Crude oil closed nine cents lower at $67.96 amid high supply by OPEC and low demand by Americans.

The Chinese are purchasing oil fields across the world in an attempt to rival the major oil companies, such as, ExxonMobil, Royal Dutch Shell and Chevron.

Jeff Rubin - the former chief economist at ...

I am not a big believer in a commercial future for the biochemical conversion of cellulose into fuels. There are many big hurdles in place that are going to have to be overcome before cellulose is commercially converted to ethanol. In a nutshell, one is the logistical problem, which ...

[RR note: This blog occasionally posts guest posts, and energy investing is a topic that is visited on a fairly regular basis. The website Money Morning recently noticed that I had linked to one of their articles, and asked if I would be ...

After I wrote The Problem with CAFE a couple of years ago, a lot of people concluded that I am against higher CAFE standards. That's not exactly the case. In a nutshell, my problem with CAFE is that I feel like it addresses the problem from the wrong side ...

Under the newly formalized ACES bill, Congress would establish uniform position limits, reporting requirements, and oversight in the oil, natural gas, coal, and electricity markets.

I don't actually enjoy posting "I told you so" stories, especially when the news is negative. This means someone has failed, and I don't enjoy seeing people fail. But when I put a spotlight on a company, naturally I am going to follow that company. If it does fail, then ...

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At this point, you have to wonder who in their right mind will ever do business in Venezuela again as long as Chavez is in power. The risk that Chavez will steal your property is simply too great. During his administration, Chavez has seized phone companies, electric utilities, private real ...