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Erica Yeo

Crude Oil Rises on Gaza Conflict Amid Declining U.S. Stockpiles - Bloomberg - 2 views

  • boosting speculation that the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians of Gaza may disrupt crude supply from the Middle East.
  • Prices advanced earlier after American Petroleum Institute data yesterday showed crude inventories fell for the second week in three. An Energy Department report today is forecast to show supplies increased.
  • “Crude trade will remain choppy until we have some clarity on the Israeli-Gaza conflict,
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  • Societe Generale SA raised its predictions for global oil prices next year,
  • Crude for January delivery was at $87.58 a barrel, up 83 cents, or 1 percent, in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange at 1:38 p.m. London time. The contract dropped $2.53 yesterday to $86.75, the biggest decline since Nov. 7. Prices are down 11 percent this year.
  • The bank increased its price outlook for Brent to $110 a barrel from $103 previously, according to an e-mailed report.
  • Crude stockpiles in the U.S. slid 1.9 million barrels in the week ended Nov. 16, the API’s report showed.
  • Gasoline slid 4.8 million barrels, compared with a gain of 1 million barrels in the Bloomberg survey. Distillates, including diesel and heating oil, declined 4.4 million barrels, compared with a projected 1 million-barrel decrease.
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    1. What affect do you think the american stockpiles of crude oil have on the supply and demand graph of crude oil? 2. Since the middle east contributes to most of our oil resources, what are the possible solutions to the price increase of crude oil if the conflict between israel and palestine continues?
Cristina Raileanu

Suncor Weighing Spending Cuts on Oil Discount: Corporate - Bloomberg - 0 views

  • C$11.6 billion ($11.8 billion) oil-sands project the first major spending reduction among Alberta energy pr
  • West Canada Select, traded at a record $42.50 a barrel less than U.S. crude on Dec. 14.
  • C$2.5 billion a month because of the lower prices, according to an estimate by Houston-based investment bank PPHB Securities LP. The discount has helped erode Canadian oil profits and hurt companies’ shares.
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  • rom 2011, according to the average of 20 estimates. ‘Train Wreck’
  • Pipeline Opposition
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  • Narrowing Gap
Cristina Raileanu

Canada Natural Resources Minister 'welcomes' Trans Mountain pipeline expansion - Oil & ... - 0 views

  • We know that 99% of Canada's oil exports are transported to the US, whose need for imported oil will decline sharply in the coming years
  • In British Columbia alone, resource industries support 100,000 direct jobs. They also make up 13% of its economy and account for 80% of its exports.”
  • KMEP last year announced plans to expand Trans Mountain, which extends from Edmonton to Canada’s western coast, to 850,000 b/d from 300,000 b/d by twinning it and adding storage and pump stations
Nikita Klyuev

Billionaire-backed commodity merchant buys natural gas assets - 0 views

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    The firm acquired 180 oil and gas wells, 150,000 net acres in mineral leases, a gas processing facility and a 262-mile gas gathering system from Houston-based Patara Oil & Gas, it said in a press release. Dubin was listed as number 285 on the Forbes 400 list of billionaires in September 2012 with a net worth of $1.7 billion; Tudor was number 108 on the same list, with $3.6 billion.
Cristina Raileanu

Commodities and resources - 0 views

  • Out west, we’ve had it pretty good. Unemployment is low, incomes are high, and the GDP is set to grow faster than almost anywhere.
  • We are not here for ourselves alone.
  • we focus on what immigrants can do for us (fill jobs) rather than on what we can do for them (provide beautiful communities and the chance to participate in building something amazing).
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  • “We must build pipelines. The world needs our oil. Nothing can get in the way. This is not negotiable.” Oil and pipeline companies are running headlong into some unanticipated opposition from folks who don’t see it the same way.
  • That means being a world leader in environmental stewardship, rather than arrogantly comparing ourselves to Nigeria or Sudan and patting ourselves on the back because our human rights are better than theirs.
  • Alberta is in a unique situation. It’s been blessed enormously in resources, wealth, natural beauty and smart people. We really can do anything if we set our minds to it, but not if we do it only for short-term financial gain.
Cristina Raileanu

Ford confident its hybrid fuel economy numbers will stand up - The Globe and Mail - 0 views

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    This is a article about a new hybrid car, that should work in favor with the spiking of the oil prices.
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Tom Thorne's ejournal: Economic stagnation in US means whoever wins the US Presidential... - 1 views

  • The real threat to Canada is not who is in the White House but what they do about the mounting US Government debt now at $16 Trillion plus. To this point there is no will apparent to cooperate for a solution.
  • The real threat to Canada is not who is in the White House but what they do about the mounting US Government debt now at $16 Trillion plus. To this point there is no will apparent to cooperate for a solution.
  • The real threat to Canada is not who is in the White House but what they do about the mounting US Government debt now at $16 Trillion plus. To this point there is no will apparent to cooperate for a solution.
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      Represents the real threat to Canada; USA's economic stagnation
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  • The real threat to Canada is not who is in the White House but what they do about the mounting US Government debt now at $16 Trillion plus. To this point there is no will apparent to cooperate for a solution.
  • If the US literally prints its way out of its economic mess, the mess will be compounded. 
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      Problems caused by overprinting money
  • Such an action is guaranteed to create inflation and a rise in interest rates charged to service the debt and also generally for business and lenders of all kinds.
  • Lenders will want more interest to cover the risk of carrying US Government debt loads expressed in diluted valued bonds and currency.
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      The proves that the USA is in really bad debt.
  • Serious debt reduction is needed in the US Congress and Administration.  And there is very little wiggle room to cut US government expenditures. However failure to do so will mean in the middle range of time that the US will become more and more an economic lightweight and hence its world presence will be diminished. That is bad for Canada.
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      If USA falls into a deeper economic stagnation Canada will be widely affected.
  • The US is making itself militarily and financially vulnerable. Canada, no matter how well we manage our financial affairs, will be forced into the same situation as our major trading partner.
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      The US is losing it influence throughout the world. This is a problem.
  • It will be tougher for Canada to retain our natural resources.  Potential deals like the Chinese State taking over Nexen in our oil sands, will become more likely if we want to maintain our own economic performance independent of a financially errant US.
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      problems caused by USA economic stagnation.
  • It really is time for the United States Government and its politicians to bite the economic bullet. Failure to do so means a downsizing of the United State’s influence on the world stage and that can only mean that Canada will need a more independent economic policy as China grows in influence. In short the lack of action on the economic front by our major trading partner is taking us more to Europe and into the arms of the Chinese Government’s hegemony.
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      The consequences if the USA does not change.
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    Questions: 1. Do you think that eventually Canada will have no choice but to sell its natural resources to the other world powers? Can this be a good change? 2. Canada and the USA share a lot of history and do a lot of activities together, do you think that being financially independent will make us rely less on the US ?
Brijesh Patel

Commodities rise on budget talks - 0 views

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    - The price of commodities has been going up and down the past week as negotiations over the U.S budget continues. - Oil rose while natural gas fell. Silver rose 2%, gold raised $10.70, copper gained 6.8 cents, palladium ended up at $12.25 and platinum gained $7.80 - Investors are hoping a new budget is agreed upon so that tax doesn't increase - There is a possibility that the economist believe that U.S could be pushed back into recession if a budget is not agreed upon. - During the second quarter, the economy grew at a faster rate than initially thought by the commerce department. - More Americans starting buying homes due to the job gains and low mortgage rates. The National Association of Realtors said an index measuring pending contracts to buy homes jumped last month.
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    do you think that the new budget will make a difference in the commodities prices ?
Cristina Raileanu

5 Commodity Stocks Moving On News - Seeking Alpha - 0 views

  • Commodity prices this morning are as follows:Gold: $1668.80/ounce up by $8.20/ounceSilver: $30.77/ounce up by $0.362/ounceOil: $94.17/barrel up by $0.61/barrelRBOB Gas: $2.7461/gallon up by $0.0066/gallonNatural Gas: $3.355/MMbtu up by $0.028/MMbtu
  • This weekend we saw where Carl Icahn has taken a 1.56% stake in Transocean (RIG) and is seeking to gain regulatory approval to purchase a larger stake which would take his holdings to over 5% of the company.
  • Alpha Natural Resources (ANR) did not pop above $10/share and hold and did in fact begin a pullback towards $9.50/share starting last Thursday (the same day we wrote about the crossroads the stock was at - see here).
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