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	<title>Fuelishness! Fuel Economy Blog &#187; Oil Refining</title>
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		<title>Pressure-cooking Algae into a Better Biofuel</title>
		<link>http://blog.fuelclinic.com/2010/05/08/pressure-cooking-algae-into-a-better-biofuel/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.fuelclinic.com/2010/05/08/pressure-cooking-algae-into-a-better-biofuel/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 08 May 2010 14:38:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ANN ARBOR, Mich. &#8211; Heating and squishing microalgae in a pressure-cooker can fast-forward the crude-oil-making process from millennia to minutes.
University of Michigan professors are working to understand and improve this procedure in an effort to speed up development of affordable biofuels that could replace fossil fuels and power today&#8217;s engines.
They are also examining the possibility [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Great Geopolitical Battle Over Energy Transit Routes</title>
		<link>http://blog.fuelclinic.com/2009/11/18/the-great-geopolitical-battle-over-energy-transit-routes/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.fuelclinic.com/2009/11/18/the-great-geopolitical-battle-over-energy-transit-routes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:24:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Oil & Politics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Great Geopolitical Battle Over Energy Transit  Routes
by Philip H. de Leon
As we all live in the  present, it is very hard to fully assess the future implications of decisions  supported or made by political and business leaders. An extraordinary game of  geo-strategy is under way to lock in long-term agreements, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Untapped Energy Riches of Uzbekistan</title>
		<link>http://blog.fuelclinic.com/2009/11/11/the-untapped-energy-riches-of-uzbekistan/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.fuelclinic.com/2009/11/11/the-untapped-energy-riches-of-uzbekistan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 02:28:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Oil & Politics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Untapped Energy Riches of Uzbekistan
by John C.K. Daly 
 
While many Western investors remain fixated on somehow  acquiring a slice of Turkmenistan’s natural gas riches, despite a  recent scandal over the country’s actual reserves, there is another country  further east whose energy and mineralogical reserves have been overlooked –  Uzbekistan.
While [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Houston We Have a Problem &#8211; Feedback?</title>
		<link>http://blog.fuelclinic.com/2009/10/27/houston-we-have-a-problem-feedback/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.fuelclinic.com/2009/10/27/houston-we-have-a-problem-feedback/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 18:52:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Oil Industry]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Back in June I took a first look at a new movie called &#8220;Houston We Have a Problem&#8221; &#8211; now there is an updated theatrical trailer (see below) and some recent screenings in select cities and film festivals (right now at the Austin Film Festival).

Houston We Have A Problem is about America&#8217;s ferocious appetite for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mexican cartels smuggle stolen oil into U.S.</title>
		<link>http://blog.fuelclinic.com/2009/08/11/mexican-cartels-smuggle-stolen-oil-into-u-s/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.fuelclinic.com/2009/08/11/mexican-cartels-smuggle-stolen-oil-into-u-s/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2009 10:00:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Oil Industry]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mexican drug cartels are skimming oil from the government owned pipelines an selling it to several U.S. refineries.
In a surprising public acknowledgment, Mexican President Felipe Calderon said last week that drug cartels have extended their operations into the theft of oil, Mexico&#8217;s leading source of foreign income which finances about 40 percent of the national [...]]]></description>
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		<title>First Look: Houston We Have a Problem [Movie Trailer]</title>
		<link>http://blog.fuelclinic.com/2009/06/26/first-look-houston-we-have-a-problem-movie-trailer/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 12:09:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s a first look at the trailer for a new film Houston We Have a Problem &#8211; a feature documentary about America&#8217;s ferocious appetite for oil from the insider&#8217;s perspective.

 
Exploring our dangerous addiction to oil through candid insights from the Barons, Wildcatters, CEO&#8217;s and Roughnecks that comprise the world of Big Oil. This film is an [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Where does your gas money go?</title>
		<link>http://blog.fuelclinic.com/2009/06/19/where-does-your-gas-money-g/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.fuelclinic.com/2009/06/19/where-does-your-gas-money-g/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 17:20:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s an outstanding report from American Petroleum Institute (API) called Energizing America. I&#8217;m going to cherry pick some of the best and most informative info-graphs from this report and highlight them over the next few weeks. You can download a free copy of their report from their website.

Click image to enlarge.
The API report wants to emphasis [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fuelishness! Feed: Oil firms above $60; Venezuela builds oil rig with China; The end of the gas guzzler; Will transform US auto fleet; Safety could suffer</title>
		<link>http://blog.fuelclinic.com/2009/05/21/fuelishness-feed-20/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.fuelclinic.com/2009/05/21/fuelishness-feed-20/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2009 22:00:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[
Oil firms above $60 &#8211; Oil prices have been on an upward trend since mid-April on equity-led rallies. They have recovered from below $33 in December after a plunge from record highs above $147 in July.
 
Venezuela set to build first oil rig with China &#8211; China buys 300,000 barrels of Venezuelan crude every day, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gas prices up slightly as refineries improve margins</title>
		<link>http://blog.fuelclinic.com/2009/01/19/gas-prices-up-slightly-as-refineries-improve-margins/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.fuelclinic.com/2009/01/19/gas-prices-up-slightly-as-refineries-improve-margins/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2009 01:11:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fuels]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some insight:
For a while, when the price at the pump was around $1.59 a gallon in the Iowa Quad-Cities, the refining margin on gasoline was negative, MacIntyre said.
“Refiners were losing money in that they were selling the gasoline to wholesalers for less than what they were paying for the crude oil that goes into the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Crude Oil Prices Continue To Chill</title>
		<link>http://blog.fuelclinic.com/2009/01/16/crude-oil-prices-continue-to-chill/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.fuelclinic.com/2009/01/16/crude-oil-prices-continue-to-chill/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jan 2009 10:35:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Energy Independence]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today as a mass of &#8220;global-warming-denying&#8221; arctic weather shuts in much of the country with punishing and historic low temperatures; crude oil prices slip again &#8211; this time to under $34 &#8211; leaving oil companies to float their stock at sea in the bellies of supertankers.
From the Indian Ocean to the South Atlantic to the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Saskatchewan Has Record Oil Drilling Year (2008)</title>
		<link>http://blog.fuelclinic.com/2009/01/15/saskatchewan-has-record-oil-drilling-year-2008/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.fuelclinic.com/2009/01/15/saskatchewan-has-record-oil-drilling-year-2008/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2009 11:10:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From our conservative friends up north at SDA:
It turns out 2008 was the second-best year ever for Saskatchewan in terms of actual drilling with 4,045 oil and gas wells created. Most of that attention is focused on the Bakken oil play and the Weyburn-Estevan area.
Part of the reason that sector has exploded in recent years is the advent [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Energy Freedom Summit &#8211; First Impressions</title>
		<link>http://blog.fuelclinic.com/2008/10/24/energy-freedom-summit-first-impressions/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.fuelclinic.com/2008/10/24/energy-freedom-summit-first-impressions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Oct 2008 23:40:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Alternative Fuels]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today and tomorrow I&#8217;m in Chicago attending the Energy Freedom Summit,Â organized by the Set America Free Coalition. I wasn&#8217;t sure what to expect from this summit, not knowing much about the organization until just two months ago.
Â My first impression after today&#8217;s panels; I&#8217;m impressed with the knowledge, experience, focus and pace of this organization &#8211; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Supply and Demand: Oil Prices Dropping</title>
		<link>http://blog.fuelclinic.com/2008/10/22/supply-and-demand-oil-prices-dropping/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.fuelclinic.com/2008/10/22/supply-and-demand-oil-prices-dropping/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Oct 2008 10:05:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Â Youâ€™ve probably noticed oil and gas prices are the lowest theyâ€™ve been all year. Demand has slipped not just here at home, but around the world. Even Chinaâ€™s demand is showing signs of cooling.
Source: IHT.comÂ 
At the beginning of the year, OPEC producers felt confident that strong economic growth and tight supplies would keep oil prices [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;$4-a-gallon gasoline has clearly killed demand&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://blog.fuelclinic.com/2008/08/05/4-a-gallon-gasoline-has-clearly-killed-demand/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.fuelclinic.com/2008/08/05/4-a-gallon-gasoline-has-clearly-killed-demand/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2008 17:09:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A day after plunging as much as $5 a barrel in a dramatic sell-off, crude continued its downward trend Tuesday as traders sold oil contracts on the belief that prices are still too high in relation to demand and have further room to fall.
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		<title>The Option to Drill</title>
		<link>http://blog.fuelclinic.com/2008/07/26/the-option-to-drill/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Jul 2008 16:17:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Is the Option to Drill enough to stop sky-rocketing gas prices?Â 
(For the record, politics stink. Oil is now a hugely political issue, and I try very hard to avoidÂ &#8221;politics&#8221; on this blog and website. It&#8217;s truely meant to be a resource for everyone, without aÂ personal politicalÂ axe to grind. SometimesÂ politics areÂ unavoidable. When the facts speak one [...]]]></description>
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