North America gas demand may slide but international buyers will keep prices high
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WASHINGTON Runaway oil prices have set off a furious new blame game in which political leaders and key economic players are scrambling to deflect responsibility for the deepening crisis. (article 7)
NEW YORK - Oil prices rose Wednesday, rebounding from earlier losses on reports that Nigerian oil workers are about to strike and as investors focused on a surprise decline in gasoline inventories last week. (article 13)
Retail gas prices slipped slightly for a second day, a sign that falling demand may be affecting prices and that prices at the pump may have caught up to crude oil's latest record advance. (article 13)
TORONTO - In a world where gasoline prices obeyed the economic maxim that falling demand leads to lower prices, Canadians shouldn't have to worry that fuel will soon hit $2.25 a litre. (article 14)
SALT LAKE CITY President Bush's call on Wednesday for speeding up development of oil shale in the Rocky Mountains runs headlong into Colorado leaders, who say the environmental costs are too high and the technology unproven. (article 4)
The price of crude oil has hit a new high of close to $140 a barrel in New York trade, despite Saudi Arabia agreeing to increase output in July. (article 6)
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Source articles
- Chicago Sun-Times :: Archive :: (suntimes.com, 06/18/2008, 2739 words)
- ABC News: Dow Dips Below 12,000; Congress Clashes on Oil Drilling (ABCNews, 06/18/2008, 349 words)
- Bush Delivers Remarks on Energy (Washington Post, 06/17/2008, 242 words)
- Los Angeles Times (L.A. Times, 06/18/2008, 645 words)
- Oil edges higher in rocky trade (money.cnn.com, 06/18/2008, 820 words)
- Oil at record near $140 a barrel (BBC News, 06/16/2008, 384 words)
- Oil crisis fuels blame game (L.A. Times, 06/19/2008, 708 words)
- McCain’s Energy and Climate Speech (nytimes.com, 06/17/2008, 742 words)
- Western oil giants near deals with Iraq (dallasnews.com, 06/19/2008, 867 words)
- SUVs still roaring up China’s sales charts (ft.com, 06/17/2008, 743 words)
- US calls for clarity from China on oil stocks (ft.com, 06/16/2008, 334 words)
- Bush Delivers Remarks on Energy (Washington Post, 06/17/2008, 183 words)
- Oil rises on Nigeria strike threat, inventory drop (seattletimes.nwsource.com, 06/18/2008, 745 words)
- North America gas demand may slide but international buyers will keep prices high (cbc.ca, 06/18/2008, 934 words)
- Oil prices fuel fury from the pulpit (L.A. Times, 06/17/2008, 668 words)
- Bush Delivers Remarks on Energy (Washington Post, 06/17/2008, 594 words)
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