Heating Oil Costs Surge, and Many in Northeast Can’t Switch - NYTimes.com.

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”It now costs the industry about $22-billion each quarter just to replace the annual depletions and maintain current volume levels (of natural gas). Yet those producers are seeing only about $12-billion a quarter in cash flow.”

End to low natural gas prices 'inevitable' - The Globe and Mail.

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   It's Mardi Gras in the Big Easy and two boats have sunk in the main channel of the Mississippi River, denying river passage both in and out of New Orleans. When NOPD homicide detective Tony Nicosia's partner is stabbed during a Carnival parade, the Chief assigns him a new partner with the unlikely name of Marlon Bando. To make matters worse, Tony's wife Lil is demanding that he retire; a woman named Venus who is half his age is making a serious play for him; and a killer is on the loose. Wyatt has problems of his own: his ex-wife's wake; a new client that wants proof that he isn't a passeblanc; beautiful twin sisters named Desire and Dauphine; and a voodoo curse likely cast by Marie Laveau herself. City of Spirits, Eric Wilder’s newest full-length novel, coming soon. Get ready for a ride!

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Iran Has Ability to Block Strait of Hormuz, U.S. General Dempsey Tells CBS - Bloomberg.

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Oil Climbs to 7-Month High as Global Manufacturing Growth Boosts Optimism - Bloomberg.

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It was windy and 72 degrees today in Edmond, Oklahoma. What a way to end the year that included drought, the hottest year in history, and a big earthquake (well, at least for Oklahoma). We survived because, like the rest of the United States, Oklahoma is tough and resilient. Hey, and the Iraq War is finally over! Amen.

Happy New Year!

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The lessons behind the North Dakota miracle | NewsOK.com.

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Oil investing improving despite volatility.

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7 Billion People: How will we Sustain a More Populated Planet? | Science Features.

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This Week In Petroleum.

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Chesapeake Doesn’t Expect More Utica-Sized U.S. Discoveries - Bloomberg.

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Murder, lust and paganism in the Oklahoma oil patch. Read the ebook by author/oilman Eric Wilder. $4.99 on Amazon.

   Just received this pic and note from a geologist friend in Kansas. Seems there are wildcats in Kansas, and not just at Kansas State.

Email note: Evening tour roughneck on Duke Rig 7 claims this picture came from his cousin’s trail camera near Lewis , Kansas . That is the tri pod deer feeder in the background. Don’t know the validity of the story but it’s a great shot nun the less. Fish and Game won’t know doubt tell us there are no big cats in Kansas !

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How a $600 Million Search for Arctic Oil Came Up Dry - Yahoo! News.

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Oil exec says Fayetteville Shale is shallow and easily fracked.

BHP exec discusses Fayetteville Shale | The City Wire.

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   Big Billy was a Texas oilman and restaurant owner. His little Texas cookbook is filled with tall tales and Texas recipes. Get it now, for free, at Smashwords.com. Happy Thanksgiving.

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Crude Rises Near Three-Month High on Europe Sentiment, U.S. Inventories - Bloomberg.

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Strippers Making More than Doctors.

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Oil Rises to 12-Week High as Declining Supplies Spur Bull Market - Bloomberg.

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National Hurricane Center.

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