http://www.capitalistblogger.com Mon, 31 Aug 2009 08:32:09 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Pipelines run through Georgia carrying oil, which is then transported by sea from port cities like Poti. According to experts, the Georgian pipelines pose a threat to the Russian stranglehold over the region’s fuel market. The year 2005 witnessed the completion of the principal pipeline meant for carrying oil through Georgia, ... http://www.capitalistblogger.com/war-did-provide-a-threat-for-oil-supplies-to-the-west/ Pipelines run through Georgia carrying oil, which is then transported by sea from port cities like Poti. According to experts, the Georgian pipelines pose a threat to the Russian stranglehold over the region’s fuel market. The year 2005 witnessed the completion of the principal pipeline meant for carrying oil through Georgia, ... http://www.capitalistblogger.com/war-proves-a-threat-for-oil-supplies-to-the-west/ Oil drilling has become a bone of contention in the Congress, as Republicans take on the issue, using it as a political lifeline at a time when a sluggish economy, ethics issues and a president who is far from popular are upsetting voters. The Republicans, insisting that gasoline prices must be ... http://www.capitalistblogger.com/political-mileage-from-energy-issues/ On July 31 Moody’s Investors Service lowered the issuer rating of Indian Oil Corp Ltd (IOC) from Baa3 to Baa2. This translates to a stable rating pronouncement for IOC. This action on the part of the agency comes in response to a significant fall in IOC’s profit margin as a result ... http://www.capitalistblogger.com/moody%e2%80%99s-report-on-indian-oil-corp-ltd/ Though most would have expected it sooner, soaring global oil prices have finally started to trigger off an economic slowdown across borders. It would be interesting to follow the relentless northward march of world oil price and its inherent ability to dampen upbeat markets and also restrain the purse for people ... http://www.capitalistblogger.com/peaking-global-oil-price-sparks-off-economic-slowdown/ In Washington on Tuesday, American President George Bush pushed legislators to remove an offshore oil drilling ban. Asserting that the U.S. Congress should revoke this ban, President Bush declared that the Congress is the “only thing standing between the American people and these vast oil resources”. The ban in question is ... http://www.capitalistblogger.com/bush-on-oil/