an agreement to acquire the Corridor Pipeline System  Corridor from an affiliate of Kinder Morgan Inc. Corridor is the sole  transporter of diluted bitumen...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Western Oil Sands Inc: Project Update.]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5243/is_200702/ai_n19680527]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[M2 PRESSWIRE-2 February 2007-Pinnacle Digest: Western Oil Sands  Inc: Project UpdateC1994-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD    RDATE:02022007    Western Oil Sands Inc (TSX: WTO) experienced a loss Thursday as  shareholders witnessed a decrease of 1.04 in share value following the  exchange of 755,432 shares...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Feb 2007 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Golden Apple Oil and Gas Continues Share Increase Up 100% From Friday's Close. Oil and Gas Powerhouses Continue Slow Climb.]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[M2 PRESSWIRE-11 January 2006-www.streetinvesting.com: Golden Apple  Oil and Gas Continues Share Increase Up 100 From Friday's Close.  Oil and Gas Powerhouses Continue Slow Climb.C1994-2006 M2  COMMUNICATIONS LTD    RDATE:11012006    Streetinvesting.com has focused our attention on Golden Apple Oil  and Gas Inc,...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Altair Nanotechnologies and Western Oil Sands Extend Phase One of Technology Licensing Agreement]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Altair Nanotechnologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: ALTI) today announced that Western Oil Sands has extended the Phase I program of its technology agreement with Altairnano for an additional 12 months.  Phase IB is now anticipated to be completed by January 2007.  The extension of the Phase I program Phase IB...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Dec 2005 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[OIL-SANDS PROJECTS DEMAND COST CREATIVITY, FLEXIBILITY]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Participating in a massive heavy-oil-sands project in northern Alberta, requires a great deal of financial creativity and flexibility, according to David A. Dyck. The chief financial officer of Western Oil Sands Inc. (Toronto: WTO) spoke to the Houston Energy Finance Group last week about the financing strategy that the Calgary...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Jan 2005 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Oil sands mine tests TiO^sub 2^ extraction technology]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5976/is_200404/ai_n24146925]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Altair Nanotechnologies has signed a technology licensing agreement with Canada's Western Oil Sands. The agreement allows Western Oil Sands to use Altair Nanotechnologies' Altair Hydrochloride Pigment Process AHPP to extract heavy minerals from oil sands and produce titanium dioxide pigment.The agreement calls for Western Oil Sands to evaluate the AHPP...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Apr 2004 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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