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Finally, a ship loaded with U.S. crude leaves port

Jan 4, 2016
Oil producers like having an overseas market, but the economics are against a large volume of exports.

Crude oil is kind of like craft beer

Dec 29, 2015
The American price of crude oil has finally caught up to the rest of the world.

Crude oil smells bad and could kill you

Nov 4, 2015
Bloomberg's Tracy Alloway on her harrowing quest to buy a barrel of crude oil.

Oklahoma oil hub on quake alert

Oct 15, 2015
Earthquakes could threaten the U.S.'s most important storage site for crude oil.

Oil prices up, but Iran is in way of going much higher

Oct 8, 2015
If U.S. production falls, Iran is ready to export more.

Push to lift ban on crude oil exports gains steam

Sep 29, 2015
The ban has been in place for four decades.

For public good, not for profit.

Five guys bet on the price of oil in 2015

Sep 11, 2015
The cost has dropped so low that none of them are close.

Why gas prices are likely to keep falling

Sep 4, 2015
Even if crude oil prices rise, the end of summer reduces demand for gas.

Weekly Wrap: China's yuan and a 3rd Greece bailout

Aug 14, 2015
Catherine Rampell and Sudeep Reddy join Kai Ryssdal to recap the week in business and finance.