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The world has lost Iraq’s oil
The costs and benefits of America’s occupation of Iraq vary, according to proponents and opponents, except when it comes to oil exports.
October 4, 2004
As prices hit the roof, oil wars will keep burning
Oil prices are back in the headlines and likely to stay there, as the world’s global energy crosses new thresholds of increased demand, clashing politics and threats of terrorism.
June 1, 2004
US-Mideast oil ties undergo rapid change
Once upon a time there were four American oil companies that controlled the world of oil. Their names were Exxon, Mobil, Chevron and Texaco. But in the past 40 years, the world of oil has been turned upside down.
January 19, 2004
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