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Bush: US Won`t Beg OPEC For More Oil
The Associated Press, Sun 25 Mar 2001 Email this story to a friend
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Bush administration will not go ``begging the OPEC countries or anybody else`` to increase oil production as long as the United States has untapped reserves that could ease an energy pinch, Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham said Sunday.

Making the case for oil drilling in Alaska`s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Abraham said no one should be surprised that the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries recently chose to cut output to keep prices high.

``They have decided to put their own interests first, and I think that`s something the American people need to recognize,`` Abraham told ``Fox News Sunday.`` ``We are not going to take the approach of begging the OPEC countries or anybody else with respect to oil production.``

Abraham`s comments come amid concern about power shortages and blackouts in California, as well as the possibility of soaring electricity and gasoline prices across the country this summer.

Democrats argue that there are other ways to improve the country`s energy efficiency than drilling in the Arctic refuge and that fuel should not come at the expense of the environment.

Some Democrats say President Bush, a Texas oil man, is wrongly using the California energy crisis to make his argument, when the state is suffering a shortage of electricity, not oil.

During the presidential campaign, Bush repeatedly talked of pressuring OPEC to keep oil production reasonable. He suggested his administration would be able to sway OPEC nations better than President Clinton`s was. Some Republicans described Clinton`s approach as embarrassing ``tin-cup diplomacy.``

Abraham said the Bush administration will make the argument to OPEC leaders that the supply and demand of the market should determine price, not cartel manipulations. Beyond that, the United States will not supplicate.

``We should not expect OPEC to necessarily just do what the United States considers in its best interests. And I think that just argues for us to develop more energy resources here at home,`` Abraham said.

Development of Alaskan reserves is a critical element of Bush`s energy strategy. The refuge could hold as much as 16 billion barrels of oil, larger than reserves in neighboring Prudhoe Bay, although the oil would not be available for a decade.

Bush has acknowledged that opening the Arctic refuge to drilling may be a hard sell in Congress. Senate Democrats have pledged to block legislation that would lift the refuge`s protection.

Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., said the refuge should remain pristine and that it is ``completely fraudulent`` for Republicans to suggest that America`s dependency on oil is going to be solved by drilling in the refuge.

``It might at most ... mean a difference of 2 to 3 percent of our total supply, only for a short period of time,`` Kerry told CBS` ``Face the Nation.``

He also said Republicans are wrongly holding California up as an example of why the nation should drill. ``In California, only 1 percent of the entire electricity grid of California comes from oil. They`re trying to sell the notion that this is going to address California. It doesn`t address California,`` he said.

Environmental Protection Agency head Christie Whitman said the amount of oil believed to be in the refuge could supplant the total currently being bought from Kuwait — for 30 years.

``Do we want to keep bringing it by tanker by Kuwait?`` Whitman asked on CNN`s ``Late Edition.``

And Sen. Frank Murkowski, R-Alaska, who appeared with Kerry on CBS, said if predictions of the amount of oil in the refuge proved true, ``it would be the largest oil field found in the last 40 years in the world.``

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Unglaublich !

[orpheo]

tja,
scheint so , dass Reagan seinen Alzheimer gegen ende seiner
karriere bekommen hat.
Bush muss ihn aber schon mitgebracht haben!?

woher kann das kommen?

verdacht:
texas ist nicht nur öl-land, sondern auch rinderland.
und das ist garkein Alzheimer, sondern der erste BSE-fall
der USA.
aber, dass es gleich den präsidenten befällt?

ratlos
o.

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United States won`t beg for oil
Energy secretary makes case for Alaska drilling by criticizing OPEC



Chris Kleponis / Associated Press

Secretary of Energy Spencer Abraham told "Fox News Sunday" that OPEC countries will put their own interests first.


By Brigitte Greenberg / Associated Press

WASHINGTON -- The Bush administration will not go "begging the OPEC countries or anybody else" to increase oil production as long as the United States has untapped reserves that could ease an energy pinch, Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham said Sunday.
Making the case for oil drilling in Alaska`s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Abraham said no one should be surprised that the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries recently chose to cut output to keep prices high.
"They have decided to put their own interests first, and I think that`s something the American people need to recognize," Abraham told Fox News Sunday. "We are not going to take the approach of begging the OPEC countries or anybody else with respect to oil production."
Abraham`s comments come amid concern about power shortages and blackouts in California, as well as the possibility of soaring electricity and gasoline prices across the country this summer.
Democrats argue that there are other ways to improve the country`s energy efficiency than drilling in the Arctic refuge and that fuel should not come at the expense of the environment.
Some Democrats say President Bush, a Texas oil man, is wrongly using the California energy crisis to make his argument, when the state is suffering a shortage of electricity, not oil.
During the presidential campaign, Bush repeatedly talked of pressuring OPEC to keep oil production reasonable. He suggested his administration would be able to sway OPEC nations better than President Clinton`s was. Some Republicans described Clinton`s approach as embarrassing "tin-cup diplomacy."
Abraham said the Bush administration will make the argument to OPEC leaders that the supply and demand of the market should determine price, not cartel manipulations. Beyond that, the United States will not supplicate.
"We should not expect OPEC to necessarily just do what the United States considers in its best interests. And I think that just argues for us to develop more energy resources here at home," Abraham said.
Development of Alaskan reserves is a critical element of Bush`s energy strategy. The refuge could hold as much as 16 billion barrels of oil, larger than reserves in neighboring Prudhoe Bay, although the oil would not be available for a decade.
Bush has acknowledged that opening the Arctic refuge to drilling may be a hard sell in Congress. Senate Democrats have pledged to block legislation that would lift the refuge`s protection.
Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., said the refuge should remain pristine and that it is "completely fraudulent" for Republicans to suggest that America`s dependency on oil is going to be solved by drilling in the refuge.
"It might at most ... mean a difference of 2 to 3 percent of our total supply, only for a short period of time," Kerry told CBS` Face the Nation.
Environmental Protection Agency head Christie Whitman said the amount of oil believed to be in the refuge could supplant the total being bought from Kuwait -- for 30 years.
"Do we want to keep bringing it by tanker by Kuwait?" Whitman asked on CNN`s Late Edition.

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) via NewsEdge Corporation -

President George W. Bush on Friday said the president of Nigeria had promised to consider ways of increasing his nation`s crude oil production.

``I had a good discussion today with the president of Nigeria who`s talking about increasing their production,`` Bush told reporters at a news conference. ``That`s good news.``

Bush met earlier in the day with President Olusegun Obasanjo, whose nation is a member of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries.

When asked if OPEC was playing a role in record-high U.S. gasoline prices, Bush declined to comment and repeated his views that high prices have been caused by the lack of enough U.S. oil refineries to produce gasoline.

On Thursday night, Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham said OPEC was responsible for soaring U.S. gasoline prices. ``Right now, with respect to gasoline, we`ve got a supply problem. OPEC has reduced production; that constrained supply, that raised prices,`` Abraham said in an interview on CNN.

^ REUTERS@

Fazit : Bush bettelt um OEL

Die Lage wird dramatisch !

Weg vom Oel Herr Schroeder jetzt ! Oder Sie waren längste
Zeit Kanzler !

3 DM pro Liter Super nicht mehr unrealistisch !

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Oil, Gas, Coal And Nuclear
Hartford Courant Editorial
May 13, 2001

Vice President Cheney already has outlined the administration`s energy policy, which is to be formally unveiled this week. Four words are likely to define the policy: Oil, coal, gas and nuclear.

According to advanced billing by the White House, President Bush will mention conservation and alternative fuel sources, but only as tertiary solutions to the energy crunch facing the country.

"Conservation may be a sign of personal virtue, but it is not a sufficient basis for a sound, comprehensive energy policy," said Mr. Cheney last month. He advised Americans to reject the notion that people should "do more with less."

Conservation is indeed a personal virtue, but it also ought to be a national virtue. "Waste not, want not" applies not just to food on the table but to the use of all national resources.

As for not being deceived by the alluring idea of doing more with less, Mr. Cheney should know better. Every Fortune 500 company has been preaching this idea to employees. Mr. Cheney probably was one of the preachers when he headed an oil company in Texas.

Doing more with less translates into being more efficient, which applies to energy use as much as to streamlining the workflow at factories.

Mr. Cheney, who has been designated by Mr. Bush as the principal drafter of the administration`s energy policy, is right on one key point. Oil, coal and gas will remain the primary sources of energy for the foreseeable future. Even with a huge conservation effort, America will need fossil fuels and nuclear energy to maintain economic growth.

Sufficient supplies are available, of course, if foreign reserves are included in the picture. But Americans abhor dependence on imports that Japan, Western European countries and many other nations take for granted. Mr. Cheney and Mr. Bush echo the sentiments of many compatriots by preferring to exploit this country`s natural resources, even if it means disturbing pristine habitats.

One legitimate concern is that the Middle East, home of the world`s largest oil and gas reserves, is politically volatile. But the U.S. challenge is to stabilize the situation, a goal that the administration seems to have put on the back burner.

Although it`s always convenient to blame others for our problems, the latest energy supply and price crunch has not been precipitated by the much-demonized Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries. OPEC production has remained steady.

But refinery capacity in this country is inadequate, especially in meeting seasonal surges in demand. No refineries have been built in a generation.

The administration is expected to call for a review of the regulatory process that bogs down the construction of generating and refining capacity. The review would be proper so long as the goal is not to emasculate regulation but improve the process. For example, it shouldn`t take years to relicense hydroelectric plants.

Americans are the world`s biggest consumers of energy. Therefore, they must understand that satisfying their appetite is costly. They should be prepared to pay more for energy and to build additional refineries and power plants.

But a comprehensive energy policy, as this country has needed for the past 20 years, will remain elusive if the Bush-Cheney vision is limited to extracting, transporting and refining fossil fuels.

It makes no sense to sharply reduce federal spending on research and development of renewable energy technologies. Yet the Bush 2002 budget does just that.

Looking for alternative sources of power should be no less a national goal than was going to the moon in the 1960s and fighting communism during the Cold War.

Further, de-emphasizing conservation would be foolish.

Here is one example that speaks volumes: Raising average fuel use by automobiles to 35 miles per gallon by 2010, from 24 miles per gallon today, would result in oil savings of 1.5 million barrels a day. The U.S. Geological Survey estimates that the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, which the administration wants to exploit, would probably produce 580,000 barrels a day by the end of the decade.

The savings from conservation should not be underestimated. After three years of research, five national laboratories issued a stunning report this month. If the government were to implement an efficiency program emphasizing research and incentives to adopt new technologies, the growth in the demand for electricity could be cut by as much as 47 percent.

We may not conserve our way out of the energy crisis, but conservation can play a far bigger role than Mr. Cheney and Mr. Bush believe.

A comprehensive national energy policy should embrace conservation and research and development as significant parts of any solution. It`s not just oil, gas, coal and the atom.

Die Weltkrise nimmt Ihren Lauf !

Mit mehr Oel , Gas , Uran , Kohle in den Abgrund !

Thank you Mr. Bush ! Was für eine Arroganz

Schmeisst die Amis aus allen UNO - Ämtern !

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Once again Opec has US over a barrel

( OPEC hat die Hand an der Gurgel der USA )




Quelle Sunday Times.UK :


PERHAPS we should blame God. After all, He put the oil where nobody can use it, and then put the need for oil at places far distant from where it flows from the earth - or almost so. For many years there was enough oil in America to fuel the growth of one of the most efficient and productive economies the world has seen. No longer. America now depends for most of its oil on Arab countries that, along with Venezuela and a few other nations, have formed the Opec cartel to keep prices at many multiples of the level that would be set in a free market.

Worse still, one of those countries, Iraq, is run by a dictator who is perfectly willing to shut down production and impoverish his people if doing so will press America and its allies to dance to his tune. Another, Iran, is controlled by mullahs who view America as a satan, to be exploited to the maximum extent possible. And the South American partner in the cartel, Venezuela, is now run by a former putschist whose hero is Fidel Castro.

Little wonder that Vice-President Dick Cheney, who drew up the new energy policy that President George Bush hopes to push through a hostile Congress, views America`s dependence on foreign oil as more than an economic problem. As one White House staffer put it to me: "To Cheney, energy policy is merely a subset of security policy." That is not to say the vice-president is unaware of the threat that high oil prices pose to America`s prosperity, especially at a time when it is an open question whether the economy will resume its growth or lapse into recession.

Unfortunately, there is little that Cheney or anyone else can do to pry Opec`s fingers from America`s throat. The administration`s energy plan calls for the construction of nuclear plants. But little oil is used to generate electricity these days. So even if private-sector companies were to gamble on the technology that only recently brought many of them close to ruin, these plants cannot cut America`s oil consumption.

Nor can many of the other measures suggested by the Bush administration have sufficient effect on American reliance on imports to remove pricing power from Opec.

Opening up new areas to domestic drilling will help, but a hostile Senate is likely to kill such plans. Conservation can cut usage, but not enough to enable America to tell Opec members to peddle their barrels somewhere else.

Mandated increases in fuel efficiency, unpopular with motorists who know that smaller cars are uncomfortable and less safe than the sports utility vehicles they prefer, are also unlikely to make America sufficiently independent of imports to make it immune from Opec price pressures.

There are no long-term solutions on the horizon and, worse, even if the administration could somehow wrest control of crude oil from Opec, America does not have sufficient refining capacity to turn that crude into petrol and heating oil.

Last week Opec refused to increase output to offset the production cuts ordered by Saddam Hussein to demonstrate his displeasure with America and the United Nations.

The Opec planners argued that America has ample crude oil to meet its needs. Current tightness in the petrol market is due not to a shortage of crude oil but to a shortage of refinery capacity. That, said Opec, is a self- inflicted wound for which it cannot be held responsible.

Eventually, a relaxation of environmental restrictions might increase refining capacity - but not soon, and not certainly, as the powerful green lobby is intent on forcing America to rely solely on cutting energy demand rather than increasing supply, to cope with shortages and consequent rising prices.

The answer to Opec lies in diversification. Non-Opec sources of oil are being developed in response to the $30- per-barrel prices that the cartel is maintaining, and there are sound national-security reasons for America to encourage further exploitation of these more secure supplies.

In line with such a policy, America might persuade Mexico, which is not an official Opec member but is acting in concert with the cartel, to abandon its refusal to fill the supply gap created by Opec`s cutbacks. After all, Mexican prosperity depends on exports to America and the remittances that Mexican immigrants send home to impoverished families.

Canada, too, can be enlisted in what might be termed a continental energy policy. In combination with Mexico, our northern neighbour supplies 27% of our imported oil - and could supply more, especially if its ample reserves of "heavy" oil can be developed at reasonable cost.

But in the end, God has put the cheapest and most abundant reserves of oil under the sands of Opec`s Arab members. So far, in the words of Cheney`s National Energy Policy Development Group, Saudi Arabia, the world`s most prolific producer, has provided "effective assurances that it will use its capacity to mitigate the impact of supply disruptions".

But if Palestinian-Israeli hostilities heat up, pressure on the Saudi regime to express its displeasure with American support of Israel will mount, increasing the danger of a supply cut-off. And in any event, the Saudis prefer a cartel price of $30 per barrel to a free-market price of $10 or less.

So Bush is in trouble. At least for now, he can do nothing to get the producing countries to bring down the price of oil. In the longer term, he has to rely on a combination of stepped-up domestic production, increased diversification of the nation`s sources of imported oil, and, if he can bring himself to it, a quiet word with the Saudis and Kuwaitis about the consequences for them of withdrawal of the American shield that protects them from Saddam. That`s the sort of tough talk that his father always shied away from when dealing with oil sheiks.


Auch der Kommentator der Times ist auf Oel fixiert !

Solarer Wasserstoff und die Opec ist ein zahnloser Krüppel !

Bush der Oelmann kann das seiner Klientel aber nicht antun !

Schade ! Na dann 50 $ das Barrel !

Hoffentlich bald, denn dann wird Bush dazu gezwungen sich um Alternativen zu kümmern !

Gott hat einen Fehler gemacht ? ! Nein er gab uns die Sonne
und Wasser ! Das reicht für 5.000.000.000 Jahre Energie !

Die Technik ist da : also lasst sie uns Nutzen !

ENDLICH

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By Tom Doggett

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Bush administration has asked OPEC to boost its oil production when the cartel meets in early July if Iraq continues to withhold its oil from the world market, Qatar`s oil minister said Thursday.

Qatar Oil Minister Abdullah bin Hamad al-Attiyah said U.S. Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham was concerned that Iraq`s actions could hurt U.S. oil inventories, especially heating oil supplies ahead of the winter season.

However, Abraham did not identify a specific amount of additional OPEC oil sought by the Bush administration, or a specific target price for oil, the minister told reporters after meeting with the U.S. energy chief.

``He`s worried inventories will be short in the market,`` Attiyah said, referring to Abraham`s concerns. ``He doesn`t want to see any shortage.``

The meeting was the first between a top Bush administration officials and an OPEC member since the cartel met last week and decided not to raise production levels.

Abraham did not speak to reporters after the meeting.

An Energy Department spokeswoman said Abraham had a ``good and productive meeting`` with Attiyah but declined to confirm that the United States had requested an OPEC production increase. She did not elaborate on what they discussed, saying Abraham preferred to work through private diplomacy.

However, the spokeswoman said Abraham was pleased that Qatar, along with other oil producing nations, were ready to address Iraq`s cut off of oil exports.

The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries is under pressure to raise its output next month in response to Iraq`s decision to halt its U.N.-administered sales under an oil-for-food program.

Iraq stopped shipments of about 2.1 million barrels of oil per day earlier this month after the United Nations Security Council voted to extend the program by only one month, instead of the typical six months, to allow time to discuss broad changes in the 11-year-old Gulf War sanctions against Baghdad.

Attiyah said that OPEC would agree at its July 3 meeting to replace Iraq`s lost oil exports if deemed necessary.

``If we see that in July that the market needs more oil, we`ll do it for sure,`` Attiyah said.

The Qatar official would not say how quickly OPEC might be able to ramp up production if the cartel decides to replace the missing 2 million barrels per day (bpd) of Iraqi output.

Qatar is OPEC`s tiniest member country with a production quota of just 627,000 bpd. The entire cartel pumps 24.2 million bpd.

Attiyah, who also met this week with U.S. State Department officials, told Reuters earlier on Thursday that OPEC would reassure its customers that the cartel will supply oil ``in the right time, at the right place, at the right moment.``

U.S. crude oil futures for delivery in July ended 20 cents higher Thursday at $29.04 a barrel. Traders are anxiously awaiting next week`s U.S. oil data to help determine if the Iraq export halt is having any impact on American oil inventories. ^ REUTERS@

Na , jetzt bettelt er doch !

Schöne grüsse von Saddam Mr. Bush jr.

Solarer Wasserstoff jetzt Herr Schröder !

Oder 50 $ das Barrel !

[DAXSchlampi]

der bush repräsentiert doch prima den amerikanischen mittelstand: versoffen, verblödet und eingebildet, scheinheilig, geldgeil und reaktionär und zumeist auch rassistisch; deshalb haben sie ihn ja auch gewählt, bzw. mit wahlschieberei auf den thron gehoben !

amerika als land des fortschritts.. ha !
die haben die versoffensten autos der welt, haushaltstechnik, die 20 jahre hinterherhinkt, und sind zu doof, um im sonnengürtel der erde genug energie zu produzieren, um ihre klimaanlagen zu betreiben.
fühlen sich für den "schutz" der halben welt befähigt, und wissen zumeist nicht mal, wo irgendein staat überhaupt liegt, der nicht zu den usa gehört !

selbst den mond hätten die nicht gefunden, hätten sie die peenemünder raketen-freaks nach 45 nicht nach amerika abgeschleppt !

die ganze high-tec der letzten 20 jahre ist auch nicht auf dem mist der ami`s gewachsen...! der grösste teil des forschungs- und hightec-personal wird aus dem ausland gezogen, weil das ami-bildungs-system keine qualifizierte massenbildung zulässt !

und die glauben, der rest der welt wäre NOCH blöder als sie selber, weil sie tatsächlich meinen, europa liesse sich nochmal als pufferzone und potentielles kampfgebiet zwischen usa und russland/china missbrauchen und würden auch noch die kosten tragen?????

ich hoffe, die europäer treten ihn in den hintern und schicken ihn nach hause ! am besten wär `s irgendein wahnsinniger terrorist würde ihn ausknipsen ! der ist ja ein risiko für den eh nur partiellen und wackeligen weltfrieden !

man, bin ich auf den sauer !

[woernie]

hoffentlich knippst dich keiner aus...

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Bush will use inventories only for true emergency
Washington |Reuters | 07-03-2003
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The Bush administration will not use the nation`s crude oil stockpile except for true energy emergencies and will not "beg" Opec to produce more oil amid worries of a U.S. military strike against Iraq, U.S. Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham said.

Democrats and consumer groups have urged the administration to release crude oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to help ease prices that recently brushed the $40 a barrel mark.

Speaking to House lawmakers on an appropriations subcommittee, Abraham blamed high oil prices on speculation about war with Iraq —and possibly a disruption in supplies from the oil-rich Middle East — as well as recent frigid East Coast weather and sharply reduced oil shipments from strike-torn Venezuela.

"We do not believe that that reserve`s capacity should be employed to adjust prices. We believe that it really has to be maintained to deal with energy emergencies when there is simply not supply," Abraham said.

The reserve was created by Congress in the mid-1970s and currently holds 599 million barrels in several underground salt caverns in Texas and Louisiana.

The U.S. government sold 17 million barrels of oil from the stockpile in January 1991 at the start of the U.S. military offense in the Gulf War.

U.S. crude oil supplies recently fell to the lowest level since 1975.

Abraham also said the White House would not plead with the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries to supply more crude oil. "We`re not going to beg for oil," he said. Rep. John Peterson, a Republican from Pennsylvania, said the administration should develop a strategy to attack oil price spikes and that it should be normal business practice to ask friendly nations to supply more oil.

"That`s business, that`s not begging," Peterson said. Peterson said high energy costs hurt the economy, reducing consumer spending and business profits. "It`s the (energy price) spikes that put people out of business," he said.

"I`m not going to give you any kind of specific date in which we`re going to announce any specific action," Abraham said.

"We are ready, willing and capable of moving quickly to draw from the reserve if that decision is made." Senate Democrats said earlier this week that the administration`s policy on when to use the oil stockpile was too vague and confusing to energy traders.

When asked by Reuters if market concerns that the administration will not tap the reserve were unfounded, Abraham responded: "I think there`s way too much speculation...and I think that people trying to read nuances into every (SPR) comment made by every decisionmaker are trying to read too much."

Abraham said the United States would consult with other industrialised countries that are members of the International Energy Agency on releasing emergency oil supplies "if and when we get to that point."

The administration has already delayed some 18.5 million barrels of oil that was supposed to be shipped to the reserve from mid-December through April. TMeanwhile, Abraham said he may meet next week in Vienna with some of Opec`s oil ministers who are attending a meeting.

Abraham will be in Vienna for a separate international nuclear energy meeting, but said he may have time to meet with some Opec ministers.

"I will be in Vienna at the same time. I don`t plan to be attending the (Opec) meetings. I may have the opportunity to meet with some of my fellow energy ministers," Abraham told reporters after leaving a congressional hearing. "We`ll see how the schedule works out next week," he said.