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New Yorkers sell gas on the black market
Audrey Quinn Nov 6, 2012
New York's state attorney general investigates price gouging as Craigslist ads sell gas for $20 a gallon.
Education, economy help undecideds make their choice
Nancy Marshall-Genzer Nov 5, 2012
Loudoun County, Virginia fence-sitters explain what got them to commit.
Gas prices may continue to decline, despite Sandy
David Weinberg Oct 30, 2012
Northeastern refineries shut down because of the hurricane, but Sandy also shut down traffic across the region, saving far more gas than those refineries produce.
America's energy boom revives Ohio's steel industry
Scott Tong Dec 10, 2012
Every fracking well requires miles of pipe. The result is new investment in Ohio steel mills -- which also benefit from cheap natural gas for fuel.
The real energy gusher produced by Ohio fracking: Oil
Scott Tong Dec 10, 2012
The presidential campaign talks a lot about coal in Ohio, but the fossil fuel of the moment is oil. Fracking has made possible a second oil boom, more than a century after the state's first one.
Russia oil firm Rosneft nears deal with BP
Stephen Beard Oct 19, 2012
The state-controlled Russian oil firm Rosneft is reported ready to enter a multi-billion dollar joint venture with the British oil giant BP to create the world’s biggest listed oil company.
Report: Iraq could double its oil production
Eve Troeh Oct 10, 2012
Higher production could make Iraq the world's second-largest oil exporter. Most of the added oil won't go to the U.S., but to countries helping Iraq rebuild its oil facilities and basic infrastructure.
What California can do about record gas prices
Eve Troeh Oct 8, 2012
Not much short of encouraging an oil company to build new refineries. Tough state regulation of auto pollution cuts off California from sources of gas outside the state.
California, all of a sudden, hits $5 gas
Adriene Hill Oct 5, 2012
California discovers how close it lives to a tipping point when refinery problems combine to create a sudden gas shortage and a spike in prices.
Is the U.S. at risk of another OPEC oil embargo?
Scott Tong Oct 3, 2012
The OPEC oil embargo nearly 40 years was a shock to the U.S. and its economy. But the long-term effects proved a shock to Saudi Arabia and other OPEC members, who learned that oil and politics don't mix.
