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Obama: Spend oil money on alternatives to oil
Adriene Hill Mar 15, 2013
The surge in oil and natural gas production in the U.S. offers real economic opportunities. How much are royalties from offshore drilling growing, and what could be gained by taking some of that money to help fund alternative energies?
South Sudan, Sudan agree to restart oil production
James Copnall Mar 12, 2013
South Sudan, which seceded from the rest of Sudan in 2011, will begin oil production again, under a new deal negotiated in Ethiopia.
Oil-boom sprawl swallows a North Dakota city
Todd Melby Mar 8, 2013
The oil industry and the thousands of workers it's attracted have swallowed up communities like Williston, N.D., where neighborhoods on the edge of town now feel like they're in the center.
In death, Hugo Chavez leaves economic legacy
Scott Tong Mar 5, 2013
Taking power in 1999, Hugo Chavez almost single-handedly transformed Venezuelan society, wielding the country's oil wealth as a weapon. Can a strongman economy continue after his death?
Trains will move tar sands oil, if the Keystone XL doesn't
Eve Troeh Mar 4, 2013
A study commissioned by the State Department concludes that building the Keystone XL pipeline won't contribute to global warming, because Canadian tar sands oil will get to market with or without the pipeline.
Keystone pipeline gets good news: State Department report
Nancy Marshall-Genzer Mar 4, 2013
The Obama administration is not expected to decide whether to approve the controversial Keystone pipeline until this summer, but a new report gives clues about the White House's pipeline strategy.
U.S. oil imports are down, narrowing the trade deficit
Eve Troeh Feb 8, 2013
The transportation system for fuel in the U.S. is inadequate, though, so some oil always has to be imported to where it's needed.
U.S. trade deficit plunges
Jeremy Hobson Feb 8, 2013
The nation’s trade deficit plunged in December, likely giving the U.S. economy an unexpected boost to round out the year.
Terrorism in Algeria's impact on natural gas development in North Africa
Stephen Beard Jan 21, 2013
After a terrorist group claims responsibility for a bloody hostage crisis in Algeria, a look at how terrorism and civil unrest in North Africa impact's the U.S.'s energy supply.
U.S. trade deficit surges
Jeff Horwich Jan 11, 2013
New data for the month of November show the U.S. trade deficit has hit its widest point in seven months -- but could that be a good thing?
