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Oil prices waver above 3-year low as crude inventory report shows decline
AP Energy WriterSIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) _ Oil prices wavered near three-year lows as investors weighed falling global demand and a government report showing an unexpected decline in U.S. crude inventories. Light, sweet crude for January delivery fell 17 cents to settle...Tags: Heads of State, National Government, Energy Saving, New York Mercantile Exchange, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
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Serbia says it won't sell oil monopoly to Russia unless it builds strategic pipeline
Associated Press WriterBELGRADE, Serbia (AP) _ Serbia said it won't sell its energy monopoly to Russia unless it gets firm guarantees from Moscow it will build a strategic pipeline through the Balkan country. The $13 billion South Stream natural gas pipeline to be laid under...Tags: European Union, Energy Resources, Natural Gas, Natural Resources, Contracts
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UK agency launches criminal prosecution over massive Buncefield oil depot fire 3 years ago
LONDON (AP) _ Five companies including Total UK Ltd. will face prosecution over a massive fire three years ago at an oil depot north of London, the government's Environment Agency said Monday. Criminal proceedings have also commenced against...Tags: Technology, World War II, Environmental Pollution, Hempstead (Hempstead, New York)
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Xinhua: China's CNPC wins $3.29 billion United Arab Emirates crude oil pipeline project
SHANGHAI, China (AP) _ China National Petroleum Corp. has won a bid to build a $3.29 billion pipeline in the United Arab Emirates, its largest overseas construction project so far, the official Xinhua News Agency reported Monday. The deal, signed... -
Put the squeeze on toothpaste waste
Of The Morning CallIf you're reading this column, you've probably already got some method of getting all you can out of that tube of toothpaste. Maybe you do the accordion trick, where you tightly fold the tube back and forth from the bottom to the top, hoping to squeeze...Tags: Religious Festivals, Christmas, House and Home, Petroleum Industry, Kerosene
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Spain's Sacyr Vallehermoso to sell highway operator Itinere to Citi fund in $10 billion deal
MADRID, Spain (AP) _ Debt-laden Spanish construction company Sacyr Vallehermoso said Monday it has agreed to sell its highway-operating unit, Itinere, to a Citigroup Inc. fund in a deal valued at nearly euro7.9 billion ($10 billion). The sale involves...Tags: Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers, Regulatory Policy and Organizations, Citigroup Incorporated, Transportation, Road Transportation
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LI agencies that help families need your help
michael.amon@newsday.com; bart.jones@newsday.comLiz McDermott of the Education and Assistance Corp. arrived at her desk one day last week, checked her voice mail and listened in shock. "I had 400 voice messages about HEAP," said McDermott, director of programs for the Hempstead nonprofit. She was...Tags: Christmas, Social Services, Office and Retail Spaces, Christianity, Baby Products, Games, and Toys
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From sky high to low: Dramatic swings in heating oil prices threaten New England dealers
AP Energy WriterThere is no business plan for what New England heating oil dealers and customers have gone through this year. Thousands of people locked into heating oil contracts as the price of crude soared close to $150 in July, then watched prices descend below...Tags: Energy Saving, New York Mercantile Exchange, Kerosene, Petroleum Industry, Mutual Funds
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OPEC delays decision on cutting oil production
Ministers from OPEC countries decided Saturday to delay until December a decision on cutting production to stem the fall of crude oil prices that have tumbled by more than 60% in recent months. The meeting came as the global financial crisis and...Tags: European Union, Energy Saving, Imperial and Royal Matters, Petroleum Industry, Commodity Markets
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2,000 gallons of gas spills from Texas refinery where fatal blast occurred; no injuries
TYLER, Texas (AP) _ More than 2,000 gallons of gasoline spilled Friday from a tank at an eastern Texas oil refinery where an explosion and fire last week killed one worker and injured five. The unleaded gas from Delek Refining Ltd. spilled into a creek,...Tags: Health and Safety at Work, Fires, Downstream Oil and Gas Activities
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Pirates move Saudi tanker farther from Somalian coast
The Associated PressPirates have moved a Saudi supertanker loaded with crude oil farther out to sea after an extremist Islamic group vowed to fight the bandits because they seized a Muslim-owned vessel, witnesses said today. Somali pirates seized the Sirius Star on Nov....Tags: Armed Conflicts, Guerrilla Activity, NATO, Wars and Interventions, Terrorism
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Facing low oil prices, Venezuela reevaluates funding for Ecuador, Nicaragua refineries
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) _ A top official says Venezuela's state oil company is reevaluating how to pay for planned new refineries in Ecuador and Nicaragua because of the fall in oil prices. The Venezuelan newspaper El Nacional says PDVSA vice president...Tags: National Government, Hugo Chavez, Energy Saving, Heavy Engineering, Petroleum Industry
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