Castro Announces Crude Oil Discovery
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President Fidel Castro said a crude oil deposit has been discovered off Cuba containing up to 100 million barrels, good news for a country that imports about half the petroleum it needs.
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Chevron and its partners have successfully extracted oil from a test well in the deep waters of the Gulf of Mexico, an achievement that could be the biggest breakthrough in domestic oil supplies since the opening of the Alaskan pipeline.
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Havana, Dec 26 (Prensa Latina) An oil field discovery, the promising evolution of the nickel industry and benefits from strengthening ties with China and Venezuela, are among the good news given by President Fidel Castro to the Cuban people.
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By Brian Neill, The Bradenton Herald, Fla.  Sep. 20--The source of a 900-gallon oil spill into Tampa Bay from Port Manatee discovered Monday has been traced to a roughly quarter-inch hole in a transfer pipe that had been leaking for more than a day.
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In his first public comments since becoming Cuba's acting president, Raul Castro said his brother Fidel is recovering and that thousands of troops were mobilized soon after his illness was announced, according to an interview published Friday.
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By TOM GORDON SCOTTISH POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT  A COMPANY hoping to transfer millions of tonnes of crude oil in the Firth of Forth yesterday admitted being a party in the spillage of 35,000 gallons of oil in 1995.
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Crude oil prices surged to a record, exceeding $51 a barrel in New York for the first time, amid concern that hurricane damage to production platforms in the Gulf of Mexico will keep supplies from rising enough to meet winter needs.
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Crude oil climbed more than $1 in New York on the re-election of President George W. Bush, who has been filling the US Strategic Petroleum Reserve.
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Officials at Mexico&#39;s state-owned oil monopoly said Monday that the company has detected massive new oil deposits in the Gulf of Mexico that could
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US commercial crude oil inventories increased 800,000 barrels to 292.3 million in the week ending Nov. 12, the Energy Department reported Wednesday.
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and his nation's oil wealth Â not Fidel Castro Â will likely be the star attraction Friday as Caribbean leaders gather in Cuba for a regional oil summit.
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Crude oil rose on Monday in New York as market concerned that the approach of Hurricane Ivan woulddisrupt production and tankers shipments in the Gulf of Mexico.
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MEXICO CITY, Feb. 19 -- RaÃÂ¿l Castro has long operated in the backstage of Cuban politics. But his public record, which has emerged over his 19 months as interim president, suggests he might pursue reforms to allow more political and economic latitude on the island.
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Crude oil surged to a four-week high, bringing the gain this week to almost $3 a barrel, on concern that shutdowns caused by Hurricane Ivan would further reduce inventories.
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Crude oil barrel price registered a new record in New York yesterday of $ 53.25 over fears of Nigeria&#39;s exports halt and the production decrease of the American oil in the Mexican Gulf related to the bad weather conditions it experienced recently.
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HAVANA -- Cuban President Fidel Castro says he&#39;s &quot;all in one piece&quot; following a spill after an outdoor speech. Fidel Castro falls after a speech in Santa Clara, Cuba.
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Oil prices surpassed $100 a barrel for the first time after a U.S. government report showed a steep slide in crude inventories.