Oil

Brain, Marshall. “How DieselA denser, less refined form of oil that is widely used to fuel trucks, airplanes, and other industrial-strength machines. Engines Work.” HowStuffWorks.com.

Brain, Marshall. “How GasolineA form of highly refined oil that is primarily used to fuel passenger automobiles, especially in the United States. Works – What Is GasolineA form of highly refined oil that is primarily used to fuel passenger automobiles, especially in the United States..” HowStuffWorks.com.

“Improving Field Recovery.” IFP,2008. .

“National Clean DieselA denser, less refined form of oil that is widely used to fuel trucks, airplanes, and other industrial-strength machines. Campaign.” Environmental Protection Agency.

“Oil and Gas Extraction.” Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor.

 

Oil Markets

Deutch, Philip J. “Think Again: Energy IndependenceThe condition in which a country is not beholden to foreign nations or fluctuations of the market in meeting its energy needs..” Foreign Policy (151), November/December 2005:
20-24.

“Economics Basics: ElasticityAn economic concept that measures the responsiveness of supply or demand to changes in price. If either supply or demand for a good is significantly affected by changes in price, then they are called elastic..” Investopedia.

Freidman, Thomas. The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-First Century. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2005.

International Energy Outlook 2010, Energy Information Administration, U.S. Department of Energy, June
2010. EIA – 2010 International Energy Outlook – Liquid Fuels

Mallaby, Sebastian. “What ‘Energy SecurityA complex concept meaning many things, energy security is most often used in a narrow sense to indicate the stability of a country’s supply of energy.’ Really Means.” Washington Post, 3 July 2006.

Maugeri, Leonardo. “Two Cheers for Expensive Oil.” Foreign Affairs 82 (2), March/April 2006: 149-163.

Mouawad, Jad. “Once Marginal, But Now Kings of the Oil World.” New York Times, 23 April 2006.

Mouawad, Jad and Heather Timmons. “Commodity Trading Fueling Price of Oil.” International Herald
Tribune, 1 May 2006.

Mufson, Steven. “Divided OPECA cartel of a number of the world’s leading oil exporting nations that exerts significant control over world oil prices by limiting the supplies made available by member nations through a system of quotasQuotas are quantitative restrictions on the import of certain goods and services. grapples with whether to cut production, prop up oil prices.” Washington Post, 13 June 2012.

“Oil Markets Explained.” BBC News, 14 July 2003.

Wirth, Timothy et al. “The Future of Energy Policy.” Foreign Affairs 82 (4), July/August 2003: 132-155.

Oil Demand

Bader, Jeffrey A. “The Energy Future: China and the U.S. – What the United States Ought to Do.” The
Brookings Institution, Conference on China Energy, 8 February 2006.

Central Intelligence Agency. “CIA World Factbook: China.” CIA: The World Factbook, 2011. CIA – The World Factbook

Chazen, Guy.”Oil demand shifts to emerging markets.” Financial Times, 12 July 2012. 

“China’s Oil Consumption to Hit 563M Tons in 2020.” China Daily,4 August 2008.

“China’s Q2 GDP growth slows to 7.6 pct.”Xinhuanet. 13 July 2012.

“Global or National?” The Economist, 28 April 2005.

Hoyos, Carola. “Continent All Set to Balance Power,” Financial Times, 28 February 2006.

Yergin, Daniel. “Ensuring Energy SecurityA complex concept meaning many things, energy security is most often used in a narrow sense to indicate the stability of a country’s supply of energy..” Foreign Affairs 85 (2), March/April 2006: 69-82.

Oil Supply I: Production

Video: “Extreme Oil Drilling.” National Geographic, 7 March 2008.

“Are Canadian Tar SandsVast, molasses-like deposits, mainly located in Canada’s Alberta Province, which could provide new sources of oil if the expensive technology and advanced processing techniques they require can be made economically feasible. the Answer to our Oil Needs?” Money Week, 26 November 2007.

Avro, Samuel R. “U.S. Resumes Filling on Strategic Emergency Oil Reserve.” Consumer Energy Report, 3 January 2009.

“The Bottomless Beer Mug.” Economist, 28 April 2005.

“Canada’s Tar SandsVast, molasses-like deposits, mainly located in Canada’s Alberta Province, which could provide new sources of oil if the expensive technology and advanced processing techniques they require can be made economically feasible.: Muck and Brass.” The Economist. 20 Jan. 2011. 13 June 2011.

Central Intelligence Agency.” “Oil Exports: Country Comparison.” CIA: The World Factbook, 2009.

Cooper, Mary. “Energy SecurityA complex concept meaning many things, energy security is most often used in a narrow sense to indicate the stability of a country’s supply of energy..” CQ Researcher 12 (4), Congressional Quarterly Press, 1 February
2002: 73-96.

Dickey, Christopher. “The Oil Shield.” Foreign Policy (154), May/June 2006: 37-39.

Energy Information Administration. “World Crude OilOil that has been extracted from the ground but not yet refined into usable form. Prices.” Department of Energy: Energy Information Administration, weekly 2009.

Energy Information Administration. “Top World Oil Net Exporters, 2009” table.

“Historical Crude OilOil that has been extracted from the ground but not yet refined into usable form. Prices (Table).” Inflationdata.com, 8 January 2009.

Hoyos, Carola. “Will the Lights Go Out?” Financial Times, 30 May 2006.

International Energy Outlook 2010, Energy Information Administration, U.S. Department of Energy, July 27 2010.

Mallaby, Sebastian. “What ‘Energy SecurityA complex concept meaning many things, energy security is most often used in a narrow sense to indicate the stability of a country’s supply of energy.’ Really Means.” Washington Post

“Oil in Troubled Waters.” The Economist, 28 April 2005.

Pirog, Robert L.. “World Oil Demand and Its Effect on Oil Prices.” Congressional Research Service, 9 June 2005.

“Strategic Petroleum Reserve – Quick Facts and Frequently Asked Questions.” U.S. Department of Energy, 9 March 2009.

Wiggin, Addison. “The Truth Behind Saudi Arabia’s ‘Spare Capacity.’ “The Daily Reckoning. 4 March 2011.

“Will the Oil Run Out?” The Economist, 8 February 2001.

 

Oil Supply II: Producers

“Cartel.” Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary.

Catan, Thomas. “Big Oil Means Big Profits and Big Troubles.” Financial Times, 30 May 2006.

“Global or National.” Economist, 28 April 2005.

Hoyos, Carola. “Closed Doors Restrict Growth Opportunities.” Financial Times, 30 May 2006.

Hoyos, Carola and Javier Blas. “Oil Wrestling: How Nationalist Politics Has Muscled Back Into World
Energy.” Financial Times, 5 May 2006.

Mouawad, Jad. “Exxon Mobil Profit Sets Record Again.” New York Times, 1 February 2008.

“OPECA cartel of a number of the world’s leading oil exporting nations that exerts significant control over world oil prices by limiting the supplies made available by member nations through a system of quotasQuotas are quantitative restrictions on the import of certain goods and services.: History.” Encyclopedia Britannica Online.

Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries “FAQ: How Does OPECA cartel of a number of the world’s leading oil exporting nations that exerts significant control over world oil prices by limiting the supplies made available by member nations through a system of quotasQuotas are quantitative restrictions on the import of certain goods and services. Oil Production Affect Oil Prices?” OPECA cartel of a number of the world’s leading oil exporting nations that exerts significant control over world oil prices by limiting the supplies made available by member nations through a system of quotasQuotas are quantitative restrictions on the import of certain goods and services., 2009.

Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries.“OPECA cartel of a number of the world’s leading oil exporting nations that exerts significant control over world oil prices by limiting the supplies made available by member nations through a system of quotasQuotas are quantitative restrictions on the import of certain goods and services. Statute.” OPECA cartel of a number of the world’s leading oil exporting nations that exerts significant control over world oil prices by limiting the supplies made available by member nations through a system of quotasQuotas are quantitative restrictions on the import of certain goods and services..

Painter, James. “Is Venezuela’s Oil Boom Set to Bust?” BBC News, 28 October 2008.

Pearson, Natalie. “Chavez Tightens Grip on Energy Resources.” Associated Press, 3 April 2006.

Pirog, Robert L.. “World Oil Demand and Its Effect on Oil Prices.” Congressional Research Service, 9 June 2005.

“Saudi Arabia: Brief History.” Library of Congress Country Studies.

Schifferes, Steve. “Trustbusters: A History Lesson.” BBC News, 15 February 2000.

Weiss, Daniel J. and Leber, Rebecca. “2011 Was Very Good to ExxonMobil.” Center for American Progress. 31, January 2012.

Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill

“Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill (2010).” The New York Times, 30 July 2010.

Maestas, Aislinn. “Oil Spill Casts Dark Shadow over Louisiana’s Fishing Community.” National Wildlife Federation, 24 June 2010.

Sauven, John. “BP should end the oil age early.” The Guardian, 27 July 2010.

“The Wages of Failure.” The Economist, 29 July 2010.

 

Government Policy

“An Oily Slope; WindfallAn unexpected, unearned or sudden gain or advantage Taxes,” The Economist, 5 November 2005.

API “Motor Fuel Taxes: GasolineA form of highly refined oil that is primarily used to fuel passenger automobiles, especially in the United States. Taxes.” API, May 2011.

Bamburger, Robert. “Energy Policy: Setting the Stage for the Current Debate.” Congressional Research
Service, 7 May 2002.

“New Energy for America: Provide Short-Term Relief to American Families.” Organizing for America, 2009.

“Plans for Nuclear Reactors Worldwide.” World Nuclear Association. 2012 February.

“World Energy Needs and Nuclear Power.” World Nuclear Association. 2012 July.

 

Coal

Deutsch, Claudia. “Chemical Companies Look to Coal as an Oil Substitute.” New York Times, 18 April
2006.

Deutch, Philip. “Energy IndependenceThe condition in which a country is not beholden to foreign nations or fluctuations of the market in meeting its energy needs..” Foreign Policy (151), November/December 2005: 20-24.

Energy Explained. “How Much Coal Is Left – Energy Explained.” US Energy Information Administration, 18 May 2011. Web.

Friedman, S. Julio and Thomas Homer-Dixon. “Out of the Energy Box,” Foreign Affairs 83 (6),
November/December 2004: 72-83.

Garber, Kent. “Obama Administration pouring $1 billion into Clean CoalCoal burned used advanced processes that reduce harmful emissions and waste. Project.” U.S. News and World Report, 12 June 2009.

Harvey, Fiona. “Science Rises to the Challenge of Global Warmingthe worldwide rise in temperatures that has been blamed for severe weather in many parts of the world..” Financial Times, 22 August 2005.

Marshall, Christa. “Back to the Future with Futuregen Coal Plant.” Scientific American. 6 Aug. 2010.

Romero, Simon. “2 Industry Leaders Bet on Coal But Split on Cleaner Approach.” New York Times, 28
May 2006.

“Statistical Review of World Energy 2011.” British Petroleum, 2011.

U.S. Department of Energy. “Retrofitting the Existing Coal Fleet with Carbon CaptureA clean coalCoal burned used advanced processes that reduce harmful emissions and waste. process that uses new technology to capture harmful emissions before they are released into the environment. Technology.” Fossil Energy Office of Clean CoalCoal burned used advanced processes that reduce harmful emissions and waste., 8 December 2008.

World Coal Institute. “Coal Fact Card 2008.” World Coal Institute, 2008.

 

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