Read more oil stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/156/oil.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 10:50:31 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73071/blaze-erupts-on-aussie-oil-rig.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA massive blaze has erupted from an oil rig in the Timor Sea off northwest Australia. The fire was sparked as workers battled to plug an undersea leak that has spewed 400 barrels of oil a day for the past 10 weeks. No one was injured in the fire and...http://www.newser.com/story/73071/blaze-erupts-on-aussie-oil-rig.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 02 Nov 2009 1:44:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/72000/energy-lobby-split-on-climate-thrilling-greens.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWith the Senate set to consider legislation to tax carbon and rein in global warming, a split has emerged among the energy lobby that may make it easier to pass a clean-energy law. Natural gas producers favor a bill, while their colleagues in the oil industry oppose it; electric companies...http://www.newser.com/story/72000/energy-lobby-split-on-climate-thrilling-greens.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 19 Oct 2009 6:30:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/71899/drill-baby-drill-palin.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagEven as the US develops renewable-energy sources and cars that don’t need gas, it’s important to recognize that petroleum will be a part of our lives for some time, writes Sarah Palin. And as long as we need it, we should be getting as much as possible from our own...http://www.newser.com/story/71899/drill-baby-drill-palin.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 16 Oct 2009 17:15:30 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/71010/oil-states-plot-to-ditch-dollar.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe American dollar is dropping against the yen and euro amid reports that the Gulf states are planning to replace use of the greenback in oil trading in favor of a basket of mixed currencies. The Arab states are in advanced discussions with China, Russia, Japan and France to end...http://www.newser.com/story/71010/oil-states-plot-to-ditch-dollar.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 06 Oct 2009 1:20:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70077/china-sells-gas-to-iran-despite-us-pressure.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagChinese state oil companies began selling gasoline to Iran this month and now provide 30,000 to 40,000 barrels a day, or as much as a third of the country's imports. The development comes despite US-led attempts to block gas shipments to Iran, which has seen oil giants BP...http://www.newser.com/story/70077/china-sells-gas-to-iran-despite-us-pressure.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 23 Sep 2009 9:13:35 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69112/crude-makes-compelling-case-against-big-oil.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagCrude is a hard-hitting documentary about the ravages of the oil industry—Chevron is the villain here—on indigenous people in Ecuador. Critics are wowed: “Here’s a powerhouse of a documentary that makes you feel mad as hell and unwilling to take it anymore,” writes Peter Travers in Rolling Stone...http://www.newser.com/story/69112/crude-makes-compelling-case-against-big-oil.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 11 Sep 2009 13:11:58 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/68849/minister-who-freed-lockerbie-bomber-has-bro-in-oil-biz.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Scottish government minister who freed the Lockerbie bomber has a brother who works in the oil industry and has pitched oil business to Libya, reports the Wall Street Journal. Kenny MacAskill's brother, Allan, spent 20 years at BP, which admits that it lobbied for a prisoner-transfer agreement between the...http://www.newser.com/story/68849/minister-who-freed-lockerbie-bomber-has-bro-in-oil-biz.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 08 Sep 2009 6:08:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/68057/gadhafi-son-why-the-fuss-over-bombers-release.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe release of convicted Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi had nothing to do with commerce, Moammar Gadhafi's son tells the Scotland Herald . What's more, he blames the celebration of Megrahi's return on the British news media—“Everyone knew from Sky and the BBC that he was going to land in...http://www.newser.com/story/68057/gadhafi-son-why-the-fuss-over-bombers-release.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 28 Aug 2009 15:48:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/67537/gadhafi-son-to-bomber-we-cut-deal-with-uk-for-you.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagEven as Scotland insists its decision to release the Lockerbie bomber was a compassionate one, a conversation between Moammar Gadhafi’s son and the bomber suggests some backroom wheeling and dealing, the Sunday Telegraph reports. A transcript has Saif Gadhafi telling the bomber, “You were on the table in all commercial,...http://www.newser.com/story/67537/gadhafi-son-to-bomber-we-cut-deal-with-uk-for-you.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 23 Aug 2009 9:47:00 CDT