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Oil Prices

…source of oil has emerged from fracking in North Dakota and other interior locations. The problem was that over the years pipelines and other supply chains for oil had been…

Oil shale and solar status

…on oil shale development moratorium from last May: The Senate Appropriations Committee today narrowly defeated Sen. Wayne Allard’s attempt to end a moratorium related to oil shale development in Colorado….

What the Oil money is doing

This is an article by the Washington Post: Oil Price Rise causes Global Shift in Wealth. It looks at how different countries are responding based on whether the oil money…

Are the Oil Companies Paying Too Much in Taxes?

…the exploration and production of oil from oil sands. In his Are the oil companies earning enough profits yet?, he proposes a couple of approaches to the fact that the…

No More Oil

The price of oil is at an all-time high in nominal terms today: over $44 per barrel. Part of the reason for today’s increase in oil prices can be found…