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Saudi Arabia Oil

U.S. Poised To Become World's Top Oil Producer

AP | JONATHAN FAHEY | Posted 12.23.2012 | World

NEW YORK -- U.S. oil output is surging so fast that the United States could soon overtake Saudi Arabia as the world's biggest producer. Driven by hig...

Saudi Arabia -- The New York Times and All the News Not Fit to Print

Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 07.29.2011 | Media
Raymond J. Learsy

If the Wikileaks cables can be reported by Al Jazeera what exactly is the NYTimes' hesitancy to inform its readership about this aspect of Saudi malevolence unless it has an agenda we do not understand?

When We Demand Cheap Gasoline, We Are Demanding Disaster

Johann Hari | Posted 05.26.2011 | Green
Johann Hari

When we demand our governments give us cheaper gas, we are -- usually unwittingly -- demanding they give more money to some of the worst dictators in the world, invade more countries, and ramp up global warming.

Is the House of Saud Next?

Jeffrey Rubin | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Jeffrey Rubin

Certainly, their political right to rule isn't any more legitimate, and perhaps no more sustainable, than Mubarak's or Gaddafi's. If so, the path to $200 a barrel oil is a lot shorter than you think.

Ethanol Growth Unites OPEC and Environmental Fringe

Bob Dinneen | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Bob Dinneen

For environmental activists to side with OPEC to protect the oil status quo is downright illogical and raises questions about the motives of such groups and the credibility of their arguments.

Saudi Arabia's Water Woes

Robert Glennon | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Robert Glennon

I recently returned from Saudi Arabia, a country that faces self-inflicted water challenges. I'm part of a team charged with drafting a water code for the Kingdom.

US Foreign Policy in the Middle East: Thoughts for Change

Dr. Rachel Ehrenfeld and B. Wayne Quist | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Dr. Rachel Ehrenfeld and B. Wayne Quist

The Saudis are increasingly turning to Russia and China as their new oil and gas partners, dumping longstanding relationships with once-favored American oil companies.

Saudi King: Oil Prices Should Be Much Higher

AP | TAREK EL-TABLAWY and ADAM SCHRECK | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business

CAIRO, Egypt — OPEC held off on announcing new oil output cuts on Saturday, but its alarm over falling demand and a slumping economy potentially...

Saudi Arabia Churns Out More Oil, Fearing Demand Erosion

AP | JOHN WILEN | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business

NEW YORK — Crude oil futures swung wildly on Monday, rising to a record and then tumbling as investors wrestled with whether they should put sto...

Bush fails to win Saudi help on gas prices

AP | TERENCE HUNT | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — President Bush failed to win the help he sought from Saudi Arabia to relieve skyrocketing American gas prices Friday, a s...

US To Saudis: Please Pump More Oil

CBS News | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business

U.S. Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman told Saudi Arabia's oil minister Saturday that OPEC should increase oil output. Bodman told reporters before his...