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Valero Energy is shutting down its refinery in Delaware City, Del., in a move that will eliminate 550 jobs after failing to find a feasible buyer.

Devon Energy decided to sell assets and get smaller so it can grow faster. This highlights the attractiveness of the domestic shale plays in North America.

Editors Note: Welcome to Love It or Hate It a regular dual-column feature that will capture the love-hate relationship America has with some of its biggest most controversial companies. For past columns click here. For the opposing view on Exxon see Exxon: Oiling the Engine of Our Economy.At a June 2007 energy conference in Calgary Alberta two political satirists and activists known as the Yes Men impersonated representatives of ExxonMobil (XOM) and the National Petroleum Council. They demonstrated a new Exxon biofuel -- called Vivoleum -- supposedly made of the flesh from dead people. After noting that current energy ...

Energy stocks ris as the sector moves in lock-step with the rising broad market on hopes for a brighter economy, while Ida was downgraded to tropical storm status as it moved closer to the U.S. Gulf Coast.