Oil

Mexico's president has proposed shaking-up the state-run oil industry and allowing direct foreign investment. The idea is unpopular in much of Mexico, but it's a different story in the oil town of Ciudad del Carmen.

Syria doesn't produce much oil. But the Middle Eastern country's issues are having a big effect on the market for crude.

The levee board for the New Orleans region sued oil companies over their damage to delta wetlands that are a protective buffer against storm surges.

With the Syria headlines, the price of oil could become a drag for the U.S. economy and beyond.

The headlines about Syria are altering the shape of financial markets this morning.

Mexico is sitting on 87 billion barrels of untapped oil, yet production has dropped 25 percent in the last decade.

Tait Salzer moved to North Dakota to get in on the state's oil boom. He works an oil rig.

The wholesale price of oil fell this morning, but it's still hovering above $100 a barrel.

Trains increasingly carry crude from oil fields in the middle of the U.S. to refineries on the coasts.