Stories Tagged as
Oil
Will Venezuela default? Investors think so
Dec 23, 2014
Oil, whose price has halved in the past year, accounts for 95 percent of the country’s exports and 45 percent of the government’s budget.
How an oil rush made LA the city it is today
by
Kai Ryssdal
Dec 18, 2014
After first oil well was drilled in 1892, derricks became a symbol of Los Angeles.
The future of oil and gas after the boom
by
Kai Ryssdal
and Scott Tong
Dec 18, 2014
The price of oil is dropping. Good news or bad news?
100 uses for petroleum – and counting
by
Kai Ryssdal
Dec 18, 2014
Maybe we should be asking what isn't made from a barrel of oil.
How the oil boom woke up a Texas town
by
Kai Ryssdal
Dec 18, 2014
Kai talks with Adrian DeLeon, the mayor of Carrizo Springs, Texas.
A circular argument: How cheap oil affects tire prices
Dec 18, 2014
If oil prices fall, will tires cost less? The answers are far from black and white.
Farmers feel ripple effects of the oil boom
by
Kai Ryssdal
Dec 18, 2014
Kai Ryssdal talks to commercial grain farmer Curt Mowery.
For public good, not for profit.
Oil prices scrape bottom of the barrel
Dec 18, 2014
Most of the cost of oil can be attributed to exploration, drilling and pumping.
New York is first state to ban fracking
by
Kai Ryssdal
Dec 17, 2014
Kai sits down with Marketplace's Scott Tong to talk fracking.
Where is your extra gas money going?
Dec 16, 2014
Americans are saving a buck a gallon on gas, giving them much greater spending power.