The nine men controlled ninety per cent of the nation's oil production.

VOA: special.2010.06.03

Even before this oil leak, BP's safety policies were in doubt following major accidents in Alaska and Texas in the past decade.

VOA: standard.2010.06.18

He says his party also wants to explore and develop America's oil and gas resources, and promote nuclear power and so-called "clean coal."

VOA: standard.2009.05.23

She cites oil consumption figures as an example that contradict the IEA's findings.

VOA: standard.2010.08.03

Ordinary Venezuelans have mixed feelings about how their nation's oil wealth is managed.

VOA: standard.2010.08.06

Grayson says Mexico's gross domestic product is likely to drop 5.5 percent this year due to the flu scare, the worldwide recession and declining production from Mexico's oil fields.

VOA: standard.2009.06.09

The militant group, which says it is fighting for a fairer share of the region's oil wealth, crippled daily oil production with series of attacks on oil facilities and personnel since early 2006.

VOA: standard.2009.12.21

(Speaking) Mikhail Khodorkovsky, the imprisoned Kremlin critic and former head of the Yukos Oil Company, in a recent op-ed column, said Russia's demand for skills in fundamental and applied sciences is declining in light of the appetite for raw materials and corruption.

VOA: standard.2010.02.03

Europe's oil use is going down. But on the other hand when it comes to security in the Gulf, the United States is the only country from outside the Gulf that can provide security for the Gulf in a comprehensive way.

VOA: standard.2010.06.29

The stockholders of seventy-seven oil companies gave control of their stock to nine trustees of Rockefeller's Standard Oil Company.

VOA: special.2010.06.03

Ida Tarbell's investigations into Standard Oil were partly responsible for later legal action by the federal government against the company.

VOA: special.2010.04.25

Alaska's wealth in oil, natural gas,trees,fish and animal skins makes its purchase one of the greatest deals any country ever made for territory.

VOA: special.2010.02.11

But some environmental groups say it should be made permanent to end the nation's dependence on oil.

VOA: special.2010.06.19

Actor John Wayne played an oil well firefighter from Houston,Texas whose life was similar to Adair's.

VOA: special.2009.03.22