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2004 Return: 88%
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Canadian Energy Plays
"Canadian oil and gas trusts are a favorite of mine, thanks to their capital gains potential... and healthy dividends... Oil prices are at record levels, ...

4/7/2008

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Oil Is Little Changed After Drop on U.S. Fuel Demand Forcast
Surging oil prices and the faltering economy will lead to the first drop in summer gasoline use in 17 years, the Energy Department said. ``Oil-inventory ...

4/9/2008

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Chevron Pushes Mexico to Open Oil Fields to Outsiders
Chevron Corp. submitted proposals to tap oil and natural-gas reserves in Mexico amid declining output from the second-biggest crude-producing nation in the Western Hemisphere. Chevron, which ...

4/8/2008

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India to Make a Triumvirate
"A country which imports 73% of its oil cannot look at the political character of governments," energy analyst Narendra Taneja said. ''Gas has no nationality. ...


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"What is important to understand is that demand for oil will outstrip supply"

   -- Matthew Simmons, investment banker and Bush administration energy advisor
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Kodiak Oil & Gas Corp. Receives Bakken Play Environmental Assessment Approval and Contracts Drilling Rig


DENVER, CO Apr 7, 2008, 2008 (Canada NewsWire via COMTEX) -- Kodiak Oil & Gas Corp. (Amex: KOG), an oil and gas exploration and production company with assets in the Green River Basin of southwest Wyoming and the Williston Basin ...
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EnCana Corporation (USA) EnCana Corporation is a natural gas producer in North America. It is a holder of natural gas and oil resource lands onshore North America. The Company is also engaged in ...

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Berry Petroleum Company
Berry Petroleum Company (Berry) is an independent energy company engaged in the production, development, acquisition, exploitation and exploration of crude oil and natural gas. The Company's principal reserves and producing ...

Symbol: BRY
Market Cap: 2080

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Energy Partners, Ltd.
Energy Partners, Ltd. (Energy Partners) is an oil and natural gas exploration and production company, focusing on the shallow to moderate depth waters of the Gulf of Mexico Shelf. At ...

Symbol: EPL
Market Cap: 350

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ABC News-->

Drill Baby Drill, Obama Tells Oil
ABC News
After a drumbeat of complaints from energy companies that the Obama administration is blocking domestic oil and gas production, the Interior department released a report claiming that US oil and gas producers are sitting on millions of acres of idle ...
Obama challenges oil companies to drill existing leasesHouston Chronicle
Ken Salazar wants more drilling, but industry won't oblige?Westword (blog)
Report: Industry sitting idle on 46 million undeveloped acresFuelFix (blog)
ThinkProgress -Oil & Gas Journal
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The Maritime Executive-->

Report says drilling companies not pursuing oil and gas exploration on leased ...
NewsOK.com
Administration counters criticism of its energy policies by pointing a finger at oil and gas companies, but industry says federal bureaucratic delays are still the problem. By Chris Casteel | Published: May 16, 2012 Leave a comment WASHINGTON — The ...
DOI Releases Update on Unused Oil and Gas LeasesThe Maritime Executive
US says most oil, gas acreage is idleUPI.com
46 Million Acres of Federal Land and Water Leased for Drilling just Sitting IdleOilPrice.com

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Alaska Dispatch-->

Cook Inlet lease sale draws bids on 44 tracts
BusinessWeek
"This year what you're seeing is three primary players -- Apache, Hilcorp and Cook Inlet Energy -- and basically doing some fill-in work around some of their existing lease," said state Division of Oil and Gas director Bill Barron.
Alaska takes in $7 million at Cook Inlet oil and gas lease saleAlaska Dispatch

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Cairn Joins Marathon In Cyprus Exploration Bid
Fox Business
LONDON – Cairn Energy PLC (CNE.LN) said Thursday it has teamed up with Houston-based Marathon Oil Corp. (MRO) to jointly bid for oil and gas exploration rights in Cyprus, where huge offshore discoveries of natural gas have reignited international ...
Small loss for Cairn as it retrenchesShareCast

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