(May 30, 2008, 4:05 PM)
Oil and gas companies have reason to welcome but be wary of the latest report of an oil-price investigation.

(May 27, 2008, 11:05 AM)
The July contract for benchmark US light, sweet crudes traded above $135/bbl on NYMEX just prior to the May 26 Memorial Day holiday in the US that marked the unofficial start of the summer driving season.

(May 23, 2008, 3:05 PM)
The oil market seems to have panicked over the possibility that the end of oil availability has come into view.

(May 19, 2008, 11:05 AM)
After the massive May 12 earthquake hit the Sichuan province of central China, damage to hydroelectric and nuclear power plants could prove critical to energy markets.

(May 16, 2008, 4:05 PM)
Adult supervision has arrived. The Department of Energy on May 16 announced it is suspending by as much as 13 million bbl this year's acquisition of crude for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.

(May 12, 2008, 3:05 PM)
The June contract for US light, sweet crudes jumped to a record of $126.27/bbl May 9 on NYMEX before closing at a record $125.96/bbl, gaining a total $9.64/bbl over five trading sessions that week.

(May 09, 2008, 5:05 PM)
If something goes wrong with energy—meaning gasoline prices rise—politicians identify villains and heroically flail away.

(May 05, 2008, 5:05 PM)
Growing demand for crude combined with the slowdown in production of new supplies in other countries is placing the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries in a powerful position, say industry analysts.

(May 02, 2008, 5:05 PM)
Farm interests will say anything to protect the magic money machine that the US government has built for them with fuel ethanol.

(April 28, 2008, 4:04 AM)
Growing demand for middle distillate fuels in Asia and Europe has created a world shortage that can only be resolved by processing more crude to produce these straight-run products.

(April 25, 2008, 4:04 AM)
Deception in service to energy politics is standard practice in the US Congress.

(April 21, 2008, 9:04 AM)
Analysts cite weak dollar, other factors in crude oil price rise.

(April 18, 2008, 3:04 AM)
The climate-change proposal by US President George W. Bush deserves credit for damage control.

(April 14, 2008, 5:04 AM)
The front-month contract for benchmark US crudes jumped past $112/bbl Apr. 9 following a report that inventories of crude, gasoline, and distillate fuel fell to unexpectedly low levels in the week ended Apr. 4.

(April 11, 2008, 4:04 AM)
Burning food for fuel is hurting hungry people.

(April 08, 2008, 9:04 AM)
The fluctuation of crude futures prices on the New York Mercantile Exchange in March ended the first quarter of 2008 with a bang, said Paul Horsnell, Barclays Capital Inc., London.