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...Bohai Gulf, where drilling began in 1979, made China seem all the more invulnerable to oil shocks, and the country remained an oil exporter until 1993. Today, however, output from China's top four oil fields is in decline. By some estimates, the country's current proven reserves will be depleted in as little as 14 years. Meanwhile, it is not economically feasible to drill largely untapped petroleum pools believed to lie beneath western China's desolate Tarim Basin, even with prices at $50 a barrel...
China's stepped-up efforts have already created some friction. Earlier this year ONGC Videsh, the overseas-investment arm of India's largest oil and gas producer, was on the verge of completing a deal for an 11% stake in a proven oil field in Sudan when China's CNPC swooped in with an offer reportedly 17% higher--and snatched the deal away. "The Chinese are definitely very aggressive in the price they are willing to pay," says R.S. Butola, managing director of ONGC Videsh. Beijing has demonstrated that it is willing to face down international pressure to protect...
...Such Great Heights,” an excellent single that condenses everything good about the Postal Service into a compact pop window; the album sticks to that sound entirely, and the band does little to branch out. Second showings from the Strokes and Interpol have proven exactly how a band of the moment with a distinct sound, usually captured on a lone popular single, can come up short of innovative ideas on a sophomore effort. There is no doubt that a band so gimmicky as to name themselves after their gimmick would have a similar problem following up a disc...
...really don’t think there is any evidence to support them,” says Burr. “St. John’s Wort is used a lot, but it’s been proven in research to be not very effective...
...haven’t proven anything yet, but...there’s something wrong if at the end of the season our front court isn’t considered the best in the league...