BRENT OIL DOWN $6 MORE TODAY. OPEC NOT CUTTING PRODUCTION. Sauds blocked it. Russia oilman: ensures US shale oil crash .... US, Yemen mission freed 8 hostages held by al kayda. (That's right, why respect correct spelling of evil bastards.) .... US, Brit data showing '14 could be globe's hottest year on record. '10 was hottest so far .... Great Lakes region benefiting from global warming climate change .... India ID'd 12 states to build 22Gw solar .... Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India to build natgas pipeline from Turkmenistan eastward .... Indonesia reduced gasoline subsidy .... US crude, condensate production over 8.6Mb/d in Aug: EIA .... In '01, Gulf of Mex was source of ~25% of US oil/gas production. Last year, under 10% .... Avg. el rates in EU more than double of US in '13 .... $35M finance for Ascent Solar (ASTI) .... Happy Thanksgiving, pards.