I've just returned from Houston, Texas where I was attending the 2009 Offshore Technology Conference. And even though I had my toothpaste confiscated at the airport in Houston before my flight back, it was, by and large, an excellent trip, with some solid discussions about energy policy and climate change; offshore oil and gas technology, and much more. I'm working on a few different angles that I will be publishing over the next several days. In the meantime, check out the following websites for updates from some of the other bloggers that the American Petroleum Institute brought down here:

Gateway Pundit, Bearing Drift, Little Miss Atilla, the Heritage Foundation, Donklephant, Red State, The Oil Drum (Australia & New Zealand), Energy and Capital.

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