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Join representatives from the City of Austin, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality and several oil companies to learn about the clean up of the tank farms 6:45 p.m.

Wednesday, Oct. 29, at Govalle Elementary School, 3601 Govalle Ave.

As oil companies sent crews back to their rigs to perform in-depth safety checks some operations see production beginning to come online as early as Wednesday.

Oil companies continued inspecting their offshore rigs and platforms by air Tuesday but wouldn't say when production can come back online until they get a closer look at their pipelines.

Iraq's oil ministry has just opened the doors to several major western oil companies. It's been more than 36 years since companies like Exxon have had access to Iraq's oil fields.

And down the road, Iraq's reserves could dramatically increase the world's oil supply.

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Iraq is set to announce a series of contracts with foreign oil companies in an effort to boost output.

Fed up with record gas prices, drivers often scapegoat big oil companies for high prices at the pump, but in a recent survey, more Americans directed their scorn towards Washington lawmakers.

Two U.S. senators asked the Bush administration Tuesday to stop the Iraqi government from signing imminent no-bid contracts with several U.S. and European oil companies, expressing concern about the distribution of royalties from the deal.

Kid Rock's ironic "just do it" YouTube rant on illegal downloading is funny and makes the point--illegal downloading is stealing.

With a smile on his face Rock says, "I'm rich," so sure it's OK to steal my music. Oh, and while you're at it, "Steal everything." Steal an iPod, Steve Jobs is a billionaire, he'll never miss it.

Get yourself a Toyota, "They're foreign" and the gas too, "You know how much money the oil companies make?" Rock shrugs it all off, "They're not going to miss $30 or $40 worth of gas." (Full video after the jump.) ...

Oil companies and many lawmakers are pressing to open up more U.S. land for drilling. But the industry is drilling on just a fraction of offshore areas it already has access to.