Stories Tagged as
Crude oil
Scotland's oil...or is it?
Sep 16, 2014
Scottish independence advocates are banking on the country's oil resources.
What can ISIS do with oil wells it captures?
by
Scott Tong
Aug 28, 2014
The extremist group ISIS finances itself in part by selling oil on the black market
Oil from fracking may end U.S. ban on exporting oil
Jun 25, 2014
Ultralight oil made by fracking is seeping through cracks in the U.S. ban on oil exports.
Fighting the export of stolen oil
Sep 20, 2013
100,000 barrels a day are stolen from Nigerian oil pipelines.
More oil on the tracks: Trains transport a ton of crude
Jul 8, 2013
Trains increasingly carry crude from oil fields in the middle of the U.S. to refineries on the coasts.
How America helped weaken OPEC
May 30, 2013
The boom in U.S. oil production has disrupted global oil’s pecking order and caused fractures inside the once all-powerful OPEC.
Crude oil prices on the rise
Mar 16, 2012
After rumors that the U.S. and U.K. might release crude oil stock prices were found untrue -- at least for now -- prices are climbing back up.
For public good, not for profit.
Crude oil drops, home remodeling up
Feb 27, 2012
Economist Ellen Zentner discusses what a drop in crude oil prices could mean for consumers, and about the rise in home remodeling in the U.S.