OPEC met on Nov. 27, and openly recognized that the United States' oil technological revolution - driven by enhanced oil recovery methods including hydraulic fracturing (known as fracking) and horizontal drilling - has undermined the cartel's economic and political power.

Job searching just became simpler for veterans, and region employers will reap the benefits.

What has made the Middle East a geostrategic focal point for so long but its possession of vast reserves of the oil we and our allies need to sustain our economies? If there were any adequate alternative sources of this precious fuel, we would have to be mad not to take advantage of them. And yet, there are.

Will the U.S. shale boom turn out to be a bust? The recent decline in oil prices has left some questioning whether it can be sustained.

Just a short note to thank every Veteran who worked on the attempt to get Keystone XL pipeline legislation through the Senate. Unfortunately, our efforts came up one vote shy of passage.

U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes on S.2280 ("A bill to approve the Keystone XL Pipeline.") November 18, 2014, 05:55 PM. YEAs: 59, NAYs: 41. Alphabetical by Senator Name:

Mineral owners left out of the energy boom in Colorado and other states are mobilizing to fight local fracking bans they say are depriving them of billions of dollars in oil and natural-gas royalties.

Florida Sen. Bill Nelson is being viewed as a possible key vote as the U.S. Senate decides whether or not to approve the Keystone XL Pipeline. The more than 1,100-mile pipeline is proposed to carry up to 830,000 barrels of oil through the Midwest and into Gulf of Mexico ports for refinement

"Every single voter, every single citizen in the whole nation needs to contact their senators right now and support the implementation of the KXL pipeline." General Tony Clark (Ret.) on the importance of passing the Keystone XL pipeline next Tuesday, Nov. 18 (Fox News Radio interview).

Congress inched closer Friday to a possible showdown with President Barack Obama over the Keystone XL oil pipeline as the Republican-controlled House approved the project. Supporters in the Democratic-run Senate predicted they will get the 60 votes needed to pass it next week