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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 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 January 16, 2009 Rich Duprey	Big Oil Can't Resist the Chavez Charm Despite getting shafted before, Big Oil is swooning over Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez' latest scheme.
The Motley Fool December 5, 2007 David Lee Smith	Chavez: Down, but Not Out Despite losing an election, Chavez is still a destructive force; U.S. oil imports could still be at risk.
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 September 14, 2007 David Lee Smith	ExxonMobil Swings Back Rather than knuckle under to Hugo Chavez, Exxon is launching an arbitration process. The company, along with ConocoPhillips, is refusing to roll over and accept Venezuela's settlement terms.
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 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 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.
The Motley Fool February 11, 2008 David Lee Smith	Exxon and Chavez, Ready to Rumble Beyond the independents in the U.S., big companies enjoy a major edge in global energy.
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.
The Motley Fool December 7, 2009 David Lee Smith	Hugo Chavez's New Friends in Big Oil Big Oil prepares to bid on a group of heavy oil blocks in Venezuela's Orinoco basin.
BusinessWeek October 25, 2004	A Big Tax Hike On Oil Majors In Venezuela Venezuela's mercurial President, Hugo Chavez, took foreign oil companies by surprise on Oct. 10 by decreeing a tax hike from 1% to 16.7% on heavy crude oil projects in the Orinoco Belt.
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.
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 September 17, 2008 David Lee Smith	Oily Activities South of the Border The real oily activity these days seems to be coming out of South America, not the Middle East or Siberia.
The Motley Fool April 17, 2009 David Lee Smith	A Total Energy Package Total is hardly sleeping through the slide in crude prices.
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 September 30, 2008 David Lee Smith	Hugo, the Russians, and You Venezuela tops a list of unstable oil-producing regions. Don't forget it.
The Motley Fool November 2, 2007 David Lee Smith	ExxonMobil's Scary Slide Investors, pay close attention to ExxonMobil's liquids production. For the quarter, its worldwide liquids production declined by slightly more than 4%, due to maturing oil fields.
The Motley Fool December 3, 2007 David Lee Smith	Has OPEC Been Neutered? With production sliding within OPEC and gaining elsewhere, the cartel isn't what it once was. Given both the inherent stakes and the macro changes occurring in energy, investors would be unwise to neglect a strong representation in this important sector.
The Motley Fool July 31, 2009 David Lee Smith	ExxonMobil Can't Escape the Oil Bust The biggest of Big Oil hits the quarterly earnings skids.
The Motley Fool March 20, 2008 David Lee Smith	Hugo's Cuffs Removed A U.K. judge has thrown out an order freezing $12 billion in Petroleos de Venezuela SA -- the national oil company of Venezuela's -- assets.
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...
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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 November 4, 2009 Stanley Reed	Why Oil Majors Are Coming Back to Iraq Global oil companies are finding it harder to resist the huge volume of crude in Iraq, but their change of heart could increase tensions in OPEC.
The Motley Fool October 30, 2009 David Lee Smith	A Crude Quarter for Big Oil This earnings period hasn't been pleasant for Big Oil. Take a look at how some of the big players have done.
The Motley Fool August 11, 2010 David Lee Smith	OPEC's Little Mouse Is Roaring Let's see how far Ecuador gets with its effort to bully the oil companies.
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 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 7, 2011 David Lee Smith	OPEC Poses Petroleum Price Problems With half of the cartel's countries on shaky ground, is crude headed for the stratosphere?
The Motley Fool December 9, 2008 David Lee Smith	Don't Hurt Yourself by Dumping Energy While oil prices have plummeted, you should still a position in energy.
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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 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 August 4, 2009 David Lee Smith	Total Could Be Ready to Bounce Back Despite a typical oil and gas quarter, there's a lot to like about Total.
The Motley Fool April 19, 2010 David Lee Smith	China Seals More Oil Deals in South America The fast-developing nation is doing everything it can to lock up a worldwide supply of energy and minerals.
The Motley Fool August 3, 2009 David Lee Smith	Chevron Follows Exxon to the Battlefield Despite added production, the oil company's net income dips by 71%.
The Motley Fool September 30, 2009 David Lee Smith	The Next Wave of Oil and Gas Partnerships Venezuela pursues the national route, while Russia seeks to privatize.
The Motley Fool May 27, 2009 David Lee Smith	Chevron's Fighting Around the World Along with its everyday business operations, the oil and gas producer must now deal with multi-billion dollar legal challenges, protesters at the annual meeting, and a pipeline attack in Nigeria that has curtailed production.
The Motley Fool February 17, 2009 David Lee Smith	15 More Reasons to Like ExxonMobil Despite the continuing slide in crude prices, the company keeps producing.
The Motley Fool December 18, 2008 David Lee Smith	Best Stock for 2009: ExxonMobil The big enchilada of Big Oil merits a spot in your 2009 portfolio.
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BusinessWeek October 16, 2006 Stanley Reed	The Sheiks Don't Shriek Why the Saudis can live with cheaper oil.
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 31, 2009 David Lee Smith	Buffett and Cramer Agree on Conoco ConocoPhillips limped home in the quarter, and others will probably follow.
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