Oil

Pipe Dreams in Iraq

Why won't the U.S. occupation of Iraq transform global oil markets? Ask Saudi Arabia.

BY VIJAY V. VAITHEESWARAN | SEPTEMBER 1, 2003

Drilling for Common Ground

BY BENNETT FREEMAN | JULY 1, 2001

Big Oil's To-Do List

Global Witness, an NGO based in the United Kingdom, published these recommendations on how companies operating in Angola could help improve the situation there.

JULY 1, 2001

Reluctant Missionaries

Can't shut down Big Oil? Then browbeat companies like Shell and ExxonMobil into preaching the gospel of human rights and democracy to their developing-world hosts. As appealing as this strategy seems to global do-gooders, it won't work. Not only are oil companies unsuited for the job of turning the world’s most difficult neighborhoods into thriving market democracies, they’re increasingly adept at passing the buck of reform to others.

BY MARINA OTTAWAY | JULY 1, 2001

Time Bomb in the East

Will China be the next oil giant?

BY SELIG S. HARRISON | SEPTEMBER 15, 1975