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Jihadists' control of Syrian oilfields signals a decisive moment in conflict	19.5.2013	The Guardian -- World Latest
Source of funding is helping al-Qaida-linked Jabhat al-Nusra to sideline western-backed rebels and reshape the Middle East The stranglehold that Jabhat al-Nusra and its allies have achieved over Syria's oilfields signals a decisive moment in the conflict that will shape the rapidly and violently evolving map of the new Middle East. The impact is immediately visible. With a new independent source of funding, the jihadists holding the oilfields between al-Raqqa and Deir Ezzor are much better equipped than their Sunni rivals, reinforcing the advantage originally provided by Qatari backing. They have been able to provide bread and other essentials to the people in the areas under their control, securing an enduring popular base. This serves to marginalise the western-backed rebels, the National Coalition and the Supreme Military Council (SMC), even further. The blustering claim by the SMC commander, Salim Idriss, that he was going to muster a 30,000 force to retake the oilfields served only ...
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EU decision to lift Syrian oil sanctions boosts jihadist groups	19.5.2013	The Guardian -- World Latest
Jabhat al-Nusra, an al-Qaida affiliate, consolidates position as scramble for control of wells accelerates The EU decision to lift Syrian oil sanctions to aid the opposition has accelerated a scramble for control over wells and pipelines in rebel-held areas and helped consolidate the grip of jihadist groups over the country's key resources. Jabhat al-Nusra, affiliated with al-Qaida and other extreme Islamist groups, control the majority of the oil wells in Deir Ezzor province, displacing local Sunni tribes, sometimes by force. They have also seized control of other fields from Kurdish groups further to the north-east, in al-Hasakah governorate. As opposition groups have turned their guns on each other in the battle over oil, water and agricultural land, military pressure on Bashar al-Assad's government from the north and east has eased off. In some areas, al-Nusra has struck deals with government forces to allow the transfer of crude across the front lines to the Mediterranean coast. ...
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Op-Ed Columnist: Energy Exports Are Good!	18.5.2013	NY Times: Editorials
Op-Ed Columnist: Energy Exports Are Good!
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Annise Parker: The Modern American Boomtown	18.5.2013	Wall St. Journal: Opinion
Houston's mayor—an openly gay Democrat friendly to business—talks about why her city is the country's fastest growing and most diverse.
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APNewsBreak: Energy Dept. backs Texas LNG plan	17.5.2013	AP Business
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Energy Department has given conditional approval to a Texas company that wants to export liquefied natural gas, the second LNG export project the Obama administration has approved as it faces a wave of export requests....
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Obama's Arctic strategy sets off a climate time bomb \| Nafeez Ahmed	17.5.2013	Guardian: Science
US National Strategy for the Arctic Region prioritises corporate 'economic opportunities' at the expense of everyone else One week ago, the Obama administration launched its National Strategy for the Arctic Region , outlining the government's strategic priorities over the next 10 years. The release of the strategy came about a week after the Office of Science and Technology Policy within the Executive Office of the President at the White House Complex hosted a briefing with international Arctic scientists . Despite giving lip service to the values of environmental conservation, the new document focuses on how the US can manage the exploitation of the region's vast untapped oil, gas and mineral resources in cooperation with other Arctic powers. US hinges success of Arctic strategy on diminishing sea ice At the heart of the White House's new Arctic strategy is an elementary but devastating contradiction between what President Obama, in the document's preamble, describes as seeking "to ...
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U.S. government unveils latest version of fracking rules	17.5.2013	Headlines: All Headlines
The government unveiled its latest version of hotly fought rules for fracking on federal land — 440 million acres nationwide, 20 million in Colorado — trying to protect mountains, forests and prairies from the downside of drilling.
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Natural gas industry has a 'fracking' wastewater problem, study says	17.5.2013	MSNBC
Natural gas industry has a 'fracking' wastewater problem, study says
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New Interior Department drilling rule relies on industry-sponsored database	17.5.2013	Star Tribune: Politics

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Senate confirms physicist Moniz as energy chief	17.5.2013	Boston Globe: Massachusetts
Senate confirms physicist Moniz as energy chief
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Senate confirms physicist Moniz as energy chief	17.5.2013	AP Politics
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Physicist Ernest Moniz won unanimous Senate confirmation Thursday to be the nation's new energy secretary....
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China gains observer status on the Arctic Council	16.5.2013	New Scientist: Being Human
China gains observer status on the Arctic Council
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Hess, Elliott reach deal, end fight	16.5.2013	Seattle Times: Business & Technology
Hess has reached a deal with a major investor to end a bitter fight over the management and direction of the oil and gas company.
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China Granted Observer Seat on Arctic Governing Council	16.5.2013	International Herald Tribune: Americas
China Granted Observer Seat on Arctic Governing Council
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Amnesty for undeclared dollars divides Argentina	15.5.2013	Seattle Times: Nation & World
A plan to get Argentines to pull their undeclared U.S. dollars from under their mattresses and out of illegal tax havens, and deposit them in the banking system is eliciting warnings that it will turn the country into a magnet for money launderers and organized crime.
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India enters Arctic Council as observer	15.5.2013	Hindu: News
China, Italy, Japan, Republic of Korea and Singapore are the other observers to the body of eight Arctic nations
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Oil and gas products: pumped prices?	15.5.2013	Financial Times: Energy
The European Commission probe into concerns about anti-competitive behaviour should be taken seriously
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China joins Arctic 'coldrush club'	15.5.2013	BBC: Front Page
Several countries gain permanent observer status on the Arctic Council but there is dissent over the EU.
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Oil demand in developing nations overtakes industrialised world	14.5.2013	Guardian: Environment
Shale oil has rapidly boosted oil production in the US, presaging a revolution in oil to mirror that in gas production Developing countries have overtaken the industrialised world for the first time in their thirst for oil, according to the world's leading energy authority. This transformation in the demand for oil has come as production of the fuel has boomed in the US, "sending ripples through the global markets", the International Energy Agency (IEA) said on Tuesday . Shale oil – the technique of blasting apart dense rocks under high pressure to release fossil fuels trapped within – has rapidly boosted oil production in the US, presaging a revolution in oil to mirror that in gas production. The US pioneered shale gas production in the past decade , resulting in a gas glut in the country that has sent gas prices plunging and led to a massive switch from coal to gas for electricity generation. As with shale gas, the newfound oil supplies are likely to be used first to slake demand ...
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Statoil gives key drilling contract to Noble Corp	14.5.2013	Seattle Times: Business & Technology
Statoil says it has given Noble Corp. the contract to drill the Mariner oil field in a deal estimated at $655 million over four years.
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