The Oil Daily articles from September 2008

The Oil Daily archives from September 2008

Alaska rookie to be McCain's running mate.(John McCain)
September 2, 2008... Republican presidential candidate John McCain tapped Gov. Sarah Palin to be his running mate today at a rally in swing-state Ohio. Palin, 44, is a social and fiscal conservative who is widely popular with Alaskans, though she is largely...

Santa Barbara says 1969-like spill unlikely.
September 2, 2008... Reflecting growing national support for offshore production, a group of local officials in southern California say the kind of oil spill that once ravaged their region's shoreline is now impossible thanks to the industry's development of safer...

Petrobras to increase capacity with new subsalt-linked refineries.(Petroleo Brasileiro S.A.)
September 2, 2008... Brazil's state-controlled oil company Petrobras is planning to increase its refining capacity in order to add value to potentially huge oil exports from the subsalt province off the southeastern coast. Sandra Lima de Oliveira, Petrobras'...

Crude futures fail to rally substantially despite Gustav.
September 2, 2008... US crude futures received a boost--but only a slight one--last week from Hurricane Gustav heading toward the US Gulf Coast, threatening to wreck havoc on refineries and oil installations. The storm is on a similar path as Hurricane Katrina...

Daily oil & gas price review.(Statistical table)
September 2, 2008... Daily Oil & Gas Price Review Prices For Friday, August 29, 2008 US Domestic Crudes ($/barrel) Cash/Spot Change Spot Price 5-Day Avg. Month-Ago WTS (Midland) +0.05 113.21 113.75 122.71 LLS (St. James) ...

US rotary rig count climbs on the back of unconventional gas drilling.
September 2, 2008... The number of rigs actively drilling for oil and natural gas in the US edged over the 2,000 mark last week for the first time since 1985, as unconventional gas drilling continues to fuel a surge in exploration and development across the...

Rig count rises by 33.(Baker Hughes Drilling Report)(Brief article)
September 2, 2008... The number of drilling rigs searching for oil and gas in the US rose by 33 last week to 2,031, Baker Hughes said. During the same week last year, there were 1,829 rigs at work. The number of rigs searching for oil in the US rose by 21 to...

Gustav supports markets, but fails to set off feeding frenzy.
September 2, 2008... With about 15% of US gas and 25% of its crude oil produced in the Gulf of Mexico, the possibility of Hurricane Gustav ripping through Gulf oil and gas fields in the days ahead was enough to support prices last week. But in testament to just how...

Enbridge, BP plan oil pipeline.(British Petroleum Company PLC)(Brief article)
September 2, 2008... Enbridge and BP plan to spend up to $2 billion expanding their pipeline systems to ship growing volumes of Canadian crude oil to the US Gulf Coast, the companies said Friday. Enbridge, best known as operator of the main artery for Canadian...

US court rejects motion and allows Aceh Exxon suit to proceed.(Exxon Mobil Corp.)
September 2, 2008... A US district court last week rejected a motion from Exxon Mobil to throw out a case accusing the US supermajor of contributing to human rights abuses in Indonesia during a 30-year civil war in Aceh, North Sumatra, that ended in 2005. The...

Conoco in Russia for long haul and looking to expand, says Mulva.(ConocoPhillips)
September 2, 2008... ConocoPhillips is in Russia for the long haul and is looking for ways to expand investment, despite the rapid deterioration in Moscow's relations with the West over the conflict in Georgia. The US major continues to seek projects on which...

Ecuador 2009 oil output down.(Latin America)(Brief article)
September 2, 2008... Ecuador has lowered its 2009 overall oil production target by 8% to about 480,000 b/d, Oil Minister Galo Chiriboga was quoted as saying in a local newspaper Thursday. Ecuador, one of South America's top oil producers, had an average output...

Bolivia sets date for referendum.(Latin America)(Brief article)
September 2, 2008... Bolivia's President Evo Morales set Dec. 7 as the date for a referendum for rewriting the constitution, in a move that further deepens differences with the governors of gas producing provinces who reject socialist reforms. Morales said...

Obama pushes oil alternatives.(Legislation/Regulation)(Barack Obama)(Brief article)
September 2, 2008... Leading Democrats continued to highlight their party as leaders on alternative energy while painting Republicans as too mixed up with "Big Oil" interests at their national convention held in Denver last week. In addition to outlining his...

Mexico LNG terminal planned.(Natural Gas)(Brief article)
September 2, 2008... Sempra Energy on Thursday christened the first liquefied natural gas terminal on North America's West Coast, a $1.2 billion project in Mexico that will pump gas to both US and Mexican consumers. The Energia Costa Azul terminal, located at...

Stock market scorecard.(Statistical table)
September 2, 2008... Stock Market Scorecard Integrated Close 1-Day % Chg. Majors 8/29 Chg. % Chg. 10-Day 52-Wk YTD BP 57.63 0.00 0.00% -2.04% -13.61% -21.24% Eni ...

BP, Chesapeake strike another shale gas deal.(British Petroleum Company PLC)(Chesapeake Energy Corp.)
September 3, 2008... Supermajor BP and independent Chesapeake Energy will team up in the Fayetteville Shale play of Arkansas, the companies announced Tuesday. It is the second US shale deal of the year for the duo and a welcome infusion of cash for Chesapeake. ...

Power supplies key to recovery after Gustav.
September 3, 2008... Early assessments indicate that Hurricane Gustav did little damage to the oil and gas industry in the US Gulf of Mexico or onshore in Louisiana and beyond. However, a return to business-as-usual could take days--and much longer in some...

Exxon signs agreement for natural gas-to-gasoline plant in Nigeria.(Exxon Mobil Corp. signed a deal with Nigerian National Petroleum Corp.)(Brief article)
September 3, 2008... Exxon Mobil and Nigerian National Petroleum Corp. (NNPC) signed a heads of agreement (HOA) this week on plans to build a plant in the West African nation that will convert natural gas into gasoline. A statement released by NNPC said the...

Quicksilver increases budget.(Quicksilver Resources Inc.)(Brief article)
September 3, 2008... Quicksilver Resources said its board of directors approved a $270 million increase to the company's 2008 capital budget. The increase reflects increased drilling and completion activity, primarily in the Barnett Shale formation, increased...

Natgas futures fall sharply as fallout from Gustav appears limited.(natural gas)(Brief article)
September 3, 2008... Nymex October natural gas futures fell to an eight-month low on Tuesday amid expectations that production from offshore platforms in the Gulf of Mexico will bounce back quickly. Hurricane Gustav had prompted companies to shut in more than...

Daily oil & gas price review.(Statistical table)
September 3, 2008... Daily Oil & Gas Price Review Prices for Tuesday, September 2, 2008 US Domestic Crudes ($/barrel) Cash/Spot Change Spot Price 5-Day Avg. Month-Ago WTS (Midland) -5.38 107.83 112.73 118.76 LLS (St....

Shell, BP, Chevron rank among most gay-friendly firms: Exxon lags.(British Petroleum Company PLC)
September 3, 2008... Shell Oil, BP America and Chevron have earned top ratings for their treatment of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) employees and consumers, while Exxon Mobil's remains at the bottom of the list, according to a new survey by the...

Cooling degree days.(Statistical table)
September 3, 2008... Cooling Degree Days For the week of Aug. 30, 2008 Week Dev Cum Dev From From From Week From Year ...

Energy prominent as US presidential campaign enters final weeks.
September 3, 2008... High oil prices and continued concerns about the US economy have left energy policy featuring heavily in this year's presidential race. Democrats talked up Senator Barack Obama's plans to tackle global warming and rising energy costs at...

Russia may cut oil supplies to Europe, denies political motive.
September 3, 2008... In a move that would go down very badly in the West, Russia may make further cuts in oil shipments to Europe--a trend that began last year with a reduction in flows via the Druzhba pipeline to Central and Eastern Europe. The cuts would be...

Shell inks preliminary gas gathering, processing deal in Iraq.(Royal Dutch-Shell PLC)
September 3, 2008... The Iraqi oil ministry has finalized a heads of agreement with Royal Dutch Shell to establish a joint venture to gather and process associated gas now being flared in southern oil fields for use in power generation and export as LNG, Iraqi and...

FERC urges competing gas pipeline projects in Alaska to merge.(Federal Energy Regulatory Commission)
September 3, 2008... The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Ferc) was set to meet with Alaska state officials late Tuesday to discuss ways to combine two competing pipeline projects to deliver Alaska natural gas to markets in the lower 48 states. Alaska...

GDF in US hydropower deal.(Electricity)(Firstlight Power Resources)(GDF Suez)(Brief article)
September 3, 2008... France's GDF Suez said on Tuesday it has struck a deal to acquire roughly 1.6 gigawatts of predominantly hydropower assets in Massachusetts and Connecticut. The acquisition of energy group First-Light Power gives GDF Suez 15 primarily pump...

Range updates drilling operations.(Electricity)(Range Resources Corp.)(Brief article)
September 3, 2008... Fort Worth-based Range Resources said Tuesday its Marcellus Shale development program is proceeding more rapidly than initially forecast, with the first phase of the pipeline and processing build-out ahead of schedule. Consequently, production...

W&T reduces well count.(Exploration & Production)(W and T Offshore)(Brief article)
September 3, 2008... W&T Offshore said its revised exploration and development capital budget for 2008 is expected to be $611 million, based on drilling up to 35 wells for the year. The reduction in the estimated well count is a result of equipment delays,...

Maersk, Chevron in US Gulf deal.(Electricity)(Maersk Olie Og Gas A/S)(Brief article)
September 3, 2008... Denmark's Maersk Oil said it has signed a collaborative deepwater exploration agreement with Chevron for a multi-well package in the central US Gulf of Mexico. The agreement states that a number of exploration wells will be drilled in the...

Stock market scorecard.(NEWS ALERT)(Statistical table)
September 3, 2008... Stock Market Scorecard Integrated Close 1-Day % Chg. Majors 9/2 Chg. % Chg. 10-Day 52-Wk YTD Repsol YPF 30.21 -0.64 -2.07% +1.38% -15.99% -15.21% Hess ...

Russian August exports slide.(International)(Brief article)
September 3, 2008... Russian exports of crude oil by pipeline slid in August by around 7%, as higher export taxes and lower international prices prompted Russian firms to divert barrels into the domestic market. And with taxes set to remain high, the same is likely...

Foreigners shun Sakhalin offer.(International)(Brief article)
September 3, 2008... Gazprom Neft, the oil arm of Russian gas giant Gazprom, has so far failed to attract foreign partners to develop the Lopukhovsky Block on the Pacific Sakhalin shelf. Italy's Eni, Royal Dutch Shell, Norway's StatoilHydro and Petro-Canada...

New Mauritania lineup.(International)(Brief article)
September 3, 2008... Mauritania's military rulers, facing criticism at home and abroad for their Aug. 6 coup, have installed a new government nearly a month after the bloodless overthrow of President Sidi Mohamed Ould Cheikh Abdallahi (OD Aug.7,p6). Former...

Weather, protests lash Corrib.(International)(Brief article)
September 3, 2008... Royal Dutch Shell says it is waiting for the right weather before the pipe-laying vessel Solitaire can set sail for Broadhaven Bay to start work on the Corrib gas project off County Mayo in Ireland--which has been delayed due to environmental...

Newfield reports Bakken success.(NEWS ALERT)
September 3, 2008... Newfield Exploration has reported recent successes in its Williston Basin drilling program and outlined plans for additional drilling through the end of the year and into 2009. The Houston-based company has interests in about 170,000 net acres...

Colombia awards pipeline work.(Latin America)(Empresa Colombiana de Petroleos S.A. contract with Pacific Rubiales)(Brief article)
September 3, 2008... Colombia's state oil company Ecopetrol and Canadian independent oil company Pacific Rubiales awarded a $190 million pipeline construction contract to Rubiales-Monterrey, a consortium made up of contractors Spiecapag of France and Colombia's...

Petrobras starts subsalt output.(Latin America)(Petroleo Brasileiro S.A.)(Brief article)
September 3, 2008... Brazil's state-run oil company Petrobras started the country's first subsalt production in the offshore Espirito Santo Basin Tuesday. Petrobras said pilot production at the Jubarte field will help the company assess its ability to tap...

Rowan signs Gulf rig contract.(Offshore)(Rowan Companies Inc. contracts with McMoRan Oil & Gas)(Brief article)
September 3, 2008... Rowan Companies has entered into a lease contract with McMoRan Oil & Gas for a new 240C class jack-up, the Rowan Mississippi. The contract is for a two-year term and will provide Rowan with approximately $160 million of drilling revenues. ...

Dubai's DME gets new CEO.(Offshore)(Dubai Mercantile Exchange appointed Thomas Leaver )(Brief article)
September 3, 2008... Thomas Leaver has officially taken over as chief executive of the Dubai Mercantile Exchange (DME) from Gary King, the DME said Monday. Leaver, chief operating officer since 2006, was unveiled as the new head earlier this year. "Gary King...

Rosneft eyes 2013 refinery date.(Refining)(Brief article)
September 3, 2008... Rosneft plans to start up an export-oriented refinery in Russia's Far East in 2013, the company's president, Sergei Bogdanchikov, has been quoted as saying. Rosneft wants to build the refinery at Cape Yelizarova near Vladivostok at the end...

Global upstream spending stable in 2007.
September 4, 2008... Global upstream capital spending growth slowed to a crawl in 2007, lead by a sharp decline in acquisitions, according to the 2008 Global Upstream Performance Review, released Wednesday by IHS Herold and Harrison Lovegrove & Co. Total...

Iraq to hold London road show in October.
September 4, 2008... The Iraqi oil ministry will hold a road show in London next month to present nearly three dozen international oil companies with data and details of its first bid round, a ministry official told Oil Daily from Baghdad Wednesday (OD Jul.17, p7)....

Cheney's Caspian visit highlights struggle for control of exports.
September 4, 2008... US Vice President Dick Cheney arrived in Azerbaijan Wednesday on the first leg of a regional tour that also takes in Georgia and Ukraine. His visit will intensify the battle between the US and Russia for control of future oil and gas pipeline...

Crude ends little changed as market awaits news of storm impacts.(Brief article)
September 4, 2008... New York Mercantile Exchange (Nymex) crude oil futures ended little changed on Wednesday, as several competing factors left the market without a clear sense of direction. Impacts from Hurricane Gustav appeared minimal, and were not...

Daily oil & gas price review.(Statistical table)
September 4, 2008... Daily oil & gas price review Prices for Wednesday, September 3, 2008 US Domestic Crudes ($/barrel) Cash/Spot Change Spot Price 5-Day Avg. Month-Ago WTS (Midland) -0.84 106.99 111.44 115.89 LLS (St....

Conoco believes high oil prices here to stay, despite pullback.
September 4, 2008... ConocoPhillips expects oil prices to stay high for the foreseeable future despite a sharp pullback since early July resulting from slower economic growth in the US and Europe. In a presentation to investors at a Lehman Brothers conference...

Brazil sets December bid round, auction limited to onshore blocks.
September 4, 2008... Brazil will hold its tenth annual upstream bid round on Dec. 18, but will not auction any offshore blocks, Mines and Energy Minister Edison Lobao said Wednesday. Reuters reported that Lobao met in Brasilia Wednesday with members of the...

Crude output, refining make slow recovery after Hurricane Gustav.
September 4, 2008... Crude output, refining and pipeline operations were making a slow recovery on Wednesday as energy companies continued to assess damage from Hurricane Gustav, which ripped through the Gulf of Mexico and Louisiana on Monday. Anadarko...

Wealth funds address concerns with best practice guidelines.
September 4, 2008... Amid public concern over their perceived lack of transparency--and in advance of a best practice document from the International Monetary Fund--a group of major sovereign wealth funds has adopted draft investment guidelines to ensure...

Maintenance hits Alaska output.(Exploration & Production)(Brief article)
September 4, 2008... Alaska North Slope (ANS) oil production took a major hit in August from a combination of field maintenance at ConocoPhillips' Alpine facility and work on the Trans-Alaskan Pipeline System (Taps). ANS crude oil output averaged just 552,000...

Ecopetrol buys into us Gulf.(Exploration & Production)(Empresa Colombiana de Petroleos S.A. acquired with Union Oil Company of California)(Brief article)
September 4, 2008... Colombia's state oil firm Ecopetrol said on Tuesday it bought rights to production blocks in the Gulf of Mexico from Union Oil Company of California (Unocal) for $510 million. Unocal is a unit of US integrated oil major Chevron.

Talisman tests Quebec shale.(Exploration & Production)(Talisman Energy Inc.)(Brief article)
September 4, 2008... Talisman Energy has reported a successful test of the Utica shale with its Gentilly well in Quebec. The Gentilly well is located on the south side of the St. Lawrence River, 100 kilometers south of Quebec City. Talisman holds a 75% interest in...

Marathon's Angola sale stalls.(International)(Marathon Oil)(Brief article)
September 4, 2008... Marathon Oil's auction of a stake in an Angolan oilfield has stalled as bidders balked at the price tag of more than $2 billion, sources involved with the process said on Wednesday. The 20% stake in Angola's offshore Block 32 had attracted...

Inpex agrees Indonesia FLNG.(International)(floating LNG )(Brief article)
September 4, 2008... Japanese explorer Inpex is to develop its Masela Block offshore Indonesia as a floating LNG (FLNG) project, Indonesian news agency Antara reported. Inpex will invest $14 billion in the FLNG project off Arafura Island. The 4.5 million ton/yr...

Thais cut diesel subsidy.(International)(Brief article)
September 4, 2008... The Thai energy ministry on Wednesday abolished diesel subsidies for public bus operators after the government agreed that bus fares could go up 12.5% to 25%. Bangkok bus operators had been receiving discounts of 3 baht ($0.09) per liter of...

Gazprom inks Nigeria accord.(International)(Brief article)
September 4, 2008... Gazprom is pushing ahead with expansion plans in Africa, signing a cooperation accord with Nigeria. The Russian state-owned gas giant has inked a memorandum of understanding with Nigerian National Petroleum Corp. (NNPC) to set up a joint...

Tullow records Uganda success.(International)(Brief article)
September 4, 2008... UK independent Tullow Oil and Canada's Heritage Oil announced Wednesday successful tests of all three intervals at the Kingfisher-2 well in Uganda's Block 3A, resulting in a record flow rate of over 14,300 b/d. Next up is the Kingfisher-3...

Artumas gets Tanzania gas nod.(International)(Brief article)
September 4, 2008... Artumas has won Tanzanian government backing to finalize negotiations on exporting compressed natural gas (CNG) from Tanzania to Mombasa in neighboring Kenya. The Canadian independent said the conclusion of commercial agreements--including...

Marathon to sell Irish assets.(International)(Marathon Oil Co.)(Brief article)
September 4, 2008... Marathon Oil has put its operations in Ireland on the block as part of an asset sale program that the company hopes will raise between $2 billion and $4 billion. Chief Executive Clarence Cazalot told an investor conference that Marathon is...

Stock market scorecard.(NEWS ALERT)(Statistical table)
September 4, 2008... Stock Market Scorecard Integrated Close 1-Day % Chg. Majors 9/3 Chg. % Chg. 10-Day 52-Wk YTD Marathon 44.11 -0.96 -2.13% -0.32% -18.15% -27.52% Repsol YPF...

Brazil weighs Opec membership.(Latin America)(Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries)(Brief article)
September 4, 2008... Brazil is considering a formal invitation from Iran to join the Opec group of oil producing nations following its recent discovery of huge offshore reserves, Energy Minister Edison Lobao said on Wednesday. Lobao said Brazil had not yet...

Airlines to lose billions.(Oil & Gas Markets)(Global Airlines Corp. financial news)(Financial report)(Brief article)
September 4, 2008... Global airlines are set to post losses of $5.2 billion this year and $4.1 billion in 2009 as high oil prices take a toll on the industry, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) said on Wednesday. "The difficult business...

US gasoline demand falls.(Oil & Gas Markets)(Brief article)
September 4, 2008... US retail gasoline demand during the summer driving season was 3.9% below the same period last year due to high fuel prices, MasterCard Advisors said Wednesday. Gasoline prices, which last week were 32.6% above last year's levels, have...

TransCanada buys Bison pipeline.(Pipelines)(Brief article)
September 4, 2008... TransCanada said on Wednesday it has acquired the Bison Pipeline project from Northern Border Pipeline for an undisclosed price in order to add new shippers for its planned Pathfinder natural gas pipeline from the US Rockies region. ...

Valero FCC goes down.(Refining)(Valero Energy Corp.)(Brief article)
September 4, 2008... Valero Energy, the largest US refiner, said Wednesday a 54,000 b/d fluid catalytic cracker was shut down at its Wilmington, California oil refinery due to a snag on Tuesday. Repairs were underway at the gasoline-making FCC, Valero spokesman...

Kuwait refinery fire doused.(Refining)(Brief article)
September 4, 2008... A fire at Kuwait's largest refinery, Mina al-Ahmadi, has been brought under control and did not affect exports, Kuwait National Petroleum Co. (KNPC) said Wednesday. The blaze occurred during maintenance at one of the facility's pipelines, KNPC...

Palin speech highlights energy credentials.(St. Paul, Sarah Palin)
September 5, 2008... In her speech to the national Republican convention in St. Paul, Sarah Palin highlighted her experience in dealing with the oil industry as governor of Alaska in response to accusations that she lacks the qualifications to be vice president....

TNK-BP shareholders seek to bury hatchet.(British Petroleum Company PLC)
September 5, 2008... Five years to the week after setting up their landmark TNK-BP joint venture, BP and its Russian partners have agreed a set of changes that both sides hope will end a bitter shareholder dispute that has threatened the UK supermajor's massive...

Planned contract changes make Indonesian oil investors nervous.
September 5, 2008... Oil and gas companies in Indonesia are growing increasingly nervous about government plans to make sweeping changes to contract terms. Jakarta has in recent months said it will do away with provisions allowing holders of production sharing...

Oil prices fall despite draws on crude and product inventories.
September 5, 2008... US crude futures failed to rally on Thursday despite a moderately bullish petroleum report from the Energy Information Administration (EIA). Prices on the New York Mercantile Exchange (Nymex) ended the day lower because the US dollar gained...

Daily oil & gas price review.(Statistical table)
September 5, 2008... Daily Oil & Gas Price Review Prices for Thursday, September 4, 2008 US Domestic Crudes ($/barrel) Cash/Spot Change Spot Price 5-Day Avg. Month-Ago WTS (Midland) -1.73 105.26 109.29 115.08 LLS (St....

EIA weekly statistics.(Statistical table)
September 5, 2008... EIA Weekly Statistics For Week Ended August 29, 2008 US Crude Oil: Stocks (1) (millions of bbl) Current Week Previous Week Chg. PADD 1 14.9 13.8 8.0% PADD 2 63.1...

Dubai suspends offshore oil output after helicopter crash.
September 5, 2008... Dubai has been forced to shut in oil output from its Rashid field in the Mideast Gulf after a helicopter crashed into a drilling rig late Wednesday killing seven people. "All operations on the Rashid field have been suspended and the...

Contraction of global demand triggers steep fall in oil prices.
September 5, 2008... Growth of world oil demand continues to take major hits, putting extraordinary downward pressure on oil prices. In just two months, Nymex crude prices have tumbled by as much as $40, with lower-than-expected demand widely seen as the main...

Exxon touts record of enhancing value for national oil companies.(Exxon Mobil Corp.)
September 5, 2008... A top Exxon Mobil executive on Thursday highlighted the importance of national oil companies (NOCs) working together with international oil companies (IOCs) and emphasized Exxon's strong track record of working with state firms to add value to...

Spot crude and product markets not yet reflecting Gustav fallout.
September 5, 2008... Apart from a few spikes in prompt gasoline prices, the US spot crude and product markets seem so far to be unmoved by the outage of up to 1.3 million barrels per day of oil output and 3 million b/d of refining capacity as a result of Hurricane...

Continental tests new zone.(Exploration & Production)(Continental Resources Inc. (Enid, Oklahoma))(Brief article)
September 5, 2008... The Bakken Shale play is well established by now as a massive and prolific unconventional oil resource spanning North Dakota and Montana. What is not so well known is that the play's largest landholder, Continental Resources, believes there...

Gas in storage rises by 90 Bcf.(EIA Gas Storage Report)(Brief article)
September 5, 2008... Stocks of working natural gas in US storage facilities rose by 90 Bcf in the week ending Aug. 29, leaving storage levels at 2,847 Bcf, according to the Energy Information Administration. Gas in storage is 148 Bcf lower than at the same time...

More delays for Kashagan.(International)(Brief article)
September 5, 2008... Commercial production at Kazakhstan's giant Kashagan oil field is expected to start later than the agreed 2013 launch date, a Kazakh oil industry official said on Thursday. Tumir Kulibayev, head of the influential KazEnergy association...

Rice to visit Libya, Algeria.(International)(Condoleezza Rice )(Brief article)
September 5, 2008... Condoleezza Rice will on Friday become the first US secretary of state to visit Libya in 55 years, following the Aug. 14 signing of a compensation agreement aimed at settling all outstanding claims between the two countries. That includes...

Stock market scorecard.(Statistical table)
September 5, 2008... Stock Market Scorecard Integrated Close 1-Day % Chg. Majors 9/4 Chg. % Chg. 10-Day 52-Wk YTD BP 54.26 -0.18 -0.33% -5.55% -20.36% -25.84% Marathon...