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Big Oil Fought Off New Safety Rules Before Rig Explosion |
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Huffington Post, 26 April 2010
As families mourn the 11 workers thrown overboard in the worst oil rig disaster in decades and as the resulting spill continues to spread through the Gulf of Mexico, new questions are being raised about the training of the drill operators and about the oil company's commitment to safety.
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What links the banking crisis and the volcano? |
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The Guardian, 19 April 2010
Man proposes; nature disposes. We are seldom more vulnerable than when we feel insulated. The miracle of modern flight protected us from gravity, atmosphere, culture, geography. It made everywhere feel local, interchangeable. Nature interjects, and we encounter – tragically for many – the reality of thousands of miles of separation. We discover that we have not escaped from the physical world after all.
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Demand for oil to outstrip supply within two years |
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Sunday Times, 16 April 2010
RISING oil prices pose a grave threat to global economic recovery, according to some experts. The fear has been expressed by the US military and by the automobile industry. This week in Perth, Volvo's head of product planning, Lex Kerssemakers, said "we all know that oil is running out''.
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Shell, Total Step Up Reliance on Gas as Access to Oil Declines |
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Bloomberg, 26 April 2010
Royal Dutch Shell Plc and Total SA are among energy producers shifting the balance of their production toward natural gas as oil-rich countries clamp down on access and deposits become easier to tap.
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Oil over $100 damaging, OPEC would act - Kuwait |
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Reuters, 25 April 2010
OPEC would pump more oil to prevent a rally in oil prices above $100 from hurting the global economic recovery, Kuwait's oil minister said on Sunday.
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