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Earthquakes prompt Ohio fracking ban
Scott Tong Jan 3, 2012
Despite the environmental worries, most see no slowdown nationwide.
Nigeria loses oil subsidy, fuel prices double
Stacey Vanek Smith Jan 2, 2012
Nigerians are expressing outrage this morning. The government has just announced it's nixing a longtime fuel subsidy. Gas prices there have more than doubled in many places.
Iraq's oil industry after U.S. withdrawal
Scott Tong Dec 30, 2011
Now that U.S. troops have pulled out Iraq, turns out direct benefit for American oil companies never materialized.
BP oil engineers could face felony charges
Steve Chiotakis Dec 29, 2011
The U.S. government could soon bring criminal charges against some BP employees in the company's huge 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
Other nations promise help if Iran cuts off oil supply
Stephen Beard Dec 28, 2011
Oil prices are down a bit this morning after a Saudi oil official said his country would pump more crude. That follows Iran's threat to block the Strait of Hormuz, where about one fifth of the world's oil passes through.
What the Strait of Hormuz means for world oil
Steve Chiotakis Dec 28, 2011
Iran's navy chief said today his country could very easily close the world's most important oil transit channel. The threat to close it comes after the West imposed more sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program.
Iran oil blockade unlikely to go through
Stephen Beard Dec 28, 2011
Halting, or even dislocating, the flow of one-fifth of the world's oil supply could send the price of crude into the stratosphere. But the oil market doesn't appear to take the threat seriously.
Iran reacts to U.S. threat of nuclear sanction
Nancy Marshall-Genzer Dec 28, 2011
Iran has threatened to send military ships to block the Strait of Hormuz if President Obama signs a bill to impose sanctions to keep Iran from making nuclear weapons.
PODCAST: Blocking the waterway, blocking the oil
Mary Dooe Dec 28, 2011
San Francisco has raised to the minimum wage to over $10 an hour, and that will effect the cities famed restaurants. On the other side of the country, negotiations will start today in New York between building owners and the union representing the people that clean those buildings. As the 10 year birthday of the euro approaches, David Brancaccio looks back at how Marketplace's resident poet described the deal at the time.
Why Iran is pushing back on sanctions
Jeremy Hobson Dec 28, 2011
As the European Union prepares to increase sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program, the Islamic Republic has retaliated with a threat to close the Strait of Hormuz, a strategic waterway for oil exports.
