Business
In a high-stakes market war between the ethanol and petroleum industries, Bob O’Rourke is playing a role that makes sense only in the shadowy world of influence peddling: He is an undercover publicist.
June 16, 1997
Politics
Embattled legislation aimed at protecting the California coast from oil tanker spills survived an assault by the petroleum industry Wednesday but faces still more obstacles to becoming law.
Aug. 30, 1990
Oil hasn’t been a terribly popular industry ever since patriarch and monopolist John D.
Nov. 23, 1986
The oil industry is entering the last decade of the century with the muck of the 1980s still stuck to its boots like oil from the Exxon Valdez.
Nov. 13, 1989
As flat demand for petroleum products continues, crude oil prices will drop by another $1 to $2 a barrel by next spring, major oil industry executives now believe.
Nov. 26, 1985
Letters to the Editor
An oil industry advocate wants us to believe fossil fuel companies are acting in good faith. If that were true, the industry wouldn’t be undermining climate action.
Aug. 10, 2023
World & Nation
The Biden administration plans to release 15 million barrels of oil from the U.S. strategic reserve to counter recent production cuts announced by OPEC+ nations.
Oct. 19, 2022
Money & Company
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April 28, 2011
Dec. 9, 2010
For the airline industry, the travails of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries--and the collapse of its pricing structure earlier this month--had all the earmarks of an unmitigated boon.
Dec. 29, 1985