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  • July 2011
    Obama’s SPR Release

    On Thursday, June 23 the Obama Administration, in conjunction with other governments, announced the release of 60 million barrels of oil from...

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  • June 2011
    Shale Oil May Mirror the Shale Gas...

    First, hydraulic fracturing gave the United States a boom in shale gas that lowered natural gas prices by 54 percent between 2008...

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  • June 2011
    Natural Gas Rent-Seeking

    Four-dollar gasoline and natural gas. This per gallon price is high for the oil industry and per MMBtu price low for the natural...

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  • June 2011
    New Low

    New Low Obama Administration Taps Strategic Reserve to Lower Oil Prices Raise Approval Ratings WASHINGTON – This morning, the Obama Administration announced...

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  • June 2011
    Up from the ground, came a bunch...

    This is not 1962 and this is not a re-run of the television show “The Beverly Hillbillies,” but currently there are many people in...

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  • June 2011
    Bernanke Denies Culpability in Oil Prices

    This blog post is available as a PDF here. In a speech on June 7 in Atlanta at the International Monetary Conference,...

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