The fracking boom is bringing in a surge of development — and tax revenue — to North Dakota. Now conservationists have a plan use some of that growth to protect the environment.

International experts view Mexico's oil industry as inefficient and in need of help.

How did the 1973 oil crisis convince Americans to reduce energy consumption?

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.