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• Cramped on Land, Big Oil Bets at Sea

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 178
  Big Oil never wanted to be here, in 4,300 feet of water far out in the Gulf of Mexico, drilling through nearly five miles of rock. It is an expensive way to look for oil. Chevron Corp. is paying nearly $500,000 a day to the owner of the Clear Leader, one of the worlds newest and most powerful drilling rigs. The new ...
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• Is that what you call romance?

  
  Oil Change — Authority: 118
  The oil industry is built on a series of myths. It has always prided itself on an image that against the odds it has always prevailed – its teams of geologists and explorers have crossed the globe looking for deposits of oil. Whether it be in the jungles of South America, the harsh deserts of Arabia or the frozen ...
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• India-aided textile factory opens in Chad

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 730
  N’djamena (Chad), Jan 5 (IANS) India’s ties with Chad, an oil-exporting country in central Africa, acquired a new dimension with the inauguration of a New Delhi-aided textile mill by President Idriss Deby Itno.Deby Itno inaugurated the STT Textile Mill at Sarh, southern Chad, at a grand ceremony Dec 31 that was ...
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• Drill, Baby, Drill: Does Virginia’s Gov-Elect’s Call For Offshore Drilling Add Up?

  
  WSJ.com: Environmental Capital — Authority: 646
  Virginia Gov. elect Bob McDonnell wants to drill offshore because of the economic benefits. But his oil-drilling-brings-economic-development argument rests on some threadbare data.
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• Drill, Baby, Drill: Does Virginia’s Gov-Elect’s Call For Offshore Drilling Add Up?

  
  WSJ.com: Environmental Capital — Authority: 646
  Virginia Gov. elect Bob McDonnell wants to drill offshore because of the economic benefits. But his oil-drilling-brings-economic-development argument rests on some threadbare data.
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• Israeli company finds oil beneath Rosh Haayin

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 178
  Israeli company finds oil beneath Rosh Haayin By Lior Zano, The Marker Last Update: 24/12/2009 13:36 An Israeli oil exploration company on Thursday announced that it had found a huge amount of oil and gas during drilling below the city of Rosh Haayin this week. Givot Olam Oil Exploration Limited Partnership said that ...
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• Cobalt IPO: Underwhelming Day for Oil Prospector

  
  WSJ.com: Environmental Capital — Authority: 646
  Cobalt Internationals IPO and first day of trading underwhelmed, driving home the sobriety that grips energy investors.
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• Martial Law in Mindanao and Oil Off Sulu

  
  Pinoy Observer — Authority: 135
  ExxonMobil digging for black golf off Sulu sea ExxonMobil, a giant oil firm, is digging for oil off Sulu sea. The international company just invested US$100 million to look for oil in the 8,620 hectares off the Sulu sea. Exxon partnered with Mitra energy to ”dig for oil” which analysts estimate to have between ...
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• ExxonMobil to buy XTO Energy for $41 bln (AFP)

  
  Relevant News — Authority: 180
  AFP - ExxonMobil has agreed to acquire rival oil exploration firm XTO Energy, in an all-stock transaction valued at 41 billion dollars, the companies said Monday.
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• ExxonMobil to buy XTO for 41 billion dollars (AFP)

  
  Relevant News — Authority: 180
  AFP - ExxonMobil has agreed to acquire rival oil exploration firm XTO Energy, in an all-stock transaction valued at 41 billion dollars, the companies said Monday.
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• India, Bangladesh maritime dispute impacts oil prospecting

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 730
  By Devirupa MitraNew Delhi, Dec 13 (IANS) Their relations are improving, but India and Bangladesh are yet to agree on the composition of a tribunal to resolve their old maritime dispute that is impacting offshore oil exploration.India and Bangladesh have held two rounds of talks on demarcation of maritime boundary in ...
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• Ongpin group gets back in the mining business

  
  PinoyBusiness.ORG - Home — Authority: 135
  The group of Roberto V. Ongpin will return to the mining and oil exploration business soon after it acquired Atok-Big Wedge Co., Inc. Earlier, the company of former trade minister Ongpin sold its mining firm Philex Mining Corp. It its disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange, Atok Big Wedge said it had a ...
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• ODAC Newsletter - Dec 11

  
  Energy Bulletin - — Authority: 570
  In a commentary published in The Times this week to coincide with the Copenhagen climate talks, Fatih Birol, Chief Economist of the International Energy Agency wrote that on existing energy demand projections “the world faces the prospect of a peak in conventional oil production in about 2020... read more
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• Income received by a non-resident businessman from services coming within S. 44BB is not taxable u/s 9 (1) (vii) r.w.s. 44DA

  
  LEGAL & FINANCIAL UPDATES FROM TAX GURU — Authority: 157
  The profits derived from business of providing services in connection with the prospecting for or extraction or production of mineral oil are squarely and exclusively governed by Section 44BB, irrespective of the nature of services, provided the... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website www.taxguru.in ...
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• Mexico Has Hedged Oil for 2010 at $57 a Barrel

  
  Mexico | Vacation Packages | Travel Site | Mexico Blog — Authority: 127
  Mexico spent $1.172 billion to buy oil hedges for 2010, covering a possible revenue shortfall if production falls for the sixth straight year and prices don’t recover from about a five-year low. Mexico purchased put options that give it the option, not the obligation, to sell its oil for $57 a barrel next year, ...
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• ONGC planning to build refinery in Nigeria

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 730
  New Delhi, Dec 7 (IANS) ONGC Videsh Ltd, the overseas arm of India’s state-run oil exploration major Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC), is planning to set up a greenfield refinery in Nigeria.“In efforts to broad-base our activities, ONGC Videsh is discussing setting up a greenfield refinery in Nigeria,” Petroleum ...
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• Drilling Rigs and Drilling Ships

  
  The Oil Drum - Discussions about Energy and Our Future — Authority: 604
  The debate about how much oil is left and recoverable in the world has brought increasing attention to the recovery of oil and natural gas from offshore. And while I suspect that most of those who comment on this site are very familiar with all the terms, some of the more general readership may not be. Let me, ...
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• The Core Drill And Your Running Car

  
  Business to Business b2b | Marketing | eCommerce | Telemarketing — Authority: 164
  Can you imagine reaching down over one mile down into the earth and pulling out a chunk of ground? This what men do with a core drill. Companies drill down into the earth and pull out dirt and examine it for minerals or oil or other worthwhile compounds in the land they might mine. When you think about it, this is ...
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