Crude oil futures gained more than $1 after Bernanke said that the Fed is committed to keeping interest rates extremely low for "an extended period."

Two of WFSC's top executives and its former CFO allegedly consorted with others to commit insider trading and net over a million dollars.

A newly released report predicts that a continued moratorium on offshore drilling can be economically disastrous.

The 4 percent spike was the largest percentage gain since late September.

Peak oil must serve as an "alarm that we need to take more seriously" by diversifying Saudi Arabia's economy, Mohammed al-Sabban said.

Representatives try to convince lawmakers not to over-regulate hydraulic fracturing to the point that it loses viability.

The following guest essay is by Kevin Kane. Kevin is a market analyst, economist, Asia political affairs strategist, and Korean language linguist living in Seoul, South Korea. Kevin previously published American Freedom from Oil: A Bipartisan Pipedream.-------------------Iraq Oil&Gas Production: Geopolitical Compromises and Kurdish ...

I know it has been a week since I put up something new. Some readers have also noticed that I haven't been commenting much lately, and my e-mails are piling up. Things have just been really busy. I have a few guest posts that should be ready to go within ...

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