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Continued Challenges for Venezuela

Continued Challenges for Venezuela

Here is an update on the situation in Venezuela: from oil corruption, to government layoffs, to a border rush into Colombia.

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How to Drill a Well

In my experience, most people, if you ask them about oil (or gas) drilling, make references to Daniel Day-Lewis with a pickax, snarling something about milkshakes, or perhaps Jed Clampett shootin’ at some food. For those interested in energy issues, it never hurts to be a little more well-versed in the how-to’s. So if you […]

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So goes Florida, so goes offshore drilling

So goes Florida, so goes offshore drilling

Florida’s Republican-controlled House of Representatives supported a measure yesterday to allow drilling in state waters. It is a major change in policy as supporting such legislation even just a few years ago would have almost been political suicide as so many citizens in the state feared for the cleanliness of the their beaches. The likelihood […]

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