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| | ArtLex's O-Op page |
 | | Oil paints are usually opaque and traditionally used on canvas. | | | Portrait of the Artist as the Virgin of Guadalupe, 1978, oil pastel on paper, 32 x 24 inches, collection of the artist. | | | To look at examples of works in oil paints, see the articles under the names of every period from the Renaissance onward. |
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http://www.artlex.com/ArtLex/O.html
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| | Petroleum - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | The best known such methods involve extracting oil from sources such as oil shale or tar sands. | | | At the time, the most common and popular predictions were always quite dire, and when they did not come true, many dismissed all such discussion. | | | The oil is landed at Sullom Voe terminal in the Shetlands. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petroleum
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| | FRB: Speech, Greenspan--Oil--October 15, 2004 |
| | I exclude from these calculations the reported vast reserves of so-called unconventional oils such as Canadian tar sands and Venezuelan heavy oil. | | | These anxieties patently are not frivolous given the stark realities evident in many areas of the world. | | | The extraordinary uncertainties about oil prices of late are reminiscent of the early years of oil development. |
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http://www.federalreserve.gov/boarddocs/speeches/2004/200410152
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| | Oil - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Color pigments can be easily dissolved in oil, making oil suitable as supporting medium for paints. | | | This method has been used since the 15th century. | | | Oil shale, a group of sedimentary rocks which may be distilled to obtain petroleum |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oil
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| | NBC10.com - Local News - Gallons Of Home Heating Oil Pumped Into Wrong Home |
| | DeJesus thought it was peculiar when he saw a Mainline Fuel Service truck parked in front of 409 Erin St. Thursday afternoon, rather than at his house at 406 Erin St. | | | So, you know, messing up with a pizza delivery is fine. | | | A lot has been cleaned up, but it still has a woman displaced who often works to help others forced out of their homes. |
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http://www.nbc10.com/news/6714672/detail.html
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| | CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Oil of Saints |
| | Mention of the oil of St. Walburga is made as early as the ninth century by her biographer Wolfhard of Herrieden ("Acta SS.," Feb., III, 562-3 and "Mon. | | | This is the fluid which emanates from his relics at Bari in Italy, whither they were brought in 1087. | | | The so-called oil of St. Menas was therefore in reality, water from his holy well, which was used as a remedy against bodily and spiritual ailments. |
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http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/11228d.htm
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| | Welcome to the OIL-Page |
| | The picture below sketches the relation between the OIL dialects and RDFS. | | | This means that even simple RDF Schema agents are able to process the OIL ontologies, and pick up as much of their meaning as possible with their limited capabilities. | | | This version is described in the technical report, and the syntax is descibed in DTD and a XML Schema. |
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http://www.ontoknowledge.org/oil
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| | Bush's Deep Reasons for War on Iraq: Oil, Petrodollars, and the OPEC Euro question |
| | This phenomenon is known as dollar hegemony, which is created by the geopolitically constructed peculiarity that critical commodities, most notably oil, are denominated in dollars. | | | Woolsey had been openly saying that if France and Russia contributed to "regime change", their oil companies would be able to "work together" with the new regime and with American companies. | | | But the US is not just interested in oil from Iraq, it is concerned to maintain political dominance over all the oil-producing countries of the region. |
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http://ist-socrates.berkeley.edu/~pdscott/iraq.html
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| | Technorati Tag: oil |
| | Toucan Art Oil Paintings Choose convenient from many thousands of original oil paintings. | | | This page shows blog posts, photos, and links that have been tagged oil. | | | April 28th, 2006 From the New York Times: “The American consumer is the one that needs the break today, and... |
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http://www.technorati.com/tags/oil
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| | Saudi Arabia Country Analysis Brief |
| | This is to involve installation of four GOSPs, with a capacity of 200,000 bbl/d each, at Khurais, which first came online in the 1960s but was mothballed by Aramco. | | | This will involve adding a third, 300,000-bbl/d GOSP to Haradh (in addition to two other 300,000-bbl/d GOSPs, one of which was inaugurated in January 2004). | | | Saudi Arabia is the world's leading oil producer and exporter, and its location in the politically volatile Gulf region adds an element of concern for its major customers, including the United States. |
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http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/cabs/saudi.html
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| | CBC News Indepth: Oil |
| | The price fluctuated through a fairly narrow band, spiking again at $30 a barrel when Iraq invaded Kuwait in 1990. | | | Turns out these records may not be records, after all. | | | With much of the world's oil lying under territory prone to unrest, there have been predictions that $100-a-barrel oil may be around the corner. |
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http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/oil
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| | Sustainable Oil? |
| | The US government trained them all in the art of prestidigitation. | | | Interestingly, the measured geological age of the new oil was quantifiably different than the oil pumped in the '70s. | | | He and his wife of 26 years make their home on the San Francisco Bay. |
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http://www.rense.com/general54/ssust.htm
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| | BBC NEWS Business Oil markets explained |
| | This means that crude oil sales into the US are usually priced in relation to WTI. | | | Crude oil, also known as petroleum, is the world's most actively traded commodity. | | | This would commonly be in a futures contract for delivery in the following month. |
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/904748.stm
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| | nonrenewable - OIL/Petroleum |
| | This gain from processing the crude oil is similar to what happens to popcorn, it gets bigger after it is popped. | | | However, the use of products made from crude oil has been growing, making it necessary to bring more oil from other countries. | | | Plus, the use of horizontal and directional drilling make it possible for a single well to produce oil from much bigger areas. |
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http://www.eia.doe.gov/kids/energyfacts/sources/non-renewable/oil.html
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| | Encyclopedia |
| | Pressing tree-ripened olives extracts a flavorful, monounsaturated oil that is prized throughout the world both for cooking (particularly in Mediterranean countries) and for salads. | | | Extra virgin olive oil, the cold-pressed result of the first pressing of the olives, is only 1 percent acid. | | | All olive oils are graded in accordance with the degree of acidity they contain. |
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http://web.foodnetwork.com/food/web/encyclopedia/termdetail/0,7770,4171,00.html
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| | Es_rel |
| | Allows buildings owned by the oil industry to be depreciated more quickly than their actual service lives. | | | A complete listing of subsidy elements can be found in Appendix Exhibit A-1. | | | This report was written for Greenpeace by Douglas Koplow and Aaron Martin, both of Industrial Economics, Incorporated. |
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http://archive.greenpeace.org/climate/oil/fdsub.html
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| | Peak Oil: Life After the Oil Crash |
| | Likewise, U.S. refineries are working close to capacity | | | He also predicted global production would peak in 1995, which it would have had the politically created oil shocks of the 1970s not delayed the peak for about 10-15 years. | | | Cheney’s statement was a tacit admission of the severity and imminence of Peak Oil as the possibility of the world raising its production by such a huge amount is borderline ridiculous. |
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http://www.lifeaftertheoilcrash.net
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| | Howstuffworks "How Oil Drilling Works" |
| | This oil gets refined into gasoline, kerosene, heating oil and other products. | | | In this article, we will examine how modern oil exploration and drilling works. | | | You may have seen images of black crude oil gushing out of the ground, or seen an oil well in movies and television shows like "Giant," "Oklahoma Crude," "Armageddon" and "Beverly Hillbillies." But modern oil production is quite different from the way it's portrayed in the movies. |
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http://science.howstuffworks.com/oil-drilling.htm
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| | Motorcycle Motor Oil |
| | This article was written by Mike Guillory and he has curmudgeonedly allowed me to post it here. | | | All 5w40, 5w50, 10w40, 15w40, 15w50, and 20w50 oils which I have found are not energy-conserving and can be recommended for general motorcycle use. | | | Oils have changed over the past 10 years, but that just means we need to be more careful in our choices. |
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http://www.yft.org/tex_vfr/tech/oil.htm
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| | Guardian Unlimited Special reports Special report: oil and petrol |
| | Arabs will cut and cut again in oil war | | | April 25, Nils Pratley: The hunt for a culprit for $75-a-barrel oil has begun and, as usual when the price is debated, the single biggest reason for the rise will probably be lost in rhetoric. | | | April 25: The oil giant BP posts a 4% fall in first quarter profits due to the effects of storm damage to rigs and the shutdown of its biggest refinery. |
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/oil/0,11319,608464,00.html
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| | The Oil Drum Discussions about Energy and Our Future |
| | This will be a big deal...(and rumour has it that a couple of TOD editors may attend, though this rumour is yet to be confirmed). | | | This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.5 License. | | | Last time I got around to covering it, on January 20th, it meant we were within a week and and a couple of bucks of topping out, before going into a $10 decline for a month. |
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http://www.theoildrum.com
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| | EnergyBulletin.net Peak Oil News Clearinghouse |
| | The politics of oil: the discourse must change | | | Oil Minister Kazem Vaziri Hamaneh said on Wednesday that the establishment of Oil Stock Exchange is in its final stage and the bourse will be launched in Iran in the next week. | | | But...unlike other gas shortages, this one is the real thing, or at least the beginning of the real thing: production has peaked and the era of cheap oil is about to end. |
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http://www.energybulletin.net
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| | Oil (Harpers.org) |
| | Author Michael Crichton received a journalism award from the American Association of Petroleum Geologists for his novel State of Fear, which criticizes the theory of global warming. | | | Harper's editor-in-chief Lewis H. Lapham's sharp, wry look back at his time inside the Beatles' compound in Rishikesh, India, illuminates the paradoxes of the 60s. | | | Oil exports from Iraq's main oil terminal were shut down because of two explosions, at least one of which was caused by a bombing. |
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http://www.harpers.org/Oil.html
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| | Crude Oil Futures Prices - NYMEX |
| | Crude oil began futures trading on the NYMEX in 1983 and is the most heavily traded commodity. | | | In the event of a $7.50 per barrel move in either of the first two contract months, limits on all months become $7.50 per barrel from the limit in place in the direction of the move following a one-hour trading halt. | | | Crude Oil Futures: Trading terminates at the close of business on the third business day prior to the 25th calendar day of the month preceding the delivery month. |
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http://www.wtrg.com/daily/crudeoilprice.html
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| | Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries |
| | OPEC countries have made significant contributions to their crude reserves in recent years by adopting best practices in the industry. | | | Until the necessary investments are undertaken in the downstream sector of the industry, volatility is likely to remain a feature of the oil market. | | | Crude oil production capacity is projected to increase to around 38 mb/d by 2010. |
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| | Oil and gas in the Middle East |
| | The Party's Over: Oil, War and the Fate of Industrial Societies | | | A useful source of key facts about oil (available in spreadsheet form) | | | The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money, and Power |
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http://www.al-bab.com/arab/econ/oil.htm
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| | FERC: Oil |
| | FERC is not currently involved in any major activities in the Oil Industry. | | | Pursuant to section 341.12 of the Commission's regulations, carriers may informally submit tariff publications or related material for suggestions of staff prior to the filing of the tariff publications with the Commission. | | | Once oil projects become operational, safety is regulated, monitored and enforced by the Department of Transportation. |
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http://www.ferc.gov/industries/oil.asp
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| | The OIL Group of Companies |
| | The OIL Group of Companies is comprised of three mutual-like insurance companies – Oil Insurance Limited, Oil Casualty Insurance Ltd. and sEnergy Insurance Ltd. Each of the three companies is a world leader in the provision of insurance products specific to the needs of the energy industry. | | | The OIL Group of Companies provides its shareholders with highly cost-effective risk management tools and is a stabilizing influence on the overall insurance marketplace. |
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| | The Saudi Arabian Information Resource - Oil |
| | World Crude Oil Demand and Supply (1993 - 2002), Million Barrels Per Day | | | Saudi Arabia's Proven Oil Reserves (1976 to 2002) in thousand million barrels |
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http://www.saudinf.com/main/d1.htm
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Topic: Oil