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The Motley Fool August 31, 2007 David Lee Smith	Bring On the Drillers' Bounce Take a closer look at why drilling stocks, such as Transocean, Diamond Offshore, and Ensco, all trade at a distinct discount to the general markets. It all has to do with their cyclicality charge.
The Motley Fool August 31, 2007 David Lee Smith	Bigger Than LUKOIL? Watch for the emergence of a new Russian state oil company that could make some waves. The new company would be larger than publicly traded energy giants such as ExxonMobil, Royal Dutch Shell, and BP.
BusinessWeek September 10, 2007 Hindo & Megerian	Surviving Enron--And Thriving How oil and gas driller Mariner overcame the stigma and became a hot growth star.
The Motley Fool August 30, 2007 Toby Shute	Scolding ENSCO Ensco International announces revenue to come in flat this quarter, rather than the previously forecast increase. This news, along with international mobilization delays, may adversely affect customers' and investors' perception of the company's reliability.
The Motley Fool August 30, 2007 Toby Shute	Quick Take: Greenland's Oil No Holy Grail Multinational oil companies are on a path to fill the role of service technician to the relatively resource-rich and knowledge-poor national oil companies.
The Motley Fool August 30, 2007 Toby Shute	A Look at CNOOC China's CNOOC first-half production of natural gas was up 4.5%. The big growth in gas output slightly shifted CNOOC's product mix from 84% oil last year to 80% this year, but the company is still very oil-oriented.
The Motley Fool August 30, 2007 David Lee Smith	Who'll Pay America's Energy Bill? The energy bill meandering through Congress won't solve anything. The considerations in it, fuel-efficiency, biofuels, and pump price-gouging, would be commendable if, collectively, they were capable of even putting a dent in our looming energy crisis.
Wired August 21, 2007 Amanda Griscom Little	Pumped Up: Chevron Drills Down 30,000 Feet to Tap Oil-Rich Gulf of Mexico A recent discovery by Chevron has signaled that soon there may be vastly more oil gushing out of the ultradeep seabeds -- more than even the optimists were predicting four years ago. But there are still big questions to be answered before Jack starts filling gas tanks.
The Motley Fool August 27, 2007 Toby Shute	Quick Take: Kazakhstan Won't Grease the Wheels Some bullying from the land of Borat. Work on the giant oil field in Kazakhstan is now looking at a start-up date of 2010, and the Kazakhstan government is using the delay to try to get a bigger slice of the petroleum pie.
The Motley Fool August 27, 2007 David Lee Smith	BP Dances With Bears Russia is likely to use its newfound energy muscle to boost its status and power in the world community. For smart investors, it likely means that BP becomes slightly less compelling as an energy investment.
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