Light tax burden eases BP's pain
January 11: BP, one of the largest and most profitable companies in the world, expects to pay 20% tax over the last quarter, less than half the average annual level at its rival Shell and considerably less than most large British firms.
Arctic oil fuels row in Senate
December 4: The battle over the Bush administration's controversial plans to allow drilling for oil in the Arctic national wildlife refuge has returned.
Do you deserve a gallon of petrol?
See if you can blag a full tank.
Do you know your oil?
Can you blind your mates with knowledge about oil?
Enterprise Oil rejects bid
January 9: Britain's sleepy oil exploration and production sector received a sharp wake-up call yesterday when Enterprise Oil admitted it had rejected a takeover bid.
US sees signs of recovery
January 5: Oil prices jumped by more than $1.00 a barrel yesterday as confidence grew that Opec would be able to make its supply-cutting deal stick, and the US economy showed signs of bouncing back.
Petrol price fear as Opec agrees to cut production
December 29: Opec ministers last night put the finishing touches to a deal which will squeeze global oil supplies by almost 2m barrels a day, raising fears that petrol prices may rise in the coming months.
Oil up on hope cut to output will stick
December 28: Oil prices jumped above $20 a barrel yesterday amid expectations that Opec will cut production to its lowest level in a decade at talks in Cairo today.
Russia agrees to cut oil output
December 5: Opec today welcomed Russia's decision to cut oil production further as the oil cartel desperately tries to shore up prices in the face of a global economic slowdown.
24.11.2001: Russia rebuffs Opec
21.11.2001: Britain rejects Opec plea to cut output
19.11.2001: Crude politics
18.11.2001: City slashes forecasts for oil giants
17.11.2001: Oil price boost for drivers
16.11.2001: Brown tries to quell fears of Opec cut
Baron who beat the sheikhs
December 15, interview: Mikhail Khodorkovsky, chief executive of Yukos oil group.
In for the long haul
December 29, leader: Hauliers have been given an easy ride since jolting the government two years ago with protests that brought Britain to a halt.
Clearing up America's mess
December 18: New evidence of US dealings with the Taliban highlights the role of oil, writes Mark Seddon.
30.11.2001, Polly Toynbee: A tiger out of your tank
20.11.2001: Kremlin makes Opec sweat
19.11.2001: Russia's oil cut hint
16.11.2001: Opec and Russia race towards price crash
22.10.2001, Richard Gott: Oil, Chavez and the Jackal
Oil prices
Oil prices are plunging despite the best efforts of Opec, the oil cartel, to halt the trend. Mark Tran explains.
BP reaps £1.3m an hour
August 8: BP yesterday announced record profits of £1.3m an hour - triggering fury from fuel protesters and drawing fierce criticism from motoring groups.
BP shows why it is no Shell
August 8: Stock market reaction to second quarter figures from the world's second and third largest oil majors could not have been more different.
09.05.2001: 1p on a litre for £1.3m per hour BP
20.04.2001: BP chief fields barrage of questions on ethics
19.04.2001: Activists protest at BP general meeting
The petrol supply lines
Plus: The story in pictures
How much is petrol duty?
With the Jarrow marchers
October 13, 1936: Harrogate welcomed the Jarrow marches today as cheerfully as if they were a relief column raising a siege.
Arabs will cut and cut again in oil war
October 23, 1973: The Arab states have used their most potent weapon in the Middle East conflict.
December 4, 1973: Voluntary petrol cuts fail to stop pumps running dry
Petrol crisis - could Blair do more? Chief political correspondent Patrick Wintour was online
Read what he had to say and carry on the debate.
Find out where it comes from
Everything you need to know about fossil fuel from Learn.co.uk.
Cartoons
September 14: Steve Bell on the petrol demonstrators
September 13: Steve Bell on the Dome and petrol
September 12: Steve Bell on the petrol war
