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The Motley Fool July 18, 2007 Toby Shute	Pogo Isn't Sticking Around After much prodding from dissatisfied investors, oil and natural gas player Pogo Producing is bouncing into the arms of an acquirer. Plains Exploration & Production has agreed to buy the firm for about $3.6 billion in cash and stock.
The Motley Fool July 17, 2007 Toby Shute	Before the Call: Noble Results? The first offshore driller to report, Noble is the canary in the oil well. The deepwater is looking like the greatest untapped frontier these days, and demand for capable rigs has driven dayrates higher.
The Motley Fool July 16, 2007 David Lee Smith	Baker Hughes Gets Scalded Baker Hughes is a large and respectable Houston based oilfield-services company facing a swiftly changing business environment. It has played an important role in the industry in the past; some think it can in the future as well.
BusinessWeek July 23, 2007 Stanley Reed	Refilling BP's Tank BP's new CEO Hayward has major safety and expansion issues to resolve.
The Motley Fool July 11, 2007 Toby Shute	China Sunergy's Silicon Squeeze Investors, don't forget to consider the solar cell company's ability to obtain silicon wafers.
IDB America June 2007 Roger Hamilton	Can an Energy Project Save a Rainforest? Defying conventional assumptions, a vast natural gas project has helped to protect 1.5 million hectares of rainforest in the Peruvian Amazon.
The Motley Fool July 3, 2007 Rich Duprey	Saying No to Hugo Two oil giants refuse to become minor partners as Venezuela's Chavez seizes assets. When a government privatizes an industry, it's usually a good time to get in on the investment.
CFO July 1, 2007 Marie Leone	Sempra Energy's Mark Snell Mark Snell explains how Sempra Energy went from being a utility holding company to a diversified energy and commodity trading business -- without Enron-style tactics.
BusinessWeek July 9, 2007 Stanley Reed	The Problem's Not Peak Oil, It's Politics Go-it-alone governments are choking back oil output to perilous levels.
The Motley Fool June 29, 2007 Toby Shute	Quick Take: Russia's Arctic Land Grab Russia's claim to the North Pole fits perfectly with its aspirations to secure energy resources, which it can in turn use to regain geopolitical leverage.
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