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Oil prices dip before US energy data (AFP)

AFP - Oil prices eased on Wednesday, reversing earlier gains and a sharp spike the day before, as the market awaited the latest weekly government report on the health of American energy inventories.




Oil prices rise after Venezuela moots output cut (AFP)

AFP - World oil prices rose in Asian trade Wednesday on fresh supply concerns after key producer Venezuela indicated it could ask OPEC to cut output, dealers said.




Today on the presidential campaign trail (AP)

AP - As speculation over veep choice grows, Obama plans to visit Ill. capital where campaign began ... McCain flies to Gulf of Mexico oil platform, calls on Obama to support offshore drilling ... Western states, traditionally Republican, offer possible opening for Obama ... Obama tells military veterans that McCain is wrong to question his character and patriotism ... Atlanta fundraiser tied to Abramoff scandal figure brings in more than $1.75 million for GOP




McCain touts oil drilling on Gulf of Mexico rig (AFP)

AFP - John McCain Tuesday flew to a Gulf of Mexico oil rig to demand expanded offshore drilling, but Democrats hit back by branding the White House hopeful as a puppet of profit-soaked US energy giants.




47 companies bid on Gulf offshore oil leases (AP)

AP - Dozens of energy companies bid Tuesday to explore nearly two million acres of the western Gulf of Mexico for oil and natural gas, but no offers were made for 90 percent of the acreage on the auction block.




McCain touts drilling agenda from oil platform (AP)

AP - Republican presidential candidate John McCain visited this oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico on Tuesday to call for increased offshore drilling that he claims would lower the cost of food and heating homes.




Bomb kills 43 at Algerian military academy (Reuters)

Reuters - A bomb at an Algerian military academy killed 43 people and wounded 45 on Tuesday, the interior ministry said, one of the bloodiest incidents in years in the OPEC member state.




Venezuela backs production cut if oil prices keep falling: minister (AFP)

AFP - Venezuela will propose production cuts at the next OPEC meeting in September if oil prices continue to fall, Energy and Petroleum Minister Rafael Ramirez said Tuesday.




First Major Utility Company Invests in Solar Energy (OneWorld.net)
OneWorld.net - SAN FRANCISCO, Aug 19 (New America Media) - For the first time, a big, American utility company is investing in large-scale solar energy. Pacific Gas & Electric has decided that solar is part of the answer for California's energy needs.

BG Group says Origin takeover bid is 'fair value' (AFP)

AFP - British oil and gas giant BG Group said Tuesday that its 12.0-billion-US-dollar (8.2-billion-euro) hostile takeover bid for Australia's Origin Energy represented "full and fair value."



 

 



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