http://www.mixx.com Mixx of items from the petroleum collection en-us The process by which an oil or gas well is drilled is complex and the basic process has changed little in the last hundred years. Hard working men and sometimes women, known as roughnecks toil away in every... Sun Sep 07 21:44:51 UTC 2008 http://www.mixx.com/stories/2046990/how_oil_wells_are_drilled_and_drilling_rig thingy_2046990 mellachance http://hubpages.com/hub/How-Oil-Wells-Are-Drilled-and-Drilling-Rigs Two Stanford professors argue that anyone with a deep bank account and a little knowledge can control the price of crude Fri Aug 22 11:16:41 UTC 2008 http://www.mixx.com/stories/1887428/are_oil_prices_rigged_time thingy_1887428 tab16602 http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1834888,00.html?xid=rss-topstories Oil prices rose Thursday in Asia above $116 a barrel as investors mulled a fall in U.S. gasoline inventories and a possible output tightening by OPEC at its next meeting in September Thu Aug 21 11:05:29 UTC 2008 http://www.mixx.com/stories/1877908/oil_rises_above_116_in_asia_time thingy_1877908 tab16602 http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1834427,00.html?xid=rss-topstories Regulators had long classified a private Swiss energy conglomerate called Vitol as a trader that primarily helped industrial firms that needed oil to run their businesses. Thu Aug 21 10:57:10 UTC 2008 http://www.mixx.com/stories/1877823/a_few_speculators_dominate_oil_market_washington_post_msnbc_com thingy_1877823 tab16602 http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26321642/ A new report released by marketing research firm Emerging Energy Research (EER) highlights the US' booming wind energy market. According to their report, the US is on track to be generating 150 gigawatts of energy from wind power alone by 2020. While this Sun Aug 17 22:24:10 UTC 2008 http://www.mixx.com/stories/1844381/united_states_wind_energy_market_is_booming thingy_1844381 MarkCarras http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080817-united-states-wind-energy-market-is-booming.html Oil fell to its lowest price in three months Friday, briefly touching the $111 level after the dollar muscled higher and OPEC predicted the world?s thirst for fuel next year will fall to its lowest point since 2002 Sat Aug 16 20:19:45 UTC 2008 http://www.mixx.com/stories/1837300/oil_falls_to_111_on_stronger_dollar_time thingy_1837300 tab16602 http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1833245,00.html?xid=rss-topstories WASHINGTON (Reuters) - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Saturday when the U.S. Congress returns next month from its summer recess, Democrats will offer legislation that could give oil companies drilling Sat Aug 16 20:11:32 UTC 2008 http://www.mixx.com/stories/1837289/democrats_to_offer_bill_with_offshore_oil_drilling thingy_1837289 tab16602 http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSN1551699720080816?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews Oil prices rebounded Wednesday, jumping back to $116 a barrel after the government reported a bigger-than-expected drop in U.S. gasoline supplies Wed Aug 13 20:28:14 UTC 2008 http://www.mixx.com/stories/1811105/oil_rebounds_after_us_supplies_drop thingy_1811105 tab16602 http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1832462,00.html?xid=rss-topstories NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. average retail gasoline prices fell over the past two weeks and could ease further in coming weeks if the price of crude oil keeps dropping, according to the latest nationwide Sun Aug 10 21:11:42 UTC 2008 http://www.mixx.com/stories/1780084/average_gasoline_prices_slip_to_3_85_gal_reuters thingy_1780084 tab16602 http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSN1029265020080810?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews Oil prices resumed their descent Friday, dropping below $117 a barrel as a strengthening dollar and expectations of slowing demand offset supply concerns over a sabotaged pipeline in Turkey Sat Aug 09 01:01:34 UTC 2008 http://www.mixx.com/stories/1769346/dollar_stonger_oil_dips_below_115 thingy_1769346 tab16602 http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1830721,00.html?xid=rss-topstories