Oil is not a Villain! Here’s what it’s done for us

Oil is the most versatile and energy dense resource we have yet to discover. Often foolishly bedeviled by green energy supporters as a polluting fossil fuel, we would all of us in fact

The complete Guide to Heating Oil

A thorough look at heating oil. How it’s made and the economics behind it.

Green living-What do we consider a GREEN gas station

Yesterday, I pull into a gas station across the street from a Chevron station and notice the price per gallon is 30 cents less than Chevron. I noticed both stations had big gas tankers, the one at Chevron, of course, had the logo of Chevron. The truck at my station had no...

Transformers Fan In China Drank Gasoline For Energy

A 14-year-old Chinese fan of the movie Transformers drank gasoline for five years, trying to “obtain energy” the way characters in Transformers do. A young boy from Yibin city in the Sichuan province has been...

I-75 Bridge in Hazel Park, Michigan, Collapses: Tanker Explosion

Over the I-75 a Bridge at Nine Mile Road in Hazel Park, Michigan was the site of a major explosion today and it has collapsed as a tanker explosion caused the bridge to fall on to the freeway. Fire crews are on the...

Gasoline Prices to Approach $5 Per Gallon by 2010!

If experts in the oil and gas and financial services industries are on target, Americans should expect to see fuel costs rise during the remainder of 2009.  In particular, they should expect to see gas prices...

Glenn Beck Douses Man With "Gasoline" to Protest President Obama

" Glenn Beck was so outraged by President Obama's immigration plan that he imitated President Obama pouring gasoline on the "average American" by dousing "Red Eye's" Bill Schulz with water out of a red jug. Beck...

From shortage to glut, oil markets struggle to stabilize

A tightening oil supply in conjunction with a surplus in gasoline reserves is an indication that the slowing demand for oil and gasoline, a consequence of the global recession, is resulting in simply a shift in...

After a long, steady decline, gas prices start to rise again

After almost 6 months of steadily declining, gasoline prices in the US have again started to climb, with the nationwide average price of a gallon jumping by 11% over the past two weeks. As reported by the US...

Crude Oil below $25 - Prediction

According to predictions from Merrill Lynch & Co. crude oil is expected to drop below $25 a barrel. Definetly news which oil/energy companies are not going to be very happy about. What do you think about...

US$40 a barrel of oil?

"US$40 a barrel of oil? HOUSTON: The price for regular gasoline tumbled below US$2 a gallon (53 cents a liter) Friday, its lowest point in more than three years, and crude oil futures edged...

Gasoline Price Makes Biggest Drop Ever

The average rate for a gallon of gasoline in the US fell drastically, as the largest drop on record.  Consumer demand, falling oil prices and the worldwide financial crisis have all driven the price of gas...

History of Oil Industry Opposition to Alcohol Fuel

The fuel of the future, according to both Henry Ford and Charles F. Kettering, was ethyl alcohol made from farm products and cellulosic materials. Ford, of course, is well known as an automotive inventor; Kettering was the head of research at...

History of Oil Industries Opposition to Alcohol Fuel

Abstract The fuel of the future, according to both Henry Ford and Charles F. Kettering, was ethyl alcohol made from farm products and cellulosic materials. Ford, of course, is well known as an automotive inventor; Kettering was the...

Venezuela Aims to Convert 969 Vehicles to Natural Gas This Year

" October 9th 2008, by Daniel Cancel - Bloomberg. Petroleos de Venezuela SA, the country's state-oil company, aims to convert 969 gasoline- burning vehicles to run on natural gas by the end of the year helped...

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