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		<title>Should the US Join OPEC? – Part Three</title>
		<link>http://agmetalminer.com/2012/04/24/should-the-us-join-opec-part-three/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2012 10:00:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stuart Burns</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Continued from Part Two.  For the US to become self-sufficient in energy would have significant benefits on a number of levels. The balance of payment would be significantly improved as the US gradually spent less money buying oil from Canada, Nigeria, Venezuela, Mexico and Saudi Arabia – its current top five suppliers. It may not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Should the US Join OPEC? &#8211; Part Two</title>
		<link>http://agmetalminer.com/2012/04/23/should-the-join-opec-part-two/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2012 16:00:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stuart Burns</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Continued from Part One. The NY Times agrees, quoting Rex W. Tillerson, the chairman and chief executive of Exxon Mobil at a recent conference where he said, “The transformation unfolding in North America represents a potentially decisive shift in the history of energy.” The article explores the potential for North America to be self sufficient in hydrocarbons [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Should the US Join OPEC? &#8211; Part One</title>
		<link>http://agmetalminer.com/2012/04/23/should-the-join-opec-part-one/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2012 10:00:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stuart Burns</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://agmetalminer.com/?p=23124</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It’s not entirely a serious proposition &#8212; yet. But the point is the global market for hydrocarbons is undergoing a fundamental change, and whether you are a major energy consumer or not, the impact will be felt throughout the manufacturing landscape. In the short term, it is difficult to see how prices can go any [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Born of Fire: Kīlauea Volcano in Hawaii</title>
		<link>http://agmetalminer.com/2012/04/20/born-fire-kilauea-volcano-hawaii/</link>
		<comments>http://agmetalminer.com/2012/04/20/born-fire-kilauea-volcano-hawaii/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2012 13:00:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nate Burgos</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Hawaii Volcanoes National Park]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The “Big Island” of Hawaii was so named due to its life as a volcanic island—the largest and youngest of Hawaii’s eight islands (a ninth one in Lōʻihi escalates to the Pacific Ocean’s surface). Out of the Big Island’s five volcanoes, Kīlauea is the most active—continually erupting since 1983. While visiting the Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National [...]]]></description>
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		<title>With Earth Day Coming, Auto Rickshaws Present Greener Option</title>
		<link>http://agmetalminer.com/2012/04/20/with-earth-day-coming-auto-rickshaws-present-greener-option/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2012 10:00:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brianna Tonner</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Looking to be a little greener for Earth Day? Ride in an auto rickshaw (if you happen to be in India)! These small vehicles offer a way to quickly duck and dash around other automobiles while being a little bit kinder to the environment. Generally characterized by a sheet metal body or an open frame [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Consequences of Mining Rare Earths and Trading Gold Futures In China &#8211; Part One</title>
		<link>http://agmetalminer.com/2012/04/10/the-consequences-mining-rare-earths-and-trading-gold-futures-china-part-one/</link>
		<comments>http://agmetalminer.com/2012/04/10/the-consequences-mining-rare-earths-and-trading-gold-futures-china-part-one/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Apr 2012 10:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Taras Berezowsky</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The headline of this post attempts to wrap a few key goings-on in China, centered on rare earth metals mining and gold and futures trading, into one large picture. China’s rare earth metals industry will have a new oversight body of sorts, while a local court came up with a rather drastic punishment for a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Offshore Oil Leaks Result in Action Against Chevron, Possibly Petrobras &#8211; Part Two</title>
		<link>http://agmetalminer.com/2012/04/09/offshore-oil-leaks-result-action-against-chevron-possibly-petrobras-part-two/</link>
		<comments>http://agmetalminer.com/2012/04/09/offshore-oil-leaks-result-action-against-chevron-possibly-petrobras-part-two/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Apr 2012 16:00:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stuart Burns</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Total]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://agmetalminer.com/?p=22873</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Continued from Part One.  The environment for the offshore oil industry is clearly a challenging one in the wake of BP’s Macondo spill in April 2010. Regulators are understandably sensitive and watchful; one wouldn&#8217;t have it otherwise if anything is to be salvaged from the loss of life and environmental damage that resulted from Deepwater [...]]]></description>
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		<title>With Offshore Oil, Technology Is the Easy Bit &#8211; Part One</title>
		<link>http://agmetalminer.com/2012/04/09/with-offshore-oil-technology-the-easy-bit-part-one/</link>
		<comments>http://agmetalminer.com/2012/04/09/with-offshore-oil-technology-the-easy-bit-part-one/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Apr 2012 13:00:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stuart Burns</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The investigation being launched by Eduardo Santos de Oliveira, federal prosecutor for Campos, a Brazilian city to the northeast of Rio de Janeiro, into last November&#8217;s oil leaks from Chevron’s Frade field in the Campos basin, is &#8212; on the face of it &#8212; a worthy and prudent review of the safety procedures operated by country’s [...]]]></description>
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