The Oil Daily articles from December 2005

The Oil Daily archives from December 2005

Senator warns of oil conflict with China.
December 1, 2005... A senior US Senate Democrat on Wednesday warned of potential military conflict between the US and China if the two nations did not work together to reduce oil consumption and diversify their energy sources. The two nations with voracious...

Exxon faces pressure on Sakhalin plan.
December 1, 2005... Exxon Mobil may be forced to bite the bullet and send gas from its Sakhalin-1 development on the Russian Pacific shelf for liquefaction at the facilities being constructed by the competing Sakhalin-2 LNG project led by Royal Dutch...

High prices create new opportunities in Africa's upstream.
December 1, 2005... High oil and gas prices are pushing exploration efforts into new African frontiers including Mauritania, Mozambique and even landlocked Botswana, which is opening its doors to foreign investment in an attempt to launch development of a coalbed...

Late rally lifts crude above $57/bbl despite mixed data.
December 1, 2005... The release of key petroleum inventory data on Wednesday morning initially had little impact on the oil markets, as the data never gave the markets direction since the numbers were mixed. A larger-than-expected rise in distillate inventories...

Daily oil & gas price review: prices for Wednesday, November 30, 2005.(Statistical data)
December 1, 2005... Daily Oil & Gas Price Review: Prices for Wednesday, November 30, 2005. Crude Oil [GRAPHIC OMITTED] US Domestic Crudes ($/barrel) Cash/Spot Change Spot Price 5-Day Avg. Month-Ago WTS (Midland)...

EIA weekly statistics: for week ended Nov. 25, 2005.(Table)
December 1, 2005... EIA Weekly Statistics For Week Ended Nov. 25, 2005 US Crude Oil: Stocks (1) (millions of bbl) Current Previous Week Week Chg. PADD 1 14.9 16.8 ...

Analyst predicts return of mega deals in 2006, led by rich state firms.
December 1, 2005... This year has seen several large upstream transactions--such as Chevron's purchase of Unocal and Gazprom's takeover of Sibneft--but those purchases could prove small when compared to the type of deals possible in 2006. A new report by...

Stripped of voting rights, Nymex members threaten action on deal.
December 1, 2005... Several seat holders of the New York Mercantile Exchange (Nymex) are furious about what they believe is a plan by the board of the world's largest energy bourse to deny them rights to vote for directors of their choice. The seat holders...

Wall Street doubtful about Calpine's chances to survive.
December 1, 2005... Almost four years to the day after Enron filed for bankruptcy in 2001, Wall Street is interpreting Calpine's radical executive management changes this week as a strong indication that the California-based company could file for bankruptcy. ...

US demand revised higher.(Top Briefs)(Brief article)
December 1, 2005... US oil demand in hurricane-affected September came to 20.097 million b/d, 95,000 b/d more than initially thought, but a robust 2.1% less than demand in September 2004, says the Energy Information Administration (EIA) in its Petroleum Supply...

Devon sees value in buybacks.(Corporate News)(Devon Energy repurchases its shares)(Brief article)
December 1, 2005... Devon Energy said Wednesday that it can create more value for shareholders by repurchasing shares of common stock than through additional acquisitions. Noting how much more aggressive the mergers-and-acquisitions market has become with the...

Delta targets Alberta gas.(Delta Oil Company Inc.)(Brief article)
December 1, 2005... Seattle, Washington-based Delta Oil and Gas announced Wednesday that drilling has started at what company officials called a "virgin Strachan gas pool" about 80 miles northwest of Calgary. Delta Oil and Gas President Douglas N. Bolen said...

Stock market scorecard.(NEWS ALERT)(Statistical data)
December 1, 2005... Stock Market Scorecard Integrated Close 1-Day Majors 11/30 Chg. % Chg. Marathon 59.29 +0.68 +1.16% Amerada Hess 122.52 +0.91 +0.75 Murphy Oil ...

Foster Wheeler gets UAE deal.(International)(Brief article)
December 1, 2005... Engineering firm Foster Wheeler said Wednesday that its UK subsidiary has been awarded a contract to upgrade ENOC Processing Co.'s condensate refinery in Dubai's Jebel Ali Free Zone. The company did not disclose the terms of the contract. ...

Conoco spends on German plant.(International)(ConocoPhillips)(Brief article)
December 1, 2005... ConocoPhillips said Wednesday that it expects to increase its planned 2006 capital expenditure by some $1.4 billion to provide for the recently announced purchase of a refinery at Wilhelmshaven, Germany. The increased budget includes initial...

Shell sells Cameroon assets.(International)(Royal Dutch Shell to sell its downstream businesses in Cameroon)(Brief article)
December 1, 2005... Royal Dutch Shell said Wednesday it had signed an agreement to sell its downstream businesses in Cameroon to Chevron. The deal involves Shell's retail, commercial fuel and lubricants marketing businesses, and includes a network of 49 retail...

Firms receive tax bills.(Latin America)(Brief article)
December 1, 2005... The government of Venezuela Monday notified Japan's Teikoku Oil and French Perenco they have two weeks to pay back income taxes for some $41.4 million as part of a broader campaign to collect unpaid bills by foreign oil operators, according to...

New Atlantic LNG train up.(Latin America)(Brief article)
December 1, 2005... Train 4 of Trinidad and Tobago's Atlantic LNG (ALNG) went online in November and is set to send off its first cargo in December. The Cargo will belong to either BG or BP, Andrew Jupiter, vice president at Trinidad and Tobago's National Energy...

DOE seeks views on gas.(Legislation/Regulation)(Department of Energy)(Brief article)
December 1, 2005... The Department of Energy (DOE) is seeking public and stakeholder comments on the outlook for US natural gas supply and demand through 2015 as directed by Congress in a newly enacted energy law. The law that took effect in August requires...

El Paso ruling postponed .(Litigation)(Brief article)
December 1, 2005... Natural gas company El Paso on Wednesday said international arbitrators postponed a final ruling on the company's dispute with Brazil's Petrobras over the Macae power project. El Paso said a final ruling is now not expected until the first...

Exxon to sell Texas field.(Mergers & Acquisitions)(Brief article)
December 1, 2005... Exxon Mobil plans to sell its operated oil and gas producing interests in the Conroe field area in Montgomery County, Texas, 40 miles north of Houston, according to information posted by the company on the IndigoPool property trading forum. ...

Terasen deal completed.(Mergers $ Acquisitions)(Kinder Morgan Inc.)(Brief article)
December 1, 2005... Kinder Morgan's move into the Canadian midstream oil and gas business is official with the completion of its acquisition of Vancouver-based Terasen, Canada's third largest pipeline company. "We are delighted to close this transaction," said...

El Paso declares force majeure.(Pipelines)(Brief article)
December 1, 2005... El Paso unit Tennessee Gas Pipeline said Wednesday a force majeure due to equipment failure at its compressor station 25 in Cleveland, Texas, would result in the loss of about 150 MMcf/d of volume. "Tennessee anticipates that it may be...

Force majeure on pipe lifted.(Pipelines)(Brief article)
December 1, 2005... Kinder Morgan said Wednesday it lifted force majeure on a portion of its Natural Gas Pipeline Co. of America (NGPL) gas line in Texas after a blast near a Texas compressor station in May. "The force majeure that has been in affect in Natural's...

Refining margins slip again.(Refining)(Brief article)
December 1, 2005... US refining margins declined throughout the US for the eighth consecutive week, and averaged $5.14/bbl last week, versus $5.99/bbl the prior week, according to consultants at A.G. Edwards. Margins peaked at $34.82/bbl in late September and are...

Nigeria seeks 'reasonable' $50 oil price.
December 2, 2005... As the US and other nations increasingly look to Nigeria and other African nations to satisfy the rising global demand for oil and gas, a top Nigerian official on Thursday expressed the desire for oil prices to stay at above $50 a barrel, a...

Canada's Niko attracts predator interest.(Niko Resources Ltd.)
December 2, 2005... India's top refiner Indian Oil Corp. (IOC) is kicking the tires of little-known Canadian independent Niko Resources, which has a growing portfolio of upstream projects in India. Following media reports from India, Niko acknowledged Thursday...

Marathon, equatorial Guinea seek fair split of LNG spoils.(Marathon Oil Co., liquefied natural gas)
December 2, 2005... With the development of its liquefied natural gas (LNG) facility in Equatorial Guinea, Marathon Oil is attempting to ensure that the hydrocarbon wealth it creates from the project benefits all of the African country's approximately one million...

Crude rallies for second straight day on Technicals.(Brief article)
December 2, 2005... Building on the momentum from the previous day's rally, New York Mercantile Exchange (Nymex) crude futures extended gains on Thursday. The move upward was modest for most of the day since there was a lack of fresh news for oil traders to seize...

Daily oil & gas price review: Prices for Thursday, December 1, 2005.(Statistical table)
December 2, 2005... Crude Oil [GRAPHIC OMITTED] US Domestic Crudes ($/barrel) Cash/Spot Change Spot Price 5-Day Avg. Month-Ago WTS (Midland) +1.17 53.39 52.53 54.30 LLS (St. James) +1.27 ...

Broader market outpaces oil shares in sluggish November.
December 2, 2005... November wasn't a terribly exciting month for oil equities. After spending much of 2005 climbing--thanks to what's seemed like an endless rise in oil prices--share values were generally flat in November. Oil prices moved little last month,...

Former Unocal Executives Form E&P Startup Cobalt.
December 2, 2005... Less than four months after Chevron closed its acquisition of Unocal, three former Unocal executives have teamed up to form a new oil and gas exploration company that will target the deepwater Gulf of Mexico and select international basins. ...

Australia, East Timor Reach Deal on Border Dispute, Paves Way for Sunrise.
December 2, 2005... Australia and East Timor have reached agreement on a long-running dispute over petroleum reserves and a shared maritime border, Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer said Thursday. The agreement opens the way for Australian independent...

Occidental Builds Oman Presence With Development of New Oil Discovery.
December 2, 2005... US Occidental announced Thursday it plans to launch production in July 2006 from a new discovery in Oman's Block 27. Oxy Oman General Manager James East lack said in a statement that commercial production from the block will come in the...

Shell, Ukraine Ink joint upstream deal.(Royal Dutch-Shell Group of Cos.)(Naftogaz Ukrainy)(Brief article)
December 2, 2005... Royal Dutch Shell and Ukraine's state Naftogas have signed a joint upstream agreement that will enable them to move ahead with exploration work in the country's Dniepr-Donets Basin. The two companies forged an initial deal in May to carry...

BP, Shell sign Venezuela deals.(Top Briefs)(Royal Dutch-Shell Group of Cos)(Petroleos de Venezuela S.A.)(Brief article)
December 2, 2005... Royal Dutch Shell Group and BP on Thursday signed preliminary deals with Venezuela's state oil firm Petroleos de Venezuela (PDV) to convert their operating contracts into joint ventures with minority stakes. PDV will have a stake of...

Valero OK's stock split.(Corporate News)(Valero Energy Corp)(Brief article)
December 2, 2005... Shareholders of Valero Energy, the top US oil refiner, voted on Thursday to approve a two-for-one stock split proposed by company management. The split will increase the number of common shares in Valero, which recently purchased peer Premcor...

Parallel doubles capital budget.(Corporate News)(Brief article)
December 2, 2005... Midland, Texas-based Parallel Petroleum on Thursday announced a 2006 capital investment budget of about $103.7 million, reflecting a 137% increase over its 2005 spending plan of $43.7 million. The company said about $66.6 million, or 64%,...

Abraxas raises '06 budget.(Corporate News)(Abraxas Petroleum Corp)(Brief article)
December 2, 2005... San Antonio, Texas-based Abraxas Petroleum Thursday announced a $40 million spending plan for 2006, a 25% increase over its 2005 capital expenditure program. Abraxas President and Chief Executive Bob Watson said the projects in the 2006...

Gas in Storage Falls 49 Bcf.(EIA Gas Storage Report)(Brief article)
December 2, 2005... Stocks of working natural gas in US storage facilities fell 49 Bcf for the week ended Nov. 25, leaving storage levels at 3,225 Bcf, according to the Energy Information Administration (EIA). Stocks are 75 Bcf lower than last year at this...

Stock market scorecard.(NEWS ALERT)(Statistical table)
December 2, 2005... Stock Market Scorecard Integrated Close 1-Day Majors 12/1 Chg. % Chg. ConocoPhillips 62.97 +2.46 +4.07% Occidental 82.51 +3.21 +4.05 Kerr-McGee ...

Suncor hikes Capex 30%.(Corporate News)(Suncor Energy Inc.)(Brief article)
December 2, 2005... Suncor Energy said on Thursday it will lift spending 30% to C$3.5 billion ($2.99 billion) in 2006, with most going to its oil sands operations as it joins its peers in a development splurge. The Canadian oil producer and refiner said it...

Mexico names new CRE head.(Latin America)(Regulatory Commission for Energy)(Francisco Salazar )(Brief article)
December 2, 2005... Mexico Names New CRE Head Mexico named National Action Party (PAN) Senator Francisco Salazar as the new president of the Energy Regulatory Commission (CRE). Salazar, a former chemical industry executive, will be in charge of the regulatory body...

Petrobras gets pipeline loans.(Latin America)(Petroleo Brasileiro S.A.)(Brief article)
December 2, 2005... Brazilian state-controlled energy company Petrobras has secured two loans worth $720 million for the construction of two gas pipelines, the company said Thursday. Brazil's Economic Development Bank (BNDES) will grant the bridge loans, which are...

Senator calls for exec probe.(Legislation/Regulation)(Brief article)
December 2, 2005... The US Senate's top Democrat on Thursday called for a probe of whether major oil company executives lied to Congress when they testified that their companies did not participate in a 2001 task force that prepared the Bush administration's...

Westside buys EBS gas assets.(Mergers & Acquisitions)(Westside Energy)(EBS Oil and Gas Partners Production Co)(Brief article)
December 2, 2005... Houston-based Westside Energy on Thursday announced it would buy all of the assets of partner EBS Oil and Gas Partners Production Co. in the Barnett Shale natural gas play in North Texas. Westside President and Chief Executive Jimmy D....

Toca gas plant restarts.(Natural Gas)(Brief article)
December 2, 2005... The Gulf Coast's available natural gas processing capacity jumped significantly this week following the restart of the second plant in the Toca complex in St. Barnard Parish, Louisiana. Hurricane Katrina had damaged the 1.1 Bcf/d facility...

Senior Exxon exec retires.(Pipelines)(Ed Galante)(Brief article)
December 2, 2005... Ed Galante, senior vice president of Exxon Mobil and head of the supermajor's downstream operations, plans to retire on Jan. 31. Galante, 55, has been an Exxon employee since 1972. Galante had been viewed by the investment community as a...

Giant unsure about restart.(Refining)(Brief article)
December 2, 2005... US refiner Giant Industries has no restart date for its 62,000 b/d Yorktown, Virginia, refinery following a fire last week because the firm has had to first clean up asbestos found in the plant, officials said on Thursday. The plant was shut...

Flint Hills to up Waco storage.(Refining)(Brief article)
December 2, 2005... Flint Hills Resources, a subsidiary of Koch Industries that operates 300,000 b/d of refining capacity, plans to increase its fuel storage capacity at Waco, Texas by about 40% in 2006, the company said Thursday. "This additional capacity also...

Frontier to upgrade refineries.(Refining)(Brief article)
December 2, 2005... Independent refiner Frontier announced Thursday that its board of directors approved three capital improvement projects that total $224 million and are expected to be completed by 2008. One project includes a $140 million crude unit and vacuum...

Opec pledges to carry on pumping.
December 5, 2005... Opec says its cooperation with the European Union and others has brought oil prices down from $70 per barrel over the summer to current levels in the mid-$50s. But prices will only stay down with more investment to expand upstream and...

Big oil defends record on climate change.
December 5, 2005... A top BP official says his company favors "some equitable idea" that brings all countries to the table to address the problem of rising global greenhouse gas emissions blamed for climate change. Charles Christopher, BP America program...

Arctic blast bears down on cash, futures prices for natural gas.
December 5, 2005... With the first blast of truly cold winter temperatures bearing down across much of the country last week, cash market prices for natural gas are likely to see some serious upside activity, which will unquestionably add support to the bullish...

After crude's strong week, some say bull market has returned.(New York Mercantile Exchange (Nymex))
December 5, 2005... After weeks of a bear market, the bulls made a comeback last week. Cold weather in key heating regions, a hefty decline in crude inventories and a resurgent gasoline market all conspired to lift crude futures on the New York Mercantile Exchange...

Daily oil & gas price review: prices for Friday, December 2, 2005.(STATISTICAL TABLE )(Statistical table)
December 5, 2005... Daily Oil & Gas Price Review Prices for Friday, December 2, 2005 Crude Oil [GRAPHIC OMITTED] US Domestic Crudes ($/barrel) Cash/Spot Change Spot Price 5-Day Avg. Month-Ago WTS (Midland) +0.82 ...

US physical crude market ready to take off as refinery demand increases.
December 5, 2005... After experiencing weakness in recent weeks, the US spot crude market may now be getting ready to surge with the onset of cold weather and an increase in refinery demand that could force some buyers to wait for cargoes loading in January....

US rig count falls by 31.(Baker Hughes Drilling Report)
December 5, 2005... The number of rigs searching for oil and gas in the US fell by 31 to 1,460 last week, oil services firm Baker Hughes said Friday. During the same week last year, there were 1,245 rigs at work. The number of rigs searching for oil in the US...

Iraqi oil exports hit two-year low as industry problems mount.(statistical table)(Statistical table)
December 5, 2005... Iraq's political problems may be dominating news headlines, but simmering below the surface are equally serious problems afflicting the oil industry, as exports continue to fall. The country's export schedule for December shows no...

Mexico backs LNG plan.(United States. Federal Election Commission)(Brief article)
December 5, 2005... Mexico's energy regulator, the Energy Regulatory Commission (CRE), has come out in favor of the country's national electrical utility, the Federal Electricity Commission (CFE), and its plan to develop its Manzanillo liquefied natural gas (LNG)...

Calpine to appeal ruling.(Top Briefs)(Calpine Corp. remained the subject of bankruptcy fears on Friday after a Delaware court gave it far less time than it had requested to repay.)(Brief article)
December 5, 2005... Embattled power producer Calpine remained the subject of bankruptcy fears on Friday after a Delaware court gave it far less time than it had requested to repay more than $300 million it improperly spent to buy natural gas for its power plants....

Canadian gas storage.(NEWS ALERT)(Brief article)(Statistical data)
December 5, 2005... Canadian Gas Storage Enerdata reported that the amount of natural gas in Canadian storage facilities fell 6.6 Bcf to 487.7 Bcf for the week ended Nov. 18. Storage caverns are 91.5% full, down from 92.8% the previous week and down...

State wary of PetroChina.(Corporate News)(PetroChina Company Ltd)(Brief article)
December 5, 2005... California's state treasurer said on Friday he is urging the board of the third largest US pension fund to sell the fund's shares in PetroChina to protest against its conduct following a major toxic spill and its links to the government of...

Pertamina seeks Cepu JV.(International)(Pertamina Humas P.T.)(Brief article)
December 5, 2005... Indonesia's state oil firm and Exxon Mobil may soon resolve a long-running dispute over who will operate the $2 billion Cepu oil project by forming a joint venture, a Pertamina official said on Friday. "The compromise, based on the latest...

Stock market scorecard.(NEWS ALERT)(Statistical table)
December 5, 2005... Stock Market Scorecard Integrated Close 1-Day Majors 12/2 Chg. % Chg. Chevron 59.18 +0.47 +0.80% Kerr-McGee 90.30 +0.71 +0.79 BP 68.11 +0.31...

Frontera updates field status.(International)(Brief article)
December 5, 2005... Frontera Resources said it now expects to start horizontal drilling at the Taribani Field in the former Soviet republic of Georgia in mid-January, six weeks later than originally planned. The delay was caused by the limited availability of...

Pemex floats more debt.(Latin America)(Brief article)
December 5, 2005... Mexican state oil monopoly Pemex successfully placed $750 million in seven-year bonds on the international market on Thursday, the company said. Pemex, which finances the bulk of its investment budget on bond markets, said it would use the...

Ecuador oil exports dip.(Latin America)(Brief article)
December 5, 2005... Ecuador exported about 349,000 b/d in the first ten months of 2005, a 2% dip from the 355,000 b/d exported during the January to October period of 2004. Bolstered by ongoing high oil prices, Ecuador's oil export revenues for the January to...

Court finds for Transocean.(Litigation)(Brief article)
December 5, 2005... Offshore drilling contractor Transocean said late Thursday that a US District Court in Texas had granted the company partial summary judgment in its patent lawsuit against GlobalSantaFe. Houston-based Transocean said the court validated its...

BP takes over products line.(Mergers & Acquisitions)(Brief article)
December 5, 2005... BP has bought out its Olympic Pipe Line partner, Royal Dutch Shell, making the UK-based supermajor the sole owner of the oil products pipeline. Shell previously held a 37% stake in the pipeline. The Olympic pipeline runs along a 300 mile...

Apache inks Canada deal.(Mergers & Acquisitions)(Brief article)
December 5, 2005... Penn West Energy Trust said it has struck a farm-out deal with Apache Canada covering 362,240 acres of land in the Amigo-Zama-Shekilie areas of Northern Alberta. Apache will drill, test and complete at least 50 wells and will earn a gross...

Oneok closes Texas gas sale.(Mergers & Acquisitions)(Eagle Rock Energy)(Brief article)
December 5, 2005... Tulsa-based Oneok said Friday it has completed the sale of natural gas gathering and processing assets in the Texas Panhandle to privately held Eagle Rock Energy for $528 million. Oneok struck a deal with Eagle Rock on Oct. 11 (OD Oct.13,p4)....

Chevron takes more Sabine LNG.(Natural Gas)(Brief article)
December 5, 2005... Chevron said it will exercise its option to increase capacity at Cheniere Energy's Sabine Pass LNG terminal from 700 MMcf/d to 1 Bcf/d. The option was part of the original agreement Chevron signed with Cheniere in 2004. "This increase in...

Rowan to replace lost rigs.(Offshore)(Rowan Companies Inc.)(Brief article)
December 5, 2005... The Rowan Cos. in Houston announced Friday plans to build two new jack-up rigs for its offshore fleet to help replace rigs lost to recent hurricanes. The two rigs will be of a new design called LeTourneau 240C, with each costing about $165...

Speculators build net shorts.(Oil & Gas Markets)(Brief article)(Statistical data)
December 5, 2005... Crude oil speculators on the New York Mercantile Exchange slightly increased their net short positions in the week ended Nov. 29, Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) data showed on Monday. Noncommercial crude oil speculators upped...

Exxon names new senior VP.(Personnel)(D. D. Humphreys appointed)(Exxon Mobil)(Brief article)
December 5, 2005... Exxon Mobil announced Friday that Vice President and Treasurer D. D. Humphreys will be promoted to the position of senior vice president and corporation treasurer on Jan. 1, 2006. He is also expected to be appointed to a position on the...

Venezuela says pipe blast won't hurt exports.
December 6, 2005... Exports from Venezuela's largest refinery, Amuay-Cardon, will not be affected by an explosion Saturday that shut down a pipeline supplying about half of the crude processed in the refining complex, according to Energy and Petroleum Minister...

Bush makes pitch for ANWR drilling.(George W. Bush, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge)
December 6, 2005... President Bush on Monday made yet another pitch for Congress to allow drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR), but lawmakers are facing an uphill battle over the issue in the next two weeks and prospects, at best, look cloudy for...

Bank raises forecast for Canadian oil sands production.
December 6, 2005... Calgary-based FirstEnergy Capital has raised its projection of Canadian oil sands output to reflect several new projects and expansions that have been announced in recent weeks. In its base-case scenario, FirstEnergy now forecasts...

Winter storm, MMS data spur volatility for Nymex crude, gas.(Minerals Management Service , New York Mercantile Exchange)(Brief article)
December 6, 2005... A major winter storm in key demand regions fueled a substantial rally on the New York Mercantile Exchange (Nymex) on Monday. Energy futures opened the day up from Friday's close and strengthened until the last hour of open-outcry trading. Snow...

Daily oil & gas price review.(Statistical table)
December 6, 2005... Daily Oil & Gas Price Review Prices for Monday, December 5, 2005 Crude Oil [GRAPHIC OMITTED] US Domestic Crudes ($/barrel) Cash/Spot Change Spot Price 5-Day Avg. Month-Ago WTS (Midland) +0.61 ...

Despite strong prices, US struggles to bring LNG supplies to market.(Liquefied natural gas)
December 6, 2005... Henry Hub natural gas prices in excess of $12 per million Btu--and poised to shoot higher as the US sees several cold months ahead--have not been enough to lure LNG supplies to the US. For several years, LNG was viewed by many as a way to...

Industry irked by Rumsfeld's stance on drilling in Eastern Gulf of Mexico.
December 6, 2005... Domestic producers are taking exception to Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld's remarks that drilling in parts of the Eastern Gulf of Mexico would be "incompatible" with military activities in the region. Barry Russell, president of the...

Heating degree days.(Statistical table)
December 6, 2005... Heating Degree Days For the week of Dec. 3, 2005 Week Dev From Week From Year Cum State/City (PADD) Total Norm...