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[OIL PRICES] Oil Falls Toward $50 a Barrel as Fuel Use Falls, Equities Slump !Crude oil fell for a fifth day, approaching $50 a barrel, as the contracting world economy increases concerns that demand for fuels will slow. U.S. fuel use during the past four weeks averaged 19.1 million barrels a day, down 7 percent from a year ago, an Energy Department report said yesterday.. ... |
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Brazil as a new kind of oil giantAs its peers in the region see their oil production slipping Brazil's state-controlled oil company Petrobras is entering a new era as the region's silent giant. ... |
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5 Years From Now Peak Oil Pinch Could Devastate the UK Economy, New Report WarnsHere’s today’s addition to the growing list of groups and people warning that the problems that financial recession may bring will pale in comparison to the coming nexus environmental and energy problems. (I won’t say describe them as crises, as we throw around that word that it’s become ... |
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OPEC Output Cut Fails To Stop Oil From Sliding Below $62VIENNA, Austria — Growing evidence of a severe global economic slowdown drove oil prices to below $62 a barrel Monday, as investors brushed off a sizable OPEC output cut. Traders were taking their cues from world markets, which slumped again Monday with the Nikkei index in Japan closing at its lo ... |
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OPEC Orders Cut in Oil ProductionOPEC ordered a cut in oil production Friday of at least 1.5 million barrels a day. The reduction, announced at an emergency meeting here, will come into effect on Nov. 1, according to Ali al-Naimi, Saudi Arabia’s oil minister. ... |
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OPEC set to cut oil output at emergency meetVIENNA (AFP) - OPEC is set to announce a cut to its oil output at an emergency meeting here on Friday in a bid to support crude prices, which are plunging as recession fears hit demand for energy worldwide. ... |

