
A little more than a year ago, oil prices reached above $100 a barrel. Gasoline averaged in the $3.50 range nationally. In late spring, oil appeared $60ish and the national average for gas remained around $2.70. The price of a barrel of oil has since plunged to $40 and below—yet, prices at the pump remain just slightly less than they were when oil was almost double what it is today.
by Marita Noon24 Aug 2015, 10:45 AM PST0

Thursday, the Energy and Commerce Subcommittee will debate lifting the export ban on crude oil. The Agriculture Committee held a hearing Wednesday on the issue. Cramer told Breitbart News that many independent studies show that lifting the crude oil export ban would more likely bring the price of fuel down.
by Alex Swoyer9 Jul 2015, 7:50 AM PST0

With every OPEC member now at a higher break-even cost than the U.S., it is OPEC members that are at risk of being bankrupted in the second wave of the U.S. oil boom.
by Chriss W. Street8 Jul 2015, 5:04 AM PST0

Rep. Kevin Cramer (R-ND) traveled to his state of North Dakota to view the train derailment that occurred Wednesday morning near Heimdal, North Dakota. He noted that “no amount of regulations” would prevent accidents from occurring.
by Alex Swoyer7 May 2015, 7:55 AM PST0

Many complicated factors contribute to the global price of a barrel of oil, but two of the leading components are supply and risk—and both have the potential to escalate in the days ahead.
by Marita Noon30 Mar 2015, 9:35 AM PST0

Acutely aware of Venezuela’s growing economic destitution, the government of Trinidad & Tobago has proposed exchanging Venezuelan oil for Trinidadian toilet paper, to keep supplies in the South American nation’s market replenished.
by Frances Martel27 Feb 2015, 10:23 AM PST0

Oil cars were still burning more than a day after a train carrying 3 million gallons of North Dakota crude derailed in a West Virginia snowstorm, shooting fireballs into the sky.
by Breitbart News17 Feb 2015, 6:11 PM PST0