Crown Oil

For Saudi diplomat, sands of time yield frustration
International Herald Tribune; 12/16/2009; 1048 words; ...35 years has represented a nation whose oil wealth and religious importance to Muslims...enough to have inspired talk of succession. Crown Prince Sultan, who became defense minister...pursuing quiet diplomacy, using its oil wealth to spread its influence and agenda...

Skyhawks dominant at Williamstown: ; Sissonville bounces back from tough opener to defeat Clay County; High school basketball; Girls notebook
Charleston Daily Mail; 12/15/2009; 1013 words; ...Summers County this Friday and Saturday to play in the Rogers Oil Classic. There they will face two-time defending Class AA...champion North Marion showed it's serious about holding onto its crown Saturday as the top-ranked Huskies (3-0) traveled to Parkersburg...

Iraq official hails second oil auction
Charleston Daily Mail; 12/14/2009; 483 words; BAGHDAD Iraqs oil minister began counting the money...dubbing the countrys second postwar oil auction a triumph even as international oil companies largely snubbed the most...Norways Statoil ASA to snatch the crown jewel of the auction, the 12...

Unified GCC currency 'need of the hour'.
Gulf Daily News (Manama, Bahrain); 12/14/2009; 1042 words; ...dependence of many economies in the region on oil as a source of income. He also pointed...and the constant change in the price of oil as issues that are of great strategic importance...Information ministries. His Royal Highness Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa is an...

PNOC subsidiary Alternatives Fuels Corp. gets ISO certification.
Philippines News Agency; 12/14/2009; 1008 words; MANILA, Dec. 14 (PNA) -- The Philippine National Oil Company--Alternative Fuels Corporation (PNOC-AFC), a...awarding of the certificates was held on December 14, 2009 at the Crown Royal Hotel in Balanga City, Bataan and was attended by PNOC...