American Oil Demand No Longer as Connected to Oil Prices

Are Americans losing influence in the oil prices arena?

CNN Money Offers Oil Stocks Picks for 2008

Oil prices may be down, but 2008 could still be a good year for Big Oil stocks.

Ethanol Doesn’t “Feel Good” When You’re Starving

Agribusiness giant Archer Daniels Midland Corporation (ADM – $44.86) is the largest ethanol producer in the U.S., with seven plants in five states making over a billion gallons of ethanol.

Corn Ethanol Producers Could See More Profits

Will rising corn prices help corn ethanol producers?

China Could Affect the Future of Big Oil

Photo:mollyeh11, Creative Commons, Flickr Will China place stress on oil supplies — and prices?

Oil Services: Could Be Growth Industry for Next Year

Photo:stshores24, Creative Commons, Flickr Oil services could be a big sector for 2008.

Big Oil Companies’ Investment in Exploration Yields Small Returns

Is it time for Big Oil to come up with another product?

The Rise of Sovereign Wealth Funds

Individual countries are gaining investing clout.

Oil Supply High for This Time of Year

Photo:identity chris is, Creative Commons, Flickr Oil inventories, prices and the end of the year.

Americans Want Renewable Energy

Photo:Taylor Dundee, Creative Commons, Flickr Why are Republican Senators threatening an energy bill that many Americans would support?

New Big Oil IPO Headed for Stock Market

An Ogden, Utah company is hoping to benefit from an interest in American energy production by going public. Big West Oil (desired stock symbol BWO) filed for an IPO. Big West is a subsidiary of Flying J Inc., a privately held oil company. The Houston Chronicle reports on the assets of Big WestOil:

Senate Scales Back Ambitious Energy Bill

In what environmentalists term a victory for coal and big oil companies, the Senate is scaling back an ambitious energy bill. The Christian Science Monitor reports on the state of the energy bill now:

Taking on Cellulosic Ethanol

Sustainable Power Corp. (SSTP.PK) and Blue Harbor Energy, Inc. seek to replace cellulosic ethanol.

OPEC May Not Increase Production After All

OPEC production: Where is it headed?

Chevron (CVX) Hopes to Gain from Algae Oil

Is algae oil the next big biofuel investment?

Ethanol Consolidation: Let the Games Begin

As we have reported in the past, the ethanol industry is undergoing some extended hardships and ethanol players' margins will be squeezed as the sector works through these trying times. Since summer, we have seen oversupply plague the industry and the price of corn continues to rise. If ethanol was indeed going to replace gasoline…

Oil Dollars Buy Financial Sector Stock Market Rebound

The stock market is enjoying a rally right now as the news of oil dollars coming to the rescue for Citigroup (C) lifts the entire financial sector. And with oil prices down after a dramatic drop yesterday, Big Oil stocks from Chevron (CVX) to Exxon (XOM) to Statoil (STO) are on the rise in the…