Tag: Oil

Republicans on Hill, Campaign Trail Reject Obama Oil Tax

Michael Warren · February 5, 2016 5:34 pm

Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland President Loretta Mester gave the Fed's expectation a vote of confidence. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)

Fed official: Economy’s fundamentals remain ‘sound’

Joseph Lawler · February 4, 2016 11:08 pm

"The president should be proposing policies to grow our economy instead of sacrificing it to appease progressive climate activists," Paul Ryan said in a Thursday afternoon statement. (AP Photo)

Ryan: Obama’s oil tax ‘dead on arrival’

Joel Gehrke · February 4, 2016 10:55 pm

Fee raises funding to make new investments in transportation, while making the Highway Trust Fund solvent. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

Energy and Environment

Obama proposes carbon tax on oil

John Siciliano · February 4, 2016 9:08 pm

"This is a little complicated, but I'm going to walk you through it in about 30 seconds," Rubio said. (AP photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Rubio predicts the cause of a looming economic recession

Ryan Lovelace · February 4, 2016 6:47 pm

Tesoro earned $54 million in the final quarter of 2015, versus $145 million in the fourth quarter of the previous year. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, file)

Energy and Environment

Major refiner says low crude prices sank profits

John Siciliano · February 2, 2016 2:41 am

The oil giant's CEO says the market may be moving toward a "balance point" in supply later this year. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee, File)

Energy and Environment

Chevron: Oil prices will rise, but not before big losses

John Siciliano · January 29, 2016 7:46 pm

Chevron is the likely bellwether of more losses to come, since it's the first major oil company to release its fourth quarter earnings. (AP Photo)

Energy and Environment

Chevron loses big due to low oil prices

John Siciliano · January 29, 2016 3:07 pm

Low energy prices wreaking havoc for oil companies

Energy and Environment

Low energy prices wreaking havoc for oil companies

John Siciliano · January 25, 2016 5:28 pm

Step two means repealing the little-known, but highly significant 1920s-era Jones Act. The federal law prohibits tankers from hauling oil between U.S. ports unless they are American-made, flagged and manned by a crew that is 75 percent U.S. citizens. (AP Photo)

Energy and Environment

Step two after lifting the oil export ban

John Siciliano · January 22, 2016 6:00 am

Mark McCormick fills his motorcycle at a gas station in Raleigh, N.C., which dropped the tax on a gallon of gasoline to 35 cents per gallon on Jan. 1. (Bloomberg Photos)

One state’s plan to counter falling gas prices

Kyle Feldscher · January 18, 2016 5:01 am

As gas prices drop, U.S. oil companies laid off tens of thousands of workers as oil prices fell throughout 2015 and halted construction of new wells around the country. (AP Photo)

Energy and Environment

The good, the bad and the ugly of cheap crude

Kyle Feldscher · January 17, 2016 5:01 am