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The Motley Fool September 11, 2007 David Lee Smith	Time to Re-Oil Your Portfolio Despite the world's rapt attention to its meetings, OPEC gatherings mean very little. Most of the OPEC nations are already producing at pretty close to their all-out capacity. Investors should take note, and tend to the energy portions of their portfolios.
The Motley Fool June 19, 2007 David Lee Smith	Iraq: Stuck in the Middle with You The news from Iraq overlooks that nation's importance in global energy. Given the trends, investors would be wise to include major, geographically diverse oil producers in their portfolios.
The Motley Fool November 25, 2008 David Lee Smith	Watch Out for OPEC's Black Friday Party For the third time in as many months, OPEC will meet over production cuts.
The Motley Fool March 19, 2007 David Lee Smith	OPEC Hangs Back Satisfied by crude prices, the cartel keeps current quotas through September. Investors should have meaningful international energy representation in their portfolios.
The Motley Fool April 9, 2007 David Lee Smith	Dangerous Curves Ahead Declining production at the world's largest oil fields spells trouble. These concerns should lead wise investors to pay careful attention to the vital energy sector.
The Motley Fool February 21, 2008 David Lee Smith	Did You Really Think Crude Would Drop? Crude prices hit $100 a barrel, but the future will almost certainly see it go higher.
The Motley Fool December 2, 2008 David Lee Smith	OPEC Has Handed You an Opportunity No Cairo cuts means sliding crude, but probably only for a couple of weeks.
The Motley Fool February 14, 2007 David Lee Smith	Energy's Unstable Foundation How longer-term global events and conditions could affect energy prices, and what it means to investors.
The Motley Fool September 20, 2007 David Lee Smith	Getting Crude in All the Wrong Places These energy companies may remain good investments for years to come, but as demand begins to outstrip supply, will confrontations among nations affect the substantial amount of crude oil we need to import each year?
The Motley Fool June 25, 2008 David Lee Smith	Pushing on a Saudi String The Saudis have agreed to increase their daily output of crude oil by as much as 200,000 barrels, but crude prices haven't backed off.
The Motley Fool May 15, 2007 David Lee Smith	A Manhattan Project for Energy, Part 1 A worldwide energy crisis is staring us in the face, and inaction is not an option. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool July 10, 2007 David Lee Smith	My Chicken Little Costume Has Been Stolen! A new International Energy Agency forecast sees world crude supplies below demand the next five years. If your portfolio is light on this important sector, prudence would seem to dictate a reconsideration of your allocations.
The Motley Fool June 15, 2007 David Lee Smith	Libya to the West: Let's Party Moammar Gadhafi attempts to boost Libya's oil and gas output by bringing back a group of majors.
The Motley Fool November 27, 2007 David Lee Smith	The Frightening Idea of $100 Oil Why have oil prices raced upward so quickly, and what does all this mean to you?
The Motley Fool October 24, 2008 David Lee Smith	OPEC's Production Cuts: Balderdash The Cartel's 1.5 million barrels a day cut will have almost no effect.
The Motley Fool February 23, 2007 David Lee Smith	Iran's Energy Squeeze Don't take your eyes off energy stocks as long as Ahmadinejad is making noise. A prudent approach to energy investment involves the large international players, particularly on the exploration side.
The Motley Fool January 15, 2009 David Lee Smith	How the Saudis Might Boost Energy Prices The Saudi's understated crude production could boost prices.
BusinessWeek July 11, 2005 Palmeri & Coy	Is There Plenty Of Oil? Thanks to a combination of higher prices, increased exploration and production spending, and improved technology, oil supplies are poised to grow much faster than they have in recent years.
The Motley Fool June 3, 2009 David Lee Smith	OPEC Buys Energy Investors Some Time Crude prices are rising, but you can't blame OPEC.
The Motley Fool June 7, 2007 David Lee Smith	Has OPEC Lost Its Moorings? It looks like OPEC wants to have its cake and eat it too. Perhaps the cartel can explain to us how the private companies might invest and presumably operate in a group of countries that, with few exceptions, prohibit such activities. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool January 22, 2007 David Lee Smith	Is Crude Demand Slip-Sliding Away? Investors, now's not the time to give up on the energy sector.
The Motley Fool April 5, 2006 Robert Aronen	Hugo Chavez Makes His Move Venezuela's leader wants to be OPEC's top dog. The other members of OPEC are unlikely to welcome this development, but it will not be easy for them to simply reject the proposal. Investors, take note.
AskMen.com Ross Bonander	5 Things You Didn't Know: OPEC Still not fully understood by the most of the public, we think it's time to introduce you to five things you didn't know about OPEC, your friendly neighborhood oil cartel.
BusinessWeek November 15, 2004	Oil: The View from "a Long-Term Bull" Will oil prices stay at their highest levels in two decades for the foreseeable future? And what's ahead for the stock prices of the big oil outfits? Guinness Atkinson Asset Management's chairman and chief investment officer offers his vision of crude-oil prices in 2005.
The Motley Fool June 1, 2006 Robert Aronen	Is the Oil Boom Over? The oil patch is undoubtedly cyclical. Do the numbers support the notion that the oil boom is coming to a close? Investors, take note.
BusinessWeek April 26, 2004 Coy, Reed & Bush	The Trouble With Gushing Oil Demand Traders, worried about any interruption in supply, have bid up oil prices.
The Motley Fool March 5, 2007 David Lee Smith	ExxonMobil Knows When to Fold 'Em The world's largest integrated oil company apparently won't challenge Venezuela's Chavez over crucial oil projects. Investors, take note.
BusinessWeek October 16, 2006 Stanley Reed	The Sheiks Don't Shriek Why the Saudis can live with cheaper oil.
The Motley Fool September 10, 2007 David Lee Smith	Will Big Oil Stay Big? 2030 is the year in which forecasters such as Exxon and the U.S. Department of Energy think the world's daily energy requirements will reach about 120 million barrels of oil. That's more than 40% above today's level, and the realization faces a couple of big, perhaps insurmountable, hurdles.
Salon.com June 23, 2000 Anthony York	Bush and big oil Did George W. Bush get it wrong when he blamed high gas prices on OPEC?
BusinessWeek October 27, 2003 Stanley Reed	Commentary: The Other Saudi Arabia? Russia is fast reemerging as the oil power to challenge OPEC.
The Motley Fool February 1, 2008 David Lee Smith	Big Oil, Big Profits Riding the wave of 2007's crude price run, Exxon and Chevron blew away expectations in the most recent quarter.
The Motley Fool July 8, 2011 David Lee Smith	Our Energy World Is on a Slippery Slope Anything can happen, and likely will. Fully six of OPEC members (that's 50% in my book) are facing question marks or concerns.
The Motley Fool February 28, 2008 David Lee Smith	Opening Your Energy Mailbag Energy mailbag: Why do drillers have such low P/Es?
The Motley Fool March 14, 2007 David Lee Smith	Big Bills for Big Oil Rising costs may push Chevron to jettison some high-cost projects. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool October 21, 2008 David Lee Smith	The Sun Shines on Weatherford Weatherford, one of the larger members of the oilfield service space, turns in solid results that belie the drubbing the company has been handed by the market since mid-summer.
The Motley Fool December 15, 2011 David Lee Smith	OPEC Members Complete a Civil Session Following a highly contentious session in June, the OPEC cartel has calmed its hostilities.
The Motley Fool February 6, 2007 David Lee Smith	Energy's Excessively Short-Term Orientation Obviously, you'll want to monitor your energy names, just as you do all the companies in your portfolio. But given the inherent volatility of the sector, excessively frequent attention to your energy names likely will do little for your mental health.
The Motley Fool November 8, 2007 David Lee Smith	Crude Prices to the Moon? Are crude-oil prices per barrel near their peak? What will they look like in a year, or two, or five? And what does all this mean for the major oil players?
The Motley Fool March 15, 2004 Salim Haji	Unearthing Values in Oil Stocks As the price of oil continues to hit new highs, oil stocks should benefit. One company looks particularly good. As the price of oil continues to hit new highs, oil stocks should benefit. Suncor, a small, non-traditional Canadian company, particularly stands out as an attractive investment opportunity.
The Motley Fool April 24, 2007 David Lee Smith	First Iran, Now Nigeria Add Nigeria to the expanding list of OPEC producers with one foot figuratively on a political banana peel. Pay close attention to the progressively more important energy sector in your investment allocations.
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 May 7, 2007 David Lee Smith	Walking a Slick Tightrope An investor's look at two volatile oil-exporting countries: Venezuela... Nigeria...
The Motley Fool November 20, 2007 David Lee Smith	OPEC's Dangerous Bobbsey Twins The misdeeds of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad have so far had little impact on the world's crude prices, but the pair could have a profound influence on the world's energy picture in the near future.
The Motley Fool March 16, 2007 David Lee Smith	The Most Global of Businesses Investors, while it's absurd to contend that cycles have been completely wrung out of the energy sector, it's true that the changed picture in the sector has rendered the multiples currently being paid for these quality companies equally absurd.
The Motley Fool February 10, 2009 David Lee Smith	Is Iraq About to Have an Oil Surge? While the rest of OPEC may cut production again, Iraq could be in for a boost.
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BusinessWeek February 6, 2006 Stanley Reed	Oil Prices: The New Reality Futures traders are already assuming sky-high oil prices are here to stay.
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