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...find hydrocarbons indicative of petroleum distillates in the Coke," said Erica Berl, the coordinator of the Food-Born Illness division of the Mass. Department of Health...
...Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries is in Vienna again, putting their heads together over production cuts that could lop anywhere from 500,000 to 1,500,000 barrels of crude oil off their 25 million-per-day output. TIME senior economics reporter Bernie Baumohl explains what OPEC is after - and how the wrong move could put the global economy on a slippery slope...
Sacrificing ANWR to oil development is not a long-term solution to America's energy problems. Our nation is addicted to petroleum, with an ever increasing habit, and even the most optimistic estimates of what might be recovered from anwr would only briefly delay the inevitable crisis. Selling the family jewels for another fix may hold a momentary attraction for the junkie in the throes of withdrawal, but it is always a bad idea. Perhaps our evangelist-in-chief should propose a 12-step program instead. EARL P. JONES Redding, Calif...
...Palestinian uprising, handing out money to families of those killed and portraying himself as the one Arab leader bold enough to take on Israel. More seriously, TIME has confirmed, he is banking unaudited cash by sneaking out oil through a pipeline to Syria. Unlike the revenues he gets from petroleum sales allowed under the U.N.'s oil-for-food program, this money can go straight into Saddam's military coffers. One of Powell's toughest days will come in Damascus, where he wants to persuade the Assad regime to shut off the pipeline...
...argot of the oilmen--that offer the legal framework that Western companies require if they are to make major capital outlays in developing Russia's oil, gas and mineral deposits. The deals grant foreign companies export rights and tax breaks, while Russia gets a share of the petroleum flow...