[SPR: Industry kickback, political slush fund, & weapon of war?] The International Energy Agency ( IEA ) was formed by large net oil c...

[Summary: Natural Gas 101] Natural gas, so called as it is naturally occurring rather than being man-made, has been piped in small volumes...

[Wars are fought over oil.  But do wars mean higher oil prices?] Military intervention by the US in Syria is looking increasingly likely. ...

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Amazon in the US often runs out of inventory of Oil 101 (as it appears to have over the past 2 days).  As an alternative, one can order fr...

Today when a consumer on the US east coast buys a Chinese manufactured product it is highly likely it was shipped across the Pacific to Long...

An increasing number of regular looking vehicles in the US are requiring high octane premium gasoline.  These vehicles include the tiny Sma...

The BBC over the weekend had the headline: Venezuela oil 'may double Saudi Arabia' .  The headline was based on the just released as...

How long can an entire industry operate at a loss?  For the airline industry it is ten years and counting.  The primary reason for airline w...

There now appears to be an increasing chance legislation will be enacted in the US by May 2010 increasing support for natural gas as an alt...