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| WESTERN HEMISPHERE: Gulf of Mexico sale to benefit coast in the United States of America | | 2008-02-15 04:17:50 | | The Louisiana Superdome — the terrible former camp for Hurricane Katrina victims — will host the next Central Gulf of Mexico and Eastern Gulf of Mexico lease sales on March 19, 2008, in the first auctions under a new regime for oil companies.
The central Gulf area will be sold off in 5,000 blocks...
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| | | (WHTI) Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative | | 2008-01-16 07:00:30 | | What is the WHTI? Well, if you ask most people in Canada the consensus would be that it is a paranoid reaction by American Homeland Security to the notion that the Canadian border is made of Swiss cheese. And that there are versions of Bin Laden behind every moose waiting to crawl through the [...]... | | By: White Point Manor Weblog | | |
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| WESTERN HEMISPHERE: Venezuelan talks to ailing Castro as oil summit opens | | 2007-12-25 14:13:32 | | Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez presided Friday at the opening of a regional petroleum summit in Cuba, pressing his efforts to counter U.S. influence in Latin America and the Caribbean by offering cheap oil.Chavez, who wants to use Venezuela's vast oil reserves to help create a "confederation of republics" free of U.S. interests, called on regional leaders to band together against the failed "dictatorship of world capitalism."Opening the Petrocaribe summit in Cienfuegos, a southern coastal city about 150 miles from Havana, Chavez said his plan should go beyond mere financing mechanisms and suggested that some countries repay the oil with social services.READ MORE... Chavez on Thursday suggested the summit could pave the way for other countries to repay the oil under plans modeled on Venezuelan agreements with Cuba. Cuba repays by providing doctors and other health professionals who offer free services in impoverished areas of Venezuela.He also called for creating an international fun... | | By: energy BLOG | | |
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| WESTERN HEMISPHERE: Venezuela and Conoco spat continues | | 2007-05-11 09:50:00 | | Venezuela and ConocoPhillips have yet to come to terms over the state takeover of the Houston-based company`s operations in the oil-rich Orinoco Belt. ConocoPhillips was supposed to come to terms with Venezuela`s state-run petroleum company PDVSA by May 1. Earlier this week Energy and Petroleum Minister Rafael Ramirez said the energy giant must accept Venezuela`s new rules and negotiate with... | | By: energy BLOG | | |
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