Peak oil era will be hard on Hawaii (Honolulu Star-Bulletin: Sun, 10 Dec) DURING the past months "peak oil" has been the subject of a heated discussion in the media, including in Hawaii. The state's energy security is too important for us to allow discussions of future energy options to become a battle about peak oil, pro or con.
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Venezuelan oil exports to US drop (El Universal: Mon, 11 Dec) Following a strike that cut Venezuelan oil output to 25,000 bpd in December 2002 and forced state-run oil giant Pdvsa into force majeure, Venezuelan oil exports to the United States rebounded and went up from 1.29 million bpd in 2003 to a peak of 1.55 million bpd only 12 months later.
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Oil exporters cut dollar deposits in Q2-BIS (Reuters via Yahoo! Asia News: Mon, 11 Dec) LONDON, Dec 11 (Reuters) - Oil exporting countries deposited fewer dollars in the second quarter in the international banking system and increased euro and yen-denominated deposits, according to a report by the Bank for International Settlements.
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Oil falls below $62, inventories weigh (The Globe and Mail: Mon, 11 Dec) LONDON (Reuters) - Oil eased below $62 a barrel on Monday, pressured by high inventories and mixed signals over whether OPEC will curb crude output for a second time this year at a meeting this week.
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UPDATE 4-Oil steadies near $62 ahead of OPEC talks (The Forex Market: Mon, 11 Dec) LONDON, Dec 11 (Reuters) - Oil steadied below $62 a barrel on Monday as traders weighed high inventories and mixed signals over whether OPEC will curb crude output for a second time this year at a meeting this week.
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OIL DATA: China Nov Crude Oil Imports At 13.54 Million Tons (Nasdaq: Mon, 11 Dec) BEIJING -(Dow Jones)- China's crude oil imports surged to a record high in November, totaling 13.54 million metric tons or an average of 3.31 million barrels a day, data from the General Administration of Customs showed Monday.
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OIL FUTURES: Crude Trades Lower Eyes IEA, OPEC (CattleNetwork.com: Mon, 11 Dec) LONDON (Dow Jones)-Crude oil futures traded lower in London Monday as market participants eyed the upcoming OPEC meeting and a report by the International Energy Agency.
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