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Moore Up North: Separation of Corporation and StateFebruary 13, 2010
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The president of Conoco Phillips Alaska, Jim Bowles, was killed in an avalanche near Grandview on the Kenai Peninsula Saturday and another man was killed in a second slide off Hiland Road near Eagle River. A third is presumed dead in the Grandview avalanche, according to Alaska State Troopers.
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http://www.esf.edu/EFB/hall/
State University of New YorkCollege of Environmental Science & Forestry
Faculty of Environmental & Forest Biology
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http://www.esf.edu/EFB/hall/State University of New YorkCollege of Environmental Science & Forestry
Faculty of Environmental & Forest Biology
I dont agree with everything Mr Hall Says,
but I had to admit it was a great presentation.(pdk)
354 Illick Hall1 Forestry DriveSyracuse, New York 13210
Phone: 315-470-6870
Fax: 315-470-6934
Email: chall@esf.edu
Charles A. S. Hall
Charles Hall is currently Professor of Environmental and Forest Biology at the State University of New York, Syracuse. He has degrees in biology and zoology from Colgate University (1965), Pennsylvania State University (1966) and the University of North Carolina (1970) and has researched and taught at Brookhaven National Laboratory, Woods Hole Laboratory, Cornell University, the University of Montana and, since 1987, at SUNY ESF Syracuse.Dr Hall's focus is Systems Ecology, the application of integrative tools of science, including especially empirical simulation modeling, to the understanding and management of complex systems of nature and of people and nature. His PhD work was under the great Systems
RE: [Understanding Complexity] Feb 8, 7:30 PM: Peak Oil, EROI, and our Financial Future
Sunday, February 7, 2010 7:32 PM From: "Cheryl Wright"View contact details
Sunday, February 7, 2010 7:32 PM From: "Cheryl Wright"
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January 30th, 2010
TransCanada files open-season
plan for proposed gas line
'OPEN SEASON':
Lower shipping costs could entice gas producers.
more--
Sen. Lesil McGuire, who co-chairs the state Senate Resources Committee, said she is worried about the TransCanada project's reliance on federal loan guarantees, which still haven't been fully approved, and about the likelihood that North Slope's producers will not commit their gas without revisions to the state's tax law.
Republican gubernatorial candidate Ralph Samuels, a former state representative, said he doesn't believe the state's process for developing a pipeline will produce anything but delays. He was the only one of 60 legislators to vote against the Alaska Gas Inducement Act, a Palin administration-backed law that ultimately led the state to award a pipeline license to TransCanada.
Wall Street oil and gas analyst Fadel Gheit said he doesn't think that investors will support building a $30 billion to $40 billion pipeline given the massive amount of gas coming available in the Lower 48. That is, not unless the government makes gas "the mandatory fuel of choice," he said.
For that reason, he sees the LNG project, which could export gas overseas, as more attractive. Plus, it's cheaper and faster to build, said Gheit, of Oppenheimer & Co., a New York investment firm.
http://www.adn.com/money/industries/oil/pipeline/story/1116269.html
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"Is OIL my God ?"
January 30th, 2010TransCanada files open-season
plan for proposed gas line
'OPEN SEASON':
Lower shipping costs could entice gas producers.
more--
Sen. Lesil McGuire, who co-chairs the state Senate Resources Committee, said she is worried about the TransCanada project's reliance on federal loan guarantees, which still haven't been fully approved, and about the likelihood that North Slope's producers will not commit their gas without revisions to the state's tax law.
Republican gubernatorial candidate Ralph Samuels, a former state representative, said he doesn't believe the state's process for developing a pipeline will produce anything but delays. He was the only one of 60 legislators to vote against the Alaska Gas Inducement Act, a Palin administration-backed law that ultimately led the state to award a pipeline license to TransCanada.
Wall Street oil and gas analyst Fadel Gheit said he doesn't think that investors will support building a $30 billion to $40 billion pipeline given the massive amount of gas coming available in the Lower 48. That is, not unless the government makes gas "the mandatory fuel of choice," he said.
For that reason, he sees the LNG project, which could export gas overseas, as more attractive. Plus, it's cheaper and faster to build, said Gheit, of Oppenheimer & Co., a New York investment firm.
http://www.adn.com/money/industries/oil/pipeline/story/1116269.html
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"Is OIL my God ?"Gulf Coasts big oil refineries BOY and MOUTH PIECE,
-- "DAN the OIL CAN" --DAN FAGEN promotes MORE Oil Interests AIR TIME
WITH HIS FELLOW PRO OIL LOBBYISTS
Spread the word, tell your friends, there is a new voice in Alaska,
The Alaska Standard!
Publisher Dan Fagan ( the big question is; Are Rick Rydel and Andrew Halcro Co-Publishers)
Contributors (a list of Dans: friends, "pea brains", "Idiots", "Palinbots", "political buddies",lobbyists, or corrupt bastards club members?; You tell me!)
Alex Gimarc, Andy Clary, Barbara Bachmeier, Becky Hultberg, Brian Stanley, Carol Kidwell, Cody Downs-Dan Fagan-Dani Carlson-Dave Bronson-Dave Dittman-Dave Harbour-Dave Stieren-David A. Chacon-Donald Anderson-Dorene M. Lorenz-Duncan Galland-Edward Knoch-Effie Caldarola-Glen Biegel-Glenn Clary-Greg Kisor-Jan De Land-James Friderici-Jeff Jones-Jim Minnery-Joe Holbert-Julie Hasquet-Larry Wood-Leslie Lorentzen-Linda Kellen -BiegelSen. Lisa Murkowski-Loren R. Burnham-Sen. Mark Begich-Mary Ann Pease-Matt Moon-Mead Treadwell-Mike Dingman-Rep. Mike Hawker-Neva Reece-Paul Laird-Paula Easley-Penny Nixon-Rebecca Logan-Richard Peterson-Rick Rydell-Roger Maynard-Sarah Erkmann-Scott Erwin Gregory-Steve Pratt-Tom Brennan
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http://www.exxonmobil.com/Corporate/news_speeches_20091207_kruger.aspx
December 7, 2009
World energy challenges: Endurance and commitment
Remarks by Rich Kruger President,
It is fitting that we discuss commitment and endurance in this country that impressively demonstrates these virtues in helping to meet the world’s energy needs.
Qatar’s vision and leadership serve as an example of what can be achieved through teamwork, innovation and technology, and an example that testifies to the power of international partnerships.---
http://www.exxonmobil.com/Corporate/news_speeches_20091207_kruger.aspx
December 7, 2009World energy challenges: Endurance and commitmentRemarks by Rich Kruger President,
Exxon Mobil Production
Doha, Qatar December 7, 2009
Your Excellencies, fellow panelists, distinguished delegates, it is a pleasure to be here in Doha at this important event.
My company is proud of its more than 15 years of partnership with the State of Qatar and Qatar Petroleum. And, we are honored to play a role in Qatar’s impressive rise.
We salute the Qatar National Vision 2030 launched by His Highness the Emir. We are pleased to take part in supporting its four pillars of human, social, economic and environmental development.Your Excellencies, fellow panelists, distinguished delegates, it is a pleasure to be here in Doha at this important event.
My company is proud of its more than 15 years of partnership with the State of Qatar and Qatar Petroleum. And, we are honored to play a role in Qatar’s impressive rise.
It is fitting that we discuss commitment and endurance in this country that impressively demonstrates these virtues in helping to meet the world’s energy needs.
Qatar’s vision and leadership serve as an example of what can be achieved through teamwork, innovation and technology, and an example that testifies to the power of international partnerships.---
It is our endurance that will enable us to carry through with the commitment. And time and time again, our industry has demonstrated that it delivers on its commitments
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Is this window dressing ahead of putting the company up for sale?
The third-largest U.S. oil company, with production of 1.78 million barrels of oil (and gas equivalents) per day, is probably too big to be bought. But it could be an excellent merger partner for a mid-sized oil company with a strong exploration team.
http://alaskaenergypolicy.blogspot.com/search/label/2a..DAILY%20ISSUE%20COMMENTS
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ConocoPhillips On The Block? (Whats up?)
ConocoPhillips announced Wednesday that it planned to sell $10 billion in assets, slash capital spending to $11 billion next year, boost its dividend and pay down debt.Is this window dressing ahead of putting the company up for sale?
The third-largest U.S. oil company, with production of 1.78 million barrels of oil (and gas equivalents) per day, is probably too big to be bought. But it could be an excellent merger partner for a mid-sized oil company with a strong exploration team.
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Shell to build world’s largest ship for gas plant
BST 08 Oct 2009
Royal Dutch Shell has unveiled plans to build the world's biggest ship – a 480m vessel that will house a liquefied natural gas plant and float over offshore gas fields.
Displacing 600,000 tonnes and carrying 50,000 tonnes of equipment, the 75m-wide vessel will be built to withstand "one in 10,000-year" tropical cyclones, the energy giant says.
Gas for the vessel will come from the Browse Basin's Prelude field, which is thought to contain up to three trillion cubic feet of gas, and the Concerto field, about 16km away.Pending a final investment decision once a design and engineering study is completed, the vessel will go into service about 200km off the Kimberley Coast in north-western Australia.
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http://asianenergy.blogspot.com/2009_10_04_archive.html
Shell to build world’s largest ship for gas plant
BST 08 Oct 2009
Royal Dutch Shell has unveiled plans to build the world's biggest ship – a 480m vessel that will house a liquefied natural gas plant and float over offshore gas fields.
Displacing 600,000 tonnes and carrying 50,000 tonnes of equipment, the 75m-wide vessel will be built to withstand "one in 10,000-year" tropical cyclones, the energy giant says.
Gas for the vessel will come from the Browse Basin's Prelude field, which is thought to contain up to three trillion cubic feet of gas, and the Concerto field, about 16km away.Pending a final investment decision once a design and engineering study is completed, the vessel will go into service about 200km off the Kimberley Coast in north-western Australia.
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1-8-10 Opinion -pdk
24/7 around the clock BIG OIL IS GOD
First, The Alaska Standard E-news site, Now, Petroleum News colaborates on Oil Going Green site for some reason or another,
Joining other DEFACTO OIL OWNED AND PRO OIL MEDIAS KFQD 750AM Radio Morris Communications with Dan Fagen "Dan the Oil Can" talk show , And KENI 650Am Clear Channel Radio with Rick Ridel "Give me Oil or Give me Death" talk radio as some of the leading spokes persons for BIG OIL at any Price.
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Our view: Shale gas
Alaska has some advantages
against Lower 48 competition
January 13th, 2010
Alaskans are understandably concerned about competition from rapidly growing shale gas production in the Lower 48. Will all that gas, located so much closer to the nation's energy markets, sink our chances for a gas pipeline from the North Slope? It might -- but shale gas has big troubles of its own. Those who live in and around shale gas drilling are finding out it is a high-polluting way to produce a clean- burning fuel. It takes a lot of industrial activity, and pumping a lot of water underground, to produce relatively small amounts of gas. And strange things can happen when that gas is pried loose from solid rock.
READ MORE:
---------Where shale gas is being produced, government regulators are under pressure to set new rules to protect the environment and nearby property owners. Those rules will increase the cost of business and undercut the economic advantages shale gas now enjoys.
In short, Alaska's natural gas is a lot greener than shale gas -- and that advantage should help Alaska overcome our distant location from Lower 48 markets.
BOTTOM LINE:
Environmental problems work in favor of Alaska gas.
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http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/010510/sta_543065241.shtml
Tuesday, January 05,
Bob Swenson prefers the 'eye of the storm'
Joining other DEFACTO OIL OWNED AND PRO OIL MEDIAS KFQD 750AM Radio Morris Communications with Dan Fagen "Dan the Oil Can" talk show , And KENI 650Am Clear Channel Radio with Rick Ridel "Give me Oil or Give me Death" talk radio as some of the leading spokes persons for BIG OIL at any Price.
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http://www.adn.com/opinion/view/story/1092230.html
Our view: Shale gasAlaska has some advantages
against Lower 48 competition
January 13th, 2010
Alaskans are understandably concerned about competition from rapidly growing shale gas production in the Lower 48. Will all that gas, located so much closer to the nation's energy markets, sink our chances for a gas pipeline from the North Slope? It might -- but shale gas has big troubles of its own. Those who live in and around shale gas drilling are finding out it is a high-polluting way to produce a clean- burning fuel. It takes a lot of industrial activity, and pumping a lot of water underground, to produce relatively small amounts of gas. And strange things can happen when that gas is pried loose from solid rock.
READ MORE:
---------Where shale gas is being produced, government regulators are under pressure to set new rules to protect the environment and nearby property owners. Those rules will increase the cost of business and undercut the economic advantages shale gas now enjoys.
In short, Alaska's natural gas is a lot greener than shale gas -- and that advantage should help Alaska overcome our distant location from Lower 48 markets.
BOTTOM LINE:
Environmental problems work in favor of Alaska gas.
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http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/010510/sta_543065241.shtml
Tuesday, January 05,Bob Swenson prefers the 'eye of the storm'
That's why the 53-year-old prefers to stay in what he calls "the eye of the storm," the calm center where only hard evidence has value, and away from "the lunatic fringe." --
Swenson said all he can do is keep his eye on his sole objective - bringing affordable, locally produced gas to Alaska markets--
Swenson said all he can do is keep his eye on his sole objective - bringing affordable, locally produced gas to Alaska markets--
"If you can't handle the scrutiny of other scientists or other people, then maybe you're not doing your job," he said. "There's going to be people who are going to be very impatient and frustrated, confused and all of that.
"But that's the storm, and there's nothing I can do about that."
"But that's the storm, and there's nothing I can do about that."
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http://www.adn.com/news/government/legislature/story/1080612.html
ENERGY =
http://www.adn.com/news/government/legislature/story/1080612.html
ENERGY =CLEAN OR CARBON,
HOME OR BUSINESS
Legislators want to put
Legislators want to put
PFD guarantee in Alaska Constitution
PROTECTION:
PROTECTION:
French, Crawford say that otherwise it'll be spent.
By SEAN COCKERHAMmailto:%20scockerham@adn.com
January 6th, 2010
By SEAN COCKERHAMmailto:%20scockerham@adn.com
January 6th, 2010
"When we talk about giving big tax breaks to the oil companies, the unspoken corollary is, where are we going to get the money from? The Permanent Fund." Crawford said. "That's one of many reasons we're bringing this up now."
Anchorage Republican Rep. Mike Hawker, told of Crawford's statement, said, "That's just silly."
"It creates the appearance clearly of campaign tactics, much more so than a substantive look at the state's resources and the state's needs," said Hawker, who is among the legislators who want to look at changing the state's oil tax system.
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http://science.howstuffworks.com/lake-nyos.htm
How did Lake Nyos
suddenly kill 1,700 people?
Lake Nyos had long been quiet before it happened. Farmers and migratory herders in the West African country of Cameroon knew the lake as large, still and blue.
But on the evening of Aug. 21, 1986, farmers living near the lake heard rumbling. At the same time, a frothy spray shot hundreds of feet out of the lake, and a white cloud collected over the water. From the ground, the cloud grew to 328 feet (100 meters) tall and flowed across the land. When farmers near the lake left their houses to investigate the noise, they lost consciousness.
The heavy cloud sunk into a valley, which channeled it into settlements. People in the affected areas collapsed in their tracks -- at home, on roads or in the field -- losing consciousness or dying in a few breaths. In Nyos and Kam, the first villages hit by the cloud, everyone but four inhabitants on high ground died.
The valley split, and the cloud followed, killing people up to 15.5 miles (25 kilometers) away from the lake. Over
---Scientists soon learned that the cloud contained carbon dioxide (CO2). That finding explained the cloud's heaviness, since CO2 is denser than air. The cloud was actually CO2 mixed with air. The CO2 killed directly by shutting off people's consciousness and breathing. When the CO2 concentration was 15 percent or less, people lost consciousness and later revived. Individuals who inhaled more than 15 percent CO2 stopped breathing in minutes and died.
As for why the lake ejected CO2 --READ MORE >
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SO YOU THINK NATURAL GAS IS REALLY NATURAL
OR
PIPED GAS
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http://byronwine.com/#oil
VIDEO -here. Lindsey Williams -2005 This is a very interesting Video..WOW ! Alaskas oil is controled by World Order here.
Alaska http://byronwine.com/files/cover.pdf Lindsey Williams VIDEO-WATCH AND LISTEN here.
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http://byronwine.com/#oil
CHECK OUT THIS VIDEO ON WATER FUSION ENERGY here.
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http://solveclimate.com/blog/20091231/todays-climate-december-31-2009
Canada Panel Backs Arctic Pipeline, with Conditions (Reuters)
by SolveClimate Staff - Dec 31st, 2009
in
Today's Climate
The 15.4 billion Mackenzie pipeline in Canada's Arctic should be allowed to proceed, provided 176 recommendations aimed at socioeconomic benefits and minimizing environmental damage are followed, regulators ruled.
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Obama calls Alaska gas pipeline promisingAnchorage Daily News ^ February 11th, 2009 09:35 PM ERIKA BOLSTAD
President Barack Obama on Wednesday called Alaska's proposed natural gas pipeline "promising" as a national energy resource and pledged to discuss it with Canadian leaders during his Feb. 19 trip to Ottawa.
"It's a project of great potential and something I'm very interested in," Obama said Wednesday during an interview in the White House with the Anchorage Daily News and 15 other regional newspapers.
"As I mentioned during the campaign, I actually think that for us to move forward on the natural gas pipeline as part of a comprehensive energy strategy -- that includes both more production as well as greater efficiency -- makes a lot of sense," Obama said.
"As it happens, Prime Minister Harper, as well as President Calderon of Mexico, have a great interest in energy. Obviously Canada is one of the biggest energy players in
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http://www.shell.com/static//investor/downloads/presentations/2007/merril_lynch_amsterdam.pdf
http://www.shell.com/static//investor/downloads/presentations/2007/merril_lynch_amsterdam.pdf
http://www.hart-isee.com/index.php?page=synfuels--ctl-gtl-technologies
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XLT FUELS ?? some pros and cons (EXXON SAYS NO to carbon sequestration, IT WON"T WORK ! TOO EXPENSIVE ?)
http://www.sciencealert.com.au/opinions/20071510-16452.html
Monday, 15 October 2007
http://www.energy.ca.gov/ab1007/documents/2007-05-31_joint_workshop/2007-05-31_XTL_SCENARIO.PDF
5-30-07
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http://www.adn.com/money/industries/oil/story/1074420.html
Cook Inlet Energy buys package of properties
NEW DRILLING: All areas are on west side.
By WESLEY LOYPetroleum News
Published: December 31st, 2009
Managers for Cook Inlet Energy say they have wrapped up the purchase of a package of formerly abandoned oil and gas properties on the inlet's west side and are moving toward a production re-start.
Anchorage-based Cook Inlet Energy was organized earlier this year by former employees of California independent Pacific Energy Resources Ltd., which abandoned the assets in September in bankruptcy proceedings.
The properties had become, in the words of the Cook Inlet Energy managers, "wards of the state of Alaska" pending the sale, which a bankruptcy judge approved. The company said the deal closed this month, and now it is aiming to restore production.
"We're immediately hiring back many of the employees who lost their jobs due to the shutdown," said David Hall, chief executive of Cook Inlet Energy and former Pacific Energy vice president in charge of Alaska operations.
"Our initial strategy will be to restore base production at the West McArthur River field by repairing a couple of our champion wells," Hall said, "but our long-term strategy is to significantly raise oil and gas production at the properties through new drilling. This
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http://www.adn.com/money/industries/oil/story/1071036.html
Anchorage Republican Rep. Mike Hawker, told of Crawford's statement, said, "That's just silly."
"It creates the appearance clearly of campaign tactics, much more so than a substantive look at the state's resources and the state's needs," said Hawker, who is among the legislators who want to look at changing the state's oil tax system.
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http://science.howstuffworks.com/lake-nyos.htm
How did Lake Nyossuddenly kill 1,700 people?
Lake Nyos had long been quiet before it happened. Farmers and migratory herders in the West African country of Cameroon knew the lake as large, still and blue.
But on the evening of Aug. 21, 1986, farmers living near the lake heard rumbling. At the same time, a frothy spray shot hundreds of feet out of the lake, and a white cloud collected over the water. From the ground, the cloud grew to 328 feet (100 meters) tall and flowed across the land. When farmers near the lake left their houses to investigate the noise, they lost consciousness.
The heavy cloud sunk into a valley, which channeled it into settlements. People in the affected areas collapsed in their tracks -- at home, on roads or in the field -- losing consciousness or dying in a few breaths. In Nyos and Kam, the first villages hit by the cloud, everyone but four inhabitants on high ground died.The valley split, and the cloud followed, killing people up to 15.5 miles (25 kilometers) away from the lake. Over
---Scientists soon learned that the cloud contained carbon dioxide (CO2). That finding explained the cloud's heaviness, since CO2 is denser than air. The cloud was actually CO2 mixed with air. The CO2 killed directly by shutting off people's consciousness and breathing. When the CO2 concentration was 15 percent or less, people lost consciousness and later revived. Individuals who inhaled more than 15 percent CO2 stopped breathing in minutes and died.
As for why the lake ejected CO2 --READ MORE >
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SO YOU THINK NATURAL GAS IS REALLY NATURALOR
PIPED GAS
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http://byronwine.com/#oilVIDEO -here. Lindsey Williams -2005 This is a very interesting Video..WOW ! Alaskas oil is controled by World Order here.
Alaska http://byronwine.com/files/cover.pdf Lindsey Williams VIDEO-WATCH AND LISTEN here.
--
http://byronwine.com/#oil
CHECK OUT THIS VIDEO ON WATER FUSION ENERGY here.
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http://solveclimate.com/blog/20091231/todays-climate-december-31-2009
Canada Panel Backs Arctic Pipeline, with Conditions (Reuters)by SolveClimate Staff - Dec 31st, 2009
in
Today's Climate
The 15.4 billion Mackenzie pipeline in Canada's Arctic should be allowed to proceed, provided 176 recommendations aimed at socioeconomic benefits and minimizing environmental damage are followed, regulators ruled.
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www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2183957/posts
Obama calls Alaska gas pipeline promisingAnchorage Daily News ^ February 11th, 2009 09:35 PM ERIKA BOLSTADPresident Barack Obama on Wednesday called Alaska's proposed natural gas pipeline "promising" as a national energy resource and pledged to discuss it with Canadian leaders during his Feb. 19 trip to Ottawa.
"It's a project of great potential and something I'm very interested in," Obama said Wednesday during an interview in the White House with the Anchorage Daily News and 15 other regional newspapers.
"As I mentioned during the campaign, I actually think that for us to move forward on the natural gas pipeline as part of a comprehensive energy strategy -- that includes both more production as well as greater efficiency -- makes a lot of sense," Obama said.
"As it happens, Prime Minister Harper, as well as President Calderon of Mexico, have a great interest in energy. Obviously Canada is one of the biggest energy players in
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http://www.shell.com/static//investor/downloads/presentations/2007/merril_lynch_amsterdam.pdf
http://www.shell.com/static//investor/downloads/presentations/2007/merril_lynch_amsterdam.pdf
http://www.hart-isee.com/index.php?page=synfuels--ctl-gtl-technologies------
XLT FUELS ?? some pros and cons (EXXON SAYS NO to carbon sequestration, IT WON"T WORK ! TOO EXPENSIVE ?)
http://www.sciencealert.com.au/opinions/20071510-16452.html
Monday, 15 October 2007
http://www.energy.ca.gov/ab1007/documents/2007-05-31_joint_workshop/2007-05-31_XTL_SCENARIO.PDF
5-30-07
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www.theoildrum.com/node/2907 >http://www.adn.com/money/industries/oil/story/1074420.html
Cook Inlet Energy buys package of propertiesNEW DRILLING: All areas are on west side.
By WESLEY LOYPetroleum News
Published: December 31st, 2009
Managers for Cook Inlet Energy say they have wrapped up the purchase of a package of formerly abandoned oil and gas properties on the inlet's west side and are moving toward a production re-start.
Anchorage-based Cook Inlet Energy was organized earlier this year by former employees of California independent Pacific Energy Resources Ltd., which abandoned the assets in September in bankruptcy proceedings.
The properties had become, in the words of the Cook Inlet Energy managers, "wards of the state of Alaska" pending the sale, which a bankruptcy judge approved. The company said the deal closed this month, and now it is aiming to restore production.
"We're immediately hiring back many of the employees who lost their jobs due to the shutdown," said David Hall, chief executive of Cook Inlet Energy and former Pacific Energy vice president in charge of Alaska operations.
"Our initial strategy will be to restore base production at the West McArthur River field by repairing a couple of our champion wells," Hall said, "but our long-term strategy is to significantly raise oil and gas production at the properties through new drilling. This
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http://www.adn.com/money/industries/oil/story/1071036.html
Lawyers debate BP motion over state's $1 billion lawsuit over 20O6 PIPELINE LEAKS:
December 28th, 2009
A lawyer for BP last week urged a judge to dismiss much of the state's lawsuit against the company seeking $1 billion or more in damages for the 2006 pipeline spills in the Prudhoe Bay oil field.
Jeff Feldman, a private Anchorage attorney representing BP, argued in a hearing before state Superior Court Judge Peter Michalski that the state is improperly pushing tort claims for damages. He also said some of the case should be deferred for now to the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, which has expertise on the subject of waste in production of the state's oil reserves -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
http://www.southafrica.info/business/success/sasol-130307.htm
Sasol's Secunda plant - the largest synthetic fuels facility in the world >
So what's the problem?
In the 1980s, at peak oil flows, a barrel of oil made the trip from Prudhoe Bay to Valdez in four days.
Now it takes 13 days.
The slower flow causes the temperature of the hot oil to cool faster. At some point, the oil temperature will dip below the freezing point of water along certain segments, unless Alyeska reheats the oil inside the pipe. ---
--For example, Alyeska, owned by BP, Conoco Phillips, Exxon Mobil and two smaller companies, used to launch devices to scrape wax -- a component of the oil -- out of the pipe's interior every several weeks.
Now it's every four to seven days
--They hope to have some answers by the end of next year, when they conclude a $10 million study of the problem.-
Carbon Emissions in the United StatesIt's probably common knowledge among TreeHugger readers that the United States leads the world in carbon emissions (polluting neck and neck with China in that regards). What's probably less known, and which this Google Earth layer does such an exemplary job in illustrating, is the massive variation among the states. Both in terms of what energy sector (transportation, residential, commercial, industrial) is the greatest culprit, and in how greatly per capita and aggregate emissions vary between states. In a great graphic format, this layer reveals just how much of an abstraction it is to talk about the United States as a single unit when it comes to emissions.
download USA CO2 Emissions
By Matthew McDermott, New York, NYon April 27, 2009 8:20 AM
treehugger556:http://www.treehugger.com/galleries/2009/04/10-really-great-green-google-earth-layers.php
Buzz up!Areas in US That Should Be Off Limits
to Renewable EnergyJust because the United States really does need to make a colossal transition to renewable energy, doesn't mean that we should be any less concerned about where we develop that renewable energy—be it some gigantic wind farm in the Great Plains, some big solar thermal power plant in the Mojave Desert, or some wave power project off the coast of any number of states. The NRDC and Audubon Society have worked together to create this very useful Google Earth layer to map what areas of land are currently protected, in proposal for protection, or (more important) probably should be off-limits to development due to potential habitat disruption.
download NRDC - Clean Energy & Conservation
By Matthew McDermott, New York, NYon April 27, 2009 8:20 AM
Damages sought from loss of production.
By WESLEY LOY Petroleum NewsDecember 28th, 2009
A lawyer for BP last week urged a judge to dismiss much of the state's lawsuit against the company seeking $1 billion or more in damages for the 2006 pipeline spills in the Prudhoe Bay oil field.
Jeff Feldman, a private Anchorage attorney representing BP, argued in a hearing before state Superior Court Judge Peter Michalski that the state is improperly pushing tort claims for damages. He also said some of the case should be deferred for now to the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, which has expertise on the subject of waste in production of the state's oil reserves -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
http://www.southafrica.info/business/success/sasol-130307.htm
Sasol's Secunda plant - the largest synthetic fuels facility in the world >Sasol's synthetic fuels go global
16 March 2007
South African petrochemicals group Sasol is taking its synthetic fuel technology global. With gas-to-liquid ventures up and running in Qatar and approaching fruition in Nigeria, the company is pursuing major coal-to-fuel opportunities in China, India and the United States.
Sasol, the world's biggest producer of liquid fuel from coal, was the first company - way back in 1955 - to commercialise the Fischer-Tropsch method of converting coal to liquid fuel and chemicals. More recently, it started converting natural gas piped to South Africa from Mozambique, using a new technology based on the Fischer-Tropsch method.
Sasol's plant in Secunda, Mpumalanga produces around 150 000 barrels of synthetic fuel a day, providing about 28% of South Africa's annual fuel needs. It is the only commercial coal-to-liquid plant in the world - but that could change by as early as 2012.
Gas-to-liquid joint ventures
16 March 2007
South African petrochemicals group Sasol is taking its synthetic fuel technology global. With gas-to-liquid ventures up and running in Qatar and approaching fruition in Nigeria, the company is pursuing major coal-to-fuel opportunities in China, India and the United States.
Sasol, the world's biggest producer of liquid fuel from coal, was the first company - way back in 1955 - to commercialise the Fischer-Tropsch method of converting coal to liquid fuel and chemicals. More recently, it started converting natural gas piped to South Africa from Mozambique, using a new technology based on the Fischer-Tropsch method.
Sasol's plant in Secunda, Mpumalanga produces around 150 000 barrels of synthetic fuel a day, providing about 28% of South Africa's annual fuel needs. It is the only commercial coal-to-liquid plant in the world - but that could change by as early as 2012.
Gas-to-liquid joint ventures
The company's gas-to-liquid plant in Qatar - a joint venture with Chevron in partnership with Qatar Petroleumstarted producing the world's first commercial supplies of gas-derived fuel outside South Africa in 2006.
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ALASKA TAPS OIL --12-27-09
Less oil may spell problems for pipeline
SLOW FLOW: Execs fear ice and wax will boost corrosion, spills.
By ELIZABETH BLUEMINKmailto:%20ebluemink@adn.com
Published: December 27th, 2009 05:19 PMLast Modified: December 27th, 2009 05:19 PM
The declining flow of oil from Alaska's North Slope is creating anxiety among executives who run the trans-Alaska pipeline
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ALASKA TAPS OIL --12-27-09
Less oil may spell problems for pipeline
SLOW FLOW: Execs fear ice and wax will boost corrosion, spills.
By ELIZABETH BLUEMINKmailto:%20ebluemink@adn.com
Published: December 27th, 2009 05:19 PMLast Modified: December 27th, 2009 05:19 PM
The declining flow of oil from Alaska's North Slope is creating anxiety among executives who run the trans-Alaska pipeline
So what's the problem?In the 1980s, at peak oil flows, a barrel of oil made the trip from Prudhoe Bay to Valdez in four days.
Now it takes 13 days.
The slower flow causes the temperature of the hot oil to cool faster. At some point, the oil temperature will dip below the freezing point of water along certain segments, unless Alyeska reheats the oil inside the pipe. ---
--For example, Alyeska, owned by BP, Conoco Phillips, Exxon Mobil and two smaller companies, used to launch devices to scrape wax -- a component of the oil -- out of the pipe's interior every several weeks.
Now it's every four to seven days
--They hope to have some answers by the end of next year, when they conclude a $10 million study of the problem.-
One thing they do know:
New oil production from undeveloped oil prospects in the Arctic will not come on line soon enough to sidestep the problem.
The increased cost of piping the oil to the Valdez tanker port is just one part of their decision-making. Ultimately, the companies will determine whether the oil fields are generating the financial returns they want, state and federal officials said.
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"""THIS ARTICLE IS A GOOD READ = FOOD FOR THOUGHT"" pig = 4 days to now 13 days, 1988 at 2.3 mill bpd 2008 700, 000 bpd,, 20 years 2/3 empty,
"""THIS ARTICLE IS A GOOD READ = FOOD FOR THOUGHT"" pig = 4 days to now 13 days, 1988 at 2.3 mill bpd 2008 700, 000 bpd,, 20 years 2/3 empty,
Oil at pb at 110 degree and in line becomes 70 degrees, @ 300,000 bpd will drop to 32 degrees in line, cold in ground with ice and wax will really be problem,,today most of state revenue, 10% fo us oil supply, Oil contractors will hurt if shut down,
Research into uncharted territories like arctic low temperatures.., 5 years we will have a real problem,,,,Looks to me like they are giving notice to shut down TAPS within 5 years..pdk
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climateanswers.info/.../ >
Is 2009 the Year of Carbon, Capture, and Storage?
Posted by: Mark Scott on February 16
At $11.6 billion, the European Union’s investment is ranked No. 1 globally, followed by the U.S. (at $6 billion) and Canada (at $2.7 billion).
“If demonstration projects are successful, CCS strategies will be well-positioned to scale after 2016,” the report says.
So who's leading this push into CCS?
Surprisingly, it's the oil and gas industry.
Companies like Shell, Total, and Chevron have been using the technology for almost 30 years to extract oil worldwide in a process called enhanced oil recovery.
Basically, the companies pump CO2 into a depleted oil well where the gas expands and pushes oil to the surface. Now, the same process can be used to offset carbon emissions.
Of course, there are a number of technical problems still to be overcome, but EER says: "several of the largest oil and gas players have been the main participants in key projects demonstrating CO2 storage on a commercially significant scale."
Indeed, these flurries into CCS, along with similar -- but less advanced -- trials by energy utilities, should help turn CCS into a multi-billion dollar industry over the next 20 years.
According to EER estimates, project investment in carbon sequestration could reach between $30 billion and $70 billion per year by 2030. That also should help to offset as much as 15% of the world's total carbon dioxide output over the same period.
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Paul
February 18, 2009 05:36 PM
CSS is, in all honesty, just a very expensive way of delaying the mass replacement and closure of coal power. The technology is so unproven all those Billions are going towards "test" sites. Logically it's all BS, there is no subterranean location on earth even close to large enough to store the 2 Billion tons a year the 600 coal plants in the US emit. Logistically it requires the transportation of more volume just in the US than the entire global oil industry. When you include those facts these Billion Dollar tests are a gross waste of time and money, they just delay the inevitable... coal is doomed.
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http://dailyme.com/story/2009100900006214/ciri-plans-coal-to-gas-plant-produce-electricity.html
ANCHORAGE DAILY NEWS, ALASKA ELIZABETH BLUEMINK Fri, Oct 9, 10:08 PM
CIRI began weighing the possibility of producing gas from Beluga coal roughly a year ago, after some developers approached the company to discuss UGC technology, Schutt said.
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A sustainable future for coal?
A new scheme pioneered beneath the Firth of Forth is "flash-frying" coal underground to provide a green source of energy.
BST 04 Aug 2009
Coal has become the ugly sister of power sources, condemned as old-fashioned, ultra-polluting and excessively costly to mine, given that we have exhausted the most easily accessible supplies in uk..
CIRI Plans Coal-to-Gas Plant to Produce Electricity for Region
Friday, October 09, 2009 10:50 PM
Both the Chugach-owned plant and CIRI's proposed coal-gasification wells are located near the Beluga River. CIRI's coal project is some miles to the northwest of the Chugach plant.
Schutt said its power plant would differ from coal-burning plants in that it would not produce large quantities of solid waste or air emissions linked to climate change. The project, as CIRI envisions it, would require a new pipeline that would take the carbon dioxide produced by burning coal underground to Cook Inlet's declining oil fields for injection there.
That's could be a coup for Cook Inlet oil producers -- they could use the carbon dioxide to get more oil from many wells that now lack the pressure needed to bring some oil to the surface, CIRI said.
The pipeline would be a significant expense, possibly costing more than $100 million, according t
"I see this as being another platform for CIRI's growth. It could be transformational for us," said Brown, CIRI's chief executive
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CIRI plans coal-to-gas electricity plant
GROUNDBREAKING: It would be first UCG facility in country.
By ELIZABETH BLUEMINKmailto:%20ebluemink@adn.com
Published: October 9th, 2009 09:03 AMLast Modified: October 10th, 2009 04:38 PM
CIRI, based in Anchorage, is owned by more than 7,200 Alaska Native shareholders of Athabascan and Southeast Indian, Inupiat and Yupik Eskimo, Alutiiq and Aleut descent.
Alaska Native Corporation Proposes Underground Coal Gasification Project with Carbon Capture for Power Generation
11 October 2009
http://www.greencarcongress.com/2009/10/ciri-20091011.html
The CIRI project would be located on CIRI lands on the west side of Cook Inlet. CIRI executives presented the plan to state lawmakers at a joint hearing in Alaska on Friday. CIRI has begun the permitting process to start resource assessment testing. Power production could begin in early 2014.
In 2007, LLNL and BP signed a technical agreement to work cooperatively on the development of underground coal gasification (UCG) technology for the in-situ conversion of coal deposits into fuels and other products. (Earlier post.)
CIRI, based in Anchorage, is owned by more than 7,200 Alaska Native shareholders of Athabascan and Southeast Indian, Inupiat and Yupik Eskimo, Alutiiq and Aleut descent.
Resources
CIRI UCG Presentation
--Wouldn't it be much easier, cheaper, faster and cleaner to build 40 5mW windmills ?
--Between wind and geothermal, they could probably get by, it is not densely populated. No one is coming in to pay for that, but someone is coming in to pay for this.
--Why would someone discriminate against Wind and Geothermal power in favour of Coal based? Are we that far off track?
---Am I the only person that thinks of Centralia PA whenever this technology comes up? Centralia was abandoned due to coal seam that has been burning since 1962. The UCG folks should be limited to setting up in Centralia to minimize the environmental impact of the current burning coal seam and only once they can figure out how to control the fire there should they be allowed to venture else ware. Only in Alaska will the rest of the country limit oil well production due to environmental concerns but allow an unknown, untested, unproven, unregulated tech like this start up.
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climateanswers.info/.../ >Is 2009 the Year of Carbon, Capture, and Storage?
Posted by: Mark Scott on February 16
At $11.6 billion, the European Union’s investment is ranked No. 1 globally, followed by the U.S. (at $6 billion) and Canada (at $2.7 billion).
“If demonstration projects are successful, CCS strategies will be well-positioned to scale after 2016,” the report says.
So who's leading this push into CCS?
Surprisingly, it's the oil and gas industry.
Companies like Shell, Total, and Chevron have been using the technology for almost 30 years to extract oil worldwide in a process called enhanced oil recovery.
Basically, the companies pump CO2 into a depleted oil well where the gas expands and pushes oil to the surface. Now, the same process can be used to offset carbon emissions.
Of course, there are a number of technical problems still to be overcome, but EER says: "several of the largest oil and gas players have been the main participants in key projects demonstrating CO2 storage on a commercially significant scale."
Indeed, these flurries into CCS, along with similar -- but less advanced -- trials by energy utilities, should help turn CCS into a multi-billion dollar industry over the next 20 years.
According to EER estimates, project investment in carbon sequestration could reach between $30 billion and $70 billion per year by 2030. That also should help to offset as much as 15% of the world's total carbon dioxide output over the same period.
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Paul
February 18, 2009 05:36 PM
CSS is, in all honesty, just a very expensive way of delaying the mass replacement and closure of coal power. The technology is so unproven all those Billions are going towards "test" sites. Logically it's all BS, there is no subterranean location on earth even close to large enough to store the 2 Billion tons a year the 600 coal plants in the US emit. Logistically it requires the transportation of more volume just in the US than the entire global oil industry. When you include those facts these Billion Dollar tests are a gross waste of time and money, they just delay the inevitable... coal is doomed.
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http://dailyme.com/story/2009100900006214/ciri-plans-coal-to-gas-plant-produce-electricity.html
ANCHORAGE DAILY NEWS, ALASKA ELIZABETH BLUEMINK Fri, Oct 9, 10:08 PM
CIRI began weighing the possibility of producing gas from Beluga coal roughly a year ago, after some developers approached the company to discuss UGC technology, Schutt said.
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A sustainable future for coal?A new scheme pioneered beneath the Firth of Forth is "flash-frying" coal underground to provide a green source of energy.
BST 04 Aug 2009
Coal has become the ugly sister of power sources, condemned as old-fashioned, ultra-polluting and excessively costly to mine, given that we have exhausted the most easily accessible supplies in uk..
CIRI Plans Coal-to-Gas Plant to Produce Electricity for Region
Friday, October 09, 2009 10:50 PM
Both the Chugach-owned plant and CIRI's proposed coal-gasification wells are located near the Beluga River. CIRI's coal project is some miles to the northwest of the Chugach plant.Schutt said its power plant would differ from coal-burning plants in that it would not produce large quantities of solid waste or air emissions linked to climate change. The project, as CIRI envisions it, would require a new pipeline that would take the carbon dioxide produced by burning coal underground to Cook Inlet's declining oil fields for injection there.
That's could be a coup for Cook Inlet oil producers -- they could use the carbon dioxide to get more oil from many wells that now lack the pressure needed to bring some oil to the surface, CIRI said.
The pipeline would be a significant expense, possibly costing more than $100 million, according t
"I see this as being another platform for CIRI's growth. It could be transformational for us," said Brown, CIRI's chief executive
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http://www.adn.com/money/story/967443.html
CIRI plans coal-to-gas electricity plant
GROUNDBREAKING: It would be first UCG facility in country.
By ELIZABETH BLUEMINKmailto:%20ebluemink@adn.com
Published: October 9th, 2009 09:03 AMLast Modified: October 10th, 2009 04:38 PM
CIRI, based in Anchorage, is owned by more than 7,200 Alaska Native shareholders of Athabascan and Southeast Indian, Inupiat and Yupik Eskimo, Alutiiq and Aleut descent.
Alaska Native Corporation Proposes Underground Coal Gasification Project with Carbon Capture for Power Generation11 October 2009
http://www.greencarcongress.com/2009/10/ciri-20091011.html
The CIRI project would be located on CIRI lands on the west side of Cook Inlet. CIRI executives presented the plan to state lawmakers at a joint hearing in Alaska on Friday. CIRI has begun the permitting process to start resource assessment testing. Power production could begin in early 2014.
In 2007, LLNL and BP signed a technical agreement to work cooperatively on the development of underground coal gasification (UCG) technology for the in-situ conversion of coal deposits into fuels and other products. (Earlier post.)
CIRI, based in Anchorage, is owned by more than 7,200 Alaska Native shareholders of Athabascan and Southeast Indian, Inupiat and Yupik Eskimo, Alutiiq and Aleut descent.
Resources
CIRI UCG Presentation
--Wouldn't it be much easier, cheaper, faster and cleaner to build 40 5mW windmills ?
--Between wind and geothermal, they could probably get by, it is not densely populated. No one is coming in to pay for that, but someone is coming in to pay for this.
--Why would someone discriminate against Wind and Geothermal power in favour of Coal based? Are we that far off track?
---Am I the only person that thinks of Centralia PA whenever this technology comes up? Centralia was abandoned due to coal seam that has been burning since 1962. The UCG folks should be limited to setting up in Centralia to minimize the environmental impact of the current burning coal seam and only once they can figure out how to control the fire there should they be allowed to venture else ware. Only in Alaska will the rest of the country limit oil well production due to environmental concerns but allow an unknown, untested, unproven, unregulated tech like this start up.
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Carbon Emissions in the United StatesIt's probably common knowledge among TreeHugger readers that the United States leads the world in carbon emissions (polluting neck and neck with China in that regards). What's probably less known, and which this Google Earth layer does such an exemplary job in illustrating, is the massive variation among the states. Both in terms of what energy sector (transportation, residential, commercial, industrial) is the greatest culprit, and in how greatly per capita and aggregate emissions vary between states. In a great graphic format, this layer reveals just how much of an abstraction it is to talk about the United States as a single unit when it comes to emissions.
download USA CO2 Emissions
By Matthew McDermott, New York, NYon April 27, 2009 8:20 AM
treehugger556:http://www.treehugger.com/galleries/2009/04/10-really-great-green-google-earth-layers.php
Buzz up!Areas in US That Should Be Off Limits
to Renewable EnergyJust because the United States really does need to make a colossal transition to renewable energy, doesn't mean that we should be any less concerned about where we develop that renewable energy—be it some gigantic wind farm in the Great Plains, some big solar thermal power plant in the Mojave Desert, or some wave power project off the coast of any number of states. The NRDC and Audubon Society have worked together to create this very useful Google Earth layer to map what areas of land are currently protected, in proposal for protection, or (more important) probably should be off-limits to development due to potential habitat disruption.
download NRDC - Clean Energy & Conservation
By Matthew McDermott, New York, NYon April 27, 2009 8:20 AM
Clean Energy Sites
http://www.iconocast.com/B000000000000073/E5/News9A.htm
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