List of Oil Production articles
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Known Unknowns
When U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld referred to the "known unknowns" that remained in Iraq in 2002, he was mocked endlessly -- and those mysterious black holes ended up confounding his administration's project there. Rumsfeld's not the only one to encounter this epistemological puzzle: Known unknowns are everywhere, waiting to trip us up. Here are a few of the most enigmatic.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Gasbags
Politicians, oilmen, and green-energy boosters love to invoke the idea of energy security. None of them know what they're talking about.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Has the BP Bashing Gone Too Far?
Brits of all political stripes are getting fed up with Barack Obama's harsh rhetoric on the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.
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Francois Durand/Getty Images Stoned
Oliver Stone's new movie about Latin America makes the case for Hugo Chávez. Good luck with that.