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• n  a dark oil consisting mainly of hydrocarbons

• Indeed, even talk of a refined-petroleum blockade convinced British Petroleum to halt its exports to Iran last year.
• Though McCain has flip-flopped on offshore drilling for petroleum he's now a vigorous supporter he's still against opening up the pristine Arctic National Wildlife Refuge .
• The reality is that our economy will run on petroleum for the foreseeable future, and that while investing in alternatives is the only way to secure truly low-cost energy over the .

• crude oil
• crude
• rock oil
• fossil oil
• oil

News & Articles

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• Nitro Petroleum Inc.: Giant #1-21 Update
  Nitro Petroleum Inc. is pleased to announce to its shareholders and partners that we have completed the drilling and logging of the Giant #1-21 Well located in Stephens County Oklahoma. Nitro Petroleum ...
  June 11, 2013 - Marketwired via Yahoo! Finance
• Lundin Petroleum Spuds Appraisal Well 16/3-6 on the Johan Sverdrup Field, Offshore Norway
  Lundin Petroleum AB through its wholly owned subsidiary Lundin Norway AS is pleased to announce that drilling of appraisal well 16/3-6 in PL501 on the Johan Sverdrup field located in the North Sea sector ...
  June 10, 2013 - Marketwired via Yahoo! Finance
• FieldPoint Petroleum Provides Update
  FieldPoint Petroleum Corporation The Board of Directors sadly announced today the untimely passing of its Founder, President, and CEO, Mr. Ray D. Reaves, who died i
  June 10, 2013 - Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance

Quotes

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• Ken Salazar in BusinessWeek
  In his speech, Paul criticized administration comments toward BP, especially remarks by Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, who told CNN last month: "Our job basically is to keep the boot on the neck of British Petroleum."
• Dana Perino in 940 News
  This president would not use the (Strategic Petroleum Reserve) to manipulate (prices) unless there was a true emergency,said White House press secretary Dana Perino.
• Bill Clinton in FOXNews
  If you look at the rising price of petroleum, the rising price of food around the world, we are all going to have to re-examine how we produce food, where we produce it, how we consume it,Clinton said.