[CTRL] Fwd: Oil is Murder
-Caveat Lector- Begin forwarded message: From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: March 11, 2007 10:01:44 PM PDT To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Oil is Murder http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/story/13751944/ the_dark_side_of_texas_pete_maiden_reports_on_corpus_christis_koch_ind ustries The Dark Side of Texas: Koch Industries PETE MAIDEN Bobi Miller needs only to open the door of her home in Corpus Christi, Texas, to see toxic waste from the Koch West oil refinery. Miller's back yard is covered in a thick black sludge, and across the street is the school where she used to teach before a lawsuit revealed that the Koch refinery had released ninety tons of benzene, a highly toxic chemical. Miller and other teachers were often forced to implement a safety procedure called "shelter in place," keeping students inside with the air conditioner off on days when Koch was pumping waste into the air. Today the school's playground is completely deserted: The company bought the property, and children no longer play in the yard. Before the school closed, Miller would often come home to find her husband, Jim, prone on the couch with a headache. In 2001, Jim was diagnosed with thyroid cancer and had a tumor removed. Today, when he speaks, there is a distinct wheeze, and his breathing is labored. Bobi suffers from sarcoidosis, a disease that causes shortness of breath, persistent coughing and skin rashes. "We've always wondered whether that's from living close to the refineries," she says. "We very often hear the sirens from the refinery, and we don't know what they mean. It's very scary." Short-term exposure to benzene, a natural part of crude oil and gasoline, can cause drowsiness, dizziness and unconsciousness; long- term effects include leukemia and a decrease in the size of women's ovaries. According to a recent study by the Texas Department of State Health Services, overall birth defects in Corpus Christi from 1996 to 2002 was eighty-four percent higher than the state average. In 2000, a federal grand jury indicted Koch, now the largest privately run company in the world, on 97 felony counts of violating air-pollution standards at its Koch West refinery in Corpus Christi. According to the Justice Department, the plant released about ninety-one tons of benzene in its liquid-waste streams -- some fifteen times greater than the regulatory limits to the refinery. Koch settled the case for $20 million, pled guilty to one count and maintains that the excessive benzene release was never proven. "All Koch companies strive to operate their facilities in a safe and environmentally responsible manner," says a company spokesman. Yet Corpus Christi is hardly the only place where Koch has been accused of violating environmental standards. In 2000, Koch was fined $35 million -- the largest civil penalty ever imposed on a company under federal environmental law -- for more than 300 oil spills into lakes, streams and waterways from its pipelines and oil facilities in six states. "In one case," the Environmental Protection Agency reported, "almost 100,000 gallons of oil was spilled in Texas and caused a twelve-mile oil slick on Nueces Bay and Corpus Christi Bay." In Texas, many blame the state for failing to curb Koch's pollution. The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, which is responsible for monitoring pollution at Koch's refineries, lists pages of "Air Emission Event Reports" on its Web site that describe repeated violations by the company. Yet the commission has taken little or no action against Koch. Instead of being a watchdog, the TCEQ is "the lap dog of the industry," says Dr. Neil Carmen, who served for twelve years as a regional investigator at the commission. "The failure of the TCEQ's investigators to take action on the refinery's serious benzene violations reflects how poorly the agency is doing its job at large industrial plants." Since effective oversight by the state of Koch isn't forthcoming, citizens in Corpus Christi have taken it upon themselves to monitor the pollution. Suzie Canales, the director of Citizens for Environmental Justice, lost a sister to cancer and has two young grandchildren with birth defects. She has teamed up with Melissa Jarrell, an assistant professor of criminal justice at Texas A&M University who is working on a book about Koch called Environmental Crime and the Media. The two women are organizing local residents, maintaining a constant watch on the company's refineriesand checking the surrounding area for elevated levels of toxins. "An estimated tens of thousands of Americans die each year as a result of environmental pollution," Jarrell says. "These refineries are getting away with silent mass murder." Posted Mar 09, 2007 12:50 PM AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find o
[CTRL] Fwd: Oil in Iraq, Shifting Like the Desert Sand
-Caveat Lector- Begin forwarded message:From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Date: December 8, 2005 3:31:39 PM PSTTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED]Subject: Oil in Iraq, Shifting Like the Desert Sand “We do not know the exact quantity of oil we are exporting, we do not exactly know the prices we are selling it for, and we do not know where the oil revenue is going to.” Iraqi oil industry in crisisIraqi oil exports fell to their lowest level in two years in November 2005. Bad management of the reconstruction effort, widespread corruption among government figures, and sabotage by insurgents are the reasons for the decline. Experts say that the US strategy of military intervention in oil-rich regions can only diminish, rather than increase, the supply to world markets. By Heiko Flottau in Cairo for ISN Security Watch (7/12/2005) Two-and-a-half years after the US invasion of Iraq, the country's oil industry is still in disarray. An official of the Oil Ministry in Baghdad told ISN Security Watch, on condition of anonymity: “We do not know the exact quantity of oil we are exporting, we do not exactly know the prices we are selling it for, and we do not know where the oil revenue is going to.”According to Baghdad press reports, export revenues are still not sufficient to cover the Iraqi state budget. The government is forced to take loans from international banks to cover its running expenses.Although the US invested around US$1.3 billion in the rehabilitation of oil plants damaged by lack of maintenance during 13 years of UN sanctions, the daily output of approximately 1.3 million barrels remains far below Iraq’s pre-war production level of 2.5 million barrels.The production goal for December 2004 of 3 million barrels per day, set by the US and the Iraqi government, cannot be reached in the near future, according to experts within the Iraqi Oil Ministry who talked to ISN Security Watch.The Iraqi government looks set to lose US$8 billion a year in potential oil revenue, due to the poor current state of the oil industry. Botched reconstructionOne of the reasons for the decline of the industry is a lack of progress in the reconstruction effort, due to serious managerial deficiencies.For instance Halliburton subsidiary Kellogg Brown & Root (KBR) was awarded a US$225 million contract, without a tender, to rehabilitate the Qarmat Ali Water Plant in southern Iraq, according to a report in the Los Angeles Times.The plant is used to pump water into the ground in order to build pressure that brings the oil to the surface.However, the contract did not include the repair of the pipelines carrying the water to the oilfields. When the water was pumped into the ground, the old pipes burst, spilling large amounts of water into the desert. In addition, farmers often tap the water pipes in order to irrigate their fields.US officials apportion some of the blame for the delay in rehabilitating the oil industry to their own Army Corps of Engineers. During the first months after the war, the Corps was given responsibility for the first phase of repairs to oil pumps and pipelines.Members of the Corps lacked experience in handling the complicated, outdated technology that was imported by Iraq from the former Soviet Union. A member of the Corps later told a Congress hearing: "The Corps of Engineers had absolutely no abilities as far as oil production is concerned." In Kurdistan, KBR signed a US$70 million contract to rehabilitate part of the pipeline system. According to the Los Angeles Times, KBR was only able to fulfill half of the contract. A couple of million barrels that had already been pumped could not be transported, and had to be re-injected into the ground – a practice that engineers regard as harmful to oilfields. Insurgent attacksAnalysts identify the constant attacks by insurgents on pipelines as a further obstacle to the recovery of the oil industry. Between May 2003 and late October 2005, observers counted 282 attacks on Iraq's oil transportation system.The first incident was an attack on 1 June 2003 against the Kirkuk-Ceyhan pipeline, which carries oil from northern Iraq to Turkey's Mediterranean coast. According to observers, the most recent attack was on 24 October 2005 in the same area near Kirkuk.Although US forces try to protect the Kirkuk-Ceyhan pipeline and Iraq's offshore loading terminals in the northern Persian Gulf, oil exports are frequently interrupted.In April 2004, suicide bombers attacked the Iraqi Khor al-Amaya offshore loading terminal in the Gulf from a speedboat, killing three US troops.ISN Security Watch spoke to a journalist from Baghdad's Al-Mada newspaper, who did not wish to be identified, on this topic: “The Iraqi government pays a lot of money to tribal chiefs, who say they will protect pipelines. But nobody can completely secure the thousands of kilometers of pipelines crossing the deserts."The Brookings Institution warned in June 2004 that the new “oil ter
[CTRL] Fwd: Oil
-Caveat Lector- Begin forwarded message:From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Date: July 4, 2005 12:07:25 AM PDTTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED]Subject: Oil Oil Traders Increase Bets for $80 Crude on Supply Concerns July 4 (Bloomberg) -- Record oil prices may increase to $80 a barrel this year, options contracts on the New York Mercantile Exchange show. Investors are speculating OPEC won't produce enough oil to compensate for any disruption to supplies. New York Mercantile Exchange data show 6,900 options contracts outstanding that allow the buyer to purchase crude oil for December delivery at $80 a barrel, compared with an average of 77 in January. The probability that oil will top $75 a barrel when the December crude contract expires is 21 percent, according to Adam Sieminski and Michael Lewis, strategists at Deutsche Bank AG, up from 5 percent at the start of the year. ``The perception is that the risk of higher prices now is higher than at the beginning of this year,'' Deutsche Bank's Sieminski said in an interview. ``The market is so tightly balanced that issues like a nuclear confrontation with Iran could add a great deal of worry'' about oil supplies. The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, the producer of about 40 percent of the world's oil, is pumping almost as much crude as it can to increase inventories before an expected fourth-quarter peak in consumption. Crude oil reached a record $60.95 on June 27, deepening concern that the cost of energy would slow economic growth. Growth Concern Oil prices have surged 53 percent in the past year on concern that producers and refiners will strain to meet demand for products ranging from gasoline to diesel and heating oil. U.S. Treasury Secretary John Snow on June 28 said high prices are hurting the world economy. German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder on June 27 called for more transparency in global oil markets to stem speculation and lower prices from levels that are threatening to crimp expansion. The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development in May cut its global growth estimate for this year and next, partly because of rising energy costs. The Paris-based OECD now expects economic growth of 2.6 percent this year for its 30 member nations, down from its previous semi-annual forecast in November of 2.9 percent, the group said in May. In 2006, growth will reach 2.8 percent instead of 3.1 percent. Oil companies are profiting from the price surge. Exxon Mobil Corp., BP Plc, Royal Dutch/Shell Group, Chevron Corp. and Total SA, the five largest publicly traded oil companies, reported combined net income of about $85 billion last year, when prices averaged more than $41 a barrel. Shares of energy companies are rising. The Morgan Stanley Capital International World Energy Index, one of 10 industry groups making up the global equity benchmark, is leading gains with a 17 percent surge this year. The broader MSCI World measure has lost 1.8 percent in the period. $100 `Disastrous' Saudi Arabia's oil minister Ali al-Naimi on June 14 said his country, OPEC's largest exporter, can increase oil production by 1.5 million barrels a day from the 9.5 million a day the kingdom plans to pump in July, for a total of 11 million barrels a day. One of his predecessors, Sheikh Ahmad Zaki Yamani, who was the Saudi oil minister when Arab countries declared an embargo on exports to the West in 1973, said that $100 a barrel oil ``isn't far-fetched.'' For that to happen, he said, ``it needs the help of a political event or a military adventure, like attacking Iraq. It would be disastrous,'' he said on June 28 at a conference near London. A supply disruption of ``a couple of million'' barrels a day could send prices to $105, William Dudley, the chief U.S. economist at Goldman, Sachs & Co. in New York, said June 14. Global oil demand will rise to a record 86.4 million barrels a day in the fourth quarter, the Paris-based International Energy Agency forecasts. Output Cut ``We've certainly seen people asking for prices on $100'' contracts, said Orrin Middleton, who markets options and other securities for Barclays Capital in London. ``This was way off people's radars 12 months ago. They now believe there's a possibility, but it's going to take a supply disruption to take us there.'' Oil shipments from Iraq, which in May pumped an average 1.78 million barrels a day, were cut by about 50 percent on two occasions last year following attacks on pipelines. When the U.S. invaded the country in March 2003, production plummeted from 2.48 million a day in February of that year to 140,000 a day in April, according to Bloomberg data. `Forget $60' The daily average volumes of crude oil options trading on Nymex in the five months through May was 55,036, more than the 46,237 that traded on average in 2004, data on the exchange's Web site shows. The record was a daily average 80,710 in 2002.
[CTRL] Fwd: Oil Corrupts, Absolutely
-Caveat Lector- www.ctrl.org DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ ctrl To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om --- Begin Message --- -Caveat Lector- Oil-producing nations rank high in corruption Report: Energy firms should be more transparent The Associated Press Updated: 11:30 a.m. ET Oct. 20, 2004 LONDON - Most oil-producing nations are also rife with corruption, and oil companies should provide more information about their operations to help clean up the market, a global watchdog group said Wednesday in an annual report. Angola, Azerbaijan, Chad, Ecuador, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Libya, Nigeria, Russia, Sudan, Venezuela and Yemen scored very low in clean government practices, said Transparency International Chairman Peter Eigen in releasing the "Corruption Perceptions Index" for 2004. "In these countries, public contracting in the oil sector is plagued by revenues vanishing into the pockets of Western oil executives, middlemen and local officials," he said. Eigen said oil companies could help stamp out corruption by publishing details of the fees, royalties and other payments made to governments and state oil companies. Transparency International said 146 countries were surveyed for the report â not just oil-producers â and it found that corruption was rampant in 60 nations. The survey found that 106 scored lower than a 5, with a top score of 10 being the least corrupt. Bangladesh, Haiti, Nigeria, Chad, Myanmar, Azerbaijan and Paraguay were perceived to be the most corrupt, all scoring lower than 2. The United States ranks number 17, with a score of 7.5, tied with Belgium and Ireland, better than France but worse than Canada. The index is compiled from a series of polls on perceptions of corruption made by independent organizations. This year's report is based on 18 surveys conducted since 2002, by a dozen groups. The index rates only those countries which appear in three or more surveys. Finland, New Zealand, Denmark, Iceland, Singapore, Sweden and Switzerland were rated the least corrupt, all scoring higher than 9 out of 10 on the index. Compared to last year's report, corruption was perceived to be worse in Bahrain, Belize, Cyprus, Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Kuwait, Luxembourg, Mauritius, Oman, Poland, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, and Trinidad and Tobago. Improved scores were recorded for Austria, Botswana, Czech Republic, El Salvador, France, Gambia, Germany, Jordan, Switzerland, Tanzania, Thailand, Uganda, United Arab Emirates and Uruguay, Transparency International said. Copyright 2004 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. URL: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6288647/ www.ctrl.org DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substanceânot soap-boxingâplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'âwith its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsâis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ ctrl To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om --- End Message ---
[CTRL] Fwd: oil and gas politics
-Caveat Lector- www.ctrl.org DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substanceânot soap-boxingâplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'âwith its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsâis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ ctrl To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om --- Begin Message --- -Caveat Lector- The Undeclared Oil War By Paul Roberts Monday, June 28, 2004; Page A21 While some debate whether the war in Iraq was or was not "about oil," another war, this one involving little but oil, has broken out between two of the world's most powerful nations. For months China and Japan have been locked in a diplomatic battle over access to the big oil fields in Siberia. Japan, which depends entirely on imported oil, is desperately lobbying Moscow for a 2,300- mile pipeline from Siberia to coastal Japan. But fast-growing China, now the world's second-largest oil user, after the United States, sees Russian oil as vital for its own "energy security" and is pushing for a 1,400-mile pipeline south to Daqing. The petro-rivalry has become so intense that Japan has offered to finance the $5 billion pipeline, invest $7 billion in development of Siberian oil fields and throw in an additional $2 billion for Russian "social projects" -- this despite the certainty that if Japan does win Russia's oil, relations between Tokyo and Beijing may sink to their lowest, potentially most dangerous, levels since World War II. Asia's undeclared oil war is but the latest reminder that in a global economy dependent largely on a single fuel -- oil -- "energy security" means far more than hardening refineries and pipelines against terrorist attack. At its most basic level, energy security is the ability to keep the global machine humming -- that is, to produce enough fuels and electricity at affordable prices that every nation can keep its economy running, its people fed and its borders defended. A failure of energy security means that the momentum of industrialization and modernity grinds to a halt. And by that measure, we are failing. In the United States and Europe, new demand for electricity is outpacing the new supply of power and natural gas and raising the specter of more rolling blackouts. In the "emerging" economies, such as Brazil, India and especially China, energy demand is rising so fast it may double by 2020. And this only hints at the energy crisis facing the developing world, where nearly 2 billion people -- a third of the world's population -- have almost no access to electricity or liquid fuels and are thus condemned to a medieval existence that breeds despair, resentment and, ultimately, conflict. In other words, we are on the cusp of a new kind of war -- between those who have enough energy and those who do not but are increasingly willing to go out and get it. While nations have always competed for oil, it seems more and more likely that the race for a piece of the last big reserves of oil and natural gas will be the dominant geopolitical theme of the 21st century. Already we can see the outlines. China and Japan are scrapping over Siberia. In the Caspian Sea region, European, Russian, Chinese and American governments and oil companies are battling for a stake in the big oil fields of Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan. In Africa, the United States is building a network of military bases and diplomatic missions whose main goal is to protect American access to oilfields in volatile places such as Nigeria, Cameroon, Chad and tiny Sao Tome - - and, as important, to deny that access to China and other thirsty superpowers. The diplomatic tussles only hint at what we'll see in the Middle East, where most of the world's remaining oil lies. For all the talk of big new oil discoveries in Russia and Africa -- and of how this gush of crude will "free" America and other big importers from the machinations of OPEC -- the geological facts speak otherwise. Even with the new Russian and African oil, worldwide oil production outside the Middle East is barely keeping pace with demand. In the run-up to the Iraq war, Russia and
[CTRL] Fwd: oil in vietnam split between world powers!
-Caveat Lector- www.ctrl.org DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ ctrl To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om --- Begin Message --- -Caveat Lector- That huge war USA did in NAM was because VIETNAM has the biggest oil field on the planet, just offshore. Bigger than RUSSIA GEORGIA or ARABIA! I was hoping to be able to tell you buy Vietnamese oil drilling stocks on the emerging markets, you won't go wrong. In the belief that, even while the OVERLORDS of WALL STREET, rule, there's a way to make some money and be an activist. We can have it both ways. But The war in Vietnam was a resource war. Read Anthony Sampson's THE SEVEN SISTERS" available at abebooks.com). And that oil field offshore, in the ocean, is going to come into play very soon. Hopefully it will belong to them and not the Seven Sisters. BUT I do not have hope. My research today tells me that the COMPANIES THERE NOW who are DRILLING are CHEVRON/ TEXACO gong in with the name CALTEX and THE RUSKI has the other half. Very weird. Was some pact made between the two nations in the Gorby period? We give you half the planet's goodies if you stop this commie crap? http://biz.yahoo.com/rm/040521/energy_russia_vietnam_2.html they entered NAM in 81 to drill. MORE ON RUSKI: http://therussiajournal.com/index.htm?obj=2021 http://www.vietnamvetcontacts.com/gpage32.html has the CALTEX info. Now famed Daniel ELLSBERG sez no oil there. http://www.commondreams.org/headlines04/0610-11.htm SO what do you make of it? Are the barges going out full of oil at night, the way POLISH ASTRONAUTS go to the SUN? Are the wells offshore? Their booty taken without payment to the Vietnamese? WHO made the deal that the country's oil should be taken away by the WEST? AND is NAM part of OPEC? http://www.aasianst.org/absts/1995abst/seasia/sease121.htm INFO on the plunder of Nam here, how CONOCO struck oil in 99 in Vietnam, block 15-1 they call the wells!5,600 barrels-per-day from one well. Another well is BLOCK 16-2 owned by BSC partners, in Rong Dong. GOOGLE around with this, see what you make of it. PLANETARY OVERLORDS seem to have carved up the country that WON THE DAMN WAR! This is as bizarre as JAPaN/ GERMANY LOSING the war and becoming PLANETARY OVERLORDS. Does this mean that the cancerous TUMOR CALLED CAPITALISM is the only game in town? "RESISTANCE IS FUTILE" SOME NAZI once said. IS THAT TRUE? Do events bear that out? Is any hope of nationalism misguided? Did Gandhi live for nothing? ARe the slick walls of the pyramid lathered with the sweat of conquered nations and on its pinnacle sitting firmly the 14 families? I write you cuz you're bright. YOU KNOW. Any thoughts? www.ctrl.org DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/">ctrl To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om --- End Message ---
[CTRL] Fwd: Oil Production in 42 Countries
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[CTRL] Fwd: OIL the Main Topic at Davos
-Caveat Lector- www.ctrl.org DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED] http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ ctrl To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om --- Begin Message --- -Caveat Lector- Business Week Online David Fairlamb DAVOS, JANUARY 24, 2003 How Global Growth Could Skid on Oil Even a quick end to an Iraq war might not be enough to pull prices back down to the $23-per-barrel range. That could be disastrous The prospect of war with Iraq weighs heavily on the minds of many business leaders at the World Economic Forum meeting in Davos, Switzerland. The Europeans, in particular, are worried that an assault on Baghdad will sap already feeble consumer confidence, thus undermining demand, hurting corporate profits, and slowing the sluggish global economy. They also fear that conflict in the Gulf will drive oil prices higher and keep them there for at least the rest of the year. Most business strategists have drawn up their forecasts for this year assuming that the price of oil would average about $23 a barrel. But it's already up to $30 -- partly because of the general strike in Venezuela, partly because of fears about Iraq. Although oil prices may dip slightly when the Venezuelan situation eases, analysts doubt that they'll fall sustainably below $30 until the Iraq crisis is esolved. "Some commentators predict the U.S. will win a quick war and that Iraqi oil will then flood onto the world markets driving prices down," says William F. Browder, chief executive of Hermitage Capital Management in Moscow. "But that's wishful thinking. The market could be disrupted for a year or more." HARDLY GROWING That could be disastrous for the world economy. Kenneth Rogoff, economic counseler and director of research at the International Monetary Fund in Washington, D.C., estimates that a sustained increase of $5 a barrel knocks between 0.25% to 0.50% off global growth. Stephen S. Roach, chief economist at Morgan Stanley, warns that "an oil shock" could "easily push the U.S. economy into recession." American output was hardly growing at all by the end of last year, he points out. So higher oil prices is the last thing it needs. Adds Daniel Yergin, chairman of Cambridge Energy Research Associates: "Every U.S. recession since the 1970s has ultimately been caused by rising oil prices." The Europeans are worried because -- even if the U.S. does win a quick war -- Iraq won't be able to pump more than 1.8 million barrels of oil a day above its current daily output of from 1.7 million to 2.8 million. That's only 2.4% of global output and isn't enough to drive prices down significantly. And that's an optimistic scenario. "Saddam Hussein could destroy a lot of Iraq's oil capacity if he loses a war," points out Browder. So it may be unable to increase production at all after the conflict is over. Abdallah S. Jum'ah, president and chief executive officer of Saudi Aramco, says Saudi Arabia will do its bit to nudge prices down by pumping more oil. "We want a price in the $23 to $24 range," he says. And OPEC Secretary-General Alvaro Silva-Calderón says the cartel is committed to creating stability in the markets. OPEC countries have been pumping up to 1.5 million more oil a day than usual in recent weeks, he points out, in an attempt to neutralize the impact of Venezuela's problems. "I think the oil price spike is a transitory rather than permanent phenomonen," he says. GROWING VOLATILITY But how much additional oil OPEC, including Saudi Arabia, can produce over the longer term is limited. And Silva-Calderón warns, in a reference to Iraq, that "developments outside our control" could yet disrupt the markets and drive prices higher. "The market is volatile and is getting more volatile," adds Andrei Illarionov, Russian President Vladimir Putin's personal representative to the G-8 gourp of countries. He doubts prices will come down to the mid-$20s level in the short term. That's good news for Russia, w
[CTRL] Fwd: Oil Firm Links Bahrain, BCCI, Bush Son--1991 article
Oil Firm Links Bahrain, BCCI, Bush Son This article was prepared by staff reporters Thomas Petzinger Jr., Peter Truell and Jill Abramson 12/09/1991 The Asian Wall Street Journal PAGE 1 (Copyright (c) 1991, Dow Jones & Co., Inc.) Two years ago, Talat Othman didn't have the president's ear. But since August 1990, the Palestinian-born Chicago investor has attended three White House meetings with President George Bush to discuss Middle East policy. Mr. Othman's political access coincides with the remarkable ascendance of a little Texas oil company on whose board he serves alongside George W. Bush, the president's oldest son. That company, Harken Energy Corp. -- though it had never drilled a single well overseas or in water -- recently won the rights to drill potentially lucrative offshore wildcat wells in a contract bestowed by the government of Bahrain. When the Harken deal was announced in January 1990, it attracted only perfunctory notice. More recently, a number of publications have written about the case, raising questions about whether Bahrain might have chosen Harken in part because a presidential son sat on its board. Now, George W. Bush is emerging as a principal adviser to his father. He was a lead player in the campaign to oust White House Chief of Staff John Sununu, and was cited by his father last week as among those who will play "key roles in the re-election effort." Thus, the issues surrounding the Harken deal take on fresh importance. The White House says there is nothing questionable in this story of petroleum, politics and the presidential son. "There is no conflict of interest, or even the appearance of conflict, in these business arrangements," says spokesman Marlin Fitzwater. The matters had been reviewed and disclosed, he said, adding, "They are legitimate business undertakings." Indeed, an investigation by The Wall Street Journal hasn't revealed evidence of wrongdoing or influence-peddling by George W. Bush or anyone else connected to Harken. Yet what does emerge is a complex pattern of personal and financial relationships behind Harken's sudden good fortune in the Middle East, raising the question of whether Bahrainis or others in the Middle East may have hoped to ingratiate themselves with the White House. Even more intriguing, there are numerous links among Harken, Bahrain and individuals close to the discredited Bank of Credit & Commerce International, a banking empire that used Mideast oil money to seek ties to political leaders in several countries. The mosaic of BCCI connections surrounding Harken Energy may prove nothing more than how ubiquitous the rogue bank's ties were. But the number of BCCI-connected people who had dealings with Harken -- all since George W. Bush came on board -- likewise raises the question of whether they mask an effort to cozy up to a presidential son. Among those relationships: -- Sheik Khalifah bin-Salman al-Khalifah, the prime minister of Bahrain and a brother of the country's ruling emir, is identified on an October 1990 shareholder list as one of the 45 investors who own parent company BCCI Holdings (Luxembourg) SA. The emir played a role in approving the Harken transaction. -- Sheik Abdullah Bakhsh, a major Harken shareholder represented by Mr. Othman on the company's board, has been a co-investor in Saudi Arabia with alleged BCCI front man Ghaith Pharaon, and used Khalid bin-Mahfouz, until recently a principal BCCI shareholder, as his banker. -- Harken's investment bankers helped BCCI gain its foothold in U.S. banking, and they also arranged for a Swiss bank to help rescue Harken from its debt woes in 1987 -- a Swiss bank that was at the time a joint-venture partner with BCCI. -- Harken's consultant on the Bahrain deal counts Kamal Adham, a principal owner of BCCI, as a close friend and has had a long acquaintance with BCCI's Mr. Pharaon. As a candidate and later in the White House, President Bush vowed to avoid even the appearance of any conflicts of interest in his administration. He instructed Secretary of State James Baker to cable all U.S. embassies to warn against the appearance of preferential treatment for Bush family investments overseas. The president has also moved to distance himself from the BCCI scandal, denouncing a former aide who recently went to work as a lawyer for BCCI's Mr. Adham, and who resigned in the ensuing furor. George W. Bush, a managing partner of the Texas Rangers baseball team, declined to be interviewed. He did provide brief responses to written questions through an intermediary. Asked whether his involvement with the Dallas energy company lent it added credibility in the Arab world, he said to "ask the Bahrainis." Every individual involved denies any influence peddling. Mr. Othman, George W. Bush and people involved in setting up the White House meetings on the Mideast say the president's son had nothing to do with Mr. Othman's being included amo
[CTRL] Fwd: Oil Company Histories
What I remember in the sixty period was a manager of Standard Oil coming into the Mayor's Office demanding we do something about the "price wars" - for we had 4 stations in town, on one corner and the gas war was on and the prices went down, down and down. Now this idiot thought I should take up the crusade but what did I know about oit - this was a job for Superman? Well maybe Mighty Mouse, but not me for they did not pay me enough to devote my life to oil - but I did however invite a Saudi Arabian Prince to our town and he accepted but after they murdered his father - Sorry Charlie, no drag re oil prices.and that guy was loaded. So - every jew in town came to my office to stop the dinner - Rockefeller had stopped his dinner and we would be destroyed politcally, and our Saudi Arabian Flags sent by State Department would be torn down. So in the end - I believe the American people have been the ones "screwed" by our so called friends...for you see, Sadaam Hussein offered us cheap oil, he wanted to be friends. Now Marc Rich - this man who gets away with murder, and do not think he does not - during Iranian crisis bought oil contrary to our law from Iran at $6.00 a barrel and sold from $29.00 up to 40.00 plus. It is the like of a Marc Rich with which we have to be concernedthis man is evil, he is mafia thug, and his floosie wife is nothing but courtesan who tried to get next to Clinton with the ADL - but then, Rich did get his pardon right? But hey, that Italian mob what is left, all in slammer? The plot thickens .. for I did not know Zapata oil had deal with Kuwait Kings for I thought they had deal for off shore drilling like say prior to Nixon peace feelers with Cina - oil companies were drilling off shore then, what companies I do not remember. So Remember this lovely American woman in Kuwait - on TV, while Sadaam Hussein's "army" was looting stores, etc., kind of like the blacks did in Cincinnati recently - this woman on TV. said - "They even stole my TV and VCR - when are you Americans coming over here and do something about this". Well, we could have stopped a war and saved the lives of a lot of Iraqi Children, gotten cheap oil - had we only sent that old bitch a new TV and VCR. Ugly Americans - note Bilderbergers and the Hotel Trade - and remember Meyer Lansky in Cuba, all those hotels and motels and gambling casinos run by the mob and today if Lansky were alive he would be reaping in billions but Fidel, took care of that and the mob lost a mint and JFK lost his life. Joke on TV last night - showed a priest telling a story about Jesus and the money changers - my mother always said Jesus did two wrong things - he kicked the gamblers out of the temple - but this guy said as Jesus was kicking out the money changers, he winked and smiled and said to the one "hey, got two tens for a five"? Now Jesus knew the difference between a Jew and a Zionist way back then - for everywhere you go you find gambling, prostitution, drugs - guess who is always in the background holding the bag.. Viva Zapata - if not Bush, who??? He is the best we have right now...back in the early 1950 period, Dwight David Eisenhower once reminded the King of Saudi Arabia - hey, watch your step for the day will come when we will not need all that oiland I think the day, is fast approaching. California got a good example of energy crunch recently but have learned nothign. The Old Line were at least honest with public it was all out to see - energy was cheap, but since Marc Rich - see what will happen if the Zionists get that oil? See what the American People have been taught to hate the Giants who once ran this country - they were not perfect, but you have this trash Marc Rich and Denise Rich element now bribing US Presidentsso add this floosie to list of questionable people who liked to "get next to the Boss".so as was said - Hey Meet the New Boss? No way though, he is like the Old Boss - at least he does not engage in acts of sodomy with prostitutes under contract with Mafia and the likes of a Larry Flynt - and who else got paid by Rich - why your ADL - who has put Jesus Christ on their Hit Hate List. Hey Foxman, got two tens for a five? And if the lard ass is watching that goes for you too - so cry havoc and turn loose the dogs of war but do you think anybody will go this time - no they are hiring mercenaries to do the dirty work but any American involved in foreign wars lose their citizenship do they not? Fighting for another country for we are not running a French Foreign Legion - yet. Saba http://www.virginia.edu/igpr/apagoilhistory.html
[CTRL] [Fwd: -Oil Prices & DrugWar Electioneering]
-Caveat Lector- http://www.ctrl.org/"> -Cui Bono?- Original Message Subject: -Oil Prices & DrugWar Electioneering Date: Thu, 6 Apr 2000 15:25:14 -0700 From: "David Crockett Williams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: "Activist Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: ".GeneralAgencyServices" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Activist Mailing List - http://get.to/activist Below is reproduced Tom Flocco's article of 16Mar2000 with evidence that the high oil prices now are a calculated part of Electioneering 2000 by Bush family interests, linked in the two other below referenced Flocco WorldNetDaily articles to GWBush oil industry insider trading mechanations covered up in recent years by his dad's loyalists. Society's addictions to oil and drugs form basis of power/profit politics/control, a root of wars and violence to destabilize societies for exploitation of human and natural resources, at cost of solving critical environmental emergency problems before it is too late (eg, global climate change). At end are reproduced my recent comments about biofuels alternatives and my today's email to Flocco urging his investigation for WorldNetDaily of related referenced skullduggery revelations in CIA Inspector General's report volume2 acknowledging high level government officials complicit in CIA protection of illegal drug trade. The CIA drug connection has gone far beyond its ongoing funding of covert operations, many of which are directed at grabbing energy resources in foreign lands at the peril of indigenous inhabitants, eg, the U'wa people and Occidental Petroleum in Columbia from where most illicit drugs now come to US courtesy of CIA as in Vietnam precedent, trying to grab oil resources there, and recently the Kosovo war waged to secure oil pipeline route to Europe involving KLA/CIA heroin trade cooperation. www.copvcia.com CHECK THIS OTHER ARTICLE "Bush is no good trade" at: http://www.worldnetdaily.com/bluesky_excomm/2218_xex_bush_no_good.shtml AND FROM: http://www.worldnetdaily.com/bluesky_excomm/19991228_xex_pr_makes_brw.shtml "PR makes the war grow fonder" IF YOU WANT YOUR BLOOD TO BOIL... From http://www.worldnetdaily.com/bluesky_excomm/2316_xex_oil_well_wit.shtml Oil is well with Bush By Tom Flocco 16March2000 © 2000 WorldNetDaily.com Given the continuing heating oil cost crisis in the Northeast and rising gasoline prices throughout the country coupled with the reported role Kuwait is playing in that process, a report by the Chinese Xinhua News Agency that former President Bush visited Kuwait just seven weeks ago notches a few rungs higher on the "curious" list. This second trip to Kuwait by Bush since his son's presidential aspirations became apparent should start to raise some eyebrows. For while private citizen Bush met with senior Kuwaiti officials according to Xinhua, there was no reporting about the content of the high-level discussions and the former president's January trip was quiet enough to escape notice by U.S. media. Given Kuwait's role in the high fuel prices, one wonders whether oil factored into the conversation. Many American families have faced real home-heating struggles resulting from oil prices having tripled since last year; but now the public is poised for another financial assault as gasoline prices have already surpassed 1991 Gulf War levels with oil analysts projecting potential $2.00 per-gallon prices for regular gas by Memorial Day, if not sooner. As recently reported, American oil experts are complaining about Kuwait's strange leadership role in pushing the current round of higher oil, given the financial and human sacrifices Americans have made for Kuwait. Moreover, those with good memories will recount the role President George Bush played as prime mover of the coalition wherein American troops were sent off to save Kuwait from the Iraqi occupation. "That's gratitude for you," said one unidentified expert, quoted in the New York Times. Storm On The Horizon With good cause, the Clinton-Gore administration is worried that skyrocketing oil prices will cause a series of inflationary problems leading to higher interest rates by the Federal Reserve Board, a potential stock market collapse and millions of highly stressed American budgets -- right before the November election. In a March 2 interview with Fox News, former Energy Secretary James Schlessinger said, "oil inventories for summer need to be built now and we are not doing so. I think it could cause trouble (in November) for the party in office if this continues." Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., echoed these sentiments on CNN the same day, saying, "the economy is being thrown off-kilter. OPEC (Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries) has dilly dallied and we're headed toward $2.00 gas by Memorial Day." However, an examination of news report dates and comment relating to Kuwait's primacy in driving oil higher thr
Re: [CTRL] (Fwd) Oil
Is it my faulty recall or was inflation lower l980-88 than l989-92? I remember housing prices sunk horribly low in those latter years. What is the relationship between the cost of living in the US and the amount of oil production in the Middle East? Terry - Original Message - From: Alamaine To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, March 19, 2000 2:15 AM Subject: [CTRL] (Fwd) Oil -Caveat Lector- -Cui Bono?-Here's some data for all you spreadsheet/dbf fans. It shows how much oil isgained from generalised sources. You can go to the source URL and find outother interesting bits and bytes of information like jet fuel, heating oil,nat'l gas and the like. Just think though: if some Middle Eastern nationswere denied a credible source of income for a while (check out the Reaganyears, 1980-88), things might be thought of a little differently. Note that inthe Bush years (1989-1992), the Middle Easterners produced near enough DOUBLEwhat they did the previous eight years -- near enough.About a year and a half ago, I posted a brief rationalisation for the 'GulfWar', portrayed in one single photograph of GHW Bush on what I recall was aKuwaiti oil derrick. 'Nuff said. A<>E<>R--- Forwarded message follows ---http://www.eia.doe.gov/pub/oil_gas/petroleum/data_publications/petroleum_supply_monthly/current/txt/table_s03.txtCrude Oil Imports, 1973 - Present(Thousand Barrels per Day) Total/a/b Total Year/Month Arab OPEC Other OPEC/a OPEC Non-OPEC/a Imports1973 Average 838 1,257 2,095 1,149 3,2441974 Average 713 1,827 2,540 931 3,4771975 Average 1,330 1,882 3,211 893 4,1051976 Average 2,378 2,167 4,545 742 5,2871977 Average 3,136 2,507 5,643 971 6,6151978 Average 2,930 2,254 5,184 1,172 6,3561979 Average 3,002 2,110 5,112 1,407 6,5191980 Average 2,503 1,361 3,864 1,399 5,2631981 Average 1,774 1,149 2,922 1,474 4,3961982 Average 736 998 1,734 1,754 3,4881983 Average 533 944 1,477 1,853 3,3291984 Average 634 878 1,512 1,914 3,4261985 Average 300 1,012 1,312 1,888 3,2011986 Average 854 1,259 2,113 2,065 4,1781987 Average 965 1,435 2,400 2,274 4,6741988 Average 1,415 1,281 2,696 2,411 5,1071989 Average 1,794 1,582 3,376 2,467 5,8431990 Average 1,864 1,650 3,514 2,381 5,8941991 Average 1,754 1,622 3,377 2,405 5,7821992 Average 1,660 1,746 3,406 2,676 6,0831993 Average 1,661 2,026 3,687 3,100 6,7871994 Average 1,636 1,944 3,580 3,483 7,0631995 Average 1,505 1,835 3,341 3,889 7,2301996 Average 1,496 1,942 3,438 4,070 7,5081997 January 1,462 1,775 3,237 4,255 7,492 February 1,421 1,920 3,341 4,093 7,434 March 1,506 1,904 3,410 4,344 7,754 April 1,720 2,098 3,818 4,169 7,987 May 1,564 2,510 4,073 4,579 8,653 June 1,650 2,478 4,128 4,631 8,759 July 1,607 2,055 3,662 4,515 8,178 August 1,750 2,280 4,030 4,591 8,621 Septembe 1,839 2,329 4,168 4,672 8,840 October 1,812 2,323 4,134
[CTRL] (Fwd) Oil
-Caveat Lector- http://www.ctrl.org/"> -Cui Bono?- Here's some data for all you spreadsheet/dbf fans. It shows how much oil is gained from generalised sources. You can go to the source URL and find out other interesting bits and bytes of information like jet fuel, heating oil, nat'l gas and the like. Just think though: if some Middle Eastern nations were denied a credible source of income for a while (check out the Reagan years, 1980-88), things might be thought of a little differently. Note that in the Bush years (1989-1992), the Middle Easterners produced near enough DOUBLE what they did the previous eight years -- near enough. About a year and a half ago, I posted a brief rationalisation for the 'Gulf War', portrayed in one single photograph of GHW Bush on what I recall was a Kuwaiti oil derrick. 'Nuff said. A<>E<>R --- Forwarded message follows --- http://www.eia.doe.gov/pub/oil_gas/petroleum/data_publications/petroleum_supply_ monthly/current/txt/table_s03.txt Crude Oil Imports, 1973 - Present (Thousand Barrels per Day) Total/a/b Total Year/Month Arab OPECOther OPEC/a OPEC Non-OPEC/a Imports 1973 Average838 1,257 2,0951,149 3,244 1974 Average713 1,827 2,540 931 3,477 1975 Average 1,330 1,882 3,211 893 4,105 1976 Average 2,378 2,167 4,545 742 5,287 1977 Average 3,136 2,507 5,643 971 6,615 1978 Average 2,930 2,254 5,1841,172 6,356 1979 Average 3,002 2,110 5,1121,407 6,519 1980 Average 2,503 1,361 3,8641,399 5,263 1981 Average 1,774 1,149 2,9221,474 4,396 1982 Average736 998 1,7341,754 3,488 1983 Average533 944 1,4771,853 3,329 1984 Average634 878 1,5121,914 3,426 1985 Average300 1,012 1,3121,888 3,201 1986 Average854 1,259 2,1132,065 4,178 1987 Average965 1,435 2,4002,274 4,674 1988 Average 1,415 1,281 2,6962,411 5,107 1989 Average 1,794 1,582 3,3762,467 5,843 1990 Average 1,864 1,650 3,5142,381 5,894 1991 Average 1,754 1,622 3,3772,405 5,782 1992 Average 1,660 1,746 3,4062,676 6,083 1993 Average 1,661 2,026 3,6873,100 6,787 1994 Average 1,636 1,944 3,5803,483 7,063 1995 Average 1,505 1,835 3,3413,889 7,230 1996 Average 1,496 1,942 3,4384,070 7,508 1997 January 1,462 1,775 3,2374,255 7,492 February 1,421 1,920 3,3414,093 7,434 March1,506 1,904 3,4104,344 7,754 April1,720 2,098 3,8184,169 7,987 May 1,564 2,510 4,0734,579 8,653 June 1,650 2,478 4,1284,631 8,759 July 1,607 2,055 3,6624,515 8,178 August 1,750 2,280 4,0304,591 8,621 Septembe 1,839 2,329 4,1684,672 8,840 October 1,812 2,323 4,1344,793 8,927 November 1,704 2,141 3,8454,521 8,366 December 1,649 1,795 3,4444,208 7,653 Average 1,641 2,134 3,7754,450 8,225 1998 January 1,726 1,977 3,7034,636 8,339 February 1,716 1,941 3,6574,388 8,045 March1,920 2,205 4,1263,998 8,124 April1,933 2,272 4,2054,780 8,985 May 1,815 2,463 4,2784,709 8,987 June 2,132 2,129 4,2614,533 8,795 July 2,315 2,400 4,7164,791 9,507 August 2,453 2,116 4,5694,607 9,177 Septembe 2,308 1,749 4,0574,4
Re: [CTRL] [Fwd: OIL: Hints of Supply Hikes Fail to Drive Down Prices]
-Caveat Lector- http://www.ctrl.org/"> -Cui Bono?- And to think that Saddam Hussein was just trying to get oil prices up to around $18. a barrel. When he couldn't get the other Arab oil producing countries to cut back production to boost crude prices, he took some drastic measures. Now doesn't that $18 price look great from here? Regards to All Nakano http://www.ctrl.org/">www.ctrl.org DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soap-boxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] [Fwd: OIL: Hints of Supply Hikes Fail to Drive Down Prices]
-Caveat Lector- http://www.ctrl.org/"> -Cui Bono?- Original Message Subject: OIL: Hints of Supply Hikes Fail to Drive Down Prices Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2000 21:40:31 -0600 (CST) From: IGC News Desk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Organization: ? To: undisclosed-recipients:; Copyright 2000 InterPress Service, all rights reserved. Worldwide distribution via the APC networks. *** 10-Mar-0* *** Title: OIL: Hints of Supply Hikes Fail to Drive Down Prices By Luis C¢rdova CARACAS, Mar 10 (IPS) - Venezuela's Energy Ministry reported Friday a more than one dollar rise in oil prices this week, which indicated the market's apparent indifference to signals from the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) of willingness to begin to ease production caps. OPEC will make its final decision on production quotas on Mar 27 in Vienna, at a meeting anxiously awaited by traders in a market that has posted the highest prices seen since the 1990 Gulf War. The price of the US benchmark West Texas Intermediate (WTI) has held steady above 30 dollars a barrel since late February, followed closely by Brent, which also shot above the 30-dollar mark earlier this month. Several OPEC members like Saudi Arabia, Venezuela and Kuwait have expressed interest in achieving a stable market, and thus agree that production should be gradually increased in order to meet demand and reduce the pressure driving up prices. Even Iran, which initially wanted to extend the production cutbacks for a few more months, has apparently come round to the idea of boosting supply, according to reports in Caracas. Mexico, which a year ago agreed with OPEC on the need for cutbacks to shore up slumping prices, has recently expressed its support for the idea of lifting the strategy of production quotas. Several OPEC spokespersons have said they would be satisfied with a price of 20 to 25 dollars a barrel. But prices are currently far above that level, as indicated by a weekly bulletin on price developments issued by Venezuela's Energy Ministry, which put this week's average WTI price at an average of 32.30 dollars per barrel, five dollars higher than January's average of 27.15 dollars. In March 1999, when the strategy of cutbacks by OPEC and non- OPEC members began to be applied, the price of WTI stood at 10 to 12 dollars a barrel - which means its price has risen threefold in the past 12 months. Brent, meanwhile, sold this week at an average of 30.34 dollars a barrel, compared to 29.21 dollars last week and 25.26 dollars in January. The OPEC reference basket stood at 29.21 dollars this week, 1.30 dollars above last week's price, while it sold for 24.58 dollars a barrel in January. Venezuela's basket of crudes fetched 28.90 dollars this week, 1.17 dollars above last week's price, and sold in January for 23.37 dollars - a far cry from the March 1999 price of seven dollars a barrel. But the success of the strategy designed to drive up prices has caused serious problems for consumer countries, which have insisted on the need for production hikes in order to bring prices down to a more moderate level. US Energy Secretary Bill Richardson met with his counterparts from oil-producing nations, including several OPEC members, to discuss agreements on production increases in order to meet the deficit in supplies, today estimated at two million barrels per day. But while the signals of willingness to increase production did not drive prices down, they did heighten expectations regarding the decisive meeting OPEC will hold towards the end of the month. OPEC countries that have already announced their support for increasing production have clarified that a final decision by the cartel will not be reached until the Vienna meeting. Others, like Algeria and Libya, have backed the idea of extending the strategy until the middle of the year, a period when prices tend to fall. At a meeting on oil in Miami, Venezuelan Energy Minister Al¡ Rodr¡guez commented Thursday that he also expected demand to fall by 2.5 million barrels, a factor that could weigh heavily when it comes to increasing supplies. (END/IPS/tra-so/lc/dm/sw/00) Origin: Montevideo/OIL/ [c] 2000, InterPress Third World News Agency (IPS) All rights reserved May not be reproduced, reprinted or posted to any system or service outside of the APC networks, without specific permission from IPS. This limitation includes distribution via Usenet News, bulletin board systems, mailing lists, print media and broadcast. For information about cross- posting, send a message to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>.For information about print or broadcast reproduction please contact the IPS coordinator at <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. http://www.ctrl.org/">www.ctrl.org DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propaga
[CTRL] [Fwd: Oil Drilling poll ignites digital dogfight]
-Caveat Lector- http://www.ctrl.org/"> -Cui Bono?- Original Message Subject: Oil Drilling poll ignites digital dogfight Date: Sat, 11 Mar 2000 21:19:45 -0600 (CST) From: Mark Graffis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Organization: ? To: undisclosed-recipients:; Copyright © 2000 Scripps McClatchy Western Service BY DAVID WHITNEY, Nando Washington Bureau WASHINGTON (March 11, 2000 1:09 a.m. EST http://www.nandotimes.com) - It means nothing - just some zeros and ones zinging their way over a fiber-optic cable somewhere to MSNBC's web site at the other end. But on Friday the kilobytes were adding up to a megabyte battle over oil development in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. The Internet news site posted a survey on whether its visitors thought protected areas should be opened to oil drilling. The question appeared on a web page containing news stories on the revived controversy over opening the refuge's 1.5 million-acre coastal plain to drilling. The issue arose in the Senate this week when Alaska Sen. Frank Murkowski seized upon the skyrocketing price of gasoline to introduce a bill that would permit drilling in what the oil industry regards as one of the most promising unexplored corners of the continent. When word of the MSNBC survey began to spread, interest groups began sending out mass e-mail alerts to their followers urging them to log onto the web site and cast their vote for or against. "Yes, we need to end our dependency on foreign oil," was one choice. Slightly more than half of the respondents were clicking on that. "No, we can end our oil dependency by investing in alternative energy," was the second choice, and slightly half of the respondents were clicking on it. Those who couldn't make up their minds clicked on "can't decide," and 2 percent of the respondents made that choice. Joan Connell, executive producer for opinions at MSNBC in Redmond, Wash., said the results have absolutely no value to anyone for anything. "This is a self-selecting, non-scientific survey," she said. "These are not scientific polls." Still, Connell said she was amazed that the question was drawing the volume of responses, roughly three times what questions on most of the other 400 or so interactive story pages on the web site might attract. She said it may be because the broader issue, the high price of gasoline, was stirring a veritable digital storm of activity. "What this means more than anything is enthusiasm, or depth of feeling," Connell said. Frenzy is another word for it. Pro-development forces that until two weeks ago thought they'd be sitting out another year without legislation in Congress suddenly not only had a bill, they had a digital dogfight. "I sent out e-mails to my board telling them what's on the web site," confessed Cam Toohey, executive director of Arctic Power, the leading pro-development lobbying organization. E-mails spread throughout the land as recipients re-transmitted the message to others. Mike Heatwole, who works for the public relations firm of Reid/Bradley in Anchorage, said anyone who was anything probably knew about the MSNBC survey. He helped spread the message. Toohey said they learned last year that a little get-out-the-vote elbow grease can turn the corner on a tough Internet vote. When a question popped up last year on whether the Interior Department should open the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska to leasing, a digital poll was going down until the pro-drillers fired up their PCs and Macs. "We sent out alerts, and the results turned around favorably," Toohey said. "We've got a lot of computers." Environmentalists scoffed at all the excitement Friday. "This is who can turn out more of their troops," sniffed Adam Kolton of the Alaska Wilderness League. "We've done real polls, and they show overwhelming support for protecting the refuge." Recent polls done for The Wilderness Society by the polling firm of Lake, Snell and Perry in Florida, New Hampshire and Texas showed that about 70 percent of the respondents somewhat or strongly opposed the federal government allowing private companies to drill for oil in the refuge, said Rindy O'Brien, vice president of the environmental group. That's not to say environmentalists would be above trying to manipulate the turnout in the MSNBC survey. In some instances, they just didn't know about it. The Wilderness Society's Alaska representative, Allen Smith, was in no position to know. He was stuck at the computer repair shop Friday, broken down on the information highway just when the speed was picking up. http://www.ctrl.org/">www.ctrl.org DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot
[CTRL] Fwd: Oil Co. Linked to Brain Tumors
Fifth Death in Amoco Cancer Mystery .c The Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) -- A mysterious outbreak of brain cancer at BP Amoco PLC's suburban research center has claimed a fifth victim, oil company officials said. At the request of the victim's family, BP Amoco would not identify the employee, who died Sunday. A company spokeswoman said Monday the longtime employee was a chemical researcher at the Naperville facility who had been diagnosed a year ago with a malignant brain tumor. ``We're very sorry to lose a friend and colleague,'' said Jim Lowry, who heads BP Amoco's task force on the tumors. The latest death ``strengthens our resolve to get to the bottom of the issue.'' Since 1989, 21 workers at the facility have been diagnosed with benign and malignant brain tumors. Seven with malignant tumors worked at the building 500 complex on similar projects from the late 1970s to the mid-1980s. Last year, six former or current scientists filed a lawsuit, claiming Amoco ``exhibited reckless disregard for the health and well-being'' of the workers and exposed them to dangerous chemicals. BP Amoco has funded a two-year investigation of the cases. The company said in October that investigators increasingly suspect chemicals used at the center are linked to the brain tumors.
[CTRL] Fwd: Oil and Counter-Insurgency
Indonesian Rights Group Eyes Mobil JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) -- A government-backed human rights group said today it was assessing allegations that Mobil Oil knew about military atrocities in an Indonesian province in the early 1990s. Mobil Oil Indonesia, a subsidiary of the U.S. oil giant, has big operations in Aceh province, where the government recently ended a decadelong campaign against separatist guerrillas. Local human rights workers have alleged that hundreds of civilians died during the fighting in the northwestern region and have unearthed several mass graves. The military has apologized and has pledged to reduce its presence in Aceh. Muhammad Salim, a member of the National Human Rights Commission, said it had received witness reports that Mobil managers were aware of abuses in Aceh and even provided equipment to soldiers involved in atrocities. ``We have to learn whether this information is accurate and clarify these reports,'' Salim said. Mobil denies the charges. The human rights panel was set up by the government but has developed a reputation for independent decision-making. It often issues highly publicized reports but does not have the power to take legal action. Indonesian human rights workers have said that Mobil must have known about atrocities in Aceh and also provided earth-moving equipment to soldiers who used it to dig mass graves. The accusations were contained in an article this month in the U.S. magazine Business Week. In a Dec. 18 statement, Mobil said allegations that it was complicit in human rights abuses were misleading and that it had cooperated fully with the magazine's inquiries. ``Despite these efforts, the magazine chose to sensationalize the story by emphasizing unsubstantiated allegations and rumor,'' the statement read. ``Mobil does not condone human rights abuses, and if substantiated claims linking its activities to such abuses were brought to its attention, the company would aggressively respond to and denounce such actions,'' the company said from its Fairfax, Va., headquarters. Critics say Mobil provided camps, electricity, communications and other facilities to the armed forces at a time when it was widely known that a military campaign was underway. ``They have helped since the beginning of the operation,'' said Abdurahman Jacob, chairman of the legal aid foundation in Lhokseumawe, an oil and gas center in Aceh.
