posts tagged as crude oil

Canadian Crude Oil Sells at Record Discounts

Canadian crude oil is selling below U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude oil by a record $52.50 per barrel based on records that go...

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The Crazy Crude Oil Price Controls of the 1970s

In August 1971, President Richard Nixon enacted comprehensive wage-and-price controls in a misguided effort to contain inflationary pressures. (Contrary to the faulty...

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AEO 2018 Forecasts a Fossil Future and Nearly Flat Carbon Dioxide Emissions

The Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) Annual Energy Outlook (AEO) 2018 projects that fossil fuels will supply 78 percent of the nation’s energy...

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U.S. Oil and Natural Gas Exports Soar

The United States is becoming a leader in oil and natural gas exports. Canada and Mexico are purchasing natural gas shipped by...

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A Crude Primer: Would a Barrel of Oil by Any Other Name Smell as Sweet?

When people talk about a barrel of crude oil, there is a tendency to lump all of it into one large category....

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U.S. Crude Oil Exports on the Rise

Congress lifted the ban on exporting U.S. crude oil in the omnibus spending bill passed last December, allowing crude oil to be...

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