<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>   <rss version="2.0">   <channel>        <title>Platts News: Latest Oil Headlines from Platts.com</title>           		<link>http://www.platts.com?src=Oilrssheadlines1</link>		<description>Oil Headlines from Platts.com: Platts, a Division of The McGraw-Hill Companies (NYSE: MHP), the world's leading provider of energy information.</description>		<language>en-US</language>		<copyright>Copyright &#169; 2006 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.          http://www.mcgraw-hill.com</copyright>				<category>Latest Oil Headlines</category>		<image>			<url>http://www.platts.com/images/latest_oil_headlines_title.gif</url>			 <title>Latest Oil Headlines</title>			<link>http://www.platts.com?src=Oilrssheadlines1</link>		</image>		<managingEditor>webeditor@platts.com</managingEditor>		<webMaster>webeditor@platts.com</webMaster>		<pubDate> 6 Sep 2008 21:05:18 GMT</pubDate>                                		<item>	           			<title><![CDATA[US EPA says extends clean fuel waiver in Gustav-hit Louisiana]]></title>			<description> <![CDATA[Washington (Platts) -- 5Sep2008 -- The US Environmental Protection Agency will waive certain federal clean
fuel requirements for parts of Alabama, Georgia and North Carolina until
September 15 due to spreading fuel shortages stemming from...]]></description> 			<link>http://www.platts.com/Oil/News/6947791.xml?src=Oilrssheadlines1</link>			<category>Oil</category>			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.platts.com/Oil/News/6947791.xml?src=Oilrssheadlines1</guid>			</item>                            		<item>	           			<title><![CDATA[Bush says drilling will create US jobs by cutting energy costs]]></title>			<description> <![CDATA[Washington (Platts) -- 5Sep2008 -- With a new report out Friday showing that US unemployment had increased
to a five-year high of 6.1% in August, President George W. Bush in a White
House statement proscribed a series of measures he said...]]></description> 			<link>http://www.platts.com/Oil/News/6947788.xml?src=Oilrssheadlines1</link>			<category>Oil</category>			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.platts.com/Oil/News/6947788.xml?src=Oilrssheadlines1</guid>			</item>                            		<item>	           			<title><![CDATA[Huntsman says MTBE plant restarting following Gustav shutdown]]></title>			<description> <![CDATA[Houston (Platts) -- 5Sep2008 -- The Huntsman MTBE plant in Port Neches, Texas, has resumed operations
after being shut as a precaution ahead of Hurricane Gustav, the company said
Friday. 

     As Huntsman shut the plant over the weekend,...]]></description> 			<link>http://www.platts.com/Oil/News/8010091.xml?src=Oilrssheadlines1</link>			<category>Oil</category>			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.platts.com/Oil/News/8010091.xml?src=Oilrssheadlines1</guid>			</item>                            		<item>	           			<title><![CDATA[NYMEX crude opens higher at $107.90/b, fails to hold on to gains]]></title>			<description> <![CDATA[London (Platts) -- 5Sep2008 -- Front-month NYMEX crude futures Friday opened $1/barrel higher than
Thursday's close at $107.90/b but traded lower after the NYMEX open. The
contract extended overnight losses, with an intra-day of $105.76/b,...]]></description> 			<link>http://www.platts.com/Oil/News/8008145.xml?src=Oilrssheadlines1</link>			<category>Oil</category>			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.platts.com/Oil/News/8008145.xml?src=Oilrssheadlines1</guid>			</item>                            		<item>	           			<title><![CDATA[Peru to end LPG imports as Camisea plant comes online]]></title>			<description> <![CDATA[Santiago (Platts) -- 5Sep2008 -- Peru will stop importing LPG from October as a new LPG plant will start
production in the coming weeks, deputy energy minister Pedro Gamio said
Thursday.

     The new plant, located at the port of Pisco,...]]></description> 			<link>http://www.platts.com/Oil/News/8007955.xml?src=Oilrssheadlines1</link>			<category>Oil</category>			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.platts.com/Oil/News/8007955.xml?src=Oilrssheadlines1</guid>			</item>                            		<item>	           			<title><![CDATA[Indonesian Pertamina says state owes $185mil for LPG-kero program]]></title>			<description> <![CDATA[Jakarta (Platts) -- 5Sep2008 -- Indonesia's state-owned oil company Pertamina said that the government
should pay it an outstanding debt of Rupiah 1.7 trillion ($185 million)
arising from the LPG-kerosene replacement program, an official...]]></description> 			<link>http://www.platts.com/Oil/News/8007944.xml?src=Oilrssheadlines1</link>			<category>Oil</category>			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.platts.com/Oil/News/8007944.xml?src=Oilrssheadlines1</guid>			</item>                            		<item>	           			<title><![CDATA[Global crude futures fall as dollar holds near 11-month high]]></title>			<description> <![CDATA[London (Platts) -- 5Sep2008 -- Global crude futures slumped to near five-month lows in early European
trading Friday, under pressure from the stronger dollar and following reports
that power will be restored to US Gulf refineries in...]]></description> 			<link>http://www.platts.com/Oil/News/8007938.xml?src=Oilrssheadlines1</link>			<category>Oil</category>			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.platts.com/Oil/News/8007938.xml?src=Oilrssheadlines1</guid>			</item>                            		<item>	           			<title><![CDATA[ARA butane prices continue to rise on strong blending demand]]></title>			<description> <![CDATA[london (platts) -- 5Sep2008 -- The price of barge cargoes of butane in the Amsterdam-Rotterdam-Antwerp
region have continued to increase over the course of this week, supported by
good buying interest for gasoline blending, according...]]></description> 			<link>http://www.platts.com/Oil/News/8007876.xml?src=Oilrssheadlines1</link>			<category>Oil</category>			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.platts.com/Oil/News/8007876.xml?src=Oilrssheadlines1</guid>			</item>                            		<item>	           			<title><![CDATA[Nigeria names new committee to steer peace summit in oil region]]></title>			<description> <![CDATA[Lagos (Platts) -- 5Sep2008 -- Nigeria has reconstituted the committee that will steer the proposed
peace summit geared toward ending the unrest in the Niger Delta that has
disrupted oil supply from the west African country, according...]]></description> 			<link>http://www.platts.com/Oil/News/8007748.xml?src=Oilrssheadlines1</link>			<category>Oil</category>			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.platts.com/Oil/News/8007748.xml?src=Oilrssheadlines1</guid>			</item>                            		<item>	           			<title><![CDATA[Louisiana SPR storage cavern still without power: US DOE]]></title>			<description> <![CDATA[New York (Platts) -- 4Sep2008 -- The US Strategic Petroleum Reserve's crude storage cavern in Bayou Choctaw,
Louisiana, remained shut Thursday because power has still not been restored
following the passage Monday of Hurricane Gustav,...]]></description> 			<link>http://www.platts.com/Oil/News/6947283.xml?src=Oilrssheadlines1</link>			<category>Oil</category>			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.platts.com/Oil/News/6947283.xml?src=Oilrssheadlines1</guid>			</item>                            		<item>	           			<title><![CDATA[Louisiana SPR storage cavern still without power: US DOE]]></title>			<description> <![CDATA[New York (Platts) -- 4Sep2008 -- The US Strategic Petroleum Reserve's crude storage cavern in Bayou
Choctaw, Louisiana, remained shut Thursday because power has still not been
restored following the passage Monday of Hurricane Gustav,...]]></description> 			<link>http://www.platts.com/Oil/News/6947204.xml?src=Oilrssheadlines1</link>			<category>Oil</category>			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.platts.com/Oil/News/6947204.xml?src=Oilrssheadlines1</guid>			</item>                            		<item>	           			<title><![CDATA[US CEOs ask Congress to follow Bush by lifting OCS moratorium]]></title>			<description> <![CDATA[Washington (Platts) -- 4Sep2008 -- Citing the impact of high energy prices on their businesses, CEOs of
leading US corporations Wednesday called on Congress to promote increased
production of oil and natural by lifting a drilling ban off...]]></description> 			<link>http://www.platts.com/Oil/News/6947091.xml?src=Oilrssheadlines1</link>			<category>Oil</category>			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.platts.com/Oil/News/6947091.xml?src=Oilrssheadlines1</guid>			</item>                            		<item>	           			<title><![CDATA[BP, Russian shareholders sign deal to end TNK-BP feud]]></title>			<description> <![CDATA[Moscow (Platts) -- 4Sep2008 -- BP and the Russian shareholders in TNK-BP Thursday signed a memorandum of
understanding aimed at ending their conflict over the control and management
of the company.

     The deal, which if finalized...]]></description> 			<link>http://www.platts.com/Oil/News/8005191.xml?src=Oilrssheadlines1</link>			<category>Oil</category>			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.platts.com/Oil/News/8005191.xml?src=Oilrssheadlines1</guid>			</item>                            		<item>	           			<title><![CDATA[NYMEX crude firms ahead of US weekly oil data]]></title>			<description> <![CDATA[New York (Platts) -- 4Sep2008 -- NYMEX front-month crude futures on the CME's Globex system were 30 cents
higher at $109.65/barrel Thursday, ahead of this week's US oil data.

     The data will be released by the Energy Information Administration...]]></description> 			<link>http://www.platts.com/Oil/News/8004758.xml?src=Oilrssheadlines1</link>			<category>Oil</category>			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.platts.com/Oil/News/8004758.xml?src=Oilrssheadlines1</guid>			</item>                          </channel></rss>	