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Op/ed: Don’t fall for the scary headlines about falling oil prices

By   /  Friday, January 9th, 2015  /  Op/Eds, Opinion  /  Comments Off on Op/ed: Don’t fall for the scary headlines about falling oil prices

If oil were to disappear completely from our economy, it would just about offset our estimated one percent increase in GDP benefit of lower oil prices.

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Dubroff: With drought worries shelved, falling oil prices give region a break

By   /  Friday, December 19th, 2014  /  Columns, Latest news, Opinion, Top Stories  /  Comments Off on Dubroff: With drought worries shelved, falling oil prices give region a break

On a drive throughout much of the Highway 101 corridor dodging rainstorms on Dec. 15, I learned a lot about how much the psychology of a return to normal weather is having on the region.

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Lands Commission hears Venoco’s plan for Ellwood facility

By   /  Friday, December 12th, 2014  /  Columns, Latest news, Law, Top Stories  /  Comments Off on Lands Commission hears Venoco’s plan for Ellwood facility

Denver-based oil and gas producer Venoco, which has significant operations on the South Coast, is pushing to have its revised environmental impact report approved for the recommissioning of an old well at Haskell’s Beach.

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Op/ed: Putting oil on the road to nowhere

By   /  Friday, December 12th, 2014  /  Op/Eds, Opinion  /  Comments Off on Op/ed: Putting oil on the road to nowhere

Oil as a transportation fuel will be around for a few more decades. But oil as a hazardous monopoly fuel is now merely one of multiple options.

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Op/ed: Cheap oil won’t help Detroit sell more cars — but discounts will

By   /  Friday, December 5th, 2014  /  Op/Eds, Opinion  /  Comments Off on Op/ed: Cheap oil won’t help Detroit sell more cars — but discounts will

By Edward Niedermeyer U.S. auto sales boomed on Black Friday as huge discounts pushed volumes to more than 17 million units on an annualized basis, the highest level in 11 years. But even with big price cuts pumping up deliveries of new cars — likely at the expense of fourth-quarter profit margins — the biggest discounts of Read More →

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Op/ed: The Gold Bug’s bull narrative keeps on failing investors

By   /  Friday, December 5th, 2014  /  Op/Eds, Opinion  /  Comments Off on Op/ed: The Gold Bug’s bull narrative keeps on failing investors

Rather than accepting certain unpleasant realities, gold bugs have contorted themselves into a painful waiting game.

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Amid falling energy prices, Venoco slims down

By   /  Friday, October 31st, 2014  /  East Ventura County, Latest news, Top Stories  /  Comments Off on Amid falling energy prices, Venoco slims down

With revenue sagging and pressure mounting to reduce its debt load, Venoco agreed to sell the Oxnard field for $200 million to an unnamed buyer.

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