Oil and/or Petroleum

Internet searching - check dates for current information

• Google
• Answers.com - petroleum - scroll down to Wikipedia section

Magazine and newspaper searching - watch dates for current information

• Proquest Direct (@ St. Joseph Acct# ar121sjsea Password welcome)

Online sites and organizatons

• American Petroleum Institute -
  • why it costs what it does
  • how much is left
  • gasoline prices
  • all about petroleum
  • are we running out (FAQ)
• All about Petroleum - Classroom Energy.org
• Environmental Literacy Council
  • Petroleum - good explanation with links to history, Peak oil, etc.
• US Energy Information Administration, Department of Energy
  • Gasoline update - current information
  • Petroleum - how oil formed - where we get oil - what crude oil made into
  • This week in petroleum - current information
• US Office of Fossil Energy, Department of Energy
  • Petroleum reserves - Quick facts and FAQ

Future of oil

• Are we running out of oil? - Environmental Literacy Council
• End of cheap oil - National Geographic June 2004
  • contrary article - Cheap oil era is far from over
• Extreme Oil - PBS 2004 program
  • resources - online list
• Institute for the Anaylsis of Global Security
• How long will the world's oil last 10/4/2004 MSNBC but good analysis

Oil Production

• CIA World Factbook - 2004 statistics
• Energy Information Administration - 2004 statistics
• GeoHive.com - 2004 statistics
• NationMaster.org - 2004 statistics

Oil Consumption

• CIA World Factbook - 2001 statistics
• Energy Information Administration - 2004 statistics
• GeoHive.com - 2004 statistics
• NationMaster.org - 2004 stattistics
• Energy consumption (Intermediate level) - pdf booklet from NEED

Oil industry profits - do Google search

• Oil industry under fire - CNN 10/29/2005

Price of oil/gasoline

• Gasoline price descent continues - CNN 10/29/2005
• How gas prices work - How Stuff Works.com
• Oil market is changing, IMF says BBC News
• Gasoline and fuel updates - Energy Information Administration - current info
  • A primer on gasoline prices - very good explanation

Energy Websites

• NEED (National Energy Education Development) Energy Info books - pdf files
  • Energy consumption (Intermediate level)
  • History of Energy (Elementary level)
  • Petroleum (Elementary level) or Petroleum (Intermediate level)