Bush says OPEC oil supply boost would be "helpful"
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President George W. Bush said on Tuesday  that more oil from OPEC would help ease the pain to consumers  of high energy prices, applying more pressure on Saudi Arabia  to do something to tame prices.
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U.S. President George W. Bush complained in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday that soaring oil prices were threatening the U.S. economy, raising pressure on the world's top oil exporter to help ease prices.
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PLEAS FOR OIL: President Bush warned Tuesday that surging oil prices threaten the U.S. economy and urged OPEC nations to boost their output. His plea drew little sympathy from oil-rich Saudi Arabia, which said production levels appear normal.
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President Bush on Monday received assurances from Russian President Vladimir Putin that his country would boost production and export of oil as prices hover near record levels.
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Venezuela&#39;s president said Thursday he supports keeping OPEC oil production at current levels, contracting comments by his energy minister who said last week that Venezuela would support a production cut.
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OPEC was meeting on Tuesday to consider a modest rise in oil output proposed by Saudi Arabia and other Gulf Arab states in a gesture to consumers worried by the economic impact of $77 oil and rapidly diminishing stocks.
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With oil near $50 a barrel, the Bush  administration said on Thursday it will negotiate with  refineries that want to borrow oil from the federal emergency  stockpile to offset supplies disrupted by Hurricane Ivan.
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With oil near $50 a barrel, the Bush  administration is set to allow oil refineries to borrow from  the government's emergency petroleum stockpile to make up for  supplies disrupted by Hurricane Ivan, a congressional source  briefed on the pending decision told Reuters on Thursday.
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SYDNEY (Dow Jones)--OPEC should reaffirm its willingness to increase oil production when it meets next month and give a clear commitment to boosting production capacity, the head of the International
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SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt  - U.S. President George W. Bush, wrapping up a Middle East trip on Wednesday, hopes his talks in Saudi Arabia will help encourage OPEC to raise production and dampen oil prices, the White House said.
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At a mega fuel depot for tanker trucks, President Bush heralded a new ethanol agreement with Brazil Friday as way to boost alternative fuels production across the Americas.
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International oil markets have enough  oil, but a lack of capacity to refine it was contributing to  high prices, OPEC&#39;s president told reporters on Sunday.
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Oil steadied above $62 on Friday,   supported by signals that some OPEC producers may trim output   to stem a price decline caused by ample U.S. inventories.
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Saudi Arabia will raise oil production only when the market justifies it, the kingdom's oil minister said Tuesday, in response to President Bush's request that OPEC nations increase output to reduce world oil prices.
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OPEC may decide to increase oil output  at its February 1 meeting in Vienna if supply is not  sufficient, Indonesia's OPEC governor told Reuters on Thursday.
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President Bush urged Mexico on  Wednesday to seek more investment to boost state-run oil  monopoly Pemex's efforts to find oil in deep waters of the Gulf  of Mexico.
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President Bush marked Labor Day on Monday by promising to help keep U.S. workers competitive in global markets and reduce U.S reliance on foreign oil so it doesn't choke U.S. economic expansion.