The top 10 survey: what were the biggest oil stories of 2010?

Platts’ annual survey of the Top 10 Energy Stories of 2010 is now open and will remain open until Christmas:

They listed about 40 stories; I pulled out a list below that I think is worth debating on inclusion in the Top 10.

BP Macondo well blows out, rig collapses, 11 men killed, flows for three months
Drilling off US Atlantic Coast moves forward before Macondo
World demand on steady upward rise, bigger jump seen in ‘11
BP sets huge asset sales, sets up fund to deal with spill claims
Peak oil prophet Matt Simmons dies
Bakken production grows, producers turn to rail to move oil to market
IEA sees 50 million b/d petroleum supply gap by 2035
Obama administration slaps on drilling moratorium in wake of Macondo, lifts it in October
Prices break through $80 by end of year, but tight trading range rest of 2010
US allows E15 in newer cars, but not in older ones
French port strikes shut down refineries
Some rigs begin to exit Gulf in wake of moratorium
Uganda’s oil prospects look bright; Tullow to explore, but deal not done
India significantly increases petroleum import taxes
Refiners come up short in effort to overturn California GHG law
Colombia’s crude output increases significantly
Shallow water permitting slows to crawl after Macondo; Gulf of Mexico lease sale unlikely until 2012
Russian crude output continues to climb