Tag: Oil

An Energy Revolution in Our Midst

Irwin M. Stelzer · October 11, 2014 3:00 am

The U.S. energy boom has caused crude oil prices to fall over the last month, but its effect on broader geopolitics -- such as waylaying the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries -- is expected to be far more muted over the long term.Â (iStock)

Energy and Environment

Don’t expect energy boom to uproot global oil politics

Zack Colman · October 9, 2014 9:00 am

Perry seeks unlimited natural gas and oil exports

Jeff Amy · October 8, 2014 9:27 pm

If You Don’t Build It, They Will Leave

Geoffrey Norman · October 8, 2014 5:04 pm

In January, a shortage of propane in the Midwest caused prices to surge upwards to near $5 a gallon in some markets. Propane prices this winter are projected to fall 27 percent. (Getty/Scott Olson)

Energy and Environment

Winter heating bills to drop

Zack Colman · October 7, 2014 8:40 pm

Turkey’s Crackdown on Oil Smuggling

Turkey’s Crackdown on Oil Smuggling

Washington Examiner · October 6, 2014 5:35 pm

Turkey cracks down on oil smuggling linked to IS

Desmond Butler · October 6, 2014 5:02 pm

In this photo taken on Aug. 13, 2014, shows farmland along Hall School Road near Patton Farm Road in Stuarts Draft, Va., that is designated on the latest Dominion map as an alternative route for their natural gas pipeline. (AP Photo/The Staunton News Leader, Randall Wolf)

Pipeline’s path stirs opposition in Va., W.Va.

Steve Szkotak · October 4, 2014 1:10 pm

The federal government on Friday announced 44 projects totaling $627 million to restore the Gulf of Mexico following damage from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon accident that caused the largest oil spill in U.S. history. (AP Photo)

Energy and Environment

Feds announce Gulf restoration projects for 2010 BP spill

Zack Colman · October 3, 2014 6:51 pm

Publicly available documents regarding Iraq's oil supplies foretold a crumbling security situation long before the rise of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, Sen. Lisa Murkowski detailed in a report released Friday. (AP Photo)

Energy and Environment

Iraqi oil instability spelled security collapse: report

Zack Colman · October 3, 2014 4:42 pm

Traders Anthony Riccio, left, and Patrick Casey work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Thursday, Oct. 2, 2014. U.S. markets were mostly flat in early trading Thursday, follow a sell-off the day before, as U.S. investors had little reaction to comments from European Central Bank President Mario Draghi, who announced new economic stimulus measures for the continent. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Hong Kong stocks fall, others in Asia higher

Joe McDonald · October 3, 2014 4:04 am

The EPA proposed cuts to the ethanol mandate in November. OMB is reviewing the proposal. (iStock)

Energy and Environment

Governors: Don’t cut ethanol mandate

Zack Colman · October 2, 2014 5:06 pm