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Oil

  1. the money game
    Joe Biden’s Big Diesel ProblemThe White House is doing everything to lower prices at the pump – but there’s more than one pump.
    By Kevin T. Dugan
  2. the money game
    The World Is Conspiring to Make Driving Suck MoreGas-tax holidays and a hike in global oil production aren’t going to do a damn thing for your gas bills this summer.
    By Kevin T. Dugan
  3. the money game
    Money-Losing Season Is HereIt’s been a dismal year for everything from 401(k)s to cash savings to crypto. Expect more pain.
    By Kevin T. Dugan
  4. russia sanctions
    The Pain and Potential Gain of Biden’s Russian Oil BanThe move will deal a blow to Putin’s regime but impose a new burden on U.S. energy consumers.
    By Eric Levitz
  5. oil
    Oil Is Crashing Again. It Could Take Whole Governments Down With It.As unwanted oil overwhelms storage capacity, many petro-states are poised for existential crises.
    By Eric Levitz
  6. syria
    President Trump Is Obsessed With Stealing Syria’s OilHe seems far more concerned about plundering the country’s natural resources than about the human misery he unleashed.
    By Benjamin Hart
  7. the top line
    The Strike on the Saudi Oil Facility Poses Three Risks to the Global EconomyWe still don’t know how bad the situation is, which is why analysts are speculating that oil prices might rise steeply if more bad news emerges.
    By Josh Barro
  8. international affairs
    Everything We Know About Saudi Oil Attacks and the Escalating Crisis in the GulfThe Trump administration blames Iran, which is denying any role in the air strikes.
    By Chas Danner, Adam K. Raymond, and Matt Stieb
  9. world view
    Saudi Oil Attack Prompts More Incoherence From Trump AdministrationThe strikes disabled critical Saudi oil infrastructure and revealed how unprepared the Trump administration is to handle such a crisis.
    By Heather Hurlburt
  10. crime
    The Bitter Sibling Rivalry Burning Up an $800 Million Louisiana Oil DynastyA story of lifelong grudges, frame-ups, greed, drugs, and an incompetent conspiracy of off-duty cops.
    By Ian Frisch
  11. the top line
    Here’s Why OPEC Can’t Control Oil Prices AnymoreCrude prices have been in free fall for weeks — but suddenly the cartel of producers is looking helpless.
    By Josh Barro
  12. Trump Press Allies to Quit Importing Iranian Oil By November 4The president appears to be engineering a spike in energy prices on the eve of the midterm elections.
    By Eric Levitz
  13. Oil Falls After Trump Scolds OPEC For Raising PricesThis may be the first time that the president has prioritized the interests of the American public over those of the fossil fuel industry.
    By Eric Levitz
  14. Keystone Pipeline Leaks More Than 200,000 Gallons of Oil in South DakotaThe last leak, of 17,000 gallons, took two months to clean up.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  15. Exxon Seeks Permission to Ignore Sanctions, Drill in RussiaRex Tillerson’s old company wants a waiver to work with Russia’s state-owned oil company on a variety of drilling projects.
    By Eric Levitz
  16. The Rivalry Between Saudi Arabia and Iran Will Keep Your Energy Bill LowAn OPEC deal to freeze production just melted away, and now oil prices are diving.
    By Eric Levitz
  17. Big Oil Is Scared of Trump for Terrible Reasons“Would he take a carbon tax as part of a tax reform deal? Of course, because he cares about tax reform.”
    By Eric Levitz
  18. Oil Just Keeps Getting CheaperThe price of crude is nearing its lowest mark in more than a decade.
    By Eric Levitz
  19. The World’s Largest Energy Trader Predicts 10 More Years of Cheap OilWe’re looking at six more weeks of winter and ten more years of cheap gas.
    By Eric Levitz
  20. Falling Markets Harshing Billionaires’ Mellow at DavosIlluminati winter break spoiled.
    By Eric Levitz
  21. Why You Should(n’t) Panic About the Stock MarketA guide to whether you should be freaking out.
    By Eric Levitz
  22. ‘Sell Everything’: Global Bank Warns Investors of Coming Financial CrisisThe Royal Bank of Scotland is not feeling 2016.
    By Eric Levitz
  23. polar bears
    US Puts the Brakes on Alaskan Offshore DrillingThe Interior Department decides to suspend offshore leases after Shell’s $7 billion exploration turned up no viable wells.
    By Jonah Shepp
  24. islamic state watch
    The U.S. Really Wants to Stop People From Buying ISIS OilThe terrorists are getting rich.
    By Katie Zavadski
  25. international intrigue
    Obama Approves Oil Sanctions to Squeeze Iran’s Oil ExportsSo … war or no war?
    By Eliza Shapiro
  26. international intrigue
    U.S. Ship Passes Through Strait of Hormuz Make way for the USS Abraham Lincoln.
    By Brett Smiley
  27. international intrigue
    Japan to Start Reducing Oil Imports From IranAnother shopper is leaving the store, kind of.
    By Brett Smiley
  28. international intrigue
    Edgy Iran Bracing for WarIran is planning new naval “exercises,” too.
    By Brett Smiley
  29. international intrigue
    E.U. Agrees in Principle on Iran Oil BanIt will reach a final decision at the end of January.
    By Brett Smiley
  30. Iran Warns of Oil Price Spike, Shoots Down U.S. Drone [Updated]In wake of British Embassy invasion.
    By Andre Tartar
  31. the donald
    You Really Have to Listen to Donald Trump Talk About Iraq“I always heard that when we went into Iraq, we went in for the oil. I said, ‘Eh, that sounds smart.’”
    By Dan Amira
  32. early and often
    Barack Obama to Announce Aims to Reduce Oil Imports by a Third Over Next Ten YearsTalk, talk, talk.
    By Chris Rovzar
  33. rush holt
    Rush Holt, the Jeopardy! Computer-Defeating Ph.D. Physicist Congressman, on Japan’s Nuclear CrisisWhat the Fukushima meltdown means for America’s energy future.
    By Christopher Bonanos
  34. cleaning up
    BP Will Keep Killing the Well Until It Is Killed for GoodThe static kill worked, and the bottom kill will finish the job.
    By Dan Amira
  35. cleaning up
    BP to Remove Pipe Cap As Early As SaturdayThey’ll replace it with a better cap … three days later.
    By Chris Rovzar
  36. offshore drilling
    Obama’s Drilling Moratorium Not Revived by CourtAppeals court rejects his request.
    By Josh Duboff
  37. cleaning up
    Some Dudes Are Selling ‘Oil Spill Water’Which is not actually from the oil spill.
    By Dan Amira
  38. offshore drilling
    Drilling Moratorium Is Back AlreadyJudge who issued ruling may have owned stock in drilling companies.
    By Josh Duboff
  39. it just happened
    Judge Strikes Down Obama’s Deepwater Drilling MoratoriumWhat a bad day for President Obama.
    By Dan Amira
  40. cleaning up
    BP Does Not Want You to See This PhotoMedia access to spill sites is being stifled by BP and even the government.
    By Dan Amira
  41. photo op
    Protester Covers Herself in Delicious OilCrazy shenanigans were afoot in Congress today.
    By Dan Amira
  42. cleaning up
    Some More Sort-of Good News About the Leak!The cap is in place, but oil is still gushing out.
    By Dan Amira
  43. cleaning up
    Guess What? They Haven’t Stopped the Oil YetThe latest news from the Gulf.
    By Dan Amira
  44. cleaning up
    Long Island Genius ‘Knows’ How to ‘Fix’ the LeakIn other words, she has a suggestion that may or may not work.
    By Dan Amira
  45. cleaning up
    Hurricanes Could Interrupt Next Leak-Plugging EffortOh, great, we needed that.
    By Dan Amira
  46. cleaning up
    Massive Oil Plumes Discovered Under GulfIt keeps getting worse.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  47. cleaning up
    As Promised, President Obama Is Angry About All That OilHe chastises oil executives for making a “ridiculous spectacle” out of the congressional hearings.
    By Dan Amira
  48. cleaning up
    Oil Spill Could Be Up to Five Times Larger Than EstimatedYikes.
    By Josh Duboff
  49. cleaning up
    BP Releases Video of the Unstoppable Oil LeakWhy is this so difficult?
    By Dan Amira
  50. drill baby drill
    Obama Proposes Oil Drilling in Offshore Areas for First TimePlan would open up water off Atlantic coastline, Gulf of Mexico, and Alaska coast for oil and gas activity.
    By Josh Duboff
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