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• 07/14/2006 -- REACTIONS IN GULF TO ISRAEL-LEBANON FLARE-UP DIVERGE
  When violence escalates in and around Israel, reactions from the Persian Gulf are of course very important to oil markets.
• 07/07/2006 -- Saudi drilling surge like '90s production hike
  A surge of activity in Saudi Arabia brings to mind another impressive mobilization the kingdom undertook when the world needed its oil.
• 06/23/2006 -- STRATEGIC STOCKS WEAKEN THREAT OF OIL EXPORT CUTS
  Curtailment of oil exports lacks the leverage it once possessed in international politics.
• 06/16/2006 -- Chinese demand not always what the numbers say
  As important as it is, Chinese demand is mysterious. Reliable data don't exist.
• 06/09/2006 -- SAUDI DEFENSE, EDUCATION KEYED TO CRUDE PRICE
  Oil prices will fall. The questions are when and by how much. And, oh yes, why.
• 06/02/2006 -- LAWMAKERS SHOULD WELCOME REPORT OF NO 'PRICE-GOUGING'
  Anyone legitimately worried about high gasoline prices would welcome a federal investigation finding no evidence of "price-gouging" after Hurricane Katrina last year.
• 05/26/2006 -- NEW BUSINESSES EMERGE FROM USE OF FOOD AS FUEL
  Burning food for fuel creates interesting possibilities. In a recent issue of its Amber Waves periodical, the US Department of Agriculture Economic Research Service hints at some of them.
• 05/12/2006 -- CONGRESS GETS NEW LEADER IN ENERGY SILLINESS CONTEST
  US Democrats have pulled ahead of Republicans in the congressional competition for the silliest proposal for energy.
• 05/05/2006 -- HOUSE 'GOUGING' MEASURE EXTENDS MISTAKE STREAK
  Like frightened minnows skipping across a pond, US lawmakers flit from mistake to mistake on gasoline. Consumers can't afford much more of this.
• 04/28/2006 -- REPUBLICANS OFFER $100 TO VICTIMS OF '05 ENERGY BILL
  Energy graft has come full circle in the US Congress.
• 04/21/2006 -- LAWMAKER SUSTAINS HARMFUL MYTH WITH GRIPE ON REFINING
  Watching Congress respond to rising fuel prices is painful.
• 04/14/2006 -- AUTOMAKER'S OIL TIRADE IGNORES PAST TWO DECADES
  From the automaker that uses gratuitous judgment to sell cars comes a tirade against oil companies.
• 04/07/2006 -- TAX TIME REMINDS AMERICANS ABOUT GOVERNMENT'S COST
  At this time of year more than any other, Americans feel the costs of government.
• 03/31/2006 -- COSTLY ENERGY CHOICES DON'T BOOST SECURITY
  The pursuit of fantasy does nothing for national security.
• 03/24/2006 -- VEHICLE TRENDS SUSTAIN EUROPE'S SHIFT TO DIESEL
  Diesel's strengthening domination of the European fuel market is a well-established trend quite likely to continue.
• 03/17/2006 -- SENATOR GRUBS FOR VOTES BY TRASHING OIL
  In the old days they kissed babies. Now they scold oil companies.
• 03/10/2006 -- SELLING GASOLINE WITH BIG ETHANOL SURE TO BE A TEST
  US refiners and marketers should get used to this kind of thing: "Big Oil is talking out of both sides of their mouth, but the words coming out of both sides say 'higher prices.'"
• 03/03/2006 -- FUEL PRICE CRUNCH FIX: LIFT ETHANOL TARIFF AND CREDIT
  Despite rapid growth, US capacity to produce fuel ethanol from grain faces a crunch this year.
• 02/24/2006 -- ATTACK AT ABQAIQ FITS POST-IRAQ JIHADIST THINKING
  The foiled terrorist attack in Saudi Arabia Feb. 24 offers a probably unnecessary reminder that the militant form of Islamic jihad has multiple targets.
• 02/17/2006 -- DEEPWATER ROYALTY RELIEF 'GIVEAWAY' NEEDS PERSPECTIVE
  The New York Times did arithmetic, so Congress holds a hearing.