List of Oil Production articles
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People queue with jerrycans to buy fuel at Mobil filling station in Lagos, on May 21, 2015. Long queues formed at petrol stations across oil-rich Nigeria on May 21 following a row over subsidy payment to petrol importers as well as sale of government oil blocks to private investors, union officials said. AFP PHOTO/PIUS UTOMI EKPEI (Photo credit should read PIUS UTOMI EKPEI/AFP/Getty Images) If Nigeria Is a Petrostate, Why Is It Always So Short on Fuel?
Nigeria has some of the world's richest oil fields. But recent strikes prove its lack of refinery infrastructure could soon make it a failing petrostate.
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472747168_960 Dr. Strange-oil
Four slightly insane -- but not entirely unrealistic -- ways that Vladimir Putin could spike the price of oil to save Russia's economy.
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Microcapsules_credit_Chrysoula-Litina Innovations: Are Potholes a Thing of the Past?
How a group of scientists and engineers turned to the human immune system to revolutionize road repair.
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A Greenpeace activist covers the logo of the Shell oil company to protest on May 10, 2012 against the heading of the an icebreaker for Shell's Arctic oil drilling project in the north of Alaska. Environmentalists have pointed to the vastly complicated task of drilling in the harsh Arctic environment, the difficulty of effectively cleaning up any spills in such conditions, and the risks posed to wildlife and native communities in the region's fragile ecosystem. AFP PHOTO / MICHAL CIZEK (Photo credit should read MICHAL CIZEK/AFP/GettyImages) Ice, Ice Baby: Obama Gives Shell the Thumbs Up for Arctic Drilling
The Obama administration just gave Royal Dutch Shell conditional permission to drill in the Arctic. But oil is not the only interest there.
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VLCC China Tops U.S. as Biggest Oil Importer
But Beijing’s big and growing reliance on energy from the Middle East leaves China vulnerable to regional strife and worries over sea lane security.
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SBPLNG Why Cheap Oil Is Bad News for U.S. Gas-Export Hopes
Plentiful supplies of crude, fueled in part by the U.S. boom, undermine the case for shipping liquefied natural gas overseas.
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IRAQ-CONFLICT-BAIJI U.S. Officials Say Key Refinery Isn’t Actually All That Key
Will the Baiji oil refinery in Iraq fall to the Islamic State? Pentagon says it might not matter.
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USS Farragut underway in the Arabian Sea. Is The U.S. Navy Protecting British Ships From Iran?
U.S. Navy more and more i the business of protecting commercial shipping from Iran
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Gas tanks of Brazilian state-owned oil giant Petrobras are seen along the Negro river in Manaus, state of Amazonas, Brazil, on November 23, 2013. Manaus will host 4 matches during the FIFA World Cup 2014. AFP PHOTO / YASUYOSHI CHIBA (Photo credit should read YASUYOSHI CHIBA/AFP/Getty Images) The Kickback That Killed Brazil
Itaboraí was once a petro-boomtown; it’s now an empty shell. How the Petrobras mega-scandal is destroying ordinary lives and bringing down the rich and powerful.
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MCKITTRICK, CA - MARCH 23: Pump jacks and wells are seen in an oil field on the Monterey Shale formation where gas and oil extraction using hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, is on the verge of a boom on March 23, 2014 near McKittrick, California. Critics of fracking in California cite concerns over water usage and possible chemical pollution of ground water sources as California farmers are forced to leave unprecedented expanses of fields fallow in one of the worst droughts in California history. Concerns also include the possibility of earthquakes triggered by the fracking process which injects water, sand and various chemicals under high pressure into the ground to break the rock to release oil and gas for extraction though a well. The 800-mile-long San Andreas Fault runs north and south on the western side of the Monterey Formation in the Central Valley and is thought to be the most dangerous fault in the nation. Proponents of the fracking boom saying that the expansion of petroleum extraction is good for the economy and security by developing more domestic energy sources and increasing gas and oil exports. (Photo by David McNew/Getty Images) The U.S. Needs to End Its Ban on Crude Oil Exports
We can help our allies and undermine our adversaries if we get rid of this antiquated policy.
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MONIZIRAN Iran Deal Doesn’t Mean a Green Light for Business
The agreement reached between Iran and the P5+1 countries offers the sanctions relief that Tehran demanded. But that won't translate into a stampede of fresh investment or a gusher of Iranian oil exports anytime soon.
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Chinas-Thirst-Final-Flat China Is the New Power Broker in the Persian Gulf
Oil is transforming the country’s foreign policy. Can the United States handle the consequences?
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HOUTHIS Yemen Strife Reminds Oil Markets That Mayhem Matters
Military action by Saudi Arabia and other Gulf states in Yemen spooked oil traders, a reminder that a world in flames can still rattle energy markets.
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Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro delivers a speech before supporters gathering outside the presidential palace in Caracas on March 18, 2015. Leaders from leftist Latin American regional bloc ALBA gathered Tuesday for a summit in Caracas, a show of support for Venezuela in its mounting standoff with the United States. AFP PHOTO/FEDERICO PARRA (Photo credit should read FEDERICO PARRA/AFP/Getty Images) Selling Crude to Los Imperialistas
Venezuela's president Nicolás Maduro blames Washington for all his problems. But that doesn't mean he can turn off the oil tap any time soon.
