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Lee Witt (R) and BP PLC CEO of Gulf Coast Restoration Organization Bob Dudley at a news conference to announce Witt's hiring as advisor to BP's Deepwater Horizon oil spill response in Biloxi, Miss., 30 Jul 2010 Both U.S. government and BP officials o
xfam says Ghana's new oil law will not protect it from making the same financial mistakes as established oil producers such as Angola and Nigeria. The Petrol Revenue Management Bill that Ghana's parliament ratified on March 2 is to regulate how the c
By Anya Ardayeva Moscow 23 April 2008 There are more billionaires living in Moscow these days than anywhere else in the world. Thanks to a booming economy fueled by record high oil prices, the Russian capital is awash in cash. Modern new buildings ar
By Raymond Thibodeaux N'Djamena 27 April 2006 Less than three years after Chad starting shipping its oil, there is growing resentment and even hostility toward Chad's government, widely perceived here
HEALTH REPORT - September 11, 2002: McDonald’s Changes its Oil By Nancy Steinbach This is the VOA Special English Health Report. McDonald’s says its fast-food eating places in the United States wi
By Cynthia Kirk Broadcast: November 8, 2003 This is Steve Ember with IN THE NEWS, from VOA Special English. Many investors are 1)concerned about the possible effects on the Russian economy from the ar
Despite a cease-fire declaration by the main rebel group in the Niger Delta, the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND), the violence in Nigeria's oil-rich southern region looks far from over. The Nigerian army says it would continu
By Nico Colombant Ogoniland, Nigeria 26 May 2007 Market women share anti-oil company feelings In Nigeria's oil-rich Niger Delta, one area, Ogoniland in Rivers State, resists oil production. Residents there say oil companies refuse to meet their deman
Venezuela sits on huge oil reserves, and oil wealth is powering President Hugo Chavez' drive to eradicate poverty and transform the country into a socialist haven. But critics accuse the government of mismanaging the state-owned petroleum industry. V
Indiana Town's Economy Benefits from Canadian Oil Boom The town of Whiting, Indiana, is home to the largest inland oil refinery in the United States. The energy company BP operates the Whiting Refinery, which originally was built by the Standard Oil
Violence on Rise in Iraq's Oil-Rich Kirkuk Area Four months ago, Tuz Khormatu, a sleepy town 80 kilometers southeast of Kirkuk, became the new frontline between Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurdish region and the central government. Political tensions over
By Ben Gilbert Baghdad 03 January 2006 Iraq's oil production has dropped sharply because of insurgent attacks and bad weather, raising the prospect of energy shortages. Meanwhile, the country's oil mi
LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: Alaska's Prudhoe Bay Oil Field started production 40 years ago this month. Twelve billion barrels of oil later, it's completely reshaped Alaska. Finding Prudhoe Bay led to a major economic boom and also to the Exxon Valdez
McAnespy brothers fear their way of life will not return Jeff Swicord | Port Sulphur, Louisiana 04 May 2010 Louis McAnespy is a third-generation commercial fishermen from Louisiana who fears he will lose his livelihood due to the fishing ban imposed
US Could by 2017 Be World's Biggest Oil Producer The International Energy Agency says that by 2017 the United States is likely to overtake Saudi Arabia as the world's biggest oil producer. The Paris-based energy agency said Monday in its annual forec
An expert at the International Energy Agency says it may be many months before Libya's damaged oil industry can resume full production. The head of IEA's Oil Industry and Markets Division, David Fyfe, said Thursday there are many logistical, operatio
BEIJING, Aug. 20 (Xinhua) -- China's crude oil production increased only 0.6 percent year on year to 17.24 million metric tons in July as the current economic slowdown dampened fuel demand in the country, according to data released by the National De
I got a phone call from my husband the other day, Hey babe, can you take the car to get the oil changed please? It's overdue. As he works forty-five minutes from town, he rarely has time to run those errands back in Wenatchee, so he gets his secretar
The wildfire raging in Canada is forcing a reduction in the countrys oil output. The energy sector accounts for 10 percent of GDP and has already been hit hard by low crude oil prices. With authorities warning the blaze could continue to burn for mon
World oil prices are dropping because of fears the earthquake and tsunami in Japan will weaken the country's economy and curtail(缩减) its demand for oil. Oil recently has been trading at two-year highs. The violent conflict(冲突,矛盾)