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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Retail sales rose more than expected in October as strong receipts from motor vehicle and building material dealers offset the drag from service stations, suggesting the economy started the fourth quarter with some vigor.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Retail sales rose more than expected in October as strong receipts from motor vehicle and building material dealers offset the drag from service stations, suggesting the economy started the fourth quarter with some vigor.

U.N. sustainable development summit shifts from climate change

Top Republican raises heat on Obama in Keystone letter

Energy-hungry China is tapping its vast shale gas reserves to reduce its reliance on dirty coal and imports, but experts warn its lack of technical expertise and scarce water supplies pose challenges.

Oil prices rose on Tuesday as traders worried about the impact of a looming report on Iran's nuclear program, OPEC predicted stronger oil demand and as European stock markets rose.

Goldman Sachs predicts that America will become the world?s largest oil producer by the year 2017. The forecast is based on generous estimates for shale production. . The Surprising News about U.S. Oil Production

LITTLETON, New Hampshire (Reuters) - Last year Carolyn Brackett and her family received $700 to help pay their gas bills from a federal program for low-income families -- enough to heat their home for six weeks during New Hampshire's long, cold winter.

NEW YORK/HOUSTON (Reuters) - On paper, it's the kind of arbitrage deal that oil traders dream of: buy crude at $85 a barrel in Oklahoma, truck it 550 miles south, and sell it to a Gulf coast refiner for $110.

This Canadian mid cap company could benefit . Which country has the most shale gas reserves outside of the United States and China?

Shares of these companies can be had at bargain prices relative to historical levels . Earlier, I talked about the 25-year outlook for liquid fuels based on the Energy Information Administration's (EIA) International Energy Outlook 2011. It's the EIA's annual 25-year energy forecast, and it contains important information for investors who are considering an investment in the energy sector.

Crude oil prices rallied Wednesday in parallel with stocks on the back of a significant, unexpected drop in US oil stockpiles.

LONDON (Reuters) - Oil prices fell by more than $4 a barrel on Thursday, with U.S. futures touching $81.86 barrel as a combination of signals heightened worries about global economic growth and a rallying U.S. dollar added to downward momentum.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Despite rising oil prices, global petroleum use is expected to be stronger over the next two decades than previously estimated, the U.S. government said on Monday.

"I think it's a no-brainer to conclude oil could fall down to $70 per barrel" . Let me paint you a picture...

HOUSTON (Reuters) - More than half of crude oil output in the Gulf of Mexico was shut in on Sunday as Tropical Storm Lee hindered efforts to restaff and restart oil and gas platforms in the basin.

Anglo Dutch energy giant Shell said Thursday that shale gas could potentially meet South Africa's future energy needs if controversial "fracking" drilling uncovered large deposits.

HOUSTON (Reuters) - BP Plc on Wednesday became the first major oil producer to say it was evacuating some workers from Gulf of Mexico oil and gas platforms because of a tropical disturbance that could become a named storm this week.

Seven key factors that each contribute to and have an influence on the spot price . According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, there are seven key factors that each contribute to and have an influence on the spot price of crude oil.

HOUSTON (Reuters) - U.S. oil companies were monitoring a developing weather system in the western Caribbean Sea that some weather forecasters say may develop late this week into a tropical storm in the northwestern Gulf of Mexico, home to the U.S. offshore oil patch.