<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Oil Production and Refining: News &amp; Videos about Oil Production and Refining - CNN.com</title><link>http://topics.edition.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Oil_Production_and_Refining</link><description>Find stories, videos, and photos about Oil Production and Refining from CNN.com.</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Cable News Network LP, LLLP.</copyright><pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 00:42:19 GMT</pubDate><ttl>5</ttl><image><title>Oil Production and Refining: News &amp; Videos about Oil Production and Refining - CNN.com</title><url>http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/1.0/logo/cnn.logo.rss.gif</url><link>http://topics.edition.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Oil_Production_and_Refining</link><width>144</width><height>33</height><description>Find stories, videos, and photos about Oil Production and Refining from CNN.com.</description></image><item><title>Haggling over global warming</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2009/11/13/news/economy/globalwarming_deal/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2009/11/13/news/economy/globalwarming_deal/index.htm</guid><description>The success of a congressional effort to push through stymied climate change legislation remains far from a sure thing.</description><pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:35:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Survey: Arctic may hold twice the oil previously found there</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/TECH/science/05/28/arctic.oil.gas.reserves/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/TECH/science/05/28/arctic.oil.gas.reserves/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Continental shelves beneath the retreating polar ice caps of the Arctic may hold almost double the amount of oil previously found in the region, scientists say.</description><pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2009 22:38:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Canada oil firm confirms 1,600 bird deaths</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/04/01/syncrude.birds/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/04/01/syncrude.birds/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Canada-based oil sands company Syncrude acknowledged that 1,600 birds -- 1,100 more than initially estimated -- drowned after landing on its settling basin in Aurora a year ago.</description><pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2009 09:35:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>'Drill, baby, drill' process has begun</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/12/20/oil.drilling/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/12/20/oil.drilling/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Remember "drill, baby drill"? In its last weeks in office, the Bush administration is starting to make it happen by quietly starting the process of exploration and drilling off the coast of Virginia.</description><pubDate>Sun, 21 Dec 2008 22:01:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>How Cuba's Oil Find Could Change the US Embargo</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1853252,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1853252,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Brazil, Spain and China are rushing to explore and drill on the impoverished communist nation. Will the yanquis come around too?</description><pubDate>Thu, 23 Oct 2008 16:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Here comes $500 oil</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2008/09/15/news/economy/500dollaroil_okeefe.fortune/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2008/09/15/news/economy/500dollaroil_okeefe.fortune/index.htm</guid><description>Matt Simmons is as perplexed as anyone that it has fallen to him to take on OPEC, Exxon, the Saudis, and all the other misguided defenders of conventional wisdom in the oil patch. Why should one investment banker with a penchant for research be required to point out what he regards as the obvious - that from here on out, oil supplies can't meet demand, and if we don't act soon to solve this crisis, World War III could be looming?</description><pubDate>Mon, 22 Sep 2008 20:43:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Nigeria militants 'raze' Shell oil complex</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/09/15/nigeria.oil.war/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/09/15/nigeria.oil.war/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A day after declaring war in Nigeria's oil-rich delta region, the country's main rebel group said Monday it was continuing its "destructive sweep" against oil facilities in Rivers State.</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Sep 2008 18:17:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Oil settles below $101</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2008/09/11/markets/oil/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2008/09/11/markets/oil/index.htm</guid><description>Oil prices fell to a 5 1/2 month low Thursday, testing the $100-a-barrel mark,  as the market remained focused on slumping demand and the stronger dollar while watching the threat Hurricane Ike poses to the Texas Gulf Coast.</description><pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2008 20:32:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Gulf oil producers prepare to take on Ike</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2008/09/11/news/economy/hurricane_gulf/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2008/09/11/news/economy/hurricane_gulf/index.htm</guid><description>The oil industry in the Gulf of Mexico is getting ready for Hurricane Ike in case it slams into the energy infrastructure.</description><pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2008 20:16:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Oil flat as mortgage rescue boosts dollar</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2008/09/08/markets/oil/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2008/09/08/markets/oil/index.htm</guid><description>Oil prices gave up more than $3 in gains Monday as a strengthening dollar and slumping global demand countered Hurricane Ike's threat to Gulf production.</description><pubDate>Wed, 10 Sep 2008 11:50:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Congress to revisit fight over offshore oil drilling</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/09/08/congress.energy/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/09/08/congress.energy/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Lawmakers return to Capitol Hill on Monday to resume their fight over legislation allowing more offshore oil drilling, in a bid to help relieve sky-high gasoline prices that are hurting the economy and infuriating voters.</description><pubDate>Mon, 08 Sep 2008 14:34:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Democrats compromise on oil drilling</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2008/09/08/news/economy/Congress_energy/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2008/09/08/news/economy/Congress_energy/index.htm</guid><description>Lawmakers return to Capitol Hill Monday to pick up where they left off in their bitter fight over energy legislation -- whether to allow more off-shore oil drilling to help relieve the sky-high price of gasoline that is hurting the economy and infuriating voters.</description><pubDate>Mon, 08 Sep 2008 13:20:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Oil hits 5-month low as demand shrinks</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2008/09/05/markets/oil/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2008/09/05/markets/oil/index.htm</guid><description>Oil prices fell to their lowest level in five months on Friday as investors worried that an economic slowdown could chip away at demand for energy.</description><pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 20:29:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Gulf oil production scrambling back</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2008/09/03/news/economy/gustav_fallout/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2008/09/03/news/economy/gustav_fallout/index.htm</guid><description>As oil companies sent crews back to their rigs to perform in-depth safety checks some operations see production beginning to come online as early as Wednesday.</description><pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2008 18:11:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>1st Gulf oil rigs may be online Wednesday</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2008/09/02/news/economy/gustav_damage_report/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2008/09/02/news/economy/gustav_damage_report/index.htm</guid><description>Oil production remained shut down in the Gulf region Tuesday, as oil companies inspected their rigs and refineries for damage, but some operations could restart as early as Wednesday.</description><pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2008 11:07:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Gustav knocks out Gulf oil 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stake</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2008/08/29/news/economy/gulf_threat/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2008/08/29/news/economy/gulf_threat/index.htm</guid><description>The Gulf of Mexico is home to 4,000 drilling platforms and 33,000 miles of pipeline, which send 1.3 million barrels a day to the Gulf Coast's 56 refineries. But a hurricane threatens to deal a powerful blow to the oil-rich region.</description><pubDate>Sat, 30 Aug 2008 21:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Companies Bid Millions to Tap Gulf</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1834335,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1834335,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Energy companies placed $487.3 million in winning bids for the right to drill in the western Gulf of Mexico, knowing they may get a chance later to explore in other areas that have been off limits for decades</description><pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 21:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Democrats Open to Ocean Oil Drilling</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1833404,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1833404,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Democrats' stance against offshore drilling has shifted more, with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi signaling on Saturday her willingness to consider opening up more coastal areas to oil and gas exploration</description><pubDate>Sat, 16 Aug 2008 19:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Obama says offshore drilling stance nothing new</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/08/02/campaign.wrap/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/08/02/campaign.wrap/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Sen. 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Barack Obama and Sen. John McCain spent much of Sunday's talk-show circuit working to ensure accusations of "flip-flopping" don't stick.</description><pubDate>Sun, 22 Jun 2008 23:39:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Oil production lagging - U.S. official</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2008/06/21/news/international/saudi_summit/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2008/06/21/news/international/saudi_summit/index.htm</guid><description>The reason for record-high oil prices, which are putting the squeeze on the United States and others worldwide, is that oil production has not kept pace with increasing demands, U.S. Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman said Saturday.</description><pubDate>Sat, 21 Jun 2008 22:19:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>U.S.: Oil production has not met demand</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/06/21/oil.rise/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/06/21/oil.rise/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Oil prices are hitting record highs because production has not kept pace with increasing demands, U.S. Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman said Saturday.</description><pubDate>Sat, 21 Jun 2008 19:58:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Ties to Bush on offshore drilling may hurt McCain this fall</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/06/19/bush.mccain.energy/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/06/19/bush.mccain.energy/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>As he tries to woo independent voters, Sen. John McCain is relying on his image as a maverick, making it clear he's no President Bush.</description><pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2008 19:02:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Militant attack closes Shell oil facility</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/06/19/nigeria.oil/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/06/19/nigeria.oil/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Oil production was shut down at an offshore Nigerian facility after an armed attack Thursday by a powerful militant group from the Delta region, Shell said.</description><pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2008 15:46:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Oil rallies in $5 turnaround</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2008/06/18/markets/oil/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2008/06/18/markets/oil/index.htm</guid><description>In a nearly $5 swing from its lows, crude prices ended sharply higher Wednesday following a report that Nigerian oil workers are threatening to go on strike.</description><pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2008 19:39:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>McCain: U.S. needs 'energy security'</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2008/06/18/news/economy/mccain_speech/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2008/06/18/news/economy/mccain_speech/index.htm</guid><description>The United States can no longer afford to put off serious energy reform, presumptive Republican presidential candidate John McCain said Wednesday, advocating such moves as building nuclear plants and increased offshore oil drilling.</description><pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2008 19:27:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Saudi Arabia to Boost Oil Production</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1814924,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1814924,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Saudi Arabia plans to increase its oil production by 200,000 barrels a day next month, the kingdom's oil minister told UN chief Ban Ki-moon</description><pubDate>Mon, 16 Jun 2008 12:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Nations Urge Oil Producers For More
</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1812635,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1812635,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Leading energy-consuming nations urged oil producers Saturday to boost their output</description><pubDate>Sat, 07 Jun 2008 23:10:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>The end of oil is just a game</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2008/01/16/news/economy/peak_oil_game/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2008/01/16/news/economy/peak_oil_game/index.htm</guid><description>On a futuristic battlefield littered with broken oil wells, burnt-out electric cars and dilapidated wind turbines, you are leading crack military unit on a mission to secure the world's last remaining oil supplies.</description><pubDate>Sun, 20 Jan 2008 02:43:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>How much Exxon pays for oil</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2007/11/05/news/companies/exxon_oil/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2007/11/05/news/companies/exxon_oil/index.htm</guid><description>Oil is selling for nearly $100 a barrel. Gasoline is near $3 a gallon. Oil companies are swimming in cash. But these record-high prices are both a boom and a burden for Big Oil.</description><pubDate>Tue, 06 Nov 2007 18:36:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Oil finds floor following 3-day selloff</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2007/09/26/markets/bc.oilprices.ap/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2007/09/26/markets/bc.oilprices.ap/index.htm</guid><description>Oil prices rose in Asian trade Wednesday, gaining back a small portion of losses the last three sessions that were driven by easing supply concerns.</description><pubDate>Wed, 26 Sep 2007 10:04:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Iraq's oil riches still languish</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2007/09/11/magazines/fortune/walt_iraq.fortune/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2007/09/11/magazines/fortune/walt_iraq.fortune/index.htm</guid><description>While officials from some of the world's biggest oil producers holed up in private meetings in Vienna Monday night, to decide whether to increase Opec's oil production, Iraq's Oil Minister Hussain Al-Shahristani retreated to his hotel suite, and watched television instead. Specifically, he tuned into the broadcast of Gen. Petraeus's testimony in Washington about the war.</description><pubDate>Tue, 11 Sep 2007 07:49:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Oil rises on refinery outages</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2007/06/25/markets/oil.reut/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2007/06/25/markets/oil.reut/index.htm</guid><description>Oil rose Monday as a string of U.S. refining outages again sparked concerns of a supply shortfall in the midst of the top consumer's peak driving season.</description><pubDate>Mon, 25 Jun 2007 08:20:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Exxon does it again</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2007/04/26/news/companies/exxon_earnings/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2007/04/26/news/companies/exxon_earnings/index.htm</guid><description>Despite falling oil prices that hobbled the competition, Exxon Mobil posted higher first-quarter profit Thursday that topped Wall Street estimates, relying on robust refining and chemical earnings to make even more money on lower revenue.</description><pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2007 12:15:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Big Oil's best days may be over - for now</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2006/10/24/news/companies/oil_earnings_walkup/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2006/10/24/news/companies/oil_earnings_walkup/index.htm</guid><description>Record oil prices in the third quarter won't necessarily translate into record profits at the nation's biggest oil companies.</description><pubDate>Tue, 24 Oct 2006 17:51:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Global thirst, fears keep gas prices high</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/TECH/science/07/03/oil.price.explainer/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/TECH/science/07/03/oil.price.explainer/index.html</guid><description>An interconnected set of domestic and international factors have pushed gas prices steadily higher over the past few years, and an almost unquenchable global demand for energy may keep them there for at least the short term, industry observers say.</description><pubDate>Mon, 03 Jul 2006 20:23:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Guards died thwarting suicide bombing</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/02/25/saudi.attack/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/02/25/saudi.attack/index.html</guid><description>Two security guards who helped thwart Friday's attempted bombings at a Saudi Arabian oil-processing complex died at a hospital, the Interior Ministry said Saturday, confirming reports from the previous day.</description><pubDate>Sun, 26 Feb 2006 02:06:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Oil jumps after Saudi refinery attack</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2006/02/24/markets/oil_attack/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2006/02/24/markets/oil_attack/index.htm</guid><description>Oil prices soared Friday, topping $62 a barrel, after attackers tried to blow up a Saudi oil refinery.</description><pubDate>Fri, 24 Feb 2006 14:40:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Energy bill's winners and losers</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2005/07/29/markets/energy_winners_losers/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2005/07/29/markets/energy_winners_losers/index.htm</guid><description>As the energy bill moves closer to becoming law, debate is still raging over the first overhaul of national energy policy in a decade.</description><pubDate>Fri, 29 Jul 2005 10:28:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Saudi oil fields in danger?</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2004/12/07/news/international/saudi_oil/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2004/12/07/news/international/saudi_oil/index.htm</guid><description>Although oil prices have retreated from their record highs of October, a terrorist attack on oil installations in Saudi Arabia could send them soaring to new highs, according to a leading industry analyst.</description><pubDate>Tue, 07 Dec 2004 20:05:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Attack adds to oil security focus</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/12/06/oil.security/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/12/06/oil.security/index.html</guid><description>Monday's attack on the U.S. Consulate in the port city of Jeddah has again put the spotlight on the security of Saudi Arabian oil supplies.</description><pubDate>Tue, 07 Dec 2004 02:32:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>How secure is Saudi oil?</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2004/11/24/news/international/saudi_oil_security/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2004/11/24/news/international/saudi_oil_security/index.htm</guid><description>Though oil prices have retreated from their record highs of October, a terrorist attack on oil installations in Saudi Arabia could send them soaring to new heights, according to a leading industry analyst.</description><pubDate>Wed, 24 Nov 2004 17:31:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Oil eases after OPEC hike</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/BUSINESS/06/04/oil.prices/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/BUSINESS/06/04/oil.prices/index.html</guid><description>Oil prices have slipped below $40 a barrels after OPEC decided Thursday to raise its output limits to stem the surge in prices that followed terror attacks in Saudi Arabia, the world biggest oil producer.</description><pubDate>Fri, 04 Jun 2004 11:43:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Q&amp;amp;A: Oil prices hit record highs</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/BUSINESS/06/02/oil.questions.answers/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/BUSINESS/06/02/oil.questions.answers/index.html</guid><description>The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) meets Thursday in Beirut to consider raising production to help stem the surge in oil prices.</description><pubDate>Wed, 02 Jun 2004 11:27:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Saudis say two militants killed</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/06/01/saudi.attack/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/06/01/saudi.attack/index.html</guid><description>Saudi security forces killed two militants and wounded two others Tuesday as they pursued three terrorists who killed 22 people in an attack on an oil workers' compound in Khobar over the weekend, Saudi sources said.</description><pubDate>Tue, 01 Jun 2004 11:46:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Saudi offer should lower prices -- EIA</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2004/05/26/news/economy/oil_saudi/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2004/05/26/news/economy/oil_saudi/index.htm</guid><description>Going against the opinion of some oil analysts, the U.S. government's Energy Information Administration says that the Saudi offer to increase crude oil production "should lower prices."</description><pubDate>Wed, 26 May 2004 22:42:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Iraq oil output back to old level</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/BUSINESS/02/29/iraq.oiloutput/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/BUSINESS/02/29/iraq.oiloutput/index.html</guid><description>Iraq's oil production has reached 2.53 million barrels per day, the highest output since the war began last March, a senior Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA) official says.</description><pubDate>Sun, 29 Feb 2004 00:40:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>The Game Goes On Russia has oil--plenty of it--and whatever happens to Khodorkovsky, it will keep on flowing.</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2003/11/24/353789/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2003/11/24/353789/index.htm</guid><description>Even by the rarified standards of London society, it was an extraordinary event. To introduce his Open Russia Foundation, Mikhail Khodorkovsky, then the 38-year-old chairman and principal owner of ...</description><pubDate>Mon, 24 Nov 2003 05:01:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Russia Pumps It Up With the Middle East in turmoil, the czars of oil are coming into their own. And OPEC hates it.</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2002/05/13/322892/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2002/05/13/322892/index.htm</guid><description>The CEO and principal owner of Yukos, Russia's most profitable oil company, was sitting in his Moscow home on the evening of Sept. 11, thinking he was watching a disaster flick. 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The risks of exploring the Arctic wildlife preserve are f</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1991/01/28/74613/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1991/01/28/74613/index.htm</guid><description>THE ARCTIC National Wildlife Refuge is almost as big as Indiana. It begins as a phalanx of magnificent rocky peaks high in the Brooks Range in Alaska's northeast corner, from there tumbling down a ...</description><pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 1991 05:01:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>GET READY FOR THE COMING OIL CRISIS The price of crude is settling down -- for a while anyway. But in a few years the U.S. is li</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1987/03/16/68784/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1987/03/16/68784/index.htm</guid><description>A YEAR OF Texas-size swings in the price of crude has turned the oil patch into the trenches. 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