American Petroleum

by Frank James House Democrats responded to President Bush's proposal to end the moratorium on drilling for oil offshore as well as in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge by telling the president to drop dead, although they used a......

So, here???s some good news ??? or bad, depending on your point of view: U.S. demand for oil decreased dramatically over the past year. According to the American Petroleum Institute, demand for oil shrank to the lowest levels since 2003.......

By Jim Tankersley The Interior Department today let stand a Bush administration policy that bars the federal government from considering the effects of global warming on polar bears and other protected species, a move that upset environmentalists and...

Saudi Arabia and other OPEC oil producers are flooding world markets with crude oil, a shift that experts say should help offset any economic dislocation from a military strike against Iraq. The surge of production has helped wash away a $5-a-barrel "war...

As oil prices soar, so does the importance of energy as an issue in the presidential campaign. The nation's growing reliance on overseas sources of energy has foreign policy implications for President Bush and Sen. John Kerry, but it is a local issue for...

Q: Is there a difference in the quality of gasoline other than the octane rating? My son insists that 87 octane from Mobil or Sunoco makes his car run better than 87 octane from Sheetz or Wawa. There is a cost difference from place to place, but I had...

Saudi Arabia--although long considered a crucial ally of the United States--has provided little if any assistance to investigators hunting the friends and finances of Osama bin Laden and his Al Qaeda terror network, according to intelligence and law...

Demonstrators targeted gasoline stations across the country Tuesday, proclaiming that oil is the United States' primary motivation for a looming war against Iraq. Activists said they protested at 100 stations in the U.S. and several other countries,...

Anxious consumers in various parts of the country lined up for an hour or more to fill their vehicles with gasoline costing up to $5 a gallon amid fears supplies might be disrupted after Tuesday's terrorist attacks. As gasoline wholesalers and...