refinery
| 10:30AM 11/08/2009
It has been months since a hurricane posed a real threat to oil rigs in the Gulf of Mexico. Now, Hurricane Ida is entering the region from the west after doing significant damage in Nicaragua.
Most hurricanes that move into the Gulf end up doing very little damage to either deep sea drilling...
| 1:20PM 7/21/2009
Refinery operators from Hawaii to Germany are weighing plans to close or sell plants due to the biggest drop in oil and refined product demand in almost three decades, according to Bloomberg News.
Companies that may close refineries include U.S.-based Chevron (CVX) and Valero (VLO), as well as...
| 2:02PM 3/18/2008
Remember the 80s? Gold was about $300 an ounce and every little girl had some pretty little flimsy gold jewelry. The way I remember it, my aunts and uncles' default all-occasion gift was a little locket or pendant. I was not a fussy little girl, and I often ended up with tangles of fragile gold...