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An important new industry, oil refining, grew after the Civil war. Crude oil, or petroleum a dark, thick ooze from the earth had been known for hundreds of years, but little use had ever been made of it. In the 1850s Samuel M. Kier, a manufacturer i
An important new industry, oil refining, grew after the Civil war. Crude oil, or petroleum - a dark, thick ooze from the earth - had been known for hundreds of years, but little use had ever been made
In other countries, women usually take the lead in cabaret. But here in Thailand many feel they are just not the right gender for the job. In Thai society, women are usually very prim and proper, this profession requires them to be outgoing, cheeky
A merchant sent his son to learn the Secret of Happiness from the wisest of men. The young man wandered through the desert for forty days until he reached a beautiful castle at the top of a mountain. There lived the sage that the young man was lookin
Low-cost airlines have changed the travel business. Carriers like Southwest and Jetblue serve fewer cities than traditional airlines and offer fewer perks to passengers. They force the bigger carriers like United and Delta to change their business pr
An elderly woman decided to have her portrait painted. She told the the artist.... .....Paint me with diamond earrings, a diamond necklace, emerald bracelets(绿宝石手镯), a ruby(红宝石) broach, and gold Rolex(劳力士手表). But y
The price of oil has dropped around 20 percent in recent weeks, but remains more than double what it was just a couple of years ago. The high price has given oil companies the incentive to revisit old fields long ago abandoned as unprofitable. As VO
Rights Group Rebukes Angola for Alleged Missing Oil Revenues Leah Krakinowski A leading human-rights group says the Angolan government cannot account for more than $4 billion in missing oil revenue ,
By Joe Bavier N'Djamena 15 May 2006 It has been three years since Chad became an oil-exporting nation. The promise of petroleum revenues had fueled hope that the central African country, long one of t
By Barry Wood Washington 06 June 2008 Friday was a very volatile day in financial markets as the oil price rebounded to gain over ten dollars a barrel while US stock prices plummeted following the report of a sharp rise in unemployment. VOA's Barry
More than 2,000 representatives of world oil and gas companies, academics and industry experts are in Houston this week for the 30th annual conference(会议) sponsored by Cambridge Energy Research Associates, or IHS-CERA. With prices rising, partly
The global oil markets experienced another blow on Monday, with prices hitting their lowest in five and a half years. US crude at one point hit below $50 a barrel, while Brent dove under $53. This was related to the latest signs of oversupply. Russia
HOUSTON, Sept. 7 (Xinhua) -- British oil giant BP announced Wednesday it had a major oil discovery in the Gulf of Mexico. An appraisal well the company drilled in a previously untested northern segment of the Mad Dog field in the Gulf of Mexico found
TEHRAN, Feb. 26 (Xinhua) -- Iran has refused to deliver oil to Greece in Persian Gulf, the local Fars news agency reported on Sunday. The Islamic republic refused to deliver a shipment of 500,000 barrels of crude oil to one of the refineries in Greec
By Nick Wadhams Nairobi 08 August 2007 Officials with Somalia's transitional government are promising not to begin searching for oil until after parliament adopts a new petroleum law and their shattered country achieves peace. But as Nick Wadhams rep
Saudi Arabia is signaling that it is going to boost its supply of oil on its own after failing to convince other oil producers to jointly agree to more production. Several news agencies reported Saturday that the Saudis could increase their oil produ
Oil workers in Nigeria say they will embark on an indefinite strike if the government fails to reverse the sale of two state-owned oil and gas companies within two weeks. The government says privatizing the two companies will make them more efficien
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
NEW YORK, July 13 (Xinhua) -- Crude prices rose on Friday as supplies tended to be tight on new Iran sanctions and production problems in North Sea. There was news on Thursday saying that the Obama administration expanded sanctions on Iran, in an eff
Greece has condemned an attack carried out by a Libyan warplane on a Greek-operated oil tanker chartered by Libya's national oil company, saying it had contacted the U-N envoy for Libya and the E-U about the incident. The attack took place on Monday