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The Devil’s Excrement and OPEC

By On November 26, 2008 · Leave a Comment

On October 16th, Oil prices plummeted below $70 for the first time in 16 months, loosing half its value since hitting a record high of $147.27, prompting the oil cartel OPEC to call an emergency meeting.

OPEC cut production by 1.5 million barrels a day starting November after their emergency meeting on October 24th [...]

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Crude Improvement – Cerro Negro Upgrader Project

By On October 20, 2008 · 2 Comments

Cerro Negro is a strategic association formed by the state oil company of Venezuela, PDVSA (42 percent), ExxonMobil (42 percent) and Veba Oel of Germany (16 percent). Operadora Cerro Negro S.A., an ExxonMobil subsidiary, operates the project.

The complex can process 120,000 barrels of heavy crude oil a day, which it converts to 108,000 [...]

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Imminent War

By On October 7, 2008 · Leave a Comment

A little over three years ago I wrote about possible world conflicts on the horizon including Israel-Iran, US-North Korea and Venezuela and the price of oil. I predicted the barrel of oil above the $100 mark and after war breaking, reaching near $200 a barrel.

I also mentioned that the United States would not consider [...]

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