‘The days of $100 oil are gone.’ So what’s next?
“It’s just been a tumultuous time for everybody,” said Brian Youngberg, a senior energy analyst at the St. Louis investment company Edward Jones. “There’s nowhere to hide.”
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OPEC oil freeze talks may be resurrected
The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries may resurrect its heretofore futile attempts to freeze petroleum output in a bid to inject life into oil prices.
Louisiana pols go to court blaming Big Oil for coastal ruin
The oil industry has left a big footprint along the Gulf Coast, where a Delaware-sized stretch of Louisiana has disappeared. But few politicians would blame Big Oil for ecosystem abuse in a state where the industry employs up to 300,000 people and injects $73 billion into the economy. Until now.
Volkswagen’s new strategy is all about electric cars
The Volkswagen Group is struggling to get back onto its feet after the diesel emissions scandal rocked the industry last September. The automaker’s newest plan, “Strategy 2025,” is a first step in the direction to recovery.
Forget these ‘red herrings,’ oil is heading higher: RBC’s Croft
Crude’s recent brush with levels close to $40 per barrel has made a lot of energy watchers nervous, but a top market analyst believes that international events will conspire to send oil prices sharply higher over the next several months.
Do oil companies really need $4 billion per year of taxpayers’ money?
What would happen if the federal government ended its subsidies to companies that drill for oil and gas?
Poll: 79% support increased mpg rules
Seventy-nine percent of respondents polled by an environmental group want the federal government to keep increasing fuel economy standards for automakers, according to findings released Thursday.
ISIS oil revenues down by up to 90 percent
Security sources from the ministry of oil said ISIS had been smuggling at least 50 vehicles full of oil every day from oilfields in Qayyarah and Najma. But new offensives against the terrorist organization have reduced the smuggling rate to five vehicles a day.
Clinton campaign defends position on ethanol mandate
Hillary Clinton’s campaign fought back against a report the Democratic presidential nominee might make significant changes to the mandate requiring ethanol be blended into the fuel supply.
Nissan’s ethanol fuel cell: Now in convenient van form!
Back in June, Nissan told the world about its ethanol fuel-cell powertrain. This fuel cell, a first of its kind, uses sustainable bio-ethanol in place of hydrogen to create electricity, which is then used to power a vehicle.
