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Argentina moves to nationalize its largest oil company
Tom Burridge Apr 17, 2012
Spanish oil giant Repsol currently controls Argentina's largest national oil company, but perhaps not for long.
ExxonMobil to team up with Russian oil company
Peter van Dyk Apr 17, 2012
ExxonMobil has sealed a landmark deal with Russia's state oil producer. Exxon CEO Rex Tillerson was in Moscow to announce the deal, which gives the U.S. oil giant access to Russia's vast oil fields.
Housing starts drop, a crackdown on oil price manipulation
Juli Niemann Apr 17, 2012
There was an unexpected drop last month in housing starts. Meanwhile, President Obama has plans to crack down on those who manipulate oil prices.
President Obama targets oil price manipulators
John Dimsdale Apr 17, 2012
President Obama announced a new crackdown on illegal manipulation of oil prices by traders. He's asking for stronger regulations, bigger penalties for violators and more cops on the regulatory beat.
Obama wants toothier oversight of oil markets
Sarah Gardner Apr 17, 2012
The president wants $52 million to help the Commodity Futures Trading Commission shore up industry oversight, something analysts say will do little to oil prices.
India's oil purchases from Iran irk U.S.
Christopher Werth Apr 4, 2012
India is a U.S. ally but also one of the top importers of Iranian oil. It could face U.S. sanctions unless it curbs these oil purchases.
Oil leak in Scotland continues to cost Total
Stacey Vanek Smith Apr 3, 2012
An oil rig off the coast of Scotland has been leaking oil into the North Sea for five days. The rig is owned by French gas company Total, and is costing millions a day in lost revenue and attempted repairs.
Gas prices' latest victim: Refineries
Sarah Gardner Mar 29, 2012
Squeezed by high oil costs and shrinking demand, major changes are coming in the oil refinery biz.
President Obama asks to repeal big oil tax breaks
Juli Niemann Mar 29, 2012
The president wants lawmakers to repeal $4 billion worth of tax breaks that oil companies currently get. How much of an issue are these subsidies?
If the oil subsidies went away
Sarah Gardner Mar 29, 2012
The defeat of a U.S. Senate bill to end oil company subsidies leads us to wonder: What would actually happen if subsidies ended?
