The price of oil has dropped around 20 percent in recent weeks, but remains more than double what it was just a couple of years ago. The high price has given oil companies the incentive to revisit old fields long ago abandoned as unprofitable. As VO

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By Scott Stearns White House 22 February 2007 U.S. President George Bush wants to cut America's dependence on foreign oil by increasing the domestic production of alternative fuels. VOA White House Correspondent Scott Stearns has the story. President

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By Paul Sisco Washington, D.C. 18 August 2006 watch Oil Spill report A ceasefire in the Middle East is allowing officials to assess some of the environmental damage from the fighting between Israel and Hezbollah. Some experts say the long-term envir

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Lower Oil Price Helps Consumers But Market Volatility Remains In recent months, crude oil prices have experienced their sharpest drop since the 2008 financial crisis, and now stand at around $80 a barrel. Alongside one of the main highways leading in

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Saudi Arabia is signaling that it is going to boost its supply of oil on its own after failing to convince other oil producers to jointly agree to more production. Several news agencies reported Saturday that the Saudis could increase their oil produ

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NEW YORK, July 13 (Xinhua) -- Crude prices rose on Friday as supplies tended to be tight on new Iran sanctions and production problems in North Sea. There was news on Thursday saying that the Obama administration expanded sanctions on Iran, in an eff

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