Gustav Preparations - More than 75 % of Gulf Oil production Turned off (price...

" By ALAN SAYRE AP Business Writer NEW ORLEANS — More than three-quarters of the Gulf of Mexico's offshore oil production had been cut off Saturday as energy companies evacuated petroleum platforms in the face of Hurricane Gustav. The federal Minerals Management...

The Gas Prices We Deserve

Here's a great column from George Will. "Rising in the Senate on May 13, Chuck Schumer, the New York Democrat, explained: "I rise to discuss rising energy prices." The president was heading to Saudi Arabia to seek an increase in its oil production, and Schumer's gorge was...

Mexico abandons oil rigs ahead of Dean

"Tens of thousands of tourists fled the beaches of the Mayan Riviera on Monday as monstrous Hurricane Dean roared toward the ancient ruins and modern oil installations of the Yucatan Peninsula. Mexico's state oil company, Petroleos de Mexico, said it was evacuating all of its...

Flood Watch in New York as Storm Heads East

"A severe weather system blamed for two deaths plowed eastward Saturday, rattling the Gulf states with strong thunderstorms as the Northeast prepared for possible coastal flooding. The storm blew across the southern Plains on Friday, piling snow a foot deep in Kansas and...

Weather delays helicopter probe

My attention was brought to this article as a result of one of our TCC Group workers mentioning that he had mates on this helicopter tragedy.It was apparently a flight that was short distance and regularly taken without incident by our worker.regards must go to the family and...