Crude Dreams: A Personal History of Oil & Politics in Alaska

Oil industry insider Jack Roderick takes you behind the scenes of this multibillion-dollar business, to watch the battle for control of Alaska's most sought-after resource.

"Crude Dreams" is a great read. Jack Roderick is a masterful storyteller. He provides us with an intriguing history of the oil industry in Alaska along with fascinating portraits of the unforgetable personalities who lived it. Any attempt to understand the oil business in Alaska is incomplete without this book. This is history at its very best.

Crude oil price drops sharply (UPI)

NEW YORK, Feb. 20 (UPI) -- Crude oil prices dropped sharply Friday to about $37 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange, as prices fell from a strong rally in the previous session.

Crude oil price drops sharply (Moldova.org)

Crude oil prices dropped sharply Friday to about $37 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange, as prices fell from a strong rally in the previous session.


Crude oil prices settled back in early trading, shedding $2.12 to $37.36 per barrel. Heating oil prices lost 0.0437 cents to $1.1608 per gallon. Reformulated blendstock gasoline fell 0.053 cents to $1.0456 per gallon. Natural gas prices

Some rue inking heating Crude oil contracts at top price

“Daily Updated Mining & Exploration News on Crude Oil Price”—Some New England residents who pre-bought heating oil or signed price cap contracts for the fuel in June or July are regretting that now.

Oil prices averaged more than $4.50 a gallon around the region in June and July, the traditional month for locking in supplies — and prices — for the following winter.




But since then, prices have dropped by more than 25 percent, making many of those contracts signed in June and July look like a bad deal.

Despite that, state officials say consumers are stuck and will be required to honor contracts. And oil dealers note that they respond to consumers demanding pre-buy and fixed-price deals by signing up for oil from their wholesalers at the then prevailing prices.

Exploration for Heavy Crude Oil and Natural Bitumen (Aapg Studies in Geology)

Exploration for Heavy Crude Oil and Natural Bitumen (Aapg Studies in Geology)

Potential Cumulative Impacts of Environmental Regulatory Initiatives on U.S. Crude Oil Exploration and Production - Two Volume Set

Potential Cumulative Impacts of Environmental Regulatory Initiatives on U.S. Crude Oil Exploration and Production - Two Volume Set

Response of natural gas and crude oil exploration and discovery to economic incentives (Energy in the American economy) (Unknown Binding)

Response of natural gas and crude oil exploration and discovery to economic incentives (Energy in the American economy) (Unknown Binding)