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Saturday, August 24, 2013
Part-time High School Spanish Teacher (Hermosa Beach)
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Oil price stays above $97 on improving US data
An oil pump jack in motion. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)The price of oil rose Friday as the U.S. economic outlook brightened and concerns eased about a credit crunch in China.
Benchmark oil for August delivery was up 21 cents to $97.26 per barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The contract rose $1.55 to finish at $97.05 on Thursday after the U.S. government released data showing an increase in in consumer spending and home sales while jobless claims fell.
“The truth to these markets are that they are lacking any good reason to go down,” said Carl Larry of Oil Outlooks and Opinions. “We’re starting to settle into a fair value and it’s hard to argue lower.”
The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits fell by 9,000 to a seasonally adjusted 346,000 last week, evidence that the job market is still improving modestly. Steady job gains could help the economy expand later this year and increase energy consumption.
The U.S. Commerce Department said consumers spent more in May as their income rose, although spending was weaker in April, February and January than previously estimated. The number of pending home sales jumped in May to the highest level in more than six years, the National Association of Realtors said.
Fears of a cash crunch in China, which could cripple small- and medium-sized businesses, were eased after the country’s central bank indicated it would not allow an all-out crisis to unfold.
Analysts at Bank of America Merrill Lynch said in a commentary that “it is time for markets to calm down now and that the worst is probably behind us.”
Brent crude, which is used to set prices for oil used by many U.S. refineries to make gasoline, fell 2 cents to $102.80 a barrel.
In other energy futures trading on the Nymex:
— Heating oil rose 1.5 cent to $2.891 a gallon.
— Natural gas rose 3.1 cents to $3.613 per 1,000 cubic feet.
— Wholesale gasoline fell 0.7 cents to $2.721 a gallon.
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Drill Rig Operator - WTI, Inc. - Phoenix, AZ
Enviro-Drill, Inc. has excellent full-time opportunity for an experienced Geotechnical / Environmental Drill Rig Operator in Phoenix, AZ. Operate and maintain CME/Mobile drill rigs. Experience in hollow stem auger, rotary, core or ODEX (tubex) methods preferred. Ideal candidate will have Water Well license. Candidate must pass drug test and have a clean motor vehicle record as well as a current CDL Drivers License. Some travel is required.
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Feds hope more rigs will become reefs with policy revisions
Rigs become artificial reefs in the Gulf of Mexico
Old offshore oil platforms may be able to hang around in the Gulf of Mexico longer for fish and fishermen to enjoy, thanks to a federal overhaul of removal policies.
The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement has revised the policies to encourage participation in its rigs-to-reefs program, which allows operators to leave non-producing platforms deep in the Gulf as a artificial homes for underwater creatures.
“This new policy gives states greater flexibility in using oil and gas infrastructure in their artificial reef programs,” said David Smith, a spokesman for the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement, explaining that before the revision, operators sometimes were required to dismantle platforms and move them to an already authorized site. “Now, if a state and BSEE determine it is beneficial to keep a platform in place, the state can designate the area as a Special Artificial Reef Site.”
The removal of a mandatory five mile buffer between rigs-to-reefs will be especially pertinent to the Texas coast. The Bureau initially created the restriction to prevent the platform reefs from being clustered too closely together and possibly disrupting future access ways for shipping or pipelines. But the Texas coastline includes miles of offshore waters that are too shallow for ships, and policymakers agreed to allow states, which assume liability for the platforms once they are adopted into the program, to decide on the locations for their reef structures.
Fishermen and environmentalists have encouraged the changes to allow more platforms to stay put, to avoid disrupting habitats for fish, coral, turtles and mussels that have flourished among the steel legs of the structures.
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Less than 10 percent of about 800 non-producing Gulf of Mexico platforms have ended up in the program, while more than 200 have been removed each year since 2010. The new rules remove some of the geographic limitations and deadlines that made participation in the program challenging for operators.
“For the past several months, we have been working with our federal partners, state officials and affected stakeholders in the Gulf of Mexico region to learn about their needs,” said James Watson, director of the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement, in a written statement. “This policy is reflective of the feedback we received. It provides states greater flexibility in their planning and addresses the multiple uses for these areas while ensuring the marine environment is protected.”
Federal regulations require offshore oil and gas operators to remove non-producing platforms under an “idle iron” rule that was developed following the Deepwater Horizon accident in 2010.
Operators can bypass the requirement if they participate in rigs-to-reefs, provided that they remove all hazardous materials from a structure, and, if required, dismantle and tow it to a designated area. States assume liability for structures accepted into the program.
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Houston-based Apache, among the operators that have campaigned for rule changes they say will increase participation, expressed approval of the revisions.
“We think it is a step in the right direction,” said John Roper, a spokesman for Apache. “The policy changes give us more flexibility and will hopefully provide more opportunities to reef platforms.”
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