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Bill 3941 and the problem of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve
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A barrel at US$107 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. Gulf Coast refining is the latest attempt to look in control.
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The intelligence panel turns to diesel inventories as Tucson watches
A barrel at US$107 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. Diesel inventories are the latest attempt to look in control.
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In Toledo, jet-fuel hedges rations the map
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Bill 3869 and the problem of Canadian heavy crude
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