Oil Blog Posts
Is There a Global Energy Crisis?
Story of the Week / May 7th, 2026 / by AllSides Staff

The national average gas price has risen to $4.50 a gallon, with California reaching $6.11 average per gallon. However, oil prices plunged yesterday amid reports that the war with Iran may end soon.
See moreThe Strait of Hormuz Remains Blocked, Oil Prices Rise
Story of the Week / March 19th, 2026 / by AllSides Staff
US Intervention in Venezuela
Story of the Week / January 8th, 2026 / by AllSides Staff

On January 3, the Trump Administration successfully completed an operation striking the Venezuelan capital and capturing Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, bringing them to the US to fa...
See moreAmerica and Venezuela’s Troubled Present
Opinion / December 10th, 2025 / by Chris Mangum

For the past century, oil has shaped the rise and fall of nations, from the trenches of Mesopotamia in the Great War to the deserts of the Persian Gulf. It is a dark current beneath what we call “fore...
See moreOil and gas lobbying reached $38 million in early 2025, yet fell short of previous highs
Recommended Reading / June 25th, 2025 / by Guest Writer

The oil and gas industry spent $38 million on lobbying the federal government during the first quarter of 2025, a step back from the $44 million spent in the same period of 2024, as executives and lob...
See moreMisinformation Watch: Is the U.S. Energy Independent?
Misinformation Watch / May 23rd, 2024 / by Quinn Poseley

U.S. energy production is growing faster than at any other point in history. But is the U.S. energy independent, as some have claimed?
See moreAmid International Tension and Gas Prices Creeping Higher, Biden Taps Oil Reserves
Story of the Week / October 20th, 2022 / by AllSides Staff

President Joe Biden announced the sale of more U.S. oil from reserves this week and signaled a willingness to sell more, in an attempt to calm oil market uncertainty and keep U.S. gas prices from risi...
See moreWhen Biden Gets Screwed by OPEC
Recommended Reading / October 10th, 2022 / by Dan Schnur

Biden's hoping that abortion, Putin, and Trump will be enough to convince swing voters to overlook how much they are paying to fill their gas tanks.
See moreHow Will the US Combat Inflation?
Story of the Week / June 23rd, 2022 / by AllSides Staff

U.S. consumer inflation is at its highest level in four decades. What is the government doing about it?
See moreSoaring Crude Prices Make the Cost of Pretty Much Everything Else Go Up Too Because we Almost Literally Eat Oil
Recommended Reading / April 6th, 2022 / by "The Conversation" Contributor