Crude Oil

Kurdish Oil Pipeline Could Split Iraq

Daniel J. Graeber | Posted 05.24.2012

Read More: Iraq Oil, Crude Oil, Iea, Sunni, Shiite, Baghdad, Iraqi Kurds, Kurdistan, Iraq Sectarianism, Kurdish Oil Pipeline, World News

Kurdish leaders in the north aim to defy Baghdad by exporting oil to Turkey through a new pipeline. Given simmering acrimony between the Kurdish government and Baghdad, that pipeline may be the tether that formally pulls Iraq in two.

Read Post

Marine Life Suffers Near BP's Deepwater Horizon Site

Susan Buchanan | Posted 05.08.2012

Dolphins are washing up dead while fish disappear as oil and dispersants from BP's 2010 spill lurk in Gulf waters and marshes.

Read Post

Who Really Benefits From The High Cost Of Oil

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 04.25.2012

Read More: Gas Prices, Gas, Venezuela, Crude Oil Prices, Crude Oil, Crude, Middle East, Gas Price, Oil Prices, Pain at the Pump, Oil, Mexico, Geoffrey Heal, Canada, Green News

WASHINGTON -- For anyone who needed another reason to cure our addiction to foreign oil: high prices at the pump mean fueling one of the greatest tran...

Read Whole Story

Keystone XL Likely Dead

Daniel J. Graeber | Posted 04.24.2012

Read More: Tar Sands, Transcanada, Crude Oil, Keystone XL Pipeline, Green News, Oil Pipeline, Oil Reserves, Energy Policy, Green News

Critics of U.S. domestic energy policy are trying to maneuver the Keystone XL oil pipeline past the Oval Office, but in the long shadow of the Keystone XL pipeline project are a series of domestic oil pipelines that could make Keystone redundant by the time it goes into service in 2015.

Read Post

This Might Be The Most Effective Way To Kill Iran's Nuclear Program

Reuters | Posted 04.17.2012

Read More: Ministry of Land Transport and Maritime Affairs, Video, Marine Insurance, Crude Oil, Opec, Reuters, Oil, European Union, Iran, Iran Nuclear Program, Nanjing Tankers, COSCO Group, Reinsurance, Business News

* Few alternatives to Western ship insurance market * Asia govts mull sovereign guarantees for ship insurers * Chinese t...

Read Whole Story

End Game for Hugo Chavez, What Next for Venezuela?

John C.K. Daly | Posted 04.13.2012

Read More: Energy, Venezuela, Hugo Chavez, Cancer, Oil Reserves, Crude Oil, Oil Prices, Chavez Cancer, World News

The biggest question in the event of President Chavez being incapacitated or killed by his cancer is the country's political future, and of all the government's branches the military is best positioned for the potential role of kingmaker.

Read Post

Romney Economists Back Away From Romney Gas Price Rhetoric

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 03.23.2012

Read More: Gas Prices, Obama Gas Prices, Video, Crude Oil, Mitt Romney, Elections 2012, Drilling, Oil Prices, Obama Oil Prices, Romney Gas Prices, Keystone XL, Romney, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Mitt Romney on the campaign trail has chided President Barack Obama for failing to curb prices at the pump, even as prominent economists...

Read Whole Story

Looking For Cheap Gas? Drive To These States

24/7 Wall St. | Michael B. Sauter, Charles B. Stockdale, Ashley C. Allen | Posted 03.13.2012

Read More: Missouri Economic Research and Information Institute, Energy, Gas Prices, Crude Oil, Cost of Living, President Barack Obama, Washington Post, American Automobile Association?S Fuel Gauge Report, ABC News, Gulf of Mexico, Meric, Transportation, Business News

From 24/7 Wall St: A record 50 percent of Americans strongly disapprove of President Barack Obama’s handling of the economy, a recent Washington Pos...

Read Whole Story

With Iran, How Hard Do Sanctions Really Bite?

Daniel J. Graeber | Posted 05.11.2012

Read More: Nuclear Weapons, Opec, Crude Oil, Royal Dutch Shell, Geopolitics, Iran Sanctions, Oil, European Union, Tehran, Iran, Iran Nuclear Program, Oil Embargo, World News

Planned oil embargoes by the European Union could be seen as largely symbolic moves by opponents of the Islamic republic, though it's the pressure on Tehran's finances that appear to be striking the biggest blow.

Read Post

Let's All Panic!

The Huffington Post | Mark Gongloff | Posted 03.02.2012

Thing One: Let's All Panic About Oil: The oil market is as jittery as Rick Santorum in a sex toy shop. Case in point: Yesterday a sketchy "news" repor...

Read Whole Story

Time to Call Iran's Bluff on Oil?

Daniel J. Graeber | Posted 04.11.2012

Read More: Energy, Oil Prices, Oil, Iran, Europe, Crude Oil, Saudi Arabia, Eu Oil Embargo, Iran Oil Embargo, EU Iran Oil Embargo, World News

Iranian lawmakers this week expressed support for a measure that would beat the EU to the punch by cutting off oil exports before the summer. This amounts to a statement of economic warfare

Read Post

BP Spill Workers Seek Care as Health Study Progresses

Susan Buchanan | Posted 01.29.2012

Read More: Physicians, Clinics, Louisiana Environmental Action Network, Chemical Exposure, Health Insurance, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Louisiana Dept. Of Health and Hospitals, Respirators, Detoxification, Crude Oil, Subra Company, Fishermen, Green News

A multi-million-dollar study by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, gauging impacts of the BP spill on cleanup workers, has so far enrolled 5,500 individuals -- mostly from Gulf states.

Read Post

The Climate Post: OPEC Discord May Be "the Beginning of the End" of the Oil Cartel

Mason Inman | Posted 08.09.2011

Read More: Wind Power, Gas Prices, Crude Oil, Opec, Saudi Arabia, Nuclear Power, Gas Tax, Electric Cars, Renewable Energy, Oil Prices, Clean Energy, Natural Gas, Coal, Solar Power, Green News

"Everybody in OPEC is cheating and everyone knows that," an oil analyst told the New York Times.

Read Post

Mighty Mississippi Moves Oil Prices

HuffingtonPost.com | Janell Ross | Posted 07.12.2011

Read More: Refineries, Gas Prices, Gas Futures Contracts, Gasoline, Mississippi River, Crude Oil, Oil Prices, Flooding, Business News

Fears that flooding along the lower Mississippi would disrupt gasoline production at the region's refineries were eased Wednesday, but highlighted the...

Read Whole Story

Oil Prices Soar Again

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gas Prices, Libya, Crude Oil, Opec, Oil Prices, Africa Oil, Eu, Business, Libya Oil Prices, Moody's, Business News

(AP) Oil prices climbed to near $106 a barrel Monday as intense fighting between Libyan government forces and rebels appeared to be turning into a civ...

Read Whole Story

Oil Prices Climb As Libyan Violence Intensifies

Reuters | Claire Milhench | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Libya, Per Barrel, Barclays Capital, National Libyan Council, Oil Prices, Middle East Tension, Middle East, Saudi Arabia, Crude Oil, Tripoli, Business News

(Reuters) - Crude oil rose on Friday, with Brent pushing toward $116 a barrel, as Libyan security forces began a violent crackdown on protesters in ...

Read Whole Story

Crazy Oil Prices Driven by Perceptions, Not Realities

Daniel Dicker | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Oil Prices, Oil, Commodities, Crude Oil Prices, Crude Oil, Saudi Arabia, Speculation, Per Gallon, John Wiley and Sons, Opec, Etf, Brent Crude, Etn, Business News

Someone explain to me how the risk of a real supply shortage, at least several months away, needs to be represented in $110 crude prices being delivered today.

Read Post

Libya Chaos Could Leave 'Lasting Scars' On Area's Oil Production

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Oil Prices, Oil Production, Libya Protests, Libya Oil, Brent Crude, Opec, Crude Oil, Gas Prices, Business News

NEW YORK (By By Joshua Schneyer) - Regardless of what comes next in Libya's lethal political standoff, the OPEC country's oil sector is nearly ce...

Read Whole Story

Libya Chaos Could Leave 'Lasting Scars' On Area's Oil Production

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Oil Prices, Oil Production, Libya Protests, Libya Oil, Brent Crude, Opec, Crude Oil, Gas Prices, Business News

NEW YORK (By By Joshua Schneyer) - Regardless of what comes next in Libya's lethal political standoff, the OPEC country's oil sector is nearly ce...

Read Whole Story

Oil Prices Soar On Libya Unrest

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Oil Prices, Oil Prices Libya, Moamarr Gadhafi, Middle East Protests, Opec, Middle East, Crude Oil, Seif Al-Islan Gadhafi, Libya Protests, Business News

LONDON -- Oil prices charged to fresh 2-1/2 year highs on Monday as traders reacted to increasing violence in major producer Libya, which fed invest...

Read Whole Story

Egypt Unrest May Cause Big Rise In Oil Prices: Kuwait Official

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Crude Oil, Opec, Commodity Prices, Middle East, Egypt, Oil Prices, Oil, Imad Al-Atiqi, Kuwait, Business News

Global oil prices could exceed $110 a barrel if political unrest in Egypt continues, a member of Kuwait's Supreme Petroleum Council said on Sunday. ...

Read Whole Story

Crude Oil Trades Near 26-Month High On Bets Fed Stimulus Will Spur Demand

Bloomberg | Grant Smith | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Business News, Federal Reserve, Crude Oil Trade, Oil Demand, Crude Oil, 26-Month High, Business News

Oil traded near its highest in 26 months on speculation the U.S. may extend stimulus measures, bolstering demand in the world's largest consumer of cr...

Read Whole Story

Will There Be Crude Justice or True Justice For Oil Spill Victims?

Nan Aron | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: New Orleans, Supreme Court, Chief Justice John Roberts, Exxon Valdez Payments, Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill, Crude Oil, Crude Justice, Deepwater Horizon, BP Oil Spill, John Roberts, Gulf Oil Spill, Gulf of Mexico, Transocean, Exxon Valdez, Politics News

This week marked the opening of the new Supreme Court term, with John Roberts at the helm, the conservative majority champing at the bit, and the newe...

Read Post

Oil Prices Surge After Pipeline Shutdown

AP | SANDY SHORE | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Oil Prices, Enbridge Energy, Enbridge Oil Spill, Crude Oil, Enbridge, Chicago Oil Spill, Chicago, Chicago News

Oil prices surged Friday after a pipeline that delivered oil to Midwest refineries was shut down, raising questions about how long the supply may be d...

Read Whole Story

Big Oil Has Replaced Big Tobacco in the Bulls Eye of America's Vitriol

Michael Martin | Posted 01.20.2012

Read More: Bp, Deepwater Horizon, Crude Oil Prices, BP Oil Spill, Biofuels, Crude Oil, Biodiesel, Alternative Energy, Electric Cars, Business News

Despite giant pay packages, I wouldn't want to be a CEO of an oil firm if my life depended on it. Everyone hates you. You have to deal with some of th...

Read Post