CRUDE OIL

With the purchase of Lufkin, GE has expanded its investments in the upstream oil and gas business.

Historically, more oil spills happen via train transport than via pipelines, according to a study.

Canada is anticipating a vast increase in oil production as it continues to expand development of the tar sands in Alberta.

U.S. crude oil production is on track to exceed imports this year. Anadarko Petroleum is showing why.

With Chavez no longer running Venezuela, its once-mighty petroleum industry could be restored -- but only slowly.

China's Five-Year Plan shows a push toward increasing the nation's use of nuclear power, but that's not all China has planned for its rapidly developing nuclear reactors.

The Kremlin-controlled OAO Rosneft is talking with China National Petroleum Corp. about possibly doubling crude shipments as part of the deal.

Brazil's ethanol industry has been a unique success, helping it achieve energy independence, but its sustainability remains a question.

Arckaringa Basin could be sitting on the equivalent of anywhere between 3.5 billion and 233 billion barrels of oil.

The U.S. crude oil production boom could mean not just the end of OPEC oil imports, but a strategic threat to China's growing economy.

U.S. drivers are entering an era of cheaper gasoline, thanks to a host of factors, including the expansion of the Seaway pipeline.

Iran's oil minister admitted that the country's revenues are taking a beating, but remained defiant in the face of a weakened economy.

Iran desperately needs customers for its huge oil/gas industries; the Saudis will likely try to persuade Pakistan to cancel the deal.

Two BP rig supervisors and a former executive pleaded not guilty Wednesday to criminal charges, and the U.S. government banned BP from new federal contracts.

President Barack Obama has also pledged to eliminate U.S. dependence on imported oil.

As always, here's your handy clip-and-save earnings-report calendar for the coming week.

Asian stock markets advanced Thursday as better-than-expected economic reports from the U.S. buoyed sentiment.

FedEx's forecast cut, signs of stagnation in Germany, drops in oil price and looming political tensions spell trouble for the global economy.

Asian shares retreated from four-month highs Tuesday as markets paused from last week's rallies, calculating the impact on growth from the Federal Reserve's aggressive stimulus and eyeing whether Spain will request a bailout to ease its fiscal strains.

Crude oil prices advanced in Asian trading Friday, extending overnight rally after the U.S. Federal Reserve launched another round of quantitative easing to rejuvenate the economic growth.

Market bulls charged on Wednesday -- running U.S. stock futures, European stocks, the euro, oil and gold higher -- in the wake of a German court ruling that backs the country's participation in the euro zone's new bailout fund created to prevent the weakest euro economies from going bust. However, some economists warn that it's too early to sound the all-clear on the fate of the single currency bloc.