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Goldman predicts oil prices may be revving up for now

by Kimberly Adams
May 16, 2016
The company said we have likely moved from a global oil surplus to a deficit.
A gas station, near an oil well pumper, was selling gas for $1.16 a gallon February 12, 2016 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
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Fires and those who have been fired cause oil uncertainty

by Jed Kim
May 9, 2016
Saudi Arabia has a new oil minister. Canada has the worst wildfires in years.
Khalid al-Falih speaking during a press conference last year.
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Oil producers talk, but the market is in control

by Scott Tong
Apr 15, 2016
OPEC members and other nations want to freeze oil production, but the supply of crude is already falling.
Saudi Arabia's minister of Oil and Mineral Resources Ali al-Naimi is surrounded by journalists at the OPEC headquarters in Vienna, on December 4, 2015.
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Why Virgin America is a tempting acquisition

by Tracey Samuelson
Mar 29, 2016
After a wave of big-carrier mergers, the smaller guys are consolidating
A Virgin America plane lands at San Francisco International Airport on March 29, 2016 in Burlingame, California. JetBlue Airways and Alaska Air Group are reportedly preparing takeover offer bids for Virgin America airlines.
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Oil price slump has chilling effect on North Dakota

by Annie Baxter
Mar 18, 2016
With drilling rig counts down 80 percent, the Bakken's economy suffers.
North Dakota has experienced a huge drop in the number of active drilling rigs over the past several years.
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What's up with Saudi Arabia and its oil?

by Scott Tong
Feb 12, 2016
Why does Saudi Arabia keep pumping oil when it's driving prices down?
Oil pumping on the Saudi Arabian border.
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Is OPEC still doing its job?

by Scott Tong
Feb 9, 2016
What happens when neither the oil cartel nor anyone else manages supply?
President of the OPEC Conference Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu at a news conference after a meeting of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), at OPEC headquarters in Vienna, Austria on December 4, 2015.
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Oil? Almonds? They have something in common

by Andy Uhler
Feb 2, 2016
Commodities are commodities, whether you drill a hole or plant a crop to produce.
Almond trees in the central valley of California. 
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Those who heat homes with oil welcome price drop

by Marketplace Contributor
Jan 28, 2016
But lower home heating oil prices may also slow the conversion to other fuels
Home heating oil delivery driver Andy Kane fills the tank at a Connecticut home. 
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Russia's economy is hit by low oil prices

by Kai Ryssdal
Jan 26, 2016
Russia's economy fell 3.8 percent in 2015 and the country's in an economic crisis
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